readytorunbook #515 - The dilemma of right path
#515 - The dilemma of right path
Wang Ji Xuan's movements froze.
He slightly turned his head, looking in the direction of the person who spoke, only to see a crowd of people and a gloomy atmosphere.
Master Uncle is in the main hall.
"Ji Xuan, is that really you?"
"Master Uncle didn't recognize you just now… actually didn't recognize you… You haven't changed, yet you have…"
Wang Ji Xuan's nose tingled, but his Dao heart was far stronger than it used to be, and he merely revealed a slight smile.
He nodded gently, not saying much, jumped onto the wall, placed his futon, and calmly sat down to meditate.
"Zheng Yi?" Wang Ji Xuan called out softly.
Murong Zheng Yi quickly got up and replied, "Master Uncle, what are your instructions?"
"It's nothing."
Wang Ji Xuan simply replied and didn't speak again.
Murong Zheng Yi was puzzled, but still gave a polite smile and returned to taking care of his female guards.
Not long after, a disciple from Wangxian Valley arrived on a sword, landing in front of Murong Zheng Yi.
"Fellow Daoist Murong, our sect leader would like to invite you to represent the Murong family and go to the main hall with your Master Uncle to discuss matters."
"Oh?"
Murong Zheng Yi was immediately flattered.
Their so-called Ten Great Families and Fifteen Families sounded impressive, but in reality, their influence was greater among rogue cultivators and they had little presence in front of the major sects.
His mind was quick, and he quickly realized that the Wangxian Valley sect leader was not inviting the Murong family, and he was happy to do this favor.
"My guards are injured, and they are also my childhood sweethearts, so I am worried about them."
Murong Zheng Yi took off his jade pendant, which had the Murong family's insignia, the heir token of the Murong family.
He turned and handed the jade pendant to Wang Ji Xuan, smiling and saying, "Master Uncle, please make a trip for me and listen to what the senior experts have to say."
"Mm, okay," Wang Ji Xuan agreed, feeling even more emotional.
If this world was not destroyed by the Dark Sect, Murong Zheng Yi's future should be very bright.
This guy was really good at dealing with people, and he could be neither arrogant nor humble.
Perhaps, this was the emotional intelligence that the Murong family put all their efforts into cultivating.
Wang Ji Xuan hung the jade pendant on his waist and followed the Wangxian Valley disciples to the main hall.
Walking in Wangxian Valley again, Daoist Wang's Dao heart became much calmer—although the atmosphere was not very suitable now.
Entering the main hall's barrier, he found that the hall was already packed with people.
A group of experts surrounded the open space in the center of the main hall, where the sect leaders of more than a dozen righteous sects were sitting face to face with six Tianluo Scattered Immortals.
Even the disciples who wanted to serve tea had to manipulate objects from a distance, otherwise they couldn't deliver it at all.
Wang Ji Xuan found a pillar to lean against, and, learning from the surrounding Daoists, levitated three feet in the air, revealing his head behind layers of figures.
Daoist Taiye immediately looked over.
The sect leader remained outwardly calm, his eyes flickering slightly as he nodded slightly to Wang Ji Xuan.
Daoist Wang had been using illusion spells for disguise.
Some other experts also looked at Wang Ji Xuan, and, finding that he was just an ordinary Integration Realm cultivator, they didn't pay much attention.
Listen to the experts in the field discussing:
"Senior, you just said that those puppets that suddenly appeared were not immortal soldiers brought by you?"
"This power is not here to rescue you, but to eliminate the Dark Sect."
"Even if you ask more questions, we can't say more, because we don't know exactly what's going on. We are also following the will of the Heavenly Dao, accepting tasks on a stone tablet that can reveal the words of the Heavenly Dao, and then acting according to the tasks."
"We are very afraid now."
"Because the Heavenly Dao Tablet reminded us that the criminal has great ambitions, and both Tianluo and the Dark Sect are his targets."
The natives of this world;
The cultivators, who had just learned about the concepts of Tianluo, the Dark Sect, and even the Void Realm and the True Realm today, were all thinking hard.
An old monk asked, "May I ask the six seniors, why does the Dark Sect want to destroy us?"
The six Tianluo experts were quite forthcoming.
They were here to earn contribution points, and in the current situation, they had to unite the cultivator combat power in front of them. If they could take away a group of experts to join their Tianluo, that would be even better.
Therefore, they did not hide anything:
"The Dark Sect's doctrine is actually to spread fear, break order, and eliminate cultivation."
"They use this method to make the Heavenly Dao concrete."
"The Heavenly Dao is the will of heaven and earth, and the will of heaven and earth has nothing to do with all living beings. The Heavenly Dao regards mortals as part of heaven and earth, belonging to the dust that moves, while the Heavenly Dao regards cultivators as the part that living beings overstep. Mortals should be protected, and cultivators should be destroyed."
"Most of the tasks we have performed in the past were to kill evil demons, and these evil demons only have one thing in common, that is, they slaughtered mortals, that is, they harmed the Heavenly Dao."
