Chapter 823 (1/2)

Chapter 823

“The Immemorial Path has actually been reduced to this state . It really is hard to believe . ”

Long Chen had crossed three abysses when the Eastern Wasteland Bell’s voice rang out, filled with pity .

“Senior, didn’t you need to rest?” asked Long Chen .

“The rest I was talking about is resting in your mind-sea . I can’t help you handle enemies, but that doesn’t stop me from communicating with you . I can see everything through your eyes . ” The Eastern Wasteland Bell sighed, “Thinking of the Immemorial Path’s glory back then, and now seeing it in its ruined state, I really can’t help feeling emotional . ”

“Senior, you saw the Immemorial Path in its golden age?” asked Long Chen . But after asking that, he felt his own question to be a bit stupid . The Eastern Wasteland Bell had been first sealed here, and only then had the Immortal Path crumbled .

“Yes . When I was locked here, the Immemorial Path was completely fine . But if the Immemorial Path hadn’t been ruined, perhaps I would have long since ceased to exist,” said the Eastern Wasteland Bell .

“Senior, I want to ask you a few questions . If it touches on any sensitive topics, you don’t need to answer,” probed Long Chen . He had many suspicions .

“Ask . I’ll naturally answer if I can . But there are some things that someone on your level shouldn’t know . It would bring you too much karma,” said the Eastern Wasteland Bell .

Long Chen nodded . Perhaps all of this involved extremely terrifying secrets . He was just at the Xiantian realm . That wasn’t enough to come into contact with those secrets .

“Senior, how did you end up like this?” asked Long Chen .

“Betrayal . ” The Eastern Wasteland Bell’s reply was extremely curt .

Betrayal? Could it be? Long Chen’s heart shook . He thought of something, but the Eastern Wasteland Bell clearly didn’t want him to know too much, so he swallowed his words .

“I want to know, with my apt.i.tude, what level would I rank in the ancient times?” asked Long Chen .

“Why would you want to know this?”

“Because in the current era, within the same realm, I stand at the peak amongst my peers . But in the Immemorial Path’s trials, I’ve found that it seems I’m still extremely lacking compared to those ancient heavenly geniuses,” said Long Chen .

“With your current power, you’re actually at the peak? It seems the world really has changed,” sighed the Eastern Wasteland Bell .

Long Chen was speechless . Although he knew the Eastern Wasteland Bell was just sighing emotionally, this tone really was hurtful . Although he had been prepared for it, he still felt awkward .

“With your talent, even in my era, you would have counted as a peak genius . But regretfully, your Spirit Root, Spirit Blood, and Spirit Bone have all been removed . Your talent was ruined . With your current apt.i.tude, in that era, you could just barely count as ordinary . You couldn’t even reach the middle level . However, because of your cultivation technique, your combat power can count as having reached the middle level,” said the Eastern Wasteland Bell .

“Senior, you know the origin of my cultivation technique?”

“No . It’s just a guess . Furthermore, your Dantian has an extremely terrifying existence that doesn’t let me probe it . So I don’t dare to talk wildly about you,” said the Eastern Wasteland Bell with a bit of fear .

Long Chen was profoundly shaken . Even a legendary divine item was unable to probe the primal chaos bead . Then just what was the primal chaos bead? For even the Eastern Wasteland Bell to describe it as extremely terrifying…

Long Chen had an urge to ask about the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, but the Eastern Wasteland Bell was clearly avoiding that topic .

“In truth, in all my countless years, you’re the strongest person I’ve ever seen . Perhaps you can create a miracle,” said the Eastern Wasteland Bell suddenly .

“Senior, didn’t you say my apt.i.tude only counts as ordinary?”

“Apt.i.tude doesn’t represent everything . All experts become experts because they are forced . That’s what it means when people say that time makes the man . Heroes are forced to appear by the era . The first thing experts need to know is why they have to get stronger . If they get weak, they won’t just lose their lives, they’ll also lose everything they hold dear .

“I have noticed you since you entered the trial . On the eighth level, despite being forced to the brink, you didn’t cower or feel terror . I saw that confidence inside you that said that you would definitely win . That confidence existed because you knew you couldn’t lose, because if you lost, you would lose everything . Furthermore, on the last level, you still chose to abandon your advantage against a stronger version of yourself . You chose to fight with your life on the line .

“Although that was very stupid, experts must possess the ability to do such stupid things . While I was sealed, I saw far too many people die beneath their own blades . This trial is just a deathtrap . The person who made this trial was incredibly vicious . The path she walked on was one of countless bones . That’s why she called this trial the Undefeatable Trial . It’s not because the trial is undefeatable, but because the only way a person can pa.s.s is if they maintain an undefeatable heart even facing a stronger version of themselves .

“Long Chen, that heart of yours is the staunchest I’ve ever seen . I trust that you’ve experienced countless trials that tempered that will . You don’t need to care about apt.i.tude . The cycle of the Heavenly Daos comes and goes . A loss might be a gain, a gain might be a loss . Don’t get so attached to such things,” said the Eastern Wasteland Bell .

A loss might be a gain, a gain might be a loss? Was it referring to how he had lost his Spirit Root, Spirit Blood, and Spirit Bone, which allowed him to gain the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art?

If he hadn’t lost his Spirit Root, thus destroying his Dantian, he wouldn’t have been able to cultivate the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art . Was this predestined?