As the Universe Turns - Chapter 150

Chapter 150 Ruthless
Xiao Chen cupped his hands and went off into the distance alone. Not far away, the red-clothed elder suddenly stopped him and said, “Liao Wuchen, wait a moment.”

Xiao Chen stopped and turned around. “Elder, what instructions do you have?”

The red-clothed elder looked at him and stroked his white beard. He slowly said, “Among the newly promoted disciples, your cultivation is the highest. Are you willing to be the senior apprentice-brother of the newly promoted disciple?”

As soon as these words were spoken, many rookies in the distance were shocked. Before they came, they naturally understood that Celestial Pogoda was not the same as some other sects. The competition here was very intense, especially between the old disciples and the new disciples. In order to cultivate resources, there were always conflicts. This was also a kind of tempering.

As for letting Liao Wuchen be their senior apprentice-brother, it was obvious that the two elders had taken a fancy to him, so they asked him to be the senior apprentice-brother of the rookies. While bringing the rookies to cultivate, they also had to protect their junior apprentices and sisters.

Of course, no one here was unconvinced. After all, they had witnessed Xiao Chen’s strength just now. At this moment, many people revealed envious gazes. Being able to become the senior apprentice-brother of the trial elder meant that he would be able to achieve even higher achievements in the future, and it would also be easier for him to obtain Celestial Pogoda’s “Four Great Elder” guidance.

At this moment, the two elders looked at Xiao Chen and thought that he would nod happily. Unexpectedly, he cupped his hands and said, “Sorry, this disciple thought that he did not have this ability.”

Hearing this, everyone in the distance was stunned. Why did he refuse? Such a good opportunity was something that no one else could ask for. In the past, those disciples who wanted to be senior disciples would always fight for their heads and use battle techniques to decide. Now that it was the elders who chose him to be senior disciple, why would he refuse?

Everyone felt incredulous. The girl called Ling Luan also ran over quickly and shouted in surprise, “Hey, Liao Wuchen, what are you doing?”

“Sorry.”

Xiao Chen cupped his hands towards the two trial elders once again and turned around to go into the distance.

He wouldn’t be this senior apprentice-brother. Even though he knew that being this senior apprentice-brother would make it easier for him to find Senior Lonely Lamp in the future, he wouldn’t.

Right now, every time he thought of Qianyu Ni Shang, there was still a stinging pain in his heart, so he would no longer have any fetters, no longer have any fetters with anyone.

Moreover, he didn’t come here to cultivate like the others. He came here for the sake of achieving limitless achievements in the future. He only came here to find someone.

The two trial elders watched him leave alone and nodded slightly. Each of them had their own aspirations. Since he was unwilling to be this senior brother, they no longer had to force him to leave.

…

The crescent moon hung diagonally in the night. Xiao Chen had the best performance in the trial, so he had a separate courtyard. At this moment, he was sitting by the window of the attic, staring at the crescent moon in the sky, staring blankly.

His mind was in a state of chaos. Sometimes, he thought of Wei Yang. Where was Wei Yang now?

Occasionally, he would think back to more than twenty years ago, when blood flowed into the ancient village overnight. Just who did it, why did it happen, and who was he …

He took out the blood jade that Master had given him. There was a faint red light flowing on the blood jade. Even now, he could still feel a trace of bloodline connection from the blood jade. Especially after he picked up the mysterious black disk in the ruins below the desert, the feeling of bloodline connection became even more obvious.

Why did the blood jade that Master had given him feel like it was connected to his own bloodline?

He held the blood jade in his hand and couldn’t undo it. He took a deep breath and could only take it back. For some reason, he felt that his entire body was a secret. Whether it was the Heavenly Book Technique, the blood jade, or the mysterious black disk, they were all secrets.

After an unknown amount of time, the night grew deeper and deeper. The cold wind blew and rolled up dead leaves on the ground.

Suddenly, he remembered something. When he passed through Kuangsha Castle, he heard Granny Meng say that although the man who was seriously injured three hundred years ago had been healed by Nianxiang Qin, his body’s strength was unable to recover. Where did that person go? Could it be that he had also been here before?

Xiao Chen’s eyebrows furrowed deeper and deeper. He always felt that things were very unusual. Who exactly was that person? More than three hundred years ago, more than three hundred years ago, what exactly happened in the Immortal Primordial Ancient Land? Xuanqing Sect …

Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something. However, it was also at this moment that he suddenly felt his chest tighten. A strand of black gas suddenly appeared between his eyebrows and palms.

“This aura of death again …”

Xiao Chen’s face was deathly pale. Looking at the wisp of death aura in his palm, a few drops of cold sweat gradually oozed out from his forehead.

Today, when he used his martial arts to resist the two attacks of the purple-clothed elder, he had faintly affected the Death Qi in his body. Now, he did not know what was going on, because cultivating the Heavenly Book seemed to have planted a seed of death in his body.

This seed of death gave him the ability to control life and death. It allowed him to control all life and death at will, causing his cultivation to greatly increase. His cultivation had already far surpassed that of his peers.

