Above a bustling small town, clamor filled the sky, with a steady stream of passersby.
On the streets, steaming buns emitted a rich aty fragrance.
The tavern at the town's entrance was adorned with red lanterns; rowdy patrons chatted idly about trivial matters from all over the world.
However, at this mont, a young man bid farewell to his family and headed towards the mountaintop, a white-browed elder ahead of him.
The youth's face showed both yearning and fear.
"Go, Jiu'er, go cultivate immortality. Your father and your brothers are here for the family, there's no need to worry!"
"Mother!" The youth's face showed reluctance, but ultimately, he turned back and walked towards the elder.
Halfway through his walk, he stopped again, and at this mont, he was in tears.
He didn't let the latter see; he knew that, before long, bandits would overrun the town.
After that event, the bun shop and the tavern would be reduced to nothingness.
And his father, mother, and several brothers would be silenced forever in this tumult.
He understood that all these were re illusions, yet at tis, even though he was over four hundred years old and had weathered countless hardships, he would still hesitate before such a scene.
At this mont, he also pondered on the purpose of immortal cultivation. Perhaps he should have returned, given up on the path of cultivation, and led an ordinary life with his parents.
He could organize the militia, collude with the governnt, facing the formidable bandits.
Perhaps, the outco could change.
Even if... it's just an illusion.
Suddenly, Jiuxiao Scatter Man felt like drinking, his throat parched. He rembered the osmanthus fragrance was the most famous in this town.
Regrettably, this damned illusionary realm, not even the Heart Demon Tribulation, allowed him a sip of the osmanthus fragrance etched in his mory.
In the end, Jiuxiao Scatter Man looked up; there's no turning back on the path of cultivation; he did not turn back then, and he would not turn back this ti.
He dared not look back even more. Following the elder, he boarded the Spirit Boat he had never seen before, flying through the skies.
In a cave dwelling, the elder's hair had turned snow-white. He looked at Jiuxiao Scatter Man, his eyes beginning to cloud over.
"Xiao'er, I do not know if it was right to have taken you up the mountain that day. Yet for us cultivators, who can truly pursue the Immortal Path if we cannot even step past Foundation Establishnt? You should find a family and settle down. Cultivators, they are but half-life's delusion!" The elder did not take out any cultivation technique before his death but instead took out a Jade Slip.
The Jade Slip contained a map, on which was marked the clan where his master grew up.
His master wanted to marry his great-granddaughter to Jiuxiao Scatter Man and entrust the family to him.
Next to Jiuxiao Scatter Man was a token, an inheritance from a cave dwelling. To cultivate or to start a family.
Jiuxiao Scatter Man did not answer, but unexpectedly, the white-browed elder was hanging on by his last breath, insisting on seeing Jiuxiao Scatter Man agree to his request.
He felt no remorse in his heart for teaching Jiuxiao Scatter Man.
But how could Jiuxiao Scatter Man utter a response.
Even though he was aware that it was within the Heart Demon Tribulation.
For thirty-four years, this white-browed elder had been by his side, longer than his own parents.
"Master, your unfilial disciple would like to try the Immortal Path once more!" After a long ti, seeing the white-browed elder exhausted, Jiuxiao Scatter Man spoke at last.
The white-browed elder's eyes lingered on Jiuxiao Scatter Man for a long ti, finally nodding. He picked up a wine flask beside him, trying to pour a drink, while his other hand crushed the Jade Slip.
The Jade Slip shattered, but the wine never reached his lips.
The wine flask fell to the ground, spilling its contents. It was a Second Rank Spiritual Wine, Willow on the Path!
Jiuyan Mountain Range, Artifact Refiners' Exchange Conference.
Many Artifact Refiners were discussing their experiences.
By now, Jiuxiao Scatter Man had already long reached Purple Mansion rank.
"Brother Jiuxiao, lately both the Heavenly Demon Sect and the Spirit Beast Sect have been searching for clues about the Foundation Establishnt clan, the Lin Family. If soone finds out, they'll get a Gold Condensation Pill and might even beco an Elder of The Great Sects!"
Several Artifact Refiners envied him.
These Artifact Refiners were all Loose Cultivators.
But Jiuxiao Scatter Man had a Jade Slip, a Soul-Suppressing Pagoda, and a spatial locator by his side.
Jiuxiao Scatter Man chuckled, unlike his initial hesitation.
He knew now that it was an illusion, which brought a different charm to his experience.
The Lin Family indeed treated him generously.
Otherwise, which other family would offer a non-clan Cultivator a Gold Condensation Pill, a Fifth Rank Spiritual Wine?
Yet the events were not over when suddenly, from outside the dwelling, a few loud rumbles echoed as a massive Spirit Boat soared through the sky!
Atop the Spirit Boat, the banner of the Heavenly Demon Sect was conspicuously vibrant!
Jiuxiao Scatter Man was taken aback!
"Jiuxiao, you have colluded with the Lin Family; if you don't reveal their whereabouts today, it will be the day Jiuyan Mountain is leveled!" Liu He True Person appeared.
"Then level it; facing a Golden Core as a Purple Mansion Cultivator, perhaps Daoist Lin will be even more thrilled!" murmured Jiuxiao Scatter Man.
Scene after scene swiftly unfolded.
Jiuxiao Scatter Man's Heart Demon Tribulation was exceptionally long.
Of course, this did not an Jiuxiao Scatter Man couldn't pass through it.
As a Loose Cultivator who had co so far, his experiences were rich; he had been to the Northern Plains, the Eastern Sea, toured the entire Eastern Domain, and even the Southern Sea.
He just did not wish those scenes to vanish so quickly.
Those were all monts of nostalgia etched in his mory.
To see them once more in the Heart Demon was like a eting with old friends.
As the Heart Demon Tribulation faded, Jiuxiao Scatter Man's Golden Core beca more lustrous, and his Divine Sense entered the Golden Core.
A terrifying surge of Water Attribute Spiritual Power began to ripple outward.
Blazing azure light appeared in the sky, and in the next instant, clouds of Heavenly Tribulation coalesced.
These clouds of Heavenly Tribulation appeared exceptionally thick and daunting!
In fact, a major reason for the scarcity of Golden Core Cultivators lies within the Golden Core Tribulation.
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