Invisible Security Guard
Chapter 946 - 945: Never Give Up Easily

Chapter 946: Chapter 945: Never Give Up Easily

"Back in the day, when you were killed by the four top experts from the higher plane and Chicken Mountain crumbled, we all fell from Chicken Mountain."

"Fortunately, at that time, Landyn Torres came with his sword and stopped Qing Emperor and Westly Meskill among others from capturing us. Additionally, those four people including Khloe Miller, who had collaborated to attack you, seemed to have been backlashed by your soul, and gravely wounded, they no longer had the strength to fight, thus all of us were taken by Elder Landyn Torres to the Eastern Continent!"

"Right, at that time, all the major demons automatically severed their ties with you, except for Elijah Burch and Sandy. The rest of the demons scattered, and we no longer know of their whereabouts."

Ruth Wilcox reminisced about the past and from start to finish, narrated all the details of those days truthfully.

"After arriving at the Eastern Continent, we didn’t dare to show ourselves openly, but were taken by Elder Landyn Torres to a place called Peach Blossom Valley. Then Elder Landyn Torres took Sandy and the little blind boy with him on an errand."

"At that time we thought he would return, but after waiting for over a hundred years, he did not come back, and we do not know where he took Sandy and the little blind boy."

"Later on, the resources in Peach Blossom Valley were depleted, so we had no choice but to venture out in search of cultivation resources. And precisely because we stepped out of Peach Blossom Valley, we were discovered by the people of the Eastern Continent and pursued to be killed!"

"During the chase, many of us were separated, and knowing there was nowhere to run, we could only try to escape to a greater world through the teleportation formation, hoping not to be caught."

"And during this period, some of us... died!" Ruth Wilcox glanced at Yusuf Zuck, then her eyes reddened and tears rolled down.

Yusuf Zuck clenched his fists, "Who died?"

"Uriel Arellano, Memphis Blackwell, Yiyi, as well as Marlon Shepherd’s wife Xueqing, Fleur Carson’s wife Mila Vazquez, and... and..." Ruth Wilcox trailed off, hesitating to continue and also seeming reluctant to look at Yusuf Zuck.

"Keep talking..." Despite Yusuf Zuck having guessed that surely some people had died, he hadn’t expected so many, and Ruth Wilcox’s implication that more had died but she was too afraid to say it.

"And Ember..." Ruth Wilcox said softly.

"What?" Yusuf Zuck’s head thundered, feeling dizzy and disoriented. Oakley Vance was dead too?

"Don’t be hasty, don’t be hasty, she might not necessarily be dead, we didn’t witness her death with our own eyes."

"What exactly happened, tell me!" Yusuf Zuck felt his blood boiling.

"Here’s what happened." Lily Case picked up where Ruth Wilcox left off, "Two years after we got separated, before we had left the Eastern Continent, Ember contacted me using the Jade Dishware, but she only said one sentence: ’This is the Jade Dishware from those days, see it for yourself!’"

As she spoke, Lily Case handed over a Message Jade Disc.

Yusuf Zuck, trembling, took the Jade Dishware and glanced at it: ’Lily sister, I fear I am no longer alright, but I found the memories I had lost back then, so beautiful... so beautiful... He is my villain... I am going to meet him...’

This was the sentence, and at this point, she stopped. Lily Case also inquired about Ember’s whereabouts using the Jade Dishware, but Ember never responded again.

"Ember." Yusuf Zuck felt dizzy, feeling a heaviness in his chest.

"Don’t panic, don’t panic. We didn’t see her leave with our own eyes, she might still be alive, just like you. We all saw your body torn apart, but we firmly believed you were still alive, you must be alive, so Ember must be alive too!" Lily Case and Ruth Wilcox each grabbed one of Yusuf’s hands and held on tightly.

"What about... what about Little Liang and Mia?" Yusuf’s voice was hoarse.

"The two of them are doing well. They came with us to the Origin Star System. However, Little Liang and Mia did not convert to Earth Immortals but ascended. We saw them ascend with our own eyes. Even the old man ascended, as well as Marlon Shepherd and others; they ascended over two thousand years ago!"

"Ascended? How could you let them ascend!" When Yusuf heard this, he became anxious again. Others might not know, but he was aware that the higher plane, the Element World, was even more brutal in slaughter. It was a dog-eat-dog world, and ascending required one to ’Cut off Mortal Ties’, so after they ascended, wouldn’t they have to sever their bonds with them!

"Uh... what’s wrong with ascending?" Everyone looked puzzledly at Yusuf; in all their minds, ascending was flying to the Immortal Realm, ranking among the immortals, achieving a supreme immortal status, transcending the cycle of life and death, possessing great freedom.

But now, it seemed Yusuf didn’t want them to ascend.

"Of course it’s not good!" Yusuf took a deep breath, calming himself down, and said with a bitter smile, "To ascend, one must pass the ninth Immortal Tribulation, also known as the Mortal Ties Tribulation, which requires severing mortal ties to cross. And after severing mortal ties, one becomes heartless, and the higher plane isn’t the Immortal Realm, but just a... a transit station. There, the survival of the fittest prevails, and the chaos is probably a thousand times worse than the Origin Star System!"

"Ah..." Upon hearing Yusuf’s words, everyone’s mouth fell open.

"Now that you mention it, I remember." Ruth Wilcox furrowed her brows, "After Little Liang passed the Immortal Tribulation, her gaze seemed colder, and there was a kind of... indifference in her eyes. At that time, I just thought it was the aura of an immortal, but now I think about it, those eyes were stranger!"

"That can’t be, can it?" Everyone’s scalp tingled as they looked again at Yusuf.

"It is so!" Yusuf sighed deeply, "After ascending to the higher plane, let alone husbands and wives, even parents and children become mere strangers; severed mortal ties mean even the thick blood of familial bonds grows thin, let alone between spouses. In the eyes of cultivators, spouses are merely dual cultivation partners, merely for mutual benefit, and partners can be easily replaced."

"Shh—" Hearing Yusuf’s words, everyone gasped. Could it be that after ascending, they no longer recognize their relatives? How is that different from being a monk or a nun?

"Little Liang and Mia, they wouldn’t be like that, would they?" Ruth Wilcox said uneasily.

"Alright, let’s not talk about them. You all tally up who else hasn’t come over." Yusuf also knew that there was no turning back at that point, and he could only wait until he stabilized before going to the higher plane to look for Little Liang or Mia. By then, even if they did not recognize their relatives, he would find a way to cure them.

And then there was whether Ember was truly dead.

From the message on the Message Jade Disc, it seemed Ember had died, those being her last words before death. Yet Yusuf also held a stance that anything he didn’t see with his own eyes didn’t count; thus, he still had to search.

He had a long life ahead of him, so he would continue searching throughout this long life journey, never giving up too soon.

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PS: Did Ruth Vance and Oakley Vance die? If they died, would they be scolded? Hehe, do you think they are dead? Official book fan group of the Mainland: 24173796, welcome everyone to join the discussion. Thank you for being with us.