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Chapter 159 Trapped by Love

"So, Xiao Yi, did you find anything?"

Not long after leaving the Lu family, while walking on a wide, open hill, Zhuge Cheng suddenly asked Guan Yi.

"Yes, and quite a few."

Guan Yi nodded slightly and said, "The unique skills of each school are very interesting, and they have given me a lot of insights and new ideas. For example, the Golden Light Mantra of the Celestial Master's Mansion, which produces such useful golden light because it is used to cultivate one's life force, has given me some inspiration."

Uncle, you said that cultivators cultivate with the goal of ascending to immortality. So when most techniques were created, their goal should have been ascension. As for offensive methods, they are just some accompanying abilities that arise along the way.

What about the Samadhi True Fire of our Zhuge family? It's formed by fusing the divine essence of the upper elixir, the qi of the middle elixir, and the essence of the lower elixir—three fundamental energies—to create a flame powerful enough to burn the soul. In terms of attack and danger, it's almost second to none in the entire world of supernatural beings. What were our ancestors thinking when they created it?

"Oh, right." Zhuge Yue was taken aback, her face also showing curiosity: "Father, do you know?"

Zhuge Cheng paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "How would I know? I haven't even mastered the Samadhi True Fire yet. But True Fire is dangerous, so be careful and don't try it rashly."

"I know," Guan Yi said with a smile.

Zhuge Cheng's reaction made Guan Yi realize that when the Samadhi True Fire was created, its purpose was probably to burn its own soul!
—Burning and refining one's own soul in order to elevate it to the ultimate level and meet the requirements for attaining enlightenment and ascension, our ancestors were truly audacious.

If you're not careful, you might burn yourself to ashes. No wonder Guan Yi felt that something was missing after the clan leader gave him the Samadhi True Fire cultivation method.

This is somewhat similar to the Threefold Reversal of Life in the Sanyi Sect. The Threefold Reversal of Life reverses the flow of Qi, allowing the body to return from the acquired to the innate state. After reaching the third level, one can transform the Qi throughout the body, which is more inclined towards the cultivation of 'destiny'.

Samadhi Fire, on the other hand, is a path to sexuality.

But... the Threefold Reversal of Life is not a path to Heaven.

No, is the Triple Rebirth Really Not a Heavenly Connection?
Guan Yi recalled his sparring session with Lu Jin. Although Lu Jin was only at the first level of the Reverse Life Triple Realm at this moment, he had already demonstrated many profound aspects.

Qi transforms into flesh and blood, the power of dragon and tiger... The judgment that the Reverse Life Triple Impossible is only made by Wugensheng and Zuo Ruotong, so is it necessarily correct?
Judging from Guan Yi's current experience and perspective, there is nothing wrong with the path of returning to the innate state after the reversal of life. At most, it is just that something is missing and has not been made up for, which is why it ultimately failed to reach the heavens, rather than being a fundamental mistake.

If a fourth or fifth level were added, it might not be a true path to heaven. While the path to heaven may not be 'limited,' its essence certainly wouldn't be infinite.

In the future, I'll have to make a trip to Sanyi Gate!
Seeing Guan Yi's expression, Zhuge Cheng thought he was thinking about other possibilities of the Samadhi True Fire and was worried. However, he knew that Guan Yi, who had mastered all the skills of the clan, would eventually reach the point of figuring out and developing his own moves.

He changed the subject, saying, "Don't worry about cultivation for now, Xiaoyi. You're already twenty-seven this year. Shouldn't you be thinking about your marriage?"

Guan Yi was taken aback, and Zhuge Yue beside him also widened her eyes and stammered, "Dad, you...you want to introduce a girl to Cousin Yi?"

"It was your fifth aunt who gave me this task." Zhuge Cheng shook his head and smiled. "She said that she had subtly inquired with Xiaoyi several times, but Xiaoyi hadn't given in. She asked me to at least urge her a little when I go out this time."

"So, you've met quite a few young ladies from prominent families at the Lu family's birthday banquet, including more than a dozen girls. Is there anyone you've taken a liking to?"

Guan Yi said helplessly, "Those are all children, the oldest is only 21 or 2 years old, right?"

“You’re already of marriageable age,” Zhuge Cheng said. “If you don’t like any of them, we can have children from the Zhuge family who aren’t related to you. There should be about a dozen girls of marriageable age. If you have someone you like, your uncle can help you propose. I think most families wouldn’t refuse you.”

Guan Yi had a similar experience in the previous round.

