Chapter 141 The Mystery of Ascension (Four Thousand)
"You stay, I have something to say."
Lai Yang immediately recognized it as Lan Qingxian's voice and stopped in his tracks, feeling puzzled.
Everyone else has left, what does Lan Qingxian mean by asking him to stay alone?
Just as Lai Yang was wondering what Lan Qingxian wanted to say to him, all the elders had already left the Immortal Peak.
After everyone left, only Lan Qingxian and Lai Yang were left. Lan Qingxian then looked at Lai Yang and asked in a clear and pleasant voice: "Do you know why I want you to stay and talk?"
How would I know if you don’t tell me? I’m not a worm in your stomach, so how can I know what you are thinking?
Lai Yang secretly rolled his eyes in his heart, feeling speechless. Riddler, get down here.
"Master, please speak frankly. I really don't know why you asked me to stay and talk to you. But what instructions do you have?" Lai Yang shook his head and said puzzledly.
"I won't keep you in suspense. Do you know the way to immortality?"
"The Path to Immortality?" Hearing these three words, Lai Yang hesitated, then shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it."
"Since you don't know, I will tell you. The Immortal Road is the most mysterious place in the Immortal Continent. It is also a holy place pursued by countless immortal cultivators. Because the Immortal Road hides a great opportunity to become an immortal, it will open once every thousand years."
"The chance to become an immortal? Sect Master means that the road to immortality can allow people to become immortals and ascend to heaven?"
"It is rumored that there is a passage to the upper realm on the Immortal Path. Now the path to ascension in the Immortal Continent has been forcibly cut off by a powerful person. Surviving the catastrophe and ascending has become a luxury. Only by ascending the Immortal Path can one truly become an immortal and find the ethereal and endless path to immortality."
Lai Yang caught a few key words in Lan Qingxian's words, and was immediately startled. He asked in confusion, "The path to ascension in the Wenxian Continent was forcibly cut off by a powerful person? Why is that?"
“This matter has puzzled countless people, and I am also confused.” Lan Qingxian shook his head, stood up with his hands behind his back, and looked into the sky. “After the last batch of predecessors who transcended the tribulation and ascended to heaven three thousand years ago left, the path to ascension was cut off. Some people saw that the path to ascension was forcibly cut off by someone using unknown means. It became a chasm that countless people who transcended the tribulation and ascended to heaven could not cross. Even if they could cross the chasm, without a section of the path to ascension, the tempering of the immortal body could not be perfect, which would definitely leave a huge hidden danger for the immortal body of the cultivator.”
Lan Qingxian sighed quietly, a look of determination appeared on her face, and her voice was a little heavy:
"Throughout the ages, countless people have ascended to the heavens, but not a single one has returned to the lower realms."
"No one knows what happened after they ascended, what is in the upper realm, whether they can't come back, or they don't want to come back."
"Three thousand years ago, my master was the last batch of people to ascend from the Wenxian Continent. She was also the leader of the Wenxian Sect in the previous generation. My master was one of the strongest people of her generation. However, after she ascended, she left us only one word: escape!"
Listening to Lan Qingxian's calm narration, Lai Yang felt inexplicably heavy in his heart: "Escape?"
"Yes, escape. Master only left us this word. She never sent back any more news."
"I have never understood what Master meant. Escape? Where does she want us to escape to? And why? I have searched for Master's traces in the Questioning Immortal Continent for years but cannot find any answers. Perhaps the real answer is hidden after the ascension."
Lan Qingxian said in a deep voice.
Lai Yang hesitated for a moment, and a horrifying possibility occurred to him.
After all, his soul is not a native of this world, and he has read quite a few novels with fantasy and immortal cultivation settings.
If the situation was really what he imagined, then for the cultivators in the Wenxian Continent, it would be the beginning of a hell-like collapse.
"Master, have you ever thought about the possibility that ascension might be a complete scam?" Lai Yang couldn't help but speak.
Lan Qingxian's pretty face froze. She turned to look at Lai Yang and asked in a deep voice, "Why do you say that? Tell me what you think."
"Rather than speaking with my mouth, I'd better give you an analogy. Master, wait for me for a while, I will be back soon."
Having said that, Lai Yang quickly turned and left, as if he was looking for something.
Lan Qingxian didn't understand what Lai Yang was trying to say, but she didn't urge him. Instead, she waited quietly for Lai Yang to give his explanation.
