I Shall Be Everlasting In the World of Immortals 241

## Chapter 238: Something

Unfortunately, the “Cold Soul Jade Marrow” was a rare innate constitution. The ancient text that Lu Chang’an had encountered in his previous life did not provide much information about its specific abilities.

Lu Chang’an had heard of other innate constitutions like the Fire Spirit Body, the Wood Spirit Body, and the Netherworld Body. These mainstream innate constitutions not only possessed extraordinary cultivation speed but also supernatural abilities beyond ordinary cultivators.

But judging from the description in the ancient text, Lu Chang’an speculated that the “Cold Soul Jade Marrow,” besides being a cold constitution, seemed to have a “benevolent nature.”

In other words, it could benefit other cultivators.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t be concealed so meticulously to avoid attracting fatal consequences.

“Cold Soul Jade Marrow… Jade Marrow…”

Lu Chang’an pondered, recalling the bones on Xia Wenyue’s body. They had a cool, jade-like luster.

Xia Wenyue was currently in the Qi Refining stage. While the jade marrow in her bones didn’t have any obvious abnormalities, they were already extraordinary, capable of resisting the erosion of years of yin-cold energy.

If this girl truly had an innate constitution, upon reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, the jade marrow in her body should undergo a transformation, perhaps even comparable to some celestial spirit treasures in effect.

“It seems I should look for some ancient texts related to innate constitutions later.”

In his three lives of cultivating immortality, this was the first time Lu Chang’an had encountered a case of an innate constitution among the cultivators around him. It was inevitable that he would be a little curious.

Lu Chang’an injected his Evergreen Vital Qi, driving away the yin-cold energy. At the same time, he nurtured the root of the disease deep within Xia Wenyue’s navel.

“Lu… Lu Senior.”

After a while, Xia Wenyue woke up faintly.

She felt her blood flow freely, warmth spreading through her body, along with a refreshing vitality like that of herbs.

Seeing the gentle, jade-like man in white in front of her, her pale face flushed slightly with a touch of rosy color.

“I’ve dispelled the yin-cold energy that had accumulated in your body. It shouldn’t relapse in the short term. You need to pay attention to recuperation and avoid overworking yourself.”

Lu Chang’an released her wrist and gave her a couple of instructions.

“Thank you for saving me, Lu Senior.”

Xia Wenyue rose to her feet, clasped her hands in a respectful bow. She seemed a little embarrassed and lowered her head, unable to meet Lu Senior’s eyes.

But the warmth and vitality she felt in her body for the first time ever left her hesitant.

During the treatment and nurturing while she was unconscious, the comfort she felt surpassed any other medicine master she had interacted with, including the clan head who had a slight understanding of medical arts.

“Have you ever taken a Rejuvenation Pill before?”

Lu Chang’an looked at the young girl’s unchanging pale, snow-white face and casually asked.

“My mother gave me one before she passed away.”

Xia Wenyue pursed her lips, gazing at her toes, not daring to look directly at Lu Senior.

Lu Chang’an did not expose the lie.

He himself had taken a Rejuvenation Pill, and he had a sense of its effects.

Xia Wenyue had never actually taken a Rejuvenation Pill.

Lu Chang’an became even more certain that this girl possessed an innate constitution.

The mysterious nature of the “Cold Soul Jade Marrow” gave her an anti-aging effect similar to that of remaining eternally young.

“Have you ever consulted a renowned doctor about your illness?”

“When I was little, my mother took me to a senior medicine master. The symptoms weren’t obvious then, so they just prescribed some warming and dispelling cold medication. Over the years, it couldn’t be cured. They said it was congenital weakness, a yin-cold energy brought from the womb.”

“The clan head has also seen me a few times, but later gave up…”

A haze seemed to cloud Xia Wenyue’s brow, and her eyes flickered, like starlight shining.

“Alright, you can go rest for now.”

Lu Chang’an didn’t probe further and dismissed Xia Wenyue with a wave of his hand.

After leaving the medicine room, Xia Wenyue felt both anxious and a little disappointed.

Lu Chang’an was skilled in nurturing and healing with his Vital Qi Cultivation.

She had thought that he would offer some insights and help her with the root of her illness.

In the end, Lu Chang’an only helped her stabilize her condition, without any intention of further investigation or curiosity.

