Immortality Path: From the Blind Man at the Pharmacy-Chapter 399 - 217. Playing Unconventionally, Breaking Through the True Spirit Realm (4.4K - Subscription Requested)_2
Chapter 399: 217. Playing Unconventionally, Breaking Through the True Spirit Realm (4.4K - Subscription Requested)_2
The reason for the division into left and right was due to an agreement between the two: if Zhan successfully fused, go left; if the Seal succeeded, go right.
Therefore, the left-wing is the Zhan wing, and the right-wing is the Seal wing.
If a third True Spirit Realm arose in the Mysterious Clear Palace, the delicate balance that existed would be disrupted.
Since Song Cheng only needed a hundred years, Jing Shifei felt she could wait for him, even if it cost her dearly.
After a brief contemplation, Jing Shifei directly reached into the empty Yin Residence and grasped, producing a pale golden, crystal-clear jade slip which she handed to Song Cheng, saying, "This can only be accessed after making a significant contribution to the sect, and even then it is doled out in batches... However, during extraordinary times, for extraordinary people, there are extraordinary measures."
Her beautiful eyes were full of expectation as she looked at the youth before her and said, "Song Cheng, don’t let me down."
Gratitude welled up in Song Cheng’s heart as he nodded deeply and reached out to grasp the pale golden jade slip.
Infinite information flooded into his mind.
At such a level, the content of the Cultivation Techniques was exceedingly abounding, as there were too many aspects to heed. A tiny deviation could lead to a vast mistake, and a slight mishap could spell failure... Hence, the prospect of conceiving one’s own Cultivation Technique was utterly impossible.
But the advantage was that such Cultivation Techniques could clearly guide a cultivator upon their path, obviating the need for personal enlightenment.
He absorbed much information in an instant, and instinctively sat opposite Jing Shifei, closing his eyes to assimilate the influx.
Jing Shifei watched his young face, lowered her gaze to ponder, then got up, went out, and closed the door behind her.
She had made up her mind.
The resolution of many issues didn’t hinge on methods, but on people.
Eliminating those who pose the question is one way. freeweɓnovel.cøm
Another... is to let those who could provide "immense value" resolve it.
In doing so... the issue vanishes through transaction.
Song Cheng was indeed that person of "immense value."
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Mysterious Clear Palace courtyard.
"Life and death are but a cycle. What’s wrong with turning from death to life? If Zhan can become a Master of Mountains and Rivers, why shouldn’t a Master of Mountains and Rivers transform into a Mourning Spirit?"
"The Great Mourning Spirit can stir up a Ghost Tide in the Taiyin Illusionary Sea, annihilating the Human World... if the Human World is destroyed, we’re not far from death ourselves."
"Amidst raging Ghost Tide, we face soldiers with fighters and flooding with embankments; who hasn’t fought their way here? When there’s a problem, we solve it. Just because we’re getting older, does it mean we must be sent into reincarnation?"
"Exactly. Today it’s us, tomorrow it could be you; won’t you be in the same position one day?
Nowadays, Masters of Mountains and Rivers are increasingly rare. Later... when you grow old, with no younger generations urging you into reincarnation, what then?
Will you take your own life?"
"If it’s not permissible, then it’s not. It has always been so."
"Does the way it’s always been make it right?"
"Young people? Difficult circumstances naturally bring forth more exceptional Masters of Mountains and Rivers. Isn’t Song Cheng, who is about to become our junior brother, a prime example?"
"Heh..."
The Masters of Mountains and Rivers were arguing.
And the conflict between "Mourning and True Spirits" had been completely brought out into the open, escalating rapidly, with friendships of thousands of years among sect members quickly dissolving amidst deviation and discord.
She Yitu, who had long been captured, had not been sent to reincarnation but was imprisoned deep within the Mysterious Clear Palace.
Whether "the deity from the Empire of Ten Thousand Spirits should enter reincarnation" was no longer his decision to make.
Just then, as the debate in the main hall’s corridor quieted, everyone turned their heads to see Jing Shifei approaching from afar.
As the Vice Palace Master of the Mysterious Clear Palace, Jing Shifei had weathered many storms.
And many of these disciples had once been under her guidance...
At this moment, if it were not for "matters concerning their own lives," nobody wished to oppose this respected teacher.
The air gradually quietened.
The disciples of the Mourning Spirit Sect began to disperse.
Huang Taixuan, with his temples greyed, his face slightly bowed as if shrouded in endless gloom, followed the Mourning Spirit Sect disciples, remaining silent as he walked away... He had made his decision, so even Jing Shifei, whom he viewed as both teacher and mother, no longer concerned him.
Originally, everything was going to continue in this manner.
Everyone knew that Jing Shifei was a staunch enforcer of the True Spirit Sect, and she came only to quell the disputes among disciples.
"Palace Master Jing, it was just a routine discussion. We’ll take our leave now," Elder Chen said with a beaming smile, making a departing bow...
The disciples of the True Spirit Sect drew closer to Jing Shifei while eyeing the departing elders with a mixture of anger and helplessness...
But at that moment...
Jing Shifei’s voice suddenly rang out.
"Taixuan."
The retreating elder paused, his expression filled with resignation and self-mockery, turning back to salute, but Jing Shifei continued to speak.
"Perhaps the teacher has been too stubborn. I want to understand you, to hear your views, could you... all of you... talk to me about it?"
For a moment, Huang Taixuan, Elder Chen, and the other disciples of the Mourning Spirit Sect all showed startled expressions, almost doubting their ears.
Jing Shifei went on, "When we established the rules back then, the world wasn’t like this, and Masters of Mountains and Rivers were frequently born, but now... the world is changing, and perhaps we should change too.
We shouldn’t be fighting and arguing among ourselves, but rather confront this issue head-on.
Our concern is only becoming Mourning Spirits that foment turbulence in the Taiyin Illusionary Sea after death, not those that can still retain their rationale.
How to become a Mourning Spirit while preserving sanity is what we should be focusing on."
With that, she smiled gracefully and asked, "Taixuan, Elder Chen, have you... made any progress on this?"
