On Yuxiao Peak, the bamboo forest swayed gently, a sea of emerald green. Everything was exactly as it had been when Luo Jianqing left, yet he felt as if he had been away for years, and everything felt like a reunion.
The Buddhist disciple had said it before, that desperate situations often lead to breakthroughs, but they also come with life-threatening dangers. No one wants to risk their life on the edge of a cliff, so breakthroughs in dangerous situations are better if they are rare. Recalling the feeling of being tortured by the blazing flames of samsara in the Tongtian Demon Cauldron, Luo Jianqing felt a surge of pain all over his body. He never wanted to experience it again in his lifetime.
After returning to the bamboo house, Luo Jianqing saw a book still flipping through the pages on the table.
Xuan Lingzi said, "That day, after hearing Senior Sister Yuqingzi's message, I left in a hurry and immediately went to Cangshuang Peak without packing. Jianqing, after I learned of your disappearance, I stayed at Cangshuang Peak for ten days without leaving. Do you blame me for not looking for you right away?"
Luo Jianqing shook his head and said, "No. Those villains just now said that Master doesn't care about the safety of the people of the world, but I know that you have done too much for the people of the world." After a pause, Luo Jianqing asked, "But Master, what are you doing in Cangshuang Peak? What are you guarding?"
Hearing his disciple's words of comfort, Xuan Lingzi felt a warmth in his heart. He couldn't help but hold Luo Jianqing's hand and whispered, "Go to Cangshuang Peak and guard your natal lamp. Only when it is still burning will I feel at ease."
Xuan Lingzi's tone was very calm, but just a few words made a scene appear in front of Luo Jianqing's eyes.
For ten days, the vast Taihua Mountain was half empty, all flocking to the Demon Realm to search for him. However, his master was trapped within the mountain, unable to personally search for him. In Lingyun Hall, his master stood before his natal lighthouse for ten days, watching until he saw his natal light was about to go out. Unable to contain himself, he rushed out of the mountain gate, breaking the contract.
Others didn't know how strict Xuan Lingzi was with himself and how selfless he was, but Luo Jianqing knew. He wondered, who in the world would be willing to stay on Mount Taihua for a hundred years without leaving for the sake of millions of strangers?
A hundred years ago, Venerable Xuan Lingzi was a man of extraordinary talent and was revered by people all over the world.
A hundred years later, people all over the world only knew that Venerable Xuan Lingzi was the only cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Stage today, but they no longer had the respect they had for him because of his powerful and elegant appearance.
Xuan Lingzi was only over 300 years old, yet he was like an old man, having given up everything and remained alone on Mount Taihua. Even Venerable Hao Xingzi would often go down the mountain to take a look, but Xuan Lingzi, alone, never left Mount Taihua.
Xuan Lingzi sacrificed his youth for the human race, and also cut off 90% of his hopes of becoming an immortal.
But how did those shameless monks treat him?
They took this for granted, believing it was Xuan Lingzi's duty. Since you have a high level of cultivation, you must give up your hopes of becoming an immortal, stay at Mount Taihua, abide by the contract, and not seek opportunities for breakthroughs.
A hundred years ago, Venerable Xuan Lingzi entered the God Transformation Stage, and a hundred years later... he is still in the early stage of the God Transformation Stage.
That says it all.
Thinking of this, Luo Jianqing felt a pang of pain in his heart, and he hugged his master. Confused, Xuan Lingzi hugged Luo Jianqing back, only to hear the latter say, "You must become an immortal. You clearly can. You've already reached the Divine Transformation stage over two hundred years ago. You definitely have a chance of becoming an immortal."
Xuan Lingzi didn't know why his disciple suddenly said that, but he said helplessly: "How can it be that easy to become an immortal?"
Luo Jianqing asked, "Why is it not easy? You still have more than 4,000 years to live. You will definitely be able to become an immortal."
Xuan Lingzi shook his head: "For tens of thousands of years, becoming an immortal has been just a pretense. No one in the cultivation world has become an immortal."
This sentence sounded quite familiar. Luo Jianqing pondered it for a moment, then suddenly remembered, "Oh right, Master, I once heard the spirit of the Ninth-Rank Divine Pill say that over the years, no Buddhist cultivator has ever achieved Buddhahood. Could it be that no one has ever achieved immortality?" After a pause, Luo Jianqing said, "No, I've heard that someone achieved immortality two thousand years ago. It seems to be an ancestor of the Bai family."
Xuan Lingzi said: "It is just a rumor and cannot be trusted."
Luo Jianqing was speechless. He thought carefully for a moment, then remembered something else: "Master, do you know... Venerable Jiulian?"
Xuan Lingzi was currently holding his disciple's waist, his mind wandering. Suddenly, upon hearing the words "Reverend Jiulian," he froze, his expression changing drastically, and he quickly concealed his emotion.
Xuan Lingzi asked calmly, "Why are you suddenly asking about this venerable?"
Luo Jianqing told Xuan Lingzi everything that Venerable Yuqingzi had told him.
After pondering for a moment, Xuan Lingzi said, "The founder of our Taihua Mountain truly did become an immortal. At that time, Yuxiao Peak was just an ordinary one among the seven peaks. It wasn't until the third master of Yuxiao Peak, Grandmaster Jiulian, appeared that he opened up a new path of cultivation for Yuxiao Peak, requiring extremely high aptitudes in the cultivators. He also left behind a manual of cultivation, 'Jiulian Benxinlu' (The Record of the Nine Lotuses' Original Heart)."
Listening to Xuan Lingzi's words, Luo Jianqing felt a little confused.
In Luo Jianqing's mind, Yuxiao Peak has always been superior to the other six peaks and is a unique existence.
Xuan Lingzi continued, "The power of the 'Nine Lotus Heart Record' is immense, but ordinary people can't even begin to master it. The quality of bones required for this technique is super-grade. Apart from super-grade bones, people with top-grade bones can occasionally barely cultivate it. For example, my master has top-grade bones."
Luo Jianqing knew about this and nodded: "Is Grandmaster Jiulian really that powerful? Can he turn the tide and make Yuxiao Peak leap forward?"
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