Invincible Starts From Dao Fruit-Chapter 45 - 27: Commander Yu Jin of the White Jade City Yann Building!

Chapter 45: Chapter 27: Commander Yu Jin of the White Jade City Yann Building!

The bustling commotion dies down.

And returns to calm.

After training the dark strength, Chen Jichuan continues as before, enduring relentless practice and arduous cultivation. His body is gradually declining year by year, and even reaching the level of dark strength cannot reverse this trend. Though he trains hard, his efficiency is slowly diminishing.

This is an inevitable fate for many martial artists.

Chen Jichuan is no exception.

Fortunately,

thanks to dark strength refining his body, this decline has been significantly slowed. Following the current trajectory, there’s still hope for Chen Jichuan to train his dark strength thoroughly throughout his body before aging takes hold, thus achieving a higher level.

Time flows on.

In the blink of an eye, several months pass.

In reality,

ten days have already passed since the day ’Hero Yu uprooted the Immortal Jujube Tree.’

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Nanxi Mountain.

The chaotic stone forest.

Sheng Dayang paces back and forth with a weary expression, lost in thought over something.

Nearby,

Sheng Xiaotian, dressed in a short shirt, mimics Aunt Ma on a heated stove, periodically stretching his head out from behind the rocks to peer around.

Sometimes looking left, sometimes looking right.

He darts about, his face a mix of anticipation and anxiety.

"Dad,"

"Hero Yu isn’t going to abandon us, is he?"

Sheng Xiaotian grows impatient, running to his father for answers.

"He won’t."

Sheng Dayang shakes his head.

But deep down, he is unsure.

Different from his thoughts ten days ago, his mind has wrestled with countless ideas during this time—

Should he take his son and continue hiding in the wilderness?

Or leave Shi’an County to start anew in the neighboring Linhe County?

Thinking it over again and again,

none of the options seem ideal.

In the mountains?

To lead a meager, huddled life for the rest of their days?

It may not trouble him, but his nine-year-old son Xiaotian—should he too live his entire life like a mountain folk?

To Linhe County?

Smothered under anonymity and concealment?

Yet can it truly guarantee peace? When living peacefully in Yongfu County, he didn’t stir trouble, but once his ’Immortal Technique’ was exposed, the Lishui Gang came to hunt him down, leaving his family shattered.

No one can guarantee that similar misfortune won’t occur in Linhe County.

After extensive deliberation,

escape, concealment, or anonymity are simply not solutions.

These ten days,

Sheng Dayang, with his son, had been hiding in the home of a mountain farmer called ’Li the third.’ Li’s elderly mother suffered from chronic rheumatic ailments in her knees, and Sheng Dayang treated her without charge upon discovering the family’s poverty.

This recent escape to the mountain,

was made possible thanks to Li’s assistance, sparing them from living exposed to the wild.

Yet living in Li’s home for ten days has shown Sheng Dayang the struggles of the mountain folk—

Daily hunting and farming.

Though it may sound carefree, in truth, it is grinding toil day in and day out, with little to show for a year’s effort.

"My son and I both possess the ’Immortal Technique.’"

"We’re meant to be Chosen Sons!"

"Why should we live so cravenly?!"

Sheng Dayang reached clarity.

As the ten-day mark arrives,

he takes the delighted Sheng Xiaotian early in the morning to the chaotic stone forest. By this time, Sheng Dayang is far from calm, also worrying that Hero Yu harbors dissatisfaction from his attitude ten days prior, deciding not to come.

The father-son duo waits anxiously.

Uneasy thoughts filling their minds.

Just as the sun rises, Sheng Xiaotian, running every which way, suddenly jumps up and exclaims in excitement, "Hero Yu! Hero Yu! We’re over here!"

"Hero Yu!"

Sheng Dayang jolts, rushing to his son’s side to look in the direction he’s pointing—there, a medium-built man in a black outfit strides forward.

The man wears a turban and a metallic mask covering the lower half of his face, revealing only his eyes and forehead.

His face remains concealed.

Different attire,

but by his demeanor and bearing, Sheng Dayang immediately recognizes him—

Yu Jin!

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"Have you made your decision?"

Chen Jichuan speaks through the metallic mask, addressing Sheng Dayang.

Cloth veils are too crude.

During the incident where he saved them, he was unprepared. With some spare time since then, Chen Jichuan tasked Chen Shaohu with using Fire Control Technique to smelt iron swords and produce masks.

Once equipped.

The aura it imparted skyrocketed.

"I’ve made up my mind."

"I am willing to follow you, Hero, and help destroy the Lishui Gang!"

Looking at the mask on ’Yu Jin’s’ face, Sheng Dayang feels the man growing increasingly enigmatic and powerful. Hearing the inquiry, he responds promptly.

Sheng Xiaotian is equally thrilled, bouncing in place and shouting, "Hero Yu, I also want to!"

"White Jade City seeks the path of immortality, the proof of eternal life, and everlasting existence."

"Destroying the Lishui Gang is merely a matter of convenience."

Chen Jichuan remarks lightly.

One person’s strength is limited.

