Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now!

Chapter 1103 - 329: That Bullshit Great Dao

Chapter 329 [Nonsense Great Dao]

Standing in front of this circular stone building, Chen Yan raised an eyebrow.

This was the smallest and most inconspicuous of the five buildings in the Inner City.

"I’m supposed to go in here?" Chen Yan looked at the East Sea with confusion.

East Sea nodded, winking at Chen Yan: "This is a ’special’ arrangement for you."

Chen Yan understood; this was likely the grandmother’s intention.

He nodded: "Alright. But... at least tell me, what is this place?"

East Sea thought for a moment and said, "This place holds all the past records of the Blackwood Tribe."

Chen Yan’s heart stirred.

East Sea said "all the past records of the Blackwood Tribe," it’s the Blackwood Tribe, not the Ghost Race!

The history of the Blackwood Tribe is actually older than that of the Ghost Race.

As one of the eighteen tribes formed at the inception of the Ghost Race, the Blackwood Tribe existed before there was any Ghost Race or before the Ancestor Saint created the cultivation techniques of the Ghost Race!

That Black Mountain, and the legendary Heaven-Reaching Tree that was struck by the Divine Punishment Thunder of the Heavenly Dao, was enough to prove the ancient history of the Blackwood Tribe.

So...

Is it a library? Archives?

Chen Yan looked at this circular stone building, noting the entrance wasn’t as grand as the other buildings.

The door was round-shaped, a relatively uncommon shape, and of all the shapes Chen Yan knew, only bank vault doors had such a design.

Hmm, and Hobbit houses.

East Sea directly walked to the door, gently swiping a hand over the door panel, and after sensing a wave of mana, the round door slowly rose up. East Sea looked at Chen Yan: "Go in."

Chen Yan smiled wryly: "There’s no one else here? In that Cultivation Hall, there were people serving just now."

"You’ll be disappointed," East Sea said blandly: "As far as I know, this place has no attendants; currently, well, there should only be one person inside, someone like you, arranged here to read."

"Oh?" Chen Yan’s eyes lit up, but then quickly dimmed — not the grandmother!

Arranged here to read — who in the Ghost Race can "arrange" the grandmother to do anything?

"You don’t need to worry about that person inside; he won’t stay long since you’ve arrived. He should be leaving soon. However, if you have any questions while reading, you can ask him. Although that man’s a bit slow-witted, he’s been reading here for decades and knows more than anyone else."

East Sea smiled: "I didn’t prepare food and drink for you; your storage magical artifact should have its reserves."

"How long will I stay here?" Chen Yan asked.

"I don’t know." East Sea shook his head.

"..."

Alright, Chen Yan sighed.

Since it’s the grandmother’s arrangement, I’ll just patiently wait here.

His own grandmother, surely wouldn’t harm him.

With that thought, he was about to take a step forward, but suddenly remembered something, pulled back his foot, and turned to look at East Sea.

"There’s something I forgot to tell you."

Chen Yan smiled: "Although it may not be important, I’ve been curious and concerned for a long time, and since I’ve met you, I might as well inquire about it."

East Sea frowned: "Go ahead."

Though he said this, his gaze carried a hint of warning, pointing a finger skyward, hinting that Chen Yan should be cautious not to mention matters from another world.

Chen Yan nodded, indicating his understanding, and said: "When I was at West Platform City in the Western Border, I encountered a loose cultivator named East Sea, whose appearance and physique were exactly like yours, as if cast from the same mold.

However, that person’s cultivation was not high, far inferior to yours in divine techniques, and... his temperament, well, could be described as vile!

That person later got involved in a major case; someone hijacked a Gu Family flying boat, killed, and looted, all to pursue him. Not only that, he colluded with outsiders to sneak into the Saint Sect to steal."

East Sea’s face gradually changed as he listened: "What became of that person?"

Chen Yan candidly said: "I personally captured him in the Celestial Demon Yin Yang Joyful Sect and handed him over to the sect. Later, I heard he was given to the Gu Family, but what happened after, I don’t know."

He then asked, "Is that guy a relative of yours?"

But then he shook his head: "I thought so too, but how could anyone be so alike? Even twins would have subtle differences in appearance and build, not completely identical."

East Sea’s expression turned somewhat complex as he pondered briefly, seemingly hesitating before finally speaking up.

"That guy isn’t human."

"Hmm?" Chen Yan was taken aback by this answer.

"Uh... saying it like that might not be quite right." East Sea thought for a moment and then gave a wry smile: "When I was cultivating in the past, I was impetuous, greedy for achievements, which made my foundation unstable. I forcefully underwent a tribulation hoping for a realm breakthrough to become a Celestial Being.

As a result, I failed at the last moment, and under the heavenly thunder, I was possessed by a heart demon, nearly dying away.

Fortunately, the Ancestor rescued me, saving my life. I had to undergo spirit dissolution, abandoning my physical form to continue cultivation as a ghost spirit, but I couldn’t expel the heart demon, ultimately ending my path to the Great Dao.

The Ancestor took pity on my efforts, and with supreme mana, severed my heart demon.

The East Sea you met, the one exactly like me, is actually... the heart demon that the Ancestor severed from me back then, which later took human form."

East Sea’s heart demon?

"That heart demon was condensed from all my lifelong desires and delusions. When the heart demon was severed, the Ancestor spared his life.