Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 645: Experiences From Six Lifetimes

“If I want to increase the intimidation factor, I can also do this!”

The Fire Infant demonstrated its mighty power once more. Li Haoran’s torso and head were shrouded in a layer of flames. If he suddenly appeared like this at night, he could frighten a crowd to tears.

Lu Yang seriously contemplated the uses of Li Haoran’s nascent soul. “If the body is completely disassembled, there will be six body parts attacking. If they are manipulated skillfully, the enemy will face assaults from six directions, making it hard to defend against. If only the head flies out, and the remaining body forms a headless corpse to attack, it would be highly effective for life preservation.”

“Senior Brother Lu, this is not my only life-preserving method!” Li Haoran laughed heartily upon hearing Lu Yang’s analysis.

“Merge!”

His head reattached to his neck seamlessly, without the slightest flaw. No one could tell that he had been a headless corpse just a second ago.

“Come, Senior Brother Lu, attack me!”

Lu Yang didn’t stand on ceremony. Bringing two fingers together, he shot a formless sword qi at Li Haoran.

Li Haoran’s body swayed slightly, and his right arm detached, causing the formless qi to pass between his torso and the detached arm.

“How’s that?” Li Haoran reattached his right arm and spun around, his body unharmed and intact.

“Interesting. What about this?” Lu Yang didn’t give Li Haoran time to react, slashing out over a dozen sword qi in succession. This was a rain of sword qi that Li Haoran couldn’t dodge by dismembering himself!

Li Haoran’s expression shifted. Given my reaction speed, it’s true that I can’t dodge so many sword qi.

Then, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

But it’s not like there’s no other way.

He removed his head and held it by the hair. Swinging his arm in a wide arc, he hurled his head far away with a whoosh.

Li Haoran’s body withstood the brunt of all the sword qi head-on, while his head transformed into a streak of light and fled into the distance. If the sword qi strikes had been fatal, he could have saved his life using this method.

Lu Yang couldn’t help but applaud. This Red Kid Nascent Soul is indeed useful, with various applications based on one’s imagination.

Before long, Li Haoran’s head flew back and reconnected with his body, restoring him to his original state.

“Hiss, Senior Brother Lu, you were quite ruthless.” Once his body fused back, Li Haoran felt the pain from the sword qi wounds.

Meng Jingzhou looked at Li Haoran’s Fire Infant, lost in thought. My nascent soul can transform into three heads and six arms, while Junior Brother Li’s nascent soul is about making his own three heads and six arms fly around?

Unlike Li Haoran, who used spells as his primary attack method, Meng Jingzhou was a physique cultivator with high demands on the coherence of the body. Dismembering my body to crash into enemies will be far less powerful than assuming a fist technique stance and throwing a couple of punches...

“Wait, it might actually work...” Meng Jingzhou suddenly had an idea and moved closer to Li Haoran. “Junior Brother Li, let’s discuss something. Your senior brother has some insights about Nascent Soul cultivation and needs your cooperation.”

“What insights?”

“My physique is a bit special; I can borrow others’ nascent souls. Take this cultivation manual and learn this technique. It will allow you to lend me your nascent soul.”

Li Haoran’s expression turned peculiar. This was his first time hearing that nascent souls could be borrowed.

Could it be that the Meng Family doesn’t only lend money but also nascent souls?”

“I’ll learn it.”

Li Haoran quickly mastered the cultivation technique Meng Jingzhou handed him; it was just a single thin sheet of paper and very simple. His learning speed was even faster than Man Gu’s.

The two sat cross-legged and triggered resonance. The Fire Infant flew out from Li Haoran’s body and entered Meng Jingzhou’s dantian.

Meng Jingzhou felt the power of the Fire Infant. This is the power of the Three Nascent Souls Stage—truly extraordinary.

Shouting loudly, he performed nascent soul fusion and once again transformed into the adept with four heads and eight arms. Next, he cut off four arms and had the other four arms hold them, thus becoming an adept with four heads, four arms, and four weapons!

With a heave-ho, Meng Jingzhou swung the severed arms effortlessly, whipping up gusts of wind. These are excellent weapons, perfectly suited for me!

“Success!”

Li Haoran’s eyelid twitched. Senior Brother Meng doesn’t seem like a righteous cultivator; he’s more like a diabolic path leader.

