"I really don't understand you human practitioners." Little Eighth shook his bird head. "Is longevity really that important? For this goal, you can do anything. Since birth, you've been fighting for your aptitude and luck. All of you desperately want to ascend and attain the Dao. "He suddenly recalled Cheng Qingdiao. For the sake of longevity, he dared to kill a God.
"But, isn't the goal of a practitioner to attain the Dao and become a Deity?" Little Bai sighed. "I've entered a deity sect since I was young. Other than cultivating, what else can I do?"
"Up to you." Little Eighth's mood instantly turned bad. "In any case, my seventh elder sister wants to help you, so I can only follow her wishes. However, if there comes a day when you dare to harm her. "His voice turned cold, and he said word by word." I will definitely destroy your soul. "
He said it with too much certainty, and even Little Bai could not help but tremble, as though he could really do it. He could not help but feel a little doubtful. He rubbed his hand that was in pain. "Just what kind of beast are you?"
"Beast your sister!" Little Eighth immediately followed up with another claw. "You foolish human. I'm a phoenix. Do you know the God race? Don't lump me together with those low-level beasts. "
"Phoenix … Phoenixes look like this?" Little Bai evidently did not believe him. Was there a phoenix that was this round? And its body was covered in fur. This was evidently a little bird that had just hatched.
Little Eighth did not have the slightest self-awareness, and intentionally shook his wings. "How is it? Are you shocked by my race's elegance? How can the mortal beasts of this world be as … "
Little Bai did not speak. He immediately materialized a water mirror in front of him, and reflected a fiery red ball.
Little Eighth: "…" What's that stupid bird?
He turned to look at Little Bai, only to see an identical red ball reflected in his eyes.
"Ah ~ ~ ~ ~" A scream instantly pierced through the sky.
Little Bai: "…" Had he never looked at himself in a mirror before?
— — — —
Zhu Yao felt a little strange the moment she woke up. Little Eighth's entire bird body was listless, and he would occasionally glance at his own wings, revealing an expression as though he had nothing left to live for. Little Bai was the same as well. The word "decadent" was written all over his face.
Zhu Yao looked left and right, and automatically began to imagine the one hundred and eight unspeakable things the two of them did last night. Just what happened between the two of them last night? Don't mess around while I'm not here!
"Grandma …" Little tyrant took a step forward and straightened his expression. "My injuries have already healed. Now … should I leave?" He could not help but turn around to look in the direction of Ness Cesary Sect. His eyes were filled with complicated emotions. There were worries. Sadness, resentment, and bewilderment.
Zhu Yao frowned, and patted on his shoulders. "What's wrong? Can't bear to? "
His eyes darkened. After a while, he said, "I grew up there … Now that I'm this talented, I probably can't cultivate anymore …"
His head sank lower and lower. He clenched his fists subconsciously, and his body began to tremble slightly.
"…" Zhu Yao frowned.
"Grandma …" He suddenly raised his head. She asked anxiously, "Why … why doesn't anyone believe me? Even Sect Master … I really didn't hide my spirit root on purpose. If I had known that I was … I was … "
"If I had known that you were a penta spirit root, what would you have done?"
"I …" Little tyrant was stunned. A hint of panic flashed across his eyes, but he couldn't find the words to reply.
Zhu Yao sighed, and then turned to look at Ness Cesary Sect. "Little tyrant, do you resent them?"
"…" He did not speak. However, his hands instantly sank into his palms.
"You resent them, right? Resent them for wrongly accusing you, resent the Sect Master who watched you grow up not understanding you, and resent them for turning against you the moment they discovered your spirit root, chasing you out of Ness Cesary Sect? " Zhu Yao looked straight into his eyes. "You resent them for using this to make me hand over Skybond Peak, and resent yourself for being a penta spirit root even more, right?"
"Is that wrong?" Little Bai instantly grew agitated. "Grandma, I don't know what I did wrong. Is being a penta spirit root really such a heinous crime? "
"Haah …" Zhu Yao stroked his head, and seriously looked into his eyes. Suddenly, she felt a little glad that she came out with this child. Otherwise, with his experiences of ups and downs, without anyone guiding him by the side, he would only become more and more extreme. In the end, if he wasn't crippled, he would turn into a new bug that would take revenge on society.
