As the Universe Turns - Chapter 1002
Chapter 1002 Re-enter The Mortal World
“What are you doing back in the mortal world?”
Shui Hanyan and Bu Yundian were puzzled. Xiao Chen wasn’t surprised by their confusion. Everyone had different cultivation methods. At the peak of the East China Sea, he had comprehended the Undying Concept of a Black Tortoise Stone by the cliff, so he had his own cultivation methods.
At this moment, Xiao Chen looked into the depths of the cloudy valley and said, “Ancient Absolute Saints abandoned their wisdom. When they saw Su Baopu, they were returning to simplicity and truth.”
“Return to simplicity and truth …”
This time, Shui Hanyan and Bu Yundian immediately understood. Although their cultivation methods were different, this “Returning to simplicity and returning to truth” was a supreme realm in the Taoist sect. How could an ordinary person reach this realm?
In the mortal world, those “old deities” who looked like “immortals” and claimed to have “returned to simplicity and truth” were mostly Fraudsters.
“This Absolute Sage has abandoned wisdom and returned to simplicity and truth … I’ve heard of it before.”
Bu Yundian frowned deeply. At this moment, he slowly fell into deep thought. After a long time, he came back to his senses and looked at Xiao Chen. “There was once an expert who experienced three thousand tribulations and was about to enter the Sage realm. However, he chose to give up on becoming a Sage. That is to say, the ‘Absolute Sage abandoned wisdom’ you mentioned earlier. He returned to his original state.”
“But …”
Shui Hanyan frowned slightly and interrupted, “This is only a rumor. Whether there really is such a person in this world is hard to say, after all. Moreover, all cultivators become immortals and become saints once. If they abandon their wisdom, there will probably be very few people in this world.”
Xiao Chen nodded slightly. Actually, he knew that regardless of whether it was abandoning the mortal world to become a Saint or abandoning the Absolute Sage’s intelligence to become a mortal world, both of them might be reasonable, but the ultimate goal was to make himself stronger.
After a while, he said, “This matter is not urgent. After a few days, it won’t be too late to talk about the matter of Yun Sect. Moreover … the cold energy in Wei Yang’s body has been rebounding for a long time. Yesterday, she consumed Wuding Sect heavily in Spiritual Energy, and I saw the cold energy rebounding again. Next, I’m afraid that the two seniors will have to worry about it.”
Hearing this, Bu Yundian’s eyebrows tightened. He stroked his white beard and said, “If you don’t tell me, I have forgotten about this matter. That day at Qingpong Cliff, the little girl was injured by Hei Yue from the sky, causing the cold energy to bite back. How is today?”
Actually, on that day at the Cyan Pine Cliff, Hua Weiyang did not suffer the backlash of the cold energy. It was just to make Bu Yunding leave faster.
Xiao Chen said, “She is fine with what happened that day, but it is not appropriate to delay for now.”
“That’s right, that’s right …”
Bu Yundian stroked his beard, narrowed his eyes, and said, “But not only is there a chill in the little girl’s body, there seems to be an extremely strong power sealed inside. This power can’t even see through the old man’s age. Kid, do you know where he came from?”
There were too many secrets about Wei Yang. Even now, Xiao Chen was still unaware of them. One was her Spiritual Energy. Her Spiritual Energy could be so powerful that it could heal Heavenly Spirit Sect’s cracks. Even if the Ten Saints put together, they might not be able to do so.
Second, there was a mysterious power sealed within her body. This power only needed to release a strand of it to attract heavenly punishment. If it were to erupt one day, how unimaginable would it be?
Suddenly, Xiao Chen remembered Ruoshui. Within Ruoshui’s body, there was also an extremely powerful force. However, even she did not know about it. However, Qianyu Nichang seemed to be very clear about this matter. However, Qianyu Nichang did not want to say anything else …
“Senior Medicine Saint, I heard you talking about me again from so far away.”
Right at this moment, a girl’s voice that was as clear as a silver bell suddenly came from outside the mountain stream. The three of them followed the sound and saw Hua Weiyang strolling over from within the flowers. His clothes were fluttering and his figure was beautiful.
