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Chapter 223: Can Support and Nurture; Arriving at the Xianlun Sacred Land.
Gu Changge’s plan was actually very simple.
Judging from the current situation, Yaoyao was still quite trusting and reliant on her master.
The energy she possessed as the mysterious peach tree’s Dao Fruit would someday far exceed her wildest imaginations.
And during this time, Yaoyao’s situation was just as Gu Changge had expected.
She had no ability to cultivate.
This made this little girl, who has always been cute and obedient, quite depressed, to the point of even beginning to worry about gains and losses.
“Master, have I disappointed you?”
Inside an Ancient City in Tian Domain, Yaoyao glanced furtively at Gu Changge with a gloomy face, speaking with guilt and anxiety in her voice.
Grandma Yinhua was also feeling rather uneasy, not daring to take a single breath.
During this period of time, though repeated contact with Gu Changge, she had discovered that this Immortal was not as indifferent as the rumours suggested.
But it was also hard to hide the superiority and arrogance that was deep in his bones.
Only when facing Yaoyao did he showed a gentle expression.
Even when he talked to Grandma Yinhua, it was always about matters related to Yaoyao.
So it could easily be seen that this Supreme Immortal truly valued and loved Yaoyao very much.
He had taught her many martial arts and cultivation methods, fed her all kinds of mystical medicines, and treated her using precious blood elixirs, not stopping for the slightest moment.
It was to such an extent that the day-to-day cultivators and creatures started growing terrified of his existence, with Divine Mountains and Restricted Areas now leading him into their palace of their own volition, not able to help but change their attitudes.
From the Lords of the Divine Mountain and the Lords of the Restricted Areas, he repeatedly asked to refine their precious blood, specifically for Yaoyao.
This kind of treatment made her feel envious and amazed that there were actually methods solely to enrich one’s body this way.
Perhaps her cultivation had limited her vision.
She watched with her own eyes the scene of an Ancient Divine Mountain being turned into dust by his servant because of their rebellion against this Immortal.
That heaven-shaking and earth-shattering sight, a momentum that shook the world.
Sensing the destruction, the Divine Mountain’s Ancestor, who rarely emerged once in ten thousand years, showed its hand, unleashing a dark turmoil, powerful to the point of invincibility.
Yet, as a result, he was annihilated in an instant, not being able to resist in front of this Immortal.
The more you understood about the power of this Immortal, the more terrifying and unfathomable you would find him to be!
But now, Grandma Yinhua discovered a very big problem, which made her worry secretly.
There seemed… to be a problem with Yaoyao.
Because no matter what the Great Immortal did, it was useless.
He even personally killed an Ancient Being in the Sacred Realm, extracted his true soul, and refined the Realm Breaking Treasure Pills to help Yaoyao breakthrough.
However, the many resources simply vanished without any signs of Yaoyao’s improvement.
She still could not cultivate.
One must know that during this time, the Great Immortal had placed a lot of thought and effort into raising Yaoyao, utilizing every method he possessed.
To put it a bit harsher, after all that work, even a pig should have transformed into a Divine Beast.
Yet Yaoyao did not improve at all.
As such, this incident made Grandma Yinhua feel uneasy, and she also felt that Great Immortal seemed to be in a bad mood, often frowning, and falling into deep contemplation.
In this world, there was no such thing as being nice to others for no reason.
In the beginning, Great Immortal helped Yaoyao and accepted her as his apprentice because he valued her talent and thought she was not simple.
So the conclusion he received now might slap him hard across the face…
Although Yaoyao looked very extraordinary, it was an iron-clad fact that she cannot cultivate.
Under this huge gap in expectation, it’s estimated that no one would accept it, especially this Great Immortal, who had invested a lot of resources and hard work into her.
Thus, Grandma Yinhua became quite worried, afraid that the Great Immortal would be angry and feel as if he had been deceived.
And Yaoyao was very sensible as well, knowing that she had let Master down.
To waste so many good things on her without the slightest bit of return.
This made her feel helpless, as her little fists clenched onto her dress tightly.