After remaining quiet all this time, Yun Zhi finally spoke. Her voice wasn’t loud, but it held the power to silence the entire place. “Junior Brother Li, we just returned from meeting with the Nine-Netherworlds Creed, where we heard about their origins. Do you have any memories related to this?”

Hearing that serious business was about to be discussed, Meng Jingzhou hurriedly returned the nascent soul to Li Haoran.

Lu Yang was momentarily stunned to hear it involved the Nine-Netherworlds Creed’s origins. He nodded earnestly. “I actually do have memories, but they’re not complete. Qin Haoran told Senior Yiren that he was the eighth reincarnation and that I am the ninth. He could confirm he was the eighth incarnation because of the memories he had of the previous seven lifetimes. But I haven’t fully inherited Qin Haoran’s memories yet. The memories of the earlier lifetimes are fragmented.”

“Feel free to speak.”

Li Haoran nodded and began sifting through the vast ocean of Qin Haoran’s memories for relevant information.

Qin Haoran possessed nearly two thousand years of memories. Such a massive amount was more than Li Haoran could handle. To avoid losing himself in the sea of memories, Li Haoran had asked his shifu to seal the memories, only removing portions of the seal as needed.

“My memories of the first three lifetimes are quite blurry. I can’t recall what happened.

“Eighty thousand years ago, in the fourth lifetime, the ‘me’ then awakened by chance, gaining a part of my memories from past lifetimes. From these memories, ‘I’ acquired knowledge about cultivation and embarked on the path of cultivation.

“As ‘my’ cultivation increased, other parts of the first three lifetimes’ memories surfaced, such as the ‘Nine Netherworlds’ and ‘reincarnation.’ Mu Baiyi has probably told you about this.

“Relying on the fragmented past life memories, my fourth incarnation established the Nine-Netherworlds Creed to explore the true meaning of reincarnation.

“Of course, there were hardly any gains. The hideout was even raided by two constables. He was upright and loyal to his friends, letting his subordinates escape first while he covered the rear. As a result, he didn’t manage to reincarnate and was captured, sentenced to life imprisonment.

“My fifth incarnation reincarnated in the Buddhist Kingdom, saw through the mundane world and renounced secular life, becoming a nun. Later, she fell in love with the abbot of a neighboring temple. They both returned to secular life and married under the witness of Buddha. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

“My sixth incarnation joined the Nine-Netherworlds Creed and used his past life memories to ascend to the position of creed leader. He embezzled creed funds for personal use and delayed payments month after month until he was assassinated.

“My seventh incarnation was female. She became a palace maid, spending her days in elaborate schemes and intrigue within the imperial harem.” Li Haoran’s expression turned somewhat uncomfortable as he recalled some unpleasant events.

“As for my eighth incarnation, all of you know him. It’s that scoundrel Qin Haoran who deserves a thousand cuts. He also had the highest cultivation. He tried to undergo a lightning tribulation to advance to the Transcendent Tribulation and evade his creditors, but was struck dead by lightning.

“And the ninth incarnation is me.”

Several tumultuous and magnificent lives indeed.

After listening to the full account, Yun Zhi asked calmly, “The fourth incarnation was born eighty thousand years ago, while the eighth incarnation, Qin Haoran, immediately reincarnated and became you after his death. That is to say that the fourth incarnation didn’t immediately reincarnate into the fifth incarnation after death—there was a time gap, right?”

Li Haoran. “Yes. The closer to the present, the shorter the interval between the lifetimes. By my lifetime, there is no longer a time gap.”

Yun Zhi verified, “According to this temporal rule, your first three incarnations were not from Great Xia but from Great Yu or even Great Qian, right?”

“You could say that.”

Yun Zhi continued, “The interval between reincarnations has been growing shorter and shorter until now, where there is no more time gap. It could be a form of countdown or an accumulation method. Your current lifetime might be the last one, or something might happen after you die and enter your tenth lifetime.”

“Indeed.”

Yun Zhi mulled over it, then turned to Jiang Lianyi. “I have no further questions. Senior, do you have any?”

Jiang Lianyi nodded. “Can you elaborate on the experiences of the elaborate schemes and intrigue in the imperial harem?”

“...No.”

“Then I also have no further questions.”