strokinit Chapter 181 Youthful Beauty Remains
Chapter 181 Youthful Beauty Remains
The Guixu Continent is a vast and boundless world with an expansive territory.
In this world, countless races coexist and numerous traditions exist, all originating from the ancestral land of Blue Star.
This is the world of the Ruins of Return.
Looking across the entire Immortal Realm, there are countless other universes and worlds like the Guixu Continent, with countless forbidden zones. It is so vast that it is unimaginable, and even an Immortal King cannot explore it all.
The Peach Blossom Paradise was brought by Yun Chen and placed in the Azure Domain of the Eastern World, which is one of the billions of domains.
Yun Chen returned from the Immortal Realm to live with his family and guide their cultivation. The events that occurred in the Immortal Realm were of great importance, and at their current level, they were naturally unaware of them and unable to sense them.
Everyone in the family needs to keep growing. Even if you've reached the Nascent Soul or Divine Transformation realms, it's still not enough, because cultivating immortality, practicing cultivation, and cultivating the Dao is a process of continuous learning and becoming stronger.
Yun Chen returned half a month later.
All of time is in his hands.
Qin Xi threw herself into his arms, her face beaming with joy. The two snuggled together, holding each other tightly.
Qin Xi couldn't help but touch Yun Chen's body with both hands to check if he was injured.
Yun Chen smiled gently and said, "Silly girl, I'm fine."
Qin Xi buried her face in the crook of his neck.
In this secluded paradise, everything remains as it was.
The sun was shining brightly, and everything looked so beautiful.
In the room, Yun Chen held Qin Xi intimately on his lap, one arm around her slender waist and the other tightly holding her hand as they talked.
Qin Xi told Yun Chen about what had happened in the past half month, how her family had come into contact with this huge ancient city and interacted with the cultivators here, and what they had seen and heard in the past half month. She told him how treacherous and cruel the cultivators here were.
Yun Chen hugged her and earnestly comforted her: "All of this is normal in this world. I am here, your parents are here, your children are here, and your best friends are here. Reserve the purity and gentleness in your heart for the important people, not just you, but everyone. When traveling, the most important thing is to protect yourself from harm."
Qin Xi hummed in agreement. This wasn't the first time Yun Chen had taught her these principles, and she had long since memorized them. Everyone in the family had also kept these principles in mind, having gained a deep understanding of them through their experiences in this ancient city over the past two weeks.
The two embraced each other, enjoying the tranquil moment.
Gradually, Qin Xi's mood darkened.
Yun Chen asked, "What's wrong?"
Qin Xi nestled in his arms, her voice low: "I just feel like time flies by so fast; in the blink of an eye, I'm almost forty!"
Undoubtedly, age is something women are most sensitive about.
Time flies relentlessly, youth fades quickly, and once gone, it never returns. In the blink of an eye, almost twenty years have passed.
If this were on Earth back then, a woman at forty would be middle-aged, her most beautiful years long gone, crushed by a tiring life and exploitative work. It would be a blessing if she could still maintain a normal mental state.
For any ordinary person, in another twenty years, when they reach their sixties, they should be facing retirement and entering old age. Their physical functions and all aspects will decline, their energy and spirit will also decline, and they will experience some minor health problems, becoming muddled and confused.
If you're unlucky, you might die young due to various accidents, leaving behind only regrets and sighs. If you're lucky, you might live to your seventies or eighties, entering your later years, and if your physical functions are still normal, that's considered good.
If one's health is poor and various diseases appear in old age, spending the last days in bed or a wheelchair until death, that is undoubtedly a very tragic end. As for living to be over a hundred years old, that is a long life, but in the end, everyone will return to dust.
Through cultivation, one can consume immortal herbs and elixirs, greatly increasing lifespan. The body is cleansed, and all aspects of qi, blood, essence, and spirit are elevated, leading to a surge in lifespan. As cultivation and Taoist practice improve, one can even reach hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of years old. Some even become immortals, claiming longevity, transcending the heavens, and living as long as heaven, immortal and indestructible.
