Rebirth of a Quasi-Immortal Spirit

“It is indeed a Spirit Tempering Pill. With this, Mother will be able to regain her status as a cultivator soon.” Gao Zhun smiled and stuffed the Spirit Tempering Pill into Madam Zhu’s hand. He then turned around and took out all the treasures he had obtained in the Inheritance Hall. The training room, which was not small, instantly became crowded.

"Master, are you going to rob the Gao family's treasure vault?" Ah Zhong asked subconsciously, looking at the mountain of treasures. After all, given Gao Zhun's unreliable personality, this was quite possible.

"No, that's not it." Gao Zhun glared at Ah Zhong and said helplessly, "Is my image really that bad? Mother, why don't you discipline this disobedient servant of mine?"

Upon hearing this, Lady Zhu looked at Gao Zhun, but smiled without saying a word. Her eyes held a deeper meaning, clearly indicating that she deeply agreed with Ah Zhong's question.

"You guys!" Gao Zhun was speechless with anger, but he could only sort these things into categories, briefly explain their origins, and then ask them if they liked anything they wanted.

Ah Zhong is a cultivator with a metal-attribute immortal root, possessing astonishing defense. He needs sharp and strong weapons. His weapon back then was a halberd, and now he has taken a liking to a halberd among the immortal artifacts. The halberd is ten feet long, with a cold and gleaming head. It is indeed a good weapon.

"Take it and make it your own. As my subordinate, you can't be too weak. I'm counting on you to be my henchman in the future." Seeing Ah Zhong's expression of liking but not daring to touch it, Gao Zhun had no choice but to tell him to make it his own.

"Thank you, Master." Holding the halberd in his hand, Ah Zhong couldn't wait to force out a drop of his essence blood and cover it. After a while, the halberd let out a dragon's roar, and a phantom dragon figure took shape in the air. The phantom dragon roared again before diving down and returning to the halberd. At this moment, the halberd was also wrapped with a pale golden dragon from the head to the tail, looking very majestic.

"The halberd's creator named it Dragon's Roar directly; it seems that person was quite straightforward," Gao Zhun commented speechlessly.

After Ah Zhong chose the Dragon Roar, he said he didn't want anything else and turned to enter the secluded cultivation room, saying that he wanted to refine the Dragon Roar into his natal magic weapon. Gao Zhun let him go when he heard this.

"What kind of weapon did Mother use before? Would you like to choose one here?"

Lady Zhu watched as Gao Zhun pushed the pile of immortal artifacts toward her as if presenting treasures. She smiled lovingly and shook her head, saying, "Your mother naturally has her own weapons, which were once my natal magic treasures. However, as my cultivation has dissipated, these magic treasures have become covered in dust. I will go into seclusion in a few days and refine them again then. You can leave these treasures to your future friends and subordinates. I imagine you are not a peaceful person and will definitely have your own power in the future. These things will come in handy."

Upon hearing this, Gao Zhun stuck out his tongue at Madam Zhu before putting the pair of treasures away again. This time, however, he used several storage rings to store them separately, making them more convenient to use in the future.

"Oh, right." Suddenly, Gao Zhun slapped his thigh. Madam Zhu looked at him with some confusion and asked, "Zhun'er, what's wrong with you?"

Gao Zhun did not answer Madam Zhu's question. Instead, he stared intently at the little thing in her arms, looking like a hungry wolf seeing a little lamb. Madam Zhu's heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously held Gao Ling even tighter in her arms. During this time, she did not forget to glare at Gao Zhun: "Aren't you afraid of scaring little Ling'er with that look?"

Gao Zhun smiled sheepishly, knowing that she had lost her composure. However, she had indeed been longing to hold Gao Ling all day, which was why she couldn't control herself. Well, after not seeing her for a while, her little Ling'er had become even more beautiful and adorable. As expected of her sister, she was just so outstanding.

Seeing Gao Zhun's pathetic state, Madam Zhu didn't say anything. She just reluctantly handed over the little one in her arms. Unexpectedly, the little guy, who had just been sleeping with his eyes closed, opened his eyes as soon as he was in Gao Zhun's arms and giggled at him. A few silver lines appeared under his little mouth, and he even drooled from laughing.

"What a little scatterbrain." Seeing Gao Ling drooling, Madam Zhu reached into her bosom to take out a handkerchief to wipe him, but Gao Zhun stopped her halfway. With a thought, a small recording stone floated above Gao Ling's small body. At this moment, Gao Zhun was going to record Gao Ling's appearance with the recording stone.

"This recording stone has such a use." Madam Zhu was amazed to see someone use a recording stone like this for the first time. At the same time, she couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Why didn't she use a recording stone to record these funny scenes when Gao Zhun was a child? Otherwise, she could have teased her increasingly reckless eldest daughter.

As for her youngest daughter, her future is fraught with hardship. She'll probably be mocked mercilessly by Gao Zhun with a memory stone when she gets a little older.

