Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times-Chapter 694 - 238: Arrival at New Continent, Pingxi Continent.

Chapter 694 -238: Arrival at New Continent, Pingxi Continent.

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Soon—

Three days had passed in the blink of an eye. After making all necessary arrangements, Liu Zide and the Taoist Sect Master Zhang Qing, accompanied by a host of confidants and a large quantity of Spirit Stones, had already embarked on the road to the Heavenly Palace. They planned to visit their seniors there before heading to an unknown continent to complete their mission.

On a large Flying Boat loaded with Spirit Stones and hundreds of personnel.

Standing on the deck of the Flying Boat, Zhang Qing looked towards the ever-changing clouds in the sky and sighed, still appearing somewhat dazed as he muttered, “The Sect Master of the Heavenly Axe Sect is nicknamed Lao Kui, and he has been my good friend for a long time.”

“Did he ever tell you that the Heavenly Axe Sect has a Mid-grade Unification Mountain Protection Array?”

“Ten thousand years ago, an oddity appeared in the ‘Heavenly Axe Sect’; everyone in the sect practiced Body Cultivation except for this one oddity who was an Array Repairer. Before roaming the continents, having achieved Unification in his cultivation, this oddity left behind a Mid-grade Unification grand array for the Heavenly Axe Sect.”

“Taoist Sect is the strongest Array Repair Sect in Xuantian State, but even Taoist Sect only possesses a Low-grade Unification grand array; it doesn’t have a Mid-grade Mountain Protection Array.”

“Surely, you want to know the exact reasons behind this; well, it’s a long story…”

Standing off to the side, Liu Zide remained quietly silent, not asking to hear the story. It was Zhang Qing who wanted to talk, but since he wanted to, Liu Zide didn’t mind listening to some gossip.

“The situation was quite complicated at the time, I’ll try to summarize as best as I can.”

“That oddity from the Heavenly Axe Sect, he actually ran away from the ‘Taoist Sect.’ His name was ‘Cao Ping,’ a young array genius, but innately he had no love for Array Cultivation; instead, he preferred Gua Cultivation, though he indeed had strong talent in it.”

“But since the Taoist Sect is an Array Cultivation sect, having many Array Cultivation legacies, they could ensure Cao Ping reached a sufficiently high stage; however, there weren’t many legacies for Gua Cultivation.”

“So his master, through coaxing and such means, essentially made Cao Ping focus on advancing in Array Cultivation.”

“I wasn’t even born then.”

“Later…”

“Later on, something happened, I’m not sure what exactly, but I just know that suddenly Cao Ping’s master died, and by then Cao Ping was already a Void Refining Array Cultivator. After his master’s death, he abruptly defected from Taoist Sect and soon joined the Heavenly Axe Sect, becoming the only Array Cultivator there.”

“And after advancing to Unification in the Heavenly Axe Sect, he left behind a Mid-grade Mountain Protection Array before he roamed the continents. It’s been ten thousand years since that revered senior has been seen; he must have passed away since the lifespan of a Unification stage is only ten thousand years.”

“This is a remote and barely recorded history, unknown to many. Only after I inherited the position of Sect Master did I piece it together from scattered pieces of information. It seemed there was a bit of a power struggle in the Array Sect Inner Sect back then, and someone within Taoist Sect killed Cao Ping’s master, which is why Cao Ping fled from the sect.”

The Taoist Sect Master paused here, not continuing, but after a long silence, he added, “And it’s precisely because of that incident that for a long time thereafter, Taoist Sect and Heavenly Axe Sect were sworn enemies.”

“That was a thousand years ago.”

“At that time, I was just an Inner Sect Disciple of Taoist Sect, and Lao Kui was an Inner Sect Disciple of the Heavenly Axe Sect. Concealing our origins, we met in Jianghu and ventured together into the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, forming a deeper bond. It was only by chance later that we both found out that the other was a disciple of a rival sect.”

“After struggling for a while, perhaps out of youthful recklessness, we swore to each become the Sect Master of our respective sects and then improve the relationship between the two sects.”

“We indeed did achieve that. ”

“He became the Sect Master before I did and then used his connections and skills to help me become the Taoist Sect Master.”

“And at that time, during his training, he was also with a young girl, his sister, with whom I almost fell in love at first sight, and we naturally came together, although we kept it hidden from him.”

“At that time my status and cultivation were still shallow, so I kept this romance a secret until I was firmly established as the Sect Master before I told him about it. But he instantly became furious and wanted to sever all ties with me, and since then, we barely had any dealings.”

“It’s been hundreds of years since.”

“It was only the last time, when he came to Taoist Sect with our senior, that we met again after so many years and had our first contact.”

“Hmm?”

Standing to the side, Liu Zide furrowed his brow in confusion and asked, “Are you saying Lao Kui and his sister had an affair? Otherwise, if it was a consensual romance between you two, there was no need for such strong opposition to obstruct you, right?”

“No.”

After a long silence, the Taoist Sect Master finally spoke softly, “Because his sister is an idiot, naturally born with significant intellectual disabilities, equivalent to the intellect of a three-year-old human child. His particular resistance to our relationship was partly because he didn’t want his sister to get hurt and partly because he didn’t want her to impede me.”

“His sister naturally possesses the ‘Fallen Immortal Body’ entry. I found out about it later.”

“It’s a grey entry, with a negative effect: anyone who falls in love with her gradually becomes an idiot as well, and this process is irreversible.”

“It’s also because of this entry that his sister was born intellectually disabled.”

“But…”

“After so many years, even though we haven’t seen each other, my love for his sister has not diminished at all. I also want it to decrease, but love, coming uninvited and unreasonably, how can it just vanish lightly? It only grows stronger with each century of absence.”