Chapter 96: Chapter 84: Dao Tian Ancestor returns, Night God Ascends to Throne! _2
Ever since the day Chen Chang’an realized that Mao Ruxue was the Earth Bodhisattva, he decided not to intervene.
He only planned to interfere with the little junior sister on Daocang Mountain, not the Earth Bodhisattva of Rebirth Hall.
In his own words, he wanted to see how far this junior sister could eventually go.
For the following few days, Chen Chang’an remained idle as usual.
Then, the fish supplied by Li Daoran started running out.
He suddenly felt like descending the mountain to get some more stock from Li Daoran.
Because over the past few months, Chen Chang’an found that he seemed to have developed a taste for Li Daoran’s fish.
Truth be told, this type of fish known as Dragon Ling, really has a superbly fresh quality of meat!
However, Chen Chang’an’s idea eventually fell through.
Not because he didn’t want to go, but because he was caught up in other things.
On this day, a sudden thunder roared in the sky.
Subsequently, the bells on the main peak of the Tianshui Sect, Tianshui Peak, kept ringing non-stop.
Even, in the end, the large bell on top of Tianshui Peak also started ringing.
That large bell is known as the Return Bell.
Usually, such ringing of the bell indicates only one situation.
Some very important person within the Tianshui Sect has returned.
And among the current missing members of the Tianshui Sect, there is only one that could be considered very important.
That would be the old patriarch of the Tianshui Sect — Elder Dao Tian!
Yes, Elder Dao Tian has returned.
However, the situation does not seem too good.
He seems to have returned severely injured, vomiting a lot of blood.
His face was all pale.
So much so that most people didn’t even get a chance to see him before he announced he was going into seclusion.
Just as Chen Chang’an had just made it to the foot of Daocang Mountain and was about to take another step, he turned back and trudged his way back up the mountain.
Although he had to walk an extra distance, Chen Chang’an was in high spirits.
With the patriarch in seclusion, it meant that he could avoid attending meetings and going on duty.
However, the only bad thing was...
Just as Chen Chang’an had returned to the mountain and entered the scripture storage hall, and before he had a chance to think of the next comfortable position to lie in, his thoughts were interrupted by an aged voice.
"Lad, it seems like you’re quite content here," it said.
It was an elder.
Dressed in a worn-out Daoist robe, slight wrinkles above the eyes, the look was profound and heavy-set.
His aura was restrained, simple, and unpretentious, appearing like a normal old person.
Completely off-guard!
The moment he saw the elder, Chen Chang’an couldn’t help but curse inwardly.
Daocang Mountain was where he had set up various killing arrays, and everyone with malicious intentions was barred from entering.
But, with all the prevention, he didn’t anticipate the current situation.
Damn it! This old fellow is also a non-hostile person!
"Disciple Chen Chang’an, pays his respects to the patriarch."
The next moment, Chen Chang’an promptly bowed and greeted.
"You remember me?"
Elder Dao Tian was planning to tease him a bit upon seeing his reaction, but now he was left with no means to do so.
"I don’t remember."
Chen Chang’an shook his head.
"But in the entire Tianshui Sect, there’s no one else with such a distinct demeanor."
"Apart from you, Patriarch, I can’t think of anyone else," he said.
Hearing Chen Chang’an’s words, Elder Dao Tian was taken aback, and then started laughing heartily.
"I didn’t realize before, but you sure do have a way with words," he said.
"Let me ask you this, do you remember that I once held you when you were a kid?" Elder Dao Tian asked again.
Chen Chang’an shook his head: "I don’t remember."
"Right, you were out of sorts back then, how could you remember me?" Elder Dao Tian shook his head, as if reminiscing something.
"Hmm? Has Patriarch appeared before?"
Chen Chang’an suddenly caught an interesting point in Elder Dao Tian’s conversation and hastily asked, surprised.
"I have."
Elder Dao Tian nodded.
"It was when your master just brought you up the mountain."
"I was also there when your master passed away, it’s just that you didn’t recognize me," he said.
Having said that, Elder Dao Tian suddenly looked seriously at Chen Chang’an and said:
"No need for more small talk."
"I didn’t come here to chat with you, but to tell you something."
He has something to tell me?
Upon hearing this, Chen Chang’an was taken aback.
To be honest, he truly has no memories of this elder in his mind.
As for the elder’s claim that they had met before, Chen Chang’an didn’t believe it at all.
Now that he has reached the eighth realm, his memories can be traced back with incredible clarity.
So, even if he was in a mentally exhausted state in the past, Chen Chang’an can recall all things around him very clearly now after reminiscing.
However, even after searching through all his memory pictures, Chen Chang’an couldn’t find anything related to this old man.
This doesn’t seem right!
To be frank, if he couldn’t clearly feel the pure purple sun power and god-demon power unique to the Tianshui Sect from this old man, Chen Chang’an would have been suspicious of this old man’s origin.
Wait, could it be that...?!
Suddenly, something came to Chen Chang’an’s mind.
All at once, he hastily revisited his memories.
As expected, he found some discrepancies in his memories regarding the year he was first taken to the Daoist Mountain and the year his master, Yang Han, passed away.
There was a figure with the same aura of Daoism who appeared on Daoist Mountain during both events.
The figure looked different each time, always sporting a strange face.
But by using great magic power to analyze it, it wasn’t difficult to determine they were the same person.
It was just that the person had disguised himself.
I see now.
With this realization, Chen Chang’an immediately understood.
The Tianshui Sect had spent so many resources looking for this elder for years, but no one knew that he had never left the Tianshui Sect.
Damn it, looks like this old man is a real drifter!
"Elder, please feel free to tell me your concerns."
However, despite the revelations in his mind, Chen Chang’an bowed respectfully and spoke.
"Kid, to be frank, I’m about to die."
But Elder Dao Tian’s first words left Chen Chang’an stunned.
"Elder...you?"
"Yes, you heard right, I’m about to die."
Perhaps seeing the shocked expression on Chen Chang’an’s face, Elder Dao Tian repeated his words.
"Have you ever heard of the Night God?" he asked.
Upon hearing this, Chen Chang’an twitched at the corner of his mouth.
Not surprisingly, he had indeed heard of the Night God.
Not just heard of, he is well aware of it.
In short, the Night God is a name that would appear among the righteous sects under the jurisdiction of the Taiyi Sect.
As for Yin Si, it is a name exclusive to the inhabitants of the Rebirth Hall.
Everyone from the Master of the Rebirth Hall, to the most common figures like horse-faced and ox-headed underworld monsters, can be addressed as Yin Si.
Similarly, the Night God, from the Sect Leader of the Taiyi Gate down to ordinary members, all are called Night God.
These two are actually corresponding to each other!
However, it is much harder to become a Night God than it is to become a Yin Si.
For the latter, all you have to do is register in the Rebirth Hall.
But to become the former is as difficult as climbing to the heavens.
It seems that one has to merge with Heaven and Earth’s power, an opportunity that is hardly available for the ordinary.
What Chen Chang’an couldn’t figure out was why Elder Dao Tian was telling him this now.
"Elder, I certainly know about the Night God, but what do you mean by this?"
"I’m nowhere near capable of achieving such a level."
Thinking about this, Chen Chang’an immediately asked his question.
Hearing this, Elder Dao Tian let out a long sigh:
"Kid, don’t you understand? I am a Night God."
"But now, I’m about to die."
"So, I hope that you can succeed me and become the new Night God!"
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PS: Thanks to the Alliance Hierarch ’I’m Just a Salted Fish Seven’ for the reward!
