[END] Will Eternal

Chapter 173: The World!

A Will Eternal – Chapter 173

Chapter 173: The World!

As he was escorted back to the Spirit Stream Sect, Bai Xiaochun maintained his silence. Every now and then he would look over his shoulder towards the cave where Du Lingfei was missing.

Li Qinghou issued orders for the Spirit Stream Sect and clan cultivators to search for Du Lingfei. However, not a single clue appeared. It was as if he had disappeared into the air.

This strange turn of events was taken seriously even by the high echelons of the Spirit Stream Sect leadership.

Due to Du Lingfei's disappearance, Bai Xiaochun lost all joy at having reached the Heaven-Dao Foundation Establishment.

The sect held a grand ceremony, and Bai Xiaochun's name gradually became known throughout the eastern Lower Reach cultivation world. News spread about the fierce battle about the heavenly energy in the Fallen Sword World, and soon, people said that Bai Xiaochun had surpassed the Boundless Master.

However, Bai Xiaochun did not care much about all that.

He received a large and powerful reward from the sect, and when the other disciples looked at him, their eyes shone with respect. Even the main elders and the ancestors looked at him in admiration. However, his heart was filled with disappointment.

During the grand ceremony thrown by the sect, Bai Xiaochun revealed the corpses of the disciples who had lost their lives in the Fallen Sword World. Everything becomes quiet. The peak lords and sect leaders looked on dejectedly, as did the main elders from Mount Daoseed.

After the ceremony was over, many people realized that Bai Xiaochun seemed much calmer than before. It was as if he had forgotten about things like glory and pride. People would often see him alone on Fragrant Cloud Peak, seemingly lost.

He was like a different person, and many of the disciples close to him felt terrible.

The bruiser ran from the northern edge. It seemed that he could feel Bai Xiaochun's dark mood, and just sat down next to him to accompany him.

Big Fatty Zhang came several times, but was never sure what to say, and just sat there sighing. Hou Yunfei also visited to accompany him.

Hou Xiaomei came to comfort him, as if reminding him that even though Du Lingfei left, he was still there.

"Big brother Xiaochun, I will not be lost …."

Xu Baocai came up with many rumors. For example, Gongsun Wan’er had disappeared, but her soul light had not been extinguished. His brother Gongsun Yun went crazy looking for him, but was unable to find him.

Xu Baocai had spoken with all the returning disciples of the three Founding Lands of the Holy Land, and had gathered all the information into a comprehensive report. He also had information about all the Chosen from the other sects.

"Secte Uncle Bai, you might not have heard that while you were in the World of the Fallen Sword, a Chosen One suddenly rose up in the Primordial Spirit Hollow. He was an outstanding disciple of the Pill Stream Sect!

"His name was Lin Mu, and he turned out to be really a dark horse in the competition. The ‘Mu’ character in his name is the same character from the word ‘makam’! He had actually mastered the most powerful Pill Stream Sect grand magic, the Ancient Daoseed Medicinal Spell! Only then did many Pill Stream Sect disciples realize that he was secretly planting Daoseed within it. Finally, he achieved the Earthstring Foundation Establishment with eight Tide currents!

"In the Pocket Realm of Hell Lone, the other Chosen One surprisingly rose. His name is second only to you, Sect Uncle Bai. He was from the Blood Stream Sect, and wore a mask with plum blossoms on it. He actually stepped on everyone in the Holy Land, and became the second person of the Bloodstream Sect after the Limitless Master to reach the peak of the Earthstring Foundation Establishment, nine Tideflows! He slaughtered countless other disciples. Really brutal. They called him Devilwitch Xuemei! [1. You may recall that Song Que of the Bloodstream Sect mentioned Xuemei in chapter 161. Its name literally means "blood plum"]

“Now that I think about it, it seems like something very strange is happening in the Foundation of the Establishment of the Holy Land. Black horses appear everywhere! Although, you are definitely the most shocking dark horse, Sect Uncle Bai, and the strongest among all of them. You reached the Heaven-Dao Foundation Establishment!

"This time, the Spirit Stream Sect really took the glory!

"Oh, by the way, before Ghostfang went into secluded meditation, he took his inheritance in the Darktunnel Ancestor, and twenty inheritance shafts lit up! The entire sect was thrown into an uproar! " Thanks to Xu Baocai's detailed information, Bai Xiaochun gradually came to know about everything that had happened in the Lone Hell Pocket Realm and Arcane Spirit Hollow.

Although there were no events in the other two Holy Lands as brutal as the Fallen Sword World, there were still many deaths and casualties.

In addition to the information about the other sects, Xu Baocai also told him about the other Spirit Stream Sect disciples from the other two Holy Lands. Zhou Xinqi, Lu Tianlei, Gongsun Yun, Xu Song, and a few other disciples had all reached the Earthstring Foundation Establishment. However, none of them gained more than six Tide currents. After returning, they were all assigned to various positions in the sect, then went to secluded meditation to fight towards the Echelon Legacy.

According to Xu Baocai, Ghostfang and Shangguan Tianyou also chose to do secluded meditation. Furthermore, Beihan Lie became more famous and important in this sect. As for Hou Yunfei, he had been accepted as an apprentice by one of the main elders.

Everyone has their own good fortune. As for the disciples from the northern and southern banks who had received help from Bai Xiaochun to reach the Earthstring Foundation Establishment, none of them were considered apprentices by the main elders. However, all of them were promoted, becoming elders leading the affairs of the sect.

