novelraw Chapter 176 : Following the Old Law
Chapter 176 : Following the Old Law
Chapter 176: Following the Old Law
"What kind of propriety was this? Just for the sake of some mortals, he actually struck at his own Sacred Land’s fellow disciples with such ruthless force."
"With his talent, being ruthless was fine. He truly was somewhat rebellious."
"As disciples of the same Sacred Land, such matters naturally should be punished by the Sacred Land. We simply needed to follow the sect rules we set."
"Everyone, when you say it like this, I feel it isn’t quite right. He had talent, and he had the ability to be rebellious. I believe it wasn’t excessive at all. Besides, he also possessed the Sacred Land’s highest authority."
"He was the First Senior Brother, and with his strength he could suppress the Ancestor of Heavenly Blood. Which one of you here could guarantee you could take him down？"
These Union-Realm ancestors instantly fell into argument.
The Sacred Lord of Lingxu watched this scene and let out a deep sigh.
He knew very clearly that Li Tianwei’s actions had already gone far beyond the simple matters of before. In terms of talent and ability, Li Tianwei truly was invincible; even Ascension and Becoming an Immortal were only a matter of time.
Under normal circumstances, with Li Tianwei’s ability, the Sacred Land of Lingxu only needed to nurture him with full effort.
But Li Tianwei’s current behavior—protecting mortals, and even striking at Union-Realm ancestors—was no longer a small matter.
Because what Li Tianwei was doing was provoking that invisible order within the entire cultivation world.
Take the Northern Spirit Domain for example: the Four Sacred Lands were the heavens, and the remaining various sects were vassals. Mortals were even just vassals of vassals.
Their only purpose was to serve as consumables. Perhaps among them would appear many who possessed spiritual roots, and thus they could add fuel to the Four Sacred Lands.
Only by doing so would the Sacred Land of Lingxu have more disciples, and these disciples could then obtain even more cultivation resources for the Sacred Land of Lingxu, supplying powerful cultivators of the Four Sacred Lands in their cultivation.
Pills, spirit stones, and even certain unspeakable materials—everything required a massive number of hands to obtain and refine.
Of course, some with decent talent did stand out, and naturally they would need to join this collective. Only then could they obtain more resources from the cultivation world.
For example, ruins left behind by certain immortals long ago required people to explore; certain cultivation methods that would encounter problems also needed cultivators to test.
Where did all these people come from? Naturally, they had to be taken from the ordinary cultivators.
Under such plundering, any cultivator who managed to grow into a great cultivator understood that aside from one’s own aptitude, one needed resources—and countless consumables who paved the road ahead for them.
Thus, once those talented cultivators grew into great cultivators, most would voluntarily become part of this collective.
Because the further one cultivated, the harder it became.
Let this group of Union-Realm cultivators first Become Immortal, to see what being an Immortal was like. Sacrificing some cultivators was normal.
As for the lower-level cultivators’ struggle, plunder, and battles—were those not also for better development?
And this collective silently stood above all cultivators. This had nothing to do with the struggle among the Sacred Lands anymore.
One could almost say, whether it was the Demonic Sects or the Four Sacred Lands, those cultivators above the Union Realm were the supreme beings who dictated everything.
This tacitly accepted order was also their mutual understanding.
What the Four Sacred Lands fought over was merely these resources. As for the disciples within the Sacred Lands—they were merely their feelers.
One could even say the conflict between them and the Demonic Sects was nothing more than something they created—to make those disciples overlook the invisible plundering of resources among the mighty cultivators of their own sects.
Take the Purple Profound Prefecture, for example. The Sacred Land of Lingxu knew perfectly well what they were doing. And it was precisely because their backing was Su Qianhe; the resources they supplied ultimately flowed into the Sacred Land of Lingxu and Su Qianhe’s hands.
For the Sacred Land of Lingxu to turn a blind eye was perfectly normal!
But now Li Tianwei had not only torn everything open, he even possessed such overwhelming strength and had taken Su Qianhe down as well.