During these few days, she had grown accustomed to her Master teaching her to practice, caring and look out for her.
But if Master decided to abandon her because of this incident, she would not blame him for it, even though she would be very heartbroken.
She could only blame herself for being so useless.
Hearing this, Gu Changge seemed to have recovered from his thoughts.
He looked at the depressed Yaoyao in front of him, and smiled, acting as if he didn’t know what she was thinking about, “How could Yaoyao ever disappoint her Master?”
Of course, he knew what Yaoyao and Grandma Yinhua were thinking.
About Yaoyao’s inability to cultivate.
But it was not surprising at all. In fact, he had expected it long ago.
Having said that, he still had to show a heavy, somewhat melancholic expression to seal the act.
Otherwise, no matter how one looks at it, they would feel that this master was too fake.
To not care that his apprentice could not cultivate? What kind of Master is like that?
Furthermore, in Gu Changge’s opinion, this was the crucial moment he needed for Yaoyao to be able to completely trust in him as a Master.
Isn’t the issue precisely because you cannot cultivate?
No matter. Your Master is rich and powerful, so he can support you either way.
“Master, Yaoyao is too useless. I’ve wasted so much of your resources and time, and yet I still can’t cultivate. I’ve disappointed master and I’m disappointed in myself.”
Hearing Gu Changge’s question, Yaoyao lowered her head and spoke in a low whisper.
Filled with guilt and anxiety, she did not dare look into Gu Changge’s eyes.
From the momentary joy of thinking she really was a peerless genius, to discover that she, in the end, was not able to cultivate. That she was completely worthless. A match unable to light on fire.
The Xianlun Sacred Land cultivator who took her brother away was right.
This feeling of falling from Heaven to Hell made Yaoyao extremely sorrowful.
“Is that it?”
Gu Changge looked a little stunned after receiving Yaoyao’s answer, before laughing aloud, “So you were worried about this? Haha. Even if you can’t cultivate now, you’re still my apprentice.”
“Why should you worry about these things at such a young age?”
“Yaoyao, have you forgotten what Master told you before?”
The little girl was stunned for a moment, and her tiny face, submerged in worry, suddenly became deeply moved as her nose reddened.
An unexpected answer.
She thought that she would be abandoned by her master because of this issue.
And yet…
“Master…”
“Master told me before… that sometimes a master can be a person who is even closer than one’s own relatives.”
In fact, she has always remembered this sentence and felt very touched at the time.
“Just remember this, little girl. Don’t think so much.”
“Even if you are unable to cultivate forever, Master can still support you for the rest of your life, so what if I have a few extra followers around me?”
Gu Changge smiled gently and reached out to squeeze Yaoyao’s jade-like cheeks.
“Master, you are so kind to me.” Yaoyao’s nose suddenly turned sour when she heard the words.
“Silly girl, meeting is fate. Since I have accepted you as a disciple, then it is my fate as a Master. You don’t have to blame yourself. Cultivation can actually be very troublesome…” Gu Changge smiled.
“Since you can’t cultivate, you can also save your master from worrying too much. After all, teaching people is a very troublesome thing.”
“Mhm. Yaoyao knows, I won’t worry about it in the future.”
Yaoyao felt very moved in her heart, as she nodded like a woodpecker, looking very well behaved.
She understood that Gu Changge’s words were actually meant to comfort her. After all, what master wouldn’t be frantic if the apprentice they accepted could not cultivate?
Obviously, this was what the master said in order to prevent her from blaming herself and worrying about it too much.
Master was so kind to her!
At this moment, in Yaoyao’s heart, Gu Changge’s status suddenly ascended to a level no different from that of her brother and grandma.
‘Thank goodness! It looks like I was wrongly blaming the Supreme Immortal.’
Seeing this scene, Grandma Yinhua was also relieved.
Gu Changge’s words surprised her, but she also understood the character of this Immortal.
For Yaoyao to have worshipped him as her teacher was really the blessing of a thousand lifetimes!
“Yaoyao, why don’t you return to the Upper Realm with Master now? Since I’ve already paid back the favour I was due, and accepted you as a disciple along the way, after about it, I feel that it is time we went back.”
