Chapter 2: Foundation Establishment Perfected, the Prison Dragon Emerges
Six years ago, Li Moxuan accidentally fell into a valley and was later rescued by his grandmaster. He was taken into the Immortal Sect and from then on, he followed several stunning masters to learn the way of cultivation.
However, cultivation demands detachment from worldly affairs, a life isolated from all grievances and disputes. This meant Li Moxuan had to sever all ties with the outside world.
Moreover, this world was far more complicated than it appeared on the surface. Martial arts, immortal paths, and the dark ways each vied for dominance. The great Dao was fiercely contested, and to emerge prematurely without sufficient strength was to invite peril to one’s life.
For this reason, his grandmaster instructed him to focus solely on cultivation until his foundation was perfected, reaching the pinnacle of the Foundation Establishment stage, before returning to the world and his homeland.
To those outside, he had truly vanished for six years.
Qin Siyu’s words stirred ripples across Li Moxuan’s once tranquil heart.
He quickly asked, “Miss Qin, what exactly happened to my family? Are my parents alright? How is my little sister’s illness?”
“Heh, it seems you really know nothing about your own family’s situation. You haven’t contacted them at all these six years? Truly a heartless, ungrateful wretch!” Qin Siyu sneered sarcastically. Yet as she saw Li Moxuan’s anxious expression, a flicker of sympathy crossed her mind and she sighed, “Your parents died in a car accident shortly after you disappeared... As for your sister, her condition is also dire...”
“What?!” Li Moxuan was shaken to his core, his pupils shrinking sharply.
His parents were gone!
And his sister’s state was bleak!
He had just learned these truths—from a stranger’s mouth!
No, he must go out and cure his sister’s illness!
Heavy-hearted, Li Moxuan rose and headed toward the reception room’s door, intent on leaving the prison.
The beautiful warden standing nearby blocked his way, regret etched across her face.
“Sorry, Mr. Li, we should have informed you about your family sooner, but your master feared it would distract you from your cultivation, so...”
Li Moxuan took a deep breath and asked sternly, “Where is my little sister now?”
“She’s at Qingshan Sanatorium in Wushi City, but you still can’t leave. According to Master Bihua’s orders, only after you...” The warden’s voice faltered as she met Li Moxuan’s icy glare and fell silent.
“According to my second master’s command, only upon reaching the pinnacle of Foundation Establishment can I leave this place and return to the world, right?”
“That’s correct...”
“Heh, the mere Foundation Establishment pinnacle—how could it possibly stop me, Li Moxuan?”
With a cold sneer, Li Moxuan immediately summoned his spiritual power, launching a surge to break through to the Foundation Establishment pinnacle right then and there.
His fists clenched tightly, veins bulging, and a raging torrent of spiritual energy surged from his dantian.
Boom!
A sudden roar echoed within his body as streams of spiritual energy surged through his meridians, solidifying his cultivation at the Foundation Establishment stage.
***
Boom!
With the final thunderous sound fading, Li Moxuan lifted his head sharply, his aura becoming ever more imposing, like a sword freshly drawn from its sheath.
Foundation Establishment pinnacle, achieved!
“This... he actually broke through?” The beautiful warden was stunned, never imagining the daunting Foundation Establishment pinnacle—one that deterred countless cultivators—could be so effortlessly conquered by Li Moxuan.
It flowed like clouds and water, without any difficulty!
“Can I leave now?” Li Moxuan’s calm voice sounded.
In truth, he had been capable of this breakthrough a year ago but lacked the right occasion. Now, the moment had finally come.
“Ah, y-yes...” The warden wiped sweat from her brow and hurriedly opened the large door behind her.
Under the warden’s reluctant gaze, Li Moxuan twisted the handle and slowly pushed open the titanium-alloy door.
He stood before the shocked Qin Siyu.
“Miss Qin, you must have misunderstood. I am not some heinous criminal. I stayed here under orders from my sect... As for not contacting my family these six years, that was also their requirement.”
