1585: Chapter 1586: Beneath the Luoshui 1585: Chapter 1586: Beneath the Luoshui From Martial Way to Cultivator, and then from the Luo Clan to the Dao Sect, Su Chengyu spoke a series of things far beyond the young man’s comprehension in a concise and clear manner.
Although Su Chengyu simplified a substantial amount of information as much as possible, for the young man, the impact of it all was so overwhelming that he stood still, unable to recover his senses for quite so ti.
Seeing Su Chengyu quietly waiting by his side, allowing him to process this information without rushing to inquire, the young man felt even more convinced that the person before him was not deceiving him.
Of course, the main reason for this was that Su Chengyu indeed displayed abilities akin to those of an Immortal, as understood within the young man’s knowledge.
While Su Chengyu thought the young man would still have so doubts, after being silent for a few minutes, the young man suddenly looked up at Su Chengyu and asked, “Then is it still possible for to pursue Cultivation?”
Listening to this, Su Chengyu was sowhat amused and sighed lightly, then took a serious look at the young man’s aptitude and softly said, “Enlightennt is probably unlikely; your aptitude is average, and you haven’t laid a good foundation in your youth, but there may be so opportunities in the Martial Arts.”
Perhaps due to so bloodline of the Luo Clan within him, the young man’s constitution was indeed better than that of ordinary people.
And considering his age is not too old, it’s not too late for him to step onto the path of Martial Arts.
“Then you…”
“I have no plans to take on any more disciples.
Even if I did, it definitely wouldn’t be you.”
Seeing his own thoughts completely seen through, the young man bit his lip and then said, “Is it because I am a descendant of that Luo Clan?”
Su Chengyu chuckled lightly: “Not to that extent.
After learning about the Luo Clan’s techniques, I’ve grown to dislike the Luo Clan even more, but I never intended to exterminate them entirely.
I don’t have that capability, nor do I have the ntal strength to do so, and the Luo Clan abandoned you anyway.
It’s simply that our destinies do not align.
However, if you truly have such aspirations, after everything is settled, I can help arrange for you to embark on the path of Martial Arts.”
Guiding soone onto the path of Martial Arts wasn’t difficult for Su Chengyu.
Simply put, he could just pick a Martial Arts technique from the Supre Daoist Scripture and give so pointers—that would be enough to set that person on the path of Martial Arts.
Being more involved, he could send the young man to so Martial Arts Sects, or even directly let him join the Qingcheng Sect, which is not complicated either.
But no matter which thod, Su Chengyu would not guarantee the young man’s future achievents, after all, he was just a young man Xu Nanzhi had casually saved.
Unless Xu Nanzhi had other expectations for him, but that was a matter for later.
“Thank you, Uncle!”
…
Su Chengyu was silent for a mont; he had indeed altered his appearance to seem a bit older, but being called “uncle” still felt a bit uncomfortable.
He changed the subject and asked.
“So, where did Nan Zhi go after letting you go, as you ntioned before?”
The young man didn’t speak and turned his head towards the Luoshui, then pointed over: “She dived into the river.”
“Into the river?”
Su Chengyu turned his head and glanced at the Luoshui.
The first thing he did upon arriving in Luoshui Village was, of course, to investigate if there was anything abnormal about the Luoshui.
Yet, apart from confirming aboard the ship that the so-called Luoshui Dragon Carp was definitely released by the Luo Clan on purpose, he didn’t find anything particularly special.
Did I overlook sothing?
Or did Nan Zhi intentionally hide a trick?
Although the youth possessed a natural talent for the Martial Way, he was still just an ordinary person.
It would be exceedingly easy for Xu Nanzhi to conceal the direction of her departure if she wished.
After one last glance at the young boy, Su Chengyu sighed.
Ultimately, he was a bit too impatient, pinning his hopes of finding the entrance to the Luo Clan on a ten-year-old.
“I’m not lying!
It’s true!
Luo Shen really did dive into the depths of the water!
And the people of the village, since ancient tis, have been sacrificing to Luoshui!
All the legends about Luo Shen are closely connected to the Luoshui that has accompanied the village since ti immorial!”
Youth does not equate to foolishness.
The boy, seeing the disappointnt in Su Chengyu’s words, spoke up with fervent excitent.
Su Chengyu hesitated for a mont upon hearing this claim, and his gaze towards Luoshui started to appear complex.
Su Chengyu naturally wouldn’t take the boy’s confidence too seriously.
After all, it was impossible with his field of experience to perceive the entire truth.
However, he couldn’t help but pay so attention to the latter part of the boy’s claim.
After interacting with Luoshui Village for so ti, he was utterly unconvinced that the villagers had no connection whatsoever to the Luo Clan.
The practice of living sacrifices, having persisted till today, and even to the extent of abandoning this dilapidated temple to mislead prying eyes, must surely have been orchestrated by soone from the Ancient Clan.
Hence, those so-called village legends could very well have originated from actual incidents.
As Su Chengyu pondered whether to bring the boy along to investigate the depths of Luoshui, a series of hurried footsteps approached from afar.
Although the other party tried to suppress their noise, such footfalls were indistinguishable from being fully exposed under the envelopnt of Su Chengyu’s Divine Sense.
The boy next to him was about to speak when Su Chengyu swiftly covered his mouth.
With a leap, he jumped to the very top of the ruined temple and then used a Technique to completely mask their presence.
As the boy looked on in bewildernt, beams of flashlights erged beneath the temple and dozens of people began to search around the temple, both inside and out.
Soon, a group gathered around a middle-aged man to report: “We’ve searched the whole village and found no one.
Could Old Yang have deceived us?”
“Would he dare?
He already talks nonsense normally, but now, with outsiders here, if he dares to deceive us about the military intelligence, he and his wife will no longer be welco in this village!”
The old man’s assertive declaration cast a shadow in Su Chengyu’s eyes.
He did not believe the stubborn old man would betray himself.
It was more likely that the old man and his wife were implicated themselves due to Su Chengyu’s presence.
“Look!
There are signs that soone has been living here for a long ti in the temple…
Could there be sothing unclean?…”
“Nonsense!
With Lord Luo Shen here, what unclean things would dare to linger?
Surely it’s that outsider who snuck in long ago.
You all should search the nearby area again.
This person has a devious heart; we absolutely cannot let him escape!”
At the village chief’s command, the villagers scattered to search anew.
And after everyone had left, the old man looked around before taking out a bone flute from his bosom and began to play.
The peculiar sound of the flute spread from the ancient temple.
Su Chengyu, hearing the flute’s notes that were imperceptible to ordinary people, subtly curled the corners of his mouth upward.
He initially ca to this ruined temple just to see if he could find any traces of the Luo Clan in Luoshui Village.
He never expected them to deliver themselves to his doorstep.
With the fall in the notes, an odd ripple ford under the waters of Luoshui, and a veiled woman erged from the depths.
The mont the figure appeared, the village chief imdiately prostrated in excitent.
“Greetings, Lady Luo Shen.”
Seeing this, Su Chengyu turned slightly, glancing at the boy next to him.
True to form, the youth gazed perplexedly at the so-called Lady Luo Shen before him.
This Luo Shen was not the Luo Shen of legend.
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