Chapter 132: Young Master Ling Imparts a Method
Chapter 132: Young Master Ling Imparts a Method
Ling Yi looked at the grim-faced old man and said somewhat speechlessly, “Ultimately, you still harbor the fantasy of unifying the world in your hearts, hoping to take advantage of the situation and achieve it through Lu Qingming.”
“Have you even considered that even at the peak of its power, the Mount Taiyue Sect was no match for the Carefree Sect. What makes you think the rest of you can overthrow them? What do you rely on? Courage? Willpower? Or fantasy?”
The old man’s eyelids twitched. He said calmly, “How do you know it can’t be overthrown?”
Ling Yi looked at him. “There’s no point being arguementative like this.”
The old man let out a heavy sigh, feeling too discouraged to speak.
Lu Qingming’s move was too sudden. He didn’t even have time to stop him.
By the time he received the news, everything was already settled!
Though he hated Lu Qingming to the core, the old man indeed harbored the intention of using him to unite the world.
Now that Ling Yi ruthlessly pointed it out, he couldn’t help but feel somewhat embarrassed.
Because it made him seem utterly incompetent!
Ling Yi looked at him. “Now your niece has taken the throne. I believe she will be a good Monarch. So stop thinking about unifying the world, and stop thinking you can overthrow the Carefree Sect. What do you have? Really, it’s not that I want to sound harsh, but you truly have no chance.”
The old man narrowed his eyes, a dangerous glint flashing within.
Ling Yi looked helpless. “Alright, alright, stop trying to scare people. I know you’re a Dao Enlightenment Expert, but your level of Dao Enlightenment might not even defeat me. So don’t even try.”
The old man choked with anger. This little brat’s words were infuriating!
Ling Yi said, “Also, since you’ve been hidden for so many years, you should just continue lying low. And don’t appear before Yanyu, to avoid her being both misunderstanding and heartbroken if she sees your face.”
“If we can’t help, let’s at least not hinder, right?”
The old man: “…”
“The reason I came today was to understand what exactly is going on here. Now that I understand, it’s fine.”
Ling Yi drank the last bit of wine in his cup and stood up. “Thank you for the good wine. Farewell.”
“Wait,” the old man called out to Ling Yi. “Since you’re already here…”
“Is there something else?” Ling Yi indeed wasn’t very interested in these people.
A group of people who knew their sect was about to face a great calamity, left early and hid in secret, claiming to have made preparations and plans, yet in the end, the sect still fell and their families were destroyed.
That could be acceptable. They endured it, and if they endured further, heaven rewards the diligent. Sooner or later, they might take revenge.
But the problem was, at a time like this, these people were still hiding like rats deep in this sunless underground, dreaming of reaping the benefits from other’s conflict and fantasizing about killing Lu Qingming and overthrowing the Carefree Sect… Where the hell did they get the courage for that?
I helped you get rid of Lu Qingming, and instead became the villain who shattered your beautiful dream?
A bunch of useless people!
Of course, this had nothing to do with him.
As long as these people don’t affect him, it was fine.
The old man looked at Ling Yi, struggling internally for a while before whispering, “Can your child with Yanyu take the surname Chu?”
Ling Yi immediately looked at the old man with complete speechlessness. “Elder, that’s not something people do nowadays…”
What nonsense about a child taking the surname Chu. Not only was there not even a single stroke of the character ‘eight’ yet, even if the entire ‘eight characters’ were complete, his child could only be surnamed Ling!
As for the royal bloodline of the Chu State, he didn’t even care for it!
“I’m not joking. I’m serious. The Chu royal bloodline cannot be broken,” the old man said solemnly, his tone even carrying a hint of plea.
“What does that have to do with me? You’re still here, you can still have more children!” Ling Yi frowned at him.
The old man gritted his teeth angrily, his face dark, but still patiently said, “If you agree, I, including over three hundred Golden Body and Dao-Entering Experts here, will all be yours!”
What a grand gesture!
Such a force, though its leader was somewhat cowardly, was truly not to be underestimated. It was enough to cause huge waves and stir up great trouble anywhere in this world.
