After this back and forth, Xuan Lingzi still evaded the question. Luo Jianqing suddenly grabbed his hand, glared at him, and said, "Master! Are you still trying to hide this from me? Are you going to tell me or not?"
Xuan Lingzi: “…”
How on earth did this disciple become like this? He was obviously very well-behaved and cute when he was young...
At this point, Xuan Lingzi could no longer conceal the truth. He had no idea where Luo Jianqing had gotten the name "Nine Lotuses Heaven-Destroying Record." Back then, in the Beidou Zhenjun ruins, Xuan Lingzi had gone to great lengths to change the name of the technique to prevent Luo Jianqing from noticing it, but in the end, Luo Jianqing still discovered it.
Xuan Lingzi held Luo Jianqing's hand with his backhand, and inserted his thin fingers into the gaps between their fingers, and soon their fingers were intertwined.
Xuan Lingzi said frankly, "Yes, that technique should indeed be called 'Nine Lotuses Heaven-Seizing Record'. It was also placed in the remains of the Northern Dipper Master seventeen years ago and asked you to obtain it."
Luo Jianqing used a little force with his fingers to pinch Xuan Lingzi's fingers, but the latter remained calm.
Luo Jianqing originally had no intention of punishing the other party; he was merely expressing his dissatisfaction. He asked, "Could this 'Nine Lotuses Heaven-Taking Record' be... just as I imagined?"
Xuan Lingzi sighed deeply and finally told the story of the past that had been hidden in the mist of history for 30,000 years and was known only to the successive masters of Mount Taihua and the masters of Yuxiao Peak.
"The 'Nine Lotuses Original Heart Record' and the 'Nine Lotuses Heaven-Defeating Record' share the same origin. As you might have guessed, they are both peerless techniques created by Venerable Nine Lotus. However, Jianqing, there is hardly any powerful being in the world who can create two completely different techniques. Even Venerable Nine Lotus would be absolutely impossible."
Luo Jianqing asked in confusion, "Then what is the relationship between the 'Nine Lotus Heart Record' and the 'Nine Lotus Heaven-Seizing Record'?"
Xuan Lingzi said, "To be precise, the 'Nine Lotuses Heaven-Snatching Record' is an improvement on the 'Nine Lotuses Original Heart Record'. I don't know what the Nine Lotus Venerable did to cause such a terrifying change to a technique, but the fact is, he did it. The two are essentially the same, but there are subtle differences. And it is precisely this subtle difference that, after millions of times of spiritual energy circulation, has produced completely different results."
Luo Jianqing became even more curious: "Master, why is it that we at Yuxiao Peak have always practiced the 'Nine Lotus Heart Record' instead of the 'Nine Lotus Heaven-Seizing Record'?"
Xuan Lingzi tightened his grip on Luo Jianqing's hand. He silently lowered his eyes and stared at his disciple for a long moment before whispering, "Because, apart from the Venerable Jiulian, no cultivator who practices the 'Nine Lotuses Heaven-Taking Record' has ever reached the sixth level. What awaits them... is only death."
Luo Jianqing was stunned.
Xuan Lingzi looked at his disciple's stunned expression, and couldn't help but feel his heart soften. With a little force, he embraced the person in his arms. Holding this warm body tightly, Xuan Lingzi's heart finally relaxed a little. His low and soft voice sounded gently in Luo Jianqing's ears: "But how could I, the master, harm you?"
Luo Jianqing raised his eyes and looked at him.
Xuan Lingzi said with a serious face, "About twenty years ago, I accidentally glimpsed the way of heaven and learned that you were destined to face a calamity. This calamity was a fatal one, with no escape possible. Therefore, I gave you the 'Nine Lotuses Heaven-Seizing Record', hoping that you could use it to overcome the calamity."
"It's actually like this." Luo Jianqing looked at Xuan Lingzi in surprise, and Xuan Lingzi also lowered his eyes and looked at him.
Luo Jianqing didn't notice that Xuan Lingzi's fingers, which were holding him, had already been clenched into fists, and his nails had dug into his palms, leaving crescent-shaped marks.
His words made Luo Jianqing believe it.
However, Luo Jianqing didn't know that even Xuan Lingzi himself didn't believe these words.
In his previous life, also twenty years ago, Xuan Lingzi suddenly gained a glimpse of the Heavenly Dao and knew that his disciple would face a fatal calamity twenty years from now. Why had he gained this glimpse? Xuan Lingzi didn't know. However, no matter how much spiritual energy he expended on calculations, he could never figure out how to help Luo Jianqing avoid this fatal calamity.
This is a fatal disaster. No matter where you are or who you are with, you will die in the end!
For those three years, Xuan Lingzi remained in seclusion, refusing to see Luo Jianqing. He confined himself to the bamboo hut, calculating day and night. The backlash from the heavens had severely injured him, and he consumed countless elixirs, yet still could not find the slightest hope.
If there really is no hope at all, then why should he be made aware of this fatal calamity!
Three years later, during the once-in-a-decade trial for newcomers at Mount Taihua, Xuan Lingzi racked his brains and finally figured out a way to survive.
Li Xiuchen!
So he accepted him as a disciple, and taught him attentively. Everything followed the path of life that he had painstakingly calculated. Xuan Lingzi placed all his hopes on Li Xiuchen, but he never expected that his most beloved disciple would lose his reputation in the past eighteen years and even fall into the devil's way!
Is there something wrong with the way of heaven?
Xuan Lingzi wasted his spiritual energy for another year and almost fell below the Spirit Transformation Stage, but the result he calculated was still: Li Xiuchen!
There is only Li Xiuchen, only Li Xiuchen.
Xuan Lingzi slowly closed his eyes, blocking out the overwhelming hatred. When he opened them again, everything was back to normal, as if nothing had happened.
Xuan Lingzi said: "Back then, the Nine Lotus Master disappeared, the ancestors of the Mo family died, 90% of the other human cultivators in the Spiritualization Stage perished, and the Heavenly Stage Demon Masters of the Demon Race were almost extinct. Everyone went to Mount Taihua to fight. In order to give them an explanation, the Yuxiao Peak of Mount Taihua no longer practiced the Nine Lotus Heaven-Taking Record. It was listed as a forbidden item and kept by each peak master. Mount Taihua
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