Chapter 138 (2/2)

“Even if my mood is good, a day will pass. Even if my mood isn’t good, a day will similarly pass. Of course, I’ll rather pass the day with such a good mood everyday.” Xue Ying laughed.

“You’re really open-minded.” Chao Qing nodded, “Do you know the reason why I came today?”

Xue Ying stared, before replying awkwardly, “I know. You are here because of the fact that I destroyed my own path towards the True Meaning of Water and Fire.”

“Wrong!” Chao Qing shook his head.

Xue Ying was dumbfounded.

It was not because of that? Looking at ancestor Chao Qing, he had long prepared himself to be reprimanded again.

“It’s because you did not go to the Scarlet Cloud Mountain!” Chao Qing shouted, “Do you think you are foolish or not? Even though you are ranked number nine, don’t you find it wasteful if you do not eat those rare fruits and drink those rare spiritual liquids? You must know, that year, this old man had tried thinking ways in letting you get enlisted onto the list of Substitute Elders. If you don’t eat, then doesn’t that mean I’ve wasted my efforts? This old face of mine is still worth those spiritual liquids and fruits!”

“Uh…” Xue Ying did not know how to reply.

Faction Head Si Kong Yang had said that he was wasting resources, yet Chao Qing was saying that if he was not eating, then he would be wasting his energy.

“Vice Faction Head.” Xue Ying thought through his question before asking, “Are you not angry?”

“What is there to be angry with.” Chao Qing said with his dry and deflated mouth, before it tilted to the side in a smile, “If it was 300 years ago, I would certainly have become extremely angry. But right now, as I’m getting close to death, I’ve always felt that… on the road of cultivation, why should one make himself feel so tired. He should just cultivate happily. If given a chance, I’d certainly cultivate with more impunity.”

Xue Ying could feel the free and easiness of ancestor Chao Qing.

“What do you think?” Chao Qing asked curiously, “Aren’t you afraid that you might end up in a dead-end if you continued down this path?”

Many a times, there were Transcendents who messed up their cultivation. Comprehending bits and pieces from all over the place, before finally, reaching a stage where they could not fuse them together, thus ending in despondence.

“Frightened.”

Xue Ying laughed, “But I’ve thought through it carefully. Firstly, I think that my dream of chasing after the perfection in my spear techniques isn’t wrong! I love my spear techniques a lot. Secondly, by fusing water, fire and wind together, my improvement is extremely quick. I believe that within 30 years, I’ll be able to reach Realm of Myriad Existences level three! And in the future, if I find that this is really a dead-end, I estimate that I’ll only have wasted between 100 to 200 years of time. By then, even if I break my head, I still have time to repeat once again.”

“Right. It’s great that you have this state of mind. What’s the big deal about it? You’ll merely waste 100 to 200 years only!” Chao Qing laughed.

Profound Mystery of Water and Fire were close to reaching the third level.

The moment he reached the third level, with just the Profound Mysteries of water or fire used in assimilating his body’s Transcendent Qi, he would have certainty of stepping into the Saint realm. Xue Ying was someone who attained the second level of Myriad Existences in Profound Mystery of Fire during the Battle of Life and Death. This sort of innate talent was indeed frightening, and becoming a Saint was just like drinking water – that easy.

Of course—

Saint realm was not something huge to the Xia Clan. It was the Demigod realm Transcendents who were the true overlord existences.

“Initially, I was worried for you. But now that I see it, there isn’t anything for me to be worried out.” Chao Qing finished the wine before standing, “I can feel the confidence in you! On this path of Transcendents, confidence is something very important. Only with a heart full of confidence… can you overcome all obstacles on this road. If one did not have any self-confidence, then how great can he ever be?”

“I hope that you can fuse a new True Meaning with this Profound Meaning of Water, Fire and Wind of yours.” Chao Qing sighed, “Hopefully, it’ll be something that this old man can see before I shut my eyes for the last time.”

Xue Ying was stunned.

That’s right, Chao Qing’s life was close to an end.

“I, Dong Bo Xue Ying, will try my best,” Xue Ying said.

“Good good good, you are still young, and still have many hopes and dreams.” Chao Qing laughed, before turning around and left, “Remember to go to the Scarlet Cloud Mountain World and finish those treasures that you can eat and drink. If you don’t eat them, it’ll be such a waste.”

“Yes,” Xue Ying respectfully answered.

Chao Qing’s figure had long disappeared at the distant corner.