Chapter 1094: The Different Paths In Life
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
The sky was lined with white clouds that curled and smoothed away every now and then. ng Qi turned around with both of his hands at his back, gazing at the considerably aged Sun Junlin. He truly understood how much difference ti could have on a person, “That’s not bad. You can rember .”
As soon as he heard the familiar voice, Sun Junlin was excited. The many years of spiritual training failed to suppress his excitent. He spoke with his shaky voice, “After the visitation at Lanruo Temple with the Supre Elder, this disciple has been significantly influenced and greatly benefited. I’ll keep what I’ve learned for the rest of my life.”
He beca confused as he was speaking, “Supre Elder, have you not elevated to the sky?”
ng Qi smiled, “If I’m able to fly into the sky, I’m able to return to the ground. But, now I care very little about the matters of the world.”
“I see,” Sun Junlin looked weary, and his face had aged significantly. He asked out of curiosity, “Supre Elder, have you really promoted the Divine Conjuration of Ether to the realm of the Fully Arisen Yellow Sky and ford a demon’s body?”
As The Ether Dies, Yellow Sky Rises, this realm had been bothering him for more than a decade. After the incident at Lanruo Temple, he was no longer skeptical about it. However, he had never witnessed the Fully Arisen Yellow Sky with his own eyes. He rely heard of the tale that was retold by the Foolish Monk and the Taoist Master. Hence, his questions had not been answered.
ng Qi replied with silence. He reached out with his right hand and a grin on his face. Instantly, Sun Junlin’s sight experienced an abrupt change. Before his eyes, appeared an azure and vast ocean with the border nowhere to be seen. He felt as though he was blanketed by comfort and serenity.
Where is this? What is the Supre Elder trying to do? Sun Junlin floated in mid air as he scanned his surroundings in confusion. He furrowed his brows, trying hard to look for a way to escape.
When he practiced his Air-Conveyance Technique just now, he was surprised that his speed of conveyance was tens or even hundreds of tis faster than usual, as if he could enter and exit Qingming freely.
Just like how the lights of Vairocana brightened the sky, Sun Junlin flew toward the end of the ocean. He flew past innurable irregularly shaped islands and the untainted blue that extended for hundreds of thousands of miles. Finally, he spotted the vast land that was filled with browns and greens.
As he continued along the route, there were lakes, highlands, yellow sands, and boundless seas. When Sun Junlin felt like he was about to break down and his Mana was about to be drained completely, five towering mountains appeared at the horizon. They soared through the clouds and the summits were covered by the white snow. Everything else appeared minuscule beside the mountains.
Subconsciously, Sun Junlin lifted his head to look at the peaks of the mountains. Suddenly, he saw the face of Ji Wuliang, the Supre Elder. He was overlooking at him from the sky far away.
This... he studied his surroundings again, only to realize that the five enormous mountains had turned into fingers, while the lakes, highlands, sands, seas, and islands were lying in the middle of a palm.
There were heaven, earth and a universe in the palm!
Sun Junlin was aghast as he flew out of this heaven and earth unknowingly. He was once again standing on the cliff. The Supre Elder was gently dusting his sleeve using his right hand with a peaceful, undisturbed manner.
Overwheld by surprise, joy and confusion, Sun Junlin stayed silent for a mont before he cupped his hands and made a bow, “Congratulations to the Supre Elder for achieving divine skills and joining the celestial group!”
If this is neither the trick of a demon nor an immortal, what else can it be?
ng Qi placed his right hand at his back, and slowly took a step forward, “You have never been a Great Guru.”
“Disciple is ashad for that,” Sun Junlin said in a contrite tone.
Being in the Exterior Realm, he had aged so much within the past ten years because he was not able to go beyond the third level of the Heavenly Stairs to fulfill the Dharmakaya of Half-Step. That made him anxious and worried days and nights, ergo his rapid aging.
ng Qi nodded gently without saying a word. He walked towards the cliff confidently and asked nonchalantly, “How’s the current situation of the world?”
“After witnessing the Supre Elder slaying the Ether, creating the Yellow Sky then elevating into the sky, the Taoist Master, Foolish Monk, and Female Monarch were greatly influenced. They were inspired to focus on martial arts instead of fighting for powers. Therefore, the world has beco a more peaceful place,” Sun Junlin said succinctly. “Rumors said that the Foolish Monk has found the entire legacy of the Ksitigarbha. After so ten years of practice, he will possibly achieve a Golden Body. As for the Taoist Master and Female Monarch, they’re still searching for their respective paths.”
Nonetheless, he is the Foolish Monk, the Great Guru that has stepped foot into the realm of Dharmakaya of Half-Step earlier than my master... ng Qi lanted. For the past years, he frequently returned to Shaolin to visit Xuan Bei, his master, and talked to him about martial arts. He witnessed his master steady progress to approach his goal of achieving the Golden Body of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. However, the ti here was relatively slower than the ti in Real World. The Foolish Monk, who did not have the martial arts and Dharma of immortal level, too, was close to achieving Dharmakaya.
