Chapter 343: 201, Three Diaries

Tan Shuchang had cultivated for eleven years.

“I had once become the heavens and the earth, comprehended the great Dao, and I saw–”

“The insects that rise early get eaten by birds.”

“The birds that rise early get eaten by fish.”

“The fish that rise early get eaten by bears.”

“The bears that rise early get eaten by humans.”

Therefore, I deduced a great rule of the Dao–do not rise early.”

…

Tan Shuchang had cultivated for eleven years.

Although he had a thousand-year Dao practice from his arduous cultivation up to now, his Elixir Technique and puppetry hadn’t truly excelled, and defects were already visible… Thus, I wasn’t doing well enough, I must continue to work hard.

To find inspiration, I went back to the place where I had unexpectedly gained an opportunity.

However, perhaps it was my destiny, sturdy as a pillar that holds up the sky, that had to finally shine through, I actually found a Third Test cultivator who had met with an accident.

This person must be one of the Third Test cultivators sought by the Silver Dragon Dao Palace.

Although this Third Test cultivator was weakly breathing, the future was promising. After all, this would likely draw some cultivators from Silver Dragon Dao Palace and those who worked for the Dao Palace.

…

Tan Shuchang had cultivated for eleven years.

All things have exceptions.

Unexpectedly, though this cultivator had passed the three tests, after I awakened him, he showed a dull-witted demeanor. If I had not noticed, he might have already ended himself.

However, he still had breath, though he seemed quite incompetent.

…

Long Xinzi found himself tied up.

And the person who tied him up was the one who had saved him.

So, although he could have easily broken free, he did nothing. After all, he somewhat needed to save face for his life-saving benefactor.

Moreover, he had decided to leave behind his legacy before departing.

And this benefactor, who had saved him twice and already achieved two certificates of Combined Path, was without a doubt the best choice.

But Long Xinzi, gifted as he was, could easily discern a person’s real age, though merely within a rough range, like above the age of budding youth and below the age of independence; this helped him realize just how stunning his life-saving benefactor’s talent was.

Yet he was not even at the age of independence!

Thirty years to establish oneself.

Understand this, even if he had started cultivating from childhood, by this age, he had not yet achieved the first certificate. Even from achieving the first certificate, there was still a long way to go.

And he wanted to leave a legacy, just to give his benefactor a bit more vitality in the future.

Because their ascension had failed!

Of course, if it were just ascending to the Land of the Four Pillars, they wouldn’t have failed. But from the clues left by predecessor cultivators, they already knew something was wrong with ascending to the Land of the Four Pillars, thus they chose another path of ascension!

And this alternative route of ascension, naturally, they all failed.

Failure always comes at a cost. And the cost for these people was complete annihilation of both body and spirit, only Long Xinzi survived by a stroke of luck and escaped back to the Mortal Realm because he was the most powerful and had once received a heavenly gift in his youth.

However, though he had escaped back, his foundation was damaged, not only was there no hope of becoming an immortal, but his three certificates of cultivation were also slowly dissipating.

Within ten years, he would fall to the first certificate, and by then, he would perish due to depleted lifespan.

After all, he had already lived for a thousand years.

And this thousand years had made him view life and death lightly. Although living longer made him fear death more, once he encountered a great setback with his existence constantly weakening, he would then wish only for a swift end.

Although Long Xinzi was not in this situation, as he had long let go of life and death, his current state of mind was not much different.

“To leave behind my own legacy before departing is not too bad…”

Thinking this, Long Xinzi let this young Second Certificate cultivator do as he would until Long Xinzi noticed his breath, under the young cultivator’s guidance, spreading to all directions of the Mortal Realm.

Soon, several silver-white streams of light descended.

Those were clouds refined by cultivators.

Seeing the few cultivators who had arrived, men and women all wearing silver-white Dao robes, they all had a somewhat arrogant expression on their faces while observing the area.

With such distinct characteristics, if they were not cultivators from the Silver Dragon Dao Palace, who else could they be?

“Look quickly!”

“It’s Long Xinzi, the one specified for capture by the higher-ups!”

The few cultivators from Silver Dragon Dao Palace, upon spotting Long Xinzi who was simply tied up, immediately showed expressions of great joy, of course, they descended from their clouds immediately.

However, before these cultivators had descended far, a hand, condensed from qi, fell like a mountain.

Demon Realm Giant Handprint!

Enhanced by a Thousand Year Dao, this Divine Skill, which evolved from a superior Cultivation Technique, the “Sevenfold Demonic Body Scripture,” demonstrated a power that even the creator of this demon technique could not have imagined.

With one palm strike, apart from the two Second Certificate cultivators, all were instantly killed.

Three bloody and mangled corpses tumbled down.

In that rolling mortal essence, these corpses soon underwent changes as bursts of chilling wind surged, the dispersed two-hundred-year Dao was restored, and the three corpses transformed into three Lesser Ghost Path creatures.

Upon witnessing this scene, the two Second Certificate Combined Path cultivators of the Silver Dragon Dao Palace showed no surprise at all.

After all, this was not their first time coming down to the Mortal Realm to conduct affairs.

And this Mortal Realm has always been the least peaceful!

“Who goes there…”

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Just as these two Second Certificate Combined Path cultivators were about to speak, the skies suddenly turned blood-red, and then the two found that their Dao was spiraling out of control…

Quickly, two more eerie transformations of the bodies occurred.

A surge of bloodwater appeared, sweeping away these five ghostly corpses.

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