Chapter 305 (1/2)

Chapter 305

“That little fellow Long Chen really is daring . And you, little fellow, you’re not that lacking anymore either,” praised Cang Ming . He patted Ling Yun-zi on the shoulder . The first thing he had heard after returning was that the thirty-sixth monastery had tried provoking them .

As Ling Yun-zi and Tu Fang had expected, as soon as he learned of it, Cang Ming’s temper had exploded . He was about to go over to the thirty-sixth monastery .

But Ling Yun-zi and Tu Fang stopped him, telling him about how the matter had ended . Only then did Cang Ming calm down a bit .

When Cang Ming heard the whole story and how Long Chen and the others had ruthlessly returned the thirty-sixth monastery’s humiliation back to them, he almost began to dance in excitement .

Ling Yun-zi and Tu Fang’s expressions became a bit odd as they watched him . That was especially true of Ling Yun-zi . As far as he recalled, this was the first time he had seen Cang Ming so happy .

After Cang Ming had calmed down a bit, he said, “Little Ling-zi, ever since my senior apprentice-brother pa.s.sed away, this is the first time I’ve been this happy .

“The reason I’m so happy isn’t just because our monastery has produced a genius like Long Chen, but because of you .

“Have you realized it yet? Your heart was covered in shackles of your own devising . As a sword cultivator, for your sword to become corroded by dust, you are essentially crippled .

“You know, I cursed you over and over again, but you never tried to fight back . All day, all you did was try to increase the monastery’s ranking to accomplish your master’s final wishes .

“Is ranking and fame so important? I personally went to your master’s grave and cursed him for a couple days for leaving you with this problem . ”

Ling Yun-zi’s expression became a bit odd, but inside, he was extremely moved . Although this uncle-master of his had an explosive temper, and was sometimes completely unreasonable, he had truly treated him well .

Cang Ming continued, “After his death, you jumped into a hole and couldn’t get yourself out . I could only watch as you did that to yourself . That’s why I never gave you any face whenever I saw you . The fact that a genius like you was wasting away was just too painful for me . ”

“Uncle-master… I… I’m sorry…” Ling Yun-zi thought back to when he was young and how Cang Ming had always looked after him .

At that time, this uncle-master cherished him even more than his master . In fact, when his master would punish him, it was always Cang Ming who pushed for leniency .

“Good child, it’s fine now that’s everything’s over . Seeing you recover your confidence and become the old, unyielding Ling Yun-zi, uncle-master is extremely happy . ” Cang Ming patted Ling Yun-zi on the shoulder .

“It’s all thanks to Long Chen . Otherwise, I wouldn’t have even known that I had formed a heart-devil,” sighed Ling Yun-zi .

Thinking of what he had done recently, he couldn’t help calling himself stupid . A grand sect leader, a powerful Xiantian expert, had actually formed a heart-devil without even knowing it .

Ever since his master had pa.s.sed away and handed the monastery to him, he had been focused on the monastery, wanting to reverse their humiliation of always being in last place for the past three thousand years .

By doing so, he had unknowingly placed a set of shackles on himself . As he failed to change the monastery’s fate time after time, those shackles became incredibly heavy .

They had tightly bound Ling Yun-zi’s Dao-heart . At the same time, it had also bound up his precious sword . At some point, he had been so focused on being the sect leader, that he had forgotten himself to be a prideful sword cultivator .

He only began to realize this once Long Chen arrived . Long Chen had stepped across the corpses of countless experts to bring about miracle after miracle .

He didn’t know he was a Divergent, and he knew even less about his own fate . But he always dared to resist; he always dared to challenge his enemies .

When did Long Chen ever act like an ordinary person? He always dared to do what others didn’t . And yet, when he did those things, he didn’t even frown .

At first, Ling Yun-zi had disliked Long Chen’s way of handling things . He had thought such actions were foolish and impetuous . A smart person would never act like Long Chen .

He had simply thought this was a Divergent’s fate . They dared to challenge the Heavenly Daos . But the only ending for them was death .

But after seeing the miracles created by Long Chen, Ling Yun-zi had realized he had been wrong, extremely, extremely, wrong .

What was a martial artist? Martial artists should always advance courageously . Whether facing a mountain of blades or a sea of fire, they had to charge through regardless . Otherwise, what were you cultivating for?

If you didn’t even have that courage, then why bother bitterly cultivating? Wouldn’t being an ordinary mortal with a lifespan of less than a hundred years be better?

Since you’ve chosen the path of cultivation, then you couldn’t care about how long you could stay on that path . The important thing was whether or not you could manage to show your own radiance .

From Long Chen, Ling Yun-zi had realized that he was not just a sect leader, but more importantly, he was a sword cultivator . He had been so engrossed with his empty t.i.tle of sect leader, that he had forgotten his own sword .

A sword cultivator’s most precious partner was the sword in their hand . But he had allowed this partner of his to become covered in years of dust .

Now, he had finally remembered his partner . He had recovered his sword cultivator ident.i.ty and become the old, high-spirited Ling Yun-zi .

Back then, if Luo Bing had really refused to admit she was a pig, Ling Yun-zi would definitely have cut off her head . He had not been just trying to scare her .

Right now, he was a sword cultivator, not a simple sect leader . Now that he had broken through the shackles on his heart, he would no longer be a coward afraid of every little thing . This was the true him .

Cang Ming was incredibly happy to see this Ling Yun-zi return . “Excellent, with an existence like Long Chen in our monastery, our ranking will go up whether we want it to or not, haha . ”

“It’s not so simple . ” Ling Yun-zi shook his head . “After Luo Bing failed this time, I had Tu Fang stealthily go to the supermonastery, and he heard a piece of news…”