Transmigration: A person in a martial arts world, cultivating to ascend to immortality

Immediately afterwards, Yan Guang took the initiative to recount his past experience.

Everything was pretty much as Jiang Yuchuan had expected; Yan Guang did indeed have a close connection with Xuan Xi. His ability to read faces was something Xuan Xi had personally taught him.

However, the process was more tortuous and complicated than Jiang Yuchuan had imagined.

Yan Guang was originally from Dali. Because he was chased by his enemies when he was young, he had no choice but to take a risk and secretly hide in a caravan that traveled between Daqian and Dali. That's how he smuggled himself to Daqian.

Upon arriving in Daqian, Yan Guang, unfamiliar with the place and its people, began begging. Fortunately, he was quick-witted, eloquent, and perceptive, and thus did not suffer any difficulties from his fellow beggars.

Yan Guang met Xuan Xi ten years after he had lived in Daqian, when he was just twenty years old.

"I don't know why, but when I saw Master Xuanxi, a very strange feeling welled up inside me."

Yan Guang recalled: "It was based on this feeling that I, who was working as a waiter in the restaurant, mustered up my courage and took the initiative to go and chat with Master Xuanxi when there were no customers."

"At that time, I did not know the identity of Master Xuanxi. Seeing that he was wearing a Taoist robe, I assumed that he was an old Taoist priest from some Taoist temple."

"After exchanging a few words with Master Xuanxi, he asked me why I had come to see him. Faced with his question, I didn't use any flowery words and directly expressed my thoughts and feelings."

At this point, Yan Guang looked at Jiang Yuchuan and asked with a smile, "Young Master Jiang, guess how True Person Xuanxi reacted after I finished speaking?"

As Xuanxi's image appeared in Jiang Yuchuan's mind, he smiled and replied, "I bet Xuanxi would say you are exceptionally talented and a good candidate for learning divination."

"As expected, nothing could fool Young Master Jiang!"

Yan Guang was slightly startled, but he didn't think much of it and continued, "But at that time, I was just a clueless young man. When I heard Master Xuanxi say that, I was immediately disappointed and mistook Master Xuanxi for one of those fake Taoists on the street who specialize in swindling and cheating."

“Master Xuanxi saw through my thoughts at a glance and used divination in front of me to calculate all the past I had tried so hard to hide.”

"And so, I left the restaurant and began to serve Master Xuanxi, traveling with him throughout the Great Qian Dynasty while learning divination techniques. Before I knew it, I had gained a great deal of knowledge."

"When a person's horizons broaden, they will develop many different thoughts, especially when I was young and burdened with a blood feud."

“Master Xuanxi had long seen through my hidden thoughts, but he never said it outright. In the end, he only chose face reading, which was the branch I was best at, and taught it to me in depth.”

"At that time, I had been following Master Xuanxi for quite some time, and naturally I discovered that in addition to being proficient in divination, Master Xuanxi was also extremely skilled in martial arts."

"Therefore, an idea came to my mind. I wanted to become a disciple of Master Xuanxi and learn martial arts from him."

Jiang Yuchuan then interjected, "Xuanxi didn't agree to your request in the end, did she?"

"good."

Yan Guang sighed and said, "I originally thought that Master Xuanxi had taken me under his wing and taught me the art of physiognomy, which meant he had already treated me as half a disciple. I never expected that Master Xuanxi would refuse my request to become his disciple without hesitation."

"It was quite a coincidence that a major sect was recruiting disciples at the time. After being rejected by Master Xuanxi, I was a bit annoyed by my youthful arrogance, so I decided to leave Master Xuanxi and join that sect to learn martial arts."

"But when I got up the next day and was about to explain my superior cultivation method to Master Xuanxi, Master Xuanxi had already left..."

At this point, Yan Guang fell silent.

Jiang Yuchuan could probably guess what would happen next.

However, it is just the story of Yan Guang, who, after mastering his skills and successfully avenging himself, was hunted down by enemy forces and thus hid in the Great Desert.

"Did you never go to Daqian to look for Xuanxi again after that?" Jiang Yuchuan asked.

Yan Guang shook his head with a bitter smile: "I already feel guilty, so how can I face Master Xuanxi again? People only realize how precious what they had was after they have completely lost it."

After a moment of silence, Yan Guang asked Jiang Yuchuan, "Just now, you seemed to know a lot about Master Xuanxi. May I ask if you are acquainted with Master Xuanxi?"

Jiang Yuchuan nodded, not hiding anything, "Xuanxi is indeed an old friend of mine."

Upon hearing this, Yan Guang's heart skipped a beat, and he asked urgently, "I wonder how the Master is doing lately?"

"Xuanxi is no longer here."

"Gone..."

Yan Guang froze on the spot.

"How could this be? He's a Grandmaster, how could he be so easily defeated..."

Jiang Yuchuan said, "Even a grandmaster is a human being, and all humans must die."

"Yes, everyone dies eventually."

Yan Guang smiled wistfully, said nothing more, and started walking, following the group ahead with Jiang Yuchuan.

……

Over the next ten days, the treasure-hunting team encountered no further danger.

However, the sudden attack by the army of ghost ants caused many people to lose their belongings while fleeing, and not a single camel carrying the belongings escaped from the mouths of the ghost ants.

Without their luggage, they would lose their water and food.

Food was manageable, but water was a bit of a problem.

Walking on the vast desert without water is tantamount to waiting to die.

Therefore, after some discussion, everyone decided to prioritize finding a water source for the time being, and then continue searching for the ruins of the ancient Northern Rong Kingdom once they had water.

In the vast expanse of yellow sand, the only places where water can exist are desert oases.

Fortunately, Qu Ziming was there. Using geomancy, he spent several days finding the direction where a large amount of water vapor was gathering in the vast yellow sand.

No longer caring about anything else, everyone immediately quickened their pace and headed in the direction Qu Ziming had indicated.

The scorching sun beat down from high above, and heat rose from the sand.

At this moment, the desolate heartland is like a burning furnace, relentlessly baking everyone who walks on it.

"How much longer until we reach the oasis? If we keep walking like this, I'm afraid I'll be roasted to a crisp."

"Let's be patient a little longer, it'll probably be quite a while. Look, all you see ahead is yellow sand."

"I'm going to die. I really have no strength left."

Just as everyone was muttering and complaining listlessly, cheers suddenly rang out from the front of the line.

Hearing the cheers, everyone behind them felt a surge of energy and quickened their pace, running forward.

Soon, a striking patch of green, hidden behind several giant rocks and sand dunes, came into view.

Through a patch of lush green grass and trees, a shimmering blue lake could be seen faintly.