Chapter 12: The Law Treasure - Longing Bracelet

  At night, after finishing her cultivation, Xiaodou returned home and habitually read a book for a while before going to sleep.

  But he, with his whole body on fire, couldn't sleep no matter what, and even jumping into the pond didn't work. With a loud shout, he rushed to the large stone by the pond and started practicing his "Holy Fist" technique all alone, blowing fiercely for three hours straight! Only then did he return to bed, exhausted.

  And he, who had been half asleep at midnight but slightly vigilant, finally discovered in the morning that the source of his rapid progress and extraordinary improvement was the small box given to him by Leng Han when they parted ways!

  With a very complicated mood, she opened the small box. What entered her eyes was an exquisitely crafted, naturally perfect little bracelet inlaid with seven-colored gems, and a cold, stern handwritten letter.

  Here is the translation:

  Dear Little Bean, my beloved little brother, I am extremely reluctant to be separated from you all, but we will all become men who stand on our own in the future and should endure the pain of separation. My heart really hurts and it's hard for me to let go. So, with the heartache I felt back then, I made a vow to myself that I would work hard to make myself stronger, grow up to be a capable man, and never again experience the pain of separation, so that we brothers can always be together!

  Little Bean, Big Brother wants to say one more thing to you - sorry! Because of my ignorance when I was young, the reason I gave you the Longevity Dan, made you suffer ten years of grievances, ten years of exclusion, and ten years of pain. Big Brother is deeply grieved in his heart. This most suitable for your growth, with the power to generate law, treasure-level - the Thoughtful Bangle! I didn't give it to you early because I was worried that you would be ridiculed by everyone again, and I also had a bit of selfishness, not wanting to part with this precious item. But at our parting, none of these things matter anymore. I suddenly realized that nothing is more important than feelings. Forgive Big Brother for his past ignorance.

  Tears wet the cold and stern handwritten letter, Xiao Dou's heart at that moment was no longer wandering, no longer depressed. From young to old, he owed Lao Da so much, as a boy, he always thought about how to repay him to settle his debt of gratitude. But Lao Da's feelings were something that could never be repaid. Forget it, there's nothing good to think about, from now on, this life belongs to Lao Da.

  Silently putting on the mysterious longing bracelet, a surge of earth-shattering divine power poured into his body, and in that instant, combined with the power of innate divine skills, he instantly broke through the bottleneck that had been stuck inside him all along!

  Another surge of thick innate energy elements, twelve years of innate Taoist practice, completely transformed into the sacred Xuanmen Qi!

  In the body, with the power of the Lingering Ring's endless generation, it quickly fills up every part of the body. After six hours, there is no longer any place in the body that can be improved. Xiaodou knows that this is what Shuixian said:

  The ultimate pursuit of a cultivator is to have their magical powers fully replenished, after which the only ways to make progress are through time and improvement in techniques, with no other shortcuts available, leaving only the option to strengthen one's magical powers.

  However, this is not the case for him who possesses the Wheel of Reincarnation. Slowly controlling a small portion of the power of the Longing Ring within his body to increase his Dao line, another large portion rushes towards the Wheel of Reincarnation secret method in his brain, starting to take steps forward with the Wheel of Reincarnation!

  A carp jumped off the bed, and Xiaodou muttered with a bitter smile:

  "It's good that there is this bottomless pit to fill, otherwise I would have to go and fight for a few more hours. Hmm, it seems like there are many people outside the house, what's going on..."

  As he walked out of the hut, he was not only shocked but also saw that almost all his junior brothers and sisters were tense outside his hut. When they saw him come out, these kids exclaimed with great joy:

  "Master brother, are you okay? What's wrong with you? Why didn't you eat breakfast? Did you just have a fit of rage or something? How come your room is radiating colorful lights everywhere and we can't even get in? If we get close, our clothes will catch on fire! Yeah, it's really scary..."

  Looking at their anxious appearance, Xiaodou felt a warmth in her heart and hurriedly opened her mouth to laugh lightly:

  "Everyone, no need to rush, I just made a little progress in my skills, unintentionally cultivating for a while, and ended up worrying everyone, brother is ashamed!"

  After a few polite words, Second Sister Yun Rui Yao smiled and said: "As expected of Big Brother, you've grasped the technique on Mo Tian Cliff so quickly. Alright, let's all head out, it's time for lunch!"

  Third Sister Yun Xiaoqiao smiled happily and said: "Alright, I'll go call back those mischievous guys playing in the Water Tank, wait for us."

  On this side, the large troops slowly left his small valley in a joyful and orderly manner. Yun Rui, who was walking slightly behind, frowned and said:

  "Big brother, little sister sees that your house is tidy and spotless, thinking you are a refined person, but why doesn't this valley get cleaned up with all the weeds growing wildly?"

  Xiao Dougan smiled and said: "This is not that I don't want to, but I also won't plant anything. If we pull out these wild flowers and grasses, it will be even uglier than now!"

  Yun Rui Yao smiled and said: "Big Brother is really humorous, how can we cultivators not know these basic things? You should quickly clean up this place, plant some spiritual grass, and accumulate materials over time to refine pills. Otherwise, there won't be any materials for pill refinement, and how can one break through the various bottlenecks of cultivation and become a deity?"

  Xiao Dou listened and, with great curiosity, laughed and asked: "Second sister, you seem to know a lot, can you tell me some basic knowledge about cultivators? Uh ~ just the basics that need to be learned, the direction of development!"

