The Undying Immortal System Chapter 186: Life 70, Age 16, Martial Disciple 1

If I wanted my ambitious ideas for this life to co to fruition, I had a lot of work to do. Designing the cultivation technique I had in mind was far beyond anything I had done before, and it would require all the ti and effort I could give it.

Still, one of my main reasons for returning to the sect was to spend more ti with my friends. I had work to do to achieve my goals, but I couldn’t let that consu entirely.

So, after talking with the girls for a while, we agreed on a schedule. Once a week, we would all stop whatever we were doing and go out for dinner together. With that plan in place, we separated out to our individual cultivation chambers and got to work.

Returning to the diagrams I had made for my cultivation technique, I carefully scanned them. There were problems with the design, I didn’t doubt that, but I needed to try it out to learn what needed to be fixed.

The technique used twelve acupoints in the upper right arm. To figure out how to make the technique work properly, I needed to experint with filters and other ideas, and that would take qi that my body didn’t have. So, I cultivated the Writ of True Earth in my upper left arm to advance to Martial Disciple 2.

Then, I tried cultivating my experintal technique in my upper right arm.

The backbone of the technique was the complex qi vortex from the Writ of True Earth.

As for filters, two acupoints only needed basic qi filters, so they weren’t a problem.

Three acupoints used qi-plus-tal-essence filters and three used qi-plus-lightning-essence filters. For these, I had only needed to modify the qi portion of the filter. I was familiar enough with the Writ of True Earth and earth qi filters that this didn’t pose too much of a problem. The final filter designs might not have been optimal, but I was confident they would work.

Three of the acupoints needed two-essence filters. The designs I had co up with for these were questionable. They were essentially crude versions of the qi-plus-essence filters cut up and stitched together. Worse, there were two versions of the qi-plus-essence filters for each elent, and I wasn’t always confident which one to use where. Still, I gave these filters good odds of working properly. They might not be ideal, but they should work.

The final acupoint required a qi-plus-two-essence filter. I had no idea where to even start in designing sothing like that since none of the essence techniques had anything like it. After flipping through my vast library of cultivation techniques, I found a single three-elent qi cultivation technique that used a type of triple filter on certain acupoints. My own design was loosely based on the structure of this filter with the details added from filters in the three essence techniques.

Overall, the ‘technique’ I had created was a ss.

Using qi from my left arm, I put all the filters in place and started cultivating my new technique in my right arm.

Impurities flooded into .

While the pure qi and pure essence filters held, a large number of impurities leaked through the qi-plus-essence filters, and the qi-plus-two-essence filter collapsed entirely.

I didn’t stop. Even as impurities poured into my body, I kept cultivating. As I did, I carefully inspected how both the energy entering my body and the energy being blocked by the filters were being affected by my creations.

Once I learned everything I thought I could learn from the experience, I ceased cycling the technique. Then, I took an Energy Expulsion Pill from my storage space and swallowed it. All of the energy I had absorbed, including the cultivation base I had built in my left arm, was expelled from my body.

Experint #1 was a near-total failure, but I had learned from it. With that new knowledge in hand, it was ti to start over from the beginning.

After a week of research, as planned, I put everything down and went to have dinner with LiTing and JiaQi. We didn’t leave the manor together, though. Instead, for so reason, they arranged to et in the city.

I made sure to arrive at the correct restaurant on ti, and everything seed to be going well, but when the waiter led to a private room, opened the door, and ushered inside, the sight that greeted made my blood turn cold.

LiTing gave a seemingly beatific smile. “Fang, why don’t you sit down.”

I awkwardly stumbled forward and grabbed a seat, but there was no way I was going to start this death trap of a conversation.

Across the table from , sitting shoulder to shoulder, were three young won. LiTing was on the left, and JiaQi was on the right. Sitting between them was an attendant from the Blue Wind Pavilion whom I was all too familiar with at this point, ng LuYao.

While ng LuYao looked a bit uncomfortable, LiTing smiled happily, and JiaQi gave an evil grin, enjoying my discomfort.

“So, Fang, guess who we t.”

I stared at JiaQi. What was I supposed to say? Was there even a proper response to that?

LiTing put an arm around ng LuYao.

“Sister Yaoyao is so pretty, isn’t she? She really is the perfect image of a first disciple. I can see why you would have chosen her.”

While LiTing’s voice was playful, I felt a deeper longing behind it that worried . This situation was dangerous for more than one reason, and dealing with it was completely beyond .

In this setting, ng LuYao lacked the confidence that I had associated with her in the past. That confidence had been built on her position as a Pavilion attendant. Here, she was just a young mortal sitting at a table with cultivators.

LiTing’s face turned serious. “Fang, I want to ask you for a favor.”

I held up a hand to stop her. “Wait till we get back ho.”

She nodded happily.

