Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now!

Chapter 1117 - 333: [Starting from Zero?]_2

Just like everyone who has just woken up, he first sat there in a daze, his eyes gradually clearing from confusion. Finally, he yawned and stretched lazily.

This person is very young—this was Zhan Li’s first impression.

A young lad, his looks seemingly unremarkable, but those eyes, even in the shadows, appeared strikingly bright.

Moreover, Zhan Li had a sudden thought; this young lad looked somewhat familiar.

After a quick mental search, Zhan Li remembered that this person should be one of the Licensed People here to attend the Heaven-Crashing Ceremony. He had seen him before but did not have a deep impression, probably because they hadn’t interacted.

"Oh, I was dreaming something wonderful, but your page-flipping woke me up. Cave Maiden, you’ve disturbed my peaceful dream, how will you compensate me?"

The young man sat there, smilingly looking at Zhan Li, and said so.

Zhan Li opened his mouth, slightly surprised at this straightforward young man.

After a moment of silence, Zhan Li spoke coldly: "Since you recognize me as the Cave Maiden, how dare you speak to me like this?"

The other party was merely one of the Licensed People attending the Heaven-Crashing Ceremony, vastly different from her status. Even without mentioning the identity of the Cave Maiden of the Black Wood Tribe, just considering cultivation, a Licensed Person attending the ceremony would surely be a newly initiated cultivator, while she was in the Celestial Human Realm, practically akin to a divine spirit in front of the mortal.

How dare he speak cheerfully with her?

Moreover, what further displeased Zhan Li was an unspeakable reason: Could it be that he also knew of the current turmoil within the Black Wood Tribe, and looked down on her after knowing the Cave Maiden had lost her power?!

The young man stood up serenely, slowly brushing the dust off his clothes, grinning to show his white teeth: "What of the Cave Maiden? Once in the Cultivation Hall, mundane affairs and identities are temporarily cast aside, and everyone is merely engaged in ascetic cultivation—this is the traditional rule of your Black Wood Tribe, doesn’t the Cave Maiden know?"

Zhan Li: "..."

Those two sentences from the young man carried a faint trace of mockery, causing Zhan Li to feel a bit irritated, but then she was taken aback.

Only because what the other person said was indeed correct, leaving Zhan Li unable to argue.

The traditional rule of the Black Wood Tribe, once in the Cultivation Hall, everyone is engaged in ascetic cultivation!

The young man walked over to Zhan Li, bent down to pick up a book she had just been reading, glanced at it, and then placed it back onto the shelf.

"You won’t find the technique you want here."

The young man’s light remark startled Zhan Li, who abruptly looked up at him: "How do you know what I’m looking for?"

The young man did not answer, instead sizing up Zhan Li with a sigh: "It seems you’ve understood, but not thoroughly enough.

If you want to let go, you must let go of everything. Breaking a bit of obsession but not all of it means you haven’t fully comprehended."

Zhan Li’s eyes grew stern: "What do you mean?"

The young man smiled: "The cultivation of the Celestial Human Realm doesn’t belong to you, and it’s correct to let it go.

But, does the identity of the Cave Maiden belong to you then?

If it weren’t for the false Celestial Human Realm, where would your Cave Maiden identity come from?

Where would the genius status come from?

If you are to let it go, you should let it all go, otherwise...

The cultivation is let go, but the pride remains.

The power isn’t let go, the status isn’t let go...

That’s merely a joke!"

Upon hearing this, Zhan Li’s body trembled sharply, her breath quickening as her eyes widened at the young man.

Soon after, the light of realization finally appeared in Zhan Li’s gaze.

She slowly climbed up from the ground, stood properly, and gently bowed to the young man: "Zhan Li, an ascetic cultivator of the Black Wood Tribe, greets Fellow Daoist. My previous words were disrespectful, please forgive me."

The young man nodded lightly: "Hmm, this is somewhat interesting."

Zhan Li, however, stared at the young man, her eyes tinged with confusion and eagerness: "May I ask for Fellow Daoist’s identity?"

"Loose Cultivator Lu Kang."

The young man, Lu Kang, gave a simple, straightforward self-introduction, seemingly noticing Zhan Li’s confusion, and added a sentence: "The East Sea Sword Master led us into the Cultivation Hall for study, and with me came two other Licensed People attending the Heaven-Crashing Ceremony, but they are currently on the second floor researching your Ghost Race’s magical artifacts."

The East Sea Sword Master led them into the Cultivation Hall?

Zhan Li instinctively felt a doubt, but then suddenly a thought arose: She was about to let go of the identity, status, and power as the Cave Maiden, so why bother about this?

Just like the young man Lu Kang said: If one mouths about letting go of cultivation, but can’t let go of power and status, it’s a joke!

Reflecting on this, Zhan Li took a deep breath, her vision clearing considerably: "Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for your guidance, Zhan Li has gained a lot!"

"You’re welcome."

Zhan Li then asked: "However, I still do not understand, how was Fellow Daoist aware of my thoughts?"

The young man laughed heartily, pointing to the book he had just placed back onto the shelf and then pointing to several that lay before Zhan Li, speaking slowly: "The books and tomes you read record the techniques for rebuilding cultivation after it’s abolished. I surmised that the Cave Maiden intended to pursue re-cultivation?"

Zhan Li staggered a bit, speaking softly: "But rebuilding cultivation is no easy task. There are records within my Ghost Race of cases where cultivation was abolished and renewed, but the techniques differ, and those ancestors each suffered from different circumstances, injured by external forces, causing substantial loss of cultivation, hence sought new paths, yet the results were often unsatisfactory.