Chapter 51: Liu Ruyan’s First Time!

Northern Region.

Stone Village.

Inside the ancestral shrine.

Liu Ruyan, dressed as a man, with her usual white, flowing robes, had three thousand light clusters revolving around her.

Next, her gaze turned to the distance, observing certain stars’ movements, instantly deducing Lin Ao Tian’s current location.

In the next second.

She took a step forward.

Crack!

The space beneath her feet formed a path.

In just one breath, she appeared above the Jiang family’s territory in the Eastern Ancient Continent, looking down like a deity.

At that moment.

Ling Feng, who was looking for his elder brother with a masked woman, turned pale.

A piercing pain stabbed into his heart.

It felt as if someone very important to him was about to be lost.

He couldn’t help but look back towards Stone Village, his eyes filled with confusion and fear.

“What’s wrong, disciple?” the ancestor within the ring asked.

“I don’t know why, but my heart aches, and I suddenly feel like a loved one is about to leave me,” Ling Feng hesitated but voiced his feelings.

Nearby, the masked woman, Jun Lin, furrowed her brows and spoke emotionlessly.

“How much longer?”

She intended to deduce her brother’s location directly but found that, as someone who had broken through the river of time, any attempt only resulted in chaos.

This might be related to reincarnation. (tln : idk maybe Ye Qingchen is her past name and Jun lin is her reincarnated name. we might get answer soon )

Ling Feng replied expressionlessly, “Soon…”

“Kid, are you sure about this? Think it through!” the old man in the ring suddenly transmitted a voice.

Ling Feng remained silent.

…

Above the Jiang Family estate.

Liu Ruyan, a descendant of Nuwa, had a curious look in her eyes.

What is he doing?

Then, her figure moved and appeared in a rural village governed by the Jiang family.

There she stood at the edge of a rice field, with her hands behind her back, gazing ahead.

The villagers around continued their work, completely unaware of her presence.

The village was unremarkable, with only the most ordinary fields.

If there was anything special.

It was that the person swinging a sickle and harvesting the rice was not a mountain peasant.

But Lin Ao Tian.

At this moment, he had already taken off his spotless white robe and changed into gray, rough clothing.

His pants were covered in black mud.

His white, delicate fingers were now stained with mud and dirty water.

However, he didn’t look disheveled at all.

In fact, quite the opposite, Lin Ao Tian was methodically harvesting the rice.

He swung the sickle cleanly and efficiently with an implicit deeper meaning.

Ethereal, transcendent, giving off an elegant impression.

Lin Ao Tian’s face was serious.

As if afraid of leaving even a single grain uncut, each stroke was precise.

His body was suffused with a sense of harmony with the world, as five ancient characters within him rotated and seemed to integrate.

Nearby, two figures were fixated on him, their expressions shocked and entranced.

To them, this world only had him in focus.

A single thought echoed in both women’s minds.

No wonder he’s my man!

Even the sight of him harvesting rice is so enchanting, it’s something you can never get tired of!

They were Ji Yue’er and Jiang Luoli.

Today, they had dressed exceptionally luxuriously, fully prepared.

After all, Ao Tian Brother’s friend must be very important!

“I never thought Lin Lang, at just sixteen, could achieve this. He truly deserves to be a man who suppresses the heavens…”

Jiang Luoli muttered in awe.

“Mm-hmm.”

Ji Yue’er nodded vigorously in agreement.

“Yeah, if Ao Tian Brother didn’t have such celestial beauty and temperament, I would think he’s just an ordinary human!”

By the rice field.

Liu Ruyan, with her hands behind her back, had a glint of surprise in her eyes.

Is this boy… self-willed secularization? (tln : secularization is kind of converting back to mortality or mundane life, literally back to basic)

Even she was surprised.

Given her insight and experience, she instantly saw that Lin Ao Tian was emitting a thick sense of the Dao.

Doing mundane tasks naturally matched the requirements for self-willed secularization.

Otherwise, why would a True One Realm cultivator come here to harvest rice, meticulously cutting each stalk?

It wasn’t possible!

But this also clearly indicated he was truly self-willing secularization!

At this moment, even Liu Ruyan felt shocked.

The boy chose the most difficult way to self-willed secularization!

Cutting off all paths to return to simplicity, becoming a mortal, understanding the most commonplace nature and life: man learns from the earth, earth learns from the sky, the sky learns from the Dao, and the Dao learns from nature!

Self-willed secularization was the supreme heart-forging method of the ancient Daoist sects.

If achieved, such a person would at least become a supreme sovereign!

Such a cultivator would be far stronger than ordinary ones who self-willed secularization!

However, the success rate was pitifully low, and failure meant truly becoming a mortal.

So throughout history, those who chose self-willed secularization were supremely confident and supremely talented individuals.

But he’s only sixteen?

Didn’t he just break through the True One Realm recently?

Liu Ruyan wasn’t surprised about the timeline; those destined to be emperors occasionally performed miracles.

But now!

This was a bit too much, no?

A prodigy, a freak?

Even in the era of perfected laws she lived in, few could match Lin Ao Tian.

What’s most outrageous was that every movement Lin Ao Tian made was imbued with unadorned Dao.

Clearly, he had walked this path for a long time and very perfectly!

Just then.

The system’s voice suddenly resounded in Lin Ao Tian’s mind.

[Ding, descendant of Nuwa, Liu Ruyan, is quietly observing you from behind, greatly impressed by your Dao resonance…]

“She’s here!”

Lin Ao Tian’s heart stirred, though his expression remained calm.

This system is impressive!

No, this system is incredible!

With this, how could I not win over Liu Ruyan?

Wait!

I impressed Liu Ruyan?

Why?

What am I doing?

I’m just harvesting rice as a prelude to show off, right?

I haven’t even started, and you’re already impressed?

What about my next moves, can you handle them, Liu Ruyan?

As he considered this, Lin Ao Tian continued to harvest rice unhurriedly, sunlight casting over him, his gaze calm and peaceful, seemingly unperturbed by Liu Ruyan’s arrival.

But he wasn’t entirely relaxed.

Although she was a character he created, Lin Ao Tian greatly respected her.

In the crucial mid-story battle, several human Immortal Kings were exhausted to death by the foreign realms.

Annihilation was imminent.

Liu Ruyan, appearing in despair, shouldn’t have intervened but charged into the foreign realms, facing her last battle.

Now, this supreme Immortal King was close by. Lin Ao Tian felt some agitation but showed no outward sign.

Moments later.

Hoo~

A refreshing spring breeze blew past.

Lin Ao Tian’s black hair fluttered, and he suddenly felt something.