Transmigration: The Peerless Immortal Husband

Going on a long journey is actually quite an exciting thing, and it would have been even better if there hadn’t been a sea beast invasion.

This world is actually more dangerous than the interstellar world. While it has created countless extraordinary cultivators capable of flying and moving through space, it is also filled with numerous dangers. There are sea beasts in the ocean and demon beasts in the mountains and forests on land. For ordinary people, once they encounter these dangers, they have no means of resistance. There are also evil and sinister forces lurking in the shadows that don’t even regard ordinary people as human.

Gu Yao aspires to stand at the peak of the world as an absolute powerhouse, but he also has a compassionate heart for the ordinary people living at the bottom. Due to the limitations of spiritual roots, these people are stuck outside the door of cultivation and have no means of defending themselves against the invasion of demon beasts.

What if, he wondered, he could develop a pill or medicine that could create spiritual roots, one that doesn’t require rare and expensive spiritual materials? Could this allow ordinary people to gain power and protect their homes with their own strength?

But then, Gu Yao felt uncertain. If everyone could cultivate, the consumption of spiritual energy in the world would increase dramatically, eventually leading to a significant decline in the level of cultivation worldwide. Would every cultivator be able to bear that outcome? According to the records in ancient texts, the spiritual energy in the cultivation world during ancient times was incomparable to what it is now. Rare and precious herbs were abundant, and many rare spiritual herbs are now extinct.

He smiled self-deprecatingly. Creating such a medicine or pill wouldn’t be so easy. Perhaps after spending hundreds of years, he still wouldn’t achieve any results. Just look at how many cultivation families have descendants who cannot even be tested for spiritual roots. In the best case, these descendants may live a life of luxury as rich heirs. In the worst case, they are cast out of their families after birth and have no right to enjoy the privileges of their family.

“What are you thinking about all day?” Hearing Gu Yao’s strange thoughts, Xu Chen was speechless. He nearly wanted to shake Gu Yao awake, wondering what nonsense was filling his head. “Under the heavens, everyone is an ant. Ordinary people are ants, and cultivators are the same. No one can escape this boundary.”

In Xu Chen’s view, ordinary people are like bees and ants in the eyes of cultivators. Do cultivators need to care about the lives of ordinary people? Unless it’s a catastrophic event, like the current sea beast invasion, which is a disaster of great magnitude for ordinary people. After all, countless ordinary people are the foundation of the entire cultivation world. Otherwise, in ordinary circumstances, who would a cultivator care to save ordinary people?

Gu Yao scratched his head. Although it’s said that under the heavens, everyone is an ant, these ants must have different levels, right? If it were up to him, cultivators should be considered a higher level of ants. He was still deeply influenced by his past life.

He rephrased, “Senior, don’t you think researching such a pill is quite challenging? Doing something that others dare not think or do—if successful, it would bring immense satisfaction, not to mention fame and fortune.”

Xu Chen paused, and he had to admit that the idea was tempting. But then, he spat and said, “I think it’s just a waste of time. How much time do you think you have to waste? You, with your useless Four Spiritual Roots, you’re just a worthless kid!”

Now it was Gu Yao’s turn to be speechless. He was caught off guard by Xu Chen’s words. Seeing that Gu Yao couldn’t respond, Xu Chen laughed smugly in his space.

Xu Chen then said, “You have this time, and yet you’re not researching how to fix your spiritual roots?”

Gu Yao broke into a sweat. Xu Chen did have a point. But on second thought, it wasn’t too bad to entertain such ideas. His master had never stopped him from coming up with odd ideas. His master always said that first, there must be an idea before it can be turned into reality.

So, even if some of his thoughts were impractical or unrealistic, his master would never ridicule him like Xu Chen. Hmph!

Gu Yao secretly muttered to himself, *Xu Chen is still far behind my master in terms of cultivation!*

On the journey, everyone took turns controlling the flying artifact. They flew non-stop for several days and nights. On this particular day, the speed of the flying artifact suddenly slowed down. The cultivator in charge of monitoring the outside situation spoke up, alerting everyone, “There’s a battle ahead, everyone be cautious!”

Everyone quickly stepped out of their resting areas and looked out from the artifact. Indeed, in the forest ahead, flashes of spiritual light indicated a battle. The flying artifact slowed down and approached. Interfering without understanding the situation could lead to further conflict, especially when cultivators were fighting amongst themselves. They generally didn’t want outsiders getting involved.

“This is bad! There’s a small town of ordinary people ahead, and a large group of demon beasts is attacking. Some cultivators are fighting back, but they can’t hold on much longer. We need to land and help!” The cultivator monitoring the situation yelled. Immediately, the protective shield of the artifact was deactivated, and the students with their own artifacts flew out to assist. As fellow human cultivators, they naturally had to help each other and couldn’t ignore the attack on a human settlement.

Along the way, Chi Changye had already prepared a sword body for his sword fetus. The sword fetus was black, but the sword body appeared dark purple. It didn’t look particularly luxurious. When the magic sword was summoned, Chi Changye pulled Gu Yao along and flew toward the town ahead. Tian Feirong and the little fatty immediately followed. They weren’t too far from Tianhai Sect, so perhaps they could get more specific information.

