I use my supernatural powers to prove my immortality

Chapter 384: There are only wrong names, not wrong nicknames

After leaving the house that Xiang Nianshuang once left behind, we saw a large number of dilapidated wooden houses.

Over a long period of time, many of these cabins have nothing left.

Even so, Zhong Lixiao still seemed to see one preacher after another who died alone in this small wooden house.

Outside some of the cabins is a small, deserted vegetable patch, while outside others is a small garden overgrown with weeds.

Outside some cabins, you can even see complete sets of equipment for raising fish, feeding fish, fishing, and even barbecue tools.

All these indicate that the preachers who once lived here were not only living people, but were also driven crazy by the dark sky and could only find things to do as much as possible.

Soon, the two arrived at a martial arts training ground.

The space is relatively open, and you can even see stone tablets that describe martial arts techniques.

It’s just that perhaps a relatively long time has passed, and the handwriting has become quite blurred.

Moreover, the font is quite ancient and very different from the current characters.

Based on this, we can infer that the time when this Xiang ancestor lived was quite far away from now, and the characters in the language even underwent a major evolution.

After Xiang Xueer identified it, she said with a sad face, "Brother Zhong, I recognize the content on the stone tablet. It is called "Bloodline Returning to Ancestral Method". It is recorded in the Sutra Library of our clan. It was created by a man named Xiang Wuqi two thousand years ago."

After hearing Xiang Xueer's story, Zhong Lixiao realized that this scripture had a very special status in the Xiang family.

Ordinary disciples may not be able to access it, but if there are disciples whose bloodline can return to their ancestral lineage, then this technique is a must-learn.

As long as one can make some progress in learning this technique, the nine-life cat bloodline of the Xiang family can be purified to a great extent.

Xiang Xueer naturally learned it as well!

Xiang Xueer stroked the stone tablet and said with a touch of sadness, "Xueer still remembers that when my grandmother was teaching me the sutras when I was a child, she emphasized this article, 'Bloodline Returning to Ancestral Tradition'."

"At that time, my grandmother's tone was inevitably a little sad. She emphasized many times that if Xiang Wuqi's ancestor had not been trapped in the Worry-Free Cave, and she was given a few hundred years, perhaps the Xiang family could really rely on this "Bloodline Returning Method" to produce several more ancestors with ancestral bloodlines. Perhaps the problem of our Xiang family's increasingly thin bloodline could be alleviated to a considerable extent."

Zhong Lixiao couldn't help but feel regretful when he heard this.

Zhong Lixiao had some understanding of the True Blood Family.

It is said that it was once very rare in the long history of cultivation.

After all, the human and demon races have been enemies for generations. The demon race feeds on humans, and it is common for humans to hunt demons to obtain various magical materials.

Moreover, if the demons want to transform, they must become at least level eight demons.

At that time, even if one were to marry a human, the other half would certainly not be an ordinary person.

It is very difficult to get pregnant!

Even if racial segregation is broken and conception is successful, the child will inevitably have some demon characteristics.

Half-demons like this are not welcomed by both humans and demons.

All of the above reasons make true blood families extremely rare.

But for some reason, there was a period of time in history when the number of true blood families suddenly experienced a surge.

Take Zhong Lixiao’s third uncle for example, his ancestor has the bloodline of the great demon Feng Xi.

But all true-blood families in the world have a common problem: their bloodlines are becoming increasingly thin.

Troubled by this problem, even if a family once passed down very powerful ancient scriptures, it is very difficult for later generations to truly get started.

This also causes the younger generations to become weaker and weaker, and they are forced to switch to other techniques that do not require real blood.

And this is a vicious cycle!
Let’s take Zhong Lixiao’s third uncle as an example. His family was eventually exterminated.

The ancestor of the Xiang family, Xiang Wuqi, actually creatively invented the "Bloodline Returning Method" in Wuyou Cave, and it has also been verified by generations of Xiang family members. His talent and ability are really exaggerated.

If this technique were to be spread out, perhaps all the True Blood families in the world would go crazy for it.

In the era that Xiang Wuqi lived in, perhaps this would have allowed her to go down in history.

but.

Such a woman with unprecedented talent and beauty died alone in Wuyou Cave.

How pathetic!

Thinking of this, both Zhong Lixiao and Xiang Xueer gradually felt the sadness of Wuyou Cave, as if it was going to penetrate into their hearts and then straight into their souls.

Later, the two saw a large number of traces of the lives of the preachers.

Many of them have even begun to become completely homogenized!
Perhaps, the happiness that humans pursue is essentially interconnected.