“This girl probably doesn’t fully understand her own constitution. Perhaps her mother knew the truth and had some instructions before she passed away, forbidding her from letting outsiders examine her illness. Therefore, for the two years since I first arrived on Autumn Wind Island, Xia Wenyue was cautious and refused my kind offer to see her.”

As he watched the frail girl’s figure fade into the distance, Lu Chang’an roughly figured out the reason.

The characteristics of Xia Wenyue’s innate constitution only showed slight signs as her cultivation and age gradually increased. Lu Chang’an discovered it by chance through careful observation.

When she was young, before officially embarking on the path of immortality, the characteristics weren’t apparent, and she also had a congenital ailment, which made it easy to misdiagnose. Therefore, the medicine masters who treated her back then didn’t notice any abnormalities in her body.

“As long as I root out the ailment she carried from the womb, nurture her body well, and have her practice a cold constitution cultivation method to develop and guide her innate talent, everything will be resolved.”

Lu Chang’an had a plan to treat Xia Wenyue’s illness.

However, her yin-cold ailment was too severe, causing permanent damage, and ordinary pills and healing methods were no longer effective.

Unless he consumed his lifespan and used his Evergreen Vital Qi, he could not resolve the root of the illness.

He had gained some experience from incubating the Xuan Shui Gui egg and helping Mu Bingyun nurture her damaged foundation.

However, since they weren’t related by blood, Lu Chang’an wouldn’t use his own lifespan to save another person’s life.

Furthermore, involving an innate constitution, taking action rashly might lead to karmic repercussions.

…

Autumn Wind Island.

In the following six months, Xia Wenyue happily discovered that her body had slightly improved and her cultivation had become smoother.

Even compared to other cultivators of the same spiritual root in her clan, her cultivation speed was faster.

She saw hope, took recuperative medications, and intensified her training…

However, this phenomenon only lasted for less than six months.

After six months, the cold energy accumulated in her body, and her frail physique returned to its previous state.

As her cultivation progressed, her illness actually worsened. Every full moon night, the cold energy flared up, causing her to endure bone-piercing, heart-eating pain.

Xia Wenyue realized that the previous improvement was due to Lu Chang’an’s intervention.

During that unconscious episode, Lu Chang’an expelled the superficial yin-cold energy from her body and nurtured the root of her illness.

Xia Wenyue wanted to ask Lu Chang’an to treat her, but she was hesitant and embarrassed.

Her mother had warned her before she passed away that her illness and abnormalities were not to be trusted by anyone in the family besides the clan head.

She could never seek treatment from unfamiliar cultivators.

If she didn’t have any special opportunities, she should live an ordinary life. Otherwise, she would be a “beauty who brings misfortune,” harming herself and others, potentially causing trouble for the family.

“Mother, I haven’t avenged you yet, I haven’t found my biological father. I’m not willing to be a sickly weakling, to live a pathetic life.”

After another full moon night, Xia Wenyue, drenched in cold sweat and gasping for breath, made a silent resolve.

The effects of Lu Chang’an’s Vital Qi Cultivation gave her hope.

However, she had previously rejected Lu Chang’an’s kindness. Their relationship was limited to medicine master and apprentice, master and servant.

Now, asking him to treat her again, Xia Wenyue, with her thin skin, felt embarrassed.

…

Two more months passed, and winter snow froze the rivers.

The temperature on Autumn Wind Island plummeted.

The yin-cold energy in Xia Wenyue’s body reached its peak, leaving her too weak to even pick herbs.

Slightly using her Vital Qi would trigger the cold poison.

One day, after another period of unconsciousness, Xia Wenyue felt the warmth and vitality that had been absent for so long filling her body.

“If you continue like this, you won’t just shorten your lifespan, you’ll also lose your life.”

She opened her eyes. Her blood circulation was smooth, and she saw Lu Chang’an standing there with his hands behind his back.

“Lu Senior, what should I do?”

Lu Chang’an said calmly, “Stop cultivating, and your symptoms will lessen.”

“Stop cultivating?” Xia Wenyue let out a bitter laugh, stroking her chest, coughing lightly.

For cultivators with aspirations for immortality, giving up cultivation was equivalent to mortals giving up their lives.

“Lu Senior, I want to continue cultivating. It’s the only way for Wenyue to change her destiny.”

Tears glistened in Xia Wenyue’s eyes as she sobbed.

