Chapter 68 The Secret is Worthy of You
Every person who tries to cause trouble but is suddenly caught will be like a qualified NPC, revealing the long-unknown past to those who are pursuing the truth and filling in a few pieces of the puzzle.
The same was true for Qi An, who had Chu Sheng lead a group of people to block Lingxiao Pavilion.
It would be a lie to say that he wasn't depressed, but the other few people had taken things to such an extreme that Qi An really had no way to deal with it.
Just as Nagi Rinyu said, problems with the echelon construction of the Sword Palace disciples' cultivation had arisen many years ago.
Ever since Nagi Linyou left the Sword Palace, the disciples under the names of the Sword Masters have stagnated in their cultivation and indulged in pleasure, which has caused a certain degree of anxiety within the sect.
The cultivation of the sect's disciples is the foundation of the sect. Not to mention the transcendent status that the Sword Palace, as the leader among the sword-cultivating sects, should have, just talking about the border location guarded by the Sword Palace, it also needs strong backup forces to support the peace of the area.
Cultivators are very old and have no fear of the passage of time, but since the death of the previous Frost Sword Master, there has not been much change among the elders and sword masters in the Sword Palace. This is a very abnormal thing.
Cultivators do have very long lifespans, but they are not endless.
The powerful ones in the Tribulation Crossing Stage hide themselves from the world, while the masters in the Mahayana Stage are the highest combat power of each sect in the open.
But even the most superior Mahayana masters have a very limited lifespan, not to mention the cultivators who die accidentally every year while trying to break through the realm.
Not only were the disciples stuck at the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages, unable to make any progress, but even the Sword Master Elders at the Spiritualization stage couldn't even break through to the Mahayana stage...
This situation is indeed not optimistic.
This is a matter of great importance to inheritance, and the people in the Sword Palace are anxious, but they cannot easily tell outsiders.
Qi An, who had reincarnated and re-entered the Sword Palace, saw clearly the difficulties that the sect was facing at the moment.
He, Yuan Qi and Ye Ziqing all discovered the same problem.
In the world of cultivation, there are fewer and fewer cultivators who can break through to the Spirit Transformation Stage, not to mention the transition from the Spirit Transformation Stage to the Mahayana Stage, and then from the Mahayana Stage to the Tribulation Crossing Stage.
Why were there so many people watching, both bright and dark, when Yunmengzi of the Hehuan Sect was facing the calamity?
It is precisely because there are too few opportunities for breakthroughs and too many people who have not made progress that everyone has shown unprecedented attention to this.
For the major sects in the world of cultivation, on one hand, there is the chaotic and ambiguous distinction between good and evil, and on the other hand, there is the crisis of survival that will cut off the inheritance...
After comparing the two, choosing to turn a blind eye and compromise with the evil way is actually quite understandable!
"That is to say..." Qi An looked at Nagi Linyou calmly.
"It's not just the Sword Palace. In fact, many other sects are already doing this, Linyou."
Nagi Linyu listened to Qi An's words with an expressionless face.
"You didn't do anything wrong. You were just too advanced, so you weren't understood at the time. That's all."
Perhaps because he had already been irritated, Nagi Rinyu was unable to vent his emotions when facing Qi An, who was more familiar to him. He could only feel complete emptiness and a slight boredom.
It really is...ridiculous!
Chu Sheng used a bit of his spiritual consciousness to knock on Zongshan, who was meditating with his eyes closed in the inner palace, to wake up his master who had been quiet for a long time.
"Is what Senior Brother Qi An said true, Master?"
[Those sects that have these problems are all sects that can receive destiny notes.]
Zongshan, who was sitting on the golden lotus, opened his eyes and responded to Chu Sheng's consciousness.
[When the upper realm is in turmoil, all living beings are in turmoil. They stood aside and watched because they thought they had nothing to do with the matter...]
Now that he's noticed something's wrong, he's starting to get anxious and want to find a way out, which is understandable.
"What exactly is the Fate Note?" Chu Sheng frowned. "Why do these people... these powerful figures who can call the wind and rain in the world of cultivation, all obey the Fate Note without exception?"
"Is it because of me? You haven't explored Yunshui Xuantian for a long time, Sheng'er." Zongshan sighed softly. "Otherwise, you wouldn't ask me such a question."
Master really knows the mysteries of Yunshui Xuantian!
Chu Sheng was slightly surprised by this, but not terribly shocked, because after seeing Kunlun Ruins, she realized what the true nature of Yunshui Xuantian was.