"Therefore, the Dark Sect is here to eliminate cultivation. They will definitely make a comeback. They should be mobilizing manpower in the nearby True Realm and Void Realm now."
"The Dark Sect's Heavenly Dao has always vowed not to give up until its goal is achieved."
A cultivator immediately asked, "What about Tianluo?"
"Tianluo is to maintain order, so Tianluo should be able to protect us, right?"
"Six seniors, we know that Tianluo may also have difficulties. Outside our world, the demonic cultivators should be powerful and the righteous path is weak, but this… in broad daylight, why has the righteous path fallen to this point!"
"Can other experts from Tianluo come over?"
The six Tianluo Scattered Immortals were mostly embarrassed.
Wang Ji Xuan remembered the quite good Yin Lin Hall Master.
Once upon a time, he used the Yin Lin Hall Master as a unit of combat power to easily distinguish the combat power of those immortals.
Wang Ji Xuan's negative comments on Tianluo mostly stemmed from the Tianluo Deputy Alliance Leader and the Alliance Leader. A lofty Taiyi Golden Immortal actually plotted against an ant like him, and still used despicable means.
If the Taiyi Golden Immortal Deputy Alliance Leader directly jumped out, talked about his concept of compromise, and then raised his hand to kill Wang Ji Xuan, then Wang Ji Xuan could still respect the other party as a man.
As a result…
He wasn't even a man.
Obviously, among the Taiyi Golden Immortals, there were also individuals whose brains were not fully developed.
Getting off topic, getting off topic.
The six Tianluo Scattered Immortals each pondered, and then continued to speak.
Wang Ji Xuan had already heard the meaning in their words, which was probably—this cultivation world was already finished, and the only difference now was when it would be finished. If everyone was sensible and let the experts leave with them, they could avoid the suffering of the creatures of this world.
If everyone was reluctant to leave their homeland, then the six of them were willing to help with all their strength, but they held a pessimistic attitude about the final outcome.
Most of the righteous experts present were silent.
In the end, it still couldn't get around the word 'escape'.
The six Scattered Immortals of Tianluo said no more and quietly waited for these cultivators to reply.
Wang Ji Xuan sighed slightly in his heart.
What the six Tianluo Scattered Immortals said was actually not bad.
This was really the only option to preserve most of the Dao inheritance of this world.
Although he could also take people away, the number was limited, and traversing time and space should come at a price, and his next stop was the immortal world, where life and death were unpredictable.
"Immortal elders," an old Daoist got up and asked, "How long will it be before the next wave of the Dark Sect attacks?"
"Counting the cost of traveling on the Immortal Spirit Road, the cost of gathering their manpower, and our various troops also sniping them… there should be half a month."
"Then can we be allowed to return to our respective sects first, and the sects will discuss for two days, and then gather in Wangxian Valley, where the sect leaders will finally discuss and decide the path to take next?"
The old Daoist sighed:
"This matter is of great importance, we need to think carefully."
"Okay, but try not to spread the things we have told you, so as not to cause panic among the cultivators."
Someone muttered in the corner, "We are leaving, and those rogue cultivators and sect disciples are doomed to die, can't people know in advance?"
"Shut up!"
The old Daoist turned around and reprimanded, and the middle-aged Daoist who spoke quickly lowered his head.
"Let the sects return first."
"We will continue to wait outside the sky. You only need to ring the bell three times in Wangxian Valley, and we will appear."
The six Tianluo Scattered Immortals got up and said goodbye.
What they had to say, they had already said clearly, and from their point of view, they could be considered to have a clear conscience.
The experts of this world saw them off, and the six Tianluo Scattered Immortals turned into streamers and went straight to the sky.
After the six of them left, the righteous experts were reluctant to disperse for a long time, and they were discussing countermeasures here with bitter faces.
The old beggar sighed:
"We have been suppressing the demonic cultivators for so many years, but we never thought that we would still be defeated by the demonic cultivators."
"Dark Sect… Tianluo…"
"We have always adhered to the righteous path ideals, protecting the common people of the world, what did we do wrong? Even though there will be a few scumbags from time to time in each sect, we are generally worthy of our hearts and worthy of heaven and earth."
"Stop talking, let's go back to our respective sects first. If those little disciples are not good, their cultivation will be abolished, and let them return to the mortal world."
"There is no need to go back to discuss, our Tianxiao Pavilion will fight them to the end!"
"Don't be impulsive, you have also seen the scene, thousands of experts above the Integration Realm, more than a dozen Scattered Immortals, the next time the people who come will be stronger than this time."
Someone asked, "Then, what about those puppets that destroyed the Dark Sect? Who controls these puppets? Tianluo said it was a criminal, can this criminal help us?"
All the cultivators were momentarily silent.
Being in the midst of it, they only felt the matter was confusing and bewildering.
The scenes of a series of explosions were imprinted in their Dao hearts, making it difficult for them to calm down even now.
A female sect leader said softly, "If any of you have a way to contact these third batch of Daoist friends from beyond the heavens, please do so. It's always good to have more options."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
They discussed for another half an hour before the sect leaders led their teams back.
