Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now!

Chapter 1104 - 329: [Bullshit Great Dao]

"It’s because that is my Heart Demon. If my cultivation succeeds in the future and I wish to advance further, I will need to personally slay and eradicate him. Therefore, I have kept him alive all this while."

At this point, East Sea cupped his hands towards Chen Yan and said, "What you speak of is very important to me. That Heart Demon is still of great use to me. Knowing that he has been taken by the Gu Family means I now know his whereabouts.

What reward do you seek for giving me this information?"

Chen Yan shook his head: "I have already received much guidance from the senior and dare not ask for more reward."

Both he and East Sea understood that he was referring to the time East Sea helped Chen Yan survive the seven-day near-death tribulation.

However, East Sea chuckled, "Since you’re not asking, then... how about I have Zhan Li come to serve you?"

Chen Yan immediately rolled his eyes.

Ah, so it was your arrangement!

"Alright, bringing up this matter was merely to satisfy my curiosity. Since the senior has provided an answer, I have also resolved an inner doubt."

Chen Yan then gave a solemn salute to East Sea, turned, and entered the circular gate.

As he walked in, the gate slowly descended and closed, leaving no sound. Following this, the circular stone tower exuded a faint mana fluctuation, completely isolating all sound and information inside and out!

East Sea stood outside the door, not leaving immediately, but rather hands behind his back, gazing at the door with a thoughtful expression.

A moment later, East Sea slightly inclined his head as he heard footsteps coming from behind. He turned slowly to see the Cave Maiden of the Black Wood Tribe, Zhan Li, hastening over to him and kneeling with a thud.

East Sea squinted his eyes: "What brings the Cave Maiden here?"

Zhan Li’s hair was disheveled, her face pale, and even her luxurious Ghost Race attire was stained with dust. She lifted her head, looked at East Sea, bit her lip, and said in a deep voice, "Cave Maiden Zhan Li, here to seek punishment!"

East Sea smiled, "What crime have you committed?"

"The Sword Master acted with thunderous force to suppress and kill nine elders of the Black Wood Tribe. With such actions, it seems my entire tribe is guilty! As the Cave Maiden of the Black Wood Tribe, being present, naturally, I am also guilty, and therefore..."

Listening to Zhan Li’s stuttering words, a trace of impatience flashed in East Sea’s eyes.

He took a deep breath and said coldly, "You know, the type of person I despise the most is someone like you who likes to play clever."

Zhan Li paused, "...I, I, I never did..."

"First of all, from the moment those nine tried to act against me, they were no longer elders of the Black Wood Tribe. Their identity was reduced to just one thing: nine rebels!

Secondly, there’s no need for you to probe me. If I wanted to implicate others, if I wanted to condemn you alongside, you could have died when your master Luo Xiuqing was detained.

Since I didn’t kill you last time, merely slapped you a few times and punished you by having you serve as a servant to that child, there’s even less reason to condemn you after returning to the Black Wood Tribe!

Thirdly, Zhan Li, you are very clever, but you over-calculated. If you were like your father Zhan Xi, directly kneeling before me pledging allegiance, willing to serve, that would be better.

You, you came here essentially to pledge allegiance to me, right?

Yet, you must first put on a show, presenting a timid attitude, self-condemning."

This is known as advancing by retreating."

I personally resent such tactics."

As a cultivator, you have too many calculations and convoluted thoughts within you. This cleverness can help you when you first start cultivating, but as you progress, this restless and chaotic mindset will become the biggest obstacle on your cultivation path!

I had you serve as a servant with the intention of tempering your temperament, hoping you could settle down, lower your body, and suppress the distracting thoughts within your heart!"

He paused, then leaned in a bit closer, speaking in a voice only Zhan Li could hear, coldly saying, "How did you become a Realm-Breaking Celestial, advancing to the Celestial Human Realm? You know clearly!

If it weren’t for your teacher Luo Xiuqing’s bias towards you, striving to craft you into some so-called Ghost Race prodigy, pouring countless resources on you as the leader of the Ghost Race, and not hesitating to use the Ghost Race’s treasures to help you reduce the difficulty of the Celestial Tribulation...

Just with your current disposition, you would have long died under the thunderous force of the Celestial Tribulation!"

Zhan Li widened her eyes at East Sea, biting her lip hard, "Zhan Li, Zhan Li doesn’t have the kind of thoughts Lord Sword Master mentions, I, I sincerely came to seek punishment..."

East Sea shook his head, "Whether you do or not, you know in your heart."

After pausing, East Sea finally sighed.

"I am also acquainted with your teacher Luo Xiuqing. Though she betrayed the ancestors’ trust, her crime is not deserving of death. Before our last encounter, I visited Ghost Cloud Cliff to see her.

In honor of your teacher, I’ll give you one last piece of advice.

Let go of the convoluted and worthless schemes and calculations within your heart!

As a cultivator, one must be single-minded and unwavering! Beyond the Celestial Human Realm, one’s mindset and disposition are rigorously tested!

With your current temperament, the power you can exert within the Celestial Human Realm is indeed very limited.

Both you and I are in the Celestial Human Realm, but if we both lay bare our strength in dueling techniques, I could sever your head within three strikes using just thirty percent of my mana!"

Such feeble capability in the Celestial Human Realm is due to leveraging external power to attain unearned strength, which your mindset cannot possibly control.

Don’t you always like to compete with that person from the Gu Family?

Let me tell you, I’ve observed that Gu Family Girl, her battle spirit was honed from slaughtering on the Prison Suppression Platform! If you engage her in dueling techniques, you wouldn’t withstand even one move!