But at the same time, this seed of death seemed to be eating away at him bit by bit. It even caused his temperament to change unknowingly, becoming ruthless, cold, and indifferent to life and death.

Right now, he was still able to suppress this backlash with a tall and profound Dao Art, but he didn’t know what would happen in the future.

After a long time, he finally used the Jade Light Heart Technique to suppress the Death Qi again. However, he didn’t know when or when it would explode again the next time he used his strength.

…

The next morning, Xiao Chen and the other 23 rookies went to the Cultivation Peak. The Cultivation Peak was a place where disciples usually cultivated. There were many Cultivation Valleys, and the spiritual energy in each Cultivation Valley was different.

This time, the rookies were very lucky. The elders gave them a cultivation valley filled with spiritual energy. However, the old disciples who had cultivated in this valley had no choice but to withdraw. In the future, there would definitely be a conflict.

However, none of this was important to Xiao Chen. On the third day, he didn’t go to the Cultivation Valley anymore. The others came to Celestial Pogoda to cultivate, but he only came here to find Senior Lonely Lamp. After finding Senior Lonely Lamp, he would leave Celestial Pogoda to look for Wei Yang.

Senior Lonely Lamp was actually one of the four Celestial Pogoda in Great Elder. If a rookie wanted to see the four Great Elder, they could only go through the tower called Heavenly Extreme.

The Heavenly Extreme Pagoda was also the most important thing for disciples to cultivate. Every disciple had to enter the Heavenly Extreme Pagoda to cultivate. The Heavenly Extreme Pagoda had a total of 9981 floors. Every year, disciples would have a chance to enter the pagoda. After passing the numerous tests on each floor, they would be able to cultivate on that floor in the following year.

If rookies wanted to meet four Great Elder, they had to reach at least the 36th level.

Three months later was the time for Xiao Chen to enter the tower for the trial. Therefore, Xiao Chen only needed to wait for three months.

Unknowingly, a month had passed. At that time, it was already winter, but there was no heavy snow on Extreme Heaven Peak. There was only a harsh cold.

This month, Xiao Chen hadn’t been to the Cultivation Valley again. He had been cultivating in his own courtyard. Just after noon, a burst of hurried footsteps came from outside, followed by a young girl’s anxious voice, “Wu Chen! Are you inside? Wu Chen!”

Xiao Chen ignored the girl outside. No matter how she shouted, he never opened his eyes. In the end, the girl suddenly ran up the pavilion and pushed open the door. It was the girl named Ling Luan from before.

“Get out.”

Xiao Chen still closed his eyes and said coldly.

Ling Luan walked over. He looked at him with earnest eyes, “Le Wu Chen, help us. We can’t beat them. Now that our senior sisters and junior brothers have been driven away by them, we have no place to cultivate. If this continues, we won’t be able to gather the spiritual energy of the cultivation valley. After two months, we won’t be able to enter Celestial Pogoda. If that happens, we won’t be able to enter the Heavenly Extreme Realm for the next year …”

Xiao Chen finally opened her eyes. Seeing him open his eyes, Ling Luan hurriedly brought a cup of tea from the nearby table. She looked at him earnestly, “Wu Chen, can you help us …”

Xiao Chen did not go to pick up the tea she brought over. He only said indifferently, “You should go find an elder for this matter.”

Ling Luan shook her head after hearing this, “No, no, no. Elders won’t care about this kind of thing. Only you can help us. Three days later, Feng Gufei’s people will have a duel with us, but we can’t beat them at all. If we fail, we won’t have a place to cultivate …”

Xiao Chen took a deep breath and slowly stood up. He walked to the window and looked at the fallen leaves all over the courtyard. He said indifferently, “I won’t help you.”

“Why?”

Ling Luan looked at him in astonishment. Along the way, she thought to herself that no matter how cold this person was, he would not be ruthless to the point of not saving him. But now …

She slowly walked over and whispered, “Why don’t you help us …”

“Why are there so many?”

Xiao Chen’s voice was cold. He turned around and walked back. Ling Luan was stunned behind him for a long time before she said, “But … But, weren’t we together?”

“Together?”

Xiao Chen slowly sat back down and said indifferently, “When did I say that I was with you? Go back, I won’t help you.” In the end, he closed his eyes and ignored her.

After a while, Ling Luan walked up again and thought for a long time before saying, “Then … how about I give you spirit stones? I have a lot of spirit stones that I can give you.”

As she spoke, she picked up a light purple spirit stone from her sleeve and handed it to him, “Here! Look!”

Xiao Chen still didn’t open his eyes. Ling Luan looked at the small spirit stone in her hand and slowly lowered her head. She scratched her head and said, “I, I only have this one now” Suddenly, she raised her head and said seriously, “But I can give you many spirit stones in the future! I have all the spirit stones as tall as a mountain!”

“I said I won’t help you, but I won’t. It’s useless to say more. Don’t disturb my cultivation.” Xiao Chen’s voice was cold as he flicked his sleeve and a palm wind sent Ling Luan out.

Ling Luan was sent outside the door by the palm wind. She swayed a few steps back before she could stand firmly. Just as she was about to say something, she heard a “bang” and even closed the door.