He was indeed a little tempted.
But the problem was.
Where in the world could such a good thing exist?
A whole group of elite sect experts listening to your commands?
Why would they?
Even a deity, not everyone who sees you would worship you, right?
Ling Yi looked at the old man and said, “Sorry, I’m not interested in such a transaction. And to be honest, there’s nothing between me and Yanyu. We’re just friends. But…”
The old man looked at Ling Yi. “But what?”
Ling Yi looked at the old man. “But if you truly have the courage to seek revenge against the Carefree Sect…”
Blue veins popped on the old man’s forehead. He gritted his teeth and said, “Of course we do!”
“Then I can offer a little bit of help,” Ling Yi said with a smile.
To kill hundreds of thousands of people in one go… How was the Carefree Sect any different from the Demon Sect?
This wasn’t an army of several hundred thousand being completely wiped out on a battlefield. This was from the old and weak to women and children, not a single living soul was spared!
So this wasn’t war. This was something only creatures that had completely lost their humanity could do.
A force like this shouldn’t exist in this world.
He guessed Zhou Tang probably didn’t have the ability right now. Otherwise, she would have probably already stormed their gate and wiped them out.
Now, there was this ready-made force, bearing a deep-seated grudge against the Carefree Sect. If they stayed in the territory of the Chu State, sooner or later they would cause trouble.
If possible, having them fight the Carefree Sect to the death, fighting each other desperately, wouldn’t be harmful to anyone.
The old man looked at Ling Yi. “Is this true?”
Ling Yi gave a slight smile.
About twenty minutes later, in the largest hall of this underground facility, Ling Yi saw all the surviving cultivators of the Mount Taiyue Sect.
Who knew how many years they had been hiding here. Perhaps due to never seeing sunlight, they were all pale-faced.
Seeing them anywhere else would have been quite frightening.
All together, there were nearly five hundred people here.
Not only were there Golden Body and Dao-Entry Grade experts, but also young Heaven’s Prides at the Pressure Point Strike and Meridian Unlocking levels.
Back then, the Mount Taiyue Sect had a premonition that something ominous might happen, so they hid these people here. Perhaps even they themselves didn’t expect they would have to hide for so many years.
Ling Yi even sensed a familiar aura of listlessness from many of them.
He once wanted to live a life like that too.
But reality forced him to step onto the path of cultivation step by step.
However, he still understood this kind of mentality quite well.
The old man stood beside him and said in a low voice, “Ling Yi, don’t lie to me.”
Ling Yi glanced at him and also asked softly, “Do you think, with their current state, they truly still have the will for revenge, to fight the Carefree Sect to the death?”
The old man didn’t answer directly. Instead, he shifted his gaze to those people and asked in a low voice, “He doubts your determination for revenge!”
In that instant, a terrifying aura erupted directly from these people!
Their eyes instantly changed!
They became extremely sharp!
Xuantongzi, who had invited Ling Yi over earlier, looked at Ling Yi and said grimly, “Do not doubt our resolve. Just like your Adoptive Father was killed by Lu Qingming, no matter what kind of person you are, you surely wanted to kill him for revenge! We are the same.”
Xuantongzi’s low voice was the only sound in the hall of several hundred people. But from their sharp gazes, the gradually appearing veins on their foreheads, and their slightly flushed faces, Ling Yi indeed sensed these people’s determination.
“Alright. If you sincerely want revenge, I can impart a method to you,” Ling Yi glanced at the old man and Xuantongzi. “But let’s make it clear beforehand, this method is a bit ferocious…”
Xuantongzi and the old man looked at Ling Yi. The old man asked, “How ferocious?”
Ling Yi said calmly, “Once this method is used, the killing power instantly surges. Not doubled, but it can increase attack power by at least seventy to eighty percent. However, this method also has its weakness. The weakness is, once the energy in the body is exhausted, the person becomes extremely weak.”
As he spoke, he looked at the crowd. “To put it bluntly, this method… is for mutual destruction. And once used, there’s no turning back! I see you’re pretty comfortable staying here. Do you… really want to learn it?”
