A Single Person's Infinite Wonderful Life

Chapter 1. Cultivation

Jin Chengzhai Qianye looked at Li Wei. At this moment, she was not sleepy at all, because she had now embarked on the path of cultivation. Although she was still a novice, three days without sleep was nothing to her. She had already rested on the plane and now felt very energetic.

Li Wei asked, "Aren't you sleepy?"

"Yeah, I don't want to sleep at all right now," Jinchengzhai Qianye honestly replied.

"If you don't want to sleep, how about we go out for a walk?" Li Wei said.

"Hey? What if Uncle and Auntie find out?" Jinchengzhai Qianye said with some worry.

Li Wei said, "Get up first. This is a small problem that can be solved with magic."

Jin Chengzhai Qianye obediently got up and turned on the chandelier.

Li Wei left the bed, made a hand seal, and blew on the bed. On the bed, clones of Li Wei and Jin Chengzhai Qianye appeared.

Li Wei said, "This is enough to fool people. Pretending to be asleep is very easy."

Jinchengzhai Qianye looked surprised and said, "How amazing! It's just like Sun Wukong's monkey hair. Li Weijun, how did you do that?"

Li Wei laughed and said, "It's just a simple magical clone. Once your cultivation is high enough, you'll find it easy to learn this kind of spell."

Such a spell is not a profound technique, and its principle is extremely simple and crude. Any cultivator who has completed the Foundation Establishment stage can use such a spell by figuring it out on their own.

In fact, as long as one's cultivation is sufficient, many simple spells can be developed through experimentation. After all, those profound spells were created from scratch by predecessors through trial and error. Later generations learn directly from their predecessors simply to avoid detours. For Qi cultivators with long lifespans, life doesn't need to be as fast-paced as ordinary people. Even if it takes decades to develop a spell, as long as it is successful, it is worthwhile.

Even if you fail, it doesn't matter. A long lifespan allows a Qi cultivator to afford to lose. If you fail, you can just start over. That's how a rogue cultivator lives.

Li Wei pulled Jin Chengzhai Qianye along, and the two of them passed through the wall and left the bedroom, arriving outside in the garden.

"The ability to pass through walls is so convenient," Jinchengzhai Qianye exclaimed.

“It’s very simple. At your cultivation speed, you’ll be able to learn the art of passing through walls in half a year. However, the art of cloud riding, the art of escape, and the art of light escape and rainbow transformation will take more time. Without guidance, it will probably take another thirty or forty years,” Li Wei said.

Jin Chengzhai Qianye followed the traditional Qi Refiner path, rather than the later, abridged version of the Immortal Cultivator system. Therefore, it was normal for him to be able to ride the clouds or even transform into a rainbow in just a few decades. For an Immortal Cultivator, it would not be easy to achieve such a feat, since choosing to take shortcuts comes at a price.

Traditional Qi cultivators didn't have many realm divisions, so there was no reference point for cultivation. Many ordinary people who struggled to even begin, lacking the necessary qualities, chose to break down the cultivation process into numerous realms in order to embark on the path. However, this also limited them. Once on this path, it was almost impossible to become a pure Qi cultivator again, unless they abandoned their current physical body, purified their soul, and forgot their memories to start cultivating again. Trying to cultivate while retaining one's current cultivation level was a path with a near-certain death. Although Li Wei hadn't seen any unfortunate individuals in this regard, after combining numerous materials provided by the system, he arrived at this astonishing conclusion.

"Let's go, enjoy the night view, then grab a late-night snack and go for a stroll," Li Wei said with a smile.

A small patch of mist appeared beneath their feet. Once the mist solidified, it felt like soft sand and was warm to the touch, making it very comfortable.

Sitting atop the clouds, the two of them rose higher and higher, while the buildings below grew smaller and smaller.

"I'm a little afraid of heights." Jin Chengzhai Qianye gripped the clouds tightly with both hands.

Li Wei said, "You'll have to overcome your fear of heights sooner or later. When you can walk on your own, the sky will be no different from the land. And at that time, I believe you'll come to love the feeling of walking."

When one's cultivation reaches Li Wei's level, there is really no difference between the sky and the land. The only difference is that on land one moves on a flat surface, while in the sky one can freely choose the direction, up, down, left, right, forward, or backward, without any restrictions. It is a feeling that is even more comfortable than swimming.

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Furthermore, in the sky, one can see things that are not visible on the ground, such as dragons, pythons, and jiaos. Although in the real world, gods and Buddhas have hidden themselves, leaving it to humankind to discover, wild mythical creatures still roam everywhere. It's just that with current human technology, it's difficult to capture the figures of these mythical creatures. In addition, with the advancement of special effects, even if some videos capture the figures of mythical creatures, they are often used as special effects.

Even mythical creatures have their own food chains and hierarchical structures. Dragons are not rare at all. Wild dragons are not considered high in the mythical food chain. The totem dragon that the Chinese people worship is a true dragon that is much higher than a dragon.

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The difference between a dragon and a real dragon is like the difference between a monkey and a human. Although they may look somewhat similar, the differences within are enormous. Just as monkeys and humans have similar physical structures, monkeys can never be compared to humans.

If he weren't afraid of exposing himself, Li Wei would have wanted to capture a real dragon to ride, since sitting on a dragon's head would be much cooler than riding the clouds himself.

Jinchengzhai Qianye moved closer to Li Wei, pressing her entire body against him. Although she had embarked on the path of cultivation, she was still far from being a true practitioner. In addition, she had not yet overcome her fear of heights, so once she reached a certain height, she dared not look down.

Li Wei made the cloud bigger, to the size of a living room, and also made it into a lazy sand, so people could lie comfortably on it.

Jin Chengzhai Qianye was no longer surprised by Li Wei's abilities. Only after embarking on the path of cultivation did she realize just how talented Li Wei was, possessing such cultivation at such a young age.

She was unaware that Li Wei possessed a "cheat code," which allowed him to ascend to such heights. Without special techniques or the ability to travel to other worlds, it would have been impossible for Li Wei to have such profound cultivation at his current age. However, she couldn't reveal Li Wei's true secret to her, so he had to cultivate a persona of a genius, at least that seemed more plausible.

Chapter 1. The Black Clouds Transform into a Dragon

The night sky looked somewhat gloomy, but thanks to the lights on the ground, the entire sky was illuminated with a kaleidoscope of colors.

Jincheng Saichiya frowned slightly and said, "Why do I feel uncomfortable? I had the same feeling when I was in Tokyo."

Li Wei laughed and said, "Any cultivator would feel uncomfortable. Actually, I am no exception, but this negative information has almost no impact on me. As for Qianye, since you are cultivating the orthodox Qi Refining path, this kind of impact is not significant for you either. At most, you will just feel uncomfortable. Those ordinary cultivators who have not been able to enter the path will never be able to cultivate any magical power in their entire lives if they do not avoid such an environment."

Jin Chengzhai Qianye asked curiously, "Why is that? I did read in a book that the ancient cultivators of Chong Kingdom would avoid cities. Why did they choose to live such a secluded life?"

Li Wei said, "Gather your magic power at the lower abdomen, then follow it along the Ren meridian, make the Sunflower Hand Seal, and then gather your magic power in your eyes."

Jin Chengzhai Qianye obediently did as she was told. This was the "Qi-observing eye" that Li Wei had taught her. This special pupil technique could see things that ordinary Yin-Yang eyes could not see, namely the underlying structure of the world, the flow of "Qi".

All things in the universe are composed of the most basic Qi (vital energy). Regardless of the structure these Qi take under the influence of external factors, whether they become organic or inorganic matter, their essence remains unchanged. Therefore, those who can see Qi can see many other true natures that others cannot. This can also be described as "microscopic vision" or "ultra-wide field vision."

Having completed the spellcasting process, Jinchengzhai Qianye opened his eyes again. From this perspective, the once bustling and magnificent city was now shrouded in an intense and oppressive aura. The multicolored oppressive aura made the whole world seem like a ghost realm.

Jincheng Qianye was startled, as it made her feel as if she had returned to Tokyo, where the atmosphere was also murky and filled with negative information.

"Aaaaaah! I still have fourteen years of mortgage payments to make, but now I'm unemployed! What am I going to do?!"

"You bastard who owes you money and won't pay it back! I'm going to kill your whole family! You son of a bitch!"

"Damn it! My luck is really bad today, I lost another thousand! That guy must be rigging the game!"

"Being a kindergarten teacher is so hard, so annoying, I really want to beat those little bastards to death!"

"With this money sent up, the project should be settled!"

"The company went bankrupt, and I'm still drowning in debt. I might as well just die."

