26: Breakthrough! Level 7 Taiyi Sutra, funeral

“...You are that child?”

Qin Chuan nodded, “I should be.”

Xuanxu burst out laughing when he heard that.

“Hahahaha, he still couldn’t bring himself to abandon everything in the end. Boy, has anyone come looking for you all these years?”

Qin Chuan didn’t know why he asked, but he still shook his head, recalling his memories:

“No.”

“Tsk! He certainly put a lot of thought into it.”

Xuanxu finally chuckled, then turned to Qin Chuan and asked, “Boy, do you have a measure in your heart for this answer?”

—Nonsense, of course I do! It’s a Book Fragrance Family at level 4!

Qin Chuan inwardly complained, then replied, “It should be a… big Family of Prominence?”

“Ha! So you’re not completely clueless, are you? That’s not just any big Family of Prominence; there are very few that can compare. Which one do you think it is?” Xuanxu continued to play coy.

“Taiyuan Wang Clan.” Qin Chuan blurted out the answer without hesitation.

—After all, it was the answer given by the Reincarnation Simulator, so it definitely wouldn’t be wrong.

Hearing this, Xuanxu sneered, “The Five Surnames and Seven Clans, you certainly dare to dream. But you guessed correctly. Since that’s the case, why don’t you go back and acknowledge your family, and become a young master of a Family of Prominence?”

Qin Chuan heard his sarcastic tone and really wanted to punch him.

However, thinking of the disparity in their martial power, he wisely gave up on the idea.

He continued to ask, “Naturally, there are still some questions that I need Martial Uncle to clarify. After all, there are more than ten thousand households with the surname Taiyuan Wang Clan, so which one exactly is it…?”

Xuanxu: “Oh, so that’s it. If you have the guts, just go directly to the biggest one.”

“Martial Uncle is joking.” Qin Chuan gave a dry laugh.

After that, Xuanxu stopped beating around the bush and spoke directly.

“When your master and I met your mother, she was being hunted and was already on her last breath… As for the people chasing her…”

“Who were they?” Qin Chuan immediately asked.

—He had long suspected that his first two life goals could be completed together. And here it comes, doesn’t it?

Unexpectedly, the next moment Xuanxu looked at him with a cold face: “Who… Why should I tell you?”

Qin Chuan: …

Hey! Why did this good Martial Uncle suddenly become so tsundere!

Too bad he’s a man, and a short one at that.

“What instructions do you have, Martial Uncle? Please speak freely. This junior will do my utmost.”

Hearing this, Xuanqing smacked his lips and said, “Your attitude is quite good.”

Then, as if giving a pre-emptive shot, he spoke to Qin Chuan in advance.

“Let me first state that what I know is limited, far less than your deceased master. Since he decided not to tell you, he naturally has his reasons. Even so, do you still want to find the answer?”

“Of course! Although humans are like a fleeting speck in the world, they are not without foundation!”

Qin Chuan directly quoted the words from his life goal—it definitely had to be completed.

Xuanxu clapped his hands and said, “Alright then, since that’s the case, you go back and wait. I will come looking for you if there’s anything.”

“Understood.”

With that, Qin Chuan didn’t ask if the other party knew where he lived, and turned to leave.

Su Jun quickly followed behind him, not daring to linger in this Daoist temple at all.

It wasn’t until the figures of the two had retreated and disappeared that Xuanxu looked towards a corner.

He said disdainfully, “Innate Martial Artist? How ignorant and foolish! Do they really think the butcher’s knife will never fall upon themselves? Heh heh, haha, hahahaha!”

Back at the Inn, Qin Chuan pulled up his sleeve, and the purplish-blue bruise on his wrist had almost completely faded.

He moved it slightly, with no obstruction at all.

Amazingly strong bones, incredible!

Qin Chuan unceremoniously pocketed the ointment, dismissed Su Jun, and continued to cultivate the Taiyi Scripture.

—Although he didn’t know what Xuanxu needed him to do, no matter what it was, strengthening himself was never wrong.

What’s more, there was still the subsequent Human Martial Saint…

The next day.

The faint light of the Morning Star had not yet completely dissipated, and all was silent.

Qin Chuan had already gotten out of bed, a smile on his face.

He had finally gotten started!

[After cultivation, you have learned the Innate Qi Taiyi Scripture. Agility +2, Strength +1, Constitution +1.]

After opening the task panel, he indeed saw the increased attributes.

Strength and Agility reached 9, and Constitution even became his only attribute to break into double digits so far!

In addition, a new entry appeared on the task panel.

[Cultivation Method: Innate Qi Taiyi Scripture (Level 7)]

What a Level 7 meant, Qin Chuan wasn’t sure.

But compared to the Reincarnation Skills and Character Power Levels, Level 7 was definitely not low!

Just as Qin Chuan was thinking this, he suddenly heard a surprised voice in his ear.

“You broke through?”

Qin Chuan turned his head to look.

Then, he saw nothing…

“Look down!!!”

Qin Chuan lowered his head and indeed saw Xuanxu’s scowling face. He didn’t know when he had arrived.

Or perhaps he was too short, and Qin Chuan hadn’t noticed him?

Xuanxu: “Although I guessed you were thinking something disrespectful, I’ve decided to let you off the hook before we get to business.”

Qin Chuan coughed dryly and quickly changed the subject:

“Uh, Martial Uncle, what do you need me to do?”

“Follow me!”

Qin Chuan: “Okay, I’ll leave a note first.”

After giving Su Jun a few instructions, Qin Chuan then followed Xuanxu and jumped out of the window.

Half a day later, Qin Chuan looked at the scene before him, his expression frozen in a daze.

“Martial Uncle, we came here to do this? I thought…”

Xuanxu glared at him and said, “Otherwise? This is our main job. Once you learn it, it will benefit you for life. What did you think we were doing?”

“Uh, alright…”

Qin Chuan could only resign himself. He watched as Xuanxu took a rooster and rice from a nearby peasant woman.

Then, holding the rooster in one hand and scattering rice with the other, he chanted: “A thousand li dragon gathers here, the pond water is tightly connected, in front is the Golden Star Altar, holding a rooster to receive the test, Mountain God and Earth God listen to my voice…”

He walked in front, with Qin Chuan accompanying him.

Behind them was a group of descendants dressed in mourning clothes.

That’s right, they were holding a funeral!

Time passed unnoticed.

In the following days, Qin Chuan was constantly busy at various funeral sites.

Initially, Xuanxu still accompanied him, but then, seeing that Qin Chuan was already proficient, he simply became a hands-off boss, letting him handle things himself.

—Of course, the money was his.

Su Jun was initially curious about what Qin Chuan was doing, but after following him once, she lost interest.

Compared to that, she preferred to ‘act heroically’ in the city.

Sure enough, within a few days, legends began to circulate in the city.

—There was a female knight-errant who helped lost children and even found runaway kittens…

This kind of life continued until one night, half a month later.

Qin Chuan returned to the Inn, took off his attire, and was about to begin cultivating when he heard Xuanxu’s voice in his ear.

“Tonight at midnight, outside the city at Huanglong Ridge…”

Qin Chuan initially thought it was another family holding a funeral, but then he heard Xuanxu add a sentence.

“…Disguise your identity well, or if you get caught later, don’t say you know me.”