Chapter 772 - 408: I Don’t Know_3
"But... there’s no fetus..."
"I heard."
Tie Dan stared intently at him, trying to catch any hint of a flaw on Lingxu’s face,
"It was you who found the meridian of the Leisure Sect’s Qi skills, and when they were at a crucial moment in dual cultivation, you used the sonic wave technique to backstab and murder them."
"That’s what we told the outside world... what else could we say!"
Lingxu closed his eyes and suddenly shouted angrily,
"Do you mean to say that our Mystic Sect’s true inheritance, the Nine Veins of Dragon Temple, was eradicated in a single night!
And we, Hu Temple, as the Four Directions Town Guards, didn’t even know a thing!
The Nine Branches of Leisure Sect, passed down for over two thousand years since Xuan Nu! The dao spread across the Nine Provinces and Twelve Countries!
So many daoist inheritances! So many people! Almost all of them could have their Nascent Soul Emergence and Soldier Resolution Rebirth!
Even if we Hidden Immortals of Hu Temple and Mountain Men did our utmost! With ulterior motives and cunning calculations!
To ensure everyone was engaged in dual cultivation that night, to break their skills and extinguish their souls at the opportunity, it simply couldn’t be done!"
Tie Dan was momentarily choked.
Lingxu took a deep breath,
"But Nan Hua managed it.
After the incident, for a whole thousand years, we at Hu Temple exhausted every means to hunt them down globally, but we couldn’t even trace Nan Hua back to his origin until the Divine Lord emerged, forcing an end to it.
But today, three thousand years later, who could still remain unscathed, without a trace, their shadow nowhere to be found?
But we know, Nan Hua indeed exists in the world, it is by no means a delusion.
Because from that day onward, there have always been people on earth praising his name, practicing his dao. Kill as you might, annihilate as you will..."
Lingxu shook his head, deflated,
"So there is a speculation, about two thousand years later, it’s Nan Hua who destroyed the Taiji Dao."
Tie Dan was momentarily stunned.
Lingxu looked at him,
"Now you know why we tucked our tails to escape."
"..."
Tie Dan turned away, looking at the bustling construction outside, understanding where the motivation of these Mystic Sect homebodies for grand construction came from.
It was fear.
After a moment of silence, Tie Dan turned back,
"So this is the decision of you as the Mystic Sect Leader?
Escape?
Do you think escaping from Taiji Heaven will ensure survival?"
Lingxu grinned,
"What, you think I’m cowardly? Haha, Xuan Du thinks we are cowardly too. But you haven’t seen that scene.
Among us Four Directions, three senior brothers had the longest contact with Jiuxiao and the deepest research in Tai Chi Dao, their state at death was truly terrifying.
So we decided that night to escape.
That night, the foul thing had already emerged, and we could only find a way to escape.
Even the Mystic Sect’s spells could not be passed anymore, the magic lost its efficacy, the dao had ended, we had to Soldier Disintegrate and find another path.
But Xuan Du... sigh, he was fearless as a newborn calf, but indeed he had courage, he said the world cannot be left unguarded, so he decided to stay.
To stay, stay in the mortal realm, at all costs, to safeguard the worldly structure that our master fought so hard for.
As for survival, we will seek it... we were not like him, we just wanted to survive."
Tie Dan closed his eyes, remaining silent.
This turn of events was honestly a bit beyond his expectations.
No, it couldn’t be said it’s just a bit beyond.
He always thought the contests for positions among dragons and tigers were just another kind of Immortal Palace charade.
But now it seems it’s not like that at all.
Their struggle wasn’t for the Immortal Emperor’s seat, but for a ticket to escape.
Yes, of course, they needed to escape.
The former Mystic Sect, having replaced the Immortal Palace, was almost entirely wiped out in one night, so much so that for a thousand years afterward, they lost all courage, hidden from the world, allowing the Divine Sect to rise at the opportunity.
To this day, although Mystic Sect’s overall strength is undoubtedly the strongest among the Three Great Sects, it has no more ambition to strive for world dominance.
Because on that night, all lofty aspirations, all courage and ambition were shattered like bubbles under the sun.
So the terrified Old Xuan Sect focused all their intellect, thoughts, and energy on collecting resources to build a spaceship, to escape to Outer Heaven, the matter of utmost importance to them.
So now, there truly is no Hu Temple to suppress the world or guard the human realm.
Now only the Taixu Dao remains.
Flee to the Void, escape Taiji, journey to Outer Heaven.
They are merely contending over how to escape, where to escape, who can escape.
Simply because most in the Mystic Sect are smart people, and they’ve really seen it clearly.
Taiji Heaven is simply not a place for humans to stay.
Of course, there are also a few who are dim-witted blockheads caught on stubbornness.
So what if they die? What do they care what you are?
I will never give my homeland to you.
So Tie Dan opened his eyes,
"I’m going to see Great Mage Xuan Du."
Naturally, Lingxu didn’t oppose, only shook his head,
"If you want to verify with him, go ahead, I haven’t lied to you out of friendship.
However, Xuan Du has been pursuing Nan Hua all these years and hasn’t appeared for many years, even I can’t calculate his whereabouts..."
So Tie Dan stood up,
"It doesn’t matter, I know where he is."
Lingxu looked up, suspicious,
"...you’re not messing with me, right? You haven’t reached Enlightenment, how could you calculate Xuan Du’s location?
Hey, I’ve been talking for so long, now it’s your turn, right? Hey, hey! Wait, where are you going?"
However, Tie Dan had already left the Taoist Temple without turning back, and as the words fell, his whole being transformed into a long rainbow, disappearing into the horizon.
"To save the world."