I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World-Chapter 236 - 207: Sinful People

Granny Shi Lan glanced at Jiang Yuebai, "Not only do they have a bloodline connection with the Demon Clan, the true Heavenly Witch Clan people are mixed with the chaotic bloodline of the Three Races of Human, Demon, and Devil. Perhaps the Heavenly Dao, in a fleeting mood, gave the Heavenly Witch people human bodies, demon bloodlines, and devilish temperaments, merged with the muddy qi of heaven and earth, creating the unmatched Heavenly Witch people."

"Whether it’s the Celestial-Demonic War or the Calamity of Heaven’s Collapse, there are shadows of the Heavenly Witch Clan. They are sinful people! It was they who broke the original balance of the Heavenly Dao, causing endless conflicts among the world and making cultivation in this realm increasingly difficult, the chances of ascension becoming more and more remote."

Jiang Yuebai became even more puzzled, "But why would the Heavenly Witch Clan do this?"

Hek ka nodded, expressing the same confusion.

Granny Shi Lan sighed, "In the songs of our ancestors, it is said that during the Ancient Era, although the world was chaotic, all spirits could ascend. The Three Races of Human, Demon, and Devil were sheltered by the Heaven and Earth Source Power, like slots for entering the Immortal Gate, and Source Power had a set number. If someone from any race ascended and opened the Immortal Gate, it could increase their clan’s Source Power, thereby increasing their tribe’s future slots for ascension."

"The Heavenly Witch people, without the protection of Source Power, were born as abandoned by heaven and could not cultivate spiritual energy like the Human Clan, could not cultivate divine souls like the Demon Clan, nor cultivate bodies like the Devil Clan. They had no path to ascension. However, the Heavenly Witch people were unwilling and also wished to compete for the Heaven and Earth Source Power."

Jiang Yuebai frowned, "But I think, the Heavenly Witch people who combined the characteristics of the Three Races should have the opportunity to learn the skills of the Human, Demon, and Devil Clans. They aren’t unmatched; they are uniquely blessed."

Granny Shi Lan knocked Jiang Yuebai’s head with a scorpion stick, "Why do you think like those Heavenly Witch people? They have this kind of thinking. In the eyes of the Heavenly Witch people, they are the chaos creatures closest to the Heavenly Dao, so they want to dominate heaven and earth, leading the Three Races, and control the Heaven and Earth Source Power."

"What happened later?"

Jiang Yuebai and Hek ka were full of interest, staring closely at Granny Shi Lan.

"Later, there was the Celestial-Demonic War, the Devil Clan was defeated, the Heavenly Witch people fled, the Heaven and Earth Source Power was dispersed, the spirit veins of the Human Clan gradually degraded into spirit roots, the innate spirits of the Demon Clan were suppressed, making their cultivation even more arduous and dangerous than the Human Clan, so they retreated to the Far West in seclusion. Later, the Ghost Clan emerged, and the Heavenly Witch Clan allied with the Ghost Clan to launch the Calamity of Heaven’s Collapse."

"The battle ended with the near destruction of the Ghost Clan. In fact, it was extremely perilous, almost overturning the Human and Demon Clans. My Witch Clan ancestors emerged at that time; the Witch Clan is actually a branch of the Heavenly Witch lineage, one that is friendly to the Human Clan and unwilling to stir up conflicts."

"During the Calamity of Heaven’s Collapse, it was this branch that gave advance warning, allowing the Human and Demon Clans to reverse the situation and suppress the Ghost Clan and the Heavenly Witch Clan. The remnants of the Ghost Clan were driven to the Netherworld Sea, and the leaders of the Heavenly Witch people were slain. The remaining relatively innocent people were exiled to the area between the Demon and Human Clans, slowly becoming the present Extraordinary People Country."

"By the grace of the Heavenly Dao, my Witch Clan branch has lived in the Baipu Domain for generations. It is through marriage with the Human Clan that they slowly took on the appearance and physique of normal humans. Hence, within the Witch Clan, procreation is a crucial ability. Over these hundreds of thousands of years, the Witch Clan has barely stabilized, yet there are still remnants of the Heavenly Witch trying to stir up wars using the Witch Clan. The Witch Clan no longer wishes to be associated with the Heavenly Witch people, so they kill upon seeing the Extraordinary People."

"I see, I finally understand the connection among these things."

Jiang Yuebai muttered to herself, pondering and realizing further issues.

"But Granny, now throughout the Earth Spiritual Realm, it’s said that the Extraordinary People were created by the Witch Clan. Why are such things said?"

In fact, Jiang Yuebai didn’t fully believe what Granny Shi Lan said. If during the Calamity of Heaven’s Collapse the Human and Demon Clans were near extinction, there would have been no need for the Witch Clan ancestors to betray their Heavenly Witch kin, wouldn’t it be better to dominate the Three Races together?

So perhaps the Witch Clan’s songs are trying to exonerate themselves or protect the Witch Clan, considering that in the current world the Human Clan is predominant, the Witch Clan needs to have made significant contributions to the Human Clan to have space for survival.

