TBIP: Chapter 2

The treatment of a genius with dual spiritual roots was naturally good.

Let’s not talk about other things. Just look at those who had been famous for a long time. Who wouldn’t want to accept a genius with dual spiritual roots as a disciple?

If they could worship a powerful master, their status would naturally rise. Even if they didn’t have many people around them as an entourage, they could at least achieve financial freedom.

There must be something wrong when things were abnormal!

The original owner was a genius with dual spiritual roots, but he ended up in such a poor state. There must be some details he didn’t notice.

However, before Lou Xingyao could search carefully, a memory hidden deep in his body suddenly hit him.

“Dual spiritual roots genius? Hah, I think it is nothing special!”

“That’s right! I thought this dual spiritual roots genius was so great, but he was beaten like a dog and couldn’t get up.”

“Tsk, how about this? You like on the ground and learn to bark like a dog. Then I’ll let you go. How about it?”

“Oh? Why are you mute? Are you still unwilling? It’s okay. Us brothers will help you open up your voice right away!”

……

The malicious words and scenes instantly overwhelmed Lou Xingyao. His body seemed to have awakened the muscle memory hidden in it and started to ache faintly.

Fortunately, this feeling came and went quickly. In just a moment, Lou Xingyao got the information he wanted from his memory.

It turned out that the original owner was born prematurely and was born with some deficiencies. Not only was his body weak, but even the meridians in his body were thin and fragile. He couldn’t withstand the impact of spiritual energy at all.

If he forcibly trained, he would only end up with broken meridians and an explosion of his body.

Therefore, on this Tianming Continent, what was rarer than a single spiritual root was the original owner, who had spiritual roots but no way to cultivate!

So what if dual spiritual roots were rare?

He was unable to cultivate and was even worse than mortals without spiritual roots. At the very least, the absence of spiritual roots meant there would be no illusion about cultivating immortality. They wouldn’t experience the highs and lows like the original owner.

In addition, the maliciousness encountered in his memories stemmed from the dual spiritual roots talent that couldn’t be cultivated.

The Lou family, where the original owner came from, had two foundation building masters in the family. It could be called a dominant family in Pingyang County. The big family was prosperous. If the direct descendants and the side branches were counted together, there were at least more than 20 people of the same age as the original owner.

The original owner’s generation was well-known in Pingyang County.

The reason was that when measuring the talent, in addition to the original owner’s dual spiritual root, there was only one person with three spiritual roots and the rest were all four or five spiritual roots.

There might seem to be only one spiritual root difference between four spiritual roots and three spiritual roots, but the difference between them was extremely huge.

Not only was their cultivation speed slower, but even the achievements obtained were very limited. The qi condensation realm was already the end point of most people with four spiritual roots.

For a large family like the Lou family, four spiritual roots that couldn’t reach the foundation building realm weren’t worth cultivating at all. This was the case with four spiritual roots, let alone five spiritual roots.

In other words, among the more than 20 people who were tested with Lou Xingyao, only one person was worthy of being trained. The ratio of one to ten directly set the lowest record in the history of the Lou family since it became famous.

The moment the news came out, rumors spread in Pingyang County.

It was said that the Lou family’s luck had come to an end. It wasn’t easy to produce a genius with two spiritual roots, but he couldn’t cultivate at all. It was really fate.

It was also said that the Lou family was able to make a fortune due to a moment of luck. Now their original form was exposed.

Among them, the ones most affected by the rumors were the peers who tested their talent with the original owner.

The best among them was the original owner, a useless person who couldn’t cultivate. Then what were they, who were even worse than a useless person?

Trash?

Those peers whose spiritual root test results weren’t ideal were already depressed due to their bleak future. They became even more upset due to these rumors.

The original owner was the culprit who pushed them to the forefront of the rumors. He was naturally even more unpleasant to them. So ever since the talent test, the original owner had been isolated by his peers.

At first, it wasn’t bad. Everyone was concerned about the original owner’s talent of dual spiritual roots, fearing that he would be able to turn things around one day. Therefore, they didn’t dare to show it too obviously.

At most, they would only make a few sarcastic remarks or stand beside the original owner and block him. This wasn’t too hard for the original owner.

But after many doctors concluded that the original owner was indeed not destined to walk the immortal path, everyone’s behavior became bolder.