“Wei Yang, you’re here.”
Xiao Chen walked over to her. Hua Weiyang snorted and wrapped his hair around his fingers, saying, “I thought I heard you going out to the mortal world just now? Hmm … It’s spring, and I want to go out for a walk too …”
Xiao Chen shook his head. “I’m worried that the cold wounds in your body will backlash, so you have to stay in Lustless Heaven for the next period of time. Don’t go anywhere. Let the two seniors see if there is any way to suppress the cold in your body. As for the matter of returning to the mortal realm, we’ll talk about it after the Yun Sect incident.”
“Oh, okay …”
Hua Weiyang pursed his lips and revealed a look of displeasure. Then, he smiled and greeted Shui Hanyan and Bu Yundian, “Senior Medicine Saint, Senior Medicine Saint.”
Although the Yun Sect attack had had a significant impact on Lustless Heaven, she was not as gloomy and gloomy as Madam Xian Shu.
It was probably her nature to be sad when she was sad, and not to lose a smile when she wasn’t sad.
…
Over the next seven days, the people of Night Shade had been investigating Yun Sect. To this day, they were certain that the other party had all withdrawn to Spirit Ruins Realm. However, it was still uncertain whether they would launch another surprise attack to seize the spiritual veins.
However, this time, the sects under the Undesirable World were already prepared. If they came again, they would definitely teach him to come back and not return.
Over the past few days, Xiao Chen had left everything outside to Madam Xian Shu while he meditated in Lustless palace to comprehend the Concept.
That day, Shui Hanyan was right. Sect Leader Yun Sect of Yun Daozi had an unfathomable cultivation base. With his current cultivation base, it was absolutely not appropriate for him to clash with the other party. Unparalleled would be imminent. If both sides were to be injured, it would not be beneficial to anyone.
In addition, the last time he went to Mount Shu to search for the Nine-tailed Fire Spirit Fox, he met Xiao Meng’er. That time, he already felt that Xiao Meng’er’s cultivation was no lower than his own. If he could find that Yi Mu Essence with the help of his senior apprentice-brother, he would even be able to get a glimpse of the Sage realm …
This woman’s talent in both dao and martial arts was not inferior to Qianyu Nichang’s. It was not an exaggeration to say that she was a once-in-a-thousand-year genius.
It was just that his father was too sharp back then, so much so that every time he mentioned the Xiao Clan today, the first thing many people outside would think of was the word Xiao Zhufeng, not Xiao Meng’er. However, among the younger generation, the words Xiao Meng’er were like thunder that pierced through their ears.
At this moment, Xiao Chen’s eyebrows gradually frowned. No matter what, this Unparalleled Gathering was definitely not simple. Perhaps things from back then would have surfaced. Otherwise, outside Acheron Valley, Tianzhu City’s sick Qilin would not have specifically mentioned this Unparalleled Gathering to him.
About his father and mother, as well as the person who shot the Three Corpse Demon into his body …
“Brat, are you inside?”
Right at this moment, Xiao Chen suddenly heard Xiao Cangtian’s voice from outside the secret hall. He regained his senses and stood up, saying, “Senior, something’s wrong.”
“Rumble!” The stone door of the secret hall opened. Light pierced through from the outside. Xiao Cangtian walked in and nodded at him. “You’ve been in seclusion for many days. How is it now? Did you comprehend a higher level of artistic conception?”
Xiao Chen took a deep breath and shook his head, “I’m afraid I’ll have to return to the mortal realm to comprehend this domain.”
“Return to the mortal realm and comprehend the profound
Xiao Cangtian narrowed his eyes and said with concentration, “It can be considered a method, but if we can find another Heavenly Book, it would be even better. It can even forcefully break through the shackles of this layer of cultivation. After all, the Heavenly Book you cultivate is still a fragment …”
“Heavenly Book …”
Xiao Chen focused. After the Battle of the Righteous Devil, the Heavenly Book was divided into several fragmented scrolls that scattered throughout the world. For the past three thousand years, how could it be so easy for people to find the Heavenly Book if they wanted it?
