"Xia Changge, Xia Changge, after decades of cultivation, have you cultivated yourself into a dog? Why can't you control yourself in front of a mortal?"
Xia Changge was walking outside on the street while deeply blaming himself, thinking that his practice had gone to waste.
But she is really beautiful...
Recalling how charming, tender, and pitiful she was when he saw Zhang Miaoyi just now, Xia Changge had other thoughts in his mind.
"Bastard, he is Daoist Li's wife, he is your half-sister-in-law. Daoist Li just pass away; how could you think that kind of thing… I'm really a beast!"
Xia Changge gently gave himself a slap; perhaps because of his slap, Xia Changge calmed down for three seconds.
Three seconds later, he began to deceive himself again.
"Daoist Li is gone, and her wife and daughter can no longer gain a foothold in Mo City. If it weren't for me, the mother and daughter would have suffered today. Daoist Li asked me to protect his wife and daughter for more than ten years, is he implying that..."
Xia Changge remembered a lot.
Maybe he also complied with Daoist Li's arrangement by doing that by himself?
After all, he is just an ordinary monk. What he did before was just out of fear of death. How can he have any high moral character?
"Could it be that the life trajectory of us low-end cultivators is already predetermined?"
Xia Changge thought about those experiences imparted by the older loose cultivators in the small group of loose cultivators in the Hengduan Mountains.
That is, they cultivate while struggling in the world of mortals in the first half of their lives, while in the second half of their life, they will focus their attention on other fields and cannot stand aloof like a genuine immortal.
If Xia Changge hadn't obtained the Sacred Heart Art, he would indeed be in the second half of his life.
The Qi Refining Realm cultivator was only able to live at the age of over a hundred years old.
And there is no hope for him to reach the Foundation Establishment realm.
Xia Changge was indeed about to reach the time when those senior loose cultivators said, "open branches and leaves."
More specifically, it means that there is no hope for cultivation, and being unable to reach a foundation establishment realm, he can only find a good place to spread the branches and leaves and see if he can have offspring with spiritual roots.
And even if you can reach the foundation realm, but it's impossible to reach the Golden Core realm, then they can also only spread their branches and leaves.
This is how most of the Cultivation families were made of.
"Don't think about it, let's practice the Sacred Heart Art first. If I can reach the third or fifth layer earlier, my heart will be much more stable."
Xia Changge shook his head, and after wandering around the Li's residence twice, he returned to the mansion that Zhang Miaoyi had arranged for him and continued to practice.
In a place like Mo City, it is impossible to practice cultivation techniques, but martial arts can indeed be practiced normally.
Out of consideration towards his decease fellow Daoists, Xia Changge gave Zhang Miaoyi and her daughter seven days to arrange themselves.
During these seven days, Xia Changge didn't think about anything else and entirely focused on practicing.
"Is this the true energy of longevity?"
In just four days, Xia Changge's Sacred Heart Art had completely reached the first level of perfection.
There is also a breath of vitality in his chest.
He gently cut a small slit on his finger, and the wound healing speed has improved a lot.
This can be regarded as more side proof of the amazingness of the Sacred Heart Art.
"Theoretically speaking, only after reaching the third level of the Sacred Heart Art can people condense the vitality of rebirth with a broken arm, or even resurrection from death. Could it be because the environment I live in is absolutely perfect for martial arts practitioners? leading to a significant improvement in the effect of the exercises?"
Xia Changge's environment is the cultivation world, which is much higher than the world of martial arts.
When martial arts came into this world, it seemed to be normal to have more of a little variation?
Now it seems that this change is still developing in a good direction.
Xia Changge didn't think much about it, and after seven days, he went to find Zhang Miaoyi.
In any case, it is best to have a result today.
At this moment, Zhang Miaoyi is still dressed in plain mourning clothes; combined with her delicate appearance, she looks even more pitiful.
Her daughter, Li Yijiao, who is only four or five years old, also stays beside her mother obediently.
"Sister-in-law, I don't know what your plans are in the future."
Xia Changge asked sincerely after burning three sticks of incense for his fellow Daoist.
Zhang Miaoyi wiped the teardrops from the corners of her eyes, pulled her daughter to kneel at Xia Changge's feet, and said weakly:
"I am just a weak woman with no power to restrain a chicken, without a husband to rely on, how can I live in this world? It's alright for me to die, but my child is only four years old, I hope...I hope the immortal master... can take care of my daughter for the sake of my husband."
Xia Changge hastily reached out to help Zhang Miaoyi, but Zhang Miaoyi seemed to be extremely determined. As if she wouldn't get up if Xia Changge did not agree to her request.
Xia Changge is also not exerting force; after all, he is also worried that if he can't grasp his strength, he will hurt his weak sister-in-law.
"Sister-in-law, let me see if my niece has spiritual roots."
Xia Changge has no choice but to take a shorthand and eat a soft mouth.
Let's see if Li Yijiao has spiritual roots.
With spiritual roots and without spiritual roots, Xia Changge's handling method must be different.
Without spiritual roots, Xia Changge would, at most, take care of her as a little girl by his side and find her a good family when she was fifteen or sixteen.
If there is a spiritual root... Although there is likely to be none.
Xia Changge's words made Zhang Miaoyi quickly hold his daughter's hand and let Xia Changge appraise Li Yijiao's qualifications.
Before the appraisal, Xia Changge asked: "Sister-in-law, did Daoist Li check whether your daughter has spiritual roots before?"
Zhang Miaoyi shook her head: "I am just a mortal; how can I understand the tricks of you immortal people? He... he hasn't returned to home for half a year."
Speaking of this, she seemed to be complaining.
In this way, Xia Changge also stopped asking more questions and focused on appraising Li Yijiao's spiritual roots.
Suppose you have a high-level cultivation in the Qi Refining Realm. In that case, it is very simple to test whether this little girl has spiritual roots.
If you don't have enough cultivation, you must spend a little more time and time to avoid making mistakes.
"This... this is..."
Xia Changge appraised for a long time but only detected a pure element of water on Li Yijiao's body, and there were no other attributes.
Could it be that... this little girl is actually... a water-attributed heavenly spirit root?
Are you for real!?
Li Cheng is only a loose cultivator with four spiritual roots like him, so how did he have such good luck.
Did he get the one-in-a-billion chance?
In order to avoid mistakes, Xia Changge planned to check twice more.
Zhang Miaoyi also looked at it very seriously, not daring to interrupt in the slightest.
After confirming it three times, Xia Changge gave up.
At this moment, there was a storm in his heart.
"Daoist Li, Daoist Li, you are really..."
Xia Changge really wanted to say you are really kind to me!
He has already determined that this little girl, Li Yijiao has a heavenly spiritual root!
For Xia Changge, this was an unprecedented fortune!
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T/N: If you want to ask why Li Cheng did not check if his daughter has spiritual roots. The answer is the lower your cultivation level, the higher the child's age before you can check correctly. But if your cultivation level is high, like Foundation Establishment Realm, you can check the spiritual roots the moment the child is born.