Epilogue 2 – The Ant Exalt (Part 3/4) (2/2)
“I would be willing to die at any tirasp the Dao before that I’ve experienced vicissitudes of life and the world Even though I’ve never had the luck to cultivate, I have no regrets anyed, and it carried a wise tone that could only be teh years of experience
It had never lost hope after experiencing the entire world, so it had never disappointed the Grand Dao or itself!
“Little Ant, are you searching for the Grand Dao just like I am?” Suddenly, the small verdant tree spoke with a happy tone, and it seemed like it had found soazed at the small verdant tree by its side and heart the s and desire towards the path of cultivation within the small tree’s voice In its daze, the little ant seeo, and it couldn’t help but say “Yes, but I’o further Little tree, you have to work hard Time is merciless, so don’t lose time like I have”
The small verdant tree spoke curiously “Little ant, you seem to have experienced a lot Can you tell me about it?”
The little ant smiled “Of course”
So, the little ant started recollecting and describing everything that it had experienced upon leaving its nest
It didn’t exaggerate anything, but the small verdant tree’s heart shook as it listened to the little ant, and it wasn’t able to recover its calh and bumpy the path of an ant to seek the Dao would actually be?
When the sun was finally setting in the west, the world was dyed in a fiery orange color, and the little ant had finally finished describing its experience
The s time before it said, “Little ant, even a myriad of hardshi+ps weren’t able to defeat you, so I believe that you’ll definitely be able to defeat time”
It paused for a moment and continued “Not to mention that while you’ve suffered all sorts of hardshi+ps all along the way, you’ve seen all sorts of sights as well That’s a world that any other ant would have never been able to witness
The little ant s my home, and I’ve never hated the pain and hardshi+ps I’ve experienced all along my path”
The small verdant tree asked abruptly “Little ant, do you have a name?”
The little ant was stunned, and then it shook its head after a long time passed “I don’t”
The small verdant tree stretched out a verdant branch of its and rubbed the little ant lightly as it said, “You’ve walked throughout your life without ever taking a step back, so why don’t you call yourself Walker?”
Walker?
The little ant see tiht, do you have a name?”
The small verdant tree said, “Call me Dark Parasol”
Dark Parasol?
The little ant smiled “That’s a nice na as well
The little ant hadn’t noticed at all that while Dark Parasol’s verdant branch rubbed its body, strands of clear and glistening divine radiance were surging silently into its body, causing its originally aged and ale with abundant vitality
“Walker, since you’re unable to find a path, then why don’t you create one of your own?” asked the small tree
“Create my own Dao? That’s almost impossible I don’t even kno to cultivate” The little ant shook its head
The small tree said, “I don’t kno to as well However, I knohere my path lies, and perhaps you can learn from me”
The little ant was visibly moved “You’ve laid eyes on your own path towards the Dao?”
The small tree said, “Yes, it’s hidden within my own body See my trunk, branches, and leaves? All of them are branded with the marks of the Grand Dao, and I’ll truly be able to attain eternal life once I corasp all of theazed carefully at the small tree’s branch and the leaves on it, and it really did notice nus seemed to be ordinary But when the little ant looked carefully, they seemed to be filled with an indescribable aura that was beyond profound
In its gaze, the little ant seemed to have seen theit to be instantly dazed on the spot
It forgot the heavens, the earth, itself, and even the passage of tier and cold, and it knew no exhaustion
Summer left and winter came, and the seasons passed continuously
A few hundred years passed by swiftly The little ant was like a status that remained motionless on the spot, and its body was covered in a thick layer of dust
The little ant hadn’t noticed that a few hundred years had passed yet it actually hadn’t died
It hadn’t noticed that the small verdant tree by its side had matured into a tall, sturdy, and versant tree Its leaves were a glistening dark green, and they flowed and were enshrouded with a !
One day, violent ru suddenly resounded, and it jolted the little ant awake