Chapter 497: 【380】Upgrade for Free! Master Nan is Generous! (4K for Monthly Tickets and Recomndations)_1
Eighteen hundred miles away.
There happened to be a natural magnetic field that could obstruct the probing of external perceptual powers.
The mist, ubiquitous in the mountain cliffs, resembled dormant fierce beasts, with the twilight’s glow seeping through the vapors, revealing and concealing the view within.
A figure sat at the edge of the cliff, holding an exceedingly ordinary bamboo fishing rod.
At the tip of the rod, a silver quadruple-line descended the cliff’s face, its length indiscernible, as if having no end in sight.
Next to him was a waterfall.
The water rushed fiercely.
Vague shadows could be seen darting through the waterfall, as quick as lightning, their nature a mystery.
The fishing elder suddenly lifted his head to look.
On the opposite cliff, a young man was climbing the mountain.
With his eyesight, he could easily pierce through the mist.
“He failed,”
remarked the young man as he laboriously climbed up the slope, his tone slightly breathless. He had not yet reached the edge of the cliff when he paused, gently wiping the sweat from his forehead with a white handkerchief tucked in his embrace, “There has been an unexpected developnt. But soone has concealed the aura of change.”
Across the waterfall, the elder glanced at the young man and said, “She’s different from the others, the Lu Li Heart, Ability to communicate with thunder and fire. Must you kill her instead of taking her as your wife?”
The young man took another step forward, chuckling lightly, “Are you trying to get killed?”
The elder, having placed his fishing rod in a crevice at the edge of the cliff, slowly stood up, “Her cosmic fate is quite unique. If you could really conquer it, the sches you plot would be twice as effective with half the effort.”
The young man stopped.
And fell silent.
He seed to be seriously considering this possibility.
But he eventually shook his head, “In the tales, it’s often by leaping off a cliff that treasures are found by chance. But in reality, whether I leap or not, so things do not change according to my will.”
The elder scattered so bait beside him, and shadows in the waterfall imdiately scrambled towards the surface.
Turned his back on the young man.
A silence fell between them for a mont.
Only then did the elder turn to look at him, his weathered face bearing a friendly smile.
“Do you really want to kill ?”
The young man was silent for a while before he sighed lightly, “I did think about it before coming here.”
“Why?” asked the elder, looking at him.
The young man t his gaze with candor, “The uncertainty makes uneasy. I wanted to stay out of it but now it seems I have already been drawn into this struggle.”
“Your identity has always destined such an outco,” the elder said, looking at the shadows churning beneath the water’s surface, “just like these fish, what’s the harm in jumping out?”
“I find it boring!” The young man raised his voice, sneering, “Because of this presumptuous act, it’s likely I’ll be stripped of my authority at ho—living like a dog, ending up with nothing. What’s all this for? If I can’t win that woman’s intricate heart, I will have a hard ti breaking through my limitations in this life. Now that I’ve slipped up, I might have already caught the attention of Master…”
“This isn’t a question for , but for yourself,” the elder said with a smile, “The universe is unsettled, victory or defeat is not yet to be discussed. A setback might turn out to be a blessing in disguise.”
The young man looked up, narrowing his eyes, saying nothing more.
He really wanted to kill this troubleso old man.
But he didn’t make a move.
Of course, there were reasons he could not.
The elder silently watched him, still smiling. As he walked over, covering a distance of dozens of ters in a single step, he suddenly appeared before the young man.
When the young man was all tensed up, the elder put his hand on his head, dispelling the chill that was tiring his body and soul.
He looked up.
In the elder’s eyes was unmistakable pity.
Pity… is even more condescending than sympathy.
But strangely, the young man didn’t feel any irritation.
The man before him was the Ancestor of Demon Dao from the North Continent, a formidable figure whose reputation resounded throughout the lands, the master of Minghe Ancestor who had committed heinous cris!
Who could… who would dare to disrespect him?
“The uncertainty really bothers ,” the young man sighed softly.
The elder withdrew his hand, his gaze remaining soft, “The Lu Li Heart is adept at exploiting loopholes in fate. The uncertainty is her making, but it won’t last forever. If you want to act, there’s still a chance.”
“If she really refines the Lu Li Body, in a few years she will condense her Domain. Do you think I will still have enough power in my hands by then?” the young man asked earnestly.
“It’s not shaful to fear death,” the elder said, “Isn’t everything you do aid at keeping death at bay for a little longer?”
The young man fell silent.
His gaze drifted into the distance.
Landing in the thin clouds where the heavens rged with the earth, his expression was complex.
“I heard that the one from Sword Pavilion is about to leave seclusion.”
The elder was unsurprised, “That woman has been walking the earth earlier than him, which isn’t a bad thing. The Federation is almost at its wit’s end, and in the end, no one knows what this world will beco.”
“But I heard…” The young man couldn’t help but look over.
But he did not finish what he was going to say in the end.
He hesitated.
And was more afraid.
The elder looked at him, satisfied, “Why waste life on matters that should not concern you? Even I dare not pry too deeply… The waters are too deep, with all manner of demons and evils lurking, why bother?”
The young man couldn’t understand.
But it vaguely confird so of his suspicions.
Yet he didn’t know if it was just his own wild guess.
Suddenly, the elder chuckled softly, “This uncertainty… suddenly gives a familiar feeling.”
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