Chapter 524: Cant Leave The Green Hill (2/2)
A cold voice could be heard from another spot in the cave.
”If you are really willing to pa.s.s on your powers to that young man, why did you kill him before? At the end of the day, you can't bear to lose the opportunity to get out of here. Don't talk about the past and your regrets. We have all been trapped in this cave. Who doesn't have any regrets? When the Headmaster had gone to the Peach Mountain and chopped all those peach blossoms down, had I not tried to stop him and was injured just by his glance, would Wei Guangming dare to chase me out on false charges?”
The old voice pregnant with vicissitudes of life said mockingly, ”You are an Elder in the West-Hill and Great Divine Priest of Revelation's Senior Brother, yet you spend your days with the wife of an ordinary believer from the Song Kingdom. If not for Headmaster injuring you, do you think Wei Guangming would simply throw you out of the Peach Mountain without doing anything else?”
”What are you implying?”
”I am saying that you can just give your cultivation powers to that useless Long Qing.”
”Why don't you do it?”
”Because I will get out of here one day.”
”You wouldn't be able to get out of here even if the world ended.”
”Stop arguing.”
The voice was deep and filled with infinite power. It rang in the cliff, causing the broken vines to rattle and the birds that were about to take off to fall to the ground, chirping mournfully.
It was evident that the old Taoists were all afraid of this voice.
”Senior Brother He had his waist chopped by Ke Haoran. He had lived a life worse than death for decades. Unlike us, he would never have the chance to get out of here again. It is not a bad thing to have a vicious successor like Long Qing.”
”However, it is different for us. While we are heavily injured, we can still control our cultivation state. As long as we have the chance, we can leave this cave and the Zhishou Abbey. It doesn't matter whether the cruel and vicious young man who makes even my heart palpitate lives or dies as long as he is far away from us. What we have to do now is to practice cultivation with a still heart and wait. Memories of our glory days are all poisonous to our hearts. Even without that young disciple, you will all end up being possessed by the Devil anyway.”
All was silent in the cave and n.o.body dared to raise their objections. The old Taoist priests in the cave all knew that no one else was more qualified to talk about their past than that man. If they had not been injured by Ke Haoran, this old man would have been sitting at the top of the West-Hill Divine Palace and ruled the entire Haotian Taoism sect as the hierarch.
Some time had pa.s.sed.
Once again, a sound rang in the cliffs. The vines did not move. The red soil on the ground that looked as if it was stained with blood began to roll due to the desperation and the viciousness in the sound.
”Would the day when we leave the cave alive really come?”
”Can we really see the skies outside once more?”
”How long do we have to wait?”
”We have already waited for decades. Some people have already died. Can we really continue waiting?”
These questions were filled with viciousness and bitterness. They were like the cold rain in autumn that washed the cliffs outside the cave, bringing pain to those inside it.
After a long while, the deep voice rang out again. It was both upset and determined and filled with resentment and expectation towards someone. He said quietly, ”Just wait. Wait forever and prepare. Be prepared at all times and wait. Be prepared for the moment when that old man finally dies. That is the only thing we can do.”
Decades ago, the Devil's Doctrine was at its peak. The Haotian Taoism sect had many powerhouses. If the West-Hill Divine Palace had fought, they would have been able to sweep the world.
Then, the Youngest Uncle of the Academy appeared.
That Youngest Uncle was called Ke Haoran. He rode a little black donkey and carried an inconspicuous sword at his waist. He destroyed the Devil's Doctrine. And then perhaps because of this, or perhaps he didn't need a reason at all, he began a ma.s.sacre of all the powerhouses in the Haotian Taoism sect because of differing opinions.
Many cultivation talents in Haotian Taoism were either grievously injured or handicapped by Ke Haoran's sword. Some were forced to break the realm and were punished by the heavens and did not dare to appear in the world again.
One day, the powerhouses of Haotian Taoism sect gathered and surrounded Ke Haoran.
Ke Haoran won that battle.
He was then punished by the heavens and died.
After that, the Headmaster went to West-Hill and climbed the Peach Mountain. He chopped down all the peach blossoms and killed everyone who tried to stop him and injured the rest.
The abbey dean of Zhishou Abbey and the Taoist in Indigo came forth.
The Headmaster lashed out with his rod.
The Taoist in Indigo lost and went away to the Southern sea. He would not step on the mainland for the rest of his life.
Decades later.
There was a green hill behind the Zhishou Abbey. There was a sprawling tunnel of caves in the cliff. Staying in them, were several heavily injured powerhouses who had terrifyingly powerful cultivation states. Half of them were injured by Ke Haoran, the other half were injured by the Headmaster.
If these powerhouses were to appear in the world again, they would possibly cause waves. However, they could not leave the cave because the world had long forgotten about their existence.
Because the Headmaster would not allow them to remember.
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