179: Original pollen, live a second life!

"Exactly."

Lu Yuan nodded slightly: "Huan Meng's Origin Pollen has the Heaven-Defying effect of reshaping Laws and repairing the Dao. It should not be difficult to treat your Old Ancestor's injuries."

At this moment, the doubt in Qin Xuanqiong's eyes completely vanished, replaced by endless ecstasy and gratitude.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Qin Xuanqiong was so excited that he said 'good' three times in a row and bowed deeply to Lu Yuan: "Fellow Daoist Lu... no, worthy son-in-Law! If you can truly save the Old Ancestor, you will be the great benefactor of my Qin Family! Everyone in the Qin Family will surely remember this in their hearts!"

"There is no time to lose. The Old Ancestor's situation is not optimistic. Please follow me back to the Qin Family, worthy son-in-Law!"

"Very well."

Lu Yuan stood up and waved his wide sleeve.

*Rip!*

The eighth molt Law of Space erupted.

A stable spatial tunnel formed directly within the hall, leading straight to the Qin Family hundreds of thousands of miles away.

"Let's go."

Lu Yuan took Qin Mengyao and stepped into the tunnel together with Qin Xuanqiong.

...

Central Region, the Qin Family Ancestral Land.

This was an independent Small World and also the location of the Qin Family's final foundation.

There was no sun or moon in the sky, only an ancient star emitting Death Qi hanging there, casting a dim yellow light.

The vegetation on the ground was withered and yellow, devoid of life, permeated by a thick aura of decay, as if the entire world was heading toward death.

In the center of that world, a simple stone hall stood lonely.

As soon as the three arrived, they felt that extremely oppressive Death Qi.

Qin Xuanqiong led the two quickly to the front of the stone hall, knelt respectfully outside the hall door, and said in a deep voice:

"Unworthy descendant Xuanqiong, bringing my daughter Mengyao and... Qingyun Dao Sect's Lu Yuan, requests an audience with the Old Ancestor!"

"Cough, cough..."

A heart-wrenching coughing sound came from inside the hall, as if he were going to cough up his lungs.

After a long time, an old, weak voice that sounded like it could stop at any moment slowly drifted out:

"Come in..."

The hall doors crashed open.

A wave of decaying Death Qi rushed toward them.

Lu Yuan stepped inside, his gaze piercing through the dim hall to land on a ten-thousand-year Cold Jade Bed in the center.

There, he saw an old man as thin as a stick, with skin as dry and cracked as tree bark and sparse white hair, sitting cross-legged on it.

He was surrounded by black Law cracks that were like maggots on a bone, constantly devouring the last trace of life remaining in his body.

The Qin Family Old Ancestor, Qin Shouzhuo.

Early Mahayana Stage!

Only at this moment, his blood and Qi were depleted, and his Primordial Spirit was dim, like an oil lamp about to burn out, liable to be extinguished at any moment.

"Old Ancestor!"

Seeing this scene, Qin Mengyao's eyes instantly reddened, and she knelt on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.

Qin Shouzhuo struggled to lift his eyelids, his cloudy gaze sweeping over the three before finally fixing on Lu Yuan.

"Is this... the Dao Companion Mengyao has chosen?"

"Good... such spirit... such cultivation..."

Although he was near death, his insight as a Great Ascension Stage cultivator remained.

He saw at a glance that although this young man was only at the Middle Stage of Body Integration, the vigor of his blood and Qi was like a human-shaped true Dragon, even causing him, a Great Ascension Stage cultivator, to feel a hint of palpitation.

"Junior Lu Yuan greets the Old Ancestor."

Lu Yuan bowed slightly, neither humble nor arrogant.

Qin Xuanqiong hurriedly stepped forward and quickly explained the sequence of events.

"Cloud Silkworm Immortal Butterfly... Origin Pollen..."

After hearing the explanation, a startling light of survival suddenly erupted in Qin Shouzhuo's originally cloudy and lifeless eyes.

