northernbook Chapter 598 Origin
Chapter 598 Origin
Jiang Li was overjoyed upon hearing this: "No worries, no sorrows, let's go back to the Dragon Palace!"
Xie Wuyou picked up his father, and the three of them quickly dived into the water.
Egg has teleported the Dragon Palace nearby. "Sister, hurry!"
Upon entering the Dragon Palace, Jiang Li summoned the Five Elements Spiritual Plants to set up a grand formation, and Xie Wuyou carefully placed Xie Chang'an in the center of the formation.
At this moment, Xie Chang'an's black hair had turned completely white. The Soul-Eating Insects were draining the life force from his body to replenish his soul power, so that he could release more soul poison to break the nine seals of the Purple Sun Sword Master.
"Daddy..."
Xie Wuchou watched as her father's hair turned white in an instant, and tears streamed down her face.
Xie Wuyou checked her father's pulse and her face lit up with joy: "Mother, the Five Elements Formation is indeed effective! Father's life force is beginning to recover!"
Jiang Li breathed a sigh of relief. With the Five Elements Grand Array replenishing his life force, Xie Chang'an's physical body should be able to withstand the battle between the Soul-Seizing Insects and True Man Chonghua.
She couldn't help but secretly resent Master Chonghua. If he could break free of the seal on his own, Xie Chang'an wouldn't have to suffer this pain!
At this moment, Xie Buli and Xie Buqi also looked anxious and rushed into the Dragon Palace.
"Mother, what's wrong with Father?"
"Don't worry, don't worry, your father is alright for now," Jiang Li reassured them.
Xie Buli's voice choked as he saw his father's white hair: "Mother, Father, what happened to you..."
Jiang Li sighed and told the four children in detail how Xie Chang'an used himself as bait to imprison the remnant soul of the Soul-Sucking Insect in his sea of consciousness.
Xie Buli and the other three were greatly surprised.
How dangerous it is to imprison the remnant soul of the Soul-Sucking Insect within one's own sea of consciousness.
"What about Father's soul? Could it have been devoured by that demon?"
"What if I get possessed?"
All four of them looked terrified. What should they do if Xie Chang'an was accidentally possessed by the Soul-Seizing Insect?
Must we sacrifice our own family for the greater good?
But that's my father's body, how could I do that?
Jiang Li was both amused and exasperated: "Is your father such a reckless person?"
"Within his sea of consciousness, there are nine layers of seals from his master! He used himself as bait to lure that demon into the seals and imprison it!"
Xie Wuchou opened her round eyes wide: "Father's master? Who is he?"
Jiang Li said solemnly, "Now that things have come to this, I will not hide it from you anymore. Your father is a genius disciple of the Upper Realm Sword Sect, with the Daoist name Chonghua Zhenren, and his master is the Nascent Soul True Monarch Ziyang Sword Venerable."
Xie Wuyou was shocked: "A True Person? So, Father is a Golden Core True Person?"
Although Taoist priests in the lower realms are also called "True Persons," it is merely a Taoist title.
He had read in Taoist classics that in ancient times, cultivators had to reach the Golden Core stage to be called "True Person".
“Yes.” Jiang Li nodded. “He came to this realm only for training. Once he finishes his training and returns to the upper realm, he will become the youngest Nascent Soul True Monarch in the Sword Sect.”
"Father is so amazing!" Xie Wuchou exclaimed.
Xie Buqi asked curiously, "Are Nascent Soul True Monarchs very powerful?"
Xie Wuyou said, "They are the immortals you read about in the tales of the strange and supernatural, the ones who can ride the clouds and move mountains and fill seas."
"Wow!" Xie Buqi's eyes lit up with longing.
Xie Buli then asked, "Mother, what about you?"
People say that my father and mother are both immortals who descended to earth. My father is a Golden Core cultivator of the Sword Sect, and my mother must be even more powerful!
Jiang Li smiled wryly: "My mother was just a junior disciple in the Qi Refining stage in the Upper Realm. However, my mother's master was also very powerful; he was Mingxuan Zhenjun, the peak master of Baohua Peak of the Beast Taming Sect."