Farming, fishing, hunting, textiles, food, literature and art.
However, it is extremely difficult for these to survive, so most of them are simply buried in the dust of history.

On the contrary, those cultivators who liked to pursue martial arts and worked diligently to reach the level of martial arts left behind some of the martial arts they deduced in their later years.

Perhaps later generations also discovered that only by leaving behind skills can they better prove that they once existed and were living people, which also led to later generations being more inclined to leave behind skill stone tablets.

Along the way, there were rows of stone tablets of martial arts techniques left by the ancestors of the Xiang family, forming a forest of martial arts steles.

"This is the 'Nine Claws of the Spirit Cat' created by Xiang Anyun's ancestor. It emphasizes being as swift as the wind and leaving no trace of claws."

"This is the Phantom Step created by our ancestor Xiang Jiusui. As long as the blood of our clan is activated, we can become as invisible as a civet cat."

"This is the 'Nine Lives of Immortality' created by our ancestor Xiang Ruoyun. It is also one of the most important secret skills of our Xiang family. As long as our bloodline is sublimated to a certain level, we can practice this technique. Although we cannot really have nine lives, we can save our lives by cutting off our tails to survive."

"This is Xiang Taihua's ancestor."

As Xiang Xueer kept calling out the martial arts techniques written on the stone tablets and the names of the ancestors who left behind these martial arts techniques, even Zhong Lixiao felt an unprecedented weight.

Perhaps, this is one of the important reasons why the Xiang family has been able to survive to this day.

The foundation of the technique is really too profound!
Although many martial arts require the bloodline of the Nine-Life Cat, as long as there is a descendant of the Nine-Life Cat bloodline in the tribe, no matter what her physique or preference is, she can always find a martial art that suits her from the family heritage.

Even if some problems are encountered during the practice, the family can always find answers in time from the cases of their ancestors.

And that’s the benefit of having a long history!
However, it can also be seen from these stone tablets that the Xiang family’s ancestors would not live very long after entering Wuyou Cave.

From Zhong Lixiao's perspective, the upper limits of these skills here are not too high.

At best, it probably only reaches the Nascent Soul stage.

And this is also the biggest shortcoming of the Xiang family - the upper limit is too low.

Even if there are women with extraordinary talent, whose abilities are not inferior to any truly powerful person who has left his name in history, there is simply not enough time left for them to grow.

This has led to the entire Xiang family being in a vicious cycle!
Among these inscriptions, one can even see a few women with a very rebellious spirit.

Take one of the large stele forests for example. There is a woman who is unique in her own way and wants to deduce the method to decipher the scriptures.

It was written like this in the preface. The words on the stele were written in iron and silver strokes, and were extremely spirited.

"I, Xiang Aoxue, am unwilling to be reduced to a slave to the scriptures. I am carving a stele here to record my journey in deciphering the ancient scriptures."

When Zhong Lixiao saw Xiang Aoxue leaving a message on the stele, his eyes lit up.

Not only do we admire this woman's talent, intelligence and rebellious spirit, but we also want to see if we can get some clues about the ancient scriptures passed down from generation to generation by the Xiang family from her letters.

Zhong Lixiao immediately rushed to a stone tablet under the stele forest.

But soon, Zhong Lixiao was dumbfounded.

Are these all words?

Why do they look like some very disordered lines?

Zhong Lixiao did not lose heart. He immediately made up his mind to study the various crystal cores in the Geomancer Palace, starting from the outside and working towards the inside. He first observed the shapes of the characters to see if there was any pattern to them.

Then scan it with your spiritual consciousness, keep the idea in mind and forget the form, and see if you can understand some of the true meanings left by Xiang Aoxue in the inscription.

What made Zhong Lixiao somewhat dumbfounded was that the lines of the inscriptions were so strange that they seemed to be not part of any writing system.

At least it was not a kind of writing that Zhong Lixiao had ever come into contact with or understood. Looking at these strange inscriptions was really like reading a book without words.

Zhong Lixiao couldn't help but look at Xiang Xue'er, who said helplessly, "There are quite a few rubbings of these inscriptions in our clan's Sutra Library, and our clansmen from past generations have been working tirelessly to decipher them, but have never produced any results."

Zhong Lixiao nodded and silently memorized all the inscriptions.

After reading about a dozen ancient inscriptions, Zhong Lixiao saw Xiang Aoxue's letter again.

"After decades of wasting time, I still only have a glimpse of this scripture. What a pity. I regret that my youth is gone and I cannot continue my research. I also regret that I cannot get a glimpse of the style of the ancient sages who created this ancient scripture."