“Lu Senior, you’ve treated me twice. You should have seen the abnormality in my body. My mother said before she passed away that my special constitution would be beneficial to other cultivators if I reached a certain cultivation level.”

Xia Wenyue’s pale face looked helpless. She gritted her teeth and made her biggest gamble.

“As long as Lu Senior can cure my illness and help me cultivate, fulfilling my wish, this humble servant is willing to be your ox and horse, your maid and concubine… I’ll let you have my body, whatever you want.”

“Haha! You trust me that much?” Lu Chang’an burst into laughter.

“I heard from the clan elders that Lu Senior is a reliable person, well-known in the Liang Kingdom’s world of cultivating immortality. Years ago, you saved Sheng Lan, but you didn’t make any excessive demands.”

Xia Wenyue smiled slightly and chose her words carefully.

“Furthermore, with my increasing cultivation, the peculiarity of my constitution, twice now, you must have already noticed it.”

There was one more reason that Xia Wenyue didn’t say.

They were on the Xia Clan’s territory, with the clan elders, especially the clan head with his False Core cultivation, present.

Even if Lu Chang’an had any ulterior motives, the clan head could control the situation.

“Xia Wenyue, you’re quite intelligent. I happen to be interested in the legendary innate constitutions, so I’ll give you a chance.”

Lu Chang’an said frankly.

“Thank you, Lu Senior.”

Xia Wenyue was overjoyed and bowed respectfully to the ground.

“Don’t get too happy.” Lu Chang’an said coldly, “Your illness is no ordinary thing. Every time I intervene, I’ll lose some Vital Qi. And it will take many years of nurturing, and I can’t guarantee success.”

“Wenyue has studied medicine and knows the difficulty of this matter. Unless a Third Stage or above medicine master intervenes, there will definitely be a price to pay. Even if you fail, I won’t blame you, and I’m willing to serve Lu Senior for a lifetime.”

Xia Wenyue maintained her dignified demeanor and said seriously.

“It’s good that you understand. From now on, I’ll personally treat and nurture you every two months.”

Lu Chang’an finally made a promise.

Xia Wenyue thanked him again.

Lu Chang’an told her to sit cross-legged, extended his palm, and pressed it against her navel through her clothing, starting to nurture her with his Vital Qi.

For the past few years of nurturing, Lu Chang’an had not intended to consume his lifespan.

He was only treating the symptoms, not the root cause, making Xia Wenyue’s body better so she could maintain normal cultivation.

Even so, the nurturing effect of the Evergreen Vital Qi was far superior to ordinary wood-based cultivation methods.

Lu Chang’an did this with two main concerns.

First, if he cured her too quickly, it would be too conspicuous.

Lu Chang’an didn’t want to become the renowned physician of the surrounding areas for no reason.

Second, he was worried that someone else might swoop in and reap the benefits.

Whether anyone else knew about Xia Wenyue’s special constitution was still unknown.

At least, Clan Head Xia Hongyu knew some of the reason.

While Xia Wenyue’s biological mother had died, who her biological father was was still unknown, another unknown factor.

Therefore, before Xia Wenyue reached the next cultivation stage, Lu Chang’an needed to observe her more and not cure her illness for now.

Even Xia Wenyue’s character needed to be examined.

…

For the next six months, thanks to Lu Chang’an’s regular cold-dispelling and nurturing, Xia Wenyue’s complexion noticeably improved.

Her cultivation also returned to normal.

In a couple of years, when her body was well-nurtured, Lu Chang’an planned to have her switch to a cold constitution cultivation method.

One day, in the cultivation room.

Lu Chang’an activated his deep Evergreen Vital Qi to nurture the fifty or sixty treasure talismans floating in front of him.

These treasure talismans radiated dazzling light and exuded spiritual energy far stronger than ordinary talismans.

Most of them emanated spiritual pressure at the level of Third Stage Lower Grade, and some approached Third Stage Middle Grade.

A small number remained at the level of Pseudo Third Stage.

These Pseudo Third Stage treasure talismans were mostly crafted from materials provided by the Five Blessings Merchant Guild in recent years.

As a devotee, the Xia Clan naturally wouldn’t waste the talent of Lu Chang’an, a Pseudo Third Stage talisman master.

Every year, they would provide some Pseudo Third Stage or Third Stage materials for Lu Chang’an to craft talismans.

Lu Chang’an would use some of the materials containing spiritual energy to draw treasure talismans.

