Primordial Qi

As a disciple of the Spirit Wood Sect's Herb Collection Hall, Gu Chenyu had all the equipment he needed to dig, but he couldn't find the right tools after searching for a long time, and he didn't have anything to do farm work. He broke off a spear, melted the spear head with his true essence, and finally molded it into the shape of a hoe, and started digging bit by bit.

Bai Yansha turned his head away and stopped looking here. Mu Yang also looked at Bai Yansha with a complicated expression and could not speak for a long time. His good disciple was afraid that...

The soil was turned up bit by bit, and Gu Chenyu dug several meters deep before he reached the top of the coffin. Gu Chenyu couldn't help trembling as he looked at the exposed coffin. It was also his first time doing this, and it was impossible for him to say that he was not afraid of dealing with the dead.

The body of a cultivator is much better than that of a mortal after death. At least it will not turn into a pile of bones in a short time. However, after so many years, Gu Chenyu is not sure whether it will have turned into blood. He is more or less a little scared.

Gu Chenyu carefully excavated this place, and the soil was moved outside bit by bit, and then lifted up by Mu Yang using his spiritual power.

"Yu'er, sorry to bother you." Bai Yansha turned his head and looked at the exquisite coffin in front of him with tears in his eyes.

This is a top-quality spiritual wood, perfect for nourishing the body. It will not rot for a hundred years. There are many such spiritual trees, and almost every disciple who joins the sect plants one so that they will have a place to go when they die.

People in this world believe that the body is incorruptible and that after death one can go to the underworld to serve in the underworld, or even have the possibility of coming back to life. Of course, these are false. Even if the body is gone, the soul can still survive in the world. If one can really go to the underworld, it depends on whose soul is the stronger.

Pulling out the nails that nailed the coffin, Gu Chenyu slowly moved the coffin lid. Inside lay an old lady with a kind face. After being exposed to the air for a while, Gu Chenyu was horrified to find that her body gradually turned into powder, and finally only a shining golden pill was left.

Gu Chenyu was speechless. What…what was going on? Oxidized?

Bai Yansha seemed to have known the result long ago. With a hook of his finger, the golden elixir was in his hand.

After sensing with his immense soul power, Bai Yansha smiled. Gu Chenyu didn't understand why, so he closed the coffin again and buried it in the ground.

"Do you remember the soul-raising insects I told you about?" Bai Yansha said.

"Remember." Gu Chenyu said without hesitation.

"We encountered this kind of spiritual insects in Tianxing Sect. Some of them have the previous horrible soul living in their bodies, and some are spiritual insects that have not yet been inherited by the soul. Your master's wife is very lucky. She didn't encounter the kind of soul-nourishing insects that have souls inside them." Bai Yansha thanked, and then he became relieved and said, "The soul-nourishing insect in my dantian has a soul hidden in it, but it is too weak. Before it dissipated, it passed some memories to me, so I know these things."

"Then Master, you..." Gu Chenyu said in a trembling voice. He was afraid that Bai Yansha had been possessed by another body.

"Don't worry, it's just some memories."

Gu Chenyu breathed a sigh of relief, and a hint of joy appeared on his face. It seemed that he could survive again.

Mu Yang sighed. He drank the fine wine he brought from the secret realm, but it tasted extremely bitter. He had never drunk such a bad wine before. Bai Yansha's letter to him not only explained the reason, but also the aftermath. He knew what this disciple wanted to do, but he couldn't stop him.

"Gu boy, what do you think is the purpose of human life?" Bai Yansha asked. Gu Chenyu's eyes also showed confusion, and he replied, "To live."

Bai Yansha laughed, this disciple's mind is still not mature enough.

"You will understand later." Bai Yansha said.

"I'll wait for you to teach me."

"I can't teach you. You have to figure it out yourself, but I can teach you other things." Bai Yansha squinted and smiled.

"After I leave, you have to be well." Bai Yansha suddenly said. Gu Chenyu was stunned and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Don't interrupt, just feel it."

Bai Yansha placed his hand on Gu Chenyu's head, and the soul power was directly inherited.

