Chapter 1444
Extra 3: This couple
Chapter 1444 Extra Chapter 3: This Couple
Guanghai, Xianshu, Chushengzong.
Butian Peak.
Unlike its former appearance, Butian Peak is now incredibly magnificent, with the size of a single mountain comparable to the entire once towering sea of clouds.
What came into view was a mountain peak that rose abruptly from the ground like a white jade pillar reaching into the sky. Its top pierced through the heavens and earth of the Immortal Pivot, and at its very tip was the fruit position [Pomegranate Wood]. The profound mystery of the fruit position [Mending the Heaven's Gap] was constantly pouring supreme mystery into the deepest part of heaven and earth.
Just then, inside a cave located on this newly built Butian Peak.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, two beams of divine light rose up, intertwining and colliding. Although their energy came from the same source, they fought without holding back.
In an instant, eyes were drawn to it from all directions.
"It's them again. This couple."
"Tsk tsk tsk, how many times has this happened this year? It's a wonder that Chen Taihe can be so patient. With his cultivation level, he hasn't killed Madam Ruoxiang yet."
"What a joke, would he dare?"
"Everyone remembers what happened back then. Madam Ruoxiang is no ordinary woman. She caused trouble with Daozun in public back then."
"It is said that Uncle-Master Chongguang still vividly remembers that scene. The Daoist's wisdom and prowess were already evident at that time. Although his strength was not as great as Chen Taihe's, he cleverly used divisive tactics, cuckoldry tactics, and psychological tactics to ultimately kill Chen Taihe on his way to the late stage of his breakthrough."
"Seniors, what are you talking about?"
Some newcomers to the Holy Sect, who had missed witnessing that scene back then, couldn't help but ask questions, which immediately drew enthusiastic responses from many Holy Sect masters:
"You do not know?"
"Then I must tell you something. Back when Daoist was at Butian Peak, he was a force to be reckoned with, earning a formidable reputation."
at the same time.
In mid-air, the two clashing divine lights gradually subsided, neither able to gain the upper hand. This was because Lady Ruoxiang's cultivation had not yet reached that level.
As for Chen Taihe—he wouldn't dare.
For years, he's only ever made empty threats and cursed women, but would he really dare to injure Madam Ruoxiang?
Thinking of this, Chen Taihe couldn't help but grit his teeth, looking directly at the woman in front of him, dressed in a fiery red dress, with a beautiful face and a mature charm in her eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Ruo Xiang, I won't waste any more words with you. I only need to borrow this place for my future cultivation."
"Get lost."
Before she could finish speaking, Madam Ruoxiang interrupted the former Lord of Butian Peak with a cold laugh: "This cave dwelling is the family property left to me by my ancestors."
"You think you can borrow it?"
"Chen Taihe, I've done more than enough for you. Look at that couple from the Dao Court next door. Xiao Ru is truly ruthless; she even sold out the Dao Court."
Upon hearing this, Chen Taihe immediately revealed a frustrated expression: "Didn't you sell yourself? Don't think I've forgotten what happened to you, you shameless woman?"
Before he could finish speaking, Chen Taihe shut his mouth.
On the contrary, Madam Ruoxiang looked fearless, with her arms crossed: "What? Go ahead and say it, let's see if you dare to say it."
What did I do?
Chen Taihe: "."
Seeing that Madam Ruoxiang made no attempt to conceal the matter and seemed eager to spread the word throughout the world, Chen Taihe's face turned slightly green.
Especially those Holy Sect Masters who knew what happened back then were looking at him with mocking eyes, which made him want to go crazy with hatred. However, as a qualified Holy Sect Master, greater fear made him maintain his rationality and not say anything disrespectful.
Therefore, after much deliberation, he could only let out a cold laugh:
"Fine, fine, Ruoxiang, you're shameless, but what can you do? That man has long since transcended the world. Do you think he would still secretly come to meet you in secret?"
Chen Taihe originally intended to mock Madam Ruoxiang.
After all, we're all from Butian Peak. I said it was because I'm understanding, and you said it's great that you love eating meat. Aren't we all veterans of countless battles?
Someone like you, trying to climb the social ladder by associating with the Daoist master?
Go dream!
—That was Chen Taihe’s original thought, but soon his voice gradually lowered, and his originally confident tone began to waver.
The reason is simple: when he mentioned the word "secret meeting," Madam Ruoxiang, who had been acting like a shrew, suddenly seemed to remember something. Her beautiful eyes became watery, and her cheeks flushed visibly, as if she had recalled something intoxicating.
Chen Taihe: "???"
Could it be...? No, impossible!
"impossible!"