The elders used all sorts of methods to urge him to get married. If it weren't for the misfortunes that happened to Zhuge Yue and Zhuge Cheng, the change in the atmosphere of the Zhuge family, and the subsequent Japanese invasion, he would have been pressured to get married until he was 40.

“We’ve grown up together as brothers and sisters, and we’ve called each other brother and sister for so many years. It would be even stranger for us to get married, especially if we’re not from the same lineage…” Guan Yi smiled mischievously: “Third Uncle, Xiaoyue and I are… fourth-generation collateral relatives, right? We’re already beyond the fifth degree of kinship, so it seems like the most suitable relationship?”

Zhuge Cheng's face immediately darkened. "If you don't want to get married, then don't. Why are you thinking about Xiaoyue?!"

Zhuge Yue was stunned for a moment, then her face flushed red.

“Yi, Cousin Yi, you…I…I can’t do it, right? The two of us…can’t do it, right?” “Of course not.” Guan Yi smiled and flicked her forehead. “Uncle, instead of urging me, you should think about Xiaoyue’s marriage. She’s reached the age, and there are quite a few young and handsome men at the birthday banquet, and several of them are looking at Xiaoyue frequently.”

Seeing that Guan Yi was joking, Zhuge Yue, who had been extremely nervous, relaxed and glared at Guan Yi. Zhuge Cheng glared at Guan Yi even more angrily and stopped urging her to get married.

The three resumed their normal journey and, by dusk, had traveled over a hundred li.

Just as they were preparing to camp out, Zhuge Yue suddenly looked at Guan Yi and whispered, "Actually... it's not impossible."

Guan Yi was taken aback: "What?"

Zhuge Yue stared at Guan Yi with her big eyes and said, word by word, "I will marry you, my cousin."

Guan Yi: "..."

Zhuge Cheng's face turned so black it looked like coal dust was about to fall off.

You can eat whatever you want, but you can’t say whatever you want.

Marriage customs in this era were both conservative and daring.

In early 1929, the Zhuge family held a grand family banquet to celebrate the marriage of Guan Yi to Zhuge Xiaoyueliang, the most outstanding girl of the younger generation in the Zhuge family.

Even as the wedding was about to end, Guan Yi was still somewhat dazed, wondering how things had somehow progressed to this point. But to say he was unwilling would be simply hypocritical, like someone who had gotten a good deal but was now acting innocent.

As a normal young man, strong and healthy, how could he not be interested in matters between men and women? Besides, he had certainly enjoyed plenty of meat in his previous life.

Previously in the One Piece world, he deliberately controlled his physical contact with Robin in the later stages, as the beautiful woman with her own floral fragrance was simply too charming.

Guan Yi knew that he was just a passerby in the world of One Piece, and if he failed to conquer it, the world would be reset, and all the memories of the people in the secret realm would be lost.

But the world of Under One Person is different. It is foreseeable that he will spend at least sixty or seventy years here. For an ordinary person, marriage and starting a family are not out of the question.

He just hadn't expected the other person to be Zhuge Yue.

Many years later, Guan Yi learned from Zhuge Yue that she had been watching Guan Yi for some time, and that her drunkenness at the Lu family's birthday banquet was a pretense, intended to have more physical contact with Guan Yi. After Guan Yi jokingly said those things, she could no longer let Guan Yi get away.

On the wedding day, in the bridal chamber, when Guan Yi lifted the veil, all she saw was an incredibly beautiful, shy face. She had no time to think about anything else.
Time flies, day after day.

The second five-year infrastructure construction period ended peacefully and warmly after Guan Yi and Zhuge Yue got married and spent their honeymoon.

Upon returning to the world of Death God, Guan Yi immediately gathered materials and created the 'Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Divine Compass' that he had been researching for five years.

Fullbring is not so easy to awaken.

With this tool, Guan Yi was already able to perform some basic divination.

Although there is no inner vision and no accurate answer can be obtained, the art of divination is profound and extensive. Even non-sorcerers can obtain answers to some things through divination as long as they master the skills—such as some information about the demon race that initiated the Dream Reincarnation!

"The seven emotions are the fuel, and the obsession is the cauldron. The three souls are boiled and overflowing, greedily seeking a glimpse of a tender afterimage."

After the divination, Guan Yi stroked the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Divine Compass and murmured in surprise, "The demon who initiated the Dream Reincarnation is actually 'troubled by love'?"

For whom is this affection? Where does this affection even come from?

(End of this chapter)