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"Disciple Li Changsheng requests an audience with Master!"
"Disciple Baili Dongjun requests an audience with his master!"
Li Changsheng and Baili Dongjun knelt together at the foot of Kunlun Mountain and shouted loudly.
"Come on up."
An aged voice echoed from the summit of Mount Kunlun.
Li Changsheng, Baili Dongjun, Mo Yi, and the others transformed into streaks of light once more, instantly arriving at the summit of Kunlun Mountain.
A white-robed Taoist priest with an air of otherworldly wisdom and gray hair sat cross-legged in a thatched hut. 7
This is none other than the strongest person in the world today, Su Baiyi.
"Master!" Zero
"Grandmaster!"
Li Changsheng and Baili Dongjun bowed respectfully.
"senior."
Mo Yi also cupped his hands in a gesture of respect.
"Born with martial arts skills and possessing the bearing of a Daoist, not bad, not bad."
Su Baiyi smiled and nodded to Baili Dongjun.
"Chang Sheng, you've taken on a fine disciple."
"Grandmaster is too kind," Baili Dongjun said, bowing slightly.
Su Baiyi chuckled and said, "No need to be modest. How many people in this world can break through to the Divine Travel Realm? You are already at the pinnacle of this world."
As she spoke, Su Baiyi looked at Li Changsheng and sighed:
"Chang Sheng, it's been twenty years since we last met, hasn't it? How have you been guarding the northern border all these years? Have you been too lonely?"
Li Changsheng shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Master, I have come here this time with a very important matter."
"Oh? What is it?" Su Baiyi looked slightly taken aback. "You don't mean you want to start practicing the Great Spring Technique again, do you?"
"Alas, the human heart is truly unfathomable. You have lived so many lifetimes, yet you are still troubled by love, and have even ruined your own ability to make a living."
Li Changsheng looked somewhat embarrassed; he had indeed had such thoughts before.
“Master, I’ve not come here because of this.”
"But because..."
He had only spoken half of what he was saying when suddenly, a strange phenomenon appeared in the sky.
The clouds high above suddenly churned, as if something was about to burst forth from the sky, and a dark shadow flickered faintly behind the clouds.
"Humph!"
"presumptuous!!!"
Su Baiyi snorted coldly, picked up a long sword and slashed it into the void.
An extremely sharp sword aura, seemingly capable of cleaving through space, flashed and pierced through the clouds.
"Zi!!!"
A harsh, hoarse screech came from behind the clouds.
"That is..." Baili Dongjun's pupils shrank. A sword that pierced the sky. Is this the legendary sword that pierces the sky?
"Continue," Su Baiyi said casually, as if he had done something insignificant, putting down his longsword and continuing to sit cross-legged.
“Master, this is a guardian from the Eastern Territory. Due to some accidents in the Eastern Territory, the seal was broken,” Li Changsheng said in a deep voice.
"So you are the guardian of the Eastern Realm?" Su Baiyi was not surprised by the breaking of the seal on the Eastern Realm, as if she already knew about it. Instead, she was more interested in Mo Yi.
"Senior, this whole affair started because of me. I beg your help, and I will be eternally grateful!"
This was the first time in decades that Mo Yi had referred to himself as a junior.
In this world, there are basically no people of his generation left.
However, the person in front of him deserves to be called that.
After all, this is a true master who is hundreds of years old.
Su Baiyi raised her eyes and glanced at Mo Yi.
"Oh? You've fallen into demonic possession? No wonder the seal was broken."
Mo Yi was startled again. He had already awakened from his demonic state, but he didn't expect that the other party would see through his strength at a glance.
“I was too attached to it, but I’ve let it go now.”
Su Baiyi sighed: "Who in this world is without obsessions? It's truly admirable that one can regain one's senses after falling into demonic possession."
"You agree, right, Changsheng?"
Li Changsheng nodded: "My obsession is the Luo River, but after several decades, the Luo River will eventually disappear. I want to cultivate the Great Chun Gong again and wait for the Luo River to be reincarnated."
