Chapter 60: Chapter 60: Finally Achieving Innate (Seeking
Follow-Up Reading)
Translator: 549690339
J inzhou City.
In the twinkling of an eye, twenty years had passed. At this moment, Liang Sheng, with a touch of grey at his temples and increasingly noticeable wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, appeared mature and dignified. As he walked down the street, the young girls couldn’t help but throw a second glance his way.
Just like an ordinary person, he wove through the streets, with a calm and composed air about him. Even if he hadn’t activated his attribute panel concealment, people would not recognize him as a martial arts expert.
The marks of years had made him more gentle and relaxed, and his energy and blood were almost perfectly integrated, giving him a Taoist-like sense of simplicity and humble strength.
At this point, he was leisurely heading to Zhang Rongjun’s teahouse, though the current owner was not Zhang Yuntai but his son Zhang Ruxing.
After all, Zhang Yuntai was old, and for the past two years, he had no longer made public appearances, preferring to spend time at home with his children and grandchildren.
Moreover, he probably wouldn’t live much longer. Furthermore, this year’s winter seemed particularly cold. Liang Sheng looked up at the overcast sky, suspecting that a heavy snowfall was imminent. He wondered if Zhang Yuntai could survive it.
Many things had occurred in the past twenty years, and although he was not in a hurry to go to the capital, he had already collected a lot of information about it.
It just took money to solve these issues, after all, he wasn’t uncovering any secrets of the large families. Collecting ordinary news from the capital was as simple as could be.
At this moment, as he just stepped into the teahouse, Zhang Yuntai’s son, Zhang Ruxing, rushed out from behind the counter with a beaming smile to greet him.
“Master Liang, you’re here.”
Zhang Ruxing gestured for him to follow, and ordered the waiter to prepare tea. “Same old, remember to use the mountain spring water, don’t let Master Liang take a sip and ruin our reputation.”
Liang Sheng just chuckled and didn’t say a word. Over the years, he had become a regular tea patron.
Most of the teahouse customers knew him as a low-key rural gentry, which was the identity Liang Sheng had been masquerading as for many years.
Seeing the teahouse was packed, Liang Sheng told Zhang Ruxing to go about his business and not worry about him. Only then did Zhang Ruxing excuse himself and leave.
“Those Zhang family kids, they’re all well-behaved.”
Soon, Zhang Ruxing personally brought over the tea, then went back to serve other customers. After a while, he sat down behind the counter and took a little nap.
Indeed, his energy had been depleted. His grandfather’s condition was not good, and he was worried if his grandfather could survive the winter.
However, he himself was helpless. All he could do was his utmost; these past few days, he had even gone so far as to have his younger daughter sleep close to the old man, in a bid to lighten his mood.
At this moment, Liang Sheng was sipping tea, watching people passing by on the street. His face was calm. Everyone in the world was busy, all for the sake of survival.
Liang Ying had returned to Jinzhou City fifteen years ago, sensing that his days were numbered. Unfortunately, he passed away on the road back and had to be transported by coffin. The amount of ice consumed along the way was astronomical, costing a fortune.
Liang Sheng secretly went to the mourning hall to see him and lamented that Liang Ying had devoted his entire life to the Liang Family, living up to his role of the Liang Family’s Patriarch.
What a pity that even after he wormed his way into the royal court in the capital and served at Xuan Kong’s side, he still failed to break through to the postnatal Nine-Realm.
The first reason was the previous depletion of his original resources due to his desperation, and the second was that his mind was polluted by worldly desires, making his martial arts bottleneck even more solid.
However, his sacrifice wasn’t in vain. At present, there was no one threatening Ye An’s position in the Prince of Ping’an’s Mansion. Once Prince Ping’an passed away, he would be the new prince.
As a guest elder of Ye An and someone who had served Xuan Kong closely, Liang Ying indeed made the Liang Family flourish once again.
Although the Liang Family still didn’t have new experts at the Postnatal Nine-Realm, they had two pillars at the Postnatal “Eighth” Level, and even among the younger generations, there was an expert at the Postnatal Seven-Realm. The Liang Family was indeed flourishing.
