Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, upon hearing the youth’s self-introduction, simultaneously stiffened, taking two unconscious steps back, as if a great disaster loomed over them.
A Daoist Xiantian?
The founder of a sect?
Lu Yang was the first to regain his composure, cracking his whip with a snap that sent sparks flying, scaring the youth into shivering terror.
He sneered, "You’ve really got some nerve, trying to impersonate the venerable predecessor I admire the most! Let me ask you, what is the real name of Daoist Xiantian?"
"Qi Tongtian."
"How did the Seek Dao Sect get its name?"
"I spent a hundred thousand spirit stones to have the Heavenly Strategy Sect calculate a good feng shui location for my sect. I set out following the results, but got lost halfway and had to ask for directions from an old farmer by the roadside. To commemorate this experience and show gratitude to the farmer, I named the sect ’Seek Dao Sect’."
"How many wives does Daoist Xiantian have?"
"When did I ever get married?"
"Why haven’t you married?"
"I was too poor, had no spirit stones. All the spirit stones were spent on building the sect."
The youth’s feet were bound and he was hung from a tree where every breeze threatened to spin him around.
Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou exchanged glances; something was wrong, he had answered everything correctly, it seemed that the other person really was Daoist Xiantian.
Lu Yang cleared his throat, his face breaking into a smile as he hurriedly let down the hanging Daoist Xiantian, "Daoist Xiantian is the person I respect the most. When I face difficulties in my cultivation, I often reminisce about how you, Old Master, founded Seek Dao Sect under such harsh conditions. It truly inspires me. We thought you were an impostor just now, forgive us, Ancestor."
Now merely an ordinary man, having hung for a long time, Daoist Xiantian felt dizzy the moment he touched the ground and was slow to grasp Lu Yang’s words.
Meng Jingzhou earnestly produced a chair from somewhere, inviting the Ancestor to sit.
Daoist Xiantian expressed his thanks and sat in the chair to recover for a while, suddenly realizing they were referring to him as "Ancestor."
"Hold on, you two are from Seek Dao Sect?"
The two nodded and bowed deeply, exuding utmost respect, "I’m Lu Yang, just call me Little Lu."
"My name is Meng Jingzhou, you can call me Little Meng."
Daoist Xiantian looked at them with a strange gaze, recalling a story he had heard by the roadside.
"You’re the one who, in the Foundation Establishment Stage, challenged higher levels and defeated those in the Golden Core Stage, Nascent Soul Stage, and Divinity Transformation Stage, Lu Yang?"
"And you, Meng Jingzhou, are the one whose determination in Dao is unwavering, who remains undistracted and dedicated to the way?"
"Ancestor, you must be tired from hanging on the tree, let me massage your shoulders."
"I will rub your legs."
As they massaged the Ancestor, they chatted casually, "Ancestor, didn’t you establish the Seek Dao Sect? Why aren’t you in deep slumber within the sect?"
There was a tomb of Daoist Xiantian in the sect, and everyone was unaware that Daoist Xiantian’s ’death’ was a feigned one, and his true form was elsewhere.
Daoist Xiantian felt like crying but no tears came, "I never expected the sect I established back then would last till now."
When he established the Seek Dao Sect, he was only at the Refining the Void stage. It was after the sect was built that he ascended to the Body Integration Realm, which meant it was quite an ordinary First-Class Sect. Who would have thought that a First-Class Sect could last for one hundred and twenty thousand years, and even thrive more and more.
At that time in Great Yu, the moral climate was poor. If a sect was destroyed, the enemy would certainly dig three feet into the ground to find it, not only to search for treasure but also to eliminate the roots. If he had chosen to slumber within the Seek Dao Sect, and one day the sect was destroyed, he would have been killed by the enemy while still asleep.
If he had known that the Seek Dao Sect would do so well, he would not have had to go through the trouble of finding a secluded place to sleep in the first place.
"Then why did you Start Over after Disbanding Cultivation?"
The Daoist Xiantian felt even more wronged: "Do you think I wanted this? When I woke up, I hadn’t even fully regained my composure before three Great Qian Cultivators rushed in to rob me of my Jin Chan Escape Technique, the leader seemed to be called something like True Jun of Watching Chess. They were all ruthless, one more so than the others.
If I hadn’t taken a gamble to Start Over after Disbanding Cultivation and escaped, I would have left my life there."
Lu Yang’s mouth twitched. So it turned out True Jun of Watching Chess’s robbery target was you.
Meng Jingzhou said indignantly, "That’s too much, this True Jun of Watching Chess really has no respect for the laws, he does not take our Seek Dao Sect seriously at all!"
Lu Yang was even more furious, "To actually treat the Ancestral Master in such a way, if I encounter him, I’d rather give up my worthless life to fight him to the death!"
The Daoist Xiantian was deeply moved after hearing this. What good children they were.
He continued, "After escaping, I heard that the Seek Dao Sect was still around and had become one of the Five Great Immortal Sects. So, I wanted to go back to the sect, but it’s too far from here, I needed to earn enough for the journey first."
"I hadn’t even finished earning the travel money when the official cultivators from Great Xia came to kill me. I was about to run away when I was caught by you two and hung up here."
"Why would you run at the sight of Great Xia cultivators if you’ve done nothing?" Lu Yang massaged the Daoist Xiantian’s shoulders even more attentively.
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The Daoist Xiantian looked troubled: "I have to run even if I haven’t done anything. I’m not a cultivator of this era after all, and if the official cultivators of Great Xia saw me, they would definitely want to capture me. I feel the Seek Dao Sect is safer."
Lu Yang understood. The Ancestral Master had just woken up not long ago and didn’t understand Great Xia. He was judging Great Xia by the standards of the Great Yu era.
Great Xia does not arrest all ancient cultivators. For those who are willing to abide by the rules of Great Xia, they’d just be registered and not mistreated.
As for the victims like the Ancestral Master here, they’d be even more protected.
The Daoist Xiantian sighed, "Such a pity for my Jin Chan Escape Technique."
"How did those three Great Qian cultivators led by True Jun of Watching Chess know that you had the Jin Chan Escape Technique?" Meng Jingzhou asked curiously.
The Daoist Xiantian seemed to remember something, he pounded his thigh vigorously and angrily said, "It must be those people from the Great Yu Alliance."
"The Great Yu Alliance?" Lu Yang remembered that Wu Youdao seemed to have mentioned this organization.
"It’s an alliance formed by Great Yu Cultivators. After I awoke, they found me right away and hoped I would join them. I found them unreliable, so I refused."
"They must have discovered that I possessed the Jin Chan Escape Technique but couldn’t take action directly, as it would violate the rules of the Great Yu Alliance. So, they secretly informed the Great Qian cultivators to rob it from me, and then they’d retrieve it, thus legitimizing their actions."
"They probably didn’t expect the Great Xia cultivators to come so quickly. Unable to confront them directly, they had no choice but to back off."
Lu Yang assured with a slap on his chest, "Ancestral Master, rest assured, if we get a chance to encounter that Great Yu Alliance bunch, our Seek Dao Sect will definitely help you get even!"
The Daoist Xiantian felt that these two were truly filial, and they had high talents too. Indeed, as the storytelling went, they were rare good seeds.
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With these two present, the future of his Seek Dao Sect was boundless. In the clashes of the coming Great Era, it would surely have a place.
"By the way, Ancestral Master, we’ve just finished our mission and are about to return to the sect. Do you wish to go back with us?"
"Yes."