Did this kind of behavior even need to be questioned? Breaking the long-established order—this was absolutely intolerable.
"For actions of this kind, punishment must be given."
"Some things cannot be disrupted. His talent is indeed powerful, Ascension is within reach, but once he defies the order of the Heavenly Dao, he must be punished."
"Ziyue, has Li Tianwei returned to the Sacred Land yet？"
The eyes of the Union-Realm cultivators at the upper seats all fell upon the Sacred Lord of Lingxu.
Feeling the gazes of those seated above, the Sacred Lord of Lingxu felt immense pressure and immediately responded.
"Reporting to all ancestors, Li Tianwei should be on his way back to the Sacred Land."
"Good. In that case, once he returns, have him come to the Main Peak immediately."
"Yes."
The Sacred Lord of Lingxu cupped his hands in salute.
——
Li Tianwei had no idea what awaited him in the Sacred Land of Lingxu at this moment.
In his heart, the Sacred Land of Lingxu was a brilliant righteous land, a place of proper laws. It was absolutely impossible that the entire Sacred Land was filled with petty and despicable people.
Even if someone like Su Qianhe—such a worthless fellow—had appeared, he could not condemn the entire Sacred Land of Lingxu because of that one fellow.
Li Tianwei was rational, knowledgeable, and capable of thinking with his own"self". Perhaps Su Qianhe had been manipulated by Evil Demons?
Thus, regarding returning to the Sacred Land of Lingxu, Li Tianwei felt no resistance at all. Instead, in his opinion, once he returned, the Sacred Land would surely reward him for eliminating such a fellow for them.
Along the way, Li Tianwei discovered several more problematic prefectural cities and conveniently resolved them as well.
He had not noticed them when he was in the Foundation Establishment stage, but now that he had reached the peak of the Golden Core Realm, how could these things escape Li Tianwei’s senses?
Thus, during the time of Li Tianwei’s return—
The Sacred Lord of Lingxu continuously observed him. Since Li Tianwei made no attempt to conceal anything, he continued traveling just like he did with the Purple Profound Prefecture.
"This belongs to Ancestor Qiyang… this one is Ancestor Beixing’s…"
Watching the places Li Tianwei destroyed along the way, the Sacred Lord of Lingxu muttered softly.
In truth, the Sacred Lord of Lingxu also knew that what Li Tianwei did was correct. Even though he himself had become part of that group, he still believed that the current behavior of the Sacred Land of Lingxu and the other three Sacred Lands was problematic.
At present, the spiritual herbs and pills grown within the entire Sacred Land of Lingxu were enough for those Qi-Refinement disciples to break through all the way to the Golden Core Realm, with surplus remaining.
This was mainly because a genius once appeared in the Sacred Land of Lingxu—he discovered a method for cultivating spiritual herbs, allowing various kinds of spiritual herbs and medicines to be planted and grafted.
But due to his poor aptitude, he eventually died of old age. Before his death, he hoped that the cultivation method he had developed could be passed down to disciples with low aptitude.
If he had possessed such a cultivation method back then, he would definitely have been able to break through to the Golden Core Realm and no longer worry about the shortage of spiritual herbs and resources.
But the Sacred Lord of Lingxu only knew this: after he informed the ancestors of this news, what came was sealing. They sealed this technique, found a hidden place to cultivate it in secret—
And then used the spiritually grown herbs to exchange for those that could not be cultivated, thereby gaining massive amounts of resources.
There were many situations like this.
Disciples with good aptitude but lacking in cultivation progress walked different paths instead—such as alchemy. The current Foundation Establishment Pill was still based on the old formula. In fact, alchemy techniques existed that allowed Foundation Establishment Pills to be mass-produced, but such things were still not permitted to spread.
Who would have thought that the one who discovered this method was merely a pill-refining servant boy?
And none of these things had ever been made public. In the eyes of all cultivators, only those lofty great experts—their teachings were correct, because they possessed absolute power and authority.
"Sigh."