208 The Peace before the Storm (2/2)
The Goddess Celestial Alice smiled, ”And most of you here can probably defeat Aiel even if she is an immortal.”
Aiel immediately said, ”Don't remind me of that, Great Goddess…”
The Goddess Celestial Alice smiled to the Celestial Fairy Yixian and the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, ”With the Great Goddess Fantian and the Great Goddess Nuwa here who are the true Great Goddesses, I dare not claim this title now.”
Nuwa chuckled softly, ”It is alright. You can be a Great Goddess. I am the Great Desolate Goddess anyway.”
Yixian smiled gently, ”I am sure that you will definitely be in the Eighth Immortal Positioning. Therefore the title of Great Goddess is yours sooner or later.”
Alice smiled weakly, ”I have only just advanced to the Seventh Positioning. To reach the Eighth Positioning, this will either take an impossible long time or not at all.”
Yixian looked at Alice intently, ”You have great wisdom and great faith. You have restrained from temptations and have advanced to the Seventh Positioning through your own efforts. While miracle pills do exist but advancing your own attainment through these miracle pills will only slow down your next advancement by or stop your advancement. Perhaps slowing down is not the right word to use. Imagine slowing down your next advancement by ten times, hundred times or more! It is better not to depend on miracle pills to accomplish your next advancement unless you have really no other choice!”
The Goddess Isa and the Goddess Asura lowered their glances as they said at the same time, ”I have long ago given up on furthering my divine practice…”
The Goddess Isa looked at the Goddess Asura, ”I have long reached my advancement wall…”
The Goddess Asura sighed softly, ”So did I…”
But she soon smiled when she looked at Yi Ping, ”But someone here seems to be advancing rather quickly! Why is it so? Because he is the Great God Pangu?”
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Yi Ping smiled weakly, ”I do not know…”
Yixian smiled, ”But I do know. He has always restrained from taking these divine pills and saved it for all of us. He has never been tempted by these divine pills. In a way, this has the effect of raising his true state of divinity. Since his state of divinity has already advanced to the point of him attaining an entire new level when he does take the miracle pills, it has no effect on his future attainment. All the miracle pills did are just to push him along.”
The Goddess Celestial Alice nodded as she looked warmly at Yi Ping, ”Indeed. The state of divinity is more important than the level of cultivation…”
Yi Ping sighed softly, ”I wish I can be stronger still…”
The Immortal Saint of Swords was pondering on the mysteries of the Immortal Realm and did not say a word but he was soon curious enough to ask bluntly, ”Since the Immortals of the Immortal Realm are powerful enough to descend to the Celestial Realm, why didn't the Immortals reveal the Immortal Practice to us or show us the way to the Immortal Realm?”
Lingfeng, the Lord Supreme, the Universal Old Man, many others and even Yi Ping was curious too!
Yi Ping asked as he looked at the immortals, ”Why didn't you? Maybe it will prevent more bloodshed in the Celestial Realm!”
The Goddess of Mercy Xiang smiled as she looked at the Goddess Celestial Alice, ”That is because we didn't really want the Celestials to start ascending to the Immortal Realm and change the order of things. The only person that we are all waiting is only the Great God Pangu. The powerful Immortals are few and the ascend Celestials may number in the thousands or maybe more as time goes by!”
The Goddess Asura said quietly, ”The number of Immortals in the Immortal Realm may number in the millions but these numbers are impossible to increase and will only decrease over time due to disaster. Moreover…”
She looked at the Goddess Celestial Alice, ”One of the reasons why the Zen Practitioners and the Arhat Practitioners are fighting with each other is because we cannot agree on the new order. Alice wants to bring upon a new order but even among the Zen Practitioners, not many of the leaders agree with her.”
Alice nodded, ”And even if we are able to descend to the Celestial Realm, there is a heavy price to be extracted.”
