Becoming a Sage Starts From Condensing the Essence of Time - Chapter 156:
Chapter 156: The Location to Converse with the Sacred Teacher, The Young Man Draws the Future with his Primordial Spirit (3)
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“Release the rankings!”
An Le rode on his sword and the spring rain slapped his face, bringing about a refreshing feeling that shook his mind.
He naturally had his own considerations for his conversation with Prime Minister Qin. Although he had forced himself to a dead end, he, who had gathered an invincible aura, was already walking on a dead end.
Once the invincible aura was broken, it was equivalent to a balloon bursting and losing the great hope of looking forward to the future.
Since that was the case, what harm was there in giving him more pressure?
Perhaps a huge pressure would become more and more the energy to blow up balloons?
Li You’an floated over and took a deep look at An Le. His eyes were filled with admiration and emotion.
“You’re betting on your own spirit and heroic qi. Once you fail the Hall Examination, I won’t save you, and Zhao Huangting won’t save you either, because this is your choice.” Li You’an said.
“The edge of a treasured sword has to be sharpened, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. Perhaps my sword will become sharper as it is tempered?”
An Le smiled.
Li You’an couldn’t help but chuckle. “You’re really like me when I was young.
Lin’an’s gentle place really doesn’t suit you. You should come to the Blue Wave
River battlefield… Only here can you experience true tempering.”
“Qin Lishi is afraid that once we cross the river, we won’t be able to defeat the
Yuan Meng Steel Cavalry. However, he really underestimated our troops by the Blue Wave River and the generals of Great Zhao. The reason why the Yuan Meng Army can’t attack the Blue Wave River is not because the Blue Wave River is a natural chasm, but because of the bravery and valiance of the Great Zhao generals.”
“These officials sitting in the court only know how to judge according to their own thoughts. They have never left the gentle land and rushed to the front line to take a look. They don’t know how brave the Great Zhao generals who stopped the Yuan Meng Army by the Blue Wave River are.”
“Our Great Zhao’s generals are not weak. It’s just that the country lacks the courage to cross the river.”
“In the Hall Examination, your greatest opponent is Ye Wenxi. Although her ranking on the Little Sacred Ranking is inferior to Qin Hua’an’s, Qin Hua’an will definitely lose to Ye Wenxi.”
“Ye Wenxi is Ye Longsheng’s granddaughter. She grew up on the battlefield of the Blue Wave River and climbed up among the dead. Her reputation on the battlefield of the Blue Wave River and in the Yuan Meng Army is not bad. Qin Hua’an, Sima Pudu, and the Wang family’s Qilin Son… The geniuses who grew up in a gentle village like Lin’an are very trash.”
“Therefore, the Blue Wave River battlefield is the best at nurturing people.” Li You’an looked at An Le and said.
When An Le heard this, he couldn’t help but chuckle. He naturally knew how ferocious Ye Wenxi was under the surface. She was a ruthless character who had taken many lives.
“The Blue Wave River battlefield?”
An Le couldn’t help but look forward to it.
Only experts honed on the battlefield could be considered true experts.
Li You’an had his hands behind his back as he galloped ahead. An Le rode his sword behind him. This time, he could relax and feel the freedom and ease brought about by riding his sword.
The two of them flew for a long time and passed by mountains that were hazy with smoke in the spring rain.
At the highest point of the twelve peaks, a misty green light was about to flow.
A green and hazy mountain peak gradually became clearer under his feet. Li You’an landed between the mountains with An Le.
It was lush and verdant, with layers of mountains. Waterfalls were pouring out, accompanied by thunderous roars.
The mountain path was muddy and few people came. Dead leaves and new leaves fell all over the ground. The air was filled with the unique freshness of the deep forest and the sour smell of autumn and winter.
Li You’an stepped on the mud and walked forward without using any cultivation. He had his hands behind his back and his eyes were filled with reminiscence.
An Le had Ink Pool Sword and Green Mountain by his waist. He followed quietly behind without any complaints.
The mud under their feet stained his white clothes and boots. With a deep foot and a shallow foot, the two of them moved forward through the mountains.
After a while, they arrived at the peak of the mountain.
A pine tree grew between the rugged and tall rocks by the cliff, and the mist that lingered around it was endless. What entered his eyes was actually a large flatland.
On the side was a huge precipice, as if it had been carved out with a sword.
The sound of flowing water lingered in the mountains, giving off a different kind of quiet feeling.
“Are you curious why I brought you here?”
Li You’an looked at An Le in his Confucian shirt and smiled.
An Le was indeed puzzled about where he was, but he did not have an answer in his heart.