“You!” Su Baiyi shook his head: “Foolish disciple, do you know how difficult it is to cultivate the Great Chun Gong? Back then, the entire sect almost exhausted all its resources to help you cultivate the Great Chun Gong.”
"How easy is it to regain the Great Chun Gong?"
"Besides, if you wait for her to be reincarnated, she may not recognize you in her next life, or she may marry someone else. Are you willing to accept that?"
Li Changsheng knelt down on both knees: "Please grant my request, Master! Even if Luo Shui falls in love with someone else in the next life, I just want to see her from afar."
Su Baiyi said quietly, "It's easy for you to say. Fine, there are still several decades left. If you really want to do this, then come find me again when the time comes."
"Thank you for your help, Master!"
"Let's talk about the seal first." Su Baiyi looked at Mo Yi and asked, "You should have already seen what those extraterrestrial gods and Buddhas look like?"
Mo Yi nodded: "Why do those otherworldly immortals and Buddhas from beyond the realms look like that?"
Su Baiyi chuckled: "Don't you think that compared to those celestial immortals, I, this old Daoist, am more like an immortal? Hmm, you're not bad either, you have an immortal aura."
"What merit or ability do I possess?" Mo Yi shook his head. "It's just that people's understanding is shallow, which is why they call me an immortal."
"However, those extraterrestrial gods and Buddhas do not seem like gods and Buddhas at all; rather, they are more like... mutated monsters."
Even the most terrifying demonic cultivators, like Ye Dingzhi, are not as dreadful as that extraterrestrial Buddha.
One was a human being, but he had fallen into the demonic path.
But the other one is not human, but a truly unknown and bizarre monster.
“Indeed, those are monsters. In the Eastern Territory... those must be those old bald monks from Wanyang Temple.”
Su Baiyi seemed lost in memories: "Hundreds of years ago, there were four great families in the world: the Su family in the North, the Lü family in the South, the Ye family in the West, and the Mo family in the East. Each of them had tens of thousands of followers and could rival a country."
"These four great families guard the four directions, resisting enemies from beyond the four borders, and each possesses one of the four world-renowned treasures: the Heavenly Secret Treasure Box, the Immortal Scroll, the Heaven and Earth Sorrow, and the Flowing Light Flower Scroll."
"Until an unprecedented battle arrived, a battle that shook the heavens and earth, obliterating the Great Dao. In the end, it was the Ancestor who took action, and on the summit of Kunlun Mountain, he cleaved the end of the sky with a single sword, killing the immortals from beyond the heavens so that they dared not descend to the mortal world."
"After the great battle, all the enemies beyond the four borders retreated, and less than 20% of the four great families survived. These 20% eventually scattered throughout the world. Some maintained their sect's influence, such as the Su family, which came to Weilong Mountain. Others completely disappeared from the world, such as the Ye family and the Mo family. However, each family still has a supreme expert guarding the four borders, rotating every hundred years. Only the head of the Lü family possesses the secret of immortality and has always ruled the Lü family, which lingers in the South China Sea."
Even with the strongest families in the world joining forces, and with a peerless expert like Su Xinghe who could shatter the heavens with a single sword strike, they still suffered more than 80% casualties against beings beyond the fourth realm.
This shows how terrifying the beings beyond the four realms were, and how brutal that battle was.
Su Baiyi paused for a moment, then continued, "Later, the Lü clan was wiped out due to internal strife, leaving only a brother and sister."
Mo Yi asked, "Why do those celestial beings harbor such great malice towards the mortal realm?"
Su Baiyi said quietly, "The mortal world doesn't mean there aren't good things. There is something in this world that even the immortals and Buddhas in heaven are crazy about."
"what?"
"The Book of Immortals".
"The Immortal's Book?" Li Changsheng was slightly taken aback. In his memory, his master seemed to have cultivated this kind of technique.