Chen Taihe's eyes widened in anger, and he even tasted blood in his throat. This was a sign of extreme anger for a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Meanwhile, Madam Ruoxiang seemed to realize something as well. She abruptly dropped her previous intoxicated and charming demeanor, coughed, and said coldly, "In short, you can no longer live in this cave. At most, you can find a place to stay outside. He seems to prefer having a Daoist partner."
"When he comes in the future, you can help him find his way."
Chen Taihe finally couldn't hold back any longer.
"Do not--!!!"
In an instant, the divine power exploded with light, snowflakes fluttered in the air, and the north wind howled. Chen Taihe rode a green beam of light and disappeared into the distance in an instant.
Seeing Chen Taihe cough up blood and leave, Madam Ruoxiang finally composed herself, regained her indifference, and looked up at the dome of the sky.
He then sighed silently.
'So they managed to trick them all.'
Chen Taihe was not wrong. Madam Ruoxiang herself knew that the man who seemed to love all living beings was actually a ruthless person.
If I were still of use to Him, that would be fine. But now I am nothing but a useless person and a mere shell. Why would He come looking for me for that?
It's already a blessing from heaven that I'm allowed to use someone else's power to bully others.
But then again—
'What exactly did that official do to Chen Taihe back then? Why does he seem to fear that official even more than I imagined?'
Immortal Pivot, a secluded place.
A green beam of light streaked across the sky, roamed the void, and finally landed steadily in a remote town in a mortal kingdom, in a spacious courtyard at the corner of the town.
Soon, the light dissipated.
Chen Taihe stepped out, his expression of grief and indignation now calm, and looked at the person meditating in the courtyard with a complex expression.
He was a young man whose face always carried a lingering bitterness. His tightly furrowed brows formed a deep "川" (river) character on his forehead, as if they would never loosen. He sat cross-legged, his hands forming a mudra, his eyes closed, as if he were diligently practicing some kind of magic technique.
"Trust me."
Chen Taihe spoke in a low voice. His feelings toward his son were actually very complicated, a mixture of ruthlessness and contempt for treating him as a "talent."
However, on the other hand...
Recalling the memories within that banner, he couldn't help but recall the days and nights he and his son had endured together, supporting each other through hardship.
At that time, he was a newcomer. Although he was more skilled in the dual cultivation technique, his ideological awareness had not kept up. It was Chen Xin'an, who was already very proficient in the technique, who constantly enlightened him and even took the initiative to teach him how to adapt to this emotion.
If I had to put it in a way, it would be that we share the same plight.
However, the person who left indelible wounds on the bodies and minds of the father and son is now high above them.
Revenge? Resentment?
No way!
Thinking of this, Chen Taihe felt dejected again, but then he saw that the young man sitting cross-legged seemed to sense something and suddenly raised his head to look at him.
“It’s Father.” Chen Xin’an looked calm, though the bitterness on his face was still there, but he seemed much more at ease than Chen Taihe remembered him as.
The next second, Chen Xin'an said calmly:
"I plan to be released."
“Huh?” Chen Taihe was taken aback upon hearing this.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Xin'an said in a calm tone, "To be honest, Father, I have seen through the illusions of the world and have come to understand the supreme Buddhist principle of the 'beauty and the dead'."
"Everything is just superficial appearances."
"There's no need to worry about it. Of course, the most important thing is that the Buddha is in the land of Buddha, so he should be able to completely erase my memories related to him."
"Or should we directly use the method of changing the cause and altering the effect?"
"I've heard that the World-Honored One has a very good relationship with that person. If we just slightly alter the cause and effect, what happened back then can be completely erased as if it never happened."
really?
Upon hearing this, Chen Taihe's eyes lit up slightly, and he immediately realized Chen Xin'an's thoughts: "You joined the Shitu sect just to do this kind of thing?"
He joined the Buddha's land and from then on became the "World Honored One".
Chen Xin'an's experience is quite outstanding even among the cultivators of the Holy Sect. If he were to become the "World Honored One," it would be somewhat off-putting to some.
After all, if that were the case, Chen Xin'an's experience would become the experience of the "World Honored One".
If everyone is of one mind, and can truly empathize with each other, then perhaps the World-Honored One will intervene and modify the relevant causal history.
"Great idea! I'll try it too!"
What was a lingering nightmare for Chen Xin'an was no different for him. Now that there might be a solution, he naturally wanted to give it a try.
however--
"How foolish."
Where the two could not see, a woman dressed in white, whose appearance combined aloofness, allure, and deep affection, shook her head:
"It's simply a matter of primary gender."
