Novel Full Chapter 3720 - 1804: Advice (Part 2)
Chapter 3720: Chapter 1804: Advice (Part 2)
Jin Ren seemed thoughtful.
The world and all its elements are the Medicine Ancestor’s backup plan, and now he knows this.
Among the Ancestral Trees, the Dragon Apricot and the Di Ying Holy Plant are secondary options. The other seven fundamental essences are life forms and spirit plants, restricted by the Medicine Ancestor, making them the least favorable of his backup plans, which is understandable.
But why does the Ghost Ancestor mention this here?
Jin Ren is not stupid, and quickly associates it with the Ancestral Tree in the Mournful Emperor realm, the ancient japonicum.
The Ghost Ancestor gives a slight nod, acknowledging his thought:
"The Sorrowful Emperor refused the Heavenly Ancestor Legacy because he already had an inheritance. At six years old, his talents began to show, and the ancient japonicum selected him."
"Born into a demi-saint family, even as a child, he was aware of the Ancestral God’s secrets. He could have avoided Its influence and only accepted the power of the ancient japonicum."
"He didn’t?" Jin Ren couldn’t help but interject.
"Correct." The Ghost Ancestor nodded, "He hid it from everyone, actively reaching out to the ’influence’ within the ancient japonicum, and displayed his talents, earning Its will’s recognition, becoming the sole Ancestral God’s descendant."
Reckless fellow!
At six, the Bei Huai was already so irrational?
Indeed, a person’s nature can be glimpsed from childhood; Bei Huai is a madman.
The Ghost Ancestor continued, "After receiving the inheritance, the Sorrowful Emperor wasn’t obvious, but frequently performed acts like mutants."
"The nature of the Di Ying, which you’ve witnessed, was influenced by Its power, leading to excessive proliferation."
"And the nature of life, the essence of life..."
The Ghost Ancestor paused, turned away from Jin Ren.
Gray fog space began to crumble from afar, with rumbling sounds echoing incessantly. He spread his arms wide, welcoming destruction, his voice exuding coldness amidst the ruin and Nirvana:
"The nature of life lies in ’thriving and growing’; the essence of life lies in ’breeding inheritance,’ in a fixed cycle of reincarnation, this cannot be reversed."
"Birds spread their wings, fish swim in emptiness, trees grow upward, beasts run wild; the process is called ’growth,’ the endpoint leads to ’death.’
"If one wishes to delay the process from ’growth’ to ’death’ within a cycle of reincarnation, the only method is ’plunder.’"
Plunder the life force of others?
Jin Ren’s ears were filled with thunders, his scalp tingling.
He finally understood why, in the Divine Relics when the Di Ying went mad, swallowing countless demi-saints and semi-saint personas—what the essence of it was about.
It wasn’t just because it was the command of the Cursed Yin, but because under the residual influence of the Medicine Ancestor, the only way the Di Ying Holy Plant could exert power was through "plunder."
And the Bei Huai...
This guy’s research on ghost beasts has an essence of "plunder," a desire to convert the life of others for one’s own use.
Even aiming for the highest state of plunder, converting the "life" of other Ancestral Gods for one’s own use?
Mutants’ actions...
Jin Ren suddenly recalled, earlier in the Yunshan Emperor realm’s Purple Bamboo Forest.
In childhood, Dao Qiongcang and Yue Gongli were going to the Yun Mountain Temple to be reprimanded, not calling over Senior Rao Yaoyao.
The reason stated seemed to be that in childhood, Bei Huai had started "eating people," was this the influence of "plunder"?
"In the early days, the Sorrowful Emperor, as Its descendant, was under Its control."
"In the mid-stage, the Sorrowful Emperor, leveraging Its power, walked into rebirth."
"He was not satisfied with ’life,’ but wanted to combine the Way of ’life’ and ’reincarnation.’
"Regarding this, It of course also acknowledged, after all, this Way is one that It and I, this Ancestor, have not accomplished."
Jin Ren realized a turning point had arrived.
The path Bei Huai wants to take, since neither the Medicine Ancestor nor the Ghost Ancestor succeeded, uncontainable factors have appeared.
Sure enough, the Ghost Ancestor continued further:
"He succeeded halfway, at least He can no longer completely control this descendant of His."
"As for the many events thereafter, let’s not discuss for now; to date, the existence of the Sorrowful Emperor can stand with Him, and the Way is mutually inherited and mutually left."
"If he succeeds, he may plunder Him; if he fails, He can reclaim His backup plan, and again look towards the future."
"And what about you?" Jin Ren worriedly asked, the Ghost Ancestor caught between these two madmen, is it not too pitiful?
The Ghost Ancestor laughed, the laughter was mournful:
"Why am I not dead? Because the time has not yet arrived."
The day They achieve the Way would be your death date, Ghost Brother?