First, they secretly took away the original owner’s items for themselves, or they suddenly appeared behind the original owner and pushed him to the ground. Then it directly evolved to using fists and feet.

In particular, there was one occasion where they beat the original owner and were discovered by the elders of the clan, only to receive a few words of admonition. This caused the behavior of the crowd to become more serious.

The original owner’s biological father was unknown, and his biological mother died early. In the Lou family, he didn’t have the support of the elders or the backing of the people. Facing this overwhelming malice, he could only endure it silently and try to avoid it.

However, even if the original owner was cautious and tried to avoid crowds in the clan, he still couldn’t escape the fate of being discovered and beaten by his peers.

Not long before he transmigrated here, the original owner had just experienced bullying from people of the same age in the clan.

As for why Lou Xingyao didn’t notice the abnormality before, it was due to the original owner’s extraordinary recovery ability.

It wasn’t known if it was due to a special physique or that the dual spiritual roots had mysteries that others didn’t know, but the original owner’s recovery ability had been different from ordinary people since he was a child.

Even if he was seriously injured or beaten half to death by these bullies, he could recover after three to five days of rest.

This was also one of the reasons why the bullies were so reckless.

Lou Xingyao couldn’t help raising a hand to touch his forehead. The touch under his fingertips was smooth and clean. The wound that was caused by being hit by a stone had healed unknowingly.

“This is simply a body that is born to be beaten up,” Lou Xingyao couldn’t help murmuring in a low voice.

Unexpectedly, the moment these words came out, a voice of guilt sounded in Lou Xingyao’s mind. “I’m sorry…”

The sudden voice made Lou Xingyao’s heart skip a beat, but he quickly calmed down. “You are?”

“I am Lou Xingyao, the original owner of this body. You can also call me Lou Xiaowu.” Lou Xiaowu gave the answer in a gentle tone.

Lou Xingyao wasn’t surprised by such an answer. The only possibility for someone talking directly in his mind was the original owner.

Compared with Lou Xiaowu, he was more concerned about another question. “Then what is our current situation?”

One body with two souls?

Being able to live a new life was already a pleasant surprise for Lou Xingyao. If he had to pay some price for it, such as moving from a large single room to a double room with another person, it wouldn’t be unacceptable to him.

He just didn’t know if Lou Xiaowu, the landlord, welcomed this uninvited guest?

“Don’t worry, you can still live in the big single room. This body will belong to you completely in the future.” Lou Xiaowu, who was connected with Lou Xingyao’s mind, seemed to find Lou Xingyao’s description quite interesting. Even his tone was tinged with a smile.

“What about you?” A trace of doubt flashed in Lou Xingyao’s eyes. If he lived in a single room, what about Lou Xiaowu? Where would he stay?

“Don’t worry. I have already dissipated before you came.” If not, Lou Xingyao wouldn’t be able to live in his body.

“Dissipated?” Lou Xingyao hadn’t expected to get such an answer. He felt a bit disappointed for a while.

Now that Lou Xiaowu had dissipated, who was talking to him in his mind now?

Lou Xiaowu carefully answered Lou Xingyao’s doubts. “I am a trace of Lou Xiaowu’s consciousness that remained when your soul resonated with my body.”

“Resonated?” Lou Xingyao repeated in a low voice. Was this the reason why he was able to live in Lou Xiaowu’s body?

Without waiting for Lou Xingyao to think carefully, Lou Xiaowu, who was in tune with him, gave a positive answer. “It isn’t an easy thing to borrow a corpse to resurrect the soul.”

Even in a world of cultivation like Tianming Continent, using a corpse to revive the soul could be regarded as a heaven-defying act.

It not only required specific skills, but also the right time, right place and right people. There were also very strict requirements for the soul and corpse.

Not to mention that before this, Lou Xingyao was just a mortal who didn’t even know what cultivation was. He was able to be reborn with the help of Lou Xiaowu’s body, so his luck could be imagined.

In addition to strong luck, the degree of fit between his soul and Lou Xiaowu’s body was also very important.

If the fit was too low, he might be barely able to live in Lou Xiaowu’s body but he wouldn’t be able to control it. The luckiest result was lying in bed unconscious.

How could it be like this? Not only could he run and jump, but he could also get the memories of Lou Xiaowu.

As for why Lou Xingyao’s soul could fit so well with Lou Xiaowu’s body?

“It is probably because you are me.” Lou Xiaowu gave another explanation as if afraid that Lou Xingyao wouldn’t understand. “According to what you say, it should be called another me in the parallel world?”

During the time when Lou Xingyao accepted Lou Xiaowu’s memories, Lou Xiaowu’s consciousness also ‘saw’ the memories belonging to Lou Xingyao.

This statement did make Lou Xingyao quickly understand the meaning.

“So you gave me all those memories?” It was a question, but Lou Xingyao actually had the answer in his heart. Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain the lag in memory.

“Yes, I originally wanted to give it to you at the beginning but I was afraid you wouldn’t be able to adapt, so…” Lou Xiaowu was obviously a bit embarrassed about this.

Those memories contained Lou Xiaowu’s entire life. It wasn’t easy to accept them all. Even with Lou Xiaowi’s mediation, Lou Xingyao still suffered a lot.

If he got the memories without any preparation, Lou Xingyao had no doubt that he would be shocked into a fool by the amount of information in it.

This was probably the reason why Lou Xiaowu was unwilling to give him the memories at the beginning. Lou Xiaowu just hadn’t expected him to be so fierce that he actually hit himself with a stone.

Lou Xingyao still had lingering fear when thinking of the pain and soreness in his brain when the memories just poured in. At the same time, he was full of gratitude for Lou Xiaowu’s thoughtfulness.

“Thank you. I was too reckless just now.”

“I’m glad you don’t blame me.” Lou Xiaowu was obviously relieved when he heard the sincerity in Lou Xingyao’s tone. “I don’t have much time. Do you have anything else to ask?”

“How could it be…” Lou Xingyao realized that Lou Xiaowu’s presence in his mind had unknowingly weakened a lot.

“I was just taking advantage of the resonance between you and this body to forcibly stay. It is a pleasant surprise that I can stay until now.” Lou Xiaowu wasn’t surprised by this and his words were full of calmness.

Lou Xiaowu gave all his memories. What questions could Lou Xingyao have?

If he had to find one, then there was only—

“Do you have any other wishes?”

The tenant still needed to pay the rent. He was occupying Lou Xiaowu’s body, so Lou Xingyao naturally wanted to fulfill Lou Xiaowu’s regrets.

Wish?

Lou Xiaowu obviously hadn’t expected Lou Xingyao to ask this question. He was silent for a long time.

Just when Lou Xingyao thought that Lou Xiaowu wouldn’t speak again, Lou Xiaowu said quietly, “If possible, live longer for me.”

Live longer…

In Tianming Continent, who could live longer than a cultivator?

Lou Xingyao, who had integrated Lou Xiaowu’s memory, knew that having spiritual roots but not being able to cultivate was his biggest regret.

However, the path of cultivation for this body was dim. He didn’t want to embarrass Lou Xingyao, so he said it vaguely.

Nevertheless, Lou Xingyao instantly understood the hidden meaning in his words and immediately made a promise. “Okay, then live longer!”

So what if the road ahead was difficult? He would definitely find a way to cut through the thorns and strive to climb the path that people were chasing!

“Thank you.” Feeling Lou Xingyao’s firm determination, Lou Xiaowu’s tone became lighter. The originally weak sense of existence dissipated a lot.

Before Lou Xingyao could react, a sense of withdrawal suddenly appeared in his consciousness.

The traces of Lou Xiaowu also disappeared without a trace at this feeling.

Then came the last words that Lou Xiaowu left for Lou Xingyao.

“It is great to meet you. I’m sorry to leave you with a ‘house’ in such a bad condition.”

It was only then that Lou Xingyao finally understood that the ‘I’m sorry’ that Lou Xiaowu said when he appeared was actually remorse for his inability to cultivate and the difficult situation in the Lou family.

For a moment, Lou Xingyao felt mixed emotions. He couldn’t help whispering back.

“What’s wrong with this house? You are so much younger than me. You don’t know how much I have taken advantage of you.”

It was a pity that Lou Xiaowu had disappeared. These thoughts were destined to never be conveyed to him. Thinking of this, a trace of regret inevitably appeared in his heart.

Fortunately, Lou Xingyao wasn’t a person who would let himself indulge in the past. After a moment, he sorted out his mood and thought about another more important thing—cultivating immortality!

However, before Lou Xingyao could think about it, he was interrupted by the noise coming from outside the door.

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