What he didn't expect was that not long ago he had told Luo Shui about the bloody battles that had taken place in the martial arts world because of a martial arts manual.
It turns out that even the gods and Buddhas in heaven were affected by a secret manual.
"Why would those extraterrestrial gods and Buddhas be so obsessed with a secret manual?" Baili Dongjun asked.
"Because the Immortal Book records the true secret of immortality," Su Baiyi said slowly. "Although the Realm of Divine Travel grants immortality, one's lifespan is still less than a thousand years."
"But the Book of Immortals can truly grant immortality."
"So it was all for immortality?" Baili Dongjun murmured. "Then why did they take Hanyi?"
"Master, the cultivation technique you practice must be the Immortal's Book, right?" Li Changsheng asked.
“That’s right.” Su Moyi nodded: “Back then, only a brother and sister survived from the Lü family. The sister was my mother.”
"Therefore, I actually have half of the Lü clan's blood in me."
"By chance, I obtained the immortal book."
Mo Yi frowned slightly: "Since you, senior, have mastered the Immortal's Book, why are you still..."
Although Su Baiyi has an ethereal and otherworldly air about him, the white hair on his head and the marks of time on his body are undeniable.
If the Book of Immortals truly grants immortality, why does Su Baiyi look like this?
It's worth noting that even Li Changsheng could maintain his youth through a cycle of several decades.
He cultivated the immortal book that was said to grant immortality, yet he still grew old and frail.
Su Baiyi smiled and said, "Immortality isn't that easy to obtain. Do you really think that you can achieve the immortality that countless people dream of simply by changing your cultivation method, meditating, and cultivating some true qi?"
"Everything comes at a price; it's just a matter of whether you're willing to pay it."
Su Baiyi seemed to be implying something, a hint of desolation appearing on her face.
Baili Dongjun could tell that there were many stories hidden in this, and normally he would be very interested in these stories.
But right now he has no desire to hear these stories.
"Dongjun, please, Grandmaster, lend a hand and rescue my junior sister!"
Baili Dongjun knelt down and pleaded.
Su Baiyi's expression turned slightly serious: "Since she is your junior sister, then she is my grand-disciple. As her grandmaster, I will naturally not stand idly by."
"Although the seal in the Eastern Territory has been broken, it is only the seal of one territory that has been broken. Those bald monks will not dare to be too presumptuous."
"A few years ago, I unleashed a single sword strike that intimidated the bald monks of the Eastern Border. Logically, they shouldn't have dared to easily set foot on the land of Kyushu."
Baili Dongjun said, "At that time, we were on Penglai Immortal Island when we heard strange noises coming from the ends of the earth."
"So you swung your swords and blades, and attacked the ends of the earth?" Mo Baiyi smiled: "Not bad courage."
"If it were me back then, I probably wouldn't have had such courage."
Baili Dongjun remained silent for a moment. Although it sounded like a compliment, it was extremely grating to him.
What good is courage alone?
He was brave but reckless, lacking real strength and only capable of showing off, which ultimately led to his junior sister being captured.
Su Baiyi slowly stood up, walked to the cliff at the top of the mountain, put his hands behind his back and looked up at the sky, and murmured: "The seal can't last forever. It's been hundreds of years, and those guys are about to be reborn."
"The Book of Immortals, promising immortality—is it really that tempting?"
"You all wait here, I'm going to catch up with an old friend."
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Baiyi transformed into a golden light, shimmering across the sky.
...
The southernmost region.
"What are you doing here?"
A long-haired man wearing a bamboo hat and a blue robe asked slowly.
"It's been over two hundred years since the last battle, hasn't it?" Su Baiyi said calmly. "Over two hundred years, time really flies!"
"Xi'er is gone, Xuanyuan is gone, Ji Mo Huaxue, Mo Wen, Su Zhe, Xie Yuling, Senior Brother Feng..."
They're all gone.
"In this world, only the two of us old fogies are left."