Inside the hall, Zhou Fuqiu stood calmly, his red coral-white robe immaculate.
He spoke, "Ancestor need not grieve, so people are just blindfolded. Since our Zhou Family could resiliently survive the Demon Beast tides of the North Sea and the great catastrophe of Zhongzhou, what do these storms amount to?"
Above, Zhou Yunshen shook his head and said, "Yet it is a fact that this old man’s lifespan is limited, at most ten more years."
Zhou Fuqiu, usually unflappable even when he killed Zhou Haiye, was utterly shocked at this mont.
"Ten years?"
Zhou Yunshen replied, "Yes, at most ten years. If a friend had not extended my life in the past, I probably wouldn’t even have these ten years."
Zhou Fuqiu opened his mouth, unsure what to say.
Zhou Yunshen, however, was very calm and smiled, "When I am gone, the Zhou Family will no longer have a Nascent Soul True Master to guard it. Fuqiu, what do you think should be done then?"
Zhou Fuqiu imdiately said, "Isn’t the Great Elder in closed-door cultivation, striving for the Nascent Soul Stage? Once he succeeds, he will surely protect the Zhou Family for another five hundred years!"
"He cannot succeed." Zhou Yunshen seed to see through everything and sighed, "Cang’er has one of the worst talents among the second-generation family mbers. Those with better talent either died in the Coral Sea Demon Beasts’ attack back then or perished in the Zhongzhou great catastrophe. He purely relied on resources within the family to reach this point. The Nascent Soul Stage, for him, seems just a step away, but I fear he won’t make it no matter how hard he tries."
Zhou Fuqiu couldn’t have imagined that the ancestor who usually seed to be in control of everything would be so pessimistic.
He thought for a mont, then showed a determined expression, "Ancestor need not worry. Within our family, multiple Golden Core Ascendant Masters can temporarily keep the family safe. Outside the family, there is a group of young talents joining the Tian Nan Dao Palace; given ti, they will surely beco the backbone of our family. Moreover, I am here!"
Zhou Yunshen’s turbid eyes fell upon the young man, silent for a long ti.
Faced with that gaze, Zhou Fuqiu felt a familiar sensation.
Over the years, he occasionally ca to the Coral Hall to seek the ancestor’s guidance on high-order cultivation knowledge, especially the Technique of Sea of Qi Floating Sky.
The ancestor was almost always forthcoming, leaving nothing unsaid.
He even gifted Zhou Fuqiu his famous magic item, the Liu Yin Ruler, from his early years.
Yet, it was rare to see him reveal such a gaze.
Affectionate and cherishing, gratifying and reassuring, the gaze of an elder to a younger, yet inside it lay an indescribable sorrow.
When was the last ti he had such a gaze?
Zhou Fuqiu recalled the first ti he saw the ancestor’s face, yes, it was that ti.
That ti, there was also this indifference.
Now, as the cold indifference dissipated, Zhou Fuqiu found it even harder to bear.
In his ear, a vague sigh echoed.
"If only it were true."
Zhou Fuqiu was puzzled, "Ancestor, what are you saying?"
Whew...
The old man exhaled the turbid qi, forcing a smile.
"Nothing, I just heard you ntion Tian Nan Dao Palace and rembered it is ti for you to go there."
Zhou Fuqiu was caught off guard.
"But..."
"The Zhou Family’s inheritance is too narrow; the longer you stay within the family, the more you waste your talent."
"Tian Nan Dao Palace is a branch of the once strongest Holy Land, Tianyuan Daoist Sect, in the Mountain Sea Realm. Its inheritance and cultivation resources far exceed those of my small Zhou Family, and they must be eager to see you."
"It just so happens that I am tired of being still. This ti, I will personally send you to Tian Nan Dao Palace!"
Zhou Fuqiu clenched his fist, "Fuqiu doesn’t want to leave just yet!"
Zhou Yunshen seed to have seen through him, smiling, "No need to worry about your sister. Since I gave her the Spiritual Root Pill back then, I naturally won’t mistreat her. After you leave, the family will treat her as a core family mber. I will have Third Elder Zhou Shuzhen personally guide her, and all resources will be provided doubly to ensure her successful Foundation Establishnt. Are you relieved now?"
Zhou Fuqiu still wasn’t relieved, or rather, the reason he insisted on staying in the family was to protect his sister.
Faced with this stubbornness, Zhou Yunshen patiently advised.
"She is no longer a child; she is grown-up and able to cultivate. You can’t protect her forever."
"No, I can!"
"But if you don’t go to Tian Nan Dao Palace, they will bla the Zhou Family and possibly implicate your sister. Do you want that to happen?"
"This..."
"Go and cultivate well at the Dao Palace; once you establish yourself, you can bring her over for better guidance. If you achieve success in your realm and beco a prominent figure in Tian Nan Dao Palace or even the entire Daoist Sect, wouldn’t that better protