The spiritual energy was restored, and he became a mortal immortal in two days.

Before meeting Chen Xuan, Master was in despair.

He often cursed loudly, believing that his ancestors had deceived him and that there was no such thing as cultivating immortality.

After meeting Chen Xuan, the master woke up laughing in the middle of the night.

Pointing proudly at the statues of the Three Pure Ones, he said, "If this kid can't cultivate, then no one throughout history has ever succeeded in cultivating."

Although Chen Xuan and his fellow disciples always believed that their master was suffering from hysteria and was having some kind of dream about cultivating immortality.

Don't they know what era this is? Airplanes and cannons are flying all over the sky. Why are they talking about outdated cultivation methods? We should believe in science.

But they did not leave the Taoist temple.

The reason is simple: the Taoist temple provides meals.

Chen Xuan, in particular, read Taoist scriptures exceptionally quickly. He could always converse fluently with his master and was rewarded with a big chicken leg.

Others were envious, but no matter what they did, they couldn't learn it.

Time passed by little by little.

Chen Xuan read the Taoist canon at the Taoist temple until there were no more Taoist scriptures to read, until he could leave his master speechless when he asked him questions.

He turned eighteen, and his master was turning eighty.

On this day, Chen Xuan fell off a cliff and fell into a coma.

...After recalling his memories, Chen Xuan listened to his junior sister's story with a calm yet resolute voice.

"Don't worry, I'm back."

"The Taoist temple will also return."

He didn't utter any harsh words or curse those who robbed the Taoist temple, because the dead cannot hear.

"No...no, no, senior brother, please don't do anything foolish..."

Lu Yao's heart skipped a beat. She had never heard her senior brother speak in such a tone before, as if he were completely devoid of emotion.

She hurriedly explained, "Those people have powerful connections; we can't fight them."

"It's nothing, just a small matter."

Chen Xuan spoke calmly, as if he could overturn rivers and seas and suppress everything with a wave of his hand.

"Oh no, my senior brother is having another episode."

Lu Yao covered her forehead, a bitter smile appearing on her lips. She knew that her senior brother was treating her like an immortal again.

"Fourth Senior Sister, why are you back so quickly today...?"

Hearing the noise at the door, a mischievous little boy poked his head out of the house.

The moment he saw Chen Xuan, his eyes widened suddenly.

Just as Lu Yao was about to speak, the little boy's excited voice immediately broke the silence of the courtyard and echoed through the night sky.

"Oh my god!"

"Everyone come out and see! Fourth Senior Sister is in love! She brought a man home!"

A small face, a loud voice, and bright eyes full of excitement at stumbling upon some gossip.

Lu Yao's snow-white forehead was immediately covered with black lines.

"Where, where?"

"Where is Fourth Senior Sister's man?"

In an instant.

The once dark courtyard was suddenly illuminated by rows of lights, and one child after another rushed out of the rooms.

Seven or eight pairs of eyes stared intently at Chen Xuan, and began to comment on him like little adults.

"Hmm, Fourth Senior Sister has good taste!"

"This man is not only handsome, but also has a refined and otherworldly air about him. I bet if he wore a Taoist robe, he'd be incredibly handsome!"

"Ugh~ We've already been kicked out of the Taoist temple, what's the point of mentioning Taoist robes? With a man's looks, nothing would look good on him..."

The sounds of seven or eight children gathered together almost drowned out the courtyard.

Lu Yao was both embarrassed and annoyed, and reached out to grab the ear that was closest to her.

"What man? Open your eyes and look carefully! This is your third senior brother!"

"what?"

"Third Senior Brother?"

The little kids froze, their noisy chatter instantly falling silent.

They couldn't believe it, rubbed their eyes hard, and after a long while, when they could see clearly, the volume of their voices was far greater than before.

"Aaaaaahh ...

"Third Senior Brother is awake?"

"It's true! It's true, it's the living Third Senior Brother! He's really awake!"

"That's great! Waaah... That's really great!"

"Waaah... Third Senior Brother is awake! We don't need to find a separate witness for our wedding when we grow up..."

……

That night, the once peaceful courtyard became lively and bustling with joy because of Chen Xuan's awakening.

"call……"

"I'm exhausted. These junior brothers were so noisy. It took them ages to finally go to sleep."

