Chapter 298: A Little Painful
Ye Guan finally understood why both Ba Wan and the Adjudication Sword Master were so fierce—someone had influenced them.
Ye Guan continued reading.
He had to admit that these ancient books were precious. The True God criticized the author because her opinions differed from the author's opinions, which made sense because these ancient books were from a different civilization, so the authors of these books had different ideas and beliefs.
Of course, these annotations were not objective and all and were based on her personal feelings. They were also rather over-the-top—to think she would call someone a dumbass…
Just like that, Ye Guan stayed in the pagoda for months to read. He gained a lot of knowledge, especially about the history of this universe, some of the past civilizations, and most importantly, knowledge about the True Universe.
The strongest civilization in the True Universe was the Divine Dao Civilization, and it was a civilization created by the Great Daoist Brush Master. The Divine Dao Civilization was no more, but it was once a glorious civilization, similar to the mysterious lady's description.
At the time, many people had established their own Daos. In fact, the ancient books recorded thousands of cultivation methods and described a myriad of Daos that existed during the Divine Dao Civilization.
Needless to say, there were many strong cultivators at the time.
There weren't many Great Sovereigns at the time, but everyone's overall prowess was way beyond Great Sovereigns. Of course, there was a reason so many people had chosen not to become Great Sovereigns.
Aspiring Great Sovereigns at the time had to withstand Three Calamities and Three Tribulations. The current era's Great Sovereigns didn't have to go through such a grueling hardship, but the absence of the Three Calamities and Three Tribulations was a double-edged sword.
Indeed, there were more Great Sovereigns now than there were at the time, but the quality of the Great Sovereigns in the current era was mediocre at best when compared to the Great Sovereigns during the Divine Dao Civilization's golden days.
Incredibly, traces of the Divine Dao Civilization's glory still existed. The majority of the cultivators in the current era had chosen to embark on the Daos that the supreme elites of the Divine Dao Civilization had already established.
A great example of this was the existence of the Ancient Divine Sorcerers in the True Universe. The canons necessary to become an Ancient Divine Sovereign were derived from the canons that existed during the Divine Dao Civilization.
In addition, most of the True Universe's Great Daos and cultivation methods had also come from the Divine Dao Civilization.
The True God didn't destroy the Divine Dao Civilization's legacy. She allowed people to research their methods and improve them, which meant the True Universe could be said to have inherited the Divine Dao Civilization’s legacy.
The Divine Dao Civilization's legacy had allowed the True Universe to develop rapidly, exceeding the other universes and the All Worlds in the proverbial blink of an eye.
As for the Guanxuan Universe, its development could be partly attributed to the Great Daoist Brush Master. The Great Daoist Brush Master founded the Daoist Sect in the Guanxuan Universe, and the Daoist Sect ended up ruling the Guanxuan Universe for quite a while.
However, the Guanxuan Academy eventually replaced the Daoist Sect.
Ye Guan sighed. The Great Daoist Brush Master’s story was rather tragic.
Ye Guan decided to read more about the Heaven Seizing Clan and discovered that even though they were strong, there was still a huge gap between them and those with the Divine Dao Bloodline running down their veins.
In fact, the Heaven Seizing Clan had been a part of the Divine Dao Civilization at the time, and they relied heavily on the latter. Eventually, the Heaven Seizing Clan got strong enough to become an extremely powerful influence even among the other influences at the time.
It had to be known that the Gate of Reincarnation once belonged to the Great Daoist Brush Master. It only landed in their hands because the Great Daoist Brush Master had decided to give them the gate as a gift.
Ye Guan frowned at the next entry. “Senior, it says here that Sovereign Heaven Seizing Dao was a legendary, peerless cultivator, but why do I feel like he… isn’t very smart? I'm not trying to insult him; I'm being honest here.”
The mysterious lady asked, “Do you know what arrogance is?”
“Arrogance?”
"Brat, what will you think of him if the members of the older generation refrain from intervening in your battle against him? Will you think he's dumb by then?"
Ye Guan shook his head.
"You probably feel that he's dumb because he dared to attack you, even though your parents and relatives are around. There's no way Sovereign Heaven Seizing Dao can defeat your father and aunt.
"However, it seems that everyone here has forgotten a crucial fact. Sovereign Heaven Seizing Dao has no idea about your father and aunt's strength!" said the mysterious lady.
Ye Guan fell silent. He had truly overlooked such a crucial fact.
The mysterious lady added, “Sovereign Heaven Seizing Dao seems rather dumb to you and me, but you have to know that Sovereign Heaven Seizing Dao has remained virtually invincible during the Divine Dao Civilization.
The Great Daoist Brush Master has been the only one capable of consistently defeating him. In fact, even the Adjudication Sword Master, Ba Wan, and I couldn't defeat him when he was at his peak.
"Today, the Great Daoist Brush Master has been expelled from the True Universe, while Big Sister hasn't been visiting the True Universe. In other words, it's normal that he has become slightly more arrogant.”
Ye Guan nodded lightly and muttered, “I see… I forgot.”
"Well…" the mysterious lady muttered before saying, "It's true that he's a dumbass."
Ye Guan had no idea what to say. In the end, he cast his gaze on the book in front of him and started reading it. A long while later, he suddenly asked, “Senior, I’ve read through so many ancient books here, but I haven’t found anything about the civilizations before the Divine Dao Civilization.
"Were there any civilizations before the Divine Dao civilization?”
"Of course," the mysterious lady replied.
"Really?"
“Yes, but only two people are aware of its identity.”
