Dao Equaling the Heavens
Chapter 385 - 15 The Iron-Boned, Resounding Chi Venerable

Chapter 385: Chapter 15 The Iron-Boned, Resounding Chi Venerable

The Divine General dispersed, scattering bits of golden light.

Xie Yunnan stumbled and began to fall, but Lan Yongning flashed to her side, grabbed her collar, and pulled her up, at the same time gathering the scattering golden light into his sleeve.

"These are invaluable treasures, can’t let them go to waste."

The shattered fragments of Chi Yu Zi’s Golden Body, from his eight hundred years of battle, could enhance Magic Treasures significantly if used in Artifact Refining.

Xie Yunnan also came to her senses, took out her sword, and began to catch the falling golden specks.

The golden light grew scarcer, revealing two figures.

Gu Wen descended on tiptoe across the golden sands, holding a young girl in his arms, with short, tangerine-colored hair and her eyes tightly shut, her small frame curled up into a ball.

Is this Chi Venerable?! To think... she’s so delicate and exquisite,

Xie Yunnan’s eyes bulged as she stared; she knew Chi Venerable was a woman. But the Chi Venerable, famed as a killer god, should be at least eight feet tall with a strong build.

Otherwise, how could she be considered a Saint in the flesh?

Lan Yongning looked at her astonished expression and laughingly commented, "It seems your master never told you, which is normal. When I first heard of Chi Yu Zi, I thought he was a nine-foot monstrosity, never imagining he’d be this tiny and exquisite."

Standing only five and a half feet tall, barely reaching others’ shoulders, and sporting short hair that gave her an air of rebellion.

Coupled with her status as one of the most prominent prodigies of her time, she held a great allure for many conventional disciples of the sects.

He couldn’t help but reflect, "Sect rules are strict, many are complacent, teaching disciples a one-size-fits-all approach, relying more on dogmas and paths. As a result, many turn out as if cast from the same mold, whether male disciples clad in blue till old age or female disciples in fluttering white dresses."

As Gu Wen moved ten steps away, Xie Yunnan couldn’t help but steal a few more glances and whispered, "The Venerable has fine features, eyebrows like ink paintings, and a face like a tender peach, unlike the juniors who are almost nine feet tall."

Xie Yunnan claimed not to care about appearances, but after all, she was just a young girl of no more than a hundred years, with probably less than twenty years of experience. At two meters tall, she stood out like a crane among chickens, only fitting in with those burly men practicing Body Refinement.

The more one lacks something, the more one yearns for it.

Gu Wen said, "Don’t speak these comments in front of her; you’ll get a beating for it."

The fearsome Chi Venerable hated nothing more than comments about her small stature. Back when Jun Yan quarreled with Chi Yu Zi, his favorite personal attack was to call her short.

Lan Yongning curiously asked, "Has Chi Yu Zi Fellow Daoist’s problem been solved?"

Gu Wen shook his head, "Not yet. I’ve only bolstered her Human Soul enough to sustain her seven emotions and six desires."

Only?

Lan Yongning was speechless. He understood human language, but Gu Wen never spoke plainly.

Every part of the three souls and seven spirits had its role to play, being essential. Therefore, even with Venerable cultivation, Chi Yu Zi could only live for eight hundred years. Her mere existence was already beyond reason, but now Gu Wen had allowed a single Human Soul to take on the effect of the three souls and seven spirits, akin to sustaining a person with just a brain.

One head can’t survive on its own, so I molded her a body.

"So, does that mean she only has ten more years of life left?"

"Yes, if in these ten years, I cannot comprehend the laws of the ancient Heavenly Court and the underworld from heaven and earth, and if Chi Yu Zi doesn’t find her Divine Soul, she will still die."

"Then there’s no problem."

Lan Yongning didn’t believe Gu Wen would stand idly by for ten years, and then he noticed the further implication in Gu Wen’s words.

Was he planning to emulate the Heavenly Emperor and the Lord of the underworld?

If that were the case, even if one didn’t become an Immortal, there would still be another path to everlasting life. And should a place like the Heavenly Court emerge once more, Jianmu would no longer stand a chance of victory.

Because at that time, everyone, openly or secretly, even foes, would willingly bow their heads. Few could remain undaunted in the face of death, as the ultimate goal of cultivation was immortality.

And fondness lies between me and the Saint.

Hiss—

Lan Yongning felt a bright future unfolding before him, followed by an unstoppable wave of regret. Once more he gazed enviously at the girl in Gu Wen’s arms.

How wonderful it would have been if he had shared life and death with Gu Wen from the start.

But there were no what-ifs unless Lan Yongning knew that Gu Wen would become a Saint in the future; otherwise, he wouldn’t risk his life to help him.

Those few people back then were all desperate, which is why they resolutely followed Gu Wen through thick and thin.

"Brother Lan, prepare a guest room for me; Chi Yu Zi might need to sleep for quite some time."

Gu Wen, holding Chi Yu Zi, descended, and Lan Yongning hurriedly followed, leaving Xie Yunnan puzzled, catching fragments of their conversation.

"Brother Gu, do you need some Healing Pills?"

"The Pills from the Liuyun Sect probably won’t be very effective; I’ll need to concoct my own."

"That’s just as well; in the Liuyun Sect’s medicinal fields, there are a few Divine Medicine plants that have grown for ten thousand years, perfect for your use."

"Isn’t that inappropriate? After all, it belongs to the sect."

"Saving a life is like putting out a fire; when it’s used to save someone, there’s no distinction of whose sect it is. Besides, Chi Yu Zi Fellow Daoist has made so many contributions to the Human Race, saving her is only right."

"If that’s the case, then I’ll be costly."

Gu Wen did not refuse; he was in urgent need of very old Spiritual Medicines.

And Lan Yongning’s smile was beaming. Between friends, affection mattered as much as giving favors.

He and Gu Wen weren’t life-and-death friends, but they had known each other since youth and selling favors wouldn’t be rejected by the other. If it were someone else, they might even be turned down while kneeling!

No more importance to the supposed integrity at this moment. The ship of the new era was right before his eyes—seizing the chance to step aboard promised fortunes for tens of thousands of years.

Immortality was only so by comparison.

Lan Yongning’s Divine Thought swept over the entire Liuyun Sect and noticed many non-standard, opulent dwellings.