“Have you seen any individual that resembles the Witch of Black Mountain? Have you heard any news of the Seven-Kill Tablet?” He continued asking.
If the answer is no, I’ll have to look for them personally.
Sun Junlin shook his head, “The world is peaceful now. There aren’t such rumors.”
“Hmm.” ng Qi’s green sleeve swayed as he spoke with a deep voice, “I returned for my unfinished wishes. When I escaped the world of mortals hastily, I didn’t manage to leave the two levels of ntal cultivation thods that were beyond the Divine Conjuration of Ether.”
He had achieved Dharmakaya for many years. With the almighty Supre Arts, it was not difficult for him to solve the subsequent realms that followed the Divine Conjuration of Ether.
Sun Junlin’s pupils constricted abruptly as he was overwheld by the joy of anticipation and surprise. Then, the gray-haired Supre Elder made a gesture with his finger, beckoning the radiance of light to enter his mind.
“These are As The Ether Dies, Yellow Sky Rises and the Fully Arisen Yellow Sky, the two levels of ntal cultivation thods. The Sect of the Ether has risen for you,” he said in a low voice. It was as though the fairy god was whispering, playing the music of the destiny while telling the tale of the future. Everything felt like a dream to Sun Junlin. When he was awakened, he was surrounded by clouds. The sorrowful man in green was nowhere to be seen.
“The Supre Elder seems to be annotating destiny...” Sun Junlin looked at the mist surrounding the cliff with a complex expression. As The Ether Dies, Yellow Sky Rises, the two levels of ntal cultivation thods, were the only thing occupying his mind.
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The security was tight with many advanced defense facilities set up in the building. Nangong Chong, who was wearing the custom-made uniform that provided full coverage, went through one guarded door after another as he proceeded to the underground.
In order to prevent the centralized computers being hacked by supernatural enemies and losing their functions like the previous few incidents, the system here was not unified and controlled by one sole unit. Instead, they were separated by layers, leaving completely no link between them. They even applied the most primitive thod to secure it with a fingerprint lock and a special squad.
“Good morning, captain!” Nangong Chong calmly walked toward the fingerprint lock as the mbers of special squad on both of his sides greeted him at the sa ti.
Nangong Chong was proficient in martial arts and favored the Buddhist Society. Hence, he had grown to be calr than before. He gently lifted his head and replied, “Stay watchful. You have to make sure that I’m not a transformation of a supernatural creature.”
“Yes, sir,” smiling, a red-haired lady took out her portable equipnt. She then asked Nangong Chong to provide a drop of his blood for genetic testing.
As the technology was unprecedentedly advanced, the universe had already been explored. It was common to encounter unexplainable phenona either in space or other galaxies, their own planet was not excluded. Therefore, the governnt and the finance consortium had established a secret organization that specialized in the capture, surveillance, control, and concealnt of the supernatural creatures or phenona. The organization was introduced to the public as Approaching The Science Foundation.
Whenever sothing supernatural happened, it must be reported to Approaching The Science Foundation as long as it was not too dangerous and did not require to be imdiately annihilated by the battleship. They would determine the value, risk level and formulate a specific capture plan. The assigned mbers of the organization would then proceed with further studies. The special squads, who were equipped with advanced tools, were responsible for the implentation of the capture plan. Nangong Chong, with his many years of experience, had already been assigned as one of the captains of a special squad.
So of the team mbers admired their captain from the bottom of their hearts. As he was without any equipnt, his skills were almost as perfect as the genetically modified future warriors, way beyond the capacity of other mbers. Undeniably, he would be more nacing if he was equipped. In his case, one plus one was greater than two. If it was not for him, they would have been killed in one of the supernatural phenona, not having a chance to escape from the jaws of death.
In their hearts, Captain Nangong Chong was their role model.
He cleared the genetic matching. Nangong Chong walked forward calmly, reached out his right hand and unlocked the fingerprint lock. Then, he proceeded into a tal tunnel. He was welcod by dead silence. The only thing he could hear was the echo of footsteps, as though he was engulfed by loneliness.
“Captain is so frighteningly composed. He will not even blink even if a mountain collapses in front of him,” the red-haired lady acclaid as the door closed. Her eyes were filled with intense adoration.
A black-haired guy replied with his lowered voice, “Captain was involved in one of the top-ranked supernatural incidents when he was a student. Obviously, we are no match for him.”
Speaking of the top-ranked supernatural phenona, a few of the mbers of the special squad felt a chill down their spines. The more they experienced similar phenona, the more they dreaded, especially for those who were highly ranked.
In Approaching The Science Foundation, every supernatural object and their respective records were categorized into different levels and ranking, with respect to different codes. For instance, an E-ranked item was the smoke in the air and items of similar rank. The higher the ranking, the more dangerous the object was. The highest ranking was S, which contained twenty seven items, ranked according to their danger level from one to twenty seven. According to hearsay, the incident captain experienced when he was studying was one of the top five incidents in rank S!
Until now, the highest rank of the mission their team had accomplished was A-11. Their entire team almost got wiped out. The degree of destruction of a S-ranked incident was terrifying.
The captain was able to survive from such an incident. It only made sense for him to grow into such an outstanding man.
