Twilight Boundary-Chapter 778 - 769: Means that Reach the Sky (4000 words)

So that's how it is. As it should be. Fortunately. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Although, ever since Granny spoke those words to me, I had already felt at ease. No matter what kind of collaboration the ancestors of the Hu Family had with this State Preceptor, it would no longer affect my decision. But only after hearing the State Preceptor voice his hatred for the Hu Family did my heart finally settle. The people of the Hu Family truly hadn't disappointed me, their descendant. And it was only now that I finally, thoroughly understood the answer I had most wanted to find on this journey.

Among the three people at the origin of the plan, if two wanted to keep the third in the dark, then those two must have partnered up. For the State Preceptor, one of the plan's initiators, to be fooled meant that the Hu Family and Lao Junmei had joined forces even earlier.

Therefore, the Hu Family hadn't betrayed their own descendants just to become immortal, as I had thought.

This revelation cleared my mind, and I was finally willing to acknowledge myself as a member of the Hu Family.

Similarly, it also made it clearer what I wanted to do: first, cause a damn ruckus.

Back then at Old Yin Mountain, I struggled to wipe out the Meng family, and hadn't even had a chance to drink a cup of celebratory wine when that old bastard appeared and ruined my great mood.

So now that I'm back in Shangjing and have figured out his tricks, I must settle this score.

"Mr. Hu, although you are of the Walking Ghost Path, you have truly only learned the skills of a Shousui man..."

"You have even learned their dispositions."

Standing before Hu Ma, the State Preceptor looked down at the ruthless elation on Hu Ma's face, who wasn't even trying to hide the clarity and joy he felt. The disappointment in the State Preceptor's heart had clearly reached its peak.

Back when Hu Ma was at the Life-Knowing Hall pavilion, viciously berating each of the Ten Surnames disciples with talk of evil spirits, a sense of foreboding had already arisen in the State Preceptor's heart. Now, it had indeed come to pass.

"You were clearly meant to avoid the great terror, even seize the opportunity to transcend..."

"Clearly, I have been far more generous to your Hu Family than to others, granting you ample benefits..."

He could no longer hide his disappointment toward the Hu Family. "But why is your lineage so profoundly foolish?"

"Must you really die as a sacrificial offering?"

"Must you really believe the nonsensical, wild ravings of those evil spirits?"

...

"So, you've provoked the Hu Family. That means you've truly picked on the wrong people..."

Facing the disappointment and even faint confusion on the State Preceptor's face, Hu Ma suddenly laughed loudly. "Not everyone is like the Meng family, so easily fooled by a mere carrot, tricked and manipulated until their entire clan was annihilated, yet still remaining within your grasp!"

With a shout, he abruptly took a step forward, the cloth strips at his back tearing open to reveal a ferocious blade gleam.

Holding the Punishment Officer's Great Saber, Hu Ma let out a sudden, deep shout. The saber's force was ferocious and terrifying as it swung straight for the State Preceptor.

Now, the State Preceptor's figure seemed to blend with the night, colossal and unparalleled, looking down upon the human world. But as Hu Ma's saber swung down, nine columns of Tao surged from him simultaneously. His entire aura was like a blazing furnace, the fierce flames seeming to tint the surrounding darkness with a faint red glow.

The saber's force instantly swelled, towering even over the State Preceptor, as it slashed solidly towards him.

But facing Hu Ma's fierce strike, the State Preceptor merely shook his head gently. "You seem to have forgotten; you've never been on the Bridge."

He was now before Hu Ma, just about one zhang away. The momentum of Hu Ma's saber bore relentlessly forward, leaving him no room to dodge.

Yet, unexpectedly, as Hu Ma's blade struck out, the distance between him and the State Preceptor inexplicably widened. It stretched instantly to six or seven zhang, and by the time the saber's momentum was nearly exhausted, it still hadn't touched him.

This was already the magic of the Bridge! Hu Ma instantly became aware.

Guests on the Bridge were all Non-human; their methods were unfathomable and defied all common reason.

Though startled, he suddenly took a quick step forward. The momentum of his saber, far from diminishing, surged even further.

He employed the Shrinking Ground skill, his body abruptly surging forward seven zhang in a single step.

You widen the space, I'll shrink the ground to close in! His saber still closely pursued the State Preceptor, slashing right at his body.

Even the State Preceptor seemed to greatly admire this strike, sighing softly, "Nine columns of Tao, almost at the realm of Incarnate Heaven and Earth. Using the brute force of a common warrior to break through all illusory magic!"

"But I haven't had the chance to tell you: the beings on the Bridge are not guests of the human world. The farther one walks on the Bridge, the harder it is for you to harm them."

"You are in the human world; how can you harm me, one from outer heaven?"

"...Of course, unless someone foolishly tries to pull you onto the Bridge."

...

Hu Ma's strike came in the blink of an eye, erupting fiercely and arriving in an instant.

It was so fast it was almost unimaginable how the State Preceptor had managed to say so much in such a short time.

And facing this strike, he even seemed to give up resisting, allowing the saber to cut into him. His body split apart in response, suddenly falling to both sides.

But immediately after, as if the air merely trembled, he stood perfectly intact opposite Hu Ma, maintaining a distance of less than two zhang. The mark of Hu Ma's strike extended just to his feet.

Only beside Hu Ma, a sheet of yellow paper was lightly fluttering to the ground, already torn in two.

Hu Ma's expression changed slightly. He suddenly snorted coldly and stomped his foot. The Five Organs roared in unison, like rolling Thunder Sound, sweeping out close to the ground.