amaotonovel Chapter 76 Memories
Chapter 76 Memories
Ren Jixing stood beside Zhang Yunling, looking somewhat reserved. After all, the incident had happened suddenly. Although everyone was a cultivator, it was still a rare occurrence, perhaps only seen once in a thousand years, that their genders had changed so drastically.
Pei Jiang stared blankly at Ren Jixing, who was in female form, for a long time. After Zhang Yunling explained again, he slowly nodded: "I see. I didn't expect that Pei Yao could do such a heinous thing... However, this matter is important and involves many internal matters of our Pei family. We still need you two to come with us to the base that Pei Yao built to take a look."
Zhang Yunling nodded in agreement, and was about to say something more when Ren Jixing grabbed his hand and started to walk out. Looking to the side, he could see that Ren Jixing's cheeks were already flushed red.
Seeing that her senior brother seemed to finally realize the awkwardness of her situation, Zhang Yunling instructed Pei Jiang again: "Elder Pei, it's best not to spread this matter. The Quanzhen Sect doesn't know about it yet. To avoid too much impact, it's best if only you and I know the truth."
Pei Jiang nodded and gave the other members of the Pei family in the room a wink, and they all nodded in understanding.
Ren Jixing pulled Zhang Yunling to another empty guest room, quickly closed the door tightly, and then turned to Zhang Yunling and asked, "Junior brother! What should we do? I hadn't considered the Quanzhen Sect before, but after Elder Pei mentioned it, I realized that if my grandfather found out about this, he would definitely send someone to forcibly take me back!"
Zhang Yunling smiled helplessly, took Ren Jixing's hand and sat him on a sofa in the room. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Since the Pei family is involved, it will be difficult to cover this up. At this point, we don't need to consider the Quanzhen Sect, but we should think more about your future."
"A sudden change in gender is a big deal and needs to be taken seriously. Your lifestyle will also need to change a lot, especially your name."
Ren Jixing nodded repeatedly in agreement, saying, "That's right, but I've also discovered something else. My curse runes seem to have changed slightly. I no longer need to rely on absorbing women's yin energy to sustain my life. It seems that my spiritual energy attribute has directly changed from my spiritual root to yin."
Zhang Yunling asked in confusion, "So, you mean you can generate Yin-attribute spiritual energy on your own, without needing to absorb it from others?"
The blush that had just faded from Ren Jixing's cheeks turned even redder, and his gaze toward Zhang Yunling became very strange. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but the words stuck in his throat.
"What's wrong? Senior brother, don't always shoulder everything alone when you encounter problems. Talk to your junior brother and we'll figure out a solution together!"
After struggling for a long time, Ren Jixing finally couldn't bring himself to say it. He stammered for a while before finally changing the subject to naming the child.
“Junior brother, the rest are minor matters. The main issue is the name. I definitely can’t use the name Ren Jixing anymore. If my grandfather and my parents knew that the only son of the Ren family had turned into a woman, they would definitely go crazy.”
Zhang Yunling nodded. At this point, they needed to give their senior brother a fake name to conceal his identity.
Before Zhang Yunling could even begin to think, Ren Jixing said in a deep voice, "I think I'll call myself Ren Jiamo from now on."
"Hmm, it's a very nice name. I wonder why you chose such a name, Senior Brother?"
Ren Jixing's eyes dimmed. Her thoughts raced, and unpleasant memories flooded her mind. Accompanied by this change in emotion, she slowly spoke:
"This name... comes from a girl."
"Actually, before I was afflicted with this demonic curse, I was also a pure and loving war god. Back then, because of the marriage alliance between our Ren family and the Pei family, the girls I came into contact with all came from those upper-class families."
"But I don't like these rich kids who think they're superior and look down on others. They've perfectly inherited the bad habits of their parents. Their arrogant and heartless attitude disgusts me."
"But at a martial arts tournament held once when all the major families of the Daotian Continent gathered together, I met a girl."
"She comes from the Su family, a large family in the western part of the Dao Tian Continent, and is the youngest among all the direct descendants of the family."
"I was defeated by her in that martial arts tournament. I thought she would humiliate me like other daughters of wealthy families to enhance the prestige of her Su family."
"But in the end, I was too naive. She didn't act like a victor facing her defeated opponent, but rather like a senior sister comforting an injured junior brother after a sparring match in a sect. She reached out and pulled me up in front of everyone, softly saying:"
"Are you alright? Hehe... Although you lost, to be honest, you're actually quite strong, but you still need to work harder. With your talent, you'll surpass me in the future."
Whenever Ren Jixing recalls that innocent and kind smile, he feels that love at first sight feeling.
"Later, I found her alone and learned that she was actually the most favored by her father, the head of the Su family. However, precisely because of this, her other brothers were very jealous and would always use various means and methods to make things difficult for her."
"But she is an independent and strong girl. She ignores all the targeting and difficulties. She has been working hard to cultivate herself since she was a child and constantly honing herself. Even now that we have met, she still often urges me to cultivate. She looks like a teacher teaching a student, which is quite interesting."
“We were only together for a few short months, but it was the happiest time of my life. She made me understand what it feels like to like someone and love someone.”
"On a hunting expedition, while protecting her, I was cursed by a group of evil cultivators from the Western Regions. You know what this curse means; I can no longer stay by her side, but I dare not tell her the truth..."
Our love was pure; we shared our first kiss with each other, but I never crossed any lines, nor did I ever even consider doing so.
"But you can imagine what happened next. I quietly left her and was too ashamed to face her again... I only hope that she can find a better partner and forget me forever. That would be the best ending."
Ren Jixing's eyes reddened, and he seemed to be losing control of his emotions. His voice even trembled when he spoke the last few sentences.
Zhang Yunling sensed something was off and quickly grabbed Ren Jixing's shoulder, changing the subject: "By the way, Senior Brother, uh... no... Senior Sister, recently after I broke through to the Profound Dao Purple Core stage, I don't feel anything unusual about my cultivation level. What's going on?"
Ren Jixing remained silent for a few breaths until his emotions stabilized. Then he used his divine sense to scan Zhang Yunling's body and analyzed, "Hmm... Junior brother, you are not without changes, because in addition to Qi cultivation, you are also cultivating your physical body."
A cultivator like you, who cultivates both body and qi, has already expanded your meridians to almost the limit of your body, so it's natural that you can hardly feel the surge of power that ordinary cultivators experience when they break through.
Recalling the days when she protected Zhang Yunling during his breakthrough, Ren Jixing continued, "Another thing is that this breakthrough of yours absorbed several times more spiritual energy than a normal Golden Core breakthrough, and it also took a long time. This made your Golden Core more compact and solid, and the spiritual power it contained was also more abundant."
"This is because you spent too long in the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages; it's the result of long-term accumulation. The solidity of your foundation directly affects your spiritual energy reserves. In addition, your physical cultivation has kept up, so ordinary cultivators certainly can't be as strong and enduring as you..."
At this point, Ren Jixing blushed again for some reason, and stole a glance at Zhang Yunling. Fortunately, the other party's gaze did not fall on her, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't forget to train your body in the future. It would be a waste not to use such a good talent for cultivation," Ren Jixing said, patting Zhang Yunling's head.