At this moment, everyone was no longer standing in the courtyard. Father Li and Mother Li led everyone to the guest hall. Qin Yanyan, being the youngest in the room, served tea and water to everyone.

In terms of age, Qin Yanyan was about the same age as Li Haoran, Lu Yang, and Meng Jingzhou.

But it was all about seniority.

“Li Haoran’s previous life, my husband, was named Qin Haoran, a cultivator at the peak of the Unity stage.”

Su Yiren mentioned a name that no one had ever heard before.

The expressions of everyone present varied. Father Li and Mother Li didn’t expect their son to have such a significant background.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou seemed interested in the gossip, but also felt it was a hassle.

Although Qin Yanyan didn’t recognize Li Haoran’s identity, she also wanted to hear her mother talk about her father. Her mother rarely mentioned her father.

Li Haoran was expressionless. He had given up resisting and wanted to see how things would develop.

Perhaps because she had been holding it in for too long, or perhaps because she was lost in memories, or for some other reason, Su Yiren became more fluent as she spoke.

“I met Qin Haoran five hundred years ago when I was living in seclusion in the mountains. I was a hermit cultivator, and I rarely left the mountain except for paying taxes every ten years.”

“One day, while I was meditating in the forest, a bloodied figure broke through the barrier I had set up and fell headlong into the ground. Seeing me approach, he instinctively tried to mobilize his magic power for defense, but his injuries were too severe, and his body could no longer support him to use spells. He soon passed out.”

“I felt sorry for him, so I saved him. He was unconscious for a month before he woke up.”

“When he woke up, he was very wary at first, but when he learned that I had been taking care of him for a month, he let down his guard and thanked me for saving his life.”

Su Yiren instinctively left out some details, such as the fact that Qin Haoran’s injuries were internal, but she had wrapped his entire body in white cloth and plastered it, making him look like a mummy hiding in the Terracotta Army when he first woke up.

For example, if it weren’t for Su Yiren’s care, Qin Haoran could have woken up half a month earlier.

These were all insignificant details that didn’t need to be mentioned.

“He told me his name was Qin Haoran, a cultivator at the Unity stage. A month ago, he was pursued and killed by his enemies. Although he managed to kill them, he himself was severely injured. He also apologized for breaking the barrier I had set up.”

“I could tell that he was telling the truth. Even though he had woken up, he could only use a very small part of his magic power. His body was severely injured, his meridians were all broken, and his condition was a complete mess.”

“He originally wanted to leave, but I was worried that he might encounter some accidents if he left in this state, so I told him he could stay.”

“He stayed in the mountains to recuperate, and over time, we developed feelings for each other and got married.”

“Our wedding was very low-key. We only invited the spirits of the mountains and a few good friends with whom we had a good relationship.”

“After he recovered from his injuries, he was busy every day. When I asked him what he was doing and whether he needed my help, he said that what he was doing was very dangerous and that it would be safest for me if I didn’t know anything about it.”

“Out of trust, I didn’t ask any further.”

“Over the course of five hundred years, Haoran gradually advanced from the late Unity stage to the peak of the Unity stage, only one step away from the Tribulation stage. He said that he had always been pure and desired little, thinking that this was the best state for cultivation. It was only after meeting me and marrying me that he realized his previous thinking was wrong.”

“During the time he was with me, his solid bottleneck loosened, and his cultivation level improved again and again.”

“When I asked him why my cultivation level didn’t improve, he said it might be because my cultivation talent wasn’t good.”

“It’s extremely difficult for high-level cultivators to have offspring. We tried for five hundred years before Yanyan was conceived.”

“Then he said he had already touched the threshold of the Tribulation stage, and he was only one Heavenly Tribulation away. He wanted to fight for a future for our daughter and me.”

“The risk of crossing the Tribulation is too high. I wanted to persuade him, but he said his identity was too special. If he didn’t become a Tribulation stage cultivator, he could only live in hiding for the rest of his life, unable to see the light of day. Only by becoming a Tribulation stage cultivator could he change this situation.”

“Unfortunately, the Heavenly Tribulation was too terrifying. Despite his many preparations, he still couldn’t withstand the final thunder tribulation and fell from the sky.”

“I caught him crying, stuffing all kinds of top-grade elixirs into his mouth. He said he knew his condition best and that there was no way he could survive.”

“He told me not to worry. In fact, he had practiced a technique that allowed him to reincarnate continuously. The talent of each life would be higher than the previous one. Qin Haoran was his eighth reincarnation.”

“He originally wanted to tell his subordinates about his reincarnation, so they could help take care of his next life and ensure his smooth growth. But later he felt that his subordinates were not trustworthy, so he asked me to take care of his next life.”

“He told me the secret method to find his next life. According to the requirements of the secret method, I found Aunt who was pregnant.”

“When Aunt and Uncle were in danger, I stepped in to save them. After saving them, I made a marriage contract with Haoran in her belly, hoping to continue our previous relationship.”

Li Haoran was puzzled, “Didn’t you suspect that this was a lie Qin Haoran made up before he died?”

Su Yiren shook her head lightly, “I had my doubts, but your talent can’t be faked. When you were tested for your spiritual root at the age of six, I was actually hiding in the dark. I saw with my own eyes that the test result showed you have a fire spiritual root.”

“No matter how powerful Haoran was, he couldn’t just point to someone and declare that he has a single spiritual root.”

“What if Qin Haoran had a way to predict other people’s talents?” Li Haoran was still not giving up.

Su Yiren laughed, “I know you haven’t completely believed what I said. Time will prove everything. Haoran said that as his next life’s cultivation level improves, his next life will gain some fragments of his previous life’s memories.”

“But you don’t have to worry about these memory fragments affecting your personality. You are still you.”

When it came to the high-end topic of reincarnation, Lu Yang sought help from the fairy who knew many ancient secrets.

“Fairy, is there really such a thing as reincarnation?””In an era even more ancient than the antiquity, there were talks of reincarnation. Back then, there were numerous prodigies, and people would often say that a child with exceptional talent could be the reincarnation of someone. Some even claimed that our group of five becoming immortals was also due to reincarnation.”

“After we five became immortals, we joined forces to deduce and perceive the mysteries of the world, only to realize that there was no such thing as reincarnation. All the previous rumors were nothing more than the wild imaginations of the world.”

“So, you’re saying that Qin Haoran was really lying?” Lu Yang was surprised, as he had genuinely believed that Li Haoran was the reincarnation of Qin Haoran.

The Immortal shook her head: “I only said that there was no reincarnation in the ancient times, not that there isn’t any now.”

“What do you mean?” Lu Yang was even more puzzled.

“You should know that the emergence of a Dao fruit signifies the addition of a new rule in the world. What if, during the time of my death, someone had condensed the Dao fruit of ‘Reincarnation’?”

“In that case, wouldn’t the concept of reincarnation become real?”

(End of Chapter)