He recalled what happened when he first came here in the South.
Finding himself in a completely new world, he first thought that he got transmigrated to another world. The Spiritual Qi in the surroundings was different from what he was accustomed to.
The air was different, and even the atmosphere was something he wasn't accustomed with.
Due to the Alcarel Forbidden Mountains separating the South from the rest of the continent, this whole portion is a world completely different.
If it wasn't for the familiar silhouette of the Alcarel Forbidden Mountains, he would have deluded himself into thinking that the exit of the Secret Realm was in another dimension.
Back in his hometown, the other part of the Alcarel Forbidden Mountains was called the Alcarel Desolate Land.
A place with thin spiritual qi that prevented Cultivators above the Void Shattering Realm to breakthrough.
When he decided to restart his cultivation in order to cultivate this scam cultivation, he thought he would be back to where he came from.
However, he didn't take into consideration that he will be transferred to a completely different place.
If only he wasn't impulsive.
If only he didn't follow his intrusive thoughts.
Those are only if. Something he regretted and will never be fixed.
During this 200 years of trying to cultivate from the start, he reached the Nascent Soul Realm. One whole major realm below his peak.
Now that he did something wrong in his cultivation a few years ago, he was stuck at the 1st Nascent Soul Realm.
If he could break through to the next, he could have gained a hundred years more but...
He was now reaching the end of his life.
Restarting his cultivation really took a great toll on him. He was already around 500 years old back then, and when he made that abrupt decision he was back at the Core Realm again.
Lifespan of Core Realm Cultivators reached up to 550 years old, if he didn't break through to the Nascent Realm before his life would have ended back then, he wouldn't have been here alive.
As he restarted cultivation, the amount of lifespan he could get back was only half of the usual. So from a young looking man with his flattering silver hair, he was now reduced to being an old man with wrinkled face.
Well, every action has its own subsequent effects. He really thought that with the rich qi present in his hometown, reaching the realms he already reached before would be easy.
However, his sudden decision didn't let him think of other things that may happen if plan A didn't work out.
He was too complacent.
Due to the despairing situation he was in, he went back to Alcarel Desolate Land in order to find ways to go back to the other part of the Alcarel Forbidden Mountains.
However, he was unlucky. Even after retracing back to where he came from he didn't find anything.
Faced with the results of his own actions, he decided to continue cultivating Scam Cultivation. He was still hoping that it wasn't a true scam after all.
But alas... He was slapped again by reality. He was really scammed out in trying to cultivate something that he may be able to do here.
"20 years... I can only live for another 20 years..."
***
Waking up on a new day, Ji Yichen immediately went out of his room. His aura was so refreshed that he seemed to have forgotten what he was crying about yesterday.
Looking at him, Du Zhuhui didn't say anything. Though he felt that his disciple was still old but still forgetful.
However, this was normal. Kids are like older people, but have more vitality.
"Master, I can't find my tablet. Did you see where it is?"
Well, it seems like there was something he couldn't forget about.
"Your tablet is on the table in the living room."
Hearing where it was, Ji Yichen went to find it in order to play again.
Not long after, Wen Zhexi came from his morning cultivation routine.
"Oh your back."
Welcoming him for a brief moment, Du Zhuhui returned back to what he was doing. He was looking through the Spatial Ring he owned. This Spatial Ring contained all the riches and artifacts he acquired during his various journeys through his whole life.
"Master, don't you also cultivate?"
Cultivating in the morning is always the best, the Spiritual Qi is much richer when the sun just comes up in the sky than any other time.
"What's the point? I can't even break through to the next realm."
Looking at his master unfazed when it comes to cultivation, Wen Zhexi sighed.
It seemed like his master already accepted his fate.
"Then... What are you doing master?"
Du Zhuhui looked at him for a moment, before taking out something in his Spatial Ring.
"I'm just reorganizing all the treasures and artifacts that I will be leaving to you all when I die. Even if your brothers and sisters hate me, I will still be leaving something for them."
What Du Zhuhui took out from the Spatial Ring was a Javelin. It was grandiose and sharp, even Wen Zhexi could feel an enormous amount of aura coming from it that was attracting him.
However, when Wen Zhexi tried to reach in, he felt as if something was blocking him.
"This is the Heavy Lightning Javelin. Only when you reach the Void Shattering Realm can you use it. However..." Du Zhuhui looked at Wen Zhexi from his feet to his face and continued, "...it seems like you are still in your 2nd Nascent Realm."
It's only been less than 20 years since he left his Master's care after reaching Nascent Soul Realm, but Wen Zhexi could only advance to two more realms.
He was slow compared to his other Brother and Sisters that left around the same time as him.
When those disciples came back a few years ago, the weakest among them was in the 3rd Nascent Realm and the strongest was at the 7th Nascent Realm.
"I-I was really busy..."
While they were talking, the Dao Companion of Wen Zhexi just came out from their room with a visible red mark on his neck.
As soon as he saw it, Du Zhuhui looked back at Wen Zhexi as if teasing him.
"Busy?"
Knowing that his Master had read him, his face turned all red and went back in his room to take his phone that he left.
Due to embarrassment, he didn't bother coming out anymore. He just continued cultivating in his own room while watching some videos online.