Now, Yunshui Xuantian, which he holds like a mustard seed in space, is an ancient sect that possesses strong spiritual power and a difference in the speed of time flow. It is the ruins of Kunlun that collapsed simultaneously after the death of the goddess and the suppression of the devil by the Lord God thousands of years ago!
Chu Sheng was unwilling to open Yunshui Xuantian again, even though she knew that it might hide the truth that everyone in the cultivation world was eager to seek, but...
Looking at Zongshan's calm expression, Chu Sheng somehow lowered his hand that was about to touch the mustard seed.
"No," she said. "I'm not interested, because the Fate Note has nothing to do with me... I can probably guess where these missing monsters went."
Chu Sheng withdrew his consciousness and spoke the last half of the sentence to the people present in his own voice.
"Actually, you probably all guessed it, but you just couldn't remember it at the moment."
Amidst the expressions of everyone, some thoughtful, some solemn, Chu Sheng glanced at the jade doll subtly and spoke slowly.
"The Great Jade Worshiper of Myriad Beasts Mountain is the only cultivator who has been reported to be about to ascend to the upper realms as a Tribulation Crossing cultivator!"
"How did you get such top-secret information?" Hearing that it was related to Wanshou Mountain, the young Fox King suddenly became alert.
The Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain of the Beast Taming Sect is a special existence among the demon race, the human race, and even among the demon cultivators.
There is no distinction between those who cultivate immortality and those who cultivate demons among the demon clan, and this is especially true for the demon beasts that have not yet awakened their minds.
The status of Wanshou Mountain is special because a considerable number of the monsters that have made contracts with the cultivators of Wanshou Mountain will have the opportunity to transform into monsters based on this.
After a monster beast has gone through tribulations and become a demon, the original master-servant contract will be automatically terminated under the influence of the laws of nature. If both parties still want to fight together, they can conclude an equal summoning contract.
During this process, human cultivators gained combat partners they trusted, which accelerated the speed of improving their cultivation. The monsters gained an improvement in their origins and had the possibility of transforming into the monster clan. It was originally a win-win situation.
But human hearts are unpredictable. There have been precedents of cultivators maliciously harming monsters, which ultimately had an indelible and profound impact on the relationship between the two.
Although there were powerful demons who took the lead and acted as guarantors, and signed the Mountain Alliance with many human beings in the Tribulation Crossing and Mahayana stages, promising that the demons would never be enslaved... the relationship between humans and demons still remained in a precarious state.
Even today, there are still people with ulterior motives trying to break this balance.
At the Zhongnan Taoist Sect's Dharma Cultivation Competition, a dragon that was half a step away from becoming a god was manipulated to riot, which showed that the alliance was not so indestructible to begin with, and cracks had already appeared at this moment.
At this extremely delicate juncture, anything that happens in Wanshou Mountain, even the slightest disturbance, will be magnified countless times and interpreted by those with ulterior motives.
Although the young Fox King has not yet been able to fully shoulder the responsibility of inheriting the tribe, he has a very good overall view and knows how serious the consequences will be if something goes wrong at this time.
He looked at Chu Sheng and heard her answer.
"Elder Mochou of the Hehuan Sect is a friend of the Beast Taming Sect's Grand Priest, Lingju Daozun..."
"She is also the junior sister of your master, Elder Mo Yan, and the former Master Liaowu of the Great Wuxiang Temple."
The young fox demon shook his ears, his expression as calm as ever.
"I have no impression. I already told you I'm a demon. Maybe you guys got the wrong person?"
"You..." Ling Fengzhi was somewhat dissatisfied with his attitude. He looked over with a bit of emotion, but Chu Sheng held his shoulders.
"Maybe we really made a mistake." Chu Sheng smiled.
"Don't worry. On our way to the Myriad Beasts Mountain, we will pass through the territory of your fox tribe in the Million Mountains. We will send you back intact."
Upon hearing this, the fox demon wrinkled its nose in embarrassment, "No, you can't leave me behind! I want to go to the Mountain of Ten Thousand Beasts with you!"
"Why is that?" Chu Sheng raised an eyebrow. "If I don't send you back to your tribe in time, and cause another misunderstanding between the previously harmonious relationship between the demon and human races, wouldn't I be guilty of a heinous crime?"
"I am the Demon King. Unless they are the Demon Kings or Demon Emperors of other tribes, no other demon can go against my will."
The young fox demon's big eyes, like black grapes, rolled around twice, and he answered in a very flattering way.
"However, your concerns are justified, so why not ask this fellow Taoist to write a letter to Hu Ji? How do you think?"
Nagi Rinyu was holding the Broken Sky Sword, and he pointed at himself in confusion, "Who will deliver the letter? Me?"