After an eternity, the waiter arrived and brought us our dishes. As we ate, LiTing and JiaQi talked about trivial things and discussed how their progress had been going while ng LuYao and I just sat there, silently taking it all in.

Once we were finished, as I expected, LiTing pulled ng LuYao back to our manor with us. After we were safely hidden away behind its formation, LiTing pulled to the side to ask for her favor.

“Fang, I want to bring LuYao with us. I feel I owe her, and she… I don’t know. I felt a connection with her the mont I saw her. She’s like the sister I never had.”

There was no connection between the two girls. LiTing literally only knew her skin deep. Creating a deep attachnt over her mories of using ng LuYao’s appearance as a disguise for several years couldn’t be healthy. How could I diffuse this situation? Was there a way to turn her down without it causing even more issues?

“I know, but… she’s a mortal. I don’t think she has any affinities, and even if she did, she doesn’t know anything about cultivation. She would never be able to catch up with us.”

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LiTing bit her lip. “Can you… Can you give her my mories?”

I imdiately turned serious. “What?”

“Give her my mories from the last cycle. That will tell her everything she needs to know. As for her affinities… we just need to find so essence for her, right? If we can get her into the sect, with my mories, she shouldn’t have any problems with the tal Peak Trial. Not as a Grandmaster or Lord.”

I gave her a long look.

“If sothing goes wrong, it will an the imdiate end of this cycle. If she says or does sothing to let others know what’s going on, it’s too dangerous for all of us. Are you okay with that?”

Tears welled up in LiTing’s eyes. I wanted to think it was an act, but I could tell that it wasn’t.

I put a hand on her shoulder. “I’m willing to try it out, okay? Just know that this cos with a lot of risk.”

We walked back to where JiaQi and ng LuYao were waiting for us.

“Miss ng, do you know why LiTing brought you here?”

“She… she said there was a chance I could beco a cultivator.”

“Did she tell you anything else?”

“N… No.”

I pinched the bridge of my nose as I felt the beginnings of a migraine. This was one of the problems with bringing people into the ti loop. They would each have their own dreams and aspirations. LiTing’s desire to include ng LuYao would only be the beginning of the problems I would face from this, not the end.

Still, this was what I had wanted. I wanted others to take this journey with . There would be hiccups along the way, but it would be far better than spending an eternity alone.

After a long look at LiTing, I took a deep breath. There wasn’t a good way to handle this, so I took the best one that I could think of. If this situation was going to cause the loop to fail, better it happened as soon as possible to mitigate the fallout.

“Miss ng, let explain the situation.”

I proceeded to give her all the details about how I was looping, how I brought back LiTing’s and JiaQi’s mories, and even about how I had used her appearance as a disguise for LiTing.

She looked at in disbelief, but quick looks at LiTing and JiaQi confird my story.

“That’s the situation. Now, LiTing wants to give you her mories from her last life. This will teach you to cultivate, and I can help you improve your affinities so that you will be able to do so. However, I will only give you her mories this one ti. At the end of this life, I will store your mories of this life for you to use in the future. You won’t have anything you gained from LiTing to rely on, so you need to use her mories to practice and learn things yourself.”

I reached into my storage space and brought out LiTing’s mory orb.

“You need to make a choice. You can pick up this orb and accept the mories inside, or you can leave. If you wish to leave, you will not be hard. I will ensure you are protected. However, I will erase any mories of this conversation from your mind. What do you wish to do?”

I held the orb steady before her eyes. I could see that JiaQi and LiTing wanted to urge her to pick it up, but I shook my head slightly at them.

ng LuYao's eyes were fixed on the orb.

“This will let beco a cultivator?”

I studied her and evaluated those words. She wanted to beco a cultivator, and she might agree to anything to make that happen. That wouldn’t be good for her, and it definitely wouldn’t be good for us.

Quickly considering my options. I returned the orb to my storage space. When it disappeared, panic crept onto ng LuYao’s face.

“Miss ng, this is an important decision. You shouldn’t rush it. And even if you wish to, you cannot absorb these mories without qi.”

I turned to JiaQi. “Take her to a side room and teach her the basics. She doesn’t need to advance, she just needs a bit of energy in her body, but the more the better. Talk with her and answer any of her questions honestly.”

JiaQi smiled softly and moved forward to guide the other girl away, but ng LuYao’s words caused her to stop.

“But… I can’t cultivate. I don’t have any affinities. It’s impossible…”

I walked forward, placed a hand on her shoulder, and subvocalized.

“System, give ng LuYao a peak seven-star tal affinity. Use the cheaper, temporary option.”

There was no reason to pay ten tis the price when it wouldn’t remain after this loop anyway.

Purchase confird. Cost 17,760 credits. 640,049,150,650 credits remaining.

I smiled at the girl. “There. I’ve given you enough essence to raise your tal affinity to a decent level. No matter if you choose to join us or not, it is yours. You can now beco a cultivator whether you choose to join us or not.”

