Chapter 553: Chapter 496: Celestial Being Cultivation System
"The Celestial Dao Sect wants to cooperate with him."
Liu Zongyuan immediately brought up the purpose bluntly.
Cooperation?
This was not surprising. Previously when he was in the Endless Sea Domain, Han Yu also encountered such a proposal.
It was just in a way that only benefited the other party without any losses, so Han Yu directly refused on the spot.
Being an old fox, Quan Xiaotong feigned waiting to hear more, hesitantly speaking, "That’s it?"
"You’re only talking about cooperation?"
"How to cooperate? Not mentioning the benefits to both parties? Not stating the obligations of both parties?"
"They didn’t even clarify the basis for cooperation. Senior, with this kind of negotiation style, I could probably reject them on his behalf."
Liu Zongyuan was dumbfounded; he wasn’t here to play mind games, it was simply about giving Han Yu an outsider position for immortality, making him an external member to jointly resist the Yama Hall.
Quan Xiaotong remained silent for a moment, until shock quickly flashed across Feng Buping’s face and his throat moved. Quan Xiaotong finally changed.
"Immortality? You have the means for immortality? So, this is the bargaining chip you offer him?"
Quan Xiaotong smiled ambiguously.
As soon as he said this, the whole room was shocked.
Everyone looked at Liu Zongyuan with astonishment.
Immortality! A thing existing in mythical tales, also the ultimate goal most cultivators strive for. Does such a thing truly exist?
"Do you think this guy is boasting?"
Han Yu was also shocked, understanding the concept of immortality. Even a simple Life Span Pill can make a cultivator in the Realm of Transcendence risk everything for it. It can be said that any cultivator desires ample life more than a mortal.
"Why don’t I believe it?"
However, after thinking a little, Han Yu found it hard to believe, as the Celestial Dao Sect, in terms of strength, does not seem like a place capable of granting such abilities.
"Not necessarily, the fact that the other party dares to propose it suggests they do have means of immortality."
The Artifact Spirit, looking serious, muttered in the Sea of Consciousness.
Liu Zongyuan was even more astonished than they were, with a look as if he’d seen a ghost. Once again, he realized that even though he hadn’t said anything, the other person seemed to know what he was thinking.
"Can you read my thoughts?"
He wasn’t stupid, quickly making a guess.
Quan Xiaotong smiled without a word, implicitly confirming.
Liu Zongyuan’s expression turned tangled, making it difficult. With this, he couldn’t let his thoughts run wild or he had to clear his mind to avoid leaking any other information.
"Actually, there’s no need to be so surprised. I somewhat understand you all now."
Quan Xiaotong let out a dismissive smile.
Isn’t this surprising enough?
Liu Zongyuan’s expression was complex as they locked eyes for a long time before he spoke, "Understand? What else do you know?"
"For example, the way you from the Endless Sea Domain look at us, you should call us ’Central Continent Natives,’ right?"
"Or Xin Zui, Xin Yin, Wuyin, Lang Zhong, Huo Lang, Gu Feng, Yi Hong, Wen Xiong, Duo Po, Fen Hun."
As he mentioned each name, Liu Zongyuan’s expression grew more peculiar.
This confirmed that Quan Xiaotong wasn’t talking nonsense; he even knew the top three of the Yama Hall.
"What else do you know?"
Liu Zongyuan’s expression was odd, seemingly pondering. If nothing accidental happened, it had to be either Fen Hun or Duo Po who slipped.
Huo Lang dying was impossible, the doctor wasn’t here, Gu Feng fled, and Yi Hong and Wen Xiong just fell; it couldn’t have been enough time for the other party to extract this kind of peculiar ability.
So, the most likely were Fen Hun and Duo Po.
"Hmm, your guess is quite accurate; it’s Duo Po."
Quan Xiaotong nodded with a smile, once again peering into the heart, leaving Liu Zongyuan somewhat withdrawn.
Feng Buping behind slightly twitched his lips as Quan Xiaotong, full of vigor, pretended in the lead. Who knew what it felt like to empathize with someone for days and nights?
A few days ago, in order to extract information from Duo Po, he was thrown by Quan Xiaotong to accompany Duo Po for several days just to squeeze out a bit of information.
As for the things extracted, they were half-guess and not actually much.
No one is really dumb, even the simple Duo Po realized after being guided by Quan Xiaotong’s thoughts for a few days. Afterward, Duo Po dared not let thoughts wander at all costs.
Quan Xiaotong, holding meager intelligence, clearly wanted to extract more information.
Thus, his words became noticeably sharper.
"Actually, your Celestial Dao Sect has always been weaker than the Yama Hall, I didn’t get that wrong, did I?"
This didn’t seem much, as long as one had eyes, they could see this problem.
"These are just superficial things."
Liu Zongyuan shook his head, scoffing.
"Then what about the relationship between the Cultivator Realm and your two sides?"
Quan Xiaotong stopped smiling and spoke seriously.
"And Celestial Beings? These are not just superficial things, are they?"
This apparently touched upon Liu Zongyuan’s taboo, resulting in a huge reaction upon hearing it.
"You even know about this?"
Liu Zongyuan’s expression changed, if he wasn’t severely injured and unable to move, he would’ve probably jumped up.
Quan Xiaotong pieced together bits and pieces of information from Duo Po’s mind then quickly laid out a development map of the Cultivator Realm relying on his own completion.
"All along, the first barrier for Mortal Cultivators is named ’Break the Celestial Being.’"
What is a Celestial Being? For years, there have been debates within the Cultivator Realm. It’s said to break through the realm of unity with heaven and humans, but why start so high, and it doesn’t fit those mundane people who can also cultivate.
There’s another saying: breaking the relationship between heaven and humans to step on an extraordinary path, a mainstream opinion later.
"Actually, the so-called Celestial Beings should be a self-designation of the first batch of cultivators in a certain period, right!"
Only this could explain such an awe-inspiring name for the first entrance of cultivation, breaking Celestial Being refers to the first batch of cultivators breaking through their own shackles to step onto the path of cultivation.
As for the relationship with Central Continent, it’s easier to understand.
"The cultivation system of the Central Continent was also passed down by this group of Celestial Beings, or said, Celestial Beings are the source of the world’s cultivators, right?"
And that the Celestial Dao Sect and Yama Hall were both likely passed down by Celestial Beings.
With Quan Xiaotong’s elaboration, Liu Zongyuan’s expression became stranger.
At this point, Quan Xiaotong had barely any novel information to reveal; extracting these was already quite arduous, the rest was told through half-guess and half-infer by himself.
If it weren’t for Duo Po continuously referring to Quan Xiaotong as a native, he might not have led in this direction.
"So, senior should be from that camp of Celestial Beings, right?"
Liu Zongyuan remained silent for a long time, while Quan Xiaotong couldn’t help but grin, in other words, the other party’s reaction confirmed his correctness.
When Liu Zongyuan spoke, he sighed.
"Knowing these actually brings no benefits, this world is never short of smart people, and neither is Central Continent."
"Over the millennia, several smart people have indirectly discovered the existence of the Yama Hall, but they too were eliminated, and even implicated a group of unsuspecting cultivators."
In Liu Zongyuan’s memory, large-scale bloodshed among cultivators in Central Continent was not uncommon, every time after people like Quan Xiaotong who acted smart appeared, there would be a slaughter in Central Continent.
"So, was Qingzhou wiped out because of this?"
Quan Xiaotong hurriedly asked, if so, finally, the Qingzhou Prefecture matter had a complete truth.
