Published: August 15, 2025
Chapter 58: Immortal Cultivator
“Ahem! Speaking of which, I am also a victim,” Yu Zitong said as soon as he opened his mouth, trying to win Han Li’s sympathy. He deliberately distanced himself from Doctor Mo, but seeing Han Li remain indifferent, he had no choice but to continue.
“I was originally a rogue cultivator…”
Yu Zitong honestly recounted his background and the entire sequence of events in great detail. Of course, in his narrative, he portrayed himself as a pitiable person who was forced into becoming an accomplice by Doctor Mo, pushing all the blame onto the now deceased Doctor Mo.
Han Li naturally didn’t believe everything he said, but combined with what Doctor Mo had revealed before, he was able to piece together about seventy to eighty percent of the truth.
Removing the possible false parts from Yu Zitong’s story, Han Li gained a general understanding of the matter.
The part of the story Doctor Mo told him before, about being ambushed and then seeking a way to restore his cultivation, should be true. There was no need to deceive Han Li there.
But the previous claim that Doctor Mo found a mysterious book somewhere, from which he learned how to recover his cultivation, was fabricated. It was entirely because of Yu Zitong that Doctor Mo was able to recover, but it was also because of Yu Zitong that he ended up cursed.
It turned out that Yu Zitong was originally a member of a so-called cultivator family. He had practiced the everlasting spring technique up to the seventh level, reaching a certain stage, but due to limitations in his innate talent, he could not advance further and could not meet the requirements for foundation establishment.
Without foundation establishment, an immortal cultivator couldn’t be considered a full-fledged cultivator and couldn’t officially enter the immortal cultivation world. Thus, Yu Zitong had no choice but to leave his secluded place and venture into the secular world to gain experience, hoping to break through his current bottleneck in terms of mindset.
Of course, if possible, he hoped to find some rare medicinal materials to bring back and concoct spirit pills, which would be even better. Though he knew that hope was slim, it was still a matter of luck. Perhaps he might get extremely lucky and stumble upon a treasure!
With this tempting hope, the twenty-something-year-old Yu Zitong entered the secular world referred to by cultivators.
The dazzling worldly life outside soon overwhelmed Yu Zitong’s eyes. His mindset was not very firm to begin with, and within a few years, he completely degenerated, becoming a favored guest of some powerful noble family, indulging in the opulence and luxury of the world, and his desire to cultivate immortality gradually faded.
For a disciple like Yu Zitong who gave up halfway, his family would naturally remove his name from the clan records after a hundred years. From then on, his branch would be considered secular, and no contact with the main family would be allowed unless a descendant with outstanding talent in cultivation appeared, at which point they could be recognized again.
If things had continued like this, although Yu Zitong had no hope for the great path and couldn’t cultivate immortality, he could still expect to live a long life filled with wealth and honor. Such situations, though rare among cultivators before foundation establishment, were not unheard of and were not a big deal.
But whether it was fate or fortune turning around, one day several years later, while casually wandering the streets, Yu Zitong habitually stopped by an herbal medicine shop and unexpectedly found a very rare Blood Spirit Grass inside. This herb resembled ordinary red oil flowers, so the unknowing shop owner had placed them together.
Yu Zitong was naturally overjoyed at the sight. With this spirit medicine, he had a good chance to break through his bottleneck, and his desire to cultivate surged again. He was about to pay for the herb right then.
However, an unexpected complication arose when another cultivator entered the shop and also spotted the herb. Of course, he was unwilling to let it go, and the two immediately argued over it.