The number of disciples who reached the Earthstring Foundation Establishment of the Spirit Stream Sect was far more than those from other sects, giving them more power and influence in that cultivation stage.

As for Bai Xiaochun, since he had reached the Establishment of the Heaven-Dao Foundation, he was named the Echelon-designate Legacy.

However, he did not get much feeling from it. He had a hard time withdrawing from his depression. Time pass. Half a month later, Sect Leader Zheng Yuandong walked into Bai Xiaochun's pitiful immortal cave and sat in front of him.

He also recalled that the night he went missing, he was the one who suggested rest, after which he slept through the night.

All of that told him that, most likely, Du Lingfei had left of his own accord.

As for why he left, he felt there were some secret reasons for that. In the end, he did not want to think too much about the matter; he already had some conjectures about what was going on.

Zheng Yuandong did not elaborate further on the spy. There were some things that only needed to be mentioned to Bai Xiaochun. Talking about it too much may not be a good thing.

He was quite certain Bai Xiaochun understood the implications behind his words.

After a long silence, Zheng Yuandong changed the subject, and in doing so, unwittingly touched something that had become a sensitive subject to Bai Xiaochun due to the events of the past few weeks.

"Bai Xiaochun, do you know why the Luochen Clan turned into a traitor ?!"

Due to what happened with Du Lingfei, and Bai Xiaochun's unwillingness to ponder over the matter, the events regarding the Luochen Clan had become somewhat vague. However, after hearing Zheng Yuandong's words, he looked up. Although he did not want to think about Du Lingfei right now, the deadly incident with the Luochen Clan was something that he would never be able to forget.

Unknowingly, he grabbed and rubbed the spot on his arm where the tip of his jagged broken arm bone was sticking out of the flesh. His injuries had long since healed, but every time he touched the place, he thought about how he stabbed Crown Prince Chen Heng in the neck with his own shattered bones.

Originally, it seemed like the Luochen Clan had turned into traitors because they wanted to break free from the control of the Spirit Stream Sect. They had even gone to great lengths to kill humans in order to reverse their own blood flow for that purpose. However, there are several layers to the events that have taken place. Without something more motivating them, they would never do such a thing. After all, while the eastern Lower Reaches was a vast place, in some ways, it was a very small world.

After betraying the Spirit Stream Sect, the Luochen Clan would have a very difficult time surviving, even if they managed to reverse their bloodline.

Bai Xiaochun had pondered over the matter in the past, but the sect was actively suppressing information about the incident, basically sweeping the news under the rug.

However, Bai Xiaochun was a devout person, and had recorded the frequency with which the sect sent the Foundation Builder cultivators outside. Obviously, something bigger is happening. Given the previous speculation, the fact that Zheng Yuandong brought up the matter was now a little shocking. [1. It was hinted in chapter 64 that the sect suppressed information about the Luochen Clan incident. The activities of the Foundation Establishment cultivators were also touched upon]

"You are a Heaven-Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator now, and also the heritage echelon designation. You are the pride and excitement of the sect, and as such, you are qualified to know certain secrets that ordinary disciples are unaware of. I've got four important questions to ask you. " Zheng Yuandong's serious expression caused the atmosphere in the immortal cave to instantly turn serious.

"First of all, are you aware of the nature of the world in which we live?" As he said those words, Zheng Yuandong's eyes seemed to focus on something far in the distance, and even his voice trembled slightly.

Bai Xiaochun shivered. He understood quite a bit about the world thanks to his own research in the ancient records of the sect. However, even that explanation was not very clear.

"The world in which we live is huge" Zheng Yuandong continued. “In the middle of it, there was a vast ocean, which was golden in color, and was filled with enormous waves. According to legend, there was an island in the middle of the sea, which was the location of a passageway that stretched the gap between heaven and earth.

“That's why the sea is called the Heavenspan Sea. Furthermore, this world we live in is called the Heavenspan Realm, or sometimes, the land of Heavenspan! Over the years, countless creatures have attempted to cross the sea and set foot on the island. Unfortunately, nothing ever works.

“There are four major rivers connected to the Heavenspan Sea. They stretch east, west, south and north. It is difficult to say whether the river existed because of the sea, or vice versa. After all, the four rivers were known as the Heavenspan Rivers east, north, south, and west.

"The "four great rivers connected to the sea are known as the Upper Reach. Each of them eventually split into four small branches known as the Middle Reach. Further down, the branches were also divided into four smaller branches, known as Lower Reach.

“Beyond that, the branches split into even smaller branches, which is the delta area.

“Heavenspan Sea and various rivers like trees. That is the nature of the world in which we live. ” Zheng Yuandong looked at Bai Xiaochun, his eyes shining with a sharp light.

Bai Xiaochun took a deep breath. Zheng Yuandong's words fell in his mind like thunder. Slowly, his old understanding of the world shattered and dispersed, to be replaced by a new version that Zheng Yuandong had just described.

"second. Do you know why the four most powerful sects in the eastern Lower Reaches have the word ‘stream’ in their name? Spirit Stream Sect, Blood Flow Sect, Profound Flow Sect, Pill Flow Sect! ” Zheng Yuandong smiled faintly as he recalled the first time he was told about the world. He was as shaken as Bai Xiaochun was now.

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