Chapter 111: Cang Li was forcibly taken into a room...
Cang Li was forcibly taken into a room and was unable to cultivate in seclusion. He kept wondering if the rules of this world were really right.
Unable to figure it out, and not wanting to stay in the room any longer, she went out and saw Taiqing and Donghuang Taiyi standing silently, the scene somewhat eerie.
Cang Li paused for a moment, then walked to Tai Qing's side: "Daoist Master?"
Taiqing turned to look at Cangli: "Why did you come out?"
Cang Li shook his head and looked at Donghuang Taiyi opposite him:
"Are you here to avenge your nephew?"
Donghuang Taiyi looked at Cang Li for a while before asking:
"Do you remember what you promised when you took the ten spirit arrows?"
Cang Li thought for a moment and realized that she would unconditionally agree to one of the things Donghuang Taiyi would ask of her in the future.
Cang Li nodded and said, "I remember. I'll agree to anything I can do. You want me to stop causing trouble for Di Jun?"
Donghuang Taiyi shook his head: "No, give me that sword, the Witch-Slaying Sword in your hand, as an exchange for the Spirit Arrow. After you give me the sword, we'll be even."
Cang Li was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously wanted to refute, saying it was not the Slaughtering Witch Sword, but the Xuanyuan Sword, but the words just wouldn't come out.
The Xuanyuan Sword is the same as the Witch-Slaying Sword. She obtained the Xuanyuan Sword from the shop, and the human spirit inside it is unknown which dimension's humans died tragically.
Donghuang Taiyi saw that Cangli remained silent and then said:
“Cang Li, you know very well that your brother will not give up. He will still take action, and may even formally declare war on the human race. The human race is now unable to resist; they can only passively accept their deaths. That sword is useless to you.”
"Give me the sword, and humanity will be spared. Your grudges with the demon race will be wiped clean. It's a very worthwhile deal."
Cang Li pointed at the Soul-Collecting Bag: "How can you wipe the slate clean? In my eyes, I killed the Golden Crow, and I will accept your revenge, but you shouldn't involve innocent humans. They haven't done anything wrong."
Donghuang Taiyi did not answer, but said to Cang Li:
"Do you want tens of thousands more human souls in your soul-collecting bag?"
This sentence left Cang Li speechless. She couldn't refute Donghuang Taiyi. Donghuang Taiyi was right. If the sword was given away, Di Jun would get the sword and give up slaughtering the human race.
Taiqing remained silent; he never interfered with Cangli's decisions.
After a long while, Cang Li threw out the Xuanyuan Sword, turned around and faced away from Donghuang Taiyi: "You can leave now. Let's pretend we never met."
Donghuang Taiyi took the Xuanyuan Sword, looked at Cangli for a while, nodded to Taiqing, and then turned and left without looking back.
Cang Li rubbed his eyes, looked up at Tai Qing and said:
"Master, I want to sleep."
Taiqing led Cangli into the room, saying, "Go to sleep, I'll be right here."
Cang Li climbed into bed, covered his head with his blanket, and thought that a good night's sleep would make him feel better. He would wake up to find that it was a new day, and it was no big deal.
Cang Li slept for a long time, more than half a month.
During this time, Taiqing stayed by Cangli's side the whole time, glancing at him every now and then, and only closing his eyes to meditate after confirming that Cangli was alright.
Even as Cang Li slept, he still gripped the soul-collecting bag tightly in his hand, as if these people would still be there if he didn't let go.
When Cang Li woke up, it was a bright and sunny day outside. When Cang Li opened her eyes and turned her head, she saw Tai Qing sitting by the bed.
Taiqing sat there upright with his eyes closed, like a statue of a god.
Cang Li got up and reached out to touch Tai Qing's face, but her hand was grabbed as soon as she touched him.
Taiqing grasped Cangli's hand, opened her eyes, and a smile appeared on her lips:
"woke up?"
While Cang Li was asleep, the energy within his body gradually returned to normal, and he recovered considerably after waking up.
Cang Li nodded: "Yes, I'm awake. Daoist, have you been guarding here the whole time? Am I being a nuisance?"
Taiqing stood up and pulled Cangli into his arms. Cangli's face was pressed against Taiqing's chest. Taiqing sighed and said:
"It's no trouble at all. I'm just glad you're alright. Don't scare me like that again."
Cang Li was somewhat surprised: "Even a Taoist priest can be frightened?"
Taiqing chuckled but remained silent.
Cang Li broke free from Tai Qing, got out of bed, put on her shoes, and said:
"Daoist Master, I feel that my strength is still not enough. I would like to spar with the Shangqing Sage. Or Daoist Master, how did you cultivate in the past? How did you get to where you are now in the prehistoric world? I also want to gain some experience."
Cang Li reflected on herself and realized that she was not strong enough to kill Di Jun in one fell swoop. If she were strong enough, Fu Xi would not have had a chance to stop her.
Taiqing agreed without hesitation: "Okay, Third Brother is bored anyway, I'll go with you."
As she spoke, she naturally took Cang Li's hand and walked outside, heading directly to Tongtian.
Tongtian was lying on the roof, utterly bored. When he saw Cangli arrive, his eyes immediately lit up, and he jumped down from the roof, saying:
"Big brother! Cang Li, if you don't come soon, I'm going to come looking for you!"
Cang Li, carrying a ruler of discipline, got straight to the point:
"Sage Shangqing, I would like you to give me some guidance on practical experience."
Tongtian laughed heartily, and the Qingping Sword appeared in his hand: "Of course, of course! I've been itching to get my hands dirty!"
As he spoke, he rushed over, holding back some of his strength to avoid hurting Cang Li.
