Chapter 340 (1/2)

Chapter 340: Time Immemorial Scripture

Translator: Radiant Translations Editor: Radiant Translations

The handsome man, Crimson Rock turned around and walked back into the elegant pavilion, and Xue Ying and Xi Wei followed behind.

They first passed a corridor before entering one of the side doors of the pavilion to finally reach a house at the rear. Crimson Rock pushed the door open. The whole place was empty except for a praying mat placed on the floor. A picture hanging on the wall depicted a crimson-robed old man with crimson hair. Even his beard was crimson in color, curved upward at the sides. His eyes were deep and unfathomable, and his entire person emitted an aura so vast and boundless that anyone watching it would feel as if the old man was even grander than the starry sky.

“This is the sacred master,” the handsome man declared. “In the past, those accepted as honorary disciples would kneel and worship the sacred master. The sacred master is now dead, however, so you should kneel and worship next to this picture instead.”

“Yes.” Xue Ying immediately knelt down. Even though the sacred master was dead, Xue Ying still deeply admired him in his heart. He had watched the Creation of Heaven and Earth and knew that the scene depicted came from when the sacred master unleashed his prowess. It was truly amazing.

Once Xue Ying finished his worship, the handsome man nodded slightly. “The sacred master used to call himself Crimson Dust. He liked traveling across the countless worlds, acting whenever he would see someone he did not like. He didn’t want Transcendents to be left ungroomed, so he opened Crimson Rock Mountain, where he accepted countless disciples. In truth, people at the level of the sacred master would normally live eternal lives, so receiving just those disciples with enormous innate talent or apex Transcendents with the grade one True Meaning would have been fine. Ordinary Transcendents were not necessarily worth the amount of effort he spent on them. However, the sacred master was willing to give even those Transcendents a chance.”

Xue Ying was slightly startled after hearing that.

Such a benevolent person!

“There truly are many people in the Deity world and Dark Abyss who have received the sacred master’s kindness, but because he often acted when he saw someone he did not like—regardless of that person’s background—he eventually entered a huge skirmish with another one of the Deity world’s powerful existences. Being schemed against behind his back, he was eventually killed in body and soul.” The handsome man shook his head. “Anyone who could become such a powerful existence would be overlooked by the entire Deity world, so nobody could really hear news about whether they are alive or not. If only the sacred master could have been a little more tolerant and have had less clashes with other powerful existences; he might not have ended up in such a state.”

“Hmph, how tolerant could he be?” Xi Wei frowned and snorted. “The sacred master would never have let such grievances pass. And even though he died, it was all due to a scheme. He could easily have kept himself alive otherwise.”

“Being overly hard will only make an object more fragile.” Crimson Rock shook his head. “He might have been a powerful existence, but it’s not like he had no opponents.”

“What’s the point of talking about this now? Do you still not understand the temper of the sacred master? How many people tried advising him on that matter? But the sacred master would always at most listen to two of their sentences; some he even directly flipped off.” Xi Wei sneered. “In fact, I very much liked the sacred master’s personality! If there’s anything to really blame for his death, I would say that it’s simply his own carelessness! Who would have thought that the other party was aiming to take his life!”

Xue Ying obediently listened from the sidelines.

“Alright, alright. There really is no point in arguing about this matter.” The handsome man, Crimson Rock, laughed. His temperament was more toward the gentle end of the spectrum. “We’re making Xue Ying just stand here and listen to us banter.”

Xi Wei finally let the matter go once she heard that.

She still worshipped the sacred master greatly in her heart.

Crimson Rock turned toward Xue Ying and said, “Dong Bo Xue Ying, as an honorary disciple of the sacred master’s sect, you may cultivate here on Crimson Dust Island. You will also receive a set of Deity equipment and may choose a World Deity secret technique or any of the other treasures recorded on the list.”

“Here is said list.” The handsome man waved his hand, causing a piece of green paper, upon which a great number of treasures were listed, to fly over.

Xue Ying gave it a cursory look. There were many treasures listed on the list, things like 100,000 Deity crystals, World Deity secret technique legacies, or Scarlet Fire Ant Nest…

Despite seeing those items, however, he did not know the value of most of them.

“Senior Crimson Rock,” Xue Ying directly asked, “those formidable World Deities from the Deity world and the Dark Abyss sent Transcendents over to Crimson Rock Mountain. May I know why they did so?”

Xi Wei was the one to answer instead. “They sent them over for the World Deity ranked secret techniques.”

“Are those secret techniques really so precious to World Deities?” Xue Ying queried.

Xi Wei nodded. “Naturally. Deity-ranked secret techniques are created by the World Deities, but secret techniques at the World Deity rank are created by the powerful existences above. They were created for World Deities to cultivate, which can cause their combat power to greatly increase.”