This Earth Is A Bit Fearsome

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Cultivators prioritized advancing their states of mind over everything else. If their state of mind was unable to keep up with their progress, then it didn’t matter how quickly their powers grew. There would always be some kind of hidden hazard somewhere that could one day bring about their demise.

Shi Buyi’s enlightenment would greatly benefit him sometime in the future. Given his current level of training, advancing his state of mind further would’ve at least enabled him to reach the very peak of the Divine Transformation Realm.

Otherwise, the heritages throughout the Holy Sun Continent being incomplete would have allowed him to actually break through the Divine Transformation Realm.

Of course, Lu Xuan could easily see how much Shi Buyi had changed. That was a good thing, as Shi Buyi had always been a decent person; he was never the type of person who went about biting the hands of those who were generous enough to feed him.

Sometime in the future, he would become one of Liu Haotian’s strongest supporters in the Immemorial Path.

Of course, Xuanyangzi had also noticed how Shi Buyi’s state of mind had changed as well. This ended up affecting the young man’s external presence almost immediately. Xuanyangzi was very pleased to see that.

The boy truly is of the sacred ones. Despite being just a child who just joined the Immemorial Path, he had already made some positive contributions to the sect.

Lu Xuan reminded the boy, “Come bow to your master then.”

Liu Haotian immediately knelt and bowed. “I, Liu Haotian, hereby greet you, Master.”

Xuanyangzi instantly busted out laughing as he said, “Very good! Very good indeed!”

Shi Buyi wore a rather peculiar expression afterward. Given that the boy had just become Xuanyangzi’s disciple, he wondered if that had also made the boy his senior.

Being a disciple of Xuanyangzi meant that the boy was higher in seniority than most of the already old elders in the sect, after all.

Upon further thought on the matter, he began to wonder whether or not even Liu Haotian’s uncle would have been of a senior.

Despite having sincere gratitude to Liu Haotian for changing his state of mind, he still felt somewhat frustrated at the moment.

One more person way above me appeared so suddenly, let alone someone so unbelievably young. That’s a little ancestor through and through!

Even though the boy was of the sacred ones, he still felt rather displeased.

Xuanyangzi said, “Buyi, take Haotian around and have him pick his own quarters, in accordance to the standards of the great ancestors.”

Shi Buyi felt even more exasperated. He remembered how he had been treated like an unparalleled genius when he first joined the sect, as well as how he had been treated as one of the elite disciples.

That alone had earned him the ire of many, but nobody expected someone else to have broken the record.

He was merely a boy who had just joined received treatment befitting that of the great elders, but there didn’t seem to be a problem in terms of seniority.

That was even more so given that he was of the sacred ones, who had saved the entire Holy Sun Continent. As such, it was only natural for the boy to receive such treatment.

Lu Xuan then asked, “You’ve dismissed the two of them deliberately and left me alone here. Is there anything you’d like to tell me, friend?”

He could tell that Xuanyangzi had deliberately left the two of them alone, which meant that Xuanyangzi was up to something.

Xuanyangzi said, “It seems like there truly is no hiding from you, friend.”

Upon looking at Lu Xuan, Xuanyangzi noticed that the young man had not even a sliver of Spiritual Aether about him. However, that didn’t mean that he could afford to underestimate Lu Xuan.

He could easily tell that Lu Xuan was definitely in some special state. Judging from Lu Xuan’s behavior, it seemed that the young man was completely fearless as well.

That basically allowed Xuanyangzi to figure out that Lu Xuan was definitely anything but simple.

Xuanyangzi said, “Then I’ll get right to the point; thank you, friend, for allowing Haotian to stay.”

Lu Xuan answered rather snappily, “I let him stay because I thought that he would be able to grow better under you people. That’s all there is to it.”

Xuanyangzi continued, “Either way, this is one favor that we owe you. The Immemorial Path was first established by the sacred ones, meaning that we’re obligated to pass our knowledge down to him. Still, that’s not the main reason why I let Haotian join us. We actually wanted to protect Haotian.”

Lu Xuan frowned. “Given the level of powers and influence that the Immemorial Path commanded, who other than the Divine Blood Church would dare to target Haotian instead of you people?”

He had his speculations. Liu Haotian had two very prestigious identities with him. The first was the descendant of the sacred ones, which meant that countless people out there were out to hurt him. However, there were still more who wanted to serve the sacred ones instead.

The second identity was that of the personal disciple of the sectmaster of the Immemorial Path. That meant that 99 percent of the forces out there wouldn’t have dared to touch the boy. The only exception was the Divine Blood Church.

Despite the Divine Blood Church’s powers, it would’ve still been impossible for them to kick down the central gates of the sect. It would’ve been absurd to think that they could pose a threat to the boy.

Given how Xuanyangzi put things, the one that they were afraid of was probably not the Divine Blood Church.

Xuanyangzi then said, “It is a secret organization. I have no idea where that organization came from, either. I’ve seen them once when I was very young. All I know is that these people killed some of the sacred ones.”

Xuanyangzi’s words instantly shocked Lu Xuan. If that was the case, Liu Haotian would have actually been in danger the whole time.

Xuanyangzi then solemnly continued, “That organization was hidden from the sacred ones, so the people out there had no idea that they had killed the sacred ones before. There were no official records of the sacred ones showing up for thousands of years, either. However, according to what I know and what was recorded in the confidential record of the Immemorial Path, about a handful of sacred ones had appeared throughout the past several thousand years, yet it never took them long for all of them to disappear without a trace.”

Lu Xuan then asked, “So, you’re saying that there are people out there who specialized in hunting down the sacred ones?”

If that turned out to be true, it would’ve probably shaken the entire continent when the news spread far and wide.

Xuanyangzi then replied, “You’re right. There are people out there who go about hunting down the sacred ones systematically. That was why there had never been any mention of the sacred ones in the official historical records for thousands of years.”

Lu Xuan nodded. That explained a lot. Born Taoism aptitude was considered to be among the best divine bodies, but there was no way that the rate of awakenings was so dismal that not even a single person emerged within 1000 years. That made no sense at all.

That had also didn’t fit with Lu Xuan’s knowledge.

Lu Xuan then proceeded to ask him, “I’d assume that those who dare to hunt the sacred ones down are probably not ordinary people, right?”

With a serious expression on his face, Xuanyangzi continued, “Indeed. According to our own internal records, the grandmasters throughout the ages had fought with them before. All I can tell you is that they’re very powerful people. Didn’t you ask me why the entire Immemorial Path had been doing nothing when the Liu Clan was exterminated? I can tell you now that it was because someone stalled me.”

Xuanyagngzi sighed and continued, “Since someone had been stalling me, I couldn’t go there and rescue them in time even though I’ve eventually received word of what happened. When coupled with some people from the sect getting in my way, things turned out this way. The person who stalled me was powerful enough to have become my rival, yet I don’t think I could stand a chance against him.”

Lu Xuan frowned. Xuanyangzi’s powers were known to be the best throughout the continent, yet he was able to find one who was on par with him so much that he wasn’t confident in being able to win against that man.

Lu Xuan then asked, “In that case, does that mean that the man was from that organization then?