"It seems the original host died from qi deviation!"
After completing the fusion with the original host, looking around the current environment, and feeling the broken heart meridian, other damaged meridians, and the rampant internal energy within his body, Ding Yun immediately understood the cause of the original host's death.
This was a typical death from qi deviation during a breakthrough.
To avoid dying himself from a broken heart meridian later, Ding Yun quickly retrieved a Meridian Regeneration Pill from his soul space and took it to heal his injuries.
He didn't stop until his heart meridian was reconnected, his internal meridians were largely restored, and his internal energy had calmed down.
Only then did he begin to sort through the original host's memories.
The original host was born in Yangjiagou, Yangjia Village, to the family of Yang Datou. When she was six years old, the righteous sects, in conjunction with the imperial court, jointly attacked and eliminated the Demonic Cult. As the Demonic Cult disciples retreated, they scattered poisons as they fled to slow down their pursuers. They used whatever they had – poisons that killed on contact with blood, substances that caused flesh to rot.
Their intention was to use these poisoned ordinary people.
To further delay the pursuers from the righteous sects.
After all, those from the righteous sects prided themselves on their righteousness. Regardless of their true thoughts, at least they had to appear righteous and could never refuse to help the dying.
Therefore, the Demonic Cult's actions were undoubtedly effective.
It was just that the common people along the route suffered immense misfortune.
Yangjia Village, where the original host was from, unfortunately lay on the escape route of the fleeing Demonic Cult forces. That year, Yangjia Village suffered casualties of over eighty percent, and the remaining villagers were all more or less disabled. Only a few children who were a bit greedy and went to the mountains to pick wild fruits were spared.
The original host was among them.
Because the original host's parents had both passed away, and she possessed a bit of martial arts aptitude, she was not sent to an orphanage but was taken in by the Yuhua Sect and became the youngest disciple of that generation.
She belonged to the "Fei" generation, and a character from her name was added.
Thus, her title was Feixia.
The six-year-old original host already had memories and was keenly aware that her parents had been killed by the Demonic Cult.
During her cultivation, hatred was unavoidable, tinged with impatience.
Furthermore, she was illiterate. Hence, the original host's cultivation path was extremely arduous. Disciples of a lower generation than hers, those of the "Yun" generation, had already begun their training, yet she hadn't even formally entered. This undoubtedly intensified her anxiety.
In the end, she combined studying with cultivation.
It took a total of three years before she finally managed to formally enter the sect.
Given how difficult it was just to enter, her subsequent cultivation speed was naturally not impressive. While prodigies entered the first-rate realm or even became peerless masters in ten years, she, after ten years of cultivation, barely managed to break through to the second-rate realm with the help of elixirs.
The Yuhua Sect's cultivation techniques only required practitioners to maintain their purity if they wished to break through to the Innate realm. Generally, those who hadn't reached the first-rate realm by the age of eighteen had little hope of breaking through to the Innate realm. Therefore, although the Yuhua Sect belonged to the Daoist lineage, it did not prohibit its disciples from marrying.
Especially disciples with average aptitude.
If they didn't get married by a certain age, elders would offer them advice.
Only the few geniuses who reached the first-rate or even peerless realm at a young age were closely guarded by their elders, strictly forbidden from dating, let alone marrying and consummating, as they were considered promising candidates for breaking through to the Innate realm. The sect's requirement for them was that they could only marry after the age of thirty if they hadn't broken through to the Innate realm.
Under these circumstances, the original host naturally fell into the category of those advised to marry when they reached a suitable age. The original host herself was self-aware, knowing that with her aptitude and second-rate realm, let alone seeking revenge against the Demonic Cult, she might be in danger just venturing down the mountain. Thus, she didn't resist.
She obediently followed the elders' advice, participated in the sect's internal matchmaking, and found a partner.
After marriage, the original host's cultivation speed slowed down even further.
Pregnancy and childbirth almost caused her to fall back to the second-rate realm.
By then, the original host's hatred for the Demonic Cult had long since faded. After all, it had happened more than a decade ago, and she didn't even know who was directly responsible. Living a peaceful life in the sect, raising her family, was perhaps not a bad thing. Why dwell on what couldn't be done?
Why extend the hatred to the next generation?
Before she had children, the original host thought she might give birth to a child with exceptional talent, and then let that child avenge their maternal grandparents. But after having children, she no longer wished for her child to bear the burden of hatred, nor did she want her child to take risks.
She only hoped for her child's safety and happiness.
However, just a few years after the original host gave up the idea of revenge, she received devastating news: her husband, while escorting relief silver and grain for the imperial court, was ambushed by the Demonic Cult. Not only were the relief silver and grain stolen, but all the escorting soldiers and dozens of righteous sect disciples who provided security also died without bending their knees.
At this point, even if the original host didn't want her son to seek revenge, her son, Lu Dongtian, would not agree. After all, the hatred for a murdered father was irreconcilable. However, Lu Dongtian was still young and his cultivation was weak. Even if he wanted revenge,
The original host and the sect elders would not allow it.
Thus, the sect elders ultimately dispatched skilled experts to exact revenge. Lu Dongtian, on the other hand, buried his hatred deep in his heart and trained with all his might, intending to achieve success in cultivation and then exterminate the Demonic Cult disciples for revenge. The original host was also spurred by this event, resuming her martial arts training which had slackened recently, hoping for further improvement.
Hoping to be able to take revenge herself in the future,
So as not to be at the mercy of fate when facing adversity.
Another ten years later, the original host had a granddaughter. Her martial arts, although only reaching the first-rate realm, due to her high seniority, she eventually obtained the position of Transmission Elder in the sect's library, to live out her retirement.
The so-called Transmission Elder was responsible for issuing basic internal energy and basic sword techniques to new disciples.
She was only busy during the periods when disciples were being recruited.
Most of the time, she was very idle.
If she hadn't been the youngest disciple of the "Fei" generation, with her senior brothers and sisters now holding high positions, and if they hadn't pitied her unfortunate life, she wouldn't have obtained such a good position.
Originally, she thought she could now live a life of retirement, enjoying the company of her grandchildren. However, less than two years after becoming a Transmission Elder, she experienced the tragedy of a parent outliving their child. Her son, Lu Dongtian, as soon as he entered the peerless realm, stormed into a Demonic Cult branch stronghold and went on a killing spree.
Unfortunately, he happened to encounter a Demonic Cult elder at the Innate realm who was recuperating at that branch.
Even though that elder was injured, he was still at the Innate realm. How could a mere post-heaven martial artist who had only recently entered the peerless realm contend with him? After resisting for only twenty to thirty moves, he was killed by the Demonic Cult elder at the Innate realm.
His body was then hung outside the branch stronghold for three days. It was only when an Innate elder from the Yuhua Sect came that they were able to retrieve the corpse. A simple funeral was held, and he was laid to rest.