At this moment, Gu Changge suddenly spoke up with a smile on his face and mentioned the matter of returning to the Upper Realm.
He did intend to deal with the Human Ancestor’s Reincarnation first, but at this crucial point in time, it was best to conceal any outside abnormality.
It would be more prudent if he remained optimistic, and let Yaoyao take the initiative to tell him about the situation with her brother than try to wrangle it from her himself.
Only then would he be justified in acting for the sake of her safety, accompanying her to find him.
Wasn’t this the most logical method?
Grandma Yinhua suddenly looked shocked upon hearing the two words ‘Upper Realm’.
‘Returning? To that mysterious and divine place? If Yaoyao was brought to the Upper Realm…’
She might finally be able to access the vast and wondrous outside world that might help her uncover the secrets hidden inside her body.
After all… the Upper Realm was where legends resided. The supreme cultivators and Immortals, and even existences beyond Immortals.
As for Grandma Yinhua herself, she actually didn’t have any thoughts about the Upper Realm.
Nevertheless, she hoped that she could follow the Great Immortal along for Yaoyao’s sake.
‘Oh! this girl probably misses her brother a lot, so she doesn’t want to leave here like this.’
Vaguely knowing Yaoyao’s thought process, the old woman sighed in her heart, feeling a bit helpless.
“Master, are we going to leave this realm now?”
Yaoyao looked at Gu Changge.
Her thoughts were just as Grandma Yinhua predicted.
That small and cute face looked very confused.
On one side was her Master.
On the other was her brother.
A year ago, he was taken to the Xianlun Sacred Land for cultivation, and there had been no news about him ever since, even when the Beishan Village where she lived was attacked by bandits.
If not for the sudden arrival of her master, Yaoyao and Grandma Yinhua might not have been able to survive, dying wretchedly at the hands of the bandits.
She had always hoped her brother would swoop in to save her and Grandma like a hero from legend…
But it didn’t happen.
Hence, Yaoyao felt that something might have happened to him while cultivating in the Xianlun Sacred Land, resulting in him being unable to return to the village to visit her and Grandma.
And currently, her identity was no longer as simple it was as before. There was now an incomparably powerful master behind her who treated her like family.
She could go to Xianlun Sacred Land herself and take the initiative to visit her brother!
If he was in a bad situation, she could even plead to her master to help him.
It had to be said that Yaoyao was indeed extremely sensible and possessed a good heart to boot.
“Is there anything else Yaoyao has to do?”
Gu Changge seemed stunned by the response and acted as if he was thinking hard about something, before asking with a smile, “Tell me. I can afford to wait for your matter to be resolved, and take you back to the Upper Realm when you’re ready.”
“Master, I want to go see my brother,” Yaoyao replied with determination.
“Oh? Your brother?”
Gu Changge’s brows scrunched together as if trying to recall an errant detail.
Yaoyao also knew that in the eyes of Master, her brother was probably nothing, as insignificant as dust and impossible to be remembered.
“Since it’s your brother, then let’s go see him.”
Afterwards, Gu Changge seemed to finally remember, and replied.
He agreed to her request.
“Thank you, Master.” Yaoyao’s face filled with joy.
Seeing this, Gu Changge smiled and touched her head, but said nothing more.
Waiting for the tide to come had borne fruit.
“That brother of yours has been practising in the Sacred Land for more than a year, yet he doesn’t go back to see you. As a cultivator, he is incapable of protecting his relatives…”
Gu Changge shook his head slightly as if he was not very optimistic about Yaoyao’s elder brother.
It was just shy of saying directly that her brother was a bad person who abandoned his relatives.
If ordinary people said that about her brother, Yaoyao would definitely refute it.
But this person was her Master, and what he said was very reasonable.
So she found it difficult to gather her courage to protest for a while.
“Brother must have difficulties…”
Gu Changge said nothing more.
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[At the same time]
Yue Mingkong, who was struggling to find the Reincarnation of Human Ancestors in other regions, had now brought her people to Tian Domain.
