Demon Sword Sect’s Undercover
Chapter 607 - 607 606 Another Acquaintance

607: Chapter 606 Another Acquaintance 607: Chapter 606 Another Acquaintance Hou Niao didn’t ask his two junior brothers to accompany him, as the underground Dark River was now extremely safe.

With a large number of Water Clans present, Lord Liusha would stay here for a very long time, and there were countless human cultivators curious about the Water Spirit Bead, who would keep coming endlessly in the future.

It basically eliminated the possibility of undead creatures preying on the Dark River.

The cultivators of the Continent number in the thousands, with at least half of them cultivating the Five Elements, and most of them would come here at least once to stay and comprehend for a while, while also lending a hand to the environment of the Northwest.

One could say that integrating the Water Spirit Bead into the Dark River was a stroke of genius that brought innumerable reinforcements to the forests of the Northwest, with a never-ending flow of them.

Although Judge Yu Zhengxing and Lord Wan did not speak of it, they couldn’t help but admire the ingenious idea in their hearts.

This lad was naturally cut out for major events.

Returning to the Dark River, the place seemed very calm.

He casually found a Water Demon and followed its guidance to dive upward.

He felt he had already left the range of Longxu Gully, had exited the territory of Loulan, and continued to trace the source upward.

The River Flood Dragon had fled quite a distance.

He estimated he had ascended thousands of li, and along the way, he no longer saw human cultivators or Water Demons.

In a huge underground vortex, he saw Lord Liusha peeking around curiously.

The Dark Vortex, created by a unique underground structure, was a maelstrom where the Water Element Power was chaotic but also filled with vigorous vitality.

“What is your lordship doing here?

Do you intend to build an underwater palace?”

Lord Liusha, with an air of mystery, pulled him aside, “I’m not interested in any palace, and this isn’t the right place for it.

Look, young friend, there seems to be a human cultivator within the eye of the vortex, whose Realm I cannot see through.

It does not appear to be one of Qin Yue’s cultivators either.

I was wondering if he has other intentions?”

What it was most concerned about now was the possibility of someone taking its Water Spirit Bead, so it was always suspicious.

Hou Niao said with a smile, “Your lordship is overly concerned.

Once the Water Spirit Bead merges with the Dark River, it will not reappear until the Dark River turns into a clear river.

It’s not something that just anyone can tamper with, including those Nascent Transformation elders from the Jinxiu Continent.

They don’t have the ability either.

Can treasures from Outer Space be so easily collected?”

Following Lord Liusha’s pointing, he indeed saw a shadowy figure sitting in the center of the vortex.

Upon closer inspection, he recognized it as someone he knew.

“Your lordship, I know this person.

He is a cultivator who lives in detachment from the world.

You need not worry.

Please wait here for a moment.

I’ll go over and ask his intentions.

He might simply be here to comprehend the Water Element,” Hou Niao offered.

Hou Niao slowly floated over.

The eye of the vortex seemed to have a vast pulling force, continuously tugging at him.

If not carefully controlled, he could be swept into the vortex.

It would not be dangerous, but he might become disoriented.

Somewhat embarrassed by the struggle, this special underwater environment posed a significant challenge for him, exceeding the abilities of the Natural Realm.

Struggling to control his body, a mere hundred zhang took him a quarter of an hour to traverse.

Had it not been for the gains he had reaped from months of being in the company of the Water Spirit Bead, he would have found it difficult to swim in.

His only other option would have been to forge ahead using the Body Sword Skill.

But when he reached the center of the vortex, the pulling force surprisingly subsided.

He bowed in greeting, “The young one pays his respects to the elder.”

The old man opposite him, with blind eyes devoid of pupils, was the blind old man he had encountered several times before.

The first time they met was on Wanquan Mountain, the second time on Chicken Mountain, both related to underground spiritual springs.

This was their third encounter, and he had ended up in the underground Dark River.

It seemed that the old man had a connection with water, especially that which originates from deep underground rather than the likes of the sea.

Spiritual springs and Spiritual Pearls—is there an inevitable link between them?

The old man’s Realm had always been unfathomable to him.

When he was a minor cultivator, the old man was at the Tongtian Realm.

Now that he had reached the Tongtian Natural Realm himself, the old man was already in the Golden Core Realm.

Normally, this would not be strange.

As he progressed, so did others, and it was quite normal for them to be steps ahead of him.

But he had a very strange intuition that, if one day he were to achieve Golden Core, this blind elder might still be one realm higher than him.

The point is, if he felt this blind elder was pressuring him from one level above and Water Demon, who was at the Golden Core, felt the same, then what was the real realm of this old man?

Very strange.

But he didn’t want to figure it out for now; it wasn’t something he should be curious about.

The blind elder’s voice remained calm and hoarse, “Leaving the Water Spirit Pearl here is very good.

You’ve cultivated for decades and have indeed done a humane deed.”

Hou Niao broke into a sweat, but he didn’t have much temper in front of this elder, who had been very kind to him, and it was a great kindness.

Still, he had to boast about himself a bit, “I have always been concerned about nature, and I consider saving the Jinxiu Continent’s natural environment my duty.

This isn’t the first time, nor will it be the last.

I must live up to the grace of my predecessors’ cultivation.”

The blind elder remained unkind, “This isn’t about humans saving Jinxiu, but about humans saving themselves, which has nothing to do with saving Jinxiu!

Jinxiu doesn’t need you to save it; it has its own laws of operation, whether before or after the appearance of divine opportunities.

It has evolved just fine over thousands or hundreds of thousands of years…”

Hou Niao remained silent, after a while, “Only species are destroyed, only humans are destroyed…”

Of course, he knew that the blind elder was not talking about whether humans would be destroyed.

In the foreseeable future, humans would only become stronger.

Once the Heaven and Earth Chains were opened, it would be a different sight altogether.

What the blind elder really meant was, his mentality of who he’s trying to save by hibernating.

Nobody can save anyone; the only one you can save is yourself.

So, don’t make yourself out to be so noble; it’s all for your own cultivation, for longevity, for benefit…

It’s just that while doing it for yourself, if you can take care of other aspects, it counts as good nature.

Humans are selfish, that’s their nature; there’s no need to change it, nor can you change it, as long as there’s a measure in the process of being selfish.

A world where everyone is selfless is even more terrifying than a world where everyone is selfish.

Throughout Hou Niao’s decades of cultivation, there had never been someone in every aspect serving as his life mentor—not Li Chuping, not Yu Zhengxing.

If one had to be named, could this blind elder be considered one?

They were very fated, but Hou Niao was not someone who believed in fate.

The first meeting might be coincidence, the second might be fate, but if in the vast Jinxiu Continent, among billions of people, they met a third time, it probably couldn’t be explained by chance anymore.

And combined with the elderly man’s unpredictable realm, he even began to suspect that the real realm of this elder was that of a Nascent Transformation patriarch.

In previous meetings, the blind elder had never proposed any specific cultivation suggestions to him, but this time was different.

“The Five Elements Spiritual Pearls are strange objects from Outer Space, with the Earth Spirit Pearl and Water Spirit Pearl obtained, the other pearls will appear sooner or later; it’s just a matter of time.

Do you know what this means?”

Hou Niao replied softly, “It means to unlock the Heaven and Earth Chains, to prepare in advance before connecting with the Universe…”

The blind elder sighed, “So, it’s always good to be in touch with them early, to familiarize yourself with them, is to familiarize yourself with the future, with the world outside…”