Dao Equaling the Heavens
Chapter 378 - 12 Gu Wen, Yuqing Heavenly Venerate_2

Chapter 378: Chapter 12 Gu Wen, Yuqing Heavenly Venerate_2

Xie Yunnan scratched her head and said, "Disciple’s experience is shallow, naturally I think of matters of love..."

"The desires of the flesh lead to decay, and if they aren’t sublimated, they can only lead to estrangement. I don’t forbid you to speak of love, but you must understand that those who can truly accompany you for millions of years should not be determined by gender or background."

"Disciple is devoted to cultivating the sword and has never developed romantic feelings, even if such feelings arise, they are nothing but the creations of the Heart Demon, and I will decisively eradicate them."

Xie Yunnan replied firmly, then curiously asked, "So, what is the relationship between Chi Venerable and that senior, and why can’t you speak to her?"

"One can entrust life and death, commit to the great path, but he was supposed to have died eight hundred years ago. She hasn’t shown her true face for eight hundred years, and if her state of mind fluctuates again, it might shatter at a touch."

Xiao Yunyi’s voice carried a tinge of desolation, recalling the road they had traveled where their closest friend Jun Yan’s soul separation plunged into countless demon trials, their good friend Chi Yu Zi was left with but a single soul, and the person he yearned for was trapped at the bottom of a well.

They were once the pride of heaven admired by all, now they are great powers that govern this world, but who knows the thorns and bitterness they have encountered along this path.

Cultivate the mind and the nature, one misstep leads to eternal damnation. Like drinking water, only the drinker knows the warmth or cold.

"The strongest and toughest Golden Body is nothing but a Glazed Heart."

With that, the telepathic connection was cut off, leaving Xie Yunnan frowning in thought, unable to understand the reasons behind it.

She could sense many stories in his words, but it was obvious her master did not wish to reminisce or share them with her.

Xie Yunnan could understand that; some things need not be spoken. Like not revealing the name Gu Wen to Chi Venerable was important, as it might destabilize her state of mind — her master had already made that clear.

But she was still curious!

What exactly was the relationship between the Battle Venerable, who could strike across eight thousand miles, and that senior? And what history did he share with her own master?

It was the first time she saw her master so agitated.

Xie Yunnan stepped out of the room and began to search for Gu Wen. After making inquiries throughout Taiyi City, she saw no sign of him.

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Broken Sword Mountain, where thousands of peaks launch blades, tens of thousands of swords open like screens.

Atop the mountain was the Sword Pond, measuring ninety-nine thousand eight hundred feet from north to south and sixty-six thousand five hundred feet across from east to west.

Spiritual swords, arranged like dragon scales, were inserted into the Sword Pond; Taoist swords flew horizontally like flying cranes, with an Immortal Sword standing in the center stabilizing the heavens.

The Sword Master, with his upper body bare, was sitting cross-legged in front of the Immortal Sword, his skin as smooth as jade and white as snow, covered with scars crisscrossing like dog teeth, his empty left arm adding a sense of fragmentation.

The Immortal Sword resonated, stirring up a spiritual sword tsunami, sweeping in all directions.

"Has he returned?"

"Even you aren’t sure, how could I be? I hope it’s true."

Xiao Yunyi shook his head; he shifted his body slightly, and then endless streams of True Fire gushed from his mouth, instantly filling the Sword Pond with steaming mist.

The True Monarch who guarded this place flew in, only to be sent away by Xiao Yunyi.

He sighed and said, "After this great red chicken became the Devil Ancestor, its Angri True Fire has become even more ferocious than before."

The Immortal Sword said, "In another hundred years, after you have refined it, your cultivation could advance further."

"A hundred years isn’t long, but Chi Yu Zi’s life isn’t long either. She is currently relying on various longevity pills, and it’s uncertain how long she can last. If she doesn’t break through to Demi Immortal before then, she might just perish."

Xiao Yunyi’s eyes dimmed with reluctance, but he was powerless to help.

Even Qingcang Immortal couldn’t solve this issue, how could he possibly intervene?

The Immortal Sword confidently said, "There’s another way, let her enter Immortal Land, if Gu Wen is really dead, she might be able to refine a supreme Dao heart."

"What if it really is Gu Wen in Taiyi City?"

Xiao Yunyi touched a droplet of water, gently blew a breath, and the water droplet turned into a rainbow light that flew out of Broken Sword Mountain toward the direction of Sanqing Taoist Sect.

The Immortal Sword said, "We could set up a trap to deceive her."

Xiao Yunyi appeared thoughtful, then suddenly a chill brushed his neck, shaking his head he said, "Let it be, let it be, even if Brother Gu isn’t dead, she would still twist my head off."

Don’t look at how compliant and quiet Chi Yu Zi is now, always crouching in a corner and self-isolating during meetings. But that wasn’t her way back then; she was inherently as ferocious as a tiger, never forgetting a grudge.

Back then, it was only Gu Wen who could soothe her, but one could understand that in a desperate predicament, only he extended a helping hand.

There might have been arrangements by the Heavenly Girl, but regardless, it was Gu Wen who acted, and the karma naturally accumulates on him.

The flying sword went and returned; the Daoist Sect did not know of this matter, nor was it convenient to reveal it.

But the fact that the Daoist Sect didn’t immediately investigate was telling enough, and their ability to reply to him was also a hint.

Likely, he really had emerged.

Xiao Yunyi’s brow relaxed, his stern face akin to a millennia-old glacier revealing a slight smile.

"Good that you’re back."

He slowly closed his eyes, suddenly feeling that this world had gained a bit of color, and he harbored some expectations for the future.

When the Immortal Land couldn’t suppress you in the past, Gu Wen, you’re late by eight hundred years, and I have now become a Venerable. Having stepped away from the merit-based Immortal Land, it’s time you learn ’Venerable is inviolable’!

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In the Liuyun Sect, green mountains hidden in mist, palaces like forests.

Gu Wen lay on a mountain of bamboo scrolls, flipping through the lifetime insights of a Great Grandmaster, insights naturally falling upon the Glazed figure in his Qi Sea.

The little Daoist elder grew a third hair, named ’Dan’, six feet long; nine feet being the utmost.

There are four levels for Alchemists: apprentice, master, grandmaster, venerable. Now, Gu Wen was theoretically a master of Alchemy Dao.

"The Dao of alchemy, with gold as the Saint, gold’s nature incorruptible, therefore it is Ten Thousand Treasures."

Lan Yongning, hands clasped behind his back, paced back and forth, explaining the Alchemy Dao in a calm, unfluctuating voice, making listeners drowsy.