My Cultivation Starting from Archery-Chapter 1469 - 542: Golden Immortal’s Past (Part 2)

"Come with me!"

Xu Nian pulled a short young boy into a shabby thatched hut and took out a jade token engraved with the characters "Luo Xiao."

"Brother Nian?!"

Ding Xiu looked surprised, "Aren't you from the Luoyue Sect? How are you involved with the Luoxiao Sect?!"

Although he didn't know exactly what the Luoxiao Sect was up to, he'd heard that they were being hunted all over the world, and discovering anyone from this sect was a crime that would implicate the entire family.

"Take a look at this."

Xu Nian tossed over a booklet.

"The Spirit Stealing Technique?"

Ding Xiu flipped through the contents and was left with his mouth agape.

Because it was a cultivation technique.

The content detailed how to plunder spiritual roots so that a common mortal could embark on the path of cultivation.

"Brother Nian!

"No wonder.

"No wonder after you returned from your journey, you had spiritual power..."

"Hmm."

Xu Nian nodded, looking determinedly, "Junior Brother, you're right. Why should we be trampled on all our lives? So, we need to become stronger! If we don't have spiritual roots, we can steal them!"

"I want Immortal Master Li's spiritual roots!"

Ding Xiu clenched his fists, "I want him dead!"

"Fine."

Xu Nian paused, "But not now. That Li guy is at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer. I can't beat him yet. Let me cultivate to the Third Layer first, and then I'll be confident enough to kill him."

"Cultivate to the Third Layer..."

Ding Xiu asked, "How long will it take?"

Xu Nian lowered his head, "The spiritual root I stole isn't very talented; the cultivation speed is very slow. The fastest would be seven to eight years, and the slowest could be twenty years."

"So long?"

Ding Xiu's eyes turned red, "Brother Nian, my sister is still in their hands. With such a long time, am I supposed to just watch my sister die?"

"Junior Brother!"

Xu Nian raised his voice, "We have no choice! Even if we rush to Luoyue Sect now, we'd only be throwing our lives away. No one can save Xiuxiu! What we can do is endure the humiliation and bear the burden! One day, when the same situation occurs, we won't be powerless again!"

Ding Xiu curled up in the corner, sobbing uncontrollably.

Time started to pass quickly.

Xu Nian focused on cultivating within the Luoyue Sect.

And Ding Xiu, day after day (though it would not have much effect), never stopped cultivating a broken Martial Arts Technique.

Just like that, ten years passed.

Until one day.

Someone from the Luoyue Sect delivered a bag of copper coins to Ding Xiu's family, claiming it was compensation because disciple Ding Xiuxiu had died while exterminating the Demon Sect.

But in reality.

Everyone knew.

Unless someone had spiritual roots, they weren't qualified to cultivate; they were just used as furnace tripods, merely material...

The so-called "sacrifice" was just a pleasantry.

Ten years passed.

Ding Xiu's memories of his sister had become vague; he couldn't remember Xiuxiu's voice, and he hardly recalled what Xiuxiu looked like. All that was left in his heart was infinite hatred for the Luoyue Sect and those cultivators.

"Junior Brother!

"We can take action now!"

Xu Nian said, "I'm at the Qi Refining Third Layer now, and with some tricks, dealing with that fat man shouldn't be a problem."

"Alright!"

Ding Xiu nodded.

That night.

Xu Nian invited Immortal Master Li to Zuiyue Tower as a guest, poisoning the spiritual wine, and watched the person drink several pots until he was thoroughly drunk.

Then, on their way back to the sect, he suddenly blocked the path.

"Huh?"

Immortal Master Li said drunkenly, "I say, Junior Brother Xu, what are you suddenly doing?"

"Doing what?"

Xu Nian's voice was icy, "Taking your life!"

Before the words were finished.

He had already lifted his flying sword and charged at the other.

Immortal Master Li's expression changed in shock, and he quickly raised his sword to meet the attack.

After ten years of cultivation.

His realm had already progressed from the Qi Refining Fourth Layer to the Fifth Layer, his mana far surpassing anything in the Early-stage Qi Refining.

Therefore.

After a few exchanges.

Xu Nian fell into a disadvantage.