"Why are you forcing me to get married! You never care about my feelings. You just want grandchildren to save face and show that you have an heir. Who cares about my thoughts?"

"Damn it, my son isn't even mine! I've raised him for nothing for over ten years! I'm going to kill that bitch when I get back!"

Jin Chengzhai Qianye felt a multitude of sounds surrounding her ears, all of them extremely negative emotions. These chaotic sounds even impacted her soul.

Li Wei gently patted her shoulder, forcibly stopping the effect of the Qi-gazing eye. Jin Chengzhai Qianye noticed that sweat had appeared on her forehead.

Jinchengzhai Qianye said with lingering fear, "Why is there so much negative emotion here in Okinawa? It feels like the resentment here is even stronger than in Tokyo. Do people in Okinawa have such a hard life?"

Because she understands Chinese, she can understand the content of those complaints. The large amount of negative information directly tears apart the beautiful surface of society, exposing the bloody scars inside.

Li Wei laughed and said, "Now you understand why cultivators live in seclusion, right? Because the human world is hell. The vast majority of people come into the human world to suffer. They are thrown into the millstone of flesh and blood and sink into hell. Only a very few people who awaken their spirituality can realize the problems they face and thus embark on the path of cultivation, wanting to avoid falling into hell again."

Ordinary cultivators do not possess the ability to see qi, so they cannot clearly see the changes in qi like Qi cultivators who have already established their foundation. However, they can sense it with their own bodies. Through long-term inheritance and communication, cultivators have realized that cities are places that harbor filth and defilement. To truly transcend and attain great freedom, one must stay away from filth. Therefore, cultivators throughout history have mostly lived in remote mountain forests.

This situation is a common pattern discovered by cultivators of various cultivation systems around the world. Everyone has realized that the complex environment of the city is not conducive to their cultivation.

Therefore, whether it is the shaman who communicates with the spirits of ancestors on the grassland; the druid who lives in harmony with nature; the monk who explores the inner self and pursues the idea that everyone can become a Buddha; or the Taoist monk who pursues "ascension".

These practitioners all share a common characteristic: they like to avoid the mortal world. The core reason is that the various negative information in the mortal world will affect their cultivation and cause them to fall into the "demonic path".

Li Wei said, "Qianye, you are following the most traditional Qi Refining path. This path is a dead end for the vast majority of people. Often, even cultivators cannot complete the Foundation Establishment stage. Therefore, in order to reduce the difficulty of cultivation, most people have broken down the steps and paths of cultivation. This degradation is the common cultivation schools around the world. However, because these schools are incomplete, they are very sensitive to the Qi of the outside world. They can influence the outside world to a limited extent, but they are more easily influenced by the outside world. They are afraid that such negative information will harm them, so they choose to actively avoid it."

Jin Chengzhai Qianye nodded. Having embarked on the path of cultivation, her mind was more acute and perceptive than when she was an ordinary person. So, after Li Wei gave her a simple explanation, she had already thought of many more things.

Li Wei patted Jin Chengzhai Qianye's hand and said, "Open your eyes again, there's going to be a good show."

Jin Chengzhai Qianye was a little curious, but Li Wei said there would be a good show to watch, so something must be about to happen. Therefore, she quickly completed the spell again and activated her "Qi-observation Eye".

In the distance, dark clouds began to press down, and the original black mist began to solidify, revealing the shape of a huge dragon. At the same time, lightning and thunder began to flash from the clouds, and the huge black cloud dragon had completed its transformation.

Li Wei said, "It's really strange that a dark cloud has become a spirit and even transformed into a dragon. Although it's just a small black dragon, it's still quite incredible. However, its life has come to an end."

Jin Chengzhai Qianye's eyesight is now quite good. She can clearly see the huge black dragon in the distance. This enormous black dragon looks incredibly powerful and is sitting next to Li Wei. Otherwise, she wouldn't have had the courage to look directly at such a monster. After all, it's a dragon.

Chapter 4. The True God Makes His Move

Jinchengzhai Qianye asked curiously, "This black dragon looks very strong, how could it have reached the end of its life?"

Li Wei said, "Just you wait and see. This black dragon is a spirit born from dark clouds, inherently evil, a born menace. Plus, with its dragon transformation, it has ambition; becoming a wicked god wouldn't be a problem. But this thing is like an old zombie, a monster that doesn't enter reincarnation, an incurable threat to heaven and earth. The appearance of such a monster signifies a great calamity for humanity. Righteous gods cannot stand idly by and watch such a thing happen. Now we'll see which powerful figure will step forward to deal with this black dragon."

