Chapter 1438: Chapter 890: I’ll Come Over to Pick Someone Up_2

At sixty, one is considered to have reached a harmonious and respectful age.

For mortals, this age is actually considered quite elderly.

In his lifetime, although he hadn’t accumulated much wealth, he still lived without worries about food and clothing. By all accounts, he should be enjoying his blessings at this age.

Yet, the King of Reincarnation always felt as if he had forgotten something.

And those things should be very important to him.

“I can’t remember…”

The King of Reincarnation rubbed his forehead.

The world was no longer clear and bright, everywhere was shrouded in a gray haze, wandering in the air.

Then.

The drifting fog seemed to be gripped by an invisible giant hand, suddenly flowing rapidly.

At this moment, the King of Reincarnation stood at the edge of nothingness, surrounded by splendid and mysterious lights and shadows as if traversing the long river of time and space.

Before his eyes, scenes overlapped like shattered mirrors, each fragment carrying a piece of past memory, slowly rotating in the void, weaving into a grand historical tapestry.

In the torrent of memories, he seemed to see his once identity–

Not that unknown villager, but the King of Reincarnation who reigned above the Nine Heavens.

Battling kings of Alien Territory, possessing supreme might to control Reincarnation, reversing life and death; every cycle of reincarnation was to hone his nature, accumulate strength, just for today, to re-seize that long-lost authority and return once more.

“The true meaning of reincarnation… is to maintain the essence of the true self through each and every cycle…”

The King of Reincarnation uttered solemnly to himself.

The next moment, a mysterious and incomparable aura descended upon the King of Reincarnation, as if an invisible Milky Way was pouring down from the Nine Heavens; his aura suddenly transformed.

The entire person radiated a luminescent glow.

Soon,

Such a change naturally awakened his descendants and wife in this life immediately.

They rushed out of the bamboo hut, staring at the transformation of the King of Reincarnation, each of them stood frozen in place.

“Father, you… what happened to you?”

The eldest son stammered, the aura emanating from the King of Reincarnation at the moment was so daunting that he felt as if he had plunged into an ice pit, afraid to speak out. Yet, out of concern for the King of Reincarnation’s condition, he forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart to speak.

The King of Reincarnation lowered his gaze, his eyes slowly sweeping down from the people below, becoming gentler, but he did not speak.

Because at this moment, all his gaze was attracted to a token that had appeared at his waist at an unknown time.

There’s information in the Jade Plate.

His Divine Sense made contact and immediately, a thunderous, majestic sound echoed in his mind.

…

Three days whisked by in a flash.

This is true for mortals, let alone for Jiang Hui, for whom time stood still.

He had made arrangements in advance.

Of course, such arrangements meant informing Old man Lin.

Then letting him arrange specifically who to descend to the Lower Realm to fetch the person.

In the end, Tu Wa Zi was eager to participate.

The Lower Realm was his place of birth, and the restrictions of heaven and earth on him would be minimal. Having spent so much time in the Immortal Domain, he really wanted to visit again.

Besides, it was also for some relaxation.

In recent days, the Ten Crown King and the Banished Immortal would often seek advice from He Shi Hao and the Willow God about their sudden experiences in reaching the Emperor Realm. Over time, although existing experiences were fundamentally useless for reaching the Emperor Realm, both still gleaned Sudden Enlightenment and entered seclusion for cultivation.

He had been following them from the beginning, yet had never attained any insight related to the Emperor Realm.

That Realm was still far off for him.

With his talent and qualities, reaching the Supreme Giant Level was already an unexpected joy; any further forced advancement was impossible, so he could only let nature take its course.

Accompanying Tu Wa Zi were the War Goddess and Shi Hao.

The War Goddess wanted to go down and see if the Deer Academy had survived the years.

Shi Hao was purely joining Tu Wa Zi for the fun of it.

With the Willow God, the Master of Liu Village, and many of Liu Village’s peers qualified to glimpse the Emperor Road, the burden on his shoulders was not as heavy as he had imagined, making him feel much lighter and more relaxed.

Because of the War Goddess, this time the trio chose to descend to the Lower Realm via the Heavenly Stairs at the back of Liu Village.

Ascend Heaven Ladder, a Rare Item drawn up by Jiang Hui back in the Lower Realm, possessed terrifying capabilities. Not only could one reach the Upper Realm completely unharmed through Heavenly Stairs, the most divine part was that any follower of Jiang Hui, with a certain level of Faith Value, and who completed the entire journey, would have a certain chance of receiving a divine gift.