Unknowingly, the number of treasure talismans that Lu Chang’an had nurtured in his possession had reached fifty or sixty.

“After taking so many Lifespan Pills, I finally see some results. The speed of nurturing treasure talismans is a few times faster than when I was in the early Foundation Establishment stage.”

Lu Chang’an smiled, and with a wave of his sleeve, he put away all the treasure talismans.

…

In the blink of an eye, another half year had passed.

Lu Chang’an was over one hundred and fifty-two years old.

One day, Lu Chang’an felt his condition was good, so he took out another set of materials for the Foundation Establishment Pill and began to retreat to refine pills.

Seven days later.

Lu Chang’an successfully opened the furnace and refined one proper Foundation Establishment Pill and two auxiliary pills.

“Refining a proper Foundation Establishment Pill, the first time in my three lives of cultivating immortality.”

Although the Foundation Establishment Pill was useless to Lu Chang’an now, it was still a strategic resource.

Refining a proper Foundation Establishment Pill meant that he had become a senior Second Stage alchemist, which was naturally something to be celebrated.

Xia Wenyue didn’t know the reason, but she sensed that Lu Chang’an’s mood was good.

She took out a pot of spirit wine, prepared a table of wine and food, and accompanied Lu Chang’an for half a day of light drinking.

“Lu Master, did you have a Dao Companion in the Liang Kingdom’s world of cultivating immortality?”

“No.”

“Did you have any concubines?”

“You could say I had one.”

Lu Chang’an counted on his fingers, silent for a moment.

“Lu Master, you’ve gone to such lengths to consume your Vital Qi and treat and nurture Wenyue, besides your curiosity about innate constitutions. Is there anything you’ll need me to do in the future? Can you tell me beforehand?”

Xia Wenyue’s serene, picturesque snow-white face flushed with a touch of drunken blush. Taking advantage of the festive occasion, she tentatively asked.

Because of their current doctor-patient relationship, she had changed her address to “Lu Master.”

They had spent many days together, sometimes treating her injuries in private, which inevitably led to some amorous feelings.

She knew Lu Chang’an’s character was indifferent and easygoing. As long as she didn’t touch on his secrets, he would be willing to give her some pointers when he was in a good mood.

“I might need to take something from you in the future.”

Lu Chang’an said, not entirely certain.

He had a guess before, that when Xia Wenyue reached the Foundation Establishment stage, he would take the jade marrow from her body.

The effect might be comparable to celestial treasures and would be of great benefit to cultivators.

“Something?”

Xia Wenyue thought of something, and her already blushing face flushed even hotter. She lowered her head shyly, “Whatever Wenyue has, Master can have it.”

“Who can say what the future holds? Maybe I was wrong. It’s just a provisional bet.”

Lu Chang’an shook his head and teased with a smile, “The scarcity of some innate constitutions is comparable to that of celestial spiritual roots. In the future, I might even have to rely on you, Xia Wenyue…”

Lu Chang’an’s words weren’t just teasing.

He was slow in his own cultivation, while innate constitutions were like celestial sons of Heaven, anything was possible.

Hearing this, Xia Wenyue’s face flushed even more, almost touching her chest.

She bit her lips lightly, thinking to herself: Lu Master usually remains unmoved by my outstanding beauty, at most occasionally giving me an appreciative glance. Why is he suddenly so direct after drinking today?

Xia Wenyue felt that it was a hint.

That night, she worked up the courage to offer to bathe and dress Lu Chang’an, only to be dismissed with a wave of his sleeve.

…

The next morning, Lu Chang’an finished his routine cultivation and nurturing of treasure talismans.

At this time, a letter from the Jing Kingdom Merchant Guild, relayed through their channels, was delivered to Qing Sha Bay.

Outside the Autumn Wind Island mansion.

Xia Wenyue went to meet the messenger and took the letter he delivered.

As soon as she took the letter, she suddenly heard a “squeak” from beneath her feet.

The next moment, the letter in Xia Wenyue’s hand disappeared.

Xia Wenyue’s pretty face turned pale, but she thought of something and regained her composure.

“Master, this is your letter, from the Liang Kingdom.”

Lu Chang’an had just gotten up, when he heard a crisp, childish voice beside him.

Yang Hou’s body was a bit weak, and although other symptoms were gone, his runny nose hadn’t cleared up yet. My writing speed was very slow…

(End of chapter)

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