Chapter 166: The Path to Heaven, Nalan Xingde Enters the Mortal World
Seeing Chen Changsheng’s perfunctory attitude, Bai Ze didn’t know what to say.
The claim that the Demon Clan controls the Crimson Realm indeed sounds absurd.
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Unnamed Mountain Cave.
With great care, Chen Changsheng broke open the Longevity bl**d Stone and dripped a drop of essence of all things into Nalan Xingde’s mouth.
As Nalan Xingde swallowed the essence of all things, a soft glow immediately emerged from his body.
Only to see Nalan Xingde’s meridians and bones regenerating.
Even though this was the second time he had seen such an incredible technique, Chen Changsheng couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.
“Rebirth, this technique is truly miraculous!”
“If the Underworld Forest has such wondrous techniques, then what kind of power must the one who created it possess?”
“Don’t ask me, I’m just a dog, I know nothing.”
Bai Ze scolded Chen Changsheng with no energy left.
Seeing Bai Ze still sulking, Chen Changsheng smiled and carefully observed Nalan Xingde’s condition.
After one hour, Nalan Xingde completed his rebirth.
His tightly shut eyes trembled, then slowly opened.
“Youngster, you’ve slept long enough!”
Seeing Chen Changsheng, Nalan Xingde hurriedly stood up and bowed in greeting, “I pay my respects, sir!”
“Stop with these formalities, I don’t like them.”
“I’m here, you should know what I want to ask.”
Looking around at the surroundings and then at Chen Changsheng with a serious expression, Nalan Xingde said with a bitter smile.
“Sire, before the Heavenly Emperor left, he instructed me not to reveal any information to you.”
“Now that you’re asking me, aren’t you putting me in a difficult position?”
Hearing this, Chen Changsheng moved his body and then pulled out a ruler.
“Youngster, Wu Li fled too early, I can’t deal with him.”
“Now you listen to his words and not mine, do you think I can’t handle you?”
Seeing Chen Changsheng about to take action seriously, Nalan Xingde quickly begged for mercy.
Back when in the Purple House Sacred Ground, he served as a manservant for this sir for several years.
In the entire Purple House Sacred Ground, from the saint to the disciples, none were unafraid of the ruler in Chen Changsheng’s hand.
Once, when Wu Li had made some wrong decisions, he was scolded by Chen Changsheng for a whole hour.
If not for the fact that Wu Li was already married at the time, he would have surely received a beating.
Apart from Wu Li, who was quite senior, the younger generation of the Purple House Sacred Ground had all been disciplined by Chen Changsheng.
This included Ziling and Gongsun Huaiyu.
“Since you’re afraid, confess everything truthfully.”
“Why did Wu Li lead everyone into battle? What exactly happened?”
Facing Chen Changsheng’s inquiry, Nalan Xingde sighed lightly and said.
“At that time, I was already sealed within the Longevity bl**d Stone.”
“So, I’m not very clear about what happened in the sacred ground. However, when Huaiyu came to chat with me, we did discuss a few things.”
“This matter started after sir left the sacred ground, when a woman arrived…”
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Half an hour passed.
Nalan Xingde recounted all the information he knew.
Listening to this fragmented story, Chen Changsheng furrowed his brows deeply.
“The Lower Realm is incomplete?”
“This is the second time I’ve heard the term ‘Lower Realm.’ It seems the departure of the three major sacred grounds might be related to the origin of the sacred grounds.”
“I ask you, did Wu Li have confidence in doing this matter?”
Facing Chen Changsheng’s inquiry, Nalan Xingde smiled and said, “Sir understands the Heavenly Emperor better than I do. If he had confidence, would he hide it from sir?”
“When we parted ways back then, Huaiyu and I said our final goodbyes.”
“Although her tone was calm, I could tell she had already made up her mind to d*e.”
“Nonsense!”
Hearing this, Chen Changsheng finally couldn’t hold back his anger.
“I’ve told him many times that such matters require careful planning.”
“Only how long has he been bearing the Heavenly Mandate, yet he dares to lead so many people into perilous lands.”
“And Li Niansheng too, daring to play around with a child.”
“Do you really think I can’t manage her after a few thousand years?”
After venting his anger, Chen Changsheng stretched out his right hand.
“Give it to me!”
Seeing this, Nalan Xingde laughed bitterly.
“Sir, the clues Huaiyu left for me were taken away by the Heavenly Emperor, and even if the Heavenly Path is cut off, I wouldn’t be able to go up even if I knew the method.”
“I’m not talking about the clues left by Gongsun Huaiyu. Fu Yao must have hidden you somewhere and left other methods.”
“Are you going to get beaten up and then hand it over, or are you going to hand it over directly?”
With the conversation reaching this point, Nalan Xingde knew he couldn’t hide it anymore.
So Nalan Xingde took out a jade slip.
“Fu Yao said this path is a small one, only allowing one or two people through.”
“Moreover, once this path is used, it becomes invalid. Have you considered this, sir?”
Without hesitation, Chen Changsheng directly took the jade slip from Nalan Xingde’s hand and said coldly.
“I don’t need to worry about how you consider it. Right now, I’m more interested in how you consider it.”
“Your wife’s life and d*ath are uncertain. As a husband, don’t you care?”
Facing Chen Changsheng’s question, Nalan Xingde smiled in relief.
“Sir is joking. I’m just an ordinary mortal, what can I do?”
“My greatest wish is to walk and see.”
“That’s why I don’t want to hand this jade slip to sir, because I’m worried about sir’s safety.”
“Speak plainly!”
“I want to find my own way and k*ll those who hurt my wife.”
“If you take the jade slip, how will I go up?”
Hearing this, Chen Changsheng laughed.
“bl**d is thicker than water, they’re all stubborn.”
“Just now, I helped you open a spring. You can now be considered a cultivator.”
“After rebirth, you can practice, and how far you can go depends on your own destiny.”
“So you can leave now, seeing you is annoying.”
Facing Chen Changsheng’s “disgust” and dismissal, Nalan Xingde respectfully bowed and then turned to leave.
“Hold on!”
Halfway there, Chen Changsheng called out to Nalan Xingde.
“Do you have enough cultivation resources? I have some here.”
“Also, you don’t seem to have any good cultivation methods.”
Hearing this, Nalan Xingde tilted his head slightly and smiled. “Sir has walked through the river of time; I doubt it’s because of cultivation resources and methods.”
“I have read some books, so I want to find the truth of the world from books.”
“To be honest, I feel that the flow of cultivators shouldn’t be as crude as the seventy-two smoke signals.”
“Huh!”
“Without strength, you talk big. Why don’t you say this in front of Gongsun Huaiyu?”
“As a man who loves his wife, how could I hurt her heart?”
“Being afraid of your wife is fine, but saying it so grandly.”
“I’ll find you a new path to heaven, so you won’t say I’m taking your things.”
“Since you want to follow your own path, then leave!”
“When your great path is achieved, I’ll come to be your student and see what kind of path you have.”
After hearing this, Nalan Xingde strode out of the cave and stepped into the bustling mortal world.
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Sighing softly, Chen Changsheng said after Nalan Xingde left.
“They are all troublesome.”
“Let’s go, we need to collect the bodies of those stubborn ones. People should always return to their roots.”
“How can we let them drift alone outside?”