The relationship between the Jinshan Temple and the Liang Family was naturally becoming closer as they needed each other. Jinshan Temple needed money for its development, while the Liang Family needed Jinshan Temple’s support in martial arts. It was a perfect match.
Therefore, although the Liang Family did not have an expert at the Postnatal Nine-Realm, Liang Ying really achieved the goal of only remaining as a martial arts family in Jinzhou City.
Of course, it wasn’t true that the Liang Family had no experts at the Postnatal Nine-Realm. Although Liang Ying struggled to break through the Eight-Level, Master Hongzhi succeeded in breaking through to the Postnatal Nine-Realm five years ago.
The high monks of the Xuan-generation from Jinshan Temple in the past are mostly gone, and those who are currently in power are almost entirely monks of the Hong-generation.
Other high monks of the Xuan-generation have almost completely retired to their secluded cultivation; however, as long as Xuan Kong is still there, Jinshan temple has at least fifty more years of prosperity.
The memories of the past years flashed through Liang Sheng’s mind like passing clouds, and he couldn’t help but shake his head. As he himself wasn’t aging, why would he feel nostalgic?
At that moment, Liang Sheng stood up. Zhang Ruxing rushed to greet him, respectfully seeing him off. Liang Sheng, humming a tune, went straight to Yichun Building.
He still needed to maintain his youth. Young girls were the best at keeping a person invigorated, which was a young man’s medicine.
After a few days, the Zhang Family suddenly invited the city’s renowned doctors into their mansion in a hurry. It seemed that Zhang Yuntai’s condition wasn’t good.
Indeed, not long after the Zhang Family’s house was adorned in white mourning banners, and the sounds of weeping filled the air. A trace of sorrow flitted across Liang Sheng’s heart.
Before the march of time, this was simply the norm for human life. After thanking the filial grandsons for their sacrifices, Liang Sheng personally went to the mourning hall to bid Zhang Yuntai goodbye.
After losing another old friend, Liang Sheng initially wanted to go for a drink to bid farewell, but a thought flashed through his mind and, on the tips of his toes, he disappeared.
He was finally about to break through!
Excitement thumped in Liang Sheng’s heart. After waiting for twenty years, he finally reached the moment of breaking through to the innate stage. Without any hesitation, he once again entered seclusion in the deep old forest.
A few days passed.
The animals in the old forest outside Jinzhou City freaked out, because the blasts of thunder from an unknown source echoed repeatedly as an oppressive aura enveloped the old forest.
As beasts are most sensitive to danger, they instantly scrambled to escape. Not far away in a cave, Liang Sheng was sitting in meditation.
At this moment, his entire body’s Qi and blood were churning, his true Qi turned into liquid form and rapidly circulated around his body.
His internal energy was as dense as a liquid, gradually transforming his body. His appearance was completely ruddy, full of Qi and blood, like a dazzling sun.
Right then, a loud bang resounded. His body felt renewed, and a sign of life appeared, spreading throughout his whole body.
His whole being was like a grand martial arts pill, perfectly harmonious. At the moment of Liang Sheng’s breakthrough, a hint of his aura leaked out, causing the surrounding mountain stones to shatter dramatically.
Name: Liang Sheng
Age: 88
Talent: Innocent Foolishness (Top-Grade)
Techniques: Golden Dragon Technique (10th Layer), Ten Methods of Health Cultivation (13th Layer), Unmoving Ming King Seal (4th Layer)
Realm: Innate Grandmaster
Lifespan: 22io[ Let’s add a lifespan display, the readers have been complaining.]
Reaching the 10th Layer of the Golden Dragon technique, which is unprecedent, is just the tip of the iceberg for the Innate Realm. Reaching innate increases your life span by 30 years. Practicing for twenty years has even added ten years to Liang Sheng’s lifespan.
This time, Liang Sheng couldn’t help but feel jubilant. When he opened his eyes, rays of light shot out, even radiating a touch of heat.
At this moment, he couldn’t help but leap into the air, hanging halfway in the air. He then let out a long howl, sounding like a dragon chant.
The entire forest trembled, the animals around fled in panic, but there was no trace of Liang Sheng left in the forest, only the crater he left behind from his breakthrough.
Seventy years after coming to this world, he finally stepped into the innate today.
Joyous!
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