The atmosphere in the hall became somewhat heavy. People fell silent.
After about two seconds, a young man in his early thirties seemed to roar from the depths of his soul: “Learn!”
With his roar, almost everyone shouted in unison: “Learn!”
Ling Yi glanced at the old man and Xuantongzi. He could clearly sense they were somewhat hesitant.
That was more like it.
Clinging to life and fearing death was the normal reaction.
Especially the old man, Xuantongzi, and other high-level members of the Mount Taiyue Sect. No matter what reason they used to cover it up, it couldn’t change the fact that after the sect was struck by calamity, they didn’t dare to immediately fight the Carefree Sect to the death.
They were just busy dreaming.
The people below seemed somewhat different. They were the backbone of the Mount Taiyue Sect, the true elites.
Their hatred for the Carefree Sect was immense, so the emotions of this group couldn’t be said to be fake.
The worst thing for a team is to have a sheep as its leader.
Ling Yi looked at the old man and Xuantongzi and said, “Actually, after you learn it, you can continue cultivating here. As long as you don’t use that method, it won’t harm you.”
The old man, Xuantongzi, and a few others who were clearly high-level sect members fell silent.
They looked at each other. Then, Xuantongzi looked at Ling Yi and said sincerely, “We people bear the mission of reviving our sect. We truly dare not die recklessly. But… under the current circumstances, if the Carefree Sect doesn’t collapse even for a day, the revival of the Mount Taiyue Sect is hopeless. So, I’ll learn it!”
As he spoke, he looked at the old man. “The task of reviving our sect will be left to you. I will lead people to learn Young Master Ling’s method, then charge into the Carefree Sect…”
Ling Yi suggested from the side, “Actually, there’s no need to charge in with great fanfare. You can break into small units, endlessly harass the Carefree Sect, and even try to infiltrate their sect… Why insist on a head-on fight to the death?”
Xuantongzi nodded. “What you say makes sense! We’ve always wanted to do that too!”
The old man looked at Ling Yi with a complicated gaze and whispered, “This is what you hoped to see, right?”
Ling Yi glanced at him. “Don’t misunderstand. This really has nothing to do with me. I’m just helping.”
“Of course, it’s not completely without self-interest either. Lu Qingming was a disciple of the Carefree Sect. I killed him, so naturally they hate me too. And I don’t want such a demonic sect to exist in this world.”
“Also, if a force formed by powerful cultivators like you all truly dared to interfere in secular royal power, believe me, other sects would immediately follow suit. There aren’t only your group of cultivators in this world, and there isn’t only your one sect.”
The old man fell silent. He sighed, looking up at the sky, then at Ling Yi. “I forgot to tell you earlier. Actually, we aren’t completely without confidence against the Carefree Sect. The Carefree Sect is like a Demon Sect, killing wildly and acting arrogantly. No one knows who their next target will be. So… there’s more than one force wanting to destroy them.”
Ling Yi said, “Isn’t that even better? If you join forces, your chances are greater! If I have the ability by then, I will also do what I can and contribute my part!”
Then, looking at the old man, he said very sincerely, “Don’t meddle in secular matters anymore. If you destroy the Carefree Sect, you’ll gain much more.”
The old man looked at Ling Yi, somewhat moved. “Most people in cultivation have simple minds. You… really don’t seem like a cultivator!”
Ling Yi smiled. “Who told you I’m a cultivator? I’m a citizen of Great Qin, a great young man who is sunny, kind, upright, and handsome!”
The old man: “…”
He looked at Ling Yi. “Are you really not considering it… with Yanyu? I swear, I will definitely support your child to become the sole ruler of this land!”
Ling Yi looked at him and sighed. “You, just don’t worry about this. Really, I have zero interest in such matters at all.”
The old man sighed disappointedly and nodded. Then, he cupped his fists and bowed to Ling Yi. “If that’s the case, then please, Young Master Ling, impart the method!”
Xuantongzi: “Please, Young Master Ling, impart the method!”
All the others: “Please, Young Master Ling, impart the method!”