Chapter 363: Chapter 156: The World’s No. 1 Mystic Sect Disbands, Practicing the Saintly Dao, Li Treading Immortal Receives Three-Month True Inheritance! (Part 2)
"And them."
"If I want to knock on this Celestial Gate, I need..."
"Your ’foundation’."
Zuo Shanhe’s tone began to turn cold:
"When I knocked on the Celestial Gate with the ’Life and Death Mountain and River Profound Skill’, I saw the ’phenomenon’ behind my Celestial Gate."
"If I want to push open that door, then I need to seize the ’Life and Death Foundation’ and create a ’Nirvana Tribulation’."
"It is said that after the Celestial Gate, one must withstand three baptisms to reach the end of the Celestial Gate and achieve the level of the ancient Dharma Seeker."
"And to cultivate this method, one must endure three Nirvana Tribulations, each of which requires the consumption of hundreds of millions of spiritual energies."
"Tribulation, energy, where do they come from?"
"Each disciple who has practiced the ’Life and Death Mountain and River Profound Skill’, even if they’re only in one realm, equates to the life force of ’ten thousand people dying’.
"And if the entire Life and Death Mountain and River Sect is sacrificed, it would be enough for me to enter the Celestial Gate, attain the Dao of the True Person, and still have excess!"
"Even if I can’t bear it in my heart and want to leave some heritage."
"At that time, leaving a few of you alive is not impossible, but..."
"Is this the Dao of my ’Life and Death Mountain and River Sect’, the Dao of the World’s First Mysterious Sect?"
"Therefore, I call this method the Demon Sect!"
"I originally thought the Triple Technique could reach heaven, but now it seems... if the ’Life and Death Mountain and River Sect’ continues to exist and reveals the truth of this ’Triple Technique’ to the public, that would harm others!"
"I always believed I gathered disciples of great virtue, but when faced with the true challenge, can I truly ’lock the heart ape, capture the wild horse’, and order myself to uphold my boundaries and not cross the threshold?"
"Can I guarantee that all my disciples and descendants can hold the line?"
"If the end of the method is a mistake."
"Then, it would be better for me to directly throttle it in my hands!"
"Better than having someone develop an obsession with the ’Threefold Heaven Opening’ and raise an Unparalleled Demon in the future!"
He took out an ancient leather scroll from his chest; it recorded the true text of the ’Life and Death Mountain and River Profound Skill’. Using his last breath, Zuo Shanhe burned the detailed method of the ’Third Layer’ into ashes,
and then turned to hand the first half of the manuscript to Jixia at his side.
"Putting aside the Third Layer, the First Layer can borrow the Power of Heaven and Earth, refine ’Nirvana True Qi’, equivalent to a Third Grade, and even retain eternal youth; this method is indeed remarkable."
"I won’t ask much about how you came to associate with Feng Zizai and others. This person... although his actions are unconventional, he is undoubtedly an extraordinary person."
"If he can develop a true ’True Man Technique’, it would be a blessing for the human race of this era, because without accident..."
"The Jing River Dragon King of the West Sea, the two pinnacle-level figures of Great Yin, Grandmaster Dong, and Dragon Elephant National Master, these people with bloodline heritage or those who traveled across the sea from other strange lands to establish sects in the northwest..."
"Relying on their bloodline origins and original heritages, they have already explored the foundation of the True Master, and standing on the shoulders of giants is truly advantageous."
"Most of the sixteen strong sects in our Northwest lineage are exploring their methods based on the remnants of the Grotto Heaven Era. If someone can integrate the mysteries within, remove the dross, and take the essence, it wouldn’t be a bad thing."
"But as the Sect Leader of the ’Life and Death Mountain and River Sect’, the heritage left by the ancestors is of utmost importance; I couldn’t just hand it over easily, but now, as one faces death, the method has become a mirage, giving it away doesn’t matter much."
"Ah..."
"True Master, oh, True Master."
"Heh."
"I have no chance anymore, but you all still have."
"Canyuan, ah."
"Our ’Life and Death Mountain and River Sect’ is located in Tongye State, and among the strong sects in Tongye State, it’s not just us: the ’Alchemy Dao’ of Danxia Mountain, the ’Mystical Gate’ of ss Mountain, the ’Talisman’ of the Natural Technique Sect..."
"And so on and so forth, all may not lack the chance to reach the heavens!"
"Now, the path for the Life and Death Mountain and River Sect is broken. Let the disciples each descend the mountain; those with family heritage return to their families, those without, I will write a letter to the Sect Leaders and Sect Heads, asking them to take in our disciples, let them change their foundations, join other sects, and continue to pursue the Great Dao."
After saying this, Zuo Shanhe closed his eyes, his breath long and steady, as if he had fallen asleep.
"Master!"
"Sect Leader!"
Canyuan and Xiufa, after listening to the full story, felt as if someone had gripped their throats, their eyes simultaneously beginning to redden:
"Kill me, you kill me then!"
"If my death could accomplish the ’True Master Cause’ of the Life and Death Mountain and River Sect and preserve this sect’s foundation, then the two of us dying would be nothing to regret!"
"At that time, you could just erase this method or find another method as our fundamental heritage, couldn’t you?"
Rustle!
The two knelt forward, embracing Zuo Shanhe on either side, as if he had fallen asleep, tears streaming down their faces.
"Shut up."
"Back off."
"Unless you want to see me die here right now."
"Not the method I sought myself..."
"I, Zuo Shanhe."
"No."
Feeling the arms tightly grasping his legs, Zuo Shanhe’s tone seemed to transcend the mundane world.
The entire Northwest regards the Life and Death Mountain and River Sect as the ’World’s First Mysterious Sect.’
Therefore,
as the Sect Leader of the World’s First Mysterious Sect...
he cannot act incongruous with his virtue.
The two disciples remained silent for a long time.
They hunched their bodies silently, retreating, all the youthful vigor etched on their faces suddenly vanished, as if they had aged twenty years in an instant.
