Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 518 - 515: The World Is Just Like This

Chen Luo was just about to mock but abruptly stopped. These days, he had already noticed that in this world, even mortals who couldn't even bind a chicken had none of the apathy unique to the era he came from.

Although this world has made it difficult for normal people to survive, there are still individuals like Lu Ren who strive tirelessly for this society, resulting in ordinary people also being full of relentless vitality, that indomitable spirit aiming towards something beautiful. Even though they can't see hope or an end, influenced by Tuo'e Temple.

This kind of spiritual quality was something Chen Luo had never seen, which was why he became curious and descended the mountain to visit Tuo'e Temple, studying the World Honored One's Heart Sutra.

Chen Luo adjusted the jade crown on his head and glanced at the tall figure of Lu Ren, surprisingly said, "I never imagined that in this world there could still be the heritage of the witch appearing. During the Mythical Era, the Supreme Three Pristine Ones joined forces, almost turning this planet upside down, nearly hollowing out its core just to eradicate the Witchcraft Path. Unexpectedly, it can still be seen in this world."

After a pause, Chen Luo's eyes shimmered with a crystal light, carefully discerned before slowly saying: "Primordial Unity, you have already achieved Divine Soul Fusion and become a Great Witch. I'm actually very curious about where you obtained the witch's heritage. It had clearly vanished in history. Since I embarked on the Path of Cultivation, there have been no traces of witches, and even their history has been completely altered and erased."

"You must understand, in this Cosmos, even during the peak period of the Immortal Path, it was merely active in a corner of this universe."

"Indeed." Chen Luo sighed, "The world is infinitely vast, yet the truly transcendent lands, the Enlightenment Lands are pitifully few. Spending several hundreds of thousands of years almost traversing everywhere one can see, only to find just this one spot where you could find a breach to higher dimensions."

He looked at Lu Ren, and with a slight wave forward of his hand, a tea table appeared to slowly congeal out of the void, gradually becoming real, with the teapot atop which faint swirling smoke was rising from its spout.

Lu Ren raised an eyebrow at such a precise technique; it was the first time he had witnessed it.

Chen Luo seemed to understand what Lu Ren was surprised about and smiled, "This is but a trivial matter; back in those days, because time wore on, many became bored and thus created many small tricks. But whether it is the Immortal Path, or the Witchcraft Path you are walking now, at the essence, it is about Fake to True, Borrowing False to True Cultivation."

Pausing momentarily, Chen Luo chuckled again, "However, this little skill is merely preemptively developing a method of storing objects in a mustard seed space, retrieving them when needed. The recent illusion becoming reality… could be counted as showcasing the ethereal essence of the Immortal Path."

Saying this, Chen Luo poured two cups of tea, pushing one in front of Lu Ren and said, "This is Sulei Tea specially cultivated by Dragon Tiger Mountain during the Mythical Era. This tea tree constantly channels Celestial Thunder, capable of driving away evil and purifying, strengthening the body and spirit. Drinking it allows one to feel thunder coursing within the body, purifying the flesh. Even in those days, aside from the Spirit Tea of Celestial Court, this Sulei Tea was a top-tier Immortal Grade, have a taste."

Lu Ren didn't show the slightest politeness, pinching the teacup between his fingers, which appeared like a small bottle cap in his large hands, and drank it in one go, smacking his lips.

This sight made Chen Luo's eye twitch, quickly adding, "You should sip it slowly, for this Spirit Tea is quite potent…" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Before he could finish, countless threads of thunder like tiny snakes began darting over Lu Ren's body.

Lu Ren frowned, "This tea doesn't seem suitable for me."

The tea indeed contained the power of thunder, able to fortify the body, improve constitution, and uplift the spirit.

But now he already possessed the Great Witch Body, highly resistant to such interference. The Immortal Qi in this Spirit Tea might be a supreme treasure for others, but for Lu Ren now, drinking arsenic might be more comfortable.

Chen Luo was speechless, the Immortal Path values Celestial-Human Convergence, using the human heart to reflect the Celestial Heart, leveraging True Power to stir the great world, thereby unleashing incredible power.

But the Witchcraft Path is different, truly embodying a path where all power returns to oneself, an extreme path where the human body forms a Universe, all things supplying and sustaining it.

Eventually, if one reaches the legendary Ancestral Witch Realm, a personal microcosm, a small world would form within, sustaining itself through sheer autonomous means as one continues down the path of cultivation.

This is a decidedly freakish ability.

As previously described, if reaching a self-sufficient state, forming a small world within the human body is like a car that not only doesn't need refueling but as it runs, oil is constantly overflowing from its tank.

Chen Luo opened his mouth, finally sighing, "Our paths are different; ultimately, we cannot walk together."

Saying so, with a sweep of his wide sleeves, the tea table before them vanished.

He looked up toward Lu Ren, his eyes flickering with thunder, like a stormy lake evolving within his gaze, imbuing his words with a hint of gunpowder.

"My friend, witchcraft is inherently forbidden. When all Immortal Buddhas return, you'll be the first to face retribution."

Lu Ren's eyes deepened in contemplative tranquility, his expression unfathomable.

"In that case, I truly wish to see exactly how I will be reckoned with."

Chen Luo smiled slightly, "Without reaching the Earth Immortal Realm, you know nothing of its mysteries. It's a kind of power grasping the stars and crushing them at will. Currently, you are but a Great Witch, comparable only to an Immortal Human. Perhaps with Mountain God's power, you might be unrivaled at this realm, but what about the Earth Immortal? This is an entirely qualitative elevation from the essence of life and dimensionality."

He turned his gaze toward the Tuo'e Temple at the mountain's foot, his eyes showing a tinge of complexity, "Perhaps in your view, the current era has survived a catastrophe, seeming harmonious and thriving. If there were enough time, it might accumulate strength sufficient to rival the Immortal Path, but you miscalculated the timing.

Those Earth Immortal beings can obliterate the flourishing world you've constructed with just a flick of a finger."

He remembered, back when he was a beggar, lamenting the unfair world, the Immortal Gods high above, while mortals lived like pigs and dogs below, after embarking on the Path of Cultivation, he once vowed to ensure the Human Race would not be wantonly slaughtered.

But ultimately, illusions fall short of reality. Should anyone attempt to change this, he would face the enmity of the whole world, everything would be targeted.

He transitioned from initial resentment and anger to eventual despair and numbness, finally into calmness, and then he understood a sentence his master had once told him.

"You fool, this is how the world is. The true rulers are not us; they are watching from above."