This ti, fear blossod in full on her face. “What’s the cost? There’s always a cost. Especially for sothing like this.”

“Don’t worry. The cost has already been paid. I used your image to disguise LiTing without your permission. That incurred a debt. I gave you this essence to repay that debt. I consider us even. Now, you can freely choose what happens in the future. Go with JiaQi, talk with her, and think carefully about your decision.”

I motioned to JiaQi, and she led the girl away. Once they were gone, I looked at LiTing.

“This could cause a lot of trouble, you know? If she doesn’t agree, we’re going to have to restart the cycle.”

LiTing closed her eyes to stop tears from forming. “I know. I’m sorry. I just… The mont I t her, I felt like she could be my twin sister. I wasn’t thinking clearly.”

I walked forward and wrapped an arm around her to comfort her.

“Don’t worry. We’ll figure things out.”

I quickly scribbled down a Low-Yellow tal cultivation technique and delivered it to the girls. It wasn’t anything amazing, but it would be enough for what they needed to do. An hour later, the two of them left their secluded cultivation and ca back to talk with us.

ng LuYao still looked nervous, but a determined look had appeared in her eyes.

“I want the mories.”

I nodded silently and held the orb out to her. Following JiaQi’s guidance, ng LuYao inserted the qi into the orb, and the mories flowed into her.

The struggles the young woman faced when absorbing decades of mories from an unfamiliar mind were far greater than what my friends had dealt with. These mories were completely foreign to her, and they didn’t completely sh with her psyche.

When she was able to open her eyes and look at , she gave a half-smile. “Thank you, Teacher.”

LiTing quickly stepped forward and guided ng LuYao off to a side room.

As I watched them go, I could only sigh. “That may have been a mistake.”

JiaQi laughed. “So what? You’re an immortal ti traveler. If anyone is allowed to make mistakes, it’s you. Don’t worry so much about it. This will make LiTing happy, and if it doesn’t work out, at least we’ll know for next ti.”

I snorted and returned to my cultivation room.

Putting the situation out of my mind, I returned to working on my cultivation technique.

Over the next month, I iterated on the filter designs several tis, but making everything work properly was giving far more trouble than I would have wished. I was making progress, but it was slow.

It got to the point where I was considering just buying the technique I wanted from the System, but I held back. One of my main reasons for designing it myself was to receive the burst of enlightennt from creating a new technique. I wouldn’t get that if I just bought the thing.

During this ti, I kept up my appointnts with the three girls. Once a week, we went out to eat together.

At the dinner table, LiTing and JiaQi dominated the conversation. I was out of my elent, and ng LuYao was still slightly uncomfortable around us. LiTing was treating her as a sister though, and she was slowly coming around.

This made chuckle silently to myself. It was a difficult situation, but there was one advantage to it. Even with LiTing’s mories, ng LuYao would need ti to adapt to being a cultivator, absorb what LiTing had known, and apply it to herself. That was enough of an excuse to allow myself slightly more ti to develop my technique. After all, I didn’t need to be ready until everyone else was, right?

I felt that core piece of my soul rebel at this logic, but it couldn’t outright refute it. That ant I could delay things until JiaQi, LiTing, and ng LuYao were all ready.

At the end of our first month in the manor, Yan finally arrived and joined us.

After eting with the girls and introducing him to ng LuYao, he pulled aside for a private conversation.

“You’re bringing her into the loops?”

I winced slightly. “I’m going to try it. As JiaQi said, if it doesn’t work, at least we’ll know for next ti.”

Yan smirked. “Well then, I have another proposal for you.”

A twinge in my head indicated my migraine was about to return.

“Ning ChenKun. Consider pulling him in as well. His position makes him dangerous to keep in the loop continuously, but this would be a perfect ti to bring him in. He can be a solid ally, and he has the power to back us up.”

“Yan…”

He held up a hand to stop . “You’re looking to rush your advancent, right? That ans you don’t intend to stick around forever. This is a good chance to bring ChenKun into the fold. Make him your subordinate, help him reach Heaven City alive, and then let him make a mory orb to store so fond mories of us. If nothing else, it will be a useful tool to have in the future.”

He… made so solid argunts. I had told everyone that this was the life to try things. Maybe this was just one more item to add to that list.

“I’ll think about it. I can’t make any promises.”

“Don’t worry. ChenKun is currently focused on his ti in the Academy. Let him enter the sect and see how hard it is. Without your pills, he’ll have a much harder ti of it this cycle.”

I grinned wryly in response, and we rejoined the others to discuss the rits of Yan’s idea.

Once the eting broke up, I returned to my room to focus on perfecting my cultivation technique. I felt like things were starting to spiral out of my control, and if I wanted to survive the fallout, I needed to be prepared.