"You didn't even see that clearly. No wonder even though the Sea of Light reopened and you received the Heavenly Grace of the Dao Venerable, your cultivation still hasn't improved. You're still just a Foundation Establishment True Person."
"and"
At this point, the woman in white added a hint of a smile to her words: "To pledge allegiance to the World Honored One? A lowly cultivator is a lowly cultivator. All they can see is this little bit. Even the World Honored One, who has a close relationship with my Heaven-Mending Peak, doesn't know about their little experiences. In the World Honored One's eyes, it's probably nothing at all."
“The World Honored One has probably seen even more outrageous things.”
"Mending the void in the sky!!!"
In the Sea of Light, on a small cliff where four fellow disciples once fought, Shi Tianyi's roar echoed through the clouds, filled with utter fury.
On the other side, a strikingly beautiful, androgynous young man smiled sheepishly, scratching his head as he said, "Senior Brother, you've misunderstood. I have no interest in that rabbit; I was just testing whether my dual cultivation method works on non-humans."
At this point, the stunningly handsome young man looked excited:
The result was, no!
"As soon as I exerted force, the rabbit exploded. This is a typical case of mismatched techniques. My size is obviously a bit too big for that rabbit."
".nonsense!"
Shi Tianyi pressed his forehead helplessly: "You're already a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator. You could kill a rabbit with just a spit."
"Not to mention cough cough."
At this time, the Buddha, who was still relatively inexperienced and thin-skinned, was unable to utter the term and could only look at the beautiful young man with a knowing gaze.
However, the stunningly handsome young man seemed quite unconvinced: "This isn't a flaw in the rabbit, but rather a problem with the cultivation technique! Dual cultivation should be a matter of great love, how can there be a mismatch simply because of strength differences? In short, my next task is to improve the cultivation technique so that even the rabbit can withstand it."
"Enough! Enough!"
Shi Tianyi quickly interrupted the beautiful young man, then sighed sincerely. He then saw a masculine young man walking over smugly in the distance.
"Hey, Patching Sky, Senior Brother."
"Lian Tiandou, what's wrong with you again?" Shi Tianyi had a bad feeling.
The next second, the masculine young man said with a bold expression, "I just caught a rabbit outside. Today, let's have a meat feast, brothers!"
Shi Tianyi: "."
The gaze was fixed on the limb in the young man's hand, which was clearly twisted, as if it had been forcibly pried open before, and the pair of red rabbit eyes had long since lost their luster.
"Boom!"
In a flash, Shi Tianyi decisively gave the rabbit a quick death, and then used telepathy to tell the young man everything that had happened.
To be honest, he thought the robust young man would be startled and was still thinking about how to appease him. Who would have thought that the young man's eyes would light up after listening: "Interesting. You want to modify the cultivation method? Perfect, I also have an alchemy method that I want to modify. Why don't we exchange ideas first?"
"Yeah."
Seeing the young man's attitude, the beautiful young man also showed a sincere smile: "Since Senior Brother Lian Tian is in such a good mood, I am also happy to discuss the Dao with him."
The two unexpectedly got along well.
Seeing the two leave together, Shi Tianyi finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, before he could fully relax, another explosion was heard not far away.
"Boom!"
Immediately afterwards, a figure soared into the sky, his triumphant laughter echoing in all directions: "Hahaha! I, the Daoist, have finally broken through again!"
Immediately afterward, the figure flew over.
At the same time, a voice came: "Now I'm also in the mid-stage of Qi Refining. Come on, let's fight again. The loser has to become the junior brother."
boom!
Looking at the child in front of him, Shi Tianyi revealed his late-stage Qi Refining cultivation while grabbing the child, placing him on his lap, and then tossing him up.
"Awooo—!!!"
After a long while, the child's wailing finally stopped, and he limped back home, his eyes red and tears streaming down his face as he said, "I will definitely come back."
Seeing him like this, Shi Tianyi could only sigh inwardly:
'That's terrifying.'
It wasn't until he actually interacted with the child that he realized the child in front of him was not the eight-year-old he had previously assumed.
Strictly speaking, he is only three years old!
It was as if they were born divine, able to breathe in spiritual energy from the womb, able to walk after birth, able to speak after three days, and already eloquent in less than a hundred days.
"Where did Master find such a freak?"
Shi Tianyi was finding it hard to contain his curiosity, and at the same time, he felt a sense of urgency to keep his position as the senior disciple. It seemed he would have to work even harder.
Just then.
"Wanbao".
A peaceful voice suddenly came from beyond the sky, ethereal as a fairy, and immediately made Shi Tianyi raise his head and look towards a hut in the center of the cliff.
Immediately, a genuine smile appeared on his face:
"Master? You're back?"
(End of this chapter)