With more people, the fire burns stronger.

Chen Jichuan intends to rally figures like Sheng Dayang, who hold grudges against the Lishui Gang or Wusheng Sect, to eliminate their enemies. But beyond that, he aims to seize Black Prison and Water Mansion, to obtain Spirit Stones and Bivalve Pearls.

However, if their initial mission and goal is merely to eliminate the Lishui Gang and Wusheng Sect, then once this target is reached, the ’organization’ will inevitably lose its purpose, falling apart and scattering into chaos.

Thus,

from the very beginning, Chen Jichuan plans to present Sheng Dayang and others with a grand vision—

The pursuit of immortality.

Eternal life!

Such that even if personal vendettas are settled, everyone will share common ideals and aspirations, helping and supporting one another on the path to seeking immortality.

"The path of immortality?"

"Eternal life?"

Sheng Dayang hears this and becomes dazed, an odd feeling stirring within.

After all, he is not a modern internet-literate person influenced by contemporary literature, completely ignorant to what the upheaval in Great Chu means. Despite having ’Immortal Technique’ for six years, his thinking remains narrow.

At first, he simply intended to follow ’Yu Jin’ to overthrow the Lishui Gang.

But who could have expected Chen Jichuan to lay out such an ambitious goal, leaving Sheng Dayang momentarily stunned?

Sheng Xiaotian, however,

in the innocence of his youth, is most easily swayed. Upon hearing words of ’Immortality’ and ’Eternal Life,’ his heart ignites with excitement: "Hero Yu, I also want to pursue immortality and eternal life!"

"The path to immortality is arduous."

"As difficult as climbing the heavens."

"If your heart is set on this, henceforth your cultivation must be tireless."

Chen Jichuan is devoid of any shame in persuading children.

He retrieves two iron tokens roughly the size of a circle formed by his thumb and forefinger, and hands them to Sheng Dayang and Sheng Xiaotian respectively.

"This is—"

Sheng Dayang accepts it; the iron piece is cold to the touch, with the characters for ’White Jade City’ etched prominently on one side, and the smaller characters, ’Yann Building,’ on the bottom right.

The reverse side bears the four characters, ’Divine Strategy Military Advisor.’

"White Jade City."

"Yann Building."

"Zhen San Mountain."

Sheng Xiaotian, with only two or three years in school, can read, holding the iron token and reading the inscription aloud in curiosity: "Hero Yu, what do these writings mean?"

Sheng Dayang also looks expectantly at Chen Jichuan.

"White Jade City of the heavens, twelve towers, five domains."

"Six years ago, the upheaval of Great Chu gave rise to five Martial Arts Grandmasters in Yongg State who established ’White Jade City.’ Each domain is commanded by a ’City Lord.’ Below the five domains are twelve towers, of which I am the leader of the twelfth tower—’Yann Building.’"

Chen Jichuan speaks offhandedly.

It must be said,

The Banished Immortal’s poem, "After Chaos, the Grace of Heaven Flows to Nightlang, Remembering Old Wanderings While Inscribing Sentiments for the Good Governor of Jiangxia, Lord Wei," indeed exudes immortal splendor.

In the previous life,

this poem was used boastfully by various protagonists, nearly to the point of nauseating Chen Jichuan.

But now that he employs it himself, the satisfaction is undeniable. Particularly when watching Sheng Dayang and his son gape in awe—it leaves Chen Jichuan delighted.

Maintaining composure,

Chen Jichuan elaborates: "Joining my White Jade City means no inquiry into origins or background; everyone carries a title. Henceforth, when encountering others from White Jade City, you are to address yourself as ’Divine Strategy Military Advisor’ and ’Zhen San Mountain.’"

The iron tokens were forged from the melted remnants of the iron sword obtained ten days prior.

Chen Shaohu worked tirelessly crafting mold casts,

spending ten days smelting dozens of iron tokens, selecting the finest two to bring.

The tokens may appear superficial.

But Chen Jichuan understands that ceremony and symbolism are indispensable—creating these tokens instills a profound sense of belonging.

Judging by Sheng Dayang’s expression—transfixed and enthralled—Chen Jichuan knows this stratagem has hit its mark.

"Goodness gracious!"

"Hero Yu is this incredible, yet in ’White Jade City,’ he’s ranked only seventeenth?! How many masters must there be?"

Sheng Dayang is indeed captivated.

Holding the iron token, his heart kindles with ambition.

Initially, he merely wished to follow Chen Jichuan to avenge his mother. But now his aspirations surge: "White Jade City! With ’Immortal Technique,’ how can I not pursue immortality and eternal life?!"

Sheng Xiaotian is too young to think deeply about it.

Clutching the iron token, he revels in joy, flipping it repeatedly, his face glowing: "Zhen San Mountain—what a magnificent title! From now on, I’ll call myself ’Zhen San Mountain!’"

Young in age,

he’d always been treated as a mere child, whether at the academy or home. No one ever treated him as an adult.

This time,

Chen Jichuan places equal weight upon him as his father Sheng Dayang, stirring an unprecedented sense of pride within the boy.

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