Wangxiang Valley posted notices everywhere.
They simply explained that there would be a great calamity in the world, and what had happened before was just the first wave of the calamity. Afterwards, there would be endless evil demons, heretics, and extraterrestrial demons coming to attack.
Wangxiang Valley would close its doors for two days to reorganize, and after two days, they would reopen the mountain gate.
This was a disguised eviction order.
A perfectly good disciple competition had turned into such a great battle, and the cultivators were somewhat dazed when they left.
And the idea that there would be a great calamity in the world quickly spread throughout this realm.
However, when the vast majority of cultivators left, no one noticed that Wang Jixuan, with the identity of a Murong family expert, was kept behind by the Wangxiang Valley Sect Leader and invited to the cave where the Sect Leader cultivated.
… …
Wang Jixuan looked at the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall.
These were completely different from the calligraphy and paintings in his memory.
He walked around the Sect Leader Martial Uncle's study with his hands behind his back, without spreading his spiritual sense, and didn't have to worry about encountering any trouble.
— Mainly because there was a hidden earphone in his ear, and Mudan was already watching every move.
"Jixuan?"
The great formation behind him opened, and an old Daoist with white hair rushed in quickly.
Wang Jixuan turned around, a shallow smile appearing on his face.
The old Daoist looked at him, his eyes filled with tears, and he said in a trembling voice, "It's really you! Jixuan, you're not dead?"
Wang Jixuan's heart was clear, and he lowered his head and kowtowed: "Martial Uncle, this disciple has returned."
"Get up quickly! Get up!"
The old Daoist stepped forward and helped Wang Jixuan up. With his late-stage Tribulation Transcendence cultivation, his Dao heart should not have fluctuated so much, but the old Daoist was really unable to restrain himself.
Back then, Wang Jixuan stubbornly went through the Heavenly Tribulation, and he was unable to dissuade him, so there was a thorn in his heart.
After Wang Jixuan's master was besieged and killed, it was always this Martial Uncle who took care of Wang Jixuan;
Daoist Taiye now had little lifespan left, and he often wondered if he hadn't given Wang Jixuan enough attention at that time, if he hadn't taken care of this genius in the sect after Wang Jixuan's master passed away, so that the child's temperament was too cold… …
Now, Wang Jixuan appeared in front of him again.
Wearing a light white robe, with a bit of a smile, still with that Mahayana cultivation, still using their Wangxiang Valley's Qingping Art, and also saved the cultivators of this realm… …
How could this allow Daoist Taiye to keep his Dao heart unwavering?
"Good, good!"
Taiye looked Wang Jixuan up and down:
"It's good that you're back… … You, you must have suffered a lot, right?"
"This disciple was ignorant before, making Martial Uncle worry."
"Come, sit here."
Taiye sighed, his mood quickly returning to calm, and pulled Wang Jixuan to sit behind the desk.
"Tell Martial Uncle quickly, where have you been for the past few hundred years? What's going on with that Tianluo and the Dark Sect?"
Wang Jixuan pondered for a few moments: "Martial Uncle, I won't tell you about these things, so as not to drag you into the karma of this matter."
"Then Martial Uncle asks you," Daoist Taiye said with a straight face, "Are your actions worthy of the word 'righteous'?"
"Worthy," Wang Jixuan said in a low voice, "This disciple acts only to have a clear conscience, and has not disgraced Wangxiang Valley… … It's just that the powerful enemies I have provoked, even the Wangxiang Valley in the Immortal Realm dare not say half a word in front of them, and this disciple has also killed Celestial Immortals sent by the Wangxiang Valley in the Immortal Realm in order to protect himself."
"Ah?"
Daoist Taiye stared at Wang Jixuan: "You have provoked such powerful enemies?"
"There are Grand Unity Golden Immortals, there are Grand Luo Golden Immortals, and there is… … something like the Heavenly Dao."
Wang Jixuan shrugged his shoulders:
"Anyway, every day this disciple lives now is a bonus.
"Martial Uncle doesn't need to worry, this disciple also has experts behind him."
Daoist Taiye digested this for a long time before slowly nodding: "You, your ambition is too high, and you are always unwilling to bow your head for human relationships. Don't become someone else's pawn and be used by others."
"Martial Uncle," Wang Jixuan took out two bottles of pills, "These are life-saving pills, which I exchanged for when I was working for Tianluo. Please take them and use them."
"You this… …"
"The conditions given by Tianluo are actually the best solution."
Wang Jixuan said helplessly:
"I'm just passing by in this realm. If I don't take action to destroy this group of Dark Sect followers, we won't even have a chance to speak. This realm is destined to be destroyed. I have interfered with what was destined to happen, and both the Karma Dao and the Years Dao will be backlash.
"It is indeed a good retreat for Wangxiang Valley to retain its essence and go to Tianluo."
Daoist Taiye was silent, his body sinking into the armchair, his brows filled with unresolved sorrow.
Wang Jixuan didn't say much, waiting quietly for his Martial Uncle to make a decision.
In the corner, a gray shadow gradually condensed, silently watching Taiye and Wang Jixuan.