Chapter 721: Yin and Yang
Seeing that a huge fight was about to break out, Chu Liang quickly slipped back to Silver Sword Peak.
There was no denying that slaying an eighth-realm demon king was an achievement worthy of being recorded in history. Over the past few thousand years, only a handful of human cultivators had managed to do so. So even if his esteemed teacher was carrying a giant snake corpse to clog up the flow of the spring at Jade Sword Peak, Old Wang likely wouldn’t dare to come out and face her.
Back then, Di Nufeng had been furious for months over Wang Xuanling’s slaying of an evil flood dragon in the East Sea. Now, with such a huge achievement under her belt, she would likely boast about it for years to come.
She was undeniably strong but also incredibly skilled at holding grudges.
Back in his small hut, Chu Liang finally felt a sense of stability. The past few years had been a whirlwind, full of tumult and uncertainty—like being tossed around by a storm. It was only here, in the quiet of his hut, that his heart could finally find peace.
However, now he understood that this peace did not come without a price. It was thanks to Venerable Wen Yuan, the Four Guardian Elders, Daoist Yan, the grand peak master, the peak masters, and the other reliable seniors who had created this safe haven for all the disciples of the sect.
Without them, everything that had been built with that safe haven as its foundation would crumble. Even the seemingly prosperous Red Cotton Peak he had established would be easily torn down.
The reason they had enjoyed these peaceful years was because others had borne the burden for them, forging ahead in silence.
And from this moment on, Chu Liang too would have to bear that burden. He would face the brutal storms of the immortal realm head-on. Venerable Wen Yuan’s words about the harsh reality were not exaggerations—they were the truth.
For example, when an unknown hidden realm was first discovered, it was always the cultivators at the Dao Attainment Realm who explored it first. They mapped everything out before allowing the other disciples to enter. By then, most of the risks could be controlled.
To secure enough resources for the sect, seventh-realm and eighth-realm experts had no choice but to venture into dangerous hidden realms or even the Divine Ruins. These were unavoidable risks.