Xiang Aoxue's letter ended here, but later on, the handwriting of another person can be seen.

Compared to Xiang Aoxue's arrogance, the handwriting of this successor is much more beautiful. If her handwriting was not in this forest of steles, Zhong Lixiao might have thought that this woman was a girl who never left her house just by looking at her handwriting.

"I, Xiang Xuanxuan, am unwilling to become a slave to the scriptures. I am willing to follow the example of my ancestors Aoxue and try to decipher the scriptures to provide more options for those who come after me."

Compared to Xiang Aoxue, the inscription left by Xiang Xuanxuan is indeed much more graceful.

If Xiang Aoxue is the type of person who never gives up, Xiang Xuanxuan is the type of person who is gentle on the outside but strong on the inside.

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Zhong Lixiao still couldn't understand the inscription left by Xiang Xuanxuan.

Zhong Lixiao and the other person sat cross-legged in front of the inscription left by Xiang Xuanxuan for a long time before they finished reading the inscription.

Perhaps Xiang Aoxue had made a good start, and Xiang Xuanxuan also left her last words in the end.

"I woke up this morning feeling weak and exhausted. I can already feel that my life is coming to an end. Xuanxuan has lived a mediocre life. If I can do my best to help future generations decipher the ancient scriptures, it will be enough."

There is another relay behind, and hundreds of ancient monuments can be vaguely seen.

These inscriptions are all testaments to the fact that Xiang’s ancestors never gave up.

Even an outsider like Zhong Lixiao was still very shocked when he saw it.

But the further you go, the more you can see the despair of the Xiang ancestors who deciphered the scriptures.

The inscription on one of the tablets reads:

"Is deciphering the scripture just wishful thinking? Perhaps we have gone astray since our ancestor Aoxue. Why don't we go back, why don't we go back?"

It was also from this letter that the voices of Xiang's ancestors attempting to decipher the ancient scriptures gradually decreased.

It can also be seen from here that the letter left here, which looked like scribbles, was only incomprehensible to Zhong Lixiao and Xiang Xueer. The ancestors of the Xiang family who were truly determined to devote themselves to deciphering the scriptures essentially understood it.

Zhong Lixiao kept this information in mind. After thinking about it for a while, he realized that he had memorized all the inscriptions on the stele. He nodded with satisfaction.

Some inscriptions still existed afterwards, but perhaps because the relay operation to decipher the inscriptions failed, the ancestors of the Xiang family no longer tried to decipher the scriptures, but instead focused more on enjoying themselves and living.

This is another new trend!
Later, you can see all kinds of small homes decorated with flowers everywhere, some are decorated with flowers, some are sweet and warm.

Because the closer you get to the inside, the more recent the building is, and many of the buildings inside are almost indistinguishable from those of their time.

Some of them are even still very well preserved, with even traces of their former owners still intact.

In this way, the two of them finally arrived at the innermost part of Wuyou Cave.

But it is also because of this that the sadness that seems to be tangible is so intense that it cannot be completely dissolved.

Xiang Xueer couldn't bear it any longer, her clothes were soaked with tears, and she cried inconsolably.

It was Zhong Lixiao. Although he tried his best to restrain himself, his eyes were still wet.

Zhong Lixiao didn't know what to say for a moment.

The sadness here is too shocking. If you continue to live in it, it is only a matter of time before you cry your eyes blind.

Wuyou Cave, the extremely sad Wuyou Cave, the name is really full of black humor!

Afterwards, the two continued to move forward.

Finally, we saw a small garden with very exquisite decoration.

Perhaps because there are still people living there, the small garden is well maintained.

There are clusters of flowers and no weeds.

It is obvious that many of the flowers in the garden have been carefully cultivated.

If placed outside, they might be considered some kind of carefully improved precious flower variety.

If we hold a flower viewing party, it might cause a sensation in the whole city.

We don’t even know how many writers and poets were inspired to leave behind eternal poems!
Take Zhong Lixiao for example, he even subconsciously recalled poems like "I am afraid that the flowers will fall asleep late at night, so I light high candles to illuminate their red makeup."

Even Xiang Xueer couldn't help wiping her tears with a handkerchief while looking around in surprise at the precious flowers.

This generation of Xiang family descendants is best at cultivating precious flowers?
It’s really amazing!
Although Xiang Xueer has made great achievements in cultivation, compared with Zhong Lixiao, Yu Yunmu, and even Prince Bao and Xue Jingliang, she does not think that her talent is anything special.

