BVAHEDLA[W Chapter 106

“Thank you, I like it very much.”…

Chu Li-fei had seen this person before, not in person, but in a painting.

In the Hall of Offerings of their Boundless Sect.

This was his grandmaster—the previous Boundless Taoist.

But he should have passed away, so why would he appear here…?

Although the old man was sitting motionless on a stone bed, a faint breath could still be felt from his nose and mouth.

He was clearly alive.

Chu Li-fei concealed his aura and first observed the surroundings from the shadows. After confirming that the old man was not moving at all, he was certain that the old man could not perceive the outside world. Only then did he feel relieved and carefully move towards the old man.

Throughout this process, the old man remained in a motionless posture, like a stone statue.

The closer Chu Li-fei got to the old man, the more he could feel the increasingly vast spiritual energy surrounding him.

Chu Li-fei had heard that before his last closed-door cultivation, his grandmaster had already cultivated to the late stage of the Great Vehicle realm. He had reached the pinnacle of perfection and was only one step away from ascending to immortality.

Unfortunately, he ultimately failed.

After the former Boundless Taoist remained in seclusion for a hundred years without any news, everyone vaguely knew the result.

Finally, after some time, the former Boundless Taoist’s eldest disciple—who was now the Boundless Taoist—removed the restrictions placed by the former Boundless Taoist and entered his cave. What he saw was the old man who had already passed away.

Thinking of this, a question suddenly arose in Chu Li-fei’s mind.

Where did the passed-away old man go? And why is he still alive now?

He had been cultivating in the Boundless Sect almost all the time and had never seen a situation like the old man’s.

Moreover, as the spiritual energy of the entire continent became increasingly thin, cultivation also became more difficult. There were very few who could reach the Great Vehicle realm, let alone the late stage of the Great Vehicle realm, which was only one step away from becoming an immortal.

He only knew that after a cultivator perished, the cultivation they possessed would dissipate and return to the world. The place where a cultivator perished would have the most concentrated spiritual energy, and some secret realms were formed on this basis.

So, could the passed-away old man be considered in this category?

But,

it didn’t seem like it.

Apart from the spiritual energy being dozens of times richer than the outside world, there was nothing different from other places.

There weren’t even any particularly lush spiritual plants.

Looking at the bare stone walls, there really wasn’t any other color to be seen.

Until Chu Li-fei walked to within almost a step of the old man, after clearly seeing the dense array formations, he frowned tightly, too shocked to say a word.

The old man was simply draped in a linen Taoist robe. He hadn’t noticed it before, but only after getting closer did he realize that,

underneath the robe, the old man’s body was covered with dense runes and array formations.

The twisted, bright red runes occupied most of the old man’s body and were still faintly glowing, proving that the array formation was still in operation.

Anyone who didn’t know better would think it was some evil cultivator’s method of cultivation.

It was simply unprecedented.

Although Chu Li-fei was not a cultivator specializing in array formations, that didn’t mean he knew nothing about them.

It was just that there were too many array formations on the old man’s body, and they were designed very ingeniously, presumably by a grandmaster of array formations. It would take some effort to understand them one by one.

Suddenly, a name flashed through Chu Li-fei’s mind for no reason: the peak master of Boundless Peak within the Boundless Sect—Boundless Taoist. Boundless Taoist had some attainments in array formations and was often invited by other sects to reinforce their sect’s protective arrays.

The reason why the Boundless Sect had huge expenses but was still not short of money was largely due to Boundless Taoist.

And this Boundless Taoist was the Boundless Sect Leader’s junior brother. Logically speaking, he should have been present when the former Boundless Sect Leader passed away…

But now was not the time to speculate about who carved these array formations. Chu Li-fei abandoned the distracting thoughts in his mind and focused on studying the array formations in front of him.

And the deeper he went, the more he could see the ingenuity of the person who carved the arrays.

Each ring was interlocked with the next, and the entire operation could not be sustained if any one was missing.

Several hours later, Chu Li-fei roughly understood the meaning of these hundreds of array formations.

In simple terms, the old man was now like a natural, enormous spirit stone, constantly emitting spiritual energy outwards. The array formations on his body were controlling the rate at which his spiritual energy was released and preventing the spiritual energy from suddenly exploding.

And the spiritual energy that had escaped was now spread throughout the entire Boundless Sect, providing all the disciples with spiritual energy for cultivation.

