Chapter 231 (1/2)

Chapter 231

Ling Yun-zi was currently in his immortal cave . Tu Fang was reporting to him, “According to your requests, the rewards have already been sent down .

“The Faction Compet.i.tions have also ceased . Having distributed so many spirit stones, their cultivation bases should quickly soar during this time . ”

Those spirit stones would allow every disciple to keep the spirit stone formation in their immortal caves activated to the max for three months . They were also given a huge amount of points . In other words, during these three months, everyone’s cultivation bases should advance by leaps and bounds .

But such a terrifying consumption was something the monastery would not be able to handle for long . Originally, they had only had three years worth of resources .

But now they had immediately distributed a third of those resources, causing Tu Fang to worry .

If that continued, the disciples might advance quickly, but then once there were no more resources to offer them, their disciples might lose their drive to continue advancing .

“You don’t need to worry . If this trials works out, we’ll be able to use our military success to get even more resources from the supermonastery . There are precedents amongst the other monasteries,” lightly said Ling Yun-zi .

But Tu Fang was still somewhat worried . “Those monasteries are all ranked towards to the top . They’ve acc.u.mulated countless years’ worth of resources, making them extremely powerful . Probably some of their new disciples have already entered the mid Tendon Transformation realm . We’re unable to compare to them . After all, our monastery is always last, and so we always get the least resources . We’ve been thrown off far into the distance because we don’t have enough resources to raise our disciples . ”

Tu Fang felt a great deal of pressure over that . There were 108 monasteries below the Xuantian Supermonastery . The compet.i.tion between individual monasteries was extremely intense . Each year, they would have a Monastery Compet.i.tion, and resources would be divvied up according to rank .

The monastery’s Faction Compet.i.tion was completely based off it . This was a kind of survival of the fittest method .

In truth, the Xuantian Monasteries were all given their name according to ranking . The first monastery, the second monastery, the third monastery… all the way to Long Chen’s Xuantian Monastery .

Because they were last, they decided that telling their disciples would be too awkward, and they just called themselves the Xuantian Monastery .

Otherwise, if they called themselves the 108th monastery, their disciples might wonder what that meant, which would be extremely awkward . Absolute last place… that was something they couldn’t tell their disciples .

Some of the other monasteries might have the power to take the initiative against the Corrupt path, but they didn’t have their powerful foundations .

If they succeeded, then it would be acceptable, and all that would be said was that Ling Yun-zi possessed an unwavering courage . But if it failed and too many of the monastery’s disciples died, then once the supermonastery investigated this, Ling Yun-zi would very likely be heavily punished, perhaps losing his sect leader position .

So Tu Fang still felt this kind of action was too dangerous . The monastery was already developing very well with many core disciples . There was no need to take this risk .

“When Long Chen killed Wu Qi in just four moves, I was extremely impressed . Long Chen’s invincible Dao-heart and will are something no one else can match .

“That’s not related to cultivation base, but a kind of absolute confidence that came from being tempered through life and death experiences countless times .

“You’ve also seen just how terrifying such a will is . It’s also why our Righteous path disciples find it very difficult to defeat Corrupt path disciples on the same level .

“It’s because we aren’t ruthless enough . Not only are we not ruthless enough to our opponents, but we’re also not ruthless enough on ourselves . Only those who have the courage to fight all-out with their lives on the line are able to survive until the end . ”

Ling Yun-zi sighed . Looking up at Skywood Mountain which stretched high into the clouds, yearning appeared in his eyes . “Uncle-master’s words that day completely woke me up . I’ve been too conservative, which has affected our monastery’s growth .

“My cultivation base has essentially stagnated for over a hundred years now . I’ve realized that a problem has occured with my Dao-heart .

“If a cultivator does not even have the heart to take risks, how could they possess the courage to climb to the peak of the martial path?

“I’ve stayed stagnant for far too long . I’ve already lost my old sharpness . I need to borrow a kind of opportunity to retrieve my old sharpness . ”

An incorporeal will exploded out of Ling Yun-zi’s body . Even the sword on his back let out a loud cry .

Unsheathing it, Ling Yun-zi apologetically looked at his sword . “Sorry partner . I’ve made you wait for a long time . ”

Ling Yun-zi sword was incessantly ringing as if it were alive . Now it seemed as if even Ling Yun-zi had been unsheathed, his imposing sharpness soaring . He looked much younger than before .

Resheathing his longsword, Ling Yun-zi turned to Tu Fang . “Now you should understand why I’m risking this danger . I’m tying my own fate with the monastery’s fate . I’ll borrow that chance to completely awaken . I’ve been silent for too long . I need a certain force to stimulate me into once more returning to my old self . ”

“So you’re betting on Long Chen?”

“Yes . Since I bet once, I can bet a second time . And since my first bet paid off, I believe my second bet will also be worth it as well,” confidently said Ling Yun-zi .

Last time, Ling Yun-zi had braved the danger of the backlash from the Heavenly Daos to confirm that Long Chen was a Divergent . That had been absolutely crazy, but it had filled Ling Yun-zi with pride .

Now he would make another grand bet . That was to align the monastery’s future with his own, placing them both on Long Chen’s shoulders .

With Ling Yun-zi’s old nature, he would not have allowed himself to do that in fear of being infected by a Divergent’s karma . It was impossible to predict what would happen if he did . Perhaps it might allow the monastery to rapidly rise to the peak, or perhaps it might result in eternal d.a.m.nation .

But Cang Ming’s words that day had heavily shaken him . Since he dared to bet once, why wouldn’t he dare bet a second time?