Seemingly feeling that recording only Gao Ling was not enough, Gao Zhun also called over Madam Zhu, using her will to mobilize the surrounding spiritual energy and drag the recording stone away a bit, intending to record the scene of the three of them together.

Of course, Lady Zhu would not refuse this, and immediately went to Gao Zhun's side. The scene of the two of them teasing Gao Ling was recorded by the image stone and kept as a memento for the future.

For Madam Zhu, this was a somewhat unfamiliar concept, but for Gao Zhun, it was something she had longed for for a long time: to record every little detail of her child's life, and then, when the child grew up, to release these memories so the whole family could reminisce together—how heartwarming! Although she didn't believe she would ever have children, Gao Ling's appearance gave her an opportunity to fulfill her wish.

It wasn't until evening that Gao Ling, exhausted from playing with Gao Zhun, finally fell into a deep sleep. Given the little sleepyhead's nature, he probably wouldn't wake up until the next day. There's no way around it; children, especially infants, are extremely sleepy.

Not long after, Xuan Yuan Huan Yu came to find her. Seeing that only Xuan Yuan Huan Yu appeared at the gate of the courtyard, Gao Zhun peeked around to see if Xuan Yuan Ming Qing had followed. However, Xuan Yuan Huan Yu told her that Xuan Yuan Ming Qing knew that Xuan Yuan Ming Zhu would not want to see him, so he did not come to be turned away.

"Cousin, what kind of conflict did my mother have with your Xuanyuan family back then? Even my uncle thought that my mother wouldn't talk to him? Aren't they siblings?" Gao Zhun had never known the reason for the strange atmosphere between Madam Zhu and the Xuanyuan family. Could it be that Madam Zhu's loss of cultivation was also related to this?

Xuan Yuan Huan Yu saw through Gao Zhun's little scheme at a glance. She rolled her eyes at Gao Zhun and said irritably, "My aunt is still a member of the Xuan Yuan family. We wouldn't go so far as to poison her and render her unable to cultivate, leaving her like a cripple. Back then, it was just that my aunt didn't agree with some of the Xuan Yuan family's principles of life and unilaterally declared that she was severing ties with the Xuan Yuan family. That's why things are a bit tense between us now. It was around that time that my aunt, who was traveling away from home, met your father."

"Leaving home to travel..." Xuan Yuan Huan Yu put it nicely, but Gao Zhun sensed something amiss. Unilaterally declaring her separation from the Xuan Yuan family and leaving home to travel—wasn't that the legendary act of running away from home? He never imagined his mother had done something so rebellious. However, decades had passed, and his mother still disliked the Xuan Yuan family. It seemed that what happened back then couldn't be simply dismissed as youthful rebellion. But that was his mother's own doing, and even if Xuan Yuan Huan Yu knew the truth, she wouldn't ask any further questions.

After chatting with Xuanyuan Huanyu for a while, she followed the same method and led her into her training room, handing her several storage rings. She said with some anticipation, "Take a look. I haven't added my own divine sense imprint to these storage rings yet. Just take whatever you need. I imagine there are some things inside that even with your current status in the Xuanyuan family, you don't possess many of them."

Seeing Gao Zhun's appearance, Xuan Yuan Huan Yu suspiciously probed the storage rings with her divine sense. Upon seeing the contents, even she couldn't help but gasp. She exclaimed in astonishment, "Xiao Zhun, where did you go to rob someone? It would be terrible if someone found out. If possible, return them quickly."

Gao Zhun's eye twitched, and he helplessly rubbed his forehead: "This is something I obtained in the Inheritance Hall through my own abilities. Why do you all think I went to steal it?"

"..." Upon hearing this, Xuan Yuan Huan Yu thought to himself: Even if the Gao family's inheritance hall is filled with first-level inheritors, they can only take away ten treasures. Now, judging from the contents of these storage rings, this guy has definitely emptied the place. No one would take it all from the inheritance hall.

Thinking of this, Xuan Yuan Huan Yu's eyes sharpened, and he said seriously, "Xiao Zhun, you left in a hurry after receiving the inheritance. I don't know what happened afterward. I only saw several elders of your Gao family appear in the inner circle of the inheritance hall later. I don't know what they were talking about, but they all had an undisguised look of excitement on their faces. To be honest, now that you have these treasures here, you are not just a level one inheritor, are you?"

Gao Zhun felt there was no need to hide anything from Xuan Yuan Huan Yu. He spread his hands and said helplessly, "Like the Eye of Illusion, I have reverted to my ancestral state, and the Eye of Illusion has not disappeared. Someone who is suspected to be the ancestor of the Gao family said that I have reached the realm of essence soul casting, just like her. I don't know if it is a blessing or a curse."

"Fortune and misfortune are intertwined. You possess both the power to break through illusions and the essence to forge the soul, so the days ahead will indeed be fraught with danger." As she said this, Xuan Yuan Huan Yu couldn't help but show a worried expression. She felt that her cousin's future path was full of hardships, and she didn't know if she could protect herself.