He began to defend himself and maneuver around, seemingly stalling for time, waiting for something.

But as his disadvantage grew, Xu Nian's face became increasingly grim.

"Junior Brother Xu, what are you waiting for?"

Immortal Master Li sneered, with no trace of drunkenness left, "Could it be that you're waiting for me to die from poison?"

"What?"

Xu Nian frowned, "How did you..."

"Fool!"

Immortal Master Li dismissed, "Who would be kind to others for no reason in this world? Moreover, after I personally sent so many of your fellows up the mountain, you've been trying every possible way to please me, only a fool would think there's no problem. How could I really dare to drink your wine?!

"Honestly, if it weren't for your better qualification that got the attention of an Outer Sect Elder, I'd have killed you long ago.

"But today, attacking a fellow disciple, you brought yourself to me!"

He formed a seal with his hands.

The sword light before him shone brightly.

A barrage of Sword Qi like a gale rushed forward.

Xu Nian could not resist and fell to the ground severely injured.

"Brother Nian!"

Having been lying in wait nearby, Ding Xiu couldn't restrain himself any longer and charged out with a steel sword, "Beast, give me back my sister's life!"

But he, a mere mortal, how could he possibly be a match for the cultivator?

Immortal Master Li lifted one hand and nearly took Ding Xiu's life.

The two brothers lay in the mud, barely clinging to life.

"Two worthless beings, get ready to die!"

At the critical moment of life and death, a golden light descended from the sky, turning into a rope and tightly binding Immortal Master Li, making him struggle on the ground like a trapped beast.

He shouted in terror, "Who?!"

A figure in plain clothes suddenly appeared.

Immortal Master Li, focusing his gaze, saw that this person looked young, gentle as jade, almost like a private school teacher from the mortal world, yet exuded a powerful aura.

A Harmonization Cultivator!

"Senior?!"

Immortal Master Li was utterly terrified, "Who are you, Senior?! I'm a genuine disciple of the Luoyue Sect, a cultivator of the righteous path. Don't let the Great Water flood the Dragon King Temple!"

The scholar calmly spoke, "My last name is Mei, given name Xiao."

"Mei Xiao?"

Immortal Master Li recalled the name in his mind, "You're from the remnants of the Luoxiao Sect!"

Mei Xiao paid him no heed, simply casting a spell to silence him.

"Elder Mei?!"

Xu Nian clearly recognized the renown, "Thank you for saving us, Elder. How did you end up here?"

Mei Xiao replied, "The sect needs development, Tiannan Dao will be under my charge from now on. Passing by here, I sensed a Luoxiao Sect token and suspected you were one of our disciples, so I came to check."

Xu Nian elaborated on the entire situation.

Mei Xiao sighed softly, "Since the ancient wars, the order of the cultivation world has become even more chaotic. Various sects not only impose heavy taxes but secretly use a large number of live humans as furnace tripods. Such behavior is akin to the Demon Sect."

"Elder Mei!"

Ding Xiu pleaded, "Can I join the Luoxiao Sect?"

"Reason?"

Mei Xiao inquired, "The Luoxiao Sect today isn't even considered a third-rate sect, yet faces the pursuit of true immortals. Why risk joining?"

Ding Xiu responded without hesitation, "I want to become strong, very strong, so no one can bully me or push the villagers around anymore, even those superior cultivators!"

"Xiao Ding, I hope you can remember your original intentions."

As Mei Xiao spoke, he personally utilized the Spirit Stealing Technique to transfer Immortal Master Li's spiritual roots to Ding Xiu, opening his path to cultivation.

"Xiao Ding, Xiao Xu."

He said warmly, "Both of you can stay at the Tiannan branch with me henceforth."

"Alright!"

"Thank you, Elder, for saving our lives!"

They both expressed their gratitude.

From that point onward.

Under Mei Xiao's leadership, the Tiannan Branch of the Luoxiao Sect prospered. Two hundred years later, it overthrew the local dominance of the Luoyue Sect, becoming the largest power in Tiannan.

And Xu Nian and Ding Xiu also rapidly grew.

At this point, the scene suddenly began to blur.

Chen Sansi withdrew from it.

The scenes earlier.

Were likely the past experiences of Elder Mei and Elder Ding.