"Master will help you activate the spiritual roots in your body today."

The terrifying spiritual power was like a burst dam, with a torrent of water rushing through every part of the body, and it felt like the heart was beating somewhere in the body.

An endless supply of spiritual power gushed out from that heart-like place, and the five elements of spiritual roots were forced out. They were indeed the lowest level of useless spiritual roots.

Gu Chenyu was breathing heavily. He could already feel the presence of spiritual power. The spiritual power in his dantian, which had become a sea of spiritual liquid, was also running around uncontrollably, but he quickly suppressed it with his true energy.

Bai Yansha nodded. This kind of spiritual root was very normal. Those who did not have obvious spiritual roots were ordinary people. Now that he had forced the spiritual root out, Gu Chenyu had a chance to embark on the path of cultivation.

"Child, please forgive Master's selfishness, and please forgive your selfishness. If there hadn't been so many accidents, I might have followed her half a year ago. Now, there may be a slight possibility of survival, but I don't want to fight for it anymore. I miss her." Bai Yansha said to Gu Chenyu and Mu Yang. He was relieved and free and easy at this moment, unlike the lifeless old man before.

"Yu'er, your master left a letter for you in the yard. Inside it are words from your master." Bai Yansha said. His body was gradually aging, but he used his spiritual power to quickly convert it into lifespan, so he did not age so quickly.

The spiritual power turned into flames, and Bai Yansha's body began to gradually become illusory in the flames.

"Don't be sad, this is what I wanted, I am very relieved, the end is also the beginning, it may not be a new life."

Gu Chenyu's tears welled up in his eyes. He didn't understand why Bai Yansha would be like this and choose to commit suicide by self-ignition.

The flames burned out completely, leaving only a pile of ash. Gu Chenyu's tears flowed unconsciously, and Mu Yang sighed to the sky, tears streaming down his face.

Gu Chenyu looked at the ashes in front of him and felt even sadder.

Mu Yang had known Bai Yansha's idea for a long time, but he did not stop her too much. He took out a coffin with a small wooden box inside. The spiritual tree he planted with Bai Yansha, who was six years old, in Lingxiu Mountain when he was 326 years old has now become his coffin. He cut off this piece of spiritual wood with his own hands, and the pain in his heart can be imagined.

Taking the wooden box, Gu Chenyu held the ashes bit by bit and put them into the box. Mu Yang rolled up the two golden pills, which were the life-long cultivation of Bai Yansha and Ning Yuxi. Taking out two spherical bells, Mu Yang put one of the two golden pills in each, and the golden pills could also make a crisp bell sound.

With tears in his eyes, Gu Chenyu put the ashes into the box, and then put it into the spiritual wooden coffin. Little by little, he used his hands to dig a deep pit next to Ning Yuxi. Even though his body was as strong as his, his fingers were covered in blood.

Mu Yang patted Gu Chenyu on the shoulder and said with relief: "He said that you are a good disciple, and you will complete the things he didn't tell you to do."

Gu Chenyu suppressed his trembling and buried Bai Yansha himself.

Two stone tablets were erected nearby, with the words "Tomb of Mentor Bai Yansha" inscribed on them. Together with Ning Yuxi's tombstone, the two were finally buried together.

"Everyone has the right to make their own choices. He knew that his life was coming to an end. The cultivation of the Supreme was just an illusion. The soul-nourishing insect in his body fell into a short sleep, and he used it to break through to the Supreme. I don't know the effect of the soul-nourishing insect. Perhaps he also has his own ideas. These two bells are for you. Don't lose them. There are two golden pills inside."

Mu Yang instructed, and then took out the two bells. This was also what Bai Yansha asked for before his death. He wanted to make his and Ning Yuxi's golden elixirs into jewelry to accompany Gu Chenyu.

Gu Chenyu knelt in front of their tombstones with a sad expression. He poured the unfinished wine in the jar into three bowls, one bowl for Bai Yansha, one bowl for Ning Yuxi, and drank the last bowl himself.

Bitter, really bitter...