Chapter 1: Fate
Luoyang City, an ancient small town next to a valley in the northwest corner of the east of the Tianchen Continent.
As twilight fell, the cold of early winter was getting heavier and heavier against the town. In the Li Mansion, the largest mansion in Luoyang City, a handsome white-clothed young man who looked like he was eleven or twelve years old stood quietly on the bluestone slab paved with snow, looked up at the snowflakes falling in the sky, and gently shook off the snowflakes on his long hair.
The young man's surname is Li Mingyu, the second son of the Li Mansion of the first family in Luoyang City. Li Yu has been frail and sick since he was born, and he has been sick in bed all the year round, and his father Li Hong has visited famous doctors all over the mainland, but no one has been able to cure his disease, and his mother has been washing her face with tears all day long, and she is depressed.
From time to time, a woman in her thirties came out of the lobby, the woman had a delicate goose egg face, her black and clear eyes were bright and bright, her body was dignified, and she was dressed in green clothes to set off her indifferently, like a hollow valley orchid, but her beautiful face had a little sadness and haggardness.
Looking at the young man who seemed to have lost his soul in the courtyard, the woman's heart suddenly welled up with a sourness, and she held back the sad tears in her eyes, gently walked behind the young man, and said gently: "Yu'er, what are you doing standing here, your health is not good, hurry up and go back to the room to rest, it's cold outside......"
Hearing this, Li Yu came back to his senses, turned to look at the woman in front of him with a worried face, and felt extremely painful in his heart, since he was born, he has been frail and sickly, sometimes he can't even stand steadily, and can only lie in bed all day. When he was a child, whenever he saw other children playing outside, Li Yu felt a sense of resentment in his heart, why he couldn't be the same as other children, why he was always lying on the lonely and cold bed, and could only watch other people's laughter pass by his ears.
Stomping on the snow on his feet, Li Yu smiled slightly, and said, "Mother, I want to stay here for a while, I can finally stand up today, I want to quietly see the beautiful scenery of snowflakes falling......"
The woman is Li Yu's mother, and watching her child become depressed every day, she has also hidden in the corner and cried secretly countless times. Twelve years have passed, but Li Yu's illness has not improved, and countless famous doctors and sages have not been able to treat it. But just three months ago, Li Hong told her that twenty years ago he had saved a master who was said to be an innate martial artist who might be cured if he found his illness.
Li Hong has been out looking for that master for more than three months, but he still hasn't returned, so something can't be wrong? The woman thought to herself, took Li Yu's hand casually, rubbed her handsome little face, and said kindly: "Can you accompany your mother to sit over there?"
Li Yu nodded slightly, and then came to a pavilion with his mother, "Yu'er, this piece of purple spirit jade was inadvertently picked up by my mother back then, your father said that it was a treasure, let me wear it with me, and now my mother will give it to you, I hope it can bring you good luck."
As she spoke, the woman took off the purple jade pendant hanging around her neck and put it on Li Yu's neck, but Li Yu didn't say anything, because he didn't want his mother to see that he was unhappy, and he would rather bear it himself than his family to suffer any more.
The continent where Li Yu is located is called Tianchen Continent, there is no country on the continent, only towns and cities, Li Yu's family is located in Luoyang City in the northwest corner of the east of Tianchen Continent, the population of the town is about 60 million, it is a medium-sized town.
The Li family is the first family in Luoyang City, because the head of the family, Li Hong, is a congenital martial artist and one of the only three innate martial artists in Luoyang City, so the Li family is undoubtedly one of the best families in Luoyang City.
Li Hong has two sons, the eldest son Li Fei was born with infinite strength, he began to practice martial arts at the age of eight, Li Fei, who is only sixteen years old this year, is already an eighth-level powerhouse, in order to better improve his own cultivation, four years ago, Li Fei resolutely decided to go out to practice, the second son Li Yu has been weak and sick since he was born, twelve thoughts have passed, and he has still not been cured.
Seven days later, it snowed heavily in Luoyang City, and the cold temperature invaded the whole city wantonly, and the streets on both sides were already extremely deserted, and everyone was cowering in their own nests and did not want to go out.
On the wide city road, two middle-aged people slowly walked not far away, one with long gray hair and a shawl, his deep eyes seemed to be able to see through everything, and the gray-blue Taoist robe gave people a sense of vicissitudes.
Another middle-aged man's handsome face was covered with haggard color, and he was dressed in thick black, but he was seven points similar to Li Yu, and the two walked on the road, giving people the feeling that they could travel thousands of miles in one step, and one breath could travel through thousands of miles.