Qin Xi sighed as she recalled these events. Looking back on the first half of her life, it all seemed like a dream. She had transformed from a mortal into a cultivator, experiencing unprecedented changes. Only after awakening did she realize her identity as a member of the Chinese Immortal Clan.
Although the lifespan of a cultivator is relatively long, for a Golden Core cultivator, being over forty or even a hundred years old is only the beginning of their cultivation, the very first stage of their life, not much different from a newborn infant.
In the various secret realms of Blue Star, there are actually many cultivators and practitioners who are over a hundred years old, whether male or female. They look no different from those who are in their twenties or thirties, and are full of youthful vigor.
If there is an old cultivator who looks emaciated and has depleted energy, it means that the other party has lived for a long time and has reached old age. Unless they deliberately use magic to cover it up, this is their natural state. It means that their vitality is starting to decline, their lifespan is running out, and they are about to pass away.
The lifespan of powerful cultivators in the Nascent Soul and Divine Transformation realms can reach four or five thousand years. On such a long time scale, forty years old, the age of no confusion, is really very, very young, as young as a newborn baby.
However, this age made Qin Xi feel a little uneasy, and she always had the illusion that she was beginning to enter middle age.
Hearing these words, Yun Chen hugged her and comforted her, saying, "As long as we keep our hearts young, we will never grow old. Next, we will become immortals and live for three thousand, five thousand, ten thousand years. We will be immortal and eternal, and we will make our immortal race achieve a great and comprehensive revival."
Qin Xi hummed in agreement, and Yun Chen gently kissed her.
That night, they had a deep conversation about intimate matters, things that were private and not suitable for children. This made Qin Xi feel that she was indeed still very young, with inexhaustible energy and spirit, and she fell asleep happily in Yun Chen's arms.
She gradually stopped caring so much about getting older. She had a long life ahead of her, which would allow her to improve herself even further. As long as her heart remained young, she would never grow old.
In the following days, Yun Chen gathered all his family and friends together and began to teach them the Immortal Scripture of the Mortal World, explaining it to them.
Unlike the sealed scriptures etched into their very bones that require a "key" to activate, the Mortal Immortal Scripture has already spread widely throughout the world, and its traces can be found everywhere in the entire Immortal Realm.
This is more like a basic scripture, not only like three hundred children's songs, but also like three hundred poems and three hundred musical pieces. It conveys a system of cultivation methods. The key is how the person who is trying to understand it views it. Only when one's realm and cultivation become more and more profound can one comprehend the great truth and mystery within it.
Back in the ancestral land of Blue Star, Xiao Yaoyao was the first to come into contact with it, and now she has long remembered it. After so many years of cultivation, every time she revisits it, she gains new insights. When she encounters something she doesn't understand in her cultivation, she looks at the Immortal Scripture of the Mortal World, and perhaps she will get some inspiration.
"If you encounter something you can't understand during your practice, then go into seclusion to study the scriptures. That way, time will pass faster. But don't stay in seclusion to study the scriptures all the time. Go out and travel more, and combine what you see and hear with what you experience."
Yun Chen said this to everyone.
Everyone nodded, having given it some thought and gained some inspiration.
Then, Yun Chen said to everyone with a serious expression, "I will be leaving for a long time!"
Upon hearing this, everyone felt somewhat confused.
Qin Xi couldn't help but hug Yun Chen: "How long will you be gone this time?"
Yun Chen said, "Perhaps seven or eight years, perhaps three or five years, or perhaps several decades, who knows? I will leave behind a spiritual body to accompany you and grow together with you."
He wanted to become a mortal, but before that, he had to enter the long river of time, travel to those past eras, meet the emperors of different times, meet the first emperor of the creation of the world, and witness the previous cyclical eras.