This divine gift could be a bloodline, a Treasured Technique, Divine Skills, etc. But regardless of its type, it had the power to defy the heavens and change one’s fate.

The First Avatar, carrying nearly ten kinds of heaven-defying talents, benefited from Ascend Heaven Ladder.

Although the Ascend Heaven Ladder is the passage from the Lower Realm to the Upper Realm, it can be reflected within the village, so the three of them don’t need to make a special trip to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

Upon reaching the Lower Realm, the three went their separate ways.

The War Goddess headed to the Wilderness Area to search for Deer Academy.

While Tu Wa Zi and Shi Hao made a beeline for the Heavenly Domain, seeking the person named Shen Zhinan.

“Brother Tu, do you know why Senior Liu would have us look for someone called Shen Zhinan?”

On the road, Shi Hao couldn’t help but ask.

When did Senior Liu ever make a special trip to the Lower Realm?

Could it be that this Shen Zhinan is a Heavenly Pride?

But that’s not right.

There are plenty of Heavenly Prides in the village, like carps crossing the river; why would someone need to be sent to fetch them specifically?!

There have been precedents for this before, but those were mostly random selections made by Village Chief Lin, usually sending a pair from the village’s guard squad. Like this time, it was actually Tu Wa Zi personally descending to the Lower Realm, and it was his first time at that.

Tu Wa Zi shook his head, indicating he didn’t know either.

But he was too lazy to think about the reasons.

After all, this time it was he who volunteered to come down.

As the two chatted and laughed along the way, they weren’t in a hurry to travel, but given their realms, it wasn’t long before a human city appeared before their eyes.

Without alarming any of the city guards, they went straight in and reached their destination.

In the cramped courtyard with black-tiled soil walls.

Shen Zhinan was feeling anxious.

Last night, he hardly slept at all, waiting for dawn, which irritated the woman greatly since the usual after-dinner activities were canceled.

Nevertheless, the woman still prepared breakfast for Shen Zhinan early on.

“Husband, are you sure you’re not lying to me, that someone is really coming to pick you up today?”

The woman asked with a mix of belief and doubt, while handing over the peeled sweet potato she had cooked to the man.

The day was already well advanced, and the wealthy people in the city were about to prepare for lunch, yet there was no sign of anyone.

The woman was beginning to suspect that her man had acquired hysteria from a nightmare.

Otherwise, why on earth would he feel that someone was coming to pick him up?

He even said he was going to defy fate…

This is exactly the kind of thing only someone with hysteria could say.

Thinking of this, the woman couldn’t help but sneak into the kitchen and secretly wipe her tears.

In this day and age, hysteria is fatal. Where does the money come from to treat such an illness?

Shen Zhinan is her everything. Although poor, he has been truly kind to her, willing to eat less so she could eat more.

If he really contracted such an illness, what would she do?

As she sobbed, she heard a series of crisp and forceful knocks on the door.

Someone was knocking…

At this hour, who could it be?

Could it be Aunt Zhang?

If that’s the case, she couldn’t open the door.

A few days ago, the other party had been looking for her, wanting to match-make her, a married woman, with the Landlord Wang from the east side of town.

She has been with Zhinan for three years, and now she is carrying his child; she definitely can’t do anything to betray Zhinan.

“Who is it?” the woman asked.

The knocking from outside was vigorous.

Tu Wa Zi and Shi Hao, of course, didn’t need to knock and could directly enter, but Grandpa Lin had said that this person was personally named by the Adult to be fetched, so the least amount of courtesy was required,

Hearing a woman’s voice inside, the two of them were not surprised. After all, even without resorting to any methods, it was doubtful that this dilapidated house with black-tiled soil walls could conceal any secrets.

“We are here under the Adult’s orders, specifically to fetch someone!”

Tu Wa Zi withdrew his knocking hand and asked with an authoritative tone.

“Ah…”

What followed was the sound of a bucket filled with cold water hitting the ground.

Hearing a woman’s voice inside, the two of them were not surprised. After all, even without resorting to any methods, it was doubtful that this dilapidated house with black-tiled soil walls could conceal any secrets.

“We are here under the Adult’s orders, specifically to fetch someone!”

Tu Wa Zi withdrew his knocking hand and asked with an authoritative tone.