Jin Ren’s first reaction was that Ghost Brother was pitiful, and the second reaction suddenly woke up, Ghost Ancestor’s words couldn’t be fully trusted.
No matter what, He’s also one of the Ten Ancestors; how could He be this humble?
What He just said, sounds like His existence is merely to wait for death, like a sacrificial offering to the Way.
"You still have me!"
Jin Ren solemnly shouted, then no longer wished to listen to the meaningless lamentations of Ghost Brother.
The space was collapsing rapidly; he had many more questions, unable to ask them all, he could only focus on the essentials:
"Between you and It, who came first?"
This is crucial, as order determines priority.
The Holy Ancestor and the Demon Ancestor, it was first the Holy Ancestor, and only when seeking further advancement, did the Demon Ancestor come into being.
Generally speaking, the primary controls the secondary.
However, after becoming an Ancestral God, the differences are minimized, though the fundamental relationship remains unchanged, and the primary and secondary could become a breakthrough in future battles.
Xu Xiaoshou had little impression of the Medicine Ancestor and the Ghost Ancestor.
He only vaguely remembered that the Medicine Ancestor Shennong Hundred Herb appeared first, and then, to construct reincarnation, the Ghost Ancestor emerged.
But it seemed there was an error in between, the Medicine Ancestor became corrupted, as did the Ghost Ancestor, though the specifics were unclear.
The Ghost Ancestor’s answer was unexpected: "Different spacetime, no particular order."
This...
A single sentence stirred up endless mysteries for Jin Ren.
This question was inherently unanswerable... Jin Ren had a headache, recalling during the entire questioning period a certain existence he had forgotten upon hearing the words "spacetime."
But as the gray mist space was about to dissipate, he did not dare act rashly, choosing to follow the sequence given by his original self and continue to focus on key questions:
"Regarding the Holy and Demon figures, what do you think?"
"It cannot be said."
Tsk, dealing with living Ancestral Gods is truly troublesome!
The rumbling became more piercing, and even the shape of the retreating Ghost Ancestor grew incredibly blurred.
Jin Ren hurriedly changed his question: "The union of Technique Evil, essence of God and Demon, life and death of Medicine Ghost, cycle of Four Ancestors, only spacetime is eternal... How do you see this statement?"
The Ghost Ancestor pondered briefly: "It points directly to the essence."
Jin Ren, with the snake following the rod, wanted to seize the chance to ask about Brother Ghost’s understanding of the Time Ancestor:
"Time..."
"Hush."
Amidst the ruin, the distant hush of the Ghost Ancestor made Jin Ren’s hair stand on end.
The Time Ancestor is truly alive, and even their title cannot be mentioned!
They, like the Holy Ancestor, Demon Ancestor, Medicine Ancestor, Ghost Ancestor, and Cursed Yin, constantly monitor this world’s changes!
Fine, cannot ask the Time Ancestor, but perhaps the fool Kong Yuhen, who seems to be the Time Ancestor’s descendant, can be probed?
"Brother Ghost, what do you think of this person? Kong Yu..."
"Hush."
In the distant Ghost Buddha Realm, Xu Xiaoshou also felt a chill on his forehead.
Even Brother Anxiety is hushed by you; why do you hush everything, are all things taboo?
Could Kong Yuhen actually be the original Time Ancestor?
The waves of destruction came close, and Jin Ren felt death looming, vaguely seeing the Ghost Ancestor walking away into the distance, a dark light shining from their sleeves.
Are you going to kill me, Brother Ghost!
Death, to Jin Ren, was a common occurrence.
Without a blink of an eye, knowing questions would be of little use now, he deeply imbued the will of his original self, resorting to the Dao Clan’s questioning method:
"Brother Ghost, give me... three pieces of advice!"
This spontaneous rephrase even impressed Xu Xiaoshou.
Jin Ren, you are even more greedy than me...
With this, Jin Ren could only hope that if there were to be another life, his original self could be slightly kinder to all beings with "Ren" in their name.
The Ghost Ancestor was empathetic.
Before the destructive waves could utterly annihilate Jin Ren, He acted early, fearing Jin Ren might leave behind a sliver of consciousness to return to the Mournful Emperor realm and be captured by Bei Huai, turning into a Little Bei Huai.
Otherwise, this meeting and discussion would lose all meaning.
With a swish, a dark azure light quickly followed, slicing through the space collapse-induced waves, directly erasing Jin Ren’s throat.
Jin Ren did not resist.
He just tearfully looked up, lips trembling: "Vast heavens, why are you unkind to me..."
Sizzle!
As his head was severed, and his spiritual will completely obliterated, Jin Ren’s ears remained perked.
At the last moment, he still heard the ethereal words left by the Ghost Ancestor, crisp and straightforward, with no hesitation:
"First, He retains the right to meet you, remain vigilant."
"Second, Yunshan Saint Emperor cannot die, protect him."
"Third, do not go to Qianshi."