novelraw Chapter 1080 - 590: Hard to Refuse (Part 2)
Chapter 1080 - 590: Hard to Refuse (Part 2)
"Heavenly Heart," these four words sound mundane, yet when one’s cultivation reaches the Immortal Realm, True Immortal Realm, moving forward becomes exceedingly obscure and difficult. The phrase "three thousand Daos lead to the same destination" — do you think it means that everyone will walk the same Immortal Path after reaching a profound realm? That’s incorrect; its true meaning is that cultivation is easy to start with, whether you begin with a human body, demon body, Evil Technique, or Righteous Path, it doesn’t matter. However, the further you go, the narrower the path becomes; the higher the realm, the greater the challenge of overcoming obstacles, and above the Immortal level, it’s almost impossible to move even a step forward!
This is a universal rule, no one can be exempt!
At this time, Cultivation Technique and cultivation level become external objects; what truly needs to be understood is one’s true heart, and what really needs to be observed is the Heavenly Heart! Only at this moment does the dominance of the Xuantian Tao Fruit begin to show. It’s like a graduation exam where the teacher gives an extraordinarily difficult paper, but if you sneak into the office overnight to memorize the answers, the exam the next day will be a breeze, achieving a level where others scratch their heads in frustration, you calmly look up to the sky with ease!
What the Xuantian Tao Fruit stimulates is merely a glimpse of Heavenly will. Only by grasping the intention of the Heavenly Dao, future cultivation, though not necessarily smooth sailing, will at least be more efficient. In comparison, the Nanming Lihuo Sword, no matter how good, is merely an external object, a weapon.
Elder Bian is right. To delay the sales of a mere Divine Artifact for such a strange treasure, what does that matter?
As for the Nine-Revolution Ascending Lotus, although it is also a rare and excellent medicine, it pales in comparison to the Xuantian Tao Fruit, such a Divine Artifact.
Understanding this relationship, others looked at Elder Qi with distaste, including the two elders usually friendly with him. These two thought to themselves, "You old rabbit, standing in the way of two guest requests for no reason, and now pushing away a chance for strange treasure just because you don’t like the seller, are you trying to drag your friends down with you?"
Elder Quan glanced around coldly, the expressions on everyone’s faces were clear to him, making his mind as bright as snow. He coughed lightly and said, "Elder Bian makes sense, I think that such a strange treasure at our doorstep qualifies us to delay the sales of the Nanming Lihuo Sword. Now, according to council rules, please make a decision. Opponents, please raise your hand."
Everyone quietly waited for a while, but in the end, no one opposed, not even Elder Qi, who had been the most vocal against it, remained silent, not reaching out his arms. Everyone was briefly puzzled, then understood, secretly spat in their hearts, "This old fox, truly cunning!"
To stand firm in this business arena, Elder Qi has his tricks. He didn’t object at the moment because in those few seconds he had sorted out the cause and effect: no matter how detached one becomes in cultivation, it’s only because the benefit and temptation aren’t big enough. Faced with such a precious treasure, it was unnecessary to ponder the reactions of other elders. He hadn’t noticed and blocked someone else’s path before, if he didn’t act wisely now, he might be kicked aside by other elders. He clearly saw that even his usually friendly elders showed displeasure due to his earlier obstruction, and now was really not the time to provoke common anger.
The most deadly part was that Ning Xiaoxian had already mentioned that there were only four fruits! Yet there were six members on the elders’ council. Each had a complex web of relationships within a huge Immortal Sect, and the fruit brought back would probably not be for their use but given to some ancient elder within the sect. Being able to bring back such Exotic Fruit means their position in the sect would remain stable despite any challenges; in comparison, the two Heavenly Residence elders who couldn’t secure the Xuantian Tao Fruit might not receive good treatment once their sects found out.
Thus, the final destination for these four fruits would, after being verified as genuine, be brought out to the table immediately. Elder Qi also wanted the Xuantian Tao Fruit! At such a crucial moment, if he opposed again when the fruit was allocated among the Heavenly Residence, it’s obvious that the elders’ council would kick him aside—anyway, you exercised your veto, which means you don’t want it. Since your face shows you don’t want it, why come and share the fruit? Take a hike!
Reducing one competitor is something other elders would certainly wish for; dividing four fruits among five, rather than six, increases success odds by more than a fraction. The benefits are at the forefront, even his two friends aren’t any different. Elder Qi deeply understood this and could only smile bitterly and remain silent.
Thus, regarding the decision to delay the Nanming Lihuo Sword’s auction, the elders’ council unanimously voted with six votes! Heavenly Residence would then proceed to delay the sale of the Nanming Lihuo Sword, and Ning Xiaoxian needn’t worry about this.
Only at this moment did Elder Qi sigh quietly, and he also gained admiration for this young girl from the Hidden Stream. He had already rejected her requests twice and was set to refuse a third time without thought, yet what she offered was such a great temptation he couldn’t refuse nor dare to refuse!
Forget about vetoing; he didn’t even consider angering others now but instead thought about whether he could grab one of the fruits... It truly was an open plot, not afraid he wouldn’t fall for it. Plus, since he had habitually objected before, during the Xuantian Tao Fruit’s final allocation, his position became unfavorable subtly. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)