Chapter 238 - Whether to Go Ashore (1/2)

Chapter 238 Whether to Go AshoreAs the sun rose from the East Sea, the evening sunlight paved the horizon and the blue seawater bathed in the red light. It was like a pilgrimage blanket on the sea surface, laying on the glittering rippers, going straight to the red sun.

There were no anglers on the corridor, they had all returned to the house. In the yard in front of the house, the browned cloaked Taoist lay on the bamboo recliner leisurely, and the angler was grilling the fish.

“Living in seclusion so long, your grilling skills have not improved at all. One side is almost burnt, and the other side is still raw.” Commented the browned cloaked Taoist, he curled his lips with dissatisfaction and added, “How could a person dumb as you reach such a high cultivation realm?”

The angler squinted at the browned cloaked Taoist and sneered. “You wanna do it?”

The browned cloaked Taoist snorted without moving. “I am a guest, and it is unreasonable to ask a guest to cook.”

The angler sneered and added, “So you have realized that you are a guest. If it were not for you, an alleged guest, would I grill a fish personally? I have been in Inedia for many years.”

The browned cloaked Taoist was shocked, he got up from the chair and stared at the angler with wide eyes. He added with disbelief, “Is that true? You have been in Inedia? That means you are…”

The angler faintly said, “You are right, I am dying.”

The browned cloaked Taoist was speechless, he quickly returned to the reclining chair and lay down. He added lazily, “It is getting late, I guess I won’t have any time left to eat after you are done grilling this fish. You should know the reason why I’m here, I have been with you all night, have you decided on your answer?”

The angler replied without lifting his head, “You didn’t even ask me, so how could I answer you?”

The browned cloaked Taoist sat up again and looked at the angler. “I’m asking you now, do you still remember a hundred years ago, the person in the blue robe, wielding a sword? The man who got out of Lingwu, entered Yangguan, got out of Hexi and entered Yangguan? The man who killed his way up the Gold Mountain and the Big Snow Temple and who escaped unscathed from the Great Six Paths of Reincarnation Formation?”

The angler faintly replied, “Sorry, I forgot about it.”

The browned cloaked Taoist twisted his mouth and added, “Shame on you!”

The angler smiled. “Nothing compared to you.”

The browned cloaked Taoist added in a low voice, “You used to be the big Chief of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory. Now Tang Empire is in such a situation, aren’t you willing to climb ashore and help?”

The angler faintly replied, “The vicissitude of the dynasty has its own destiny, what can I do?”

The browned cloaked Taoist sneered. “When that person went west with his sword, He did not care destiny as he killed his way into the Big Snow Temple.”

The angler lightly added, “That was back then. The Central Plains was in chaos, Buddhists wanted to take advantage of the vulnerability. So how could we Taoists let them?”

The browned cloaked Taoist questioned, “What about now? It is the same as before, the Central Plains is in chaos, and the Buddhists want to sneak in? Not want to, they are already coming.”

The angler looked at the sky, “I don’t even want to go to heaven, what else is there in the world that is worthy of my nostalgia?”

Having heard of this statement, the browned cloaked Taoist was relaxed, which meant that he no longer held any hope, then he glanced at the angler, “You really refuse to help?”

The angler smiled and added, “And you think I can face the Great Immortal-killing Formation?”

The browned cloaked Taoist was shocked, he only thought about asking him to help, but he had not seriously thought about whether the angler could defeat the Great Immortal-Killing Formation. If his two disciples saw him like this, the little fatty would probably say, “You see, I told you Master has no idea!”

The browned cloaked Taoist grit his teeth and added, “If you can’t, then who can?”

The angler replied, “No one.”

The browned cloaked Taoist asked again, “How about the Great Six Paths of Reincarnation Formation? You have already faced that once, it should not be difficult to take down the Great Immortal-Killing Formation?”

The angler said, “The Great Six Paths of Reincarnation Formation is not the same as before.”

The browned cloaked Taoist stood up with a cold look. “So you mean you will do nothing?”

The angler sighed and suddenly asked, “Have you read ‘The Great Prophecies’?”

The browned cloaked Taoist had no idea why the angler asked that question, “What if I’ve seen it?”

The angler added, “What will happen after a millennium in the Divine Land? I have already explained it in the ‘Great Prophecies’, do you think I will act against the heavens?”

The browned cloaked Taoist sneered and said, “After a millennium, there would be no Tang Empire in the world. You can see through the trends of the world, but can you see through people’s hearts? Can you see through the people’s beliefs? If the different Gods destroyed the Immortal Court, or if the foreigners took over the divine land, even if the divine land prospered again but lost what our ancestors had left us, would that still be our Tang Empire? If not so, then what has that got to do with our Tang Empire? And what has world harmony got to do with us?”

The angler heaved a sigh and said, “Do you also think that the last chapter of ‘The Great Prophecies’ is talking about world of harmony?”

The browned cloaked Taoist was taken aback. “It isn’t?”

The angler laughed bitterly. “Where there are people, there’s Jianghu. And where there’s Jianghu there’s conflict. So how could there be harmony? During the primitive ancient times, the immortals and mortals lived together. Back then people were still simple, and even then, harmony did not exist. Now, order and the belief system is collapsing and the world is sinking. So it’s impossible to have harmony among all the chaos. And things are going to get worse in the future. After a thousand years, forget about culture and order, our ancestors’ teachings would probably be buried underground, so how could there ever be harmony?”

The browned cloaked Taoist’s expression changed, he then asked, “So what is the last chapter talking about?”