Chapter 2

Translated by boilpoil Edited by boilpoil

Speaking of, Wen Fu had had a tragic life since the start.

True, his parents were both cultivators, but they did not have a high rank. Just before Wen Fu was born, his father died in the hands of monsters, leaving behind Wen Fu’s mother, who’s also wounded by the monster, to stand alone worryingly looking after her body.

Perhaps it is the instinct of a cultivator, the closer she is to her expected labour, the more anxious she seems to be in her mind. She isn’t worried about the pain in labour, but it seems to be something fuzzy that she can’t explicate either. Better to take precautions than not doing anything at all, Wen Fu’s mother followed her instincts and left the cultivation realm, not only arriving in the small mortal fiefdom of Zhaolu, but even making her way deep into an uncharted mountain, barely building a living space, and gave birth to Wen Fu there.

Then she was endlessly thankful for her carefulness——the child carries a special attribute. Any cultivator would have been able to tell his specialness.

Wen Fu’s mother did not know enough to tell that this is the so-called age complementation body, but she instinctively understood that the specialness is dangerous, not something to be exposed to the world. She also did so, having limited Wen Fu’s activities within this deep mountain range, not letting him venture outside, only telling him softly that he must cultivate well, become stronger so that he can protect himself.

——Her expectations were completely off with reality. As a mother, she would only want and think the best of her child. She thought that the specialness in the physical attribute of her child was perhaps due to him being a genius, and her anxiousness was perhaps because he would become a great person eventually, so someone might prematurely kill him.

Though no matter what Wen Fu’s mother thought, it’s a fact she is not an advanced cultivator and her previous wounds were so severe that her cultivation base has been damaged. Her body was weakened even further when she had made the move and then gave labour. She was also always worried and was never able to relax. When Wen Fu was eight, she passed away, leaving Wen Fu to live alone.

Wen Fu followed her mother’s last words, and worked hard to cultivate. He was actually talented as well, managing to reach upper Lianqi rank when he was still young. It should have been a good thing, if it were not for a Yuanying cultivator appearing.

The cultivator was an alchemical cultivator. He happened to pass by, not expecting to sense a cultivator’s aura in this kind of rural locality. He is standing on his sword in flight, as he gave a cursory glance downwards. It was this glance that made his blood boil and he stopped.

——Perhaps other cultivators could have discovered his abnormality, but not know why. Not him, however, not only is he an alchemical cultivator, but he’s even an alchemical cultivator from the Liu family. Liu family, serendipitously, happened to have reforged an age complementation body in the past. There are even detailed records of it that are passed down from generation to generation.

All alchemical cultivators from the Liu family would want to follow in their ancestor’s glory to also reforge for themselves an age complementation body. Plus he’s also not looking good himself either. He’s already reached Yuanying rank for a long time, and there are only two hundred years left to his life, but due to his inherent talents, he definitely does not feel confident cultivating another big rank in two hundred years… Now, suddenly discovering an age complementation body would basically be a boon delivered to his doorsteps.

This alchemical cultivator from the Liu family decisively acted, lowering his sword, half forcefully and half persuasively taking the young Wen Fu away. He basically said Wen Fu looks to be talented and he thought he looked good enough to him, so he made Wen Fu his disciple and he will definitely become someone great in the future.

Preemptively, after taking Wen Fu, the alchemical cultivator immediately put a Liu family-made aura-concealing rune on him. He didn’t take him back to the Liu family either, instead bringing him back to the sect he is in.

Wen Fu is only 10 then. He’s also never interacted with the outside world, and therefore he’s actually deceived, treating the Liu cultivator as his good master, giving him respect, and also treating the sect as his real home, respecting his shixiong s and shijie s in the sect as his family.

It is not until many years later when he accidentally overheard his master chatting with his da-shixiong that he realised in anger and shock that he is actually the life-prolonging treasure that all cultivators desperately seek. His good master will be reforging him and eat him later. So that his da-shixiong will help cover it up and leave no trace behind, he even promised some 10, 20% of his blood and flesh to his da-shixiong in the future.

All the cordial relationships he thought he had were fake. Even his master’s patient guidance was all so that the greater his future cultivation amount gets, the greater the effect he would get.

Wen Fu escaped.

As expected, he was pursued by the disciples of his master personally sent by him. The one leading them is of course the one da-shixiong he used to respect greatly. Unfortunately, a cultivator who has a grudge with the Liu cultivator also saw this and has heard a tiny bit of their conversation, so his interest was piqued and also started tracking Wen Fu down.

It's useless trying to keep a fire down by wrapping it in paper , and despite the Liu cultivator not wanting this affair known to the world, hoping to consume this treasure alone, but then the news got out, from one person to ten, from ten to a hundred, in the end, the news that Wen Fu is an age complementary body got out, and many factions are eager to get in on this.

Without him, the white lotus, appearing, Wen Fu will experience several life-threatening predicaments that threaten to tear him apart from bone to flesh in this endless pursuit, and then finally end up facing the fate of death by dismemberment even after having tried to live as much as he can being pressured from all sides. His body ending up mutilated, he took the only risky path left open to him and stole somebody else’s body to reincarnate.