Looking at the talented ancestors of the Xiang family in Wuyou Cave, she couldn't help but feel a little inferior, feeling that her talents were too mediocre.

Perhaps it touched upon her sad past, and Xiangxueer couldn't stop crying.

After entering the garden full of precious flowers, everyone saw many small things one after another.

Lovely hydrangea, exquisite clothes, handkerchiefs, tiger-head shoes, bellybands, rattles
Seeing this, Zhong Lixiao couldn't help but be shocked.

At first glance, these things are just children's toys.

Could it be that this preacher was already a mother before she came in?

孽 孽!
Thinking of this, Zhong Lixiao couldn't help but become more dissatisfied with the Xiang family's ancestor who left behind this scripture.

What kind of mission is this?
This is a curse!

Finally, Zhong Lixiao and Xiang Xueer finally found the previous preacher on a swing behind the wooden house in the garden.

The man was sitting on a swing at this time, with a wreath on his head.

Swinging on the swing, humming a ballad.

It looks extremely beautiful!
When they saw this woman's face, Zhong Lixiao and Xiang Xueer were both shocked.

This woman is really too young, she looks like a girl in her twenties.

Although in this world of immortal cultivation, there are too many ways to maintain youthful appearance, and one cannot simply rely on appearance to judge age, this woman's appearance is still very stunning.

What made Zhong Lixiao frown was that the woman's eyes were too calm, one could even describe them as empty, as if she had no emotions at all, like a walking corpse.

孽 孽!
Seeing this girl, Xiang Xue'er cried and said in a voice transmission, "She is my grandmother's sister. According to seniority, she is my great aunt. I didn't expect that she would be so beautiful and gorgeous. It's a pity, sad, and lamentable."

She is so beautiful, has a lover, children, and is a mother. If she had followed a normal life trajectory, she would at least be enjoying the company of grandchildren now.

Instead of being trapped alone in Wuyou Cave, he could only guard a small house by himself and admire the flowers in the garden.

Aunt Xiang Xueer was very slow to react. Zhong Lixiao and Xiang Xueer had been here for a long time. Her empty eyes finally showed some reaction as she realized that a new preacher had arrived.

Xiang Xueer saw that her aunt finally responded, so she hurried forward to greet her.

After a while.

The lady finally responded, "There are two of them this time?"

Although Xiang Xueer wanted to laugh, she couldn't stop crying, so she had to give up and said, "Sister Han is the helper invited by my granddaughter. She plans to help our Xiang family get rid of the disaster and curse."

After a long while, the lady finally understood why Zhong Lixiao came.

The expression on her face changed slightly, you could call it a "smile".

"You are lucky, but... your sister Han shouldn't have come in!"

Xiang Xueer couldn't help feeling a sinking feeling in her heart.

Although she already knew that the inheritance of Wuyou Cave was extremely terrifying, and was more like a curse than a curse, Xiang Xueer couldn't help but feel worried when she saw her aunt in such a bad condition.

Xiang Xueer subconsciously looked at Zhong Lixiao, and then she saw Brother Zhong's confident and determined eyes.

Although she was somewhat unable to bear the sadness, Xiang Xueer's heart was inevitably much firmer.

Xiang Xueer: "Don't worry, Sister Han is not an ordinary person. She has been creating miracles all the time. Even if no one else can handle it, if it is Sister Han, she will definitely be able to create miracles!"

A long time passed, and Xiang Xueer, the young and beautiful lady, didn't know whether she was distracted suddenly, or Xiang Xueer's words reminded her of something, and she forgot about Zhong Lixiao.

After a long time, the aunt finally came back to her senses. She shook her head and said, "It's useless. The scripture is too high-level. How can it create miracles? Child, you will only lose a sister. In the future, you will only regret it more and be more miserable than me. My poor child!"

The aunt stroked Xiangxue'er's cheek. Perhaps she was recalling her childhood childhood, but her empty eyes actually regained some emotion, which was very rare.

It may be regret, reluctance, resentment or regret, but it is still very indifferent.

Seeing these scenes, Zhong Lixiao couldn't help but be extremely surprised.

You have to know that since he and Xiang Xueer entered Wuyou Cave, sadness has penetrated into their hearts and souls, and they can't help but want to cry.

But this young lady, after staying in Wuyou Cave for too long, seemed to have lost all her emotions.

There is no joy or sorrow, just like a walking corpse without emotions. Is this the origin of the name Wuyou Cave?

What an irony!
(End of this chapter)