Cultivation: I Can Reincarnate Into Various Worlds

Xu Xing smiled faintly and replied.

Before the retreat, Yan Xiling had given him the Hundred Beauties Picture, wanting him to form an alliance through marriage with the Yan Family. Now that he had emerged from his seclusion and delivered this sword strike, it was intended to display his strength. With exceptional aptitude and great power, one naturally has more room for choice. This was obvious. He was unsure whether this sword strike would make the Yan Family change their intention of forming an alliance through marriage. But after this strike, the Yan Family would undoubtedly be more cautious and less frivolous in their considerations.

Admittedly, his final choice would be made a hundred years after joining the Immeasurable Sect—that is, fifty years in the future. But during this process, it was clear that the Yan Family would try to test his intentions multiple times. The first refusal would not anger the Yan Family. But after the second, third, and multiple subsequent refusals, things might change. This sword strike now would buy him more time to deal with the situation calmly.

Although he could escape the Immeasurable Sect and join another sect in the Nanyan Continent or become a Freelance Cultivator, this move would inevitably bring a lot of trouble. Firstly, it would be easy to expose his identity, turning him from a clean slate to someone tainted, with a high probability of repeating past mistakes—similar to when he left the Black Mountain Sect in the Instance World—and being hunted down by another Si Lansheng. In the Main World, he only had one life. Secondly, most of Jinglian True Monarch's Shadowless Pavilion's foundation was within the Immeasurable Sect. Leaving the sect would create more obstacles to his control over the Shadowless Pavilion. It was difficult for him to return to East Huangzhou now. He would only consider going back after reaching at least the Dao Pill Realm and having the strength to protect himself.

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"The Treasure Sword has not yet come out of its sheath, and I want to test its sharpness..." or "Overcome with joy..." Yan Xiling maintained a smile on her face, but inwardly, she rolled her eyes. She would not believe Xu Xing's nonsense. Of course, some cultivators, upon emerging from seclusion and witnessing their own soaring strength, couldn't help but test it out—much like children using wooden sticks as swords to decapitate weeds within a hundred-meter radius. But in her eyes, Xu Xing was a calm and steady person. How could he act as recklessly as a child? Using his power within the Golden Rainbow Valley, if it caused serious consequences, would result in punishment according to sect rules.

Just one move severed a mountain peak; he must possess at least the strength of the Yellow Court Realm. After his retreat, he must be in the Purple Mansion Realm... I just don't know if he used his full strength or if it was merely a casual strike... But even if it was his full strength, it should not be underestimated... The cultivation method he practiced must surely be a very advanced one.

Yan Xiling pondered deeply, trying to discern Xu Xing's purpose. Being an outsider to his thoughts, she was perplexed. Even if she racked her brain, she could hardly imagine Xu Xing's move was to temporarily stall the Yan Family's attempts at alliance and marriage. After all, such an alliance was also a good thing for Xu Xing—a win-win situation for all three parties. Ordinary cultivators wouldn't even catch the Yan Family's eye. The Yan Family had the foundation of a Nascent Soul Daoist Lord; while there were certainly families in the Nanyan Continent far surpassing the Yan Family, Xu Xing, with his Fifth Grade Returning Pill, could not aspire to their level.

At this moment, Xu Xing spoke up again.

"Last time, Senior Uncle Yan gave me the Hundred Beauties Picture... So much time has passed; I wonder if the ladies in the portraits are married?" he hinted subtly.

Nearly twenty years had gone by; it was perfectly normal for some Yan Family female cultivators to have married by now. Although he didn't want to form a marriage alliance with the Yan Family, he wasn't foolish enough to openly state his intentions. Speaking these words now served two purposes: firstly, to remind Yan Xiling and achieve his goal, and secondly, to give Yan Xiling a subtle hint that he wasn't entirely opposed to a marriage alliance with the Yan Family... While this approach might compromise his integrity, circumstances left him little choice. He could repay the Immeasurable Sect and the Yan Family in the future when the opportunity arose. He was not inflexible.

Hearing this, Yan Xiling had a sudden realization.

Were the marriage candidates the Yan Family selected for him unsatisfactory? Is that why he subtly brought it up? Yan Xiling quickly reached this conclusion and nodded to herself. That makes sense. The Hundred Beauties Picture I gave him mostly featured Yan Family female cultivators at the Immortal Foundation Realm; there wasn't even a single one with a Returning Core. He'll soon advance to the Dao Pill Realm, so naturally, he'd look down on the Yan Family female cultivators in those portraits...

It was true that a cultivator's combat strength didn't directly equate to their aptitude, but generally, those with greater combat strength also possessed considerably high aptitude. Powerful people are always powerful! The higher the aptitude, the more abundant the Magic Power. When executing the same technique, the one with more abundant Magic Power would naturally unleash greater might. Furthermore, although the grade of the Returning Core and the Dao Pill determined a cultivator's aptitude, this wasn't absolute. There was a difference between one Fifth Grade Returning Pill and another. Some cultivators' Returning Cores, despite being inferior in quality to High-Grade Returning Pills, were not necessarily so in quantity. In Yan Xiling's view, Xu Xing was an example of the latter. His Fifth Grade Returning Pill was likely comparable to an ordinary cultivator's Fourth Grade or Third Grade Returning Pill; otherwise, his combat strength, rivaling that of a Yellow Court Realm cultivator, couldn't be explained. With Xu Xing's aptitude, he wouldn't remain stuck in the Returning Core Realm for too long. In less than one hundred years, he would be a Dao Pill Daoist, just like her. By then, a Yan Family female cultivator at the Immortal Foundation Stage would indeed be no match for Xu Xing, who would have already become a Dao Pill Daoist.

All sorts of thoughts raced through her mind.

Yan Xiling covered her mouth and chuckled lightly. "Junior Brother Chang is so concerned about our Yan Family's female cultivators; it seems you've found someone you admire? Which one has caught your eye? Do tell your Senior Sister..."

"However, Junior Brother Chang isn't wrong. Twenty years have passed, and several of our juniors have indeed married. They shouldn't be in this Hundred Beauties Picture. After a few more years, when a new Hundred Beauties Picture is compiled, I'll present it to Junior Brother Chang..."

Although twenty years was a long time, for cultivators, it was but a moment.