Chapter 352: (1): Jade Pendant from the Old Ancestor, Bright Moon in the Sky
An uneventful night passed by after the Observing Mystical Heavenly Lord and Zhong Kui left.
Chen Ping'an helped the exhausted Pei Qian through her window, telling her to go to sleep.
Afterward, he remained in the courtyard by himself. He didn't practice walking meditation or sword techniques, and instead sat by the stone table and thought about his plans for the future.
He would become absent-minded from time to time, and he would look up and gaze at the night sky. He had heard Zhong Kui explain that apart from a few sages who went to expand existing territories and search for new blessed lands, the remaining sages who were worshiped in the Confucian temples alongside the Paramount Sage would largely be residing in the skies above the continents and seas of Majestic World.
These sages would peer down at the mortal world, and in their eyes, both cultivators from the mountains and from outside the mountains would appear much like the fluttering fireflies that mortal humans saw during summer nights. The brightness of each individual would depend on the height of their cultivation base.
Thus, when the Observing Mystical Heavenly Lord and Bai Yuan had unleashed their full power and aura when fighting against each other earlier, it was as if two orbs of brilliant light had suddenly appeared in the world in the eyes of the sage residing above Parasol Leaf Continent.
It was because of this that the sage had descended to Peace and Tranquility Mountain, preventing the two profoundly powerful cultivators from acting unreasonably or fighting due to personal grudges. Most importantly, he was preventing them from becoming so unbridled that they ended up shattering mountains and rivers and killing countless innocent mortals.
More of the time, Chen Ping'an would be resting his mind with his eyes closed, quietly reciting the immortal mantra inscribed upon the jade slip that he had obtained from Green Roving Residence.
The meaning of a book would become clear if one read it many times. The same principle applied to all things in the world.