  Yun Rui toyed with her long hair, and smiled bitterly: "Heaven is indeed fair, Eldest Brother has a profound magical power that far surpasses us, but he knows nothing about cultivating immortality. Alright, I'll simply tell you what's going on here!

  Cultivating immortality is extremely difficult, going against the heavens, and it's unknown how many tens of thousands of people there are in the world who have the good fortune to enter the immortal realm. The orthodox Xuanmen cultivators are divided into ten realms: Qi refinement, foundation building, sword control, elixir formation, body integration, great dao, primordial infant, divine transformation, reincarnation, and heavenly unity. We and most of our third-generation disciples are only in the qi refinement stage, but our master has reached the final realm of heavenly unity, with a lifespan that can reach up to 5,000 years!

  Xiao Dou curiously asked: "Lifespan, what's going on? Aren't we supposed to live longer than ordinary people?"

  Yun Rui nodded and said: "Every time we upgrade to a higher level, our lifespan will increase accordingly. Here, it's extremely dangerous, and the cultivation period is similar to that of ordinary people, with a lifespan of about 60 years. The foundation-building period has a lifespan of 180 years, the sword-controlling period has a lifespan of 300 years, the elixir-refining period has a lifespan of 500 years, the body-merging period has a lifespan of 1,000 years, the great dao period has a lifespan of 1,500 years, the yuan ying period has a lifespan of 3,000 years, the spirit-transformation period has a lifespan of 4,000 years, and the tribulation-crossing period has a lifespan of 5,000 years. As for the heavenly-human period, it's also 5,000 years. It's said that as long as one passes the late stage of tribulation-crossing, a person can stay in this realm for up to 5,000 years at most, and then they must enter the higher realm!"

  "Oh~ So that means we have to enter the next realm before our lifespan ends, or else we'll die!"

  "Yeah! If you don't advance to the next level before your lifespan ends, you'll just grow old and die. Many cultivators need external help, with three parts effort and seven parts external assistance, to make rapid progress and barely reach the next level before their lifespan ends. That's why there's a severe shortage of cultivation resources. So, for long-term planning, we should all learn some skills, such as alchemy, talisman-making, artifact refinement, forging, gathering, and so on. There are also less common ones like creating magic arrays, enemy-suppressing arrays, puppetry... and many more! As long as we master them deeply, we can stand out in places like the Wan Tong Mountain and Hai Nei Ge transaction venues, earn spirit stones, and get a lot of auxiliary items. I believe that by the time we reach the Foundation Establishment stage, there's still hope for us to live for 500 years! And if we're lucky enough to reach the Nascent Soul stage, with a lifespan of 3,000 years... that would be truly blissful!"

  Xiao Dou frowned and said: "So, it seems that we all need to learn how to fly as soon as possible, reach the level of sword control, and then enter the world to cultivate, huh? Thinking about it, I remember when Mo Da Xiao took me to that trading place, it was indeed like this. Oh~I understand now, you mean for me to plant some spiritual herbs, and then refine the elixir later!"

  Yun Rui shook his head and said, "It's not that simple, Master Brother. Refining elixirs requires a lot of support from cultivators in terms of manpower and resources. Even in prestigious sects, they only look for people with exceptional talent to take on important tasks. As for us, if we're interested, practicing the basics is enough. Planting spiritual herbs can help create stronger and purer spiritual energy where you are, which is very beneficial for cultivation. And if we really live that long, wouldn't we have accumulated hundreds or thousands of years' worth of spiritual herbs, which could be exchanged for a lot of spiritual stones?"

  Xiao Dou smiled happily and said, "Alright, tonight I'll go through the books on the shelf. Fortunately, our predecessors left some seeds behind, so I'll make good arrangements. Let's work together! When Master returns, we must give him a surprise! Oh, right, Yun Shimei, speaking of Master, I remembered that when I first entered the sect, Master said you guys are descendants of families who fought against the Ghost Gate Sect. What's going on?"

  " Hehe, Master Brother, I like it when you call me Cloud Sister. Why did we become his disciples? It's because our family and the evil people of the Ghost Gate Sect are sworn enemies. Our family was worried that we would be killed by those bad people, so they let us join the Nine Flowers Mountain. But we were afraid that the Ghost Gate's bad people would wipe out our entire family, so we became disciples of the most powerful person - our Master Flying Monkey! Although he doesn't take his responsibilities as a master seriously, there are many benefits to being his disciple. Do you know? Not only us four junior disciples, but even many senior disciples don't have their own place to cultivate, not even one room per person. They have to do chores every day and complete tasks for the sect. It's so annoying! Look at us, we have such a big territory, no one manages us, it's so free and easy!"

  Xiao Dou laughed happily and said: "Well, now Shui Xian can't control me anymore. I can play however I want, but... I still have to listen to her words and practice diligently, so I can go find her later."

  At this time, everyone entered the small dining hall. Yun Rui gave him a large bowl of rice and everyone started eating happily together. Then in the afternoon, they continued to take a group of children to Mottianya for training.

  After a busy day of practice, Xiaodou returned to his small cottage and carefully studied various books on immortal herbs.

  But in just a short while, he finished looking through it all. This guy specifically targeted the most precious and valuable jade boxes of medicinal books, carefully searching for rare and precious immortal grass seeds, preparing for a big harvest later on. Then before going to sleep, he poured the excess energy from the day into the bottomless pit that was his Revolving Eye, falling asleep soundly.