The experience he had had completely changed his mentality. He is overtaken by wrath, discontent that he had to be the one to experience all that. He fell into demonic cultivation’s embrace, then finally united all the demonic cultivators, and became a scourge on the cultivation realm.

Thanks to the system, however, he, the pure, flawless white lotus intervened in this predestined fate. When Wen Fu was being pursued for the first time , he saved this future antagonist so that he doesn’t have to experience everything after that.

Of course, saving the antagonist is only the first step. He had to work diligently as a white lotus in their daily interactions, to work hard to purify Wen Fu’s cruel and enraged mind.

This was certainly difficult. It’s not that easy to ease Wen Fu’s inner wrath. Plus, it’s his first mission, so he has no experience, and he could only try his best with his genuine emotions——This is the first time Bai Lianhua discovered he actually had the potential to become a white lotus. He didn’t even need the system forcing it on him to be able to feel sympathetic towards Wen Fu for all his tragic experiences, and feel like wanting him to also experience the kindness the world has to offer.

This is a mission he had been doing for a long time, until suddenly one day the system notified him.

[Congratulations host, the white lotus mission progress has reached 100%. You have already become a pure, flawless white lotus, successfully emanating your brightness to soothe the antagonist. The mission in this world is judged to be completed. You may exit this world immediately.]

Bai Lianhua is happy to complete the mission, of course, but then he can’t help but have a question, so he asks the system, “exit the world? Then what happens after I exit the world?”

“Nothing much. Just the host, you, disappearing from the world, and entering the next world.”

“Then what about me? What would happen to the ‘Bai Lianhua’ of this world?”

“Of course he’ll disappear completely. You must understand, host, that this identity is made specifically for you by this system. He shouldn’t exist in this world at all.”

Di…disappear.

Of course, it’s his first mission, after all, not only is he inexperienced and unable to make bold decisions, he’s also soft at heart. When he was discussing with the system how he should exit this world, he decided to complete his journey as a white lotus.

Wen Fu had experienced so much before discovering the one friend like him who he could let his guard down around. Bai Lianhua wasn’t toughened enough to run away right after finishing his mission when so much trust is placed in him——of course, the antagonists in the worlds to follow do not enjoy such privileges. Bai Lianhua couldn’t help it either. Something like a soft heart would get eaten by the system eventually.

So Bai Lianhua stays for another century in the cultivation realm. In the end, he died because of his low cultivation rank that meant his life is up. He’s also too low in cultivation amount to fantasise about something like taking over somebody. Of course, Bai Lianhua is glad about it, or he might have to continue to dawdle about while the system cried into his ears.

So that the system stops crying and not tell him how he’s wasting time and affecting the mission progress, Bai Lianhua still did something in the end after having a great amount of thought about it, to utilise his remaining brightness to the extreme, to squeeze the last drop of value out of him as a white lotus, to prove that his staying behind was meaningful——So he thought, an ideological lesson right on his deathbed, as his last words would be the ultimate weapon in terms of impact.

So just before death, he held onto Wen Fu’s hand, telling him to be a good person. He spoke it with such earnesty that Bai Lianhua was ‘in action,’ almost feeling as if he were an old father full of love and affection.

After recalling all his memories, Bai Lianhua sighs in relief. With how hard he had worked, he is quite confident that the guy must have already become a super righteous, just cultivator now. Since Wen Fu could unify the demonic cultivators when he cultivated demonically, then if he continued along the path of righteousness, even if not becoming the head of the righteous cultivators, he probably at least became a high ranking cultivator who is taken seriously far and wide.

——He’s done missions for so long now, perhaps… is he finally going to be able to experience the joy of hugging thighs ?

Thinking like this, Bai Lianhua is finally transported by the system to the mission world. After his body materialises, a scene he is highly familiar with emerges before his eyes.

…

Wen Fu is standing at the unchanging place, recalling his past.

Without Bai Lianhua, Wen Fu can no longer enter the Forest of Mists, of course, but he continues to stand at the edge of the Forest of Mists time and again, allowing the white fog to lightly caress him.

The illusions that others would dart away from, for him, is something good that allows him to see Bai Lianhua… Though strangely, while he is enticed by the feeling, he is never unable to discern reality from illusions.

In the rumours, at least, the ability to create illusions of the Forest of Mists is so terrifying that even Dujie elders coming here could potentially lead to them facing their inner demon… Yet, it is completely ineffective against him. How regretful.

Wen Fu’s lips perk up slightly, while he’s mocking himself in his mind, there’s not a tinge of a smile in his expression. Instead, he only focuses back on the illusion.

Here, Wen Fu can see his first encounter with Bai Lianhua time and again——the time when he was most downtrodden in his life.

Author’s notes: Little show of character breakdown:

Bai Lianhua: Sudden_excitement.jpg

System, happy to be naughty: Ha, host, I’ve prepared a bucket of cold water to dump on you already!

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