Born to Disappear

Chapter 3

The mortal ice lotus.

The flowers can solidify cultivation; the seeds can be a life-saving tonic and the roots can be wrought into artificial bodies. This was a natural treasure that every cultivator would fight for.

Not only were cultivators right, but also demon cultivators.

Cao Ping could only sigh to the luck of this little girl.

Cao Ping looked at the young girl who was now as hiccupped. Both of his eyes were red with rosy round cheeks and pursed lips, reminiscent of Cao Ping on a white rabbit.

Heart softened.

This young girl, Cao Ping was unable to detect spiritual energy from her. This girl should still be a mortal, so the only reason her injuries recovered should be because the girl gave her an ice lotus seed.

'What a kind girl.' he thought.

Hearing Cao Ping question, Hualing nodded once then went back into silence, he was still thinking about his god.

“The name of this old man is Cao Ping, the second peak master of the soaring Cloud sect.”

Hualing's face still looked unhappy. He only nodded briefly, a sign he was listening. This made Cao Ping quite surprised, because no one was unfamiliar with the soaring Cloud sect from the central mainland.

This Qing Long continent was divided into three main landmasses. Northern mainland, southern mainland and central mainland. Among the three main lands were various cultivation sects, both large and small. Among all the sects, the Cloud sect surged in approval as the largest and influential sect in the continent.

Every family would be proud if one of their descendants was able to become a sect disciple, even if it was just an irrelevant outer disciple.

But this young girl remained indifferent even though Cao Ping said she was one of the elders of this great sect, which really amazed him.

Cao Ping : “Thank you for helping this old man. If you have some difficulties, this old man will help if he can.”

Xue Hualing instantly straightened his back, his wide eyes sparkling with joy, “can you take me to the ninth heaven? My gods will be very worried if I don't come back too!”

It turned out that he was the one who managed to be amazed by this young girl.

Cao Ping was speechless, unable to bear how enthusiastic this young girl was. And seeing the star-like twinkle in Hualing's eyes, she somehow felt a little guilty.

He looked at Hualing who was sitting cross-legged facing him, this young girl could not be said to be a beauty that destroyed the country. But his appearance was also not something that was easy to forget. So did what he said. Cao Ping felt very old, never this old in his hundreds of years of life.

It seemed that after this she had to go to the third peak to seek treatment, she felt her ears were a little troubled.

“Ninth sky?” Cao Ping repeated the point he did not understand.

Xue Hualing nodded quickly.

“You from the ninth sky?” Cao Ping looked back at the young girl. He was unable to sense any spiritual energy or immortal aura from it.

Was I helped by a crazy girl?

Xue Hualing nodded again, “I am the servant of the war god Xue Yuan Qing, Xue Hualing!” he introduced himself with pride. Although he was only a servant but his master was a respected god of war in the three realms and the six seas.

‘It seems that I was really saved by a crazy girl.’ Think Cao Ping.

“Small girl, didn't you know that the ninth heaven had collapsed ten thousand years ago?” Cao Ping said carefully. Didn't want this helper to suddenly get hysterical. But his worries seemed useless, Hauling who he thought would hysterically looked speechless. So quiet that it's weird.

The girl's eyes widened, her face showing a stern look of surprise.

Hualing felt his world was silent the moment Cao Ping's voice fell. The words were spinning repeatedly inside his brain. He understood every word this old man said, but once put together into a sentence, he could not understand. His brain was suddenly empty, unable to digest the sentence.

The ninth heaven has collapsed he said?

What about the gods?

How could the ninth heaven collapse while its mighty god was there?

“Collapsed? How can it collapse?” Hualing asked in a choked voice.

The story of the collapse of the ninth heaven, ten thousand years ago had been known to either mortal or cultivator. From fairy tales in teahouses to books in libraries. Everything he said was recorded. But looking at the look on the face of this young girl, she couldn't help but think back, could it be that what this girl said was true?

Could this young girl be one of the immortals who survived the disaster?

“That's impossible! My god is very strong. There is no way dewaku-“ Hualing speaks in a choked voice. He could not continue that taboo word.

His gods are so powerful, there is no way the demons can suppress him to that extent. But its existence in the mortal realm repulsed that belief.

As if he heard something being crushed, his chest again felt tight as if his heart was in tight grip and his eyes were heating up. It seems that everything that concerns her gods can make Hualing emotional.

Tears dripped one after another, turning into sobs then roars. Trying to release all the heavy weight on the chest. The cold air inside the cave was getting colder.

Cao Ping felt guilty. At first he was afraid that this young girl would get hysterical and make a scene, but as soon as he heard her cry out loud like that, his heart melted. He listens, does not try to interrupt; does not comfort.

He did not know how to comfort a crying girl!

Only after a single stick of Hualing incense stopped her crying. He was still as hiccupping with a flushed nose and a face full of tears. Although like that his face was still pleasant to look at, like a beautiful flower after being in the rain. The drops of tears made her even more charming, making Cao Ping feel envious of the youngster.

“Is everything you say true?” ask Hualing between hiccups.

Cao Ping : “You can find it in books or hear it from fairy tales in teahouses.”

Hualing fell silent again and stood up. He had to make sure the old man said. He had to get out of this cave and find out.

Cao Ping : “Wait for little miss! This old man owes you karma and is unable to fulfill your request. So will you follow this old man back to the soaring cloud sect and become this old man's disciple?”

Hualing did not stop his steps or turn his head though, as if he had not heard Cao Ping's words.

“This old man will teach you everything this old man knows. And you can go anywhere to find news about the ninth heaven.” Cao Ping walked quickly and said quickly anyway. If it was true that this little girl was a fallen immortal, then cultivating it well would not be detrimental.

This time though he had managed to break through the stage of breaking apart the void, he would have died from the heavenly lightning if not for this young girl. The karma he endured this time was so great.

Hualing's steps instantly came to a halt, he turned to the old man next to him, “every?”

Cao Ping : “Of course. Although the mortal world did not possess any immortal energy, it did possess spiritual energy. If cultivating diligently, you can go anywhere without worries.”

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Fifty years later.

The soaring cloud sect was the largest sect in the entire Qing Long continent. Located on the central land, Mu Xing mountain.

If in view of Luo city at the foot of the mountain, Mu Xing mountain would seem like the peak of Kun lun in legend. It consists of five peaks that are dominated by green and covered in thick white fog throughout the year, adding to the lasting impression.

The spiritual plaque that read Soaring Cloud Sect was floating at a height with a golden light.

Today is the peak of student elections that are held every ten years. Student selection is done in early spring when flowers bloom and birds chirp.

The selection participants will climb three thousand steps to the top of the mountain within two days, if it passes this time it will be considered a failure.

Something special about this seemingly simple test is the formation found on the stairs that serves to test perseverance and determination. Each candidate would enter a different formation with a different ordeal. If one had embarked on the path of cultivation, one would have to pass through the heart demon to ascend to a higher level. And this formation can dig out the deepest side of a person trapped, the target should be able to defeat the fear in each of his heart.

A young girl who was no more than thirteen years old walked limped up one step after another.His legs trembled and her steps faltered, but her spirit did not also recede. At the top of the stairs, he immediately fell face down with one hand grasping the ground. He groaned looking in pain with his head tightly gripped, making the neatly arranged black hair now look messy.

The pain was only momentary, but it was as if it had passed for a hundred years. And when the discomfort subsided, she lowered her hand from her hair. A smile developed on his lips.

He is Chen Qinyang, has been transmitting.