Gu Yao caught the smell of blood carried by the wind and couldn’t help but think. Yuanyang Town, being far from the coast, should be safe from such incidents. He remembered that in the past, his mother had died protecting Gu Zhiming from a small-scale demon beast attack. He wondered, if such a situation arose again, would anyone still risk their life to protect him? Of course, he didn’t want the people of Yuanyang Town to face such a crisis.

Yu Song was a disciple of Tianhai Sect. After receiving a distress signal from the cultivators at Ganggu Town, he was dispatched by the sect to summon family cultivators affiliated with Tianhai Sect to assist in repelling the beast horde attacking the town. However, he had underestimated the scale of the beast tide. After three days and nights of fighting, the horde showed no signs of diminishing. The sect’s main combat forces were currently engaged in dealing with a larger-scale sea beast tide, so they could not spare anyone to support Ganggu Town. Even if he asked for help now, he feared that by the time reinforcements arrived, the town would be destroyed.

“Daoist Yu, this is not going to work. Are there really no cultivators coming to assist us?” Zhang Yongjie, one of the surviving cultivators in the town, gasped as he spoke. Zhang Yongjie was a Qi Refining 6th layer cultivator and had barely survived the beast tide. Ganggu Town was mostly populated by ordinary people, and with his cultivation, he had been revered as a nearly godlike figure. Who could have imagined that the beast horde would target them?

Yu Song shook his head, looking at the exhausted cultivators and sighed with a bitter smile, “There’s no way to spare more hands. If it comes to it, we’ll break through a gap and escort the townspeople out. We’ll send out as many as we can—everyone do your best. After sending them out, we cultivators will have to flee to save ourselves.”

Zhang Yongjie let out a bitter laugh at this outcome. He had already been grateful that Yu Song had managed to hold on this long. Some of the cultivators who had come with Yu Song had already died in the beast tide. Now, they could no longer rely on Yu Song and his group to protect the lives of the entire town’s population. The only option was to retreat. How many could survive the retreat would depend on fate.

“Senior Brother Yu, look! There’s a flying artifact passing by! The cultivators on it must be here to save us!” One of the cultivators who had come with Yu Song saw a streak of light in the distance and shouted excitedly.

“Really?!” Yu Song was overjoyed and quickly looked in the direction the cultivator pointed. Sure enough, he saw spiritual light approaching. “Great! Everyone, cheer up! Reinforcements are here! As long as we hold on a little longer, we will be saved!”

“Yes, someone is coming! I still have a few spirit talismans left. Let’s use them now; I had been saving them for the final moments!”

“Haha, I still have a Yuan Recovery Pill! Die, beasts!”

The common youth and young adults, who had suffered greater casualties in the battle, were greatly encouraged by the news. Morale soared. They pushed stones, threw hot oil, and did everything they could to fight off the demon beasts outside.

Lu Qiusheng, who was leading the group, surged ahead at the fastest pace. Even before he arrived, his voice could be heard shouting, “Kill! Kill all these demon beasts!”

As soon as the command was given, he charged into the beast horde, causing the demons to roar in response. At the same time, blood splattered everywhere.

“Charge! Kill!” The people who followed him were also filled with fighting spirit. After sitting in their flying artifacts for several days, they were eager to move and take action.

A stone lizard suddenly slammed into the city wall. The already battered wall couldn’t withstand the impact and collapsed in a loud crash, causing a section to fall. Several young adults were thrown off the wall with blood-curdling screams, and there was no one nearby who could lend a hand to save them. The onlookers could only watch as the people plummeted straight into the gaping mouth of the stone lizard.

Some people’s eyes reddened, others couldn’t bear to watch what was about to happen and turned their heads, but in the next moment, there was a startled shout. Several vines, moving like snakes, swiftly shot toward the falling people, wrapping around their waists and pulling them back to safety. At the same time, a sword qi struck the stone lizard’s head. With a resounding “boom,” the fierce lizard was cleaved in two, its blood and entrails spilling onto the ground.

The few who had been nearly suffocated by the lizard’s foul breath felt themselves suddenly lift off the ground. In the next moment, they were tossed back onto the still-intact portion of the city wall. Their legs buckled, and they nearly collapsed to the ground, but the people nearby rushed over to support them.

“I’m not dead? We actually survived?” the few survivors cried out in excitement.

“Are you stupid? Quickly thank the experts who saved you! Without them, you wouldn’t have had a chance to survive!” someone nearby slapped them, urging them to express their gratitude.

The survivors hurriedly got up and rushed to the edge of the city wall, looking outward. There, they saw two figures riding on flying swords in mid-air. After saving them and killing the stone lizard, the two immediately turned to attack other demon beasts threatening the city wall, seeming to give no further thought to their earlier rescue.

“Thank you, experts, for saving us!” one of them shouted, wiping their face. They then returned to the battle, and hearing the thanks, Gu Yao didn’t even turn his head but simply waved his hand in acknowledgment.

Compared to him, Chi Changye was ruthlessly slashing through the demon beasts with every sword strike. Soon, a large area below the city wall had been cleared. Even though the demon beasts were not particularly intelligent, they could sense danger and avoid it. After seeing their comrades killed, they were frightened and scrambled to flee, fearing that they would be next to be cleaved by the swords of the experts.