Having successfully transformed, the black dragon roared triumphantly. However, ordinary people in the city on the ground could only hear the thunderclaps in the sky, but could not hear the dragon's roar hidden beneath the thunder.

Ordinary people don't have a superhuman perspective, so they can't see that enormous creature hovering over the city, which is at least over a kilometer long.

Li Wei and Jin Chengzhai Qianye waited, and at that moment, above the dark clouds, a huge purple Tai Chi pattern slowly appeared, and a huge palm made of pure Qi emerged. This palm was so huge that the terrifying black dragon looked as small as an earthworm in front of it.

The black dragon tried to escape, but it was too late. A gigantic hand gripped it tightly. The dragon let out a terrible cry, but no matter how it struggled, it couldn't break free from the giant hand's hold. The giant hand slowly withdrew, and the black dragon was dragged into the spatial passage. At this point, the Tai Chi symbol slowly disappeared, and the dark clouds left behind by the black dragon began to dissipate. Time passed, and the moon shone brightly.

Ordinary people in the city are unaware that a great battle once took place above their heads. Sometimes, ignorance is bliss. The more ordinary people know, the more powerless they feel, and then despair.

Jin Chengzhai Qianye stared in disbelief, and it took him a while to come to his senses before he said, "That giant hand is just too big! What kind of deity is that?! It's like squeezing a terrifying black dragon as if it were a chick. I wonder just how terrifying the power of the owner of this giant hand is."

Li Wei said, "That's why I said that we independent people without any background have to keep a low profile. I've hidden myself very well, and the owner of that giant hand hasn't noticed us, so we can rest assured about that."

Jinchengzhai Qianye breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good. Being targeted by such a terrifying big shot, I would have nightmares even if I was asleep."

Through the opponent's attack just now, Li Wei vaguely sensed the location of the opponent's true form. With the help of his powerful perception, he also obtained considerable information the moment the opponent grabbed the black dragon. The opponent's strength should be about the same as his, but this only meant that their cultivation levels were not much different. In a real fight, the outcome would depend on the supernatural powers and magical treasures that both sides possessed.

To put it simply, when everyone's level is similar, skills and equipment can determine the final outcome.

Li Wei had no idea who the other party was, but the other party's appearance clearly indicated that he belonged to the Eastern Taoist sect. After all, the robes and battle garments full of ancient Eastern style, the flowers radiating strange light on his head, and the magical treasures floating around him all gave people a strong sense of familiarity.

This person is different from the ghosts and gods in the underworld; their strength is genuinely formidable, on par with Li Wei, who is known for his overpowered abilities. Furthermore, the capabilities of their magical artifacts and the supernatural powers they possess are unknown. Even Li Wei wouldn't dare claim absolute certainty of victory in a direct confrontation.

Li Wei felt he couldn't be too particular anymore. In order to strengthen his power and enrich his Crystal Palace, he had to play the villain when necessary.

Li Wei was certain that the righteous god who controlled the black dragon was definitely not the most powerful being in the immortal and Buddhist system. He couldn't even say he could easily defeat this mysterious righteous god, so wouldn't he be in danger when facing those even more powerful beings? He absolutely could not accept such a thing. He had to be stronger than anyone else. Only in this way could he obtain absolute freedom. Otherwise, always having someone pressing down on him and living such a cautious life would be torture for him.

After all, the senior and junior brothers in Journey to the West had no shortage of strength and status, yet they were still used as pawns by those in power, suffering terribly. Only one's own strength is the true trump card. Relying on others is not as good as relying on oneself. Only when you are strong can you avoid being manipulated by others, and even turn the tables and manipulate others.

Li Wei said, "The show's over. Staying up here in the sky is a bit dangerous. I'm not sure if there are other people watching this area. How about we go to the food street now? I'll take you to Hongyadong."

Jin Chengzhai Qianye had just witnessed a breathtaking battle, and she was still somewhat shaken. Those techniques, as powerful as the heavens and earth, were something unattainable for her. She realized just how weak she was, having only just embarked on the path of cultivation, compared to those true masters—like a mayfly. Even if they discovered her, they probably wouldn't even bother to give her a second glance. This was the tragedy of the weak.