“Are they the true God and the Great Daoist Brush Master?”
“Yes, I remember Big Sister saying that there was a civilization that existed before the Divine Dao Civilization, but every historical record about it was sealed by the Great Daoist Brush Master.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know.”
“After looking through the historical records of all the other civilizations in the world, I discovered a pattern. Whenever a civilization erases historical records of the civilization that came before it, it usually means that they've done something shameful. They must have done something bad!”
The mysterious lady chuckled and muttered in the tiny pagoda, “Sooner or later, someone will put you in your place.”
Little Pagoda agreed and said, “He's only bold because he has yet to experience that.”
Meanwhile, Ye Guan smiled and said, “The Great Daoist Brush Master is indeed not just a supreme elite, but he was also rather magnanimous. I'm sure he doesn't care about what a paltry young man will say about him, but I truly admire him.
"His achievements are something that the majority of cultivators couldn't even dream of achieving. I can't even fathom how he created an entire civilization, and he also created cultivation methods as well as divine canons…"
"What are you saying?" Little Pagoda asked, “What’s the point of sucking up to him now, he can't hear—”
Swoosh!
The Dao Imprint on Ye Guan's glabella quivered before disappearing.
Ye Guan froze and went silent.
Little Pagoda turned to the mysterious lady and exclaimed, “I guess he can hear it!”
The mysterious lady smiled and said, “And I guess we can also say that the Great Daoist Brush Master is rather fond of this little brat.”
A golden light flashed outside, and an illusory figure appeared before Ye Guan. Ye Guan's eyes fell on the illusory figure, and he asked, “Master Pagoda? What are you doing?”
“I’m trying to read!” Little Pagoda replied blandly. He had decided to start reading books from now on. He had just discovered that the key to sucking up to supreme elites was becoming a cultured individual.
Little Pagoda's biggest goal was to improve his sycophant vocabulary, which contained nothing but—Oh fuck, you’re awesome! You’re so awesome, you’re extremely awesome, you're awe-awesome!
Ye Guan was so dumbfounded that he could only shake his head in response and chuckle. In the end, his gaze fell on the book in his hands, and he continued to absorb more information from the ancient books.
There was a massive time difference between the outside world and the world in the tiny pagoda. Ye Guan spent years reading books and cultivating in the tiny pagoda; his Sword Dao didn't improve that much, but he had made a breakthrough in his physical realm by becoming an Earth Immortal Realm cultivator.
Ye Guan didn't neglect his sword techniques and martial skills, but he had to admit that he had become a cultured scholar. Over the past five years, Ye Guan had consumed all of the ancient books.
There were a myriad of books, but Ye Guan's reading speed could only be described as absurd. He had an eidetic memory, which was a perk that came with having a high cultivation base.
Ye Guan finally left the tiny pagoda, and the first person he saw upon leaving was Nalan Jia wearing a long white dress. The dress was as white as snow; it was just a plain dress, but it became more than just plain once Nalan Jia had worn it.
Nalan Jia smiled at Ye Guan and said, “It seemed like you were busy, so I decided not to disturb you.”
Ye Guan laughed and walked up to her. He held her hands and asked, “What did you talk about with Tutor?”
Nalan Jia winked at him. “It’s a secret, so I'm not telling you.”
Ye Guan chuckled and went silent.
Nalan Jia's smile deepened as she asked, “Who do you want to invite to our wedding?”
Ye Guan fell into deep contemplation upon hearing that.
“Siao Ge, Lady Mo Ya, Senior Tower Keeper, Old Fu from Qingzhou, Han Zong, Si Tongtian, and…” Ye Guan went on, saying so many names in one breath. He had to invite them, as those people had lent him a helping hand.
Nalan Jia asked, “Anyone else?”
“Nope!” Ye Guan replied.
Nalan Jia nodded and said, “I already told Chief An You to invite the people you mentioned just now.”
Ye Guan was slightly taken aback at that.
Nalan Jia smiled and asked, “Is there anyone else you’d like to invite?’
Ye Guan shook his head and said, “No.”
“Okay!”
With that, the couple walked down Mount Banqing while holding hands. Nalan Jia swept her gaze across the sea of clouds and said, "Mother said that your extended family is going to attend our wedding."
"Extended family?" Ye Guan was surprised.
"Yes." Nalan Jia nodded and said, “I asked her, but she didn't want to tell me. She said that she'll introduce them to you at our wedding.”
“I’m looking forward to it, then,” Ye Guan said with a smile. He took out the Path Sword and stared deeply at it with the same smile tugging at his lips. Clearly, he was happy at the news that his parents' extended family would attend the wedding.
"I feel like the True Universe is going to do something," Nalan Jia said and explained, "More than a million Divine Spirits had gathered at the Xuzhen Battlefield for some reason."
Ye Guan immediately frowned.
Nalan Jia continued. “Their numbers are increasing as we speak, but I think there's something fishy about it. If they were going to attack us, anyway, why not do it during our wedding when we're the most vulnerable?"
Ye Guan tightened his grip on Nalan Jia's hand and said, “Well, I don't think we have to care about the riffraff. Father, Mother, and my extended family will be there during our wedding. The only thing we have to care about on that day is entering the bridal chambers!”
The bridal chambers! Nalan Jia's face flushed red in an instant, and her eyes glimmered shyly at Ye Guan. She had heard about how the first time would be a little painful, but she had no idea just how painful it would be.
Nalan Jia suddenly felt a bit worried. She pondered over bringing some Imperial-grade healing pills with her in the bridal chambers, but… How many pills should I prepare? I have no idea…
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