Yang Kai frowned slightly. Although he didn’t know what this Heartless Dao was, just hearing its name made him feel uncomfortable.
Qu Huachang explained, “Cultivating the Emotion Dao need one to be emotionally engaged, while cultivating the Heartless Dao requires one to sever one’s emotions and become ruthless. However, regardless of whether one is affectionate or ruthless, all paths lead to the same destination. In the end, one can achieve the Great Dao and obtain Open Heaven!”
Yang Kai said, “I still don’t understand, what does this have to do with Senior Sister wanting to have Dual Cultivation with me?”
“Idiot!” Qu Huachang glared at him, “I need to sever my emotions before i can enter the Dao, if i don't sever my emotions, how can i achieve Open Heaven?”
Yang Kai understood and asked, “You want to fall in love with me first before severing it?”
“Yes!” Qu Huachang admitted frankly before looking at him pitifully, “Junior Brother, please do me a favor.”
Yang Kai didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. How could there be such a strange thing in this world? Such a charming and enchanting woman wanted to have Dual Cultivation with him, and she want him to help her.
However, just as she had said before, no matter what kind of Dao the disciples of Yin-Yang Cave Heaven cultivated, they had to first fall in love with a certain person. Those who cultivated the Emotion Dao did not have the trouble of severing their emotions, but those who cultivated the Heartless Dao could not cultivate unless they had great perseverance. Otherwise, if they failed to sever their emotions, they would definitely suffer from Qi Deviation and the consequences would be unimaginable.
“Does Senior Sister have feelings for me?” Yang Kai asked.
Qu Huachang thought about it seriously for a moment before pinching her fingers and gesturing in front of Yang Kai’s eyes, “It seems a little, but it’s not enough. However, I believe that as long as Junior Brother is willing to accompany me in Dual Cultivation, I will definitely fall in love with Junior Brother.”
Yang Kai couldn’t help laughing, “Dual Cultivation. It’s not as simple as Senior Sister said.”
Qu Huachang blinked, “Junior Brother seems to be quite proficient in this Dao.”
Yang Kai’s face turned red as he quickly changed the subject, “Don’t mention the matter of Dual Cultivation again. I believe Senior Sister will eventually meet someone suitable, but that person is not me.”
“Oh!” Seeing his firm attitude, Qu Huachang didn’t say anything more. Sometimes it was enough to express one’s own will, so saying too much wouldn’t be good.
“Then is Junior Brother willing to join my Yin-Yang Cave Heaven?” Qu Huachang suddenly changed the subject, “I won’t hide it from Junior Brother, this time I came to Blood Monster Cave Heaven because of a Sect mission.”
“What mission?” Yang Kai asked curiously.
“Find Junior Brother and ask him to join my Yin-Yang Cave Heaven,” Qu Huachang explained, “I’m sure I don’t need to say much about Junior Brother’s current situation. Your goal is to become a High Rank Open Heaven cultivator directly, but you’ve already violated many people’s taboos. For an existence like Junior Brother, the various Cave Heaven Paradise hold two different attitudes. One is to guard against future dangers and kill Junior Brother in advance, while the other is to win over Junior Brother with gentleness. My Yin-Yang Cave Heaven adheres to the latter.”
Yang Kai knew that since Yin-Yang Cave Heaven was willing to rope him in, Qu Huachang must have put in a lot of effort. Suddenly, he remembered what Pei Wenxuan had said before. In this Blood Monster Cave Heaven, he was not the only one who wanted to kill Yang Kai. Now, it seemed that there were many disciples from the Cave Heaven Paradise searching for traces of him, wanting to take his life.
“Although I thought Junior Brother would come to Blood Monster Cave Heaven, I didn’t expect to find him so quickly. It seems Junior Brother and I are quite fated,” Qu Huachang smiled lightly.
Yang Kai asked curiously, “Senior Sister said that Yin-Yang Cave Heaven wants me to join them. If I join them, will Yin-Yang Cave Heaven be able to guarantee my promotion to High Rank Open Heaven directly?”
If he remembered correctly, the Proprietress had clearly said that it was impossible to accept a person like him into the Cave Heaven Paradise, because it was impossible to guarantee his loyalty. Only those cultivators who had been raised from childhood could safely achieve High Rank Open Heaven directly, but from ancient times until now, such cultivators were extremely rare. Every time they appeared, they would cause a stir in the entire 3000 Worlds.
This was not just because High Rank resources were difficult to refine, but because if one’s Dao Seal foundation was insufficient, forcefully refining it would only lead to death. Even if someone was able to condense a High Rank Open Heaven force, it would still be extremely dangerous during their breakthrough. Many talented cultivators who had condensed a High Rank Force had failed at the last moment and their souls had been scattered.
“No,” Qu Huachang shook her head, “If Junior Brother joins Yin-Yang Cave Heaven, he will need to reach the Sixth Order Open Heaven Stage!”
Yang Kai suddenly understood. He had thought that the Yin-Yang Cave Heaven would be able to guarantee his promotion to High Rank, but who would have thought that it would also have some kind of condition? He had only asked casually, but now that he knew about this, he suddenly lost interest in the Yin-Yang Cave Heaven. Although there was only a difference of one grade between Sixth Order and Seventh Order, there was a fundamental difference.
However, he finally understood why after meeting Qu Huachang this time, she had been so presumptuous and kept making such requests.
If he really have Dual Cultivation with her, he would undoubtedly be branded with the Yin-Yang Cave Heaven. Not only would Qu Huachang be able to complete her Sect’s mission, but she would also be able to fall in love with him, killing two birds with one stone.
“Many thanks for Senior Sister’s honesty.”
No matter what Qu Huachang’s intentions were, since she could tell Yang Kai everything without hiding anything, she had no intention of harming him.