“Now that I have fulfilled my sect’s task, I can leave. I owe my parents and sister apologies and will make it up to her properly. I don’t need your extravagant compensation; I don’t care for that money!”
“As for you... I have no feelings for you. Here is your marriage certificate. Consider it payment for telling me this information.”
Having said this, Li Moxuan no longer wasted words and asked the warden to bring the box from under his bed.
“My marriage certificates are all here. Let me find yours.”
With a swift motion, he opened the box, revealing a thick stack of marriage certificates as voluminous as a dictionary!
Qin Siyu was overwhelmed by Li Moxuan’s relentless moves, her scalp tingling and her mind reeling.
This man was insane!
Not only did he escape prison, but he was also a fraud, tricking countless marriage certificates!
She glimpsed a certificate with the bride named Liu Ruyan—the daughter of Wushi’s richest family!
“Found it.”
Li Moxuan casually pulled out a dust-covered certificate and tossed it to Qin Siyu.
“This is your marriage certificate. Keep it well. From now on, we have no ties whatsoever!”
Without waiting for her reaction, he turned and started to leave.
After a few steps, he glanced back at Qin Siyu kindly.
“By the way, if you have time, you should see a famous doctor. You have severe uterine cold. If untreated within a week, your condition will worsen. At that point, no one but me, not even immortals, can save you!”
Leaving those words behind, Li Moxuan strode briskly out of Phoenix Women’s Prison under the sunlight.
Six years have passed. Li Moxuan returns from cultivation, destined to look down upon all of Huaguo!
***
Qingshan Sanatorium?
Little sister, I’m sorry. Brother is coming for you now!
I will never let you suffer even a fraction of hardship again!
Li Moxuan inhaled deeply and moved to a secluded area. Spiritual energy surged within him, lifting him as if gravity itself had vanished. Like a great roc ascending on the wind, he soared upward!
Meanwhile, Qin Siyu stood holding the marriage certificate, staring blankly in the direction Li Moxuan had left, feeling strangely forlorn, as if she were the one being jilted.
“Damn Li Moxuan, what a bastard!”
“Warden sister, that guy escaped prison. Aren’t you going after him?”
The beautiful warden blinked, her eyes almost watering as she looked the way Li Moxuan had gone.
“Pursue? Of course! We all chased after Mr. Li, but he’s a man above worldly attachments and simply looks down on us.”
She then cast a disdainful glance at Qin Siyu.
“As for you, you had a marriage contract with Mr. Li but still want to break it? Were you hit by a door or kicked by a donkey? Such tremendous wealth is offered to you, and you can’t even grasp it?”
“I advise you to send the marriage certificate to Mr. Li and say some nice things. Maybe if he’s pleased, he’ll marry you after all.”
“You should cherish this. It’s a blessing cultivated from your past life. If you miss this chance, you may regret it forever!”
“???” Qin Siyu was filled with question marks.
How could she, the heiress of the Qin conglomerate, ever marry a pervert like Li Moxuan?
Had these women in the prison never seen a man before?
Besides, she wasn’t even sure if Li Moxuan was a real man!
In her eyes, he was nothing but a swindler who threatened her before leaving, claiming she had uterine cold and that if untreated within a week, no one but him—no immortal—could save her.
Hmph, she refused to believe it!
Just one week?
We shall see. Then I will expose your true nature as a fraud!
***
At the same time, in Wushi City, Qingshan Sanatorium.
“Li Moling, your parents are deceased, your brother is missing without trace, and you have no immediate family. Please sign these medical waiver and body donation forms yourself.”
Two pale documents were coldly tossed onto the hospital bed. Li Moling weakly stretched out her pale, fragile hands and clutched the papers tightly, tears shimmering in her eyes.
“Doctor, I... I don’t want to sign. Can I refuse?”
“Refuse? Without signing, how will you cover your medical debts accrued over the years?”
“Let me be frank: a powerful figure has set their sights on your heart and is willing to pay a high price. After you die, your other organs will fetch good money too. I advise you to be sensible and not bring trouble upon yourself!”