"Little Bai, grandma can't say if it's right or wrong for you to resent them, but I simply want to say that in this world, no one has an absolute obligation to always treat you well. Though betrayal is very shameless, it's still built on the foundation that you have already put in. Say, if only you knew that you were a penta spirit root right from the start. But if you knew from the start, would something like this really not have happened? "
Zhu Yao solemnly said. "You know Ness Cesary Sect's rules better than me. If you were a penta spirit root right from the start, you wouldn't have entered the Inner Sect, and you wouldn't have a master, nor would you receive the Sect Master's guidance. In fact, you might even be suppressed by others, and you would be in an even worse state than right now. From the start, you obtained more things than others. These things might not belong to you, but now, they are going to be taken away. Are you going to turn around and blame them for not continuing to give? "
"…" Little Bai did not speak, the expression on his face grew even more confused.
"Little Bai … From a human perspective, it's indeed a little unreasonable for them to do this. However, logically speaking, there's nothing wrong with it. It's true that Qu Jiang is your master and disciple, but at the same time, he's the Sect Master. They had no choice but to do so. As for the others, they were outsiders. Looking at the matter as it stands, he chose the sect's reputation, and sacrificed you! There's no one to blame either. "
"In the end, you're just unbalanced. You stood high in the past, and now that you're down, there's naturally a difference. However, what you should really be thinking about is how to climb back up, and not blaming the person who pulled you up for letting go. "
"But … But what about grandma …" His eyes instantly became misty, and the guilt in his eyes seemed as though they were about to form an ocean. "Then what about grandma? Little Bai can be expelled from the sect, can he not have anything? But … Grandma clearly didn't do anything … yet … What about grandma? "
This child. So she was still the one he was most worried about. Zhu Yao's heart could not help but soften, as she stepped forward and hugged this crying youth.
"Do you think grandma will care?"
He raised his head, his red eyes were filled with doubt.
"Those things in Skybond Peak weren't mine in the first place. Right now, I'm merely returning them to their rightful owners. "Back then when she entered the hall, old man Wang Shang had already said this. The things inside were left for Ness Cesary Sect, and she had never seen them as her own. "They respected me as a senior-martial aunt, allowing me, a Foundation practitioner, to have the same status as a Demigod Sovereign. I enjoyed this status, so I helped them guard Skybond Peak. Now, they no longer need me to guard it, so naturally, I'll return this status. The deal is done. It's very fair! Why should I care? "
"But … But …" Little Bai still felt that something was amiss. However, he could not say it out.
"You feel that they shouldn't treat me this way simply because you care too much about the opinions of others." Zhu Yao continued. "However, cultivation is after all, our own matters. In this world, there's no one who can't live without another. Without Skybond Peak. Can't I ask? Can't you cultivate as a deity just because you're no longer in Ness Cesary Sect? Which rule of the Heavenly Dao did it? Or could it be that every deity must have the same resources as Skybond Peak, and enter the same door as Ness Cesary Sect? Little Bai … This world is huge. Not just Ness Cesary Sect. Carefully look at other sceneries. Don't let the hatred in front of you block your footsteps in pursuing the Great Dao. Don't let your inferiority complex become your excuse to not improve. "
Little Bai's eyes regained some clarity, as though he had understood something. He clenched his fists. "But with my current penta spirit veins aptitude, how can there still be any hope …"
"Is penta spirit veins very bad?" Zhu Yao asked. "Or do you feel that being born with penta spirit veins is unfortunate?"
"Could it be … that I'm not?"
"Little Bai …" Zhu Yao sighed. "Do you know how many people there are in this world?"
Little Bai did not understand why she was asking this, but he still answered honestly. "Ten million?" The various sects, sects, and wandering practitioners. There should be.
"Are you certain?"
He was startled for a moment. Only then did he understand that she was asking about people, and not practitioners. "If we include mortals, the number would be uncountable …"
Zhu Yao smiled. "Look … Among the uncountable number of mortals, there are only ten million practitioners. Even if you're the weakest practitioner, you can still be ranked within the ten million. If even you feel that you're unfortunate, then wouldn't those mortals have already died of misfortune the moment they were born? "
"…"
"Little Bai, you have to look further. Don't limit yourself to the things in front of you." Zhu Yao stroked his head. "Penta spirit veins doesn't represent anything? It doesn't represent the Heavenly Dao either. "
After saying that, she immediately released her Demigod-stage strength. In an instant, as though the surrounding trees were suffering from some sort of strong pressure, they collapsed one after another. The ground shook, and under this pressure, even the bugs and beasts stopped their cries. The surroundings instantly turned silent.
This … This is …
Bai Zhiyuan's face was filled with shock. The power to topple mountains and overturn seas, the pressure of a Demigod-stage practitioner!
"Grandma, you … y-y-you …"
Zhu Yao nodded, and said with emphasis on every single word. "Little Bai, don't forget, I'm a penta spirit veins holder as well."