Chu Li-fei had previously thought that it was normal for the spiritual energy within the sect to be a bit richer than the outside world. After all, generally speaking, the places chosen by the major sects to establish their sects must be places where spiritual energy converged.

Which fool would build their sect in a place with scarce spiritual energy?

But he didn’t expect this to be the answer.

Another thing that surprised Chu Li-fei was the old man’s spiritual energy reserves.

Did a cultivator in the late stage of the Great Vehicle realm actually have such a vast amount of spiritual energy?

Compared to the old man, a cultivator in the early stage of the Transformation Spirit realm like him was just a drop of water in the vast ocean, a grain of millet in the boundless sea.

The old man had now become the nourishment for the entire Boundless Sect. He was still alive, but he was like an object for people to cultivate, no different from being dead.

The magical treasures scattered around him had the same function as the array formations carved on his body.

The more Chu Li-fei thought about it, the more creeped out he felt.

Did the old man know about these situations?

Various thoughts flashed through Chu Li-fei’s mind, and a hint of contemplation gradually appeared in his eyes as he looked at the old man.

After a moment, he lowered his eyes slightly, but the confusion still shrouded his brows.

He thought that the old man probably knew. After all, he was a cultivator in the late stage of the Great Vehicle realm with such vast spiritual energy. Chu Li-fei in front of him might not even be a match for him, and the current Boundless Sect Leader could probably only withstand a few more moves in front of the old man.

There was also a possibility that this was the old man’s own intention.

Connecting this with the current situation on the continent and the plot line, Chu Li-fei gradually had a guess in his mind.

The spiritual energy of the entire continent was becoming increasingly thin, and it was becoming increasingly difficult for cultivators to cultivate. In the future, ascending to immortality might become a legend.

The cycle of all things has always been the law of heaven and earth.

And the person who could break all of this was undoubtedly the person favored by the Heavenly Dao—Lu Mo-chen.

Besides him, no one else had the qualifications to end this tribulation.

However, the former Boundless Sect Leader was unaware of all of this.

But he was already a cultivator in the late stage of the Great Vehicle realm, half a step away from immortality. He had already touched the rules of heaven and earth and vaguely knew the truth.

Therefore, he must have felt even more helpless.

But even though he already knew his fate of failure, the former Boundless Sect Leader still tried to break the barrier between humans and immortals.

However, he still failed.

Therefore, after failing to ascend, he scattered his spiritual energy as planned, providing it for the descendants of the Boundless Sect to cultivate.

But he was still human after all. Even if he was half a step away from immortality, he was still not an immortal.

The spiritual energy of the late stage of the Great Vehicle realm was not endless. What would happen to the Boundless Sect after all the spiritual energy was exhausted?

The major sects in the cultivation world were only superficially harmonious. In fact, everyone coveted the Boundless Sect’s “first” throne, and everyone wanted to tear a piece of meat from it.

The higher you stand, the more painful it is when you fall.

This ending of defeat was something that the current Boundless Sect Leader and Wu You Taoist, and perhaps other elders, were unwilling to accept.

So—

find someone to replace the old man’s position.

This was their answer.

Chu Li-fei could not agree.

Not only because the person chosen was him, but even if that person was not him, he did not think it was the right thing to do.

Could glory that was maintained with difficulty by an innocent and weak person still be called glory?

After figuring out the truth, Chu Li-fei left this place.

And when he returned to his cave, he unexpectedly saw a small figure.

It was Lu Mo-chen.

What was he doing here?

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Lu Mo-chen, who had been drooping because he had been waiting for Chu Li-fei for so long, instantly perked up, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly patted his body and stood up from the ground, looking eagerly at Chu Li-fei.

“What are you doing here?”

Chu Li-fei raised an eyebrow slightly, walked past Lu Mo-chen and went into the house.

Lu Mo-chen hurriedly followed.

It could no longer be considered evening.

The sky was already showing a fish-belly white, the crescent moon was blurred and only a silhouette remained, and the fire-like golden-red Glow faintly sprinkled down, penetrating out from the shadows of the forest, vaguely enveloping the two people, as if plated with a shallow layer of gold.

Lu Mo-chen took out a small box, which seemed to be used for storing jewelry.

The young boy, who was not even up to his waist, raised his hand high and held the small box in front of Chu Li-fei, and his face was dyed with a faint blush for some reason.

His eyes were bright, and he was trying hard to tiptoe, hoping that Chu Li-fei could see the gift more clearly.