“That Supreme Immortal also came here? And with a little girl?”
Yue Mingkong frowned.
Hearing this news, her first reaction was a strange feeling.
She had thought that the Immortal would leave the Tianchen Realm and return to the Upper Realm after resolving the matter of Xuan Domain.
But he didn’t.
He came to Tian Domain instead.
Moreover, the matter of recruiting disciples in Xuan Domains’s Taixu Sect seemed to her more like a matter of searching for someone rather than actually recruiting disciples.
After not finding his target in the rest of Xuan Domain.
This immortal has come to Tian Domain.
“Could it be that he actually came here to find the Human Ancestor’s Reincarnation? Is it really someone from the Human Ancestral Hall?”
Various thoughts flashed through Yue Mingkong’s mind, traces of faint worry and unease.
She did not want to reveal her Upper Realm identity before the most critical moment.
“I need to figure out who that Supreme Immortal is.”
Yue Mingkong’s phoenix eyes glimmered with an unfathomable depth.
During this period of time, her Cultivation Base had been upgraded to the late stage of the God King Realm, which was not much worse than the Quasi-Sacred Realm.
“Emperor, there doesn’t seem to be anything unusual about that little girl. She comes from a place called Beishan Village, which was being assaulted by bandits a while back, and was rescued by the Supreme Immortal passing by…”
Yue Mingkong’s brows furrowed even tighter upon hearing the confidant’s report.
These were things beyond her control.
“If I can’t find Human Ancestor’s reincarnation, then I’ll go and cut off his Pure Worldly Lotus opportunity.”
Yue Mingkong had already narrowed down the areas where the Pure Worldly Lotus could be born, finally settling on a particular Heavenly Pond!
Before the Human Ancestor’s Reincarnation rushed there, she must snatch it for herself!
“Without the Pure Worldly Lotus, there will be problems when the Human Ancestor wishes to unite the world, a matter which cannot be tolerated…”
“It seems that the Human Ancestor has already calculated quite well. For him to take into account the birthplace of the Pure Worldly Lotus, and then choose to reincarnate here…”
“If there is no accident, Changge should be figuring a new stand-in now. The list I left him contains very suitable targets.”
Thinking of Gu Changge who was in the Upper Realm, a softness appeared in Yue Mingkong’s eyes.
If it wasn’t for Gu Changge, she wouldn’t take such a big risk, rushing to stop this Human Ancestor.
“Changge shouldn’t know what I’ve done for him. If he knew, would he trust me a little more…”
Yue Mingkong sighed faintly, before beginning to command her troops.
A large number of strong men headed towards the Heavenly Pond she had identified.
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[Xianlun Sacred Land]
As the most mysterious and powerful force in the Tianchen Realm, Xianlun Sacred Land had been standing for the longest time, surviving a million years without falling.
There would never be a second force like the Xianlun Sacred Land in the entirety of Tian Domain.
Of course, this was also because of a peerless existence, the patriarch of the Sacred Land.
No matter who it was, when one set foot on the Xianlun Sacred Land’s Mountain, they would need to show the necessary respect, not daring to display any lack of reverence.
At that moment, the centre of Xianlun Sacred Land shone with magnificent and majestic lights.
[Inside a splendid palace]
The Xianlun Holy Lord paced the hall with his hands behind his back, his eyes opening and closing, as fine wisps of Immortal Light emerged from black pupils, as if something was troubling him.
Below him stood many strong Inner Sect Elders in turn, as well as the Holy Maiden of Xianlun Sacred Land.
“Reporting to the Holy Lord, what I saw that day was indeed the case. Underneath the altars, there are ominous auras rushing out, and even black blood rising into the sky. The surrounding mountains make loud noises, like dragons roaring in pain…”
“It is said the dragon vein was dug up at that time…”
A creature that looked like a green ghost reported his findings in the grand hall.
It was exactly Qing Gui, who was responsible for constructing the Immortal Ascension Road for the Xianlun Sacred Land in the Feixian Mountains.
At this moment, he was talking about the events of the day with a palpitating expression on his face.