At the same time, Lan Qingxian's heart was in a mess.
Lai Yang's words just now fell on her heart like a bolt from the blue. Although she couldn't believe that ascension was a so-called scam, she couldn't get rid of the distracting thoughts in her mind.
A moment later, Lai Yang returned to Lan Qingxian's residence on the Immortal Peak.
Lan Qingxian saw that there was a tall wooden box in his hand.
There were many ants in the square wooden box, and on the top of the box was a spider. The spider had woven a dense web at the exit of the box, almost completely blocking the ants' way out.
The moment he saw the insect box, a flash of enlightenment seemed to pass through Lan Qingxian's mind, and then he felt his heart unstable and his emotions fluctuated violently. Even his cold and beautiful face couldn't help revealing a hint of fear.
Seeing Lan Qingxian's reaction, Lai Yang realized that she understood what he wanted to say.
However, Lai Yang still patiently explained, and slowly said: "If the entire Wenxian Continent is compared to a box, we are the ants living in the box, and the four sides of the box are the hardships that must be experienced in order to ascend. However, the ants do not know that what awaits them after ascending is not freedom, nor a wider world, but... a complete hunting scam, just to select the strongest and fattest prey. Once the ants with strong qualifications try to escape the box that traps them, the only way waiting for them is death, and they will become nutrients for the hunters."
That’s right, this is the darkest and most desperate ascension setting in the world of immortal cultivation.
This was just a simple metaphor, but in fact, if it were true, there would definitely not be only one hunter after the ascension.
It will inevitably be a huge force that is impossible to resist.
Lan Qingxian's pretty face turned pale: "What evidence do you have?"
Lai Yang shook his head and said helplessly, "I just said it casually. In the end, this is just an extreme assumption. Maybe there is nothing behind the ascension. It's just that for some reason, the people who ascended can never return to the lower world, and the ascension road was cut off by accident. The word your master sent back may just be that she didn't have time to finish it. It's just a word. If you don't understand it based on the objective situation, there are many possibilities."
"And the theory I proposed is just one of the extreme ones. But if we don't pursue a freer and broader world, and can restrain our inner desires, and live comfortably like an ant under a wooden box, isn't that a kind of happiness?"
"When there are sufficient and more delicious prey, the ants living at the bottom will not be in any danger, and this world has never lacked strong ones."
"And the reason why some people cut off the path to ascension may be because they witnessed everything with their own eyes and made a desperate attempt to prevent more compatriots from falling into this ascension scam."
Lai Yang explained calmly.
The most despairing thing about this setting is that with limited resources, no matter how powerful the ants become, they are still just ants after all, and they can never escape from the box.
Unless there is forced intervention from external forces, such as... a time traveler with his own system.
Lan Qingxian clenched her fists slightly, feeling extremely uneasy.
"Master, don't take it seriously. I was just making it up. I just tend to assume the worst."
Suddenly, Lai Yang changed the subject and wiped away the wooden box and the insects and ants.
Lan Qingxian already regarded the ants in the box as people from the Wenxian Continent, and Lai Yang's actions were tantamount to telling her.
Ants and spiders are nothing. Their fate is controlled by the people behind the scenes. Lai Yang can turn them into ashes with just a thought.
Lan Qingxian took a deep breath, her chest rising and falling noticeably. She needed time to digest and think, so she waved her hand and ordered her to leave: "You go back first. I want to practice in seclusion for a while, so don't disturb me."
"You're letting me go now? You haven't told me what you want me to do yet, Sect Master." Lai Yang reminded.
"I am not in the mood right now. Let's talk about it later. Get out."
As soon as she finished speaking, Lan Qingxian waved her hand and Lai Yang's figure was immediately teleported out of the fairy peak.
"This bastard actually dared to destroy my spiritual heart." Lan Qingxian murmured coldly.
If Lan Qingxian's Dao heart had not been firm enough, after Lai Yang's analysis, someone with a weaker mind would probably have their Dao heart shattered on the spot and their realm would have fallen.
Lan Qingxian simply drove Lai Yang out and didn't give him a severe lesson, which was already considered very good.
She never imagined that her original intention was to ask Lai Yang's opinion and invite him to join her in the upcoming road to immortality to look for opportunities.
Now that she heard what he said, how could she concentrate on her cultivation?
According to Lai Yang's idea, the stronger you are, the faster you die.
Of course, it was impossible for her to give up.
