Urban Undying Lord
Chapter 97 - 97 97 Discussing the Tao While Sitting

97: Chapter 97 Discussing the Tao While Sitting 97: Chapter 97 Discussing the Tao While Sitting “Xue Ji, step back.”

The man in white spoke bitterly, which caused Xue Ji to look slightly stunned and ask, “Master, you…?”

“If Ye Xuan wanted to harm us, would we still be unharmed right now?”

“Step back,” the man in white repeated, with a wry smile.

“I am Liu Baiyi, and I have had the honor of meeting Brother Ye,” the man in white said as he sauntered forward and bowed to Ye Xuan with hands clasped, observing formalities that were evidently from an era long past.

“Liu Baiyi?”

Ye Xuan murmured to himself, a flash of spiritual light crossing his mind.

Wasn’t that the name of the Taoist prodigy from Dragon and Tiger Mountain?

Back at the Zhuo Family villa, Ye Xuan had used the Soul Searching Technique on an old ghost, learning from its memories that there once was a Taoist prodigy from Dragon and Tiger Mountain who created the Blood Qi Transfer Technique.

His name was Liu Baiyi.

“Could it be that Brother Ye has heard of my modest reputation?” inquired Liu Baiyi curiously.

“In a world where the laws of heaven and earth are waning, and spiritual energy is no more, a Taoist prodigy appeared out of nowhere on Dragon and Tiger Mountain five hundred years ago.

He blazed a new trail by simultaneously cultivating both the martial and the Taoist ways, and even created the Blood Qi Transfer Technique, wishing to restore the glory of the cultivation era.”

“That person is you, right?”

Ye Xuan spoke slowly, as Liu Baiyi’s face filled with surprise, and then bitterness as he said, “The world has deified me, but in the end, I was reduced to nothing more than a wretched state, with a withered body and a separated primordial spirit.

The grand path of cultivation was but a folly.”

Liu Baiyi paused then continued, “But what I never expected was for Brother Ye to have such deep schemes, patiently waiting here for more than a month just for my appearance!”

Ye Xuan smiled wryly and said, “In truth, I wasn’t entirely certain whether Xue Ji had a mastermind behind her, but it appears my guess was quite correct.”

Their exchange was marked by a seemingly harmonious rapport, addressing each other as ‘brother,’ much like old friends reunited after many years.

Yet in Liu Baiyi’s eyes, there was already a resolve to face death, for in his life he too had been a cultivator, albeit only at the Golden Core Stage.

He understood what fate befell a cultivator when their primordial spirit was exposed to another cultivator.

Not to mention in a world where the laws of heaven and earth were at their end—even in the mythical Earth Immortal Realm—a cultivator’s primordial spirit was a sought-after treasure.

Liu Baiyi was well aware that Ye Xuan would not let him go.

“Brother Ye, let’s not speak in riddles.

Since I’ve been exposed before you and understand what fate I am about to face, I only ask that you let Xue Ji go,” Liu Baiyi pleaded, bowing.

Ye Xuan could fully sense the man’s despair, which led him to respond with a gentle smile, “Your primordial spirit is indeed a substantial tonic, but it is of no use to me.”

“Moreover, you might be mistaken.

I have been waiting for you to appear not to harm you but to seek answers to some questions from Brother Liu.”

Liu Baiyi, seeing the warm smile on Ye Xuan’s face, did not dare to think of him as benign.

Informed of Ye Xuan’s deeds through Xue Ji, Liu Baiyi knew all too well that the person before him was an extremely cunning and ruthless individual.

Treating him as a benevolent person might leave Liu Baiyi ignorant of the cause of his own demise.

“May I ask what Brother Ye wishes to inquire about?” Liu Baiyi ventured cautiously.

Buzz!

With a palm-strike as gentle as a passing breeze, Ye Xuan knocked Xue Ji unconscious, greatly alarming Liu Baiyi.

His aura of spiritual light surged instantly, and his gaze turned extremely icy as he looked at Ye Xuan.

“You need not worry, I haven’t hurt her, I’ve merely put her to sleep for a while,” Ye Xuan said calmly.

“Ye Xuan, what on earth are you trying to do?” Liu Baiyi’s complexion was complex, completely unable to grasp what Ye Xuan was thinking.

Boom!

Like the thunder of Nine Heavens reverberating, like the Taixiao Stars humming, Ye Xuan suddenly erupted with an extremely terrifying aura.

His whole body was cloaked in steaming blood light that never ceased, causing Liu Baiyi to change color dramatically.

He staggered back, his gaze towards Ye Xuan, now filled with an unprecedented color of horror.

“You…

what is your Cultivation?” Liu Baiyi trembled as he spoke.

“Cultivators, we cultivate life and defy Heaven.

It is said that the Path of Immortal Cultivation has Nine Layer Heavens, and with each step one ascends one layer.

I stand within the Eighth Layer Heaven, so tell me, what is my Cultivation?” Ye Xuan’s blood-colored eyes were solid and intense, his voice booming in Liu Baiyi’s ears.

“Crossing…

Transcendence Tribulation Stage?”

Liu Baiyi shivered as he spoke to himself, but then he instantly roared at Ye Xuan, arguing, “No…

Impossible…

It’s not just that Heaven and Earth are in decline…

Even in a complete state of Heaven and Earth…

at your young age, it’s impossible for you to have reached the Transcendence Tribulation Stage…”

Buzz!

Like stars falling, like the Sun and Moon inverted, the void was shaking, and blood light was bursting forth in a supremely terrifying event.

A light emitted from Ye Xuan’s glabella; the sounds of wailing lost souls echoed from the void.

A three-inch small figure walked out from his forehead, releasing an aura that seemed to destroy Heaven and Earth, directly causing Liu Baiyi to collapse to the ground as if he were petrified.

“Crossing…

Tribulation Crossing Immortal Soul…

Is this…

could this be the Tribulation Crossing Immortal Soul spoken of in the Ancient texts?” Liu Baiyi murmured tremulously, and had he not seen this scene with his own eyes, he would have never believed it, for he had witnessed a legendary existence.

…

Above the high skies, in the midst of the void.

Ye Xuan sat cross-legged, a gentle breeze blew past, fluttering his black hair, giving him an ethereal and transcendent air.

“Heart Demon Tribulation, is it really that terrifying?” Ye Xuan murmured solemnly.

Five days had passed since Ye Xuan parted ways with Liu Baiyi.

Recalling their conversation, Ye Xuan’s brow furrowed deeply.

When Liu Baiyi learned that Ye Xuan was at the Transcendence Tribulation Stage of Cultivation, he was completely terrified and collapsed.

He finally understood why Ye Xuan disdained his Primordial Spirit.

After the initial shock and panic, Liu Baiyi finally displayed his true talent and spent three days and nights discussing spiritual philosophy with Ye Xuan.

Both of them could be said to have gained tremendously.

Ye Xuan came to understand one thing deeply; although his Cultivation was formidable, just one step away from becoming an Immortal, his understanding of the fundamental theories of Cultivation were not as profound as Liu Baiyi’s.

Liu Baiyi, on the other hand, was different.

In life, he was a Taoist prodigy from Dragon and Tiger Mountain, and after death, his Primordial Spirit survived five hundred years, constantly researching the Path of Immortal Cultivation, which allowed him to answer many of Ye Xuan’s questions about Cultivation.

Furthermore, Ye Xuan had not been foolish enough to return to the Blood Sea Battlefield to consult the Primordial Spirit about the issues he faced, after all, the two were enemies, not friends, and a catastrophic battle was inevitable.

Ye Xuan had no arrogance, and was not ashamed to ask for advice.

He did not disregard Liu Baiyi because of his weak Cultivation.

It was because of Ye Xuan’s attitude that Liu Baiyi was moved, feeling honored that such a formidable Transcendence Tribulation Stage Cultivator sought his counsel.

Just this honor alone could make Liu Baiyi wake from his sleep with a smile.

When Ye Xuan brought up the emergence of a Heart Demon, Liu Baiyi immediately answered, having read in an ancient text that in the distant past, there were Demonic Cultivators who committed massive slaughter, surrounded by resentful spirits, facing the danger of complete destruction when the Heart Demon erupted.

The so-called solutions were threefold: first, to find a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasure to suppress the Heart Demon; second, to cultivate a Buddhist Demon Suppressing Technique so that the Heart Demon would not arise naturally.

However, both methods had a major drawback; Cultivation would stagnate, with no possibility of further progress in this life.

Naturally, neither of these solutions were within the scope of Ye Xuan’s consideration.