180: Feng Baobao's background

At the dinner table.

Wang Ye said with surprise, "In this way, the Heaven-Defying Cultivation Technique of the Eight Wonders really seems to be related to Immortal Cultivation Techniques."

"That mysterious power isn't trying to conceal the Eight Wonders, but the path to Immortal Ascension?"

Wang Ye was greatly startled; unknowingly, they had touched upon a certain taboo.

Lu Jin became agitated at this moment, repeatedly slamming the table.

Feng Baobao, who was enjoying her meal, held a chicken leg in her hand and stared blankly at Lu Jin.

Lu Jin looked at Lin Yuan and pressed, "Keep going!!! Ah!"

"If the Ancestral Master of the San Yi Sect was a powerful being who achieved Ascension, then the Cultivation Technique he left behind, Reverse Life Threefold, should allow for Ascension if Cultivated to its peak."

"But as you know the result, Senior Zuo Ruotong did not achieve Ascension. The reason he didn't Ascend is likely due to two factors."

"First! Reverse Life Threefold cannot reach the heavens!"

"Second! The path to Ascension is cut off! Ascension is impossible."

...Actually, there was a third possibility, but Lin Yuan didn't want to say it.

He didn't want to hurt Lu Jin any further.

Telling the truth to this old man, who had lived a lifetime of guilt, might be too cruel.

Reverse Life Threefold might indeed be unable to reach the heavens.

The path to Ascension was also indeed blocked.

If Zuo Ruotong had continued to Cultivate, there would have been a fourth and fifth Realm, but with his Aptitude, these were merely a matter of time.

However, if the path to Ascension was cut off, even Cultivating Reverse Life One Hundredfold would be useless.

This was the true despair!

Lin Yuan was confident in the Cultivation Technique he had modified. When the last Realm advanced, it would be his Realm of complete Ascension.

But if the path to Ascension was cut off, even if he reached the Realm of Ascension, he still wouldn't be able to achieve Immortal Ascension.

He knew it, and Rootless Life knew it too.

However, Rootless Life most likely discovered this and wanted to break the situation.

That's why he chose to defy the world, gather the Thirty-Six Thieves, and comprehend the Eight Wonders.

Perhaps the candidates for the Eight Wonders were already predetermined...

Lu Jin leaned back in his chair, silent.

It didn't matter if the path to Ascension was blocked, but Reverse Life Threefold couldn't reach the heavens.

Lu Jin actually knew the truth about Reverse Life Threefold, but he didn't want to admit it.

Did Zuo Ruotong choose to disband the San Yi Sect because he entered the third Realm and couldn't Ascend?

If Immortal Ascension was impossible, and it wasn't a problem with Reverse Life Threefold, then Zuo Ruotong's death was truly regrettable.

The San Yi Sect believed that as long as Reverse Life Threefold reached the third Realm, one could achieve Ascension.

When Zuo Ruotong, who had entered the third Realm, couldn't achieve Immortal Ascension, their faith instantly crumbled.

The San Yi Sect then had no reason to exist.

Thinking of this, Lu Jin's expression became somewhat dazed.

"Great-Grandfather, are you alright?"

Lu Linglong noticed Lu Jin's abnormal state and immediately asked with concern.

"I'm fine... fine... *cough cough*..."

Lu Jin waved his hand weakly, slowly getting up.

"Sigh... I'm old..."

Zhang Chulan looked at Lu Jin, who was full of weariness, with a complicated expression.

Although Lu Jin was very old, Zhang Chulan often felt he was hale and hearty.

But this time, he saw Lu Jin instantly age, becoming an old man on the verge of death.

"Lin Yuan... you are very intelligent, with high Comprehension Ability! Strong in martial power! You can reach heights that none of us can, but I still offer you a piece of advice: sometimes, the more you want something, the less likely you are to get it."

"Alright, dinner is over for today. I'm a bit tired. Linglong, Xiao Lin, come with me."

"Okay, Great-Grandfather!"

Lu Linglong and Lu Lin immediately followed... After everyone saw Lu Jin leave, Wang Ye immediately asked:

"Lin Yuan... assuming the path to the heavens was still open... could Reverse Life Threefold really lead to Ascension?"

Lin Yuan chuckled, "You already have the answer in your heart, yet you still ask me?"

"If Zuo Ruotong hadn't been so fixated on Immortal Ascension, so concerned with whether Reverse Life Threefold could lead to Immortal Ascension..."

"Zuo Ruotong wouldn't have met such an end in utter despair."

"To be honest, with his Cultivation, becoming a reclusive master and searching for other paths to Immortal Ascension would also have been a way of life."

Zhang Lingyu frowned.

"Junior Brother, the San Yi Sect disbanded a long time ago, and Reverse Life Threefold is rarely displayed in the Outsider World. How do you know that Reverse Life Threefold cannot lead to Immortal Ascension?"

Furthermore, Lin Yuan seemed to understand the San Yi Sect and Reverse Life Threefold very well.

He remembered that there were no records of the San Yi Sect in the Tianshi Mansion's Pavilion of Books.

He had read all the books Lin Yuan had read, and there were certainly no books related to the San Yi Sect.

This couldn't be an Immortal appearing in your dreams at night, could it?

In their understanding, Reverse Life Threefold of the San Yi Sect, as long as one crossed the third Realm, could achieve Ascension.

But now Lin Yuan said that Reverse Life Threefold could not reach the heavens.

Lu Jin also didn't seem to refute it.

Lin Yuan gently shook his head.

"I'll just ask you one question!"

"If Reverse Life Threefold could reach the heavens! The Great Ying Immortal Zuo Ruotong would have Ascended long ago; how could he have died?"

Zhang Chulan finally understood.

"Martial Uncle Lin Yuan, are you saying that Rootless Life has always been looking for a way to reopen the path to the heavens?"

But these things didn't matter to him.

Zhang Chulan didn't have such grand ambitions. He was forcibly pulled into the Outsider World, and Zhang Chulan's goals were only two people.

First, to investigate the cause of his Great-Grandfather Zhang Huaiyi's death.

Second, to investigate Feng Baobao's background, and preferably find her family.

He wasn't interested in Ascension or not. Zhang Chulan only wanted to know about Rootless Life and everything connected to him.

Lin Yuan looked at everyone profoundly.

"Reopening the path to the heavens might be one of Rootless Life's goals... The most important reason is still Feng Baobao."

"Sister Bao'er!?"

Zhang Chulan pretended to look at Feng Baobao in great surprise.

At this moment, Feng Baobao was tearing at the roast suckling pig, her mouth greasy, looking at everyone.

"Alright, Zhang Chulan, you're still pretending in front of me!"

"What is their relationship, tell them yourself."

Feng Baobao was momentarily stunned.

"Rootless Life, actually, is my old man."

Zhang Chulan gave a wry smile, "Sister Bao'er, this still can't be confirmed, okay?"

"But Martial Uncle Lin Yuan, I do suspect that Sister Bao'er's family is actually Rootless Life."

Wang Ye frowned.

"So you mean Feng Baobao is Rootless Life's descendant?"

He had never heard that Rootless Life had any descendants.

Feng Baobao also looked at Zhang Chulan with a slight trace of emotion.

"You said you would take me to find my family."

Zhang Chulan smiled.

"Sister Bao'er, don't worry, I will take you to find them."

"Now, if we want to know the relationship between Sister Bao'er and Rootless Life, we just need to find him and ask."

Zhang Lingyu shook his head.

"No, you said you want to find Rootless Life to clarify things, but where exactly is Rootless Life?"

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