During this time, the Xianlun Holy Lord was in seclusion and did not know about it.
It was only today that all the elders were summoned to inquire about the matter.
“All the elders saw this scene. It did seem that something unexpected had happened, and something ominous was dug up. The appearance of these ominous signs is already bad enough, but for the Immortal Ascension Road to be broken just like that…?”
Xianlun Holy Lord frowned. His figure looked extremely stalwart, with a vague sense of oppression surrounding him, his cultivation realm incomparably profound.
One could tell just how much stronger the Holy Lord was compared to the other Sacred Lands.
A man of great talent.
It was also his arrangement to create the Immortal Ascension Road.
But some time ago, an accident occurred in the Feixian Mountain, where altars collapsed, and many slaves died suddenly overnight, with black blood seeping from the ground.
In a radius of ten thousand miles, many groups of beasts knelt down, crying out in panic.
Such a change shocked the entire Xianlun Sacred Land, so everyone was recalled, and the matter of forging the place into an Immortal Ascension Road was temporarily shifted off the agenda.
“Don’t worry about it beforehand; decide after finding out the matter. It was the disciple who had a vision in his body and disturbed the phantom of the Ancestor, but is it true or false?”
Afterwards, Xianlun Holy Lord opened his mouth and asked about another thing he cared about.
Hearing this, Qing Gui’s expression was of little puzzled, but he still replied respectfully.
“Reporting to the Holy Lord, this is absolutely true.”
“At that time, all the slaves died suddenly, and only that one disciple survived and was safe, so the subordinates felt that there should be something special about him.”
“So I brought him back to the Sacred Land.”
“I never thought that he would suddenly trigger a visual phenomenon, as Immortal Lights reflected in the sky, causing a phantom of the Ancestor to appear, shocking all the disciples and elders. Even many very old existences appeared, wishing to personally investigate.”
“The curse of the Cursed Holy Physique seems to have been eliminated from this person…”
The disciple he was talking about was Jiang Yang, who possessed the Cursed Holy Physique.
When he brought him to the Sacred Land from a small village, he was very disappointed when he found out that there was actually something wrong with his physique, so he threw him to the Feixian Mountain as a worker slave.
But in the end, he didn’t expect that he’d return to the Xianlun Sacred Land, being valued by many old antiques.
This made Qing Gui’s expression turn a little embarrassed.
‘Why is this kid’s life so big and lucky?’
“Is it a blessing in disguise…?”
Xianlun Holy Lord frowned and felt incredulous, how could the curse of the Cursed Holy Physique be so easy to solve? Did it really collide with the ominous aura and was thus eliminated?
“Impossible, the Ancestor is a supreme being, overlooking life and death. In the glory days, he grew up to be comparable to the Pinnacle Great Sacred Realm, so how could it be possible for him to awaken the phantom of the Ancestor? This child is definitely not simple!”
“He might become my Xianlun Sacred Land’s beacon of hope!”
Xianlun Holy Lord suddenly showed excitement in his expression.
The elders and others below had different expressions when they heard the words.
The status of that disciple named Jiang Yang in the Xianlun Sacred Land was no longer the same and had turned incredibly precious and treasured.
Even the Holy Saints and Holy Maidens seemed faintly weaker in front of him.
With several ancient beings in the Great Sacred Realm personally teaching the disciple, his status would only inevitably rise further than the elders who were just Quasi-Sacred Experts.
Especially now that even the Xianlun Holy Lord was very optimistic about him.
However, at this moment, a disciple suddenly rushed over with fear and excitement.
His speech trembling and stuttering.
He was obviously shocked to the extreme.
“Reporting to the Holy Lord, outside the mountain gate… the Supreme Immortal is here!”
Buzz!
In an instant, one could clearly hear a needle drop in the Xianlun Sacred Land’s Grand Hall!
Everyone’s expressions were stunned for a while, unable to process this staggering information.
In the next moment, everyone’s expressions, including the Xianlun Holy Lord’s, changed drastically.
“Supreme Immortal?”
“Could it be… could it be the Supreme Immortal who destroyed a False God existence with one palm?”
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