Chapter 124 White Lotus Extermination of Life (1/2)

It was as though Zhao Xiaoyu felt Shen Lian’s emotion, ”Shen Lian, if you refuse to come along and decided to leave like my Senior Apprentice-Sister, I wouldn’t be able to do anything. However, you are here now. I will not hurt you, but I hope that you can recognize the situation and be my Nine Lotus Protector. If you can go through Huandan, we can even be Daoist partners who look out for each other. Together, we can cruise on top of the masses,” she said.

Shen Lian laughed gently after hearing what Zhao Xiaoyu said, ”I’m surprised that you have thoughts like these. I must admit that I’m flustered. However, I’m funny that way, I hate being forced to do something against my will,” he said.

The Empress fell into silence because she was caught by intangible force of the space all around. However, she looked very calm for someone who was in a precarious position.

‘Will not be angered when faced with unreasonable insults, will not panic when met with sudden misfortune’, this was a quality that someone like her must be equipped with.

However, her confidence in her supernatural power was the reason why she was caught in a precarious position now; she failed to take the different spells in the world and its endless mystical items seriously.

”Shen Lian, you can’t be thinking that I’m talking big and would be straining myself if I were to deal with both of you at the same time?” Zhao Xiaoyu sighed purposefully and replied. Her eyes were smiling slightly, but it did not look like she was very happy with herself. Shen Lian knew all too well that this person had no real emotions, but she was not a liar.

Let it be, human or objects, they were all tools in her eyes; the only difference would be whether they were useful or not.

This was not contradictory to her fresh aura; because she did not care, which was why she was not bothered by the worries of the secular world.

Shen Lian sighed in his heart. This person had a steady heart of Dao, and was born to pursue Dao. If she did not choose the path of Shen and had joined an authentic Xuanmen instead, with her moral nature harmonized and without blockage, she would have attained at least the Seven Transformations of Huandan; she had a good chance at breaking through the Absurd State and attain longevity.

All of a sudden, the divine lights shone in the space. The Empress was at the heart of it. She was on fire and shone as bright as the moon and the sun. Zhao Xiaoyu reacted – she knew that the Empress was cultivating some sort of ancient occult technique and had modified her physical body. However, she did not expect her physical body to be so brutal, to the extent that it could resist the bondage of the force of the space.

The ancient humans knew not about the cultivation of Qi but only the cultivation of body. Some cultivators found out that through preserving the body against aging and death, longevity and great supernatural power that allowed for one to shoulder the mountains and to chase after the moon could be obtained. Cultivation of Qi became more popular, and the ultimate Dharma in relation to the cultivation of body was lost. Only traces of it could be observed in the martial arts techniques today. Though most of it had been modified by the cultivator of Qi, and its end result was the amalgamation of two techniques.

After all, if one were to walk on the path of Dao with a body that neither age nor decay, there was still a risk of being murdered by vicious cultivators, or even have one’s body taken by them. More importantly, cultivating both paths at the same time was not only inefficient; it was a waste of both time and effort as well.

As the ancient saying goes, all kind of spells, endless ingenious Dao, one only ask – will that help me attain longevity?

This pointed to the essence of cultivation; despite being at the pinnacle of martial art attainment, it was hard to find a rival. This was not better than living happily for eternity.

This was why most cultivators stopped cultivating their body at a certain point.

The Empress wore her crown high, and her presence peaked. There seemed to be an ancient and strong Daoist look behind her. It was an oddly ancient face that wore a high hat and clothed in loose clothing, akin to that of a scholar, as though it could break through all the restraints.

Even when faced with such strong presence, Zhao Xiaoyu remained calm and collected. ”So you have been cultivating the Indestructible Immortal Body,” she said calmly.