Lu Yao wiped the sweat from her forehead and walked wearily into Chen Xuan's room. "How are you, Senior Brother? Are you settling in well? I just made the bed. Are you sleeping comfortably?"

"very nice."

Chen Xuan nodded.

"That's good."

Lu Yao smiled happily, a very cheerful smile.

"Junior sister, you've really worked hard all these years," Chen Xuan said sincerely.

After their brief interaction, he had gained a general understanding of the situation.

After being expelled from the Taoist temple, Lu Yao did not leave. She continued to take care of her junior brothers and opened a martial arts school in Qingcheng to barely make a living.

"I don't find it hard."

Lu Yao shook her head slightly, "I am also an orphan. My master gave me a home, and you are all my family."

"Home……"

Chen Xuan's gaze became filled with deep emotion.

In that world, he sought immortality for over nine thousand years, traversing countless eras.

He had visited countless fairylands and secret realms, but no place had ever given him the feeling of home.

Deep down, only the Taoist temple could be called home to him.

Fortunately, I made it back.

"Senior brother, you've just recovered from a serious illness, you should rest early. I won't bother you any longer," Lu Yao said with a smile.

"it is good."

Chen Xuan nodded, his gaze towards the courtyard filled with warmth.

However, when Lu Yao reached the door, she suddenly stopped, a hint of hesitation on her face.

Chen Xuan smiled slightly: "Junior sister, please speak freely."

Lu Yao took a deep breath and said seriously, "Senior brother, you've woken up from your dream. Don't dwell on those fantasies anymore, or you'll go crazy!"

"I...I know you're not reconciled..."

"But Master often says that it's not easy to be a person, and it's not easy to accept reality, but we still have to learn to face life..."

"Don't worry, junior sister, there's no difference between dreams and reality to me."

Chen Xuan smiled calmly.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yao's expression froze slightly.

She sighed softly, secretly planning to raise some money as soon as possible to send Chen Xuan to the hospital for a mental examination.

……

In the stillness of the night, the stars shone brightly.

Chen Xuan was left alone in the room, and he was filled with many emotions.

"Cultivating immortality, cultivating immortality, what if in the end there are no equals in the world? Only the loneliness of being at the top is unbearable."

Looking back, not a single one of my relatives and friends is left; they have all turned into a handful of dust, leaving behind too many regrets.

Looking at the peaceful courtyard and thinking of his fellow students, a smile couldn't help but appear on his lips.

"The mortal world is not a burden, but the highest level of spiritual practice."

"The breath of a true person comes from their heels, while the breath of ordinary people comes from their throats..."

"The Great Way is all-encompassing, it can be found to the left or right. All things depend on it for life, and it does not refuse them..."

No one knew that Chen Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at the sky, his gaze piercing through the thick clouds and reaching the edge of heaven and earth.

The Daoist intent within him began to boil uncontrollably.

Master, you are right. In the Dharma-ending Age, spiritual energy is depleted and the laws are not manifest.

Cultivation is as difficult as ascending to heaven. Let alone becoming an immortal, even the most basic practice of drawing qi into the body is a luxury.

However, while Heaven and Earth can confine the Dao Realm of Qiankun, they cannot hinder my Great Dao of Humanity.

The Tao gives birth to all things, which are inseparable from the mortal world; the ultimate truth of heaven and earth is found in this fleeting life.

As long as humanity exists, the Great Dao will never die, and it will continue to evolve within my heart.

Master, you are not old and blind. If I do not become an immortal, then no one in the world can.

So, I succeeded.

This moment.

The wind, light, and sounds of the outside world instantly came to a standstill.

The distant neon lights and the moonlight on the eaves dimmed together, and in the narrow alley, only his heartbeat remained, resonating with the surging spiritual energy in his mind.

He was like a black hole suspended in the universe, doing nothing, yet the Daoist principles of the mayflies of the human world surged in from all directions, vying for attention.

boo——

The barrier that imprisoned mortals shattered as easily as tofu under the roar of Chen Xuan's Dao intent, and his sea of ​​consciousness opened up instantly!

At this moment, all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was terrified and submitted, allowing him to manipulate it at will.

After playing for a while, it became boring, and all the spiritual energy that was about to enter the body was rejected.

The path he cultivates is self-sufficient and never relies on spiritual energy.