197 The Secrets of the Stellar Sanctuary (2/2)
Xingyue gasped, ”So the Stellar Sanctuary is using the deaths of all the practitioners to…”
Lie Qing was astonished as she continued, ”Don't tell me that the entire Stellar Sanctuary is all but a deceptive trap to lure all of us?!”
Yi Ping was trembling, ”Why…”
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa said nonchalantly, ”If they don't have greed in their hearts in the first place then they will be able to ascend as true immortals in the future. This is all but a test of their worthiness.”
Yi Ping was trembling as he looked at the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, ”True immortals? What do you mean?”
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa replied nonchalantly, ”The Stellar Sanctuary isn't just a place to test the celestial practitioners, it is also a place to test the hearts of the immortals.”
Yi Ping was muttering, ”To test the hearts of the immortals?”
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa nodded, ”The immortals are not perfect or else they won't be tempted to seek out the remnant powers of the Great God Pangu. I am sure that you have witnessed their cruelty and their callous behaviors.”
The Heaveness Lingfeng hummed coldly, ”The ways of the immortals have nothing to do with us.”
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa gave her an icy smile, ”Oh really? But aren't you trying to attain as an immortal? If you are able to attain as an immortal then won't the ways of the immortals be also your way?”
Lingfeng was stunned…
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The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa snapped her fingers, ”Do you really think the Immortal Realm will be any different from the Celestial Realm? Even if you are able to ascend to the Immortal Realm, you will only be a lowly immortal unless you decide to assert your rights. And to assert your rights, you need to demonstrate your martial strength or else you will be forced to accept their ways. And do you think the immortals will be pleased to acknowledge you?”
Lingfeng looked at her and said all of a sudden, ”Just who are you?”
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa said coldly, ”I am the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa…”
Lingfeng interrupted, ”Are you a good or a bad person?”
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa appeared to be amused by her, ”Naturally a bad person. After all, I am a Desolate Power and I will kill without any hesitation…”
Lingfeng said quietly, ”I don't know. But somehow I feel….I don't know…”
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa said all of a sudden, ”Actually you feel close to me. Is that what you want to say to me?”
Lingfeng was startled. She moved her lips silently and was speechless!
Lie Qing was observing the two of them. By now, she had her reasons to believe that the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa was playacting with them along but she could not discern her doubts yet as the level of divinity of the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa made it impossible for her to read her expressions.
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa continued, ”Actually it is only natural for you to think it this way.”
Lingfeng looked at her, not understanding…
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa looked intently at Lingfeng, ”You are the Heaveness, formed from the pureness essence of the Righteous Universal Force. I am the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, formed from the pureness essence of the Chaotic Desolate Force. I am the darkness while you are the light. But no matter how different we are, we do share the same origin.”
Lingfeng muttered, ”We share the origin? Impossible! I am just a mere divine practitioner while you are an immortal…”
Even Yi Ping, Lie Qing and Xingyue were stunned by what the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa had shared with Lingfeng…
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa flashed a glance at Yi Ping before looking back at Lingfeng again, ”In the beginning, there was just the chaotic desolate and out of the chaotic desolate came forth the Desolate God and Goddess. Among them was the Great God Pangu!”
Lingfeng was startled, ”The Great God Pangu is a Desolate God?!”
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa seemed to be staring blankly and her voice had become almost inconsolable, ”Not only the Great God Pangu but also the Great Goddess Fantian. That is because the Universal Force did not exist back then. Then the Great God Pangu discovered the Universal Force…”
She had suddenly turned around and was seen trembling!
All of a sudden Yi Ping thought that the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa was not that bad after all. So he said quietly, ”Let's go. No matter how perilous this Ten Thousands Celestial Formation is, we can't be staying here all the time. Better to die trying than giving up our hopes.”
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa was still shivering lightly, ”Let me be. I am useless here. If you take me along, you will only be endangering yourself…”
Yi Ping interrupted firmly, ”I refuse and I know that the rest of the group will refuse too!”
Xingyue said, ”Ping'Er is right! So what if our trials increase in difficulty? We are in here together and we will not abandon each other!”
Even Lie Qing was saying, ”Hmph! After you have saved our sorry asses from the three Heavenly Kings, expended almost your entire martial strength to aid Youxue to overcome her divine limitations and stopping the Cosmos Water Formation, you really think we will be so ungrateful as to abandon you here?”
Lingfeng scurried her white sleeves as she laughed alluringly, ”My Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, we will not leave you in a lurch. Come with us!”
Yi Ping said quietly, ”Yes, come with us! We are a party and we will never abandon each other!”
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa asked with trembling voice without turning her back, ”We…we are a party?”
Yi Ping nodded, ”Yes, that is right. If you want to, you can travel with us to the top of the Stellar Sanctuary too!”
Lingfeng said half-amusedly, ”We have not even escape from this Ten Thousands Celestial Formation and someone is already dreaming of ascending to the very top of the Stellar Sanctuary.”
Yi Ping rubbed his nose, ”That is so true. I have almost forgotten…”
All of a sudden the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa had turned around with a flustered look. She lowered her gaze as she said, ”I must make myself clear first. Don't blame me if you suffer later. If I am in danger, don't forget to give me a helping hand. This doesn't change my opinion of everyone either so do not expect me to be grateful for anything…”
Even though she appeared to be harshly worded but everyone could tell that her tone had softened and she was none the haughty anymore…
Yi Ping was glad that she was joining them and that he had indeed learnt quite a few new things from her. He managed a smile as he marched forward, ”Let's go!”
But he stopped all of a sudden as he turned around with a perplexed look, ”So which way? There are two passage ways…”
Lingfeng kicked him gently, ”You have eyes but you don't use it. When you march off like this, we all thought that you have at least an idea. But now you are asking us which way to take?”
Yi Ping smiled weakly, ”I wasn't thinking…”
Lie Qing laughed softly, ”And wasn't looking…”
Yi Ping laughed aloud and this was followed by Lingfeng, Lie Qing, Xingyue and even the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa!