Become Eternals

I'm Bai Xiaochun

Mount Hood is located in the Eastwood Mountains, and at its base there is a small, unique village. The villagers there live off the ground, and have little to do with the outside world.

It was dawn, and the villagers gathered at the village gate to see a fifteen or sixteen year old young man. He looked thin and weak, but had healthy, bright skin, and an overall charming appearance. He was wearing an ordinary green robe that seemed to have been washed many times until it was almost worn out. Something about the way he dressed, plus an innocent look in his eyes, made him seem very ingenious.

His name is Bai Xiaochun.

“Dear elders and fellow villagers,” he said, “I am on my way to learn about eternal cultivation. I will miss you all! ” The young man wore a sad expression, as if he could not bear to part with his fellow villagers. This makes it look more charming than ever.

The surrounding villagers exchanged glances, shrugged helplessly, and then pretended to look increasingly reluctant to see him off.

A white-haired old man stepped out of the crowd and said, “Xiaochun, ever since your father and mother left us, oh so long ago, you, er–” he stops for a moment “-really a good boy !! ” Seeing that Bai Xiaochun has not left yet, he continued, “Don't say you are not interested in living forever? All you have to do is become immortal, and then you can live forever! It was a very, very long time! Well, it's time you left now. Even baby eagles have to learn to fly in the end. No matter what situation you're in out there, you've got to hang on and keep moving forward. Once you leave the village, you cannot go back, because your path will always lie ahead, not behind! ”

The old man patted Bai Xiaochun on the shoulder in a friendly manner.

“Life forever ...” murmured Bai Xiaochun. A tremor crept into him, and an expression of determination slowly filled his eyes. Under the excited gazes of the old man and the other villagers, he nodded his head seriously and looked around at everyone one last time. Finally, he turned around and left the village.

As he disappeared in the distance, the villagers began to look even more excited. Their sorrowful expressions turned into excitement, and the good-faced old man began to tremble. Tears even washed his face.

“Justice from heaven! Weasel ... is finally gone! Who told him that they saw immortal beings in the area? Whoever it is, I will give you a great gift in the name of the village! ”

The village immediately echoed with cries of excitement. Some people even took out gongs and drums and started banging them excitedly.

“The weasel is gone,” said someone, “but oh, my poor chickens. He hated roosters crowing at dawn, so he somehow asked all the children in the village to eat every chicken we had …. ”

“Today is the beginning of a new era!”

At this point, Bai Xiaochun was still quite close to the village, and could actually hear the sounds of gongs and drums. He even caught the wind from some screams of excitement.

He stopped in his tracks, a strange expression on his face. After a while, he cleared his throat and continued on his way. Accompanied by a faint sound of excitement, he started walking towards Mount Hood.

Mount Hood was not a very high mountain, but it was covered with dense vegetation. Therefore, even though it was dawn, under the trees, it was dark and quiet.

“Double-Dog tells me that he was hunting some wild boar a few days ago and saw an immortal being flying around ..” Bai Xiaochun continued, heart palpitating. Suddenly, a rustling sound was heard from several nearby bushes. This almost sounded like a wild pig, and immediately caused Bai Xiaochun to become extremely nervous. The hair on the back of his neck stood upright as he asked, “Who is that? Who's there?!”

He quickly pulled out four axes and six machetes from his travel bag, but that did not make him feel much safer, so he also took out a bit of black incense from within his robe, which he held tightly to his left hand.

“Do not come out!” he screamed, trembling. “Never think of getting out! I have an axe and a machete, and this incense can summon lightning from heaven, and even summon immortals! If you dare to show your face, you are dead! ” Finally, he turned around and ran towards the mountain road, simultaneously juggling all the weapons he had in his hands. The clanking sound could finally be heard as the axe and machete started to fall left and right onto the ground.

Perhaps whatever was rustling in the bushes was ultimately truly feared by him. The voices stopped, and no wild beasts came out from the bushes. Bai Xiaochun rushed towards the mountain, wiping the sweat from his brows. At this point, his face was pale, and he was almost considering giving up the crazy idea of climbing this mountain, but then he thought about the incense, which his parents had passed down to him before they died. Supposedly, it had been passed down from their ancestors, a gift bestowed by the immortal beings they had saved. Before departing, the immortal beings had given it to them to pay back the kindness they had shown. Furthermore, the immortal even promised to take on the members of the Bai Clan as disciples. He told them that only by burning the incense would he call him to their side.

Bai Xiaochun had actually lit incense sticks more than ten times in the past few years, and yet, no immortal being had ever appeared. It finally reached the point where Bai Xiaochun began to suspect whether the story about the immortal was true or not. Finally, he decided to climb the mountain. For one thing, the incense is almost depleted, and also, there is the matter of immortal beings being seen recently.

And that was how he ended up in his current situation. The theory was that if he could get a little closer to the immortal, then it would probably be easier for the immortal to taste the incense.

Standing in front of the mountain, he hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and decided to continue. Thankfully, the mountain was not very high, and it did not take long to reach its peak, where he stopped, gasping for breath. He looked at the village below, and an emotional expression appeared on his face. Then he glanced at the black incense about the size of a fingernail. It had obviously been burned on many occasions, and was almost used up.