Granny Shi Lan snorted with mild irritation, "My Witch Clan would need that capability to create a new race. It’s all a conspiracy of the Heavenly Witch remnants, making those sinful people believe they are innocent and shouldn’t suffer the enslavement of the Human Clan or the discrimination of the Demon Clan."

"The Celestial-Demonic War and the Calamity of Heaven’s Collapse are too ancient. The details and evidence are no longer verifiable. Some will always believe that the victor writes history, and some are wronged and maliciously scapegoated."

Jiang Yuebai asked again, "Then why doesn’t the Witch Clan compile this history into books and spread it around?"

Granny Shi Lan sighed, "Didn’t I just say it? It’s too far back; details and evidence are already unclear. Besides, there were such books circulating in the early years, but they were all drowned in the tide of history without making much of a splash."

"Moreover, the Witch Clan is now no different from the Human Clan and has not suffered discrimination, has even produced ascended Gu Immortals reaching the Immortal Realm. Who would want to engage in such unprofitable actions, possibly bearing great karmic consequences?"

Jiang Yuebai agreed with this point, but her personal affairs seemed to have hit a dead end. Still, she unwillingly pursued further.

"Granny, I have another question. You see, while traveling, I met a girl. She was very kind, loved life, full of optimism, and was quite lovely, having never done anything wrong."

"But due to an accident, she inadvertently absorbed the bloodline of the Extraordinary People and became one herself. Is there any way in this world to reverse this situation?"

After asking, Jiang Yuebai suddenly felt Hek ka’s scrutinizing gaze.

She turned and said, "Why are you looking at me like that? I didn’t say it was me, I’m a man, not a girl!"

Hek ka squinted, but Jiang Yuebai ignored him and looked at Granny Shi Lan.

Granny Shi Lan suddenly fell into memory, saying, "Had you come five hundred years earlier, my late husband, Xuu Qingye, had a way. As long as the bloodline of an Extraordinary Person was not too deeply and extensively ingrained, he could remove it. Unfortunately, he’s gone and will not return."

"What about besides removing the bloodline?" Jiang Yuebai asked nervously, "Or rather, even if not removed, as long as it can maintain a normal human appearance, that would suffice. She truly... is pitiful."

Granny Shi Lan finished picking a basket of dry insects, cleaned her hands, and sipped from a water jug, "There’s a method that’s almost impossible to accomplish."

"What?" Jiang Yuebai’s eyes lit up.

Granny Shi Lan put down the jug, "The deformed external appearance of the Extraordinary People is mainly due to the impure mixture of demon and human bloodlines. Since the demon bloodline cannot be eradicated to revert to pure human form, then removing the human bloodline to fully transform into a demon could be an option."

"Theoretically, if one can purify the demon bloodline to become a true demon, reaching the Golden Core Stage, they can transform into human form at will, reserving or not reserving demon features as they please. But achieving this is indeed impossible. The Heavenly Witch people have attempted this many times, yet each time they approach the final moment, they are met with a heavenly tribulation, from which no one has survived."

Jiang Yuebai’s heart trembled, "So, from ancient times till now, no Extraordinary Person has succeeded?"

Granny Shi Lan shook her head, and Jiang Yuebai’s heart sank. Does this mean she will have to bear the Lingzhi on her head her whole life? And in millennia to come, as Lingzhi cover the sky above her, wouldn’t her neck be crushed under their weight?

Granny Shi Lan consoled, "It’s not that it hasn’t happened; it’s just that I, Grandma, have only lived for a few hundred years and know little. Our Witch Clan ancestors’ songs also don’t record much."

"Do they not say in your Central Plains Daoist Sect, ’The Great Dao is fifty, heaven produces forty-nine. The Heavenly Dao does not exhaust any being; as long as one strives, there is a glimmer of hope’."

Jiang Yuebai took a deep breath, "Thank you, Grandma. I... will pass it on to her, telling her not to give up hope."

Dusk had deepened, and the village resonated with the sound of reed songs and drum music.

"Is there a bonfire gathering tonight?" asked Granny Shi Lan.

Hek ka nodded, "Yes, it’s particularly arranged by Sister Yinhuan to entertain guests from afar."

"Then you should all go. I’m tired, and want to rest for a while."

Jiang Yuebai thanked Granny Shi Lan, leaving with Hek ka.

Granny Shi Lan slowly stood up, moving inside her room to open an old cabinet, and took out a yellowing scroll slowly unraveling it.

Looking at the man on it, handsome and heroic, she revealed a nostalgic smile.

"You’d better be dead, for if I see you again, according to the Witch Clan’s rules, I will strip you of your cultivation and lock you up."

Like usual, Granny Shi Lan hung the scroll under the window, lying in the moonlit rocking chair with closed eyes, feeling the heart gu between them still beating strongly.

The night wind slightly cool, brushing past the small annotations beside the scroll,

[May I be like a star and you the moon, shining brightly through the night]

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Qing Nangzi Xuu Qingye!

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