Steady Mortal Path: Starting from Obtaining the Golden Core Inheritance

"His appearance... his name... aren't real?"

Shen Wenyao was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, and a hint of confusion appeared in her clear eyes.

"My name is Lin Changsheng, and I come from the cultivation world of Qianzhou. I am a native of Yue Kingdom."

As they spoke, the figure of the thug in front of them suddenly blurred.

Before long, a strange young man in white appeared before them. He was tall and straight like a pine tree, with a face as handsome as jade, and a kind smile on his face.

His every gesture exudes a gentle and refined air.

A strange light flickered in Shen Wenyao's bright, clear eyes. She froze on the spot, greatly surprised.

"Hmph, appearance... name... all fake. I really don't know how many other things this stranger is hiding from Wen Yao."

Shen Wenyao feigned a coquettish reproach.

But for some reason, her heart suddenly started beating faster.

She didn't even care much about Lin Changsheng's concealment.

On the contrary... I was secretly delighted!

I couldn't help but look at the boy again; his eyes were glistening with tears.

When the two met, they were a perfect match, a handsome man and a beautiful woman, complementing each other beautifully, a match made in heaven.

……

“Fellow Daoist Zhang… Lin, since you have concealed your identity for many years, why do you take the initiative to reveal it today?”

Shen Wenyao withdrew her gaze and said with a slightly reproachful tone.

"Although Lin has never revealed his true identity, he has known Shen Xianzi for many years and has always treated her with sincerity. He trusts her and has never deceived her."

Lin Changsheng did not answer, but instead looked directly at Shen Wenyao and explained.

"Treat each other with sincerity and acknowledge each other in your hearts, that sounds nice. Which of you male cultivators doesn't value a woman's appearance and physical form?"

Faced with such intense gazes, Shen Wenyao blushed and looked away.

"If you say that, Fairy Shen, you've misunderstood me."

"At least when we first met in Qingmeng Immortal City, I was not bewitched by the fairy's beauty."

"Actually, I, Lin, am somewhat face-blind and don't care much about whether a fairy has an unparalleled beauty. Instead, I value deeper qualities more."

"After all, a beautiful appearance is a dime a dozen, but an interesting soul is one in a million."

Lin Changsheng spoke righteously and eloquently.

He wasn't lying.

Shen Wenyao is indeed stunningly beautiful, and with the added advantage of the 'Mysterious Yin Physique', she is truly exceptional.

"Emphasizing deeper quality..."

"So, Fellow Daoist Lin wasn't attracted to my outward beauty, but rather valued my inner qualities more..."

Shen Wenyao murmured softly, a sense of shock washing over her.

After a hundred years of cultivation, almost every male cultivator she encountered was captivated by her beauty.

Even Nascent Soul True Monarchs are no exception.

She had never heard such...refreshing and unconventional words before.

For a moment, she felt that the gentle man in front of her was different from ordinary men. He was not superficial, but had more depth and understood her very well.

Shen Wenyao shyly raised her eyes, her gaze shimmering with tears, her spirits high.

She felt that a male cultivator as outstanding as Lin Changsheng was simply the perfect choice for a partner.

"Fellow Daoist Lin...then...why didn't you do it sooner...?"

Ignoring her shame, Shen Wenyao asked with anticipation in her eyes.

But the last few words were really hard to say.

"Although I have achieved the Golden Core Realm, which is enough to make me a formidable figure in the region, I am still at the bottom among those of the same level. Moreover, above the Golden Core Realm, there is the Nascent Soul Realm, so I cannot be considered to have absolute freedom."

"Therefore, Lin had long ago resolved that he would only consider the issue of a future partner after advancing to the Nascent Soul stage."

……

This day.

Outside the Li clan's territory in Dafang Township.

A small spirit boat slowly sailed by.

At the bow of the ship, a resolute-looking young man supports a middle-aged woman beside him as they gaze into the distance.

“Sister, it seems that Master Yu Huai has relaxed his supervision of the Li family in recent years.”

