Chapter 499 (1): The Source of Living Water Flowing Into the Heart
Jiang Shangzhen hurriedly wiped his mouth with his hand and said with a pitiful expression, "Even though we're in the ruins of an immortal abode, directly calling out the name of a sage is still inappropriate."
"There are some grudges between us, so cursing him more or cursing him less won't change anything," Chen Ping'an replied with a smile.
"Chen Ping'an, answer me honestly this time," Jiang Shangzhen said.
He then winked and raised his backside briefly, pointing to the sky and asking, "Is he hellbent on getting you killed?"
Chen Ping'an shook his head and explained, "It's not that serious. The old grudges between us have mostly been dealt with already, and seeing that he's such a lofty branch master responsible for overseeing all of the living beings in a large world, he doesn't have so much spare time and effort to deal with me. However, I'm definitely an eyesore for him, so I'm feeling very hesitant about whether I should travel to the Heavenly World in the future."
In addition to the nine continents of the Majestic World, Chen Ping'an also wanted to visit the three large worlds beyond the Majestic World.
Only after hearing this did Jiang Shangzhen sit back down on the railing. Otherwise, if Lu Chen were hellbent on targeting Chen Ping'an, then he would obediently return to the Eastern Treasured Vial Continent's Bamboo Scroll Lake to hide like a cowardly turtle. The lake was big and the water was deep, so if he didn't act like a turtle, would he perhaps act like a bird out of the forest? Old Man Xun had repeated the same phrase ten thousand times, saying that one needed to make haste and conform to the local customs and practices when one went to Bamboo Scroll Lake. One needed to view oneself as a powerful local force instead of a passing dragon.
"I know that you won't get yourself involved in some matters, so why don't you tell me what you can?" Chen Ping'an asked.
Jiang Shangzhen took a small sip of wine before nodding and saying, "Gao Cheng is incredibly ambitious, and his ambitions are so wild that he can scare some people to death. He wants to create an netherworld residence in Malicious Ghost Valley that sits between the yin world and the yang world, a place where people can reincarnate as they live and die. There are two incredible benefits to achieving this, with one being the ability to turn around the feng shui of Malicious Ghost Valley and transforming this mystical realm into a realm similar to a complete blessed land. It will no longer be just a small world, and with heaven, earth, and humans existing in one place, the sun and the moon can genuinely be born along with the four seasons and the myriad sceneries of the solar terms.
"Gao Cheng will become the legitimate heaven of this place, and his status will be one step above that of the so-called sages who oversee the small worlds. He might even be able to ascend to lofty heights in a single step, directly advancing from the Unpolished Jade Tier to the Ascension Tier, rapidly striding through the Immortal Tier in the process.
"At that time, Gao Cheng will be like... that small number of strange beings in this world, genuinely achieving a state of great freedom having broken through the restrictive cage of heaven and earth. Those who have the ability to kill him might not do so because they will have very likely cast their gaze much higher and much further. Meanwhile, those who genuinely want to kill Gao Cheng won't have the ability to do so.
"Another aspect is the effect on the conflicts and battles that take place afterward. Even if the Flax Robe Sect is able to forcefully contain everything to just Malicious Ghost Valley, Gao Cheng and Skeleton Wall City will still be enjoying a stable and indomitable position. In fact, each cultivator that the Flax Robe Sect loses might be an extra bit of power that Malicious Ghost Valley gains.