Cang Li led the Teaching Ruler forward. She wanted to use the Teaching Ruler flexibly before she could combine it with swordsmanship. Perhaps she didn't need to combine it with swordsmanship, since her natal magic weapon was the Teaching Ruler, not a sword.
Tongtian had never experienced the power of the Teaching Ruler before, but he could sense the subtle laws within it, so he would dodge it.
After a few exchanges, Tongtian sheathed the Qingping Sword and, empty-handed, said to Cang Li:
"What's the origin of your magic weapon? I'll give it a try."
Cang Li's eyes lit up, and he rushed forward and knocked Tongtian on the head.
Tongtian was momentarily bewildered. In that brief moment, he could vaguely sense that the strange magic weapon's faint laws had a slight effect on him, but it vanished in an instant.
"What a powerful magic weapon!" Tongtian became interested and simply stood still, saying to Cangli, "One more time!"
Cang Li knocked several times, and Tong Tian was in high spirits. These knocks made him feel a little strange, but it didn't have much of an impact. However, if his older brother took this thing, he would be finished.
After knocking a few times, Cang Li got bored. She wanted to increase her martial arts skills, but Tongtian was treating her like a child. Cang Li turned to Taiqing and said:
"Daoist Master, I'm done playing. Are there still ferocious beasts in the primordial world? I'm going to kill the murderer."
Taiqing nodded: "Of course there are, the primordial world is full of ferocious beasts."
Cang Li said, "Then let's go."
Tongtian objected: "Leaving so soon? Aren't you going to fight anymore?"
Cang Li shook his head: "I won't fight, I'll go kill the ferocious beast."
Tongtian looked disappointed, but quickly cheered up: "I'll go with you!"
Taiqing glanced at Tongtian indifferently, and Tongtian immediately deflated, waving his hand and saying, "Alright, alright, I won't bother you anymore."
Cang Li had already gone far away. She went to kill the ferocious beasts for two reasons: first, to increase her strength, and second, because she instinctively realized that she needed to do something to vent the anger in her heart.
There are many ferocious beasts in the primordial world, but in recent years, the laws of heaven have become more and more perfect, so they don't come out to cause trouble everywhere.
Cang Li successfully found a Qiongqi in the deep mountains. This Qiongqi was quite strong and relied on its animal instincts to attack, making it much more difficult to deal with than a cultivator with consciousness. Cang Li also had some difficulty dealing with it.
Fortunately, Cang Li possessed considerable strength and eventually killed the murderer, panting heavily.
Taiqing had been following behind, and only came over after seeing Cangli kill Qiongqi:
“You were distracted just now. Qiongqi’s fatal point is on his shoulder. Next time, don’t hesitate to strike and kill him with one blow.”
Cang Li nodded and continued on to the next location.
After killing dozens of ferocious beasts, Cang Li's combat experience gradually increased, finally making up for the mismatch between her cultivation level and combat power.
After killing a Taotie, Cangli stood there, staring blankly at the Taotie's corpse.
What difference is there between her killing this Taotie and the Wu tribe killing the demons, or the demons killing humans? It's all killing. In her eyes, the lives of demons and humans are the same. Does Taotie think its life is different from that of humans?
Ultimately, she only cared about the lives of the human race. Everything in the primordial world was a set of rules that had evolved over time, and the constant struggles didn't cease to exist just because she couldn't adapt to them.
But it doesn't matter, soon the human race will become the ruler of the prehistoric world, and the demon and witch races will release their prehistoric history.
Cang Li suddenly smiled, and a blurry figure flashed behind him.
Tai Qing breathed a sigh of relief and walked to Cang Li's side, saying:
"Congratulations, you have slain the evil corpse."
Cang Li was much calmer and said to Tai Qing:
"Daoist Master, have you cultivators who have lived since the beginning of time become so accustomed to these conflicts that you don't care much? Is it because you already knew this was an inevitable outcome?"
Taiqing nodded: "Yes, when the world was first created, everyone worked hard to seize resources for survival. Later, the cultivation levels of some people diverged, and the battle between the teacher and the Demon Ancestor began. In the end, the Dao prevailed, the teacher became a saint, and preached the Dao in Zixiao Palace."
"At this time, the three clans of dragon, phoenix, and qilin began a conflict that lasted for tens of thousands of years. In the end, the ancestral dragon died, and the primordial phoenix died after becoming pregnant. The conflict between the three clans came to an end. The dragon clan retreated to the four seas, and the qilin and phoenix clans disappeared."
"The primordial world did not find peace. Before long, the Golden Crow, born from the Sun Star, claimed to be the true successor of Pangu, gathered the demon race to establish the Demon Court, and proclaimed himself the Lord of the Primordial World."
"The Wu tribe, born from the essence of Pangu, was dissatisfied and occupied Buzhou Mountain to fight against the demon tribe, thus beginning a new round of conflict."
"Ah Li, do you understand? All things in the world, as long as they live on this land, will have conflicts; this is the law."
Cang Li nodded: "Yes, I understand."
She was wrong to view the prehistoric world with modern ideas. Taiqing was right. She couldn't change everyone's mind, so she would start with the human race. As the great leader of the human race, even if she couldn't eliminate the conflicts, she would let people know that she would not offend others unless they offended her.
Taiqing shook his head. Cangli hadn't fully understood yet. Oh well, there was still plenty of time. There would be a day when Cangli would figure it out.
The two walked back hand in hand. Cang Li was about to suggest that she go back to the human race to visit her, as she had been away for more than a year and truly missed her people.
Just then, the sky and earth changed color, and fluctuations of fighting came from the direction of Buzhou Mountain. The commotion was so great that even those thousands of miles away could not ignore it.
Taiqing looked over and said calmly:
"The final battle between the Lich and Demon races has begun, Ali, watch closely."
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