“Is Junior Brother unwilling?” Qu Huachang asked.
Yang Kai firmly said, “The road beneath my feet should be one where one must tread forward courageously and strive to advance. I have already seen the path to High Rank Open Heaven. Although it is filled with thorns and may be narrow and muddy, I cannot shrink back. If I choose a better path, I will allow my Dao heart to be covered in dust!”
Qu Huachang sighed faintly, “Junior Brother, you’re still a long way from breaking through to Open Heaven, so although many people have noticed you, they have no intention of attacking you. After all, they are all people with high status, so naturally they cannot bully the weak, otherwise, if word of this were to spread, it would damage their reputation. Now, they only want to make things difficult for you and target you, but if one day they sense your threat, they will definitely not show mercy.”
“Senior Sister, can you tell me why the various Cave Heaven Paradise are so sensitive to the matter of directly reaching High Rank Open Heaven?” Yang Kai asked. He couldn’t understand. He cultivated his Dao and didn’t do anything to others, so why had he suddenly fallen into such a situation?
Qu Huachang replied, “I’ve only heard about it, but I don’t know if it’s true or not. There was once a Cave Heaven that recruited a brilliant disciple like Junior Brother, that disciple advanced to the Seventh Order Open Heaven Stage, taking up an important position in that Cave Heaven. After that, this Cave Heaven used up all of its Sect’s strength and spent a thousand years to help that person advance to the Ninth Order Open Heaven Stage. This person later advanced to the Ninth Order Open Heaven Stage, almost no one in the 3000 Worlds could defeat him. Later on, for some unknown reason, this person’s temperament changed greatly and he slaughtered everyone in the Cave Heaven. Not only did everyone die, but the entire Cave Heaven was destroyed.”
“Later, the masters from the other Cave Heaven Paradise who were on good terms with that force gathered together to pursue that person, but who would have thought that they would also be killed by him and suffer heavy losses? It seems that because of this matter, that person became extremely unhappy with the various Cave Heaven Paradise and specifically went to find trouble with these forces. For a time, the entire 3000 Worlds was shrouded in a bloody storm, and almost all of the 36 Cave Heaven 72 Paradise were swept up.”
“This incident lasted for several hundred years before that person was besieged and killed. However, the various Cave Heaven Paradise's vitality had been greatly damaged, and they had learned from the mistakes of their predecessors. As such, the Cave Heaven Paradise now pay great attention to those who can directly become High Rank Open Heaven masters, fearing that history will repeat itself.”
“Right now, there is a forbidden region where space is shattered and there is no life. It is the final battlefield of the great war. It is said that in that battle, more than a hundred High Rank Open Heaven masters fell! Even Mid Rank and Low Rank masters cannot be counted. Although many years have passed since then, that great region is still extremely dangerous and contains many powerful Divine Abilities. No matter how strong you are, once you enter it, you will never return.”
“That Extinct Territory was once a battlefield,” Yang Kai said in surprise.
In order to find the location of the Star Boundary, Yang Kai had carefully examined the Universe Chart and had naturally seen the existence of this Extinct Territory in it. At that time, Yang Kai hadn’t thought much about it and had only been curious about how this Extinct Territory hadn’t been marked. Only now did he realize that this Extinct Territory had a great origin.
However, because of an extremely ancient incident, the nerves of the various Cave Heaven Paradise had become so sensitive, causing Yang Kai to look down on them. Rather than being on guard against others, it was better to strengthen itself.
“Junior Brother, aren’t you going to reconsider?” Qu Huachang stared at him with a look of anticipation.
Yang Kai reached out and flicked her forehead, “Rest well and don’t speak.”
Qu Huachang covered her forehead and rolled her eyes angrily.
As time passed, the two’s injuries gradually recovered and were no longer as weak.
Inside the City Lord’s Mansion, Fan Wuxin held the wooden token he had obtained from Yang Kai and played with it curiously. He was very familiar with the pattern on this wooden tablet; it was obviously the totem pattern of Ding Feng City.
It was a wooden token brought by a visitor from the outside world, so how could it have the totem engravings of Ding Feng City? Moreover, from the looks of this wooden token, it should have existed for hundreds or even thousands of years.
Unsure of what was going on, he took out this token and asked several people, but none of them knew what was happening. Perhaps only after the City Lord came out of seclusion would he be able to find out the truth.
Just as he was about to put away this wooden token, a gust of wind suddenly blew in and a pale-faced middle-aged man stood in front of him.
Fan Wuxin quickly stood up and cupped his fists, “Elder Tan!”
The newcomer was none other than one of Ding Feng City’s Five Great Elders, Tan Luoxing. His strength was great and his status was high. Although Fan Wuxin was the same as the other party and had condensed a Fifth Grade Open Heaven Force, the other party had been born a thousand years before him. If they really fought, Fan Wuxin estimated that Tan Luoxing would be able to take his life within a hundred moves.
“Deacon Fan!” Tan Luoxing nodded, “I heard you were asking about the origin of a wooden token?”
“Yes!” Fan Wuxin nodded.
“Is it this thing? Can you let me take a look?” Tan Luoxing turned his gaze towards Fan Wuxin’s hand.
“Elder Tan, please take a look.” Fan Wuxin immediately handed over the wooden token, and while Tan Luoxing was examining it, he briefly explained how he had captured Yang Kai and Qu Huachang.
Tan Luoxing’s eyes flashed as he narrowed his eyes slightly, “A guest from the outside world?”
“It’s a visitor from the outside world,” Fan Wuxin nodded, “Elder Tan, do you know what this wooden token is? Why does it have the totem pattern of my Ding Feng City?”
TO BE CONTINUED...
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