Novel Full Chapter 355: Kong Yang's Invitation
Chapter 355: Kong Yang’s Invitation
After an absence of many years, Chen Yan’s return to the Kongshan Sect this time was precisely to learn about the past of his own Great Master, the Supreme Pivot Court’s Grand Elder Ruan Tingzhu.
To try and find clues regarding Yan Yunhe’s Dao Basis from within.
Fu Qian, who hailed from Qingchan Peak, in reality seemed to have very little intersection with Ruan Tingzhu, who came from Kongyuan Mountain, that is, the ninth-generation reincarnated body of True Person Kongmiao, Yan Yunhe.
Chen Yan only knew that more than six hundred years ago, when Fu Qian was in his teens and still the Chief Disciple of Qingchan Peak, Ruan Tingzhu was already the Sect Leader of the Kongshan Sect, a Unity realm cultivator.
Later, when Fu Qian finally broke through to the Myriad Transformations Realm and assumed the position of Martial Elder of Qingchan Peak, it was already two hundred years later.
By that time, Ruan Tingzhu had already resigned from his position as Sect Leader of the Kongshan Sect a hundred years prior, and had gone from the sect’s Supreme Pivot Court to serve as its Grand Elder.
If he had known there would be a day like today, he should have asked Li Haoran about his own Great Master back then in the small forest at the foot of Yuanhua Mountain.
After all, in the Supreme Pivot Court of several hundred years ago, Ruan Tingzhu was Li Haoran’s direct subordinate.
…But then again, perhaps not.
Three thousand years ago, Li Haoran damaged his Dao Basis by peeking into the secrets of heaven and gradually relinquished his power. The actual control of the Pivot Court was gradually taken over by Huo Mu.
Thinking about these things now is already completely useless.
“If you want to ask about your Great Master, why not go directly and ask your Sectal Ancestor?”
Fu Qian, sitting opposite Chen Yan, asked this way.
“Because I have no plans to see Sect Leader Yun.”
Chen Yan said.
Upon hearing this, Fu Qian fell silent for a brief moment, then spoke again:
“Who knows, Chief Disciple Chen, that you are still alive?”
The ancient cypress tree beside the cold pond, which had grown for over two thousand years, swayed slightly in the wind. The dew condensed between its branches and leaves slid down the veins of the cypress leaves, falling into the cold pond of Cangwu Residence, splashing up a few faint ripples.
“Two people.”
Chen Yan replied:
“Only True Person Kong and Elder Fu, you two, currently know that I am still alive.”
Fu Qian, of course, did not know why Chen Yan survived the Outer Court Cataclysm seventeen years ago. He could only temporarily guess that Supreme Pivot Elder Li had protected him during that calamity.
“Then, this time you’ve returned…”
“I won’t stay long.”
Chen Yan shook his head.
Leaving aside Kong Yang’s opinion of him for the moment, even if he permitted Chen Yan to return to the Kongshan Sect, Chen Yan absolutely would not remain here.
First, because the Karmic Backlash lying dormant within him was a complete ticking time bomb.
No one knew what exactly would happen.
The more important reason was that if Chen Yan wanted to end everything he carried on his shoulders, he had to go to Fusheng City.
To enter Fusheng City, one must use the Dao Basis of an Immortal Ascension Realm cultivator as a key.
Mr. You had bought him ten years.
But there were other variables within this.
For example, those two Ascenders on Heavenly Summit Mountain.
Once Si Youyou regained Jingchen’s memories, then Heavenly Summit Mountain, possessing two Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators, collecting the five Heavenly Summit Mirrors would only be a matter of time.
Mr. You said they wanted to change the history of Heavenly Summit Mountain’s destruction from sixty thousand years ago.
This meant overturning everything that had happened over the past sixty thousand years.
History cannot be changed.
In the long river of time, everything that happened in the past is already set. If one tried to forcibly alter history through the Heavenly Summit Mirror, even ten Ascenders would be directly crushed to death by the Karmic Backlash spanning the river of time.
But there was one exceptional, special existence.
Chen Yan.
Even those Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators could not understand why Chen Yan could bear the Karmic Backlash of over sixty thousand years without dying.
Chen Yan’s existence was an excellent vessel for the two Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators of Heavenly Summit Mountain, allowing them to achieve their goal of forcibly altering history through the Heavenly Summit Mirror.
And the other four Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators of the other four great sects would absolutely not sit idly by and watch Heavenly Summit Mountain’s plan unfold.
For Kong Yang and the others, the simplest method was to directly kill Chen Yan.
But no one knew what would happen, what kind of consequences would arise, after killing Chen Yan who bore the Karmic Backlash of over sixty thousand years.
Coupled with Mr. You’s persuasion and transactions, this caused the four Ascenders of Lingxiao Temple, Mirage Palace, Wind Ravine Valley, and Kongshan Sect to temporarily choose to make concessions.
They would not move against Chen Yan within ten years.
But as just mentioned, once Heavenly Summit Mountain began to take action, the Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators of the other major sects might not continue to abide by their transaction with Mr. You.
This was also the real reason why Chen Yan’s time was so tight.
From every angle, he would not stay long in the Kongshan Sect. Finding the Dao Basis, going to Fusheng City, and finding a way to shake off the Karmic Backlash he carried on his shoulders was the only way to resolve all of this.
Hearing Chen Yan say he would not stay long, Fu Qian pondered for a moment.
“So Chief Disciple Chen’s meaning is that you need me to keep your visit confidential, correct?”
Fu Qian said.
Chen Yan’s eyebrows raised slightly.
“If Elder Fu is willing, that would naturally be best.”
Chen Yan replied.
Looking at the Myriad Transformations Realm cultivator sitting opposite him, whose hair had turned completely white and who seemed to have aged considerably over these past dozen years, Chen Yan suddenly felt a pang of emotion.
A Myriad Transformations Realm cultivator could live for a thousand years, but Fu Qian himself knew all too well that his hope of taking another step on the Path to Immortality and entering the upper three realms was almost zero.
He had long grown accustomed to being surpassed.
Once the Chief Disciple of Qingchan Peak, Fu Qian was deeply revered by the younger generation in the sect.
But after the Qi Sea Realm, those outstanding juniors surpassed him one by one in cultivation.
At first, it was his fellow junior brothers and sisters of the same generation.
Then it became the younger generation.
Like Bai Qiming, like Yun Yichen, like…
Chen Yan.
…
Before leaving Cangwu Residence, Chen Yan put on a mask.
For cultivators, seventeen years was short.
Therefore, even though he had left the Kongshan Sect for seventeen years, there were still many people in the sect who recognized him.
Chen Yan walked slowly on the streets of Qingchan Peak.
From Fu Qian, he hadn’t obtained any truly useful information.
If absolutely necessary, he might have to go see Yun Yichen.
If possible, Chen Yan did not want to return to Kongyuan Mountain.
Before all of this ended, he did not wish to have any entanglement with his nominal master and martial uncle.
Thinking this, Chen Yan suddenly sensed the presence of relatively powerful true qi fluctuations in front of him.
He raised his head and looked at the figure of a young girl standing before him, dressed in white robes, her black hair cascading like a waterfall.
“Esteemed Senior.”
Chu Xiyao bowed towards Chen Yan’s direction, then respectfully said:
“Patriarch Kong invites you to Caijun Tower for a conversation.”