Who wants to die?

Especially after having cultivated to the Great Ascension Stage, with a long Lifespan; if not for the dao wound, he could have lived for at least several thousand more years!

"Little Friend Lu... if you can truly save this old man's life..."

Qin Shouzhuo's voice trembled: "This old man is willing to swear by his Dao Heart that the Qin Family and the Qingyun Dao Sect shall be eternal allies! As long as this old man has a single breath left, I will never let anyone touch the Qingyun Dao Sect in the slightest!"

This was the promise of a Great Ascension Stage Supreme!

Its weight was enough to shake the entire Central Region.

"Old Ancestor, you overstate it."

Lu Yuan smiled faintly: "Since we are one family, we should naturally support each other."

Having said that, he no longer hesitated.

"Huan Meng, come out and get to work."

"*Buzz!*"

Nine-colored divine light bloomed, illuminating the dim hall.

The Cloud Silkworm Immortal Butterfly flew out gracefully, hovering over Qin Shouzhuo's head. It also seemed to sense that disgusting aura of destruction Law and lightly flapped its wings.

"Whoosh—"

A fragrant breeze swept past.

Countless golden specks of powder, like dreamlike stardust, fell from its wings.

Origin Pollen!

Within every grain of pollen was the purest Law of Life and power of restoration.

"Go."

Lu Yuan shouted softly.

These grains of pollen seemed to possess spirituality, falling onto Qin Shouzhuo one after another and burrowing into those black Law cracks.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!"

It was like ice and snow meeting a blazing sun.

Those black cracks that had entangled Qin Shouzhuo for a thousand years let out shrill hisses the moment they touched the pollen, then dissipated into black smoke.

Immediately afterward.

A massive surge of life erupted within Qin Shouzhuo's depleted body.

"Boom!"

Visibly, Qin Shouzhuo's dry and cracked skin began to become rosy and full.

His sparse, withered yellow hair actually began to turn black and regrow.

His originally weak breath, like a candle flame, was now like a bucket of oil had been poured on it, instantly surging and turning into a sky-piercing torch!

A Phenomenon suddenly arose!

Withered wood meeting spring, an old tree sprouting new buds!

Within the entire deathly silent Small World, a Spiritual Rain actually began to fall, and the originally withered yellow earth grew fresh green grass once more.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

"Roar!"

A long, vigorous roar came from within the hall, shattering the dead star in the sky.

Qin Shouzhuo suddenly stood up.

At this moment, although he still looked like an old man, his face was rosy, he had the hair of a crane and the face of a child, his eyes were bright and spirited, and the Perfection Mahayana Dao Rhyme flowed around him.

The dao wound was healed!

Moreover, because of the nourishment from the Origin Pollen, his Lifespan was not only restored but he even gained a blessing from the disaster, as his Primordial Spirit became more condensed.

He could live for at least another five thousand years!

"Hahahaha! This old man has come back to life! Come back to life!"

Qin Shouzhuo was so excited that old tears streamed down his face as he laughed toward the sky.

After laughing, he took a step forward, arriving in front of Lu Yuan, and was actually about to perform a grand salute.

"Thank you, little friend, for the grace of being reborn!"

"Old Ancestor, you must not!"

Lu Yuan hurriedly reached out to support him: "This Junior cannot accept such an honor."

Qin Shouzhuo rose accordingly, clutching Lu Yuan's hand tightly, his eyes full of gratitude and appreciation.

"Good! Excellent!"

"This girl Mengyao has much better vision than her father!"

"From now on, the Qin Family Treasury is fully open to you, little friend! If you see anything inside, just take it!"

"If anyone dares to bully you, little friend, just one transmission and this old man will crawl out of his coffin to back you up, even if I have to risk these old bones!"

Qin Xuanqiong was also full of joy on the side; the Qin Family's greatest crisis was finally resolved.