Looking at the dark circles under his eyes, he didn’t know how long he had been waiting.

Chu Li-fei took it with some doubt, and then opened it and found a moon-shaped silver hairpin.

The hairpin was a relatively slender style, made of silver throughout, but the carving was quite clever. The hollowed-out moon seemed to have a flowing light as it turned, shining brightly, and was very beautiful.

However, there was no trace of spiritual power on it, just an ordinary silver hairpin.

“This is?”

“Senior Brother, happy birthday.” Seeing that Chu Li-fei had accepted it, the smile on Lu Mo-chen’s face was even bigger.

Birthday?

Only then did Chu Li-fei realize that today was his birthday.

No, it should be yesterday.

Having transmigrated through several worlds, he had almost forgotten his birthday, but there was still someone who remembered.

So Lu Mo-chen had been waiting for him all night?

Chu Li-fei’s heart trembled a little.

At this time, he heard the boy say again:

“I thought it was very suitable for Senior Brother, so I bought it.”

“Senior Brother… do you like it?” Saying this, Lu Mo-chen looked up at Chu Li-fei’s expression like a small animal, his tone became a little cautious, and he tried his best to pretend that he didn’t care, even though he cared very much.

He knew that a small silver hairpin might not be anything to Chu Li-fei, but this was all the money he had.

He had visited all the stalls at the foot of Boundless Sect’s mountain, and this was the best-looking gift he could buy. Even the money for the gift was won by him and Senior Brother Wang Ming in a bet. For this reason, he was beaten up a lot, and finally managed to win against Senior Brother Wang Ming by holding on to his last breath.

When he becomes stronger in the future, he will be able to take on tasks, and then he will be able to save more spirit stones, and he will also be able to buy more gifts for Senior Brother.

Lu Mo-chen thought this way, and didn’t realize that he had unconsciously said everything he was thinking. Maybe the fatigue of waiting all night made his spirit a little Trance.

Chu Li-fei was a little moved. He squatted down, moved his line of sight to the same level as Lu Mo-chen, and looked at the other party seriously, softening his voice, which sounded extremely gentle.

“Thank you, I like it very much.”

His eyebrows and eyes also curved down, and a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, which made Lu Mo-chen dazed, and he turned his head away as if shyly, with a red face.

Chu Li-fei looked at his reaction with some amusement, and a place in his heart gradually softened, and then, his body was faster than his brain, he gently put his arms around the boy’s body, and then rubbed his head.

It wasn’t until Lu Mo-chen rubbed his palm happily, and the fluffy hair tickled his palm like scratching, that Chu Li-fei realized what he had done.

He had never done this action to Lu Mo-chen in this world, but now there was no strange feeling at all, but it was extremely familiar.

It was as if he had done it thousands of times.

Lu Mo-chen was really like a small animal, especially that sticky energy, and he rubbed into Chu Li-fei’s arms little by little, and he was quite skilled in using his talent for getting an inch.

And Chu Li-fei could only tolerate the other party’s behavior with both helplessness and amusement.

He patted the young man’s back to comfort him, on the one hand, he was also protecting him, until a steady breathing sound gradually came from his arms.

He actually fell asleep…

It was already dawn, and the sun was rising. Chu Li-fei hugged Lu Mo-chen and fell into deep thought as he looked at everything in front of him.

Fate is difficult to change, and even if you fool the gods and move the pointer on the turntable, fate will still lead to the same goal through different paths.

Just like Lu Mo-chen and Wang Ming.

Even without Lin Qiaoqiao, the two would still become enemies and still reach a bet.

But he insisted on—

defying fate.

A sharp cold light flashed in Chu Li-fei’s eyes. After calming his expression, he finally picked up Lu Mo-chen and walked towards the cave.

He had a plan.

Ten years of time were like fine sand flowing through the fingertips, just a blink of an eye.

For cultivators, ten years was just a fleeting moment.

But for Lu Mo-chen, a lot had happened in these ten years.

After that day, Senior Brother’s attitude towards him softened little by little. He thought he was not far from success, but one day, Chu Li-fei suddenly turned to the Demonic path without warning.

The other party left Boundless Sect silently, leaving no message.

When Chu Li-fei’s news came again, he had become the Demon Lord.

Lu Mo-chen wanted to find Chu Li-fei very much and ask him why.

This opportunity is tomorrow.

But it was on the battlefield.

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