I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World-Chapter 143 - 121: Illuminating the Heart to See the Self
"This is the elixir reward for Yuebai’s first place in the competition, please trouble the Supreme Elder to deliver it to her. Over at Huaxi Valley, there are crowds coming to seek ties with her, let her hide inside for a few days of cultivation. After I handle these trivial matters, I’ll bring her back."
Wenn Miao took the storage bag and tossed it into the mirror casually, "That little girl is presently bewildered, unclear if she can break through."
Lii Jiuchuan smiled gently, "She can do it, she’s naturally optimistic and never makes things difficult for herself. Once she finds a new goal, she’ll forge ahead relentlessly."
Wenn Miao, feeling an itch, took out the turtle shell copper coins, "Let me divine her fate."
The copper coins rattled in the turtle shell as Wenn Miao chanted incantations.
"Open!"
Six copper coins fell to the ground. Lii Jiuchuan peered over, and after some finger calculations, Wenn Miao’s expression drastically changed.
"Why is her fate one of early demise?"
Lii Jiuchuan was startled, "Supreme Elder, did you see it clearly?"
Wenn Miao frowned, "Don’t worry, her fate of early demise has already taken effect, meaning she should have perished before entering the Heavenly Interence Sect. Someone altered her fate, this happens in the cultivation realm; as long as the one who alters another’s fate can bear the consequences, it is what it is."
"But the person who altered her fate... let me consult the Heavenly Ruler."
Wenn Miao reached into his garment.
Rumble!
Daytime thunder roared, winds rose and clouds surged, a mountain storm was approaching.
Wenn Miao looked solemn as he slowly withdrew his hand, "The might of the heavens is unfathomable."
Lii Jiuchuan wore a worried expression, "Will this have any impact on Yuebai?"
Wenn Miao put away the turtle shell copper coins, "My cultivation realm isn’t yet sufficient to discern the will of heaven, I only know her fate will be intertwined with that person’s. Whether it will be a calamity or blessing, no one can predict. But the good thing is that from now on, no one can divine her fate; otherwise, it would be like..."
Wenn Miao pointed to the sky, "You should get going, don’t disturb my peace here. I’ll watch over the little girl for you for the time being, after all... she’s like half a disciple to me."
Lii Jiuchuan took his leave from Wenn Miao, who continued lying under the tree, drinking with his legs swaying.
"Carpe diem, drink today and be merry; unraveling mysteries is truly exhausting!"
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"Ouch!"
Jiang Yuebai fell face down to the ground. As soon as she got up, a storage bag hit her on the head.
She held her forehead and saw a pure white world, no sky or earth, no sun or moon, no wind or rain.
Fortunately, her eye power was good, and she spotted a small sprout the size of a fingernail in the midst of the pure white. Its twin leaves curled and had not yet unfurled.
"So this is the... tree of enlightenment?"
Jiang Yuebai frowned, sitting cross-legged before the sprout, scrutinizing it without any clue.
"See oneself, ask one’s origin, seek the way back, what does this mean?"
Jiang Yuebai understood the literal meaning but could not grasp a deeper insight.
In this vast space, Jiang Yuebai and the little sprout were alone, with nothing around. The long days of battles and schemes suddenly left her mind blank.
Since her parents left, she had never felt so... peaceful.
This place seemed to possess some force that compelled Jiang Yuebai to reminisce about the past.
In Jiang Family Village, her family was not wealthy but harmonious and content. What she looked forward to most every day was when her father returned from working in the town, bringing a few pieces of candy. She often made her younger brother cry to monopolize them.
Her mother would chase her with a broom, but the candy’s sweetness still made her smile.
She thought Jiang Family Village was her entire world, everything in her life. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
Then, when calamity struck with the drought demon and the hometown suffered from drought, she left Jiang Family Village, encountering more people and a bigger world. Through hardships, she settled in Yong’an City.
Entering Lin Mansion, her life was comfortable initially, and she thought Lin Mansion and Yong’an City would be her world henceforth.
At that time, she was content; as long as she had enough to eat, she could live anywhere.
Then she was sold, barely surviving to escape into the deep mountains, where she witnessed an immortal’s beauty—an unforgettable moment.
That was when the falling stone at Jingx Lake, the shaking and echoes of collapsed buildings.
From that moment, she could no longer be content.
Jiang Family Village, Yong’an City, Heavenly Interence Sect, the vastness of the world, far beyond what she dared dream of in her youth.
Central Plains, Heavenly Witch, Netherworld Sea, Demon Realm, Earth Spiritual Realm... is that the apex of heaven, the limit of the earth?
Compared to that piece of candy in her childhood, she could no longer find the simple joy she once had, but she would rather give up that candy to understand the heights and depths of the world.
In life, success and failure, gains and losses, all lie in choices. Without sacrifice, there’s no gain.
So...
Jiang Yuebai closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
When she opened her eyes again, Tao Fengnian was sitting across from her, hunched and cross-legged, holding a smoke rod, exhaling clouds and mists.