Nangong Chong cleared one level of the security system after another and saw different rooms. Each room more or less was controlling or containing a supernatural item. He arrived at the lowest floor. There were twenty seven rooms, all separated from each other and all were heavily guarded.
He gently nodded his head. Nangong Chong, once again, used his authority to pass the security check and stepped into a room that was labeled ‘S-03’. The interior of the room was painted in light blue. On the contrary, it was not protected exhaustively as there was no supernatural object in it. It rely contained the relevant evidence and records.
Record na: ‘S-03: Leader of the Sect of the Ether’.
Nangong Chong took the file and read through the relevant content. A scientist who was studying about this wished to confirm so of the details in order to investigate the relationship between the Witch of Black Mountain’s universe and his own.
“The master hasn’t showed up in a decade,” Nangong Chong heaved an abrupt sigh. With the aid of high-tech equipnt, he had already gone beyond the nine orifices and activated the ancestral acupuncture points between eyebrows. But, due to the limitation of heaven and earth, he failed to manage to connect the interior and the exterior to achieve Exterior Realm. He always hoped that his master would suddenly show up and grant him a new opportunity.
He wondered which level his master had achieved for the Divine Conjuration of the Ether.
Right at this mont, he saw a silhouette appear on the silver-white tal wall, with a green gown, gray hair, and deep gaze.
“Master!” Nangong Chong blurted out with a joy that was difficult to describe.
That was his master, Liang Wuji, the Leader of the Sect of the Ether!
He managed to show up discreetly in the most heavily guarded place in Approaching The Science Foundation!
These security systems were built after the lessons they learned. It was aid specifically to defend the supernatural creatures and strong people of the Exterior Realm. Yet, he managed to sneak to his back as though he was entering a No-man Realm!
Should one say, it is indeed the S-03?
The calm and composed captain in his team mbers’ eyes finally lost his cool. His heart was racing madly and his facial expression began to change.
ng Qi stood with both his hands behind his back. He gently lifted his head, “That’s not bad. You haven’t been slacking in the practice of your martial arts. But how did you end up in this industry?”
He casually picked up a file and flipped through it. It was a case of a citizen with the na of Laowang reported to the police for a few tis, saying that his girlfriend was a serial killer. He failed every ti he tried to philander with other ladies as his girlfriend would cut off that lady’s arms and ate it in front of him. The records from police showed that it was just a customized cake, but Laowang never believed them. He would always be dragged by his girlfriend back to his room as he cried for help. Coincidently, a mber of the foundation was present nearby and noticed traces of spirit influences. Hence, he investigated the entire case ticulously, suspecting that Laowang’s girlfriend might be related to the World of the Witch of Black Mountain.
After obtaining Laowang’s girlfriend’s consent to work with the foundation, every report made by Laowang was transferred to the foundation.
Nangong Chong collected his emotions. He smiled bitterly as he said, “I got arrogant after I learned a few tricks of martial arts. Disciples often offer those in need a helping hand. As a result, the foundation, that has been watching disciples, has noticed my existence, leaving with no choice but to join them.”
“I see. Do you want to leave this realm and go to the ruleless heaven and earth to continue the path of learning the martial arts?” ng Qi asked peacefully.
Nangong Chong suddenly beca quiet. He thought of his beloved wife, his adorable children and his team mbers that had gone through thicks and thins with him. Then, he recalled the life that he was familiar with and the environnt he enjoyed. He could bring along his wife and children, but what about the others?
After the age of thirty, the spirit of one to venture would be reduced. A significant change like this scared Nangong Chong, making him afraid to move forward.
He groaned lightly after a while and took a deep breath, “Disciple... disciple wants to stay in my hotown.”
“Everyone has different aspirations and this cannot be forcefully changed.” ng Qi took out a piece of Myriad World Talisman, “You can consult with this to obtain subsequent arts and purchase corresponding items for your practice. Your future will depend solely on yourself.”
There were many diverging paths on the road of the pursuit of martial arts. There were doors that led to different ways and people who ca and left. Only a minimal number of people were able to walk side by side to the end. ng Qi sighed in disappointnt. He leaped out from this universe after leaving the Myriad World Talisman behind. With the help of the link between the Myriad World Talisman and the World of the Witch of Black Mountain, he found the place where the body of Seven-Kill Priest rested. As long as he did not intentionally hide the link, ng Qi would be able to find it.
“Why are you here?” the Seven-Kill Priest’s delicate face was painted with tiredness.
ng Qi smiled, “I’d like to borrow the Seven-Kill Tablet.”
“Why should I lend it to you?” the Seven-Kill Priest asked with a low tone.
ng Qi remained his smile, “Because as I beco stronger, the Devil Buddha will beco weaker. As the Devil Buddha becos weaker, you will be more relaxed and might even be able to escape.”
The Seven-Kill Priest stared at ng Qi for a mont. He then took out the Seven-Kill Tablet suddenly and tossed it to him,
“Only once.”
ng Qi left with the Seven-Kill Tablet and returned to the real world, preparing to return to the previous Shaolin.
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