If they lose their power, and a disaster strikes one day as Lai Yang said, people with weak cultivation will not even be able to protect themselves.
She would never want to leave her fate to others.
On the other hand, after Lai Yang left Xianfeng, he kept thinking about what Lan Qingxian said.
The road to ascension has been cut off by someone. The leader of the previous generation's Wenxian Sect left a message saying "escape", and the road to ascension opens once every thousand years.
Hearing so much explosive news all of a sudden made him feel a sense of crisis again.
Lai Yang said those words to Lan Qingxian, but he was also saying them to himself.
He originally thought that this was a normal world for cultivating immortals, but he never expected such a thing to happen.
There are people who never come back after ascending, the ascension path that has been cut off, and the immortal path that hides the way to the upper realm.
If no one really ascended and came back, then who spread the news of this so-called immortal road that hides the way to the upper realm? What is the purpose?
The first thought that came to Lai Yang's mind was that someone was deliberately spreading the news in order to set up a trap to lure more people into the path to immortality.
So what if the road to ascension is blocked? There are many ways to select high-quality ingredients. Isn't it more convenient and simple to trick people into fighting on the road to ascension?
As long as cultivators still have the desire for immortality, they will never stop pursuing immortality, even if it means they will die.
Because of this, this is an unsolvable deadlock that cannot be prevented at all.
Don't say Lai Yang doesn't know if this is the truth.
Even if he put the truth in front of others, they would not believe what he said.
In order to become an immortal, many people would resort to any despicable, dirty and mean means.
You risk the wrath of the world by telling people that ascension is a complete scam, cutting off people's path to immortality and destroying their spiritual heart. You will probably be caught on the spot and refined in an instant, and become mortal enemies with countless people who are cultivating immortality.
During the next two days, Lan Qingxian went into seclusion to think about life.
Lai Yang entered the Collection Pavilion of the Wenxian Sect, looking for various information about the ascension of past generations and the path to immortality.
However, there is very little information recorded about ascension, and most of it is completely useless.
The records about the road to immortality are full of mystery. They describe various dangers in the road, but most of them are information about the outer areas.
For example, there is a road paved with bones that will corrode people's souls, strange flames, and unknown creatures hiding in the fog that hunt cultivators.
There was no information about the depths of the road to immortality. All we knew was that there was a dangerous forest blocking everyone's way.
Those who entered the forest never came back, just like those who disappeared completely after ascending.
The Road to Immortality is the largest life-forbidden zone in the entire Wenxian Continent, but it is also a holy place that countless people dream of.
Because most of those who can come out alive from the road to immortality have broken through the seventh realm or above, becoming giants in the contemporary world of immortal cultivation, and are respected and worshipped.
And this is only the benefit that the opportunities in the outer area of the road to immortality bring to everyone. It is conceivable that there are opportunities to become immortals in the depths, so how could everyone doubt it.
The road to immortality is right before your eyes, exuding endless deadly temptations. If you successfully step on it, you can reach heaven in one step. How can countless chosen ones resist the urge in their hearts and not want to take a gamble?
After reading all the records about ascension and the path to immortality, although Lai Yang did not get much useful information, he at least confirmed one thing.
And it's a good thing.
That is, although the road to immortality is dangerous, it does contain countless powerful opportunities, and as long as you don't commit suicide by rushing into the deep forest, there is a chance that you will come out alive.
In addition, it has been tens of thousands of years since the founding of the Wenxian Sect. During this period, many major events have occurred in the Wenxian Continent, but there has never been any invasion from the upper realm or any terrible catastrophe. Strictly speaking, these are all internal strife issues in the Wenxian Continent.
This means that Lai Yang doesn't have to worry about being harvested like a leek by some unknown powerful being from the upper realm one day.
It's really something to be happy about.
Including the time he traveled to this world, he had only been practicing for more than a hundred years, and his physical body had already reached the Tribulation Crossing Realm.
If he were given tens of thousands of years to develop, even if an immortal were to descend, he would be able to kill a large number of people with just one fart.
For a moment, Lai Yang couldn't help but feel much more at peace.
Then he left the Wenxian Sect's Collection Pavilion and returned to Yuanyang Mountain to continue his peaceful and ordinary life of cultivating immortals.
Pay attention to the growth of the Yuanyang Fruit Forest every day, ensure the normal operation of the formation, and then arrange people to work, and practice and develop slowly.
(End of this chapter)
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