In the past three thousand years, many people had spent their entire lives not being able to find a corner of the Heavenly Book. It was purely a coincidence that Xiao Cangtian had obtained the Heavenly Book back then.
Even though what he was cultivating was only a fragment of a scroll that had fallen into the mortal world back then, he had also comprehended a heaven-defying divine ability like controlling life and death from it.
Not only that, the Heavenly Book also made his cultivation much deeper than that of ordinary people. He could even circulate the remnant of the Heavenly Book to its limit, instantly condensing all the Essence Qi in all directions for his own use. This cultivation technique was extremely terrifying, but because he was afraid that the remnant of the Heavenly Book would backfire, he did not use it much.
“Even though the Heavenly Book is strong, it can’t be forced.”
Xiao Chen shook his head. It was impossible for him to say that he did not have the slightest intention of searching for another Heavenly Book fragment. It was just that no one knew where the Heavenly Book was scattered back then. If he searched like this, he would undoubtedly be looking for a needle in a haystack. In the end, his cultivation would be delayed.
“I’ll go back to the mortal world after the matters outside are over.”
Xiao Chen turned around and looked at Xiao Cangtian. If he really wanted to talk about it, he had grown up in a small village in the mortal world, but since he started cultivating, especially in recent years, he had been far away from the mortal world. It would be very appropriate to say that he was returning to the mortal world.
“That’s good …”
Xiao Cangtian nodded. By the next day, Xiao Chen had finished his preparations, looked at Wei Yang again, and left for the outside of Lustless Heaven.
Back then, when he met the old beggar Feng Moyao in Qingzhou City and the other party gave him three swords, he was considered to have entered the mortal world. However, at that time, he was completely focused on fish dishes, but he ignored this mortal world’s Hundred Styles.
It was only later that he went to Suzhou to find the mandarin fish in order to be the “envious fish” and met the white-bearded man fishing by the Taihu Lake. This was the first time he had comprehended the concept of “returning to simplicity and returning to truth”. If not for this, it would have been difficult for him to “comprehend truth” last time.
So this time, he wanted to go to Suzhou to see if he could find that White-bearded Weng again. At that time, his cultivation was still low. He didn’t know that the other party was actually an expert hidden in this mortal world. How could he still think that he was just an ordinary old man?
Suzhou was far away in the Central Plains, 10,000 kilometers away from Lustless Heaven. However, with his current cultivation, three days was enough.
…
It was currently the spring of March, and the drizzle in the south of the Yangtze River was like silk. The willows swayed gently in the gentle breeze and drizzle. There weren’t many pedestrians on the road. They were holding up colorful oil paper umbrellas, crow cyan, vermillion red, and dim green … Waves of ink fragrance floated towards them.
Xiao Chen stood at the end of the bridge and looked at the boundless mist on the lake surface. The raindrops fell into the water and a carp poked its head out.
It had been a long time since he had come to the mortal world. Ordinary people only lived for a hundred years, so the mortal world had changed once every hundred years. Everything he saw and heard today was completely different after a hundred years.
Whether it was the young girls who were carrying umbrellas in the rain, or the young men, love or hate, joy or farewell, a hundred years later, they had all returned to dust.
A hundred years later, when passers-by saw the two graves at dusk, who would know that they had loved and hated each other so much?
The rain stopped at an unknown time. A rainbow hung on the horizon, and there were more and more pedestrians on the road. There was also a fragrance of vegetation in the wind after the rain.
Xiao Chen came to the street and looked at the peddlers shouting on both sides of the street, the busy shop assistant in the restaurant, and the middle-aged woman cursing at the corner of the street for some reason …
In the mortal world, this was not the only thing.
Walking a few more streets, two people walked towards them. These two people’s clothes were bright and beautiful, and they did not look like people from the mortal world.
On the left was a dignified young man. He looked around twenty years old, while on the right was a girl who was well-suited for painting. She wore a light red dress, bright eyes, bright teeth, exquisite jade, and two strands of sugar gourds in her hand.
“I didn’t expect that there would be so many fun places in this mortal world. Hehe, Suzhou, Suzhou, but with us, Su …”
“Shh, little sister, what do you think of the scenery over there?”