Little Bai was startled, yet waves of excitement surged from the depths of his heart. Something called hope, was slowly beginning to sprout. It was as though the door to a new world had opened before his eyes.
Maybe … Maybe it was really as grandma said, he could do it as well!
A long while later …
"Grandma."
"Mn?"
"You're doing this on purpose, right? You've long wanted to leave Skybond Peak. "
"Uh … Hohoho, children shouldn't speak carelessly. Grandma wants to give others a chance to perform. "
That's clearly the case, right!?
"Grandma, I'm already fifteen years old. I'm no longer a child."
"So what if you're fifteen? You're just a little wimp in middle school when you're fifteen. Someone who hasn't even completed nine years of compulsory education, what face do you have to talk to me about growing up!? "
"…" What's nine years of compulsory education?
— — — —
Zhu Yao originally wanted to return to Tranquil Valley, but when she recalled the pitiful amount of spiritual energy in the valley, she changed her mind at the last moment. Because the seal on his spirit veins had been removed, little tyrant's cultivation had directly fallen from the third level to the first level. It was equivalent to his cultivation being reset to zero.
Since she had already decided to groom little tyrant into a new role model, naturally, she had to supervise his cultivation. And finding a place with abundant spiritual energy to cultivate was the most basic of all.
When his cultivation increased, his name would spread throughout the world, and his prestige would spread everywhere. It was simply so easy! Just thinking about it made her a little excited.
"Grandma, Cold Imperial City is right in front." Little Bai pointed to a large floating city in front of them. "Cold Imperial City is the largest cultivation city in the West Face Continent. Are we resting here today? "
"Mn." Zhu Yao nodded.
A place with abundant spiritual energy was not easy to find! Furthermore, most of the spiritual veins on the surface were already occupied by the various sects. They could only take it slow.
The moment they entered the city, an Essence-level disciple who looked like a waiter came to welcome them.
"Fellow daoists, are you looking for a place to stay? Our shop's cave residence is spacious, comfortable, safe, and reliable. Furthermore, it's backed by a spiritual vein, and is supplied with spiritual energy by the heavenly marquis! "He sized up the two of them for a moment, and then focused his gaze on Zhu Yao who had the highest cultivation. "It seems like this is your first time coming to Cold Imperial City. Five kilometers away from this city is the Bi Lin Forest. No matter if it's searching for treasures or beasts, our shop has various talismans and spiritual pellets for sale. Fellow daoist, do you want a bottle? "
"No need, we just need to find a place to rest for a while." Zhu Yao rejected.
"Alright! Then, fellow daoist, this lowly one will bring you to take a look at the cave residence, alright? "
Thus, the waiter led them into the city. The inns of the cultivation world were different from those of the mortal realm. Most of them were cave residences, and there were no so-called shopkeepers to manage them either. At the entrance of every cave residence, formations of various sizes were set up. If one wished to stay, they just had to place a spirit stone on the formation core at the entrance, and they would be able to enter. One low-grade spirit stone for a night, and when the time was up, the formation would automatically teleport them out. It was fully automated, convenient, fast, and pollution-free. There was even a heavenly marquis inside, and spiritual energy was supplied twenty-four hours a day. It was basically a holy land that one had to stay in when traveling.
Of course, she had to have money.
"Little tyrant." Zhu Yao nudged Bai Zhiyuan. "Pay up!"
"Grandma …" His face was filled with guilt. "I … didn't even bring a storage pouch, so …"
"It can't be, you don't even have a single spirit stone? Low-grade ones are fine too! "
Little tyrant shook his head.
"Hohohoho … Fellow daoist." Zhu Yao chuckled at the waiter. "Why don't you give us a comminuted fracture?"
The waiter's face instantly darkened.
"Chances of drawing a lottery, it's fine to forward it as well!"
The waiter's reply was, he immediately chased them out of the city.
Thus, they had no choice but to silently build a straw cottage outside the city, feeling that their lives would never be good again. If she had known earlier, she would have dug out a few more bricks!
She set up a five-elemental spiritual energy spiritual guiding formation for little tyrant, and after giving him a few reminders, she returned to the house.
She had no choice but to meditate while seriously pondering just how much it would cost to groom an elite. This was a huge problem that concerned the people's livelihood and the country's economy.
Not long after she entered a meditative state, she suddenly sensed a hint of yin energy appearing in her surroundings. It was very weak, as though it would scatter with a single blow. Voices instantly sounded from outside the house.
"It's dark, let's go scare her!" A female voice said. (To be continued)
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