Chapter 1952: Chapter 381: Life Like a Glimr
“A child’s pure heart, good, really good!”
To everyone’s surprise, although Tang Tianyu already drew his sword, Baili Qiuxin’s face showed no sign of panic or anger. He rely glanced at the two young n filled with murderous intent, just like an elder looking indulgently at the younger generation.
This inexplicable scene made Tang Tianyu sowhat at a loss, but thinking of the sect’s assessnt and the helpless faces of the Qianxi Village people, he took a deep breath to suppress his discomfort, resolutely drawing the sword, pointing the blade directly at the old temple guardian’s brow.
“Tonight, I co here to take the old master’s life to awaken the villagers of Qianxi to save themselves, not out of enmity.”
With intentions set in his heart, Tang Tianyu stared at the old temple guardian, saying slowly, “After this, Tianyu will properly bury the old master as a sacrifice!”
“Such a good child, it’s a pity you chose the wrong path.”
Facing Tang Tianyu’s boiling killing intent, Baili Qiuxin first praised him, then paused, filled with regret and pity in his tone, “If you two truly want to save Qianxi Village and its believers, your task here shouldn’t be to wield your sword against but to pray with us. A cultivator’s will is a hundredfold stronger than that of ordinary people. If you’re willing to join us, the deity will surely hear Qianxi Village’s prayers and send a divine ssenger to save us from despair!”
“This old man is insane, let’s do it!”
Finally unable to hold back, Tang Nianfan, who had been standing behind the old temple guardian, spread his arms like an eagle, his fingers turned into claw shape, and two brilliant orange-red spiritual flas burst from his palm centers, rolling and expanding.
In an instant, the two spiritual flas condensed into two fireballs, illuminating inside and outside of the Ziye Village Temple.
In this orange-yellow light and shadow, there was a dazzling flash of silver light, tearing the wind to strike; it was Tang Tianyu’s frontal assault.
At the sa ti, the now charged Tang Nianfan also swung his hands forward, sending the spiritual fla fireballs flying with trailing flas, the killing intent boiling.
Having experienced the True Spirit’s quest and seeing the world, Tang Tianyu and Tang Nianfan were now considered skilled within the Mortal Realm, and this two-sided attack made even those at the peak of the Mortal Transformation cautious.
Although the old temple guardian had cultivation, the aura sensed from afar during the rituals did not exceed the Mortal Transformation realm, plus being affected by the backlash of the formation. This was the real reason Tang Tianyu was confident without urging Yang Fan to join him.
Facing the aggressive strike from the two, Baili Qiuxin knew further words were pointless. After a sigh, he spun his body, his palms flying, gripping Tang Tianyu’s sword with just two fingers, and swiftly dispersed the charging spiritual fla fireballs.
“Hah!”
Without waiting for the stunned young n to react, a surge of overwhelming spiritual power erupted from the old temple guardian, the shockwave forcing the two back.
As the brothers’ backs hit the wall, Baili Qiuxin seed to have transford, his white brows and hair flying, a once frail body inflated with vigor, taut muscles straining the loose divine robe.
Especially his arms, which expanded even more exaggeratedly, with engorged veins through which seed to flow not blood but so silver light.
Disciples from reputable families understood such conduct, naturally realizing that the old temple guardian was using an extrely advanced secret technique with combat prowess more exaggerated than appearance.
But what puzzled them was if he possessed such skills, why did this old man pretend to be weak at Shitan every day!?
“Now, let’s see how you handle mine!”
Tang Nianfan, with a tap of his heel against the wall, filled his arms with spiritual fla true energy. In the three-zhang distance of his flying leap, his arms swelled to the thickness of his legs, and the montum of steamrolling energy was not weaker than Baili Qiuxin’s.
Silver giant arms clashed with steaming red giant arms, exploding with a “boom” like Heavenly Thunder in a drought.
…
After Tang Xing laid out the mission objectives to the Unparalleled Four Heroes, he disappeared.
Yang Fan and the others thought the leader was hiding in the shadows, but in fact, Tang Xing had already rushed under the starry sky back to the severely affected Donglan Mountain Range and t his long-waiting elder brother.
To tell the truth, Tang Xing didn’t quite understand his responsibilities as a leader this ti because, in his view, leading four disciples over the mountains had nothing to do with what he was now tasked to do.
On the way, among the vast mountain ranges, he pondered countless tis without finding a reliable answer. Now, seeing his brother, he could no longer hold back his multitude of questions.
Riding the fierce wind to his brother’s side, just about to speak, he heard Tang Luo ask, “If you were alone, how long would it take to go from Vimazhita Plain to here?”
Not knowing why his brother asked this, Tang Xing nevertheless thought carefully, “I have a secret art for flying escape, with the triple Vajra Seal for protection. Unless faced with extre peak wind and thunder, nothing can harm . If I travel day and night, excluding ti for cultivation and recovery, I can reach here in at most twenty days!”
Upon hearing Tang Xing’s answer, Tang Luo asked again, “Then why did a journey that could be done in twenty days take so long?”
“Isn’t it because brother wants to lead a team!”
Speaking of this, Tang Xing got angry, “Nianfan and Tianyu were enough of a burden, the other two even more so, causing many shortcuts to be inaccessible and many places that could be crossed directly had to be detoured. If it weren’t for this, I would’ve been there long ago!”
Hearing Tang Xing complain, Tang Luo rely smiled and asked, “Arriving sooner or later, but did you ever think about the difference between arriving alone in Zhongzhou and leading a team there?”
“Difference?”
Tang Xing pondered Tang Luo’s question, sowhat lost.
He thought about the journey from Gegong to Zhongzhou, solving worries and problems for the four burdens along the way. Besides leading them in the mornings, he also had to scout the next day’s path at night while they rested.
Gogong Divine Mountain was too vast, with no complete terrain map. These days, the routes they traveled were actually paths Tang Xing scouted the night before, ensuring they were safe enough before leading the others.
It was certainly tiring, but he led the four students fully to Zhongzhou, and over these months of route planning, problem-solving, and problem prevention, he must have gained sothing, although he couldn’t articulate it precisely.
Seeing Tang Xing deep in thought, Tang Luo slowly spoke, “In fact, cultivation is the sa as journeying. If you want to reach the destination fastest, the best way is to have a clear goal, shedding everything for a light journey.
Though this thod is fast, the rewards aren’t always the greatest because arriving is not the end; it’s a new beginning.”
Tang Xing faintly grasped sothing from the words but still had doubts, furrowing his brows, conflicted, “But burdened with weight, shackled and unable to move freely, perhaps unable even to reach the destination, then what?”
“Destination? What destination?”
Tang Luo laughed softly, “If there truly is one, everyone’s destination is the sa. Whether it’s the monarchs and saints atop Xiehe or the aimlessly drifting commoners and rchants. We all co from nothingness and return to nothingness. Compared to the two endless stretches of darkness, life is rely a fleeting firework.”
After training in the Bitter God Detachnt Skill, Tang Xing once thought he had reached a state of no sorrow, no joy, unchanging expression even amidst collapse, but hearing Tang Luo’s words, he still felt inexplicably shaken.
The youngest Martial Arts Monarch in Xiehe’s history viewed life as a fleeting, brilliant firework, as if a new perspective opened for him.
And with it opened, new questions arose.
“A fleeting firework, then, fundantally, what determines whether it is brilliant?”
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