Chapter 388: Chapter 386: The Villain Talks Martial Virtues (Fourth Update, Please Subscribe)
The sword light flashed, cutting in two.
In an instant, Long Aotian was cleaved in half on the spot.
But at that moment, a broken puppet appeared in his place, shattered into two pieces.
A thousand meters away, Long Aotian’s figure appeared, a look of disbelief flashing across his face: "I’ve lost, I was killed in one slash. My father is an Immortal, how could I possibly be defeated!"
His spirit surged, plunging into self-doubt.
The seven-colored blade just now seemed to sever all life.
If not for the death replacement puppet left by his father, swapping life for life, he’d be dead.
If not for all this, he would have died just now.
"What is that blade called?"
Long Aotian inquired.
"Great Five Elements Yin Yang Magnetic Cosmic Starlight Extinction Divine Saber!" Lu Xuanji replied. "Sadly, my comprehension is limited, and my insight is insufficient, understanding only a part of its essence, so there are flaws and shortcomings in its execution."
Long Aotian said, "You are strong, and it’s the first time you’ve defeated me! Just wait, when my cultivation improves significantly, I will certainly come to challenge you again!"
Saying so, his figure shimmered and disappeared into the distance.
Not even bidding farewell to the four maids beside him.
In a few leaps, he was dozens of miles away.
"Young Master!"
Red Jade and the other maids watched this scene and followed him.
In a flash, their figures arrived a thousand miles away.
Long Aotian lay powerlessly on the grass, looking at the sun in the sky, his eyes losing focus.
"Could it be that I’m really a waste, claiming a life of invincibility, yet defeated right at the start!"
Long Aotian pondered, waves of black energy swirling on his face, a murderous intent boiling continuously, rising and falling, seeming to annihilate everything. Meanwhile, he was engulfed in self-doubt, thinking perhaps he was a failure; the so-called invincibility, the so-called outstanding talent, merely exaggerated by others.
"Young Master, why don’t we take action and destroy Lu Xuanji!" Red Jade stepped forward and said, "He is a prodigious talent, a formidable enemy on your path of proving the Dao, why not strike now and eliminate him!"
Her words carried a murderous intent, with a hint of probing.
Xue Yue also said, "On the path of proving the Dao, the confrontation isn’t just between equals but also between backgrounds and backers. Lu Xuanji is a peerless genius, able to compare with the Young Master in talent, but his background is slightly lacking, and he has no backers. Why not call upon the Guardian to take him out! That lord is a Divinity Transformation powerhouse, who would surely kill Lu Xuanji if he makes a move!"
Bai Lan said, "Young Master, make your move! He’s too strong; if not dealt with now, the future might not grant the chance to eliminate him!"
"Silence!"
Long Aotian said, "If he dies now, then I also lose the eternal chance to defeat him. Thirty years east, thirty years west, don’t underestimate a young man’s destitution. Let this man be, I want to use him as a whetstone to hone my Great Dao, to perfect my Great Dao!"
"How could he die!"
Speaking so, Long Aotian took a deep breath, the restlessness, the unease, the despair within him and all other negative emotions faded away.
Indeed!
Defeated, so what?
He’ll return to fight again in thirty years.
His figure shimmered, and Long Aotian disappeared again.
He’s heading back to the East Sea, to seclude himself for bitter cultivation, to confront Lu Xuanji again in thirty years.
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As Long Aotian departed, two figures appeared in the void, a man and a woman.
The man was handsome, the woman had unparalleled beauty.
Jin Xi said, "Congratulations on passing the Human Tribulation!"
"Indeed, the Human Tribulation is over, but I’ve provoked a future formidable enemy!" Lu Xuanji spoke, a slight trace of apprehension in his words.
Sensing the Tribulation Qi on his body, one-third of it had dissipated.
The Human Tribulation, passed.
"On the path of cultivating immortality, if one only desires ease, naturally life would be happy, and enemies would be few. But if one wishes to become strong, to stand above countless cultivators, there will inevitably be constant battles and relentless competition! It’s not just about having the talent to become an Immortal, becoming an Immortal still requires some destiny from the heavens!"
Jin Xi said, "On average, every 300,000 years can produce one Immortal. The heroes of the age vie for supremacy; this is your opportunity, your creation! Of course, you may choose to give up!"
"Giving up is out of the question! While alive, how can one harbor fear? That trivial Long Aotian, having lost to me once, will continue to lose in the future!" Lu Xuanji said, "I just didn’t expect Long Aotian to value martial virtue so much. I thought that if he couldn’t defeat me himself, he’d send the maids after me, then bring in the elders!"
Jin Xi laughed, "It’s just as well, if they disregarded martial virtue, we might have to wipe out those five master and servants, then seize the chance to flee!"
In this world, many cultivators do not uphold martial virtue.
Once they lose, they immediately become humiliated and send in their elders to finish off the enemy.
This sort of conduct is seen countless times.
At the moment Long Aotian lost, Lu Xuanji and Jin Xi silently followed, just to see what Long Aotian would choose.
If Long Aotian disregarded martial virtue, the two of them wouldn’t hesitate to strike first, wiping out Long Aotian and the four maids, and then abscond with members of the Lu Family and disciples of Purple Sun Mountain.
Fortunately, the worst-case scenario did not occur.
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This storm thus dissipated.
Purple Sun Mountain returned to tranquility.
Lu Xuanji continued to sense the Tribulation Qi on his body, two-thirds of it remained, yet it still felt like oppressive black clouds ready to topple the city.
"The Human Tribulation, seemingly passed so lightly, yet it’s my destiny, suppressing the calamity...pressing the tribulation to its lowest!"
Lu Xuanji mused.
Recalling the battle with Long Aotian, Long Aotian was quite powerful, no less than a Tenth Transformation Golden Core Cultivator. Unfortunately, luck wasn’t on his side, for he met him.
Ultimately, he was defeated.
After the defeat, his rising destiny was thwarted.
The destiny belonging to Long Aotian even seeped a little into him, becoming nourishment for his own destiny, strengthening it.
The mystery of destiny is so profound and hard to fathom.
With the blessing of strong destiny, a cultivator finds many fortuitous encounters outside, receives help from benefactors, turns disasters aside, and narrowly escapes death tribulations again and again.
Under the influence of destiny, enemies will become foolish, enemies will uphold martial virtue. In history, why those villains failed is because of martial virtue.
Long Aotian, arrogant and domineering, ruthless in nature, killing many along the way, wiping out countless families, could hardly be called a good person, perhaps even an evildoer.
But encountering him, he became courteous, extremely focused on martial virtue, which is entirely abnormal.
Clearly, influenced by his destiny, even the enemies naturally felt an inexplicable closeness to him and focused on martial virtue.
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