Skylord Jun sighed sadly, ”I have to sacrifice my divine sword the Pinnacle of Stars to descend to the Celestial Realm…it has been with me since the beginning of time…”
Alice said quietly, ”But I have always believed that the New Order cannot be halted. But because the Goddess Theocracy under my willful leadership wants to enact the will of the Great God Pangu, this has led to the loss of many lives in the Immortal Realm. That is why in the end, I did not reveal the secrets of the Immortal Realm further. Also I, myself was being imprisoned in the Astronomic Stellar Formation.”
She took a look at Yi Ping as she smiled shyly…
The Universal Old Man, the Lord Supreme, the Immortal Saint of Swords and Lingfeng were all looking at each other. They had remembered that it was the Sagess Ai whose identify was the Goddess Aiel; it was she who had guided them to the Celestial Realm.
Yi Ping said all of a sudden as he pointed at the peak in the distant, ”Lingfeng, Yunzi, Youxue, Lele, Yu'Er, Mei'Er, Yi Si, Han Lin, Aiel…can you please stay as far as possible. I will look for you after this. Alright?”
Lingfeng protested immediately, ”What do you mean by you will look for us after this? You are not taking us with you? We have been together for so long!”
Yu'Er, Mei'Er, Lele, Youxue and Aiel were all protesting as well when they were startled by the Goddess Celestial Alice, the Goddess Isa, the Goddess Asura, the Goddess of Mercy, the Celestial Fairy Yixian, the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa and the Sacred Embodied Heavenly Goddess who were all staring coldly at the rest of the group!
And they had all stood in positions next to Yi Ping!
It seemed that they had all conspired with Yi Ping from the very start!
Lele gasped, ”Ping'Er, explain yourself! You are leaving us alone?”
The Sacred Embodied Heavenly Goddess interrupted coldly, ”There is a battle between the Jade Emperor and the Heavenly Kings inside. If you go there with us, you will surely die. It is not a place for you. The lesser Heavenly Kings that you have encountered earlier are nothing compared to these Heavenly Kings that we are going to encounter inside. Do you get me?”
Immediately Skylord Jun, the Immortal Saint of Swords and the Lord Supreme began to shiver as they recalled how powerless they were up against one Western Paradise Heavenly King and he was just toying with them!
Yi Ping said quietly, ”I will come back soon enough. So wait for me!”
Lele protested, ”I don't want to!”
Yixian said gently, ”Sister Lele, listen to us this time alright? You will only distract Ping'Er. Our opponents are ruthless and they will be able to hold you hostage with a single move. Then what do you think Ping'Er will do to save you? He will rather sacrifice himself than let you come to harm. So be good and waits for me, alright?”
Lele was beaming with tears. She turned around without saying a word and stormed off angrily!
Yu'Er and Mei'Er had stormed off at the same time too!
Lie Qing smiled mesmerizing, ”I know that it is dangerous but I want to come too.”
Yi Ping shook his head, ”Qing'Er, I have faith in your skills but I fear our opponents more. I really have an uneasy feeling about this.”
Lie Qing smiled wryly, ”Alright then.”
She turned around immediately and marched off toward Lele's direction!
Xingyue smiled, ”Be careful then.”
Ye Yin gave Yi Ping a devilish look, ”You have better return alive or alive or I will never forgive you!”
Yunzi and Youxue gave Yi Ping a smile but said nothing…
Yi Si said, ”Father, be careful!”
The Universal Old Man patted Yi Ping's on his shoulder, ”Ping, just be careful. We will look forward to see you again!”
The Lord Supreme and the Immortal Saint of Swords bowed with their hands, ”Brother Yi Ping, we will await your return!”
Skylord Jun said, ”I really wish that I will be able to join you, alas! But since you have already made up your own mind, I should not try to persuade you anymore. Good tidings!”
Yi Ping nodded as he raised his hands, ”Farewell! Wait for me!”
Without saying a word more, he had jumped down to the valley below!
The Goddess Celestial Alice smiled to the rest of the group, ”Till we meet again!” With that, she had leapt down the valley!
”Farewell and till we meet again!” Yixian, Nuwa, the Sacred Embodied Heavenly Goddess, Asura, Isa and Xiang bade their goodbyes and jumped down from the ledge to the valley below!