In front of the Li Mansion of the first family in Luoyang City, the two guards guarding the door saw these two people and hurriedly bowed to the man in black.
"Head of the house!"
It turned out that the middle-aged man in black was Li Hong, the head of the first family in Luoyang City, for the illness of his son Li Yu, Li Hong traveled thousands of miles to the Ethereal Peak to plead Ouyang Haoran out of the mountain, looking at the plaque of 'Li Mansion of the First Family' under the eaves, Li Hong suddenly felt a sense of pride in his heart, the only three remaining congenital martial artists in Luoyang City, with the cultivation of the middle stage of the congenital red level, Li Hong is definitely the first strong man in Luoyang City.
"Tell Madame, just say that Senior Ouyang is here, let her quickly prepare a banquet and pick up the wind for Senior Ouyang!" Li Hongchao said to one of the guards.
"Yes, head of the house!" bowed to the two again, and the guard turned and ran towards the house.
"Brother Li, you and I are both cultivators, why should we be bound by the shackles of the world, everything is fate, you saved my life back then, and now you are in trouble, I came to repay your kindness, that is, I followed the cycle of cause and effect, you are in such a state of mind, I am afraid that it will be difficult to make progress in the future cultivation path......"
When Li Hong heard the words of the middle-aged man in gray, he didn't feel any displeasure, but bowed deeply to the man in gray, and said modestly, "Thank you Ouyang seniors for your teachings, juniors are grateful!"
Nodding with satisfaction, the gray-clothed man stepped into the Li Mansion first, and in an instant he had already come to the courtyard, and Li Hong hurriedly followed to the courtyard.
Li Yu and the woman were already waiting, and when she saw her husband walking with a middle-aged man, she probably guessed that the person must be the person her husband saved back then, a powerful innate martial artist.
Pulling up Li Yu, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to the gray-clothed man and said, "Minjun has seen Senior Ouyang, this is the little Li Yu." ”
"Li Yu has seen his predecessors~~" Li Yu just bowed slightly, and then got up and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him curiously.
Ouyang Haoran looked at the woman, just nodded slightly, and then Ouyang Haoran moved his gaze to the young man.
"Huh?"
Hearing Ouyang Haoran's exclamation, Li Hong and the woman's hearts suddenly became nervous, whether their son can be cured depends on the hidden master in front of him.
Ouyang Haoran looked at Li Yu carefully, and a ball of essence light suddenly burst out in his eyes, and two pure blue rays of light in his eyes instantly ingested Li Yu's body. Li Yu just felt that he was being glanced at by the person in front of him, as if all the secrets had already turned into nothingness in the eyes of this person, and after a long while, Ouyang Haoran withdrew his gaze.
Looking at Li Hong, and then at Li Yu, Ouyang Haoran sighed and said in a deep voice: "People have three souls and seven souls, and the three souls refer to: the heavenly soul, the earth soul, and the life soul, and the life soul is the main wisdom and main thought, and the other son only has two souls and seven souls, but only the life soul is missing, in my opinion, he will not live past the age of eighteen, and I have no way to cure his illness......"
"Senior, is there nothing you can do with your cultivation?" Li Hong looked at Ouyang Haoran and suddenly became anxious, if he couldn't even cultivate Ouyang Haoran to the unfathomable depth, then his son was really not saved.
"The three souls and seven spirits are the foundation of human beings, he was born with a lack of the life soul among the three souls, and it can be regarded as a great creation to live to the age of eighteen, maybe it is a kind of causal cycle, meeting is fate, in this case, I will take him back to the Ethereal Peak to see the sect master senior brother, I hope he has a way to save your son!"
Hearing that Ouyang Haoran agreed to take Li Yu to the Ethereal Peak for treatment, Li Hong and his wife were immediately overjoyed, Li Hong bowed to Ouyang Haoran and said: "Thank you seniors, but the juniors still have one more thing to ask for, please fulfill the seniors"
When Li Hong saluted, Ouyang Haoran had already guessed what Li Hong wanted to ask for himself, sighed in his heart, and said: "Okay, back then, you risked the world to save the old man's life, there is a cause and there must be an effect, the old man agreed to your request, the Ethereal Sect can accept your son as an apprentice, but whether it succeeds or not, then it depends on his perseverance and chance."
"I will definitely do it!" Li Yu puffed out his chest and looked at Ouyang Haoran in a voice that was neither humble nor arrogant.
Glancing at Li Yu, Ouyang Haoran nodded, and the appreciation in his eyes was undoubtedly revealed......