She Jinxing, who was making breakfast for Shang Lin after leaving the tower, was taken aback when he heard that Shang Lin was going to have lunch with Lin Yu. If he remembered correctly, there was a character named "Lin Yu" in A Chou's novel, who was a rich young master.
No, no, is that the point? Lately, I've been getting influenced by Ah Chou so much that I can't distinguish between reality and the fictional world anymore.
However, "Sect Master, are you planning to go alone, or should I go with you?"
Shang Lin countered with, "Do you want to go?"
She Jinxing said very sincerely, "To be honest, I don't want to go. The sect leader knows that I don't want to associate with humans, but if the sect leader needs me to accompany him, I will naturally go with him."
Shang Lin smiled and said, "Alright, then you can continue teaching Xiaobai. After all, if the God Lord takes care of a child for too long, he might... go crazy."
She Jinxing paused, then laughed and said, "The Divine Lord wouldn't do that; he's a typical example of someone who says one thing but does another."
"Hehehe..." Shang Lin laughed without any regard for his image. "You really are his disciple. You really understand him. But he went from being an ancient dragon to a mere tower spirit. It's already quite good that he's doing this well. We should be understanding."
"Did the sect leader have a good relationship with the Divine Lord in his previous life?"
Actually, She Jinxing had always been curious about this matter, but he never had the chance or the embarrassment to ask. Besides, as an ancient divine dragon, it should have been difficult for anyone to discover the Divine Lord after his death and the dissipation of his soul, or perhaps...
Just like in movies and TV shows, it turned into a point of light and disappeared completely.
No, no, the sect leader and the divine lord both come from the cultivation world, which should be very different from the human world. In fact, the divine lord and the sect leader are not even in the same realm. In short, it must be different from what I know.
And how could I possibly be influenced by movies and TV shows made by humans? It's utterly absurd!
"What kind of good relationship?" Shang Lin smiled helplessly. "I did see the God-King when he was alive in my previous life, but his aura was too overwhelming at that time, and a nobody like me had no way to get close to him."
"Later, all I heard were legends about him. One story said that he had committed some serious crime in the upper realm and was punished by the dragon clan to be sent down to the lower realm, where he ended up in the cultivation world."
"One theory is that his cultivation level regressed, and he could no longer survive in the Upper Realm, so he came to the Cultivation World."
"But the more common explanation is that he was too old and nearing death, so he came from the Upper Realm to the Cultivation Realm to await his demise. After all, he was a treasure trove, and he couldn't just wait to die peacefully in the Upper Realm; he would be devoured in no time. But it's different in the Cultivation Realm. Even though he was about to die, he had few rivals."
Upon hearing this, She Jinxing immediately frowned, "And then what happened?"
Shang Lin sighed, "After that, I lost contact with the Divine Lord. I became busy with studying, researching, and cultivating. At that time, I relied on my sharp mind and tried to get involved in everything. By the time I heard news of the Divine Lord again, he had already passed away."
She Jinxing felt a pang of sadness upon hearing this. "So the Sect Master went to see the Divine Lord?"
"How could that be? I don't even know when or where he died. Where am I supposed to look for him? Besides, we had no connection whatsoever. Why would I look for him? Our meeting was purely coincidental."
"Three hundred years ago, in preparation for my advancement, I searched everywhere for opportunities, and quite unexpectedly, I encountered the remains and remnant soul of a divine lord. I thought to myself, since I've already found him, I should bury him and erect a monument for him, but he said..."
"Since we've met, it must be fate. Although I only have dragon bones and a few scales left, it would be a waste to bury them. You can use them to do something beneficial for yourself."
She Jinxing was a little surprised, "The Divine Lord is actually so direct? He's not just saying one thing but doing another?"
Shang Lin smiled slightly. "To be honest, that's what I thought at the time too. The more direct he was, the less I believed him. But I didn't leave. I stayed and kept his remnant soul from dissipating. He guided me in cultivation. That's how we spent a hundred years."
There was a hint of nostalgia in Shang Lin's eyes. "Back then, we were both teacher and friend, and I had a rare period of leisure time where I could only cultivate. But a hundred years later, no matter what methods I used, I couldn't stabilize the remnant soul of the Divine Lord. He insisted that I use his regrets to do something to help me advance."
"So the sect leader forged the Dragon Spirit Tower?"
"No, I was very sad at that time. Although I was thousands of years old and could be indifferent to anyone and anything, how could I remain calm and indifferent when we were together every day like this? I just collected his remains and then returned to Yuntai Sect."
She Jinxing, “…”
So that's how the sect leader and my master met!
"I haven't returned to the sect for a hundred years, so naturally there are many things to deal with when I go back. It was during the process of dealing with the sect's affairs that I suddenly thought of refining the Dragon Spirit Tower, because only by using the tower can the remnant soul of the Divine Lord be better preserved, so that he will not completely disappear into the world."
"This is the first time I've done something like this. The preliminary preparations took me a full hundred years. And during those hundred years, I kept coming up with new ideas, and I don't even know how many blueprints I drew."
Although She Jinxing didn't know how to forge weapons, just from Shang Lin's simple explanation, he could imagine how hard the sect leader had worked over those hundred years.
But, "Wasn't the sect leader about to advance in rank at that time? Why did he still need to refine the Dragon Spirit Tower? Did the sect leader intend to use the Dragon Spirit Tower to help you advance?"
"Yes, that was indeed what I thought at the time. Moreover, I had been a genius for nearly a thousand years, and in the human world, I was 'a little too arrogant,' so I devoted all my energy to refining the Dragon Spirit Tower."
"But how could the remains of an ancient dragon be so easily utilized? Moreover, the Dragon Spirit Tower I designed is extremely complex, with nine levels. During the process, I failed countless times, revised, and was injured, only to fail again, revise again, and be injured again..."
Shang Lin took a deep breath before continuing, "In the end, I didn't even know how many times I went through this cycle before I gradually mastered the method. However, at this point, I only had a few decades left before I could undergo my tribulation."
She Jinxing was shocked. "Sect Master, you're really daring! How short are a few decades for a cultivator? The tribulation might come at any moment!"
“Yes!” Shang Lin smiled helplessly. “That’s why I was a little cocky back then. And when you’ve taken ninety-nine steps and are only one step away from success, I’m afraid no one would give up, especially someone like me who can be a little crazy when it comes to doing things.”
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