“I have secretly contacted the members of the clan. Currently, there are only two pseudo-core cultivators guarding the entire Li clan territory, which is the best time to bring the clan members here.”

"As for Master Yu Huai and that Green Snake Master from back then, they haven't shown their faces for many years."

Lu Xun stared into the distance, a hint of coldness creeping into his eyes.

The attack by those two Golden Core cultivators was too sudden, and they almost wiped out all the high-level cultivators in the Li family.

Even his wife, Li Yun, perished in that calamity.

At the critical moment, the old ox rushed over and used his water escape technique, but he only managed to save a few people.

“Brother Lu Xun, that Master Yu Huai is very cunning. You must not be deceived by appearances. You are now the last hope of our Li family.”

"Only if you can advance to the Golden Core realm in the future and find a third-tier spiritual spring in another body of water can you revive the Li family."

Qu Jiao, a middle-aged woman, gazed at her former ancestral homeland with cloudy eyes, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

Since her husband Li Chongyuan mysteriously disappeared, the entire Li clan territory has rapidly declined. She, a woman, managed to hold on alone for a long time, but was eventually taken away by two Golden Core cultivators.

Over the years, she secretly inquired and finally deduced from some clues that her husband was very likely to be tricked by Yu Huai Zhenren by spreading false information, and was lured to another place to be killed.

……

"The Golden Core Realm... Only when you reach this stage do you truly understand the gap between Foundation Establishment and Golden Core. It's far from as easy as you thought back then."

Lu Xun gave a wry smile, feeling a slight pang of regret.

In recent years, as his cultivation level continued to improve, he vaguely felt an invisible resistance that made advancement increasingly difficult.

Fortunately, having escaped the constraints of the Li clan's territory, he spent his days traveling and adventuring with the old ox. Relying on the old ox's mastery of water-attribute magic, the entire water area became their hunting ground.

The abundance of resources masked the weakness of lacking follow-up support.

A few years ago, Lu Xun broke through to the late Foundation Establishment stage, but he hesitated to attempt to break through to the Golden Core stage.

He knew that in his current state, the probability of succeeding in breaking through to the Golden Core stage was less than 10%.

As for fake pills, Lu Xun had never considered them.

Only by advancing to the Golden Core True Person realm can one be qualified to face True Person Yu Huai and avenge his wife.

"It's a pity that I didn't heed Senior Lin's guidance back then, and now I have to spend more time and energy to make up for it."

In Lu Xun's mind, the image of that refined, gentle, and unassuming figure involuntarily appeared.

In their innocent childhood, their first encounter was a chance meeting where the person casually bestowed upon them a destiny of immortality, opening the door to a completely new world.

When the young man was full of vigor and ambition, that person sat firmly on the Li clan's territory and pointed him in the right direction.

In my memory, that gentle and refined man always seemed to be calm and composed in his dealings with others.

……

In the early morning, the sun rises.

Amidst the vast expanse of water, the thick fog gradually dissipated.

A handsome couple rode on a giant wind crow, several meters tall, across the water.

An invisible wave of air swept past, causing water to surge and churn to both sides.

"Fairy Shen, how damaged is that teleportation array? Are you confident you can repair it?"

Lin Changsheng looked at the beautiful young woman beside him, who sometimes seemed to be deep in thought, and couldn't help but ask her a question.

Previously, he had taken Shen Wenyao to the location where they had been teleported here years ago.

Following the location of the magical artifact that marked the spot back then, after searching for several days, they finally found the teleportation array they had come from.

At the same time, Lin Changsheng also extracted a portion of the fourth-order teleportation array from the array inheritance and gave it to Shen Wenyao to study.

"The content of the fourth-order formation is vast and complex. Wenyao needs to find a place to sort it out properly. Fortunately, the part that Fellow Daoist Lin damaged did not involve the core of the formation. Otherwise, we would probably have to ask a real fourth-order formation master to help."

Shen Wenyao frowned slightly, clearly indicating that repairing a fourth-order teleportation array was not an easy task.

"It's alright, I do know a suitable place."

Lin Changsheng smiled calmly and gently patted the Xunfeng Crow beneath him.