Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant-Chapter 335 - 234: A Letter of Divorce (Long - )
Eight years later.
Inside Li An’s Dantian, the "卍" symbol grew ever brighter. As his demon skill flourished, the rate of absorbing essence increased rapidly. Therefore, in just eight years, the essences of Xun Dongfang, Lin Xianxian, and Evil Fourteen had already been given to Li An.
The entire process was slow and continuous.
Now, in his shattered Dantian, a certain secret power was flowing, seemingly regenerating slowly...
This left Li An amazed, no wonder it was the Spirit Realm; the myriad of unique methods was truly astonishing.
On this day, the annual open day at Profound Turtle Peak had arrived once more.
"In eleven years, it will be the sect’s grand competition. Coinciding with the sixty-year cycle, the upper echelons of the sect will also simultaneously host the Casting Law Conference."
Xiang Yuntian also brought a pot of wine to see Li An, and the two conversed.
Over the years, Li An had come to understand some things about the Casting Law Conference.
Dao Sect is revered as an evergreen tree in the Spirit Realm, and the most crucial reason is the Casting Law Conference!
Dao Sect has been relentlessly seeking the world’s laws and never shies away from absorbing even demon skills and evil skills. Furthermore, they never adhere strictly to ancient methods but instead encourage innovation throughout the sect. Every sixty-year cycle, they organize the entire sect to conduct a Casting Law Conference together. The goal is to discard the old and introduce the new, merging and discarding to gain new major laws and more.
If a sect clings to a few broken scriptures passed down by its ancestors, refuses to make progress every day, and arrogantly believes it’s invincible in the world, such a sect deserves to be annihilated.
The competition in the Cultivation Realm has always been brutal, where only the fittest survive, and sects are no exception. The stronger the ability to innovate, the more powerful the laws and techniques gained, the stronger the sect becomes. If a sect is entirely decayed and lacks the ability to innovate, it won’t last many years.
"Damn it, I’ve already broken through the sixth rank, but I can’t get past the fifth no matter what."
Xiang Yuntian cursed; his sword intent now ranked sixth among disciples of the same generation on Hero Sword Peak, which was already an incredibly proud achievement, but he was not satisfied.
Because only the top five have a chance at Divinity Transformation.
Li An chuckled, "Every time you come to Profound Turtle Peak, you don’t choose any cultivation techniques at all, of course you can’t surpass them."
Xiang Yuntian paused for a moment and said, "Why should I choose your techniques here? They’re all evil demon ways. I’m cultivating the Justice Sword Scripture!"
"That’s why you deserve to not break into the top five." 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
Li An looked at Xiang Yuntian and said word by word, "Fifth place Dai Xiongtian practices the Spring Tide Sword Intent, gentle like spring water, fierce like raging tides; fourth place Luo Zijie practices the Mountain and River Sword Intent, unmoving like a mountain, moving like water; and third place is the Joy and Sorrow Sword Intent, mourning as if losing one’s parents, joyous enough to move mountains and rivers... don’t you understand yet?"
"If you want to defeat or match them, you must embrace both good and evil, balance both righteousness and wickedness, because the true Great Dao has both yin and yang. Without knowing evil, how can you understand righteousness? All these opponents know both hardness and softness, practice both movement and stillness, embrace both sorrow and joy... in line with the yin-yang Great Dao! And you?"
Li An’s words were calm, but Xiang Yuntian was immediately plunged into thought. In fact, his talent in Sword Dao was not strong; what was strong was his Sword Heart, and so he had never had any realizations before. Now, Li An’s few words gave him the sudden feeling of enlightenment.
Without knowing evil, how can one understand righteousness?
Xiang Yuntian stood up dazedly and said, "I understand, I’m going to choose evil skills now!"
"Li An, I owe you another favor!"
Li An chuckled, "Yes, you’ve owed me many times already, I’m keeping track, this is the third big favor."
Xiang Yuntian: "...Aren’t you supposed to say it’s just a little help, nothing to hang on to?"
"Bullshit, is this a little help?"
Xiang Yuntian couldn’t take it anymore and quickly said, "Alright, alright, Old Yin Bi, I yield to you, I’m going to choose a cultivation technique now!"
He immediately stepped into the hall, and Li An no longer paid attention to him.
In fact, Li An wasn’t wrong; he could unravel Xiang Yuntian’s doubts not because of a day’s work. In these five years, while he discussed laws with a group of bigwigs among the evil demons, he would occasionally hint to confirm his own thoughts.
Eight years of effort, plus those bigwigs’ pointers, led to today’s few words.
To what extent Xiang Yuntian could go, Li An didn’t know. What he could do to help Xiang Yuntian was only these things.
...
The last day of the open day.
"Fellow Daoist Li, long time no see."
The person Li An had been waiting for finally appeared. Zhan Qingxuan came with a graceful gait and said, "It’s still a problem with the array. This rank five array is quite troublesome, please enlighten me."
She handed an array inheritance to Li An. Over the years, she had also been very cautious, pretending to be very interested in arrays, so coming to Li An to consult on Demon Sect’s array inheritance was naturally legitimate and wouldn’t arouse others’ suspicion.
"Oh? Let me see."
Li An also spoke, taking over her array, seemingly looking at the array in hand but actually paying attention to her secret voice transmission.
After a while, Zhan Qingxuan left.
The open day ended.
Returning to the Scripture Pavilion, Li An first woke up Shangguan Xiaoxiao to have her review it again.
Shangguan Xiaoxiao, after a long look, said, "The array is basically complete, a tier seven grand array, used to trap Harmony Stage powerhouses. There are only three to five people in Dao Sect capable of such power."
"Xun Dongfang’s power in the sect back then hadn’t reached Harmony, he should have been at Refining Void. The Paradise Sect Leader Lin Xianxian and the successor of the Evil King, Evil Fourteen, these two’s strength should be the strongest, possibly reaching the Harmony Stage. Witch Lady’s gu techniques are astonishing; her true strength is unknown. Tuoba Wanchong is the Grand Elder of the Ten Thousand Souls Sect, his strength isn’t weak either, possibly Refining Void peak or early Harmony."