When they reached the precipice, Li You’an looked at the mirror-like precipice and raised his hand to point. He said to An Le, “Come and look at this precipice. Can you see anything on the precipice?”
When An Le heard this, his heart skipped a beat. A legendary figure like Li You’an naturally did not bring him here to admire the scenery alone. He must have his own thoughts and ideas.
His gaze landed on the precipice, but he saw that it was as smooth as a mirror. Even the spring rain could not taint it, as if it was a tiled surface ground out by a tool in his previous life.
After taking a closer look, An Le could not see anything and could not help but shake his head. “I don’t see anything.”
Li You’an narrowed his eyes and smiled. “Do you know what this place is?” An Le still shook his head.
Li You’an stood under the pine tree with his back facing An Le, his Confucian shirt flapping.
“This mountain is originally nameless. It’s the place I chose to talk to the
Sacred Teacher after becoming the top scholar on the Little Sacred Ranking.”
“Originally, if I became the Seventh Mountain Lord, I would have chosen this mountain as the Seventh Mountain. Unfortunately, I didn’t become the Seventh Mountain Lord, so no one cared about this mountain and it remained nameless.” Li You’an said softly.
However, his words were earth-shattering and shocked An Le.
Li You’an smiled and patted the pine tree. He recited a poem softly, “Last night,
I was plastered at a pine tree. I asked the pine tree how drunk I got? In thinking it was about to help me up, I shoved it and told it to scram!”
“This is a short poem I composed before I failed to become the Seventh Mountain Lord. Therefore, I named this mountain ‘Pine Helping’.”
The name Pine Helping Mountain was really very casual.
However, what really shocked An Le was that this was the place where Li You’an had once talked to the Sacred Teacher.
Conversing with the Sacred Teacher was something that many cultivators dreamed of, but Li You’an only chose such an empty and casual place.
“I talked to the Sacred Teacher for a long time and asked all the questions in my heart. The Sacred Teacher answered them one by one, and I also understood the doubts about my cultivation.”
“When the Sacred Teacher left, he left three sword qi on this cliff. The sword qi formed a painting that depicted the past, present, and future. I observed two and comprehended the past and present. There’s only one left now.”
“I’ve brought many people over all these years. They’re all juniors I think highly of. Ye Wenxi has also been here, but no one has ever seen the painting on the wall.”
“I’m very interested in the last Future Sword Qi and want to know what the future is like, so I brought you here.”
“Look at it. If you can see the painting, you can comprehend it. If you can’t, then forget it.” Li You’an said.
The Sacred Teacher left behind three wisps of sword qi containing the past, present, and future?
An Le’s eyes narrowed as he looked at the smooth cliff.
Li You’an sat upright on the ancient pine tree and took a pot of wine from somewhere. He poured himself a cup and drank it, ignoring An Le.
An Le sat at the foot of the cliff and raised his head to stare at it. He stared carefully and continuously.
The spring rain stopped, and the sunlight broke through the clouds and sprinkled down.
The sun was setting in the west, and the stars and moon gradually climbed into the sky.
At dawn, the whiteness of the fish belly rose in the east, and the morning light filled the sky.
An Le kept staring at the cliff without moving.
In the blink of an eye, day and night passed.
In the deep mountains, it was silent. Only the sound of insects could be heard.
The starlight was like a waterfall.
Li You’an stood up under the ancient pine tree and shook his head, feeling that it was a pity. Perhaps this young man could not see the Future Sword Qi left behind by the Sacred Teacher and could not see the future.
That was true. The future was unknown. How could one look at the unknown?
Just as Li You’an was about to wake An Le up in disappointment, his brows twitched slightly as he took a step back and retreated under the ancient pine tree.
“The future? The Sacred Teacher did not draw the future, but drew his anticipation for a certain future.”
An Le seemed to mutter.
As soon as he finished muttering, An Le, who was sitting cross-legged and staring at the cliff, emitted a clear qi that surged elegantly.
The two swords, Ink Pool Sword and Green Mountain, transformed into two sword lights that rushed up and surrounded An Le, emitting a clear sword cry.
In the Niwan Palace between An Le’s eyebrows, sword qi clanged.
His Primordial Spirit actually took a step forward.
Step by step, he seemed to have ascended to the sky and walked towards the incomparably smooth precipice.
In the end, when he reached the precipice, he stretched out his hand and spread it into the precipice like water ripples. In Li You’an’s eyes, the young man’s Primordial Spirit seemed to have transformed into a sharp sword light that drew a future on the precipice!
In an instant, on the cliff, sword qi burst forth!
It soared straight up into the sky and charged straight at the stars!