Xie Wuchou asked with great envy, "Mother, did you and Father meet when you were training in the mortal realm, and that's how you became a divine couple?"
Jiang Li gritted her teeth: "What kind of Qi Refining stage disciple goes down to the mortal realm for training? I was implicated because of him!"
She had a premonition that the day when True Immortal Chonghua broke the seal was not far off. She would tell the four children about their origins and what path they would take.
Jiang Li recounted the events in detail: how she was struck by lightning, and when she opened her eyes, she found herself a minor noblewoman in the cold palace; how she met Xie Chang'an, and how they eventually formed a marriage alliance...
The four of them, including Xie Buli, exclaimed in surprise from time to time, their eyes shining with admiration. They were filled with envy for their parents' legendary stories.
They are unwilling to get married to this day precisely because their parents are such outstanding figures in their lives, and therefore they are unwilling to compromise!
Xie Buli stared intently at his mother: "Mother, are you and Father... about to return to the Upper Realm?"
That's why we told them about their origins.
Xie Wuchou's eyes showed panic as she buried her face in Jiang Li's arms, tightly wrapping her arms around her waist: "Mother, don't go, don't leave Wuchou behind!"
Xie Buqi and Xie Wuyou also looked apprehensive.
They never imagined that one day their parents would leave them.
"We'll never leave you, we'll be carefree and happy. Are you willing to come with your parents?"
At that moment, Xie Chang'an's voice suddenly reached their ears.
The group was overjoyed.
"Daddy!"
Xie Chang'an sat cross-legged in the center of the formation, looking at them with a smile and incredibly gentle eyes.
"Father, you're awake?"
"Father, what do you think?"
The four children gathered around the outside of the formation, asking questions all at once.
Xie Chang'an smiled and said, "Don't worry, Father will be fine."
The Five Elements Grand Array continuously repaired his battered sea of consciousness, and his consciousness finally returned.
Xie Chang'an looked up at Jiang Li and said softly, "Little Tanuki, I'm sorry to have worried you."
Jiang Li, with tears in her eyes, said, "If this happens again, I will never speak to you again!"
Xie Chang'an hurriedly said, "I wouldn't dare, I'd never dare again!"
Xie Wuchou chuckled and said, "Father, you can apologize to Mother later. You just said you were going to take us away?"
"Yes, yes, Father, you mean you can take us back to the Upper Realm?"
Xie Buli and the other three stared intently at their father with burning eyes.
"Yes," Xie Chang'an replied earnestly.
"However, I can only take your true spirits with me."
He said, word by word, "Mortal beings cannot transcend the barriers of time and space."
"Are you willing?"
"There's another very important point."
Jiang Li added, "Even if you reach the Upper Realm, you will not be able to restore your physical bodies. You can only reside in a soul-nourishing magic treasure such as Soul-Nourishing Wood, or reincarnate in the Upper Realm and be reborn as a human."
The four siblings were stunned when they heard what their parents said.
Xie Buqi thought for a moment: "If I enter reincarnation again, will I be able to see my parents again?"
"Father, I will do my best to rekindle our bond as parents and children," Xie Chang'an solemnly promised.
"I want to go with my parents!" Xie Wuchou said firmly.
"I'm leaving too."
Xie Wuyou had already thought it through. What was the purpose of cultivation? Wasn't it to break through the void and ascend to the upper realm?
With such an opportunity where "one person attains enlightenment and all their relatives and friends benefit," one certainly cannot miss it!
Xie Buli nodded emphatically: "Wherever my parents are, I will be there too."
Xie Buqi hurriedly said, "You can't leave me behind!"
“Okay, let’s go together as a family,” Xie Chang’an said with a smile.
Jiang Li couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you planning to do?"
Would the Mirror Spirit agree?
If he disagrees, how can we take away the true spirits of the four children right under his nose?
Xie Chang'an made a shushing gesture with his finger to his lips, "Heavenly secrets must not be revealed," he couldn't let the Mirror Spirit know!