“Three years already. Bless me, mother and father. This time it should work! ” Bai Xiaochun took a deep breath, then carefully lit the incense. A strong wind instantly blew, and in the blink of an eye, dark clouds filled the sky. Lightning crackled, and deafening thunder boomed in his ears.

The grandeur of the entire scene caused Bai Xiaochun to tremble, afraid that he might be killed by the lightning. He almost spat on the incense to put it out, but managed to hold it in.

“I have lit this incense twelve times in the last three years, and this is the thirteenth time. I have to let it burn! Go, Xiaochun! Lightning won't kill you. At least maybe not …. ”All twelve times he lit incense in the past, there was lightning and thunder, yet no immortal beings ever appeared. Every time, he became so scared that he spat on the incense to extinguish it. He actually found it rather strange that a supposedly immortal stick of incense could be extinguished with ordinary saliva.

It was a middle-aged man wearing luxurious clothes. He had the attitude of being a transcendent being, yet he looked tired and tired of traveling. In fact, if you look closely, his eyes seem to blink due to extreme fatigue.

“Finally I can see exactly what a fool has been lighting that incense all the time for the last three years!”

Every time the man thought about what he had experienced over the past few years, he became extremely annoyed. Three years ago, he sensed the medicinal aura from the incense he was giving while he was at the Qi Condensation stage. It immediately caused him to recall his debt in the mortal world.

The first time he flew in response to the incense being ignited, he assumed that it would be easy to get out and then immediately return. He never imagined that even before he could find the incense, his aura would suddenly vanish, severing his connection with the incense. If it happened just once, it wouldn't be a big deal. However, over the course of three years, the aura had appeared more than ten times.

Repeatedly his quest was interrupted, ensuring that he constantly left the sect and then returned. Back and forth, back and forth. It's torture.

As he approached Mount Hood, he looked at Bai Xiaochun. Enraged with much frustration, the man landed on the top of the mountain and waved his hand, instantly extinguishing the incense that gushed out.

The thunder stopped, and Bai Xiaochun looked at the man in shock.

“Are you immortal?” Bai Xiaochun asked carefully. Still unsure about what was really going on, he slipped his hands behind his back and picked up the axe.

“You can call me Li Qinghou. Are you from the Bai Clan? ” The eyes of the middle-aged cultivator shone like lightning as he sized up Bai Xiaochun, ignoring the axe behind his back. To him, Bai Xiaochun looked delicate, almost beautiful, and reminded him of his old friend from years ago. Furthermore, his latent talent seemed to be a match. Li Qinghou's anger gradually began to fade away.

Bai Xiaochun blinked a few times. Although he was still a little scared, he sat up straight and said calmly, “Junior is definitely from the Bai Clan. I am Bai Xiaochun. ”

“Alright, tell me this,” said Li Qinghou, his voice cold. “Why did you light that incense so many times over the last three years !?” He was very curious about the answer to this question.

As soon as Bai Xiaochun heard the question, his mind spun as he tried to give a good answer. Finally, a melancholic expression appeared on his face, and he looked down towards the village at the foot of the mountain.

“Junior is a sentimental and pious person,” he said. “I cannot bear to part with my fellow villagers. Every time I lit an incense stick, I was overwhelmed with feelings of sadness. The thought of leaving them was too painful. ”

Li Qinghou stared in shock. He had never considered such a possibility, and because of that, the anger in his heart faded even more. He could tell from the words of this young man alone that he must be good material.

However, the next thing he did was to send his sense of divinity to the village, and he heard the sounds of drums and gongs and rejoiced. He even heard the villagers talking about how happy they were because the ‘musang’ had left. An unsightly expression appeared on his face, and he felt a headache coming. He looked back at the charming and pure Bai Xiaochun, who seemed like he would not hurt the flies, and suddenly realized that this child was a villain at its core.

“Tell me the truth!” Li Qinghou said, his voice echoing like thunder. Bai Xiaochun was so frightened that he started shaking.

“Hey, you can't blame me!” Bai Xiaochun said, sounding extremely pitiful. “What kind of ugly incense is this !? Every time I turn it on, lightning will start to strike everywhere! I was almost killed on several occasions! In fact, dodging that lightning thirteen times was an incredible feat! ”

Li Qinghou silently looked at Bai Xiaochun.

“If you are so scared, then why do you turn it on more than ten times ?!” She asked.

“Because I'm afraid to die!” Bai Xiaochun replied angrily. “Isn't the goal of eternal cultivation to live forever? I want to live forever! ”

Li Qinghou was once again speechless. However, he found the boy's attraction by living forever commendable, and realized that his personality might change slightly after some harsh training in the sect.

After a moment of thought, he waved his sleeve, sweeping Bai Xiaochun into a beam of light that shot into the distance.

“Alright, come with me,” he said.

“Where are we going?” bai Xiaochun asked, suddenly realizing that they were flying. “Ah, we are very high ...” The ground was very, very far down, causing blood to dry up from his face. He immediately dropped his axe and grabbed the Immortal's leg.

Li Qinghou looked at her while holding onto her leg. Feeling a little confused, he replied, “The Spirit Stream Sect.”