Seeing the fox demon nodding as if it was a matter of course, Nagi Rinyuu smiled.
"It's better to ask your grandfather's grandfather to command me. I can be sent wherever he says. You're dreaming!"
"I was born and raised by nature, I don't have a grandfather." The fox demon corrected him seriously, "Besides, doing me a favor will also benefit you, you won't suffer any loss."
"What can you give me?" Nagi Linyou didn't take him seriously at all. "You are just a newly-minted demon king, not even a great demon king in the Spiritualization Stage. What can you have that can impress me?"
If he, a dignified Daoist Lord at the Spirit Transformation Stage, were to become intimidated by a few threats from a True Lord at the Nascent Soul Stage, whether true or false, then he, Nagi Linyou, would have no use in the world of Dao!
Hearing this, Zixiao, the young master of Lingxiao Pavilion, twitched his lips slightly.
Ya Ge, who was standing by, suddenly realized something after seeing her friend's expression, so the saint immediately covered her mouth and turned her back, her shoulders shaking, as if she was trying hard to suppress her laughter.
"No, what are you laughing at?" Zixiao's actions were covert enough at first, so he was not discovered. However, Ya Ge's actions were very obvious, and Nagi Linyou was a little annoyed.
"Although I've become a casual cultivator who works for money, I'm not an ordinary character who can be summoned and dismissed at will..."
Qi An, who was tricked in disguise, looked around among the crowd and fixed his eyes precisely on Ling Fengzhi.
"Linyou, I haven't had the chance to ask you yet, how did you find Junior Brother Ling?"
"Of course it was Chu Sheng who used the token to guide the way in space..."
Nagi Rinyu's voice paused, and Qi An's expression changed from contemplation to understanding.
"You're causing trouble again."
"I didn't! Stop slandering me!" Nagi Rinyu retorted subconsciously.
"I just happened to go over and take a look. Who would have thought that the Frost Sword Master that these monsters locked up so mysteriously was actually this kid!
After all, I was the one who rescued him in the end. It's better than you, a half-hearted senior brother, who just led people out of the sect to do a mission and ended up losing the child!"
“…”
Qi An, who clearly did not intend to lose the person, still put the blame of the Frost Sword Master on his junior brother, could not help but feel a little short of breath when facing his real senior brother.
"...I understand." The jade doll who had been daydreaming on the side suddenly said.
"If Senior Brother Nagi doesn't help Fang Yuan deliver this letter, the demon tribe and the people behind them will think that Senior Brother Nagi kidnapped Senior Brother Ling..."
"Rescuing my own junior fellow apprentice, how can that be called robbery?!" Nagi Rinyuu was still stubborn. "That's called saving innocent people!"
"He also kidnapped their little fox king." The jade doll snapped his hands together and said in a tone of sudden enlightenment.
"That's right. Senior Brother Nagi is a powerful demon cultivator in the Spiritual Transformation Stage. How could Fang Yuan possibly be his opponent? If anyone else were to come, I'm afraid they would think Fang Yuan is in great danger—"
"...token, message, voice beads." Nagi Linyu stood in front of Fang Yuan as if the previous dispute had never happened, and stretched out a hand to him.
"What are you standing there for? Don't look at me. If you ask me to get it, your parents might think I kidnapped you! Bring some evidence to prove that you came along willingly."
The fox demon was in a trance for a moment, and in the image that briefly flashed through his mind, it seemed that a human cultivator had once held a young fox cub in his arms and clumsily sang some ballad to it.
"Just give this tuft of hair to Hu Ji."
He came back to his senses, tied a bunch of hair into a special knot, and handed it to Nagi Rinyu. "She will know what I mean and won't cause you any trouble."
"Are you kidding? If you're looking for trouble, even if I can't beat you, can I still run away?" Nagi Linyu took the fox fur and sneered, then he slashed with the Sky-Breaking Sword and stepped into the space in a flash.
"Go quickly and come back soon, Senior Brother Linyou." Ling Fengzhi looked at him and said.
Nagi Rinyu turned around and looked at him in surprise, "You..."
"If you don't come, it will probably be too late by the time we reach the territory of Wanshou Mountain." Ling Fengzhi said seriously, "We need you, brother. Please come back as soon as possible."
The black cracks disappeared, drowning out Nagi Rinyu's complicated face.
Even when facing a close senior brother whom he had never interacted with, he could be so straightforward. It was a familiar style that I hadn't seen in a long time...
Chu Sheng patted Ling Fengzhi's shoulder with emotion.
"Ling Fengzhi, you are indeed worthy of it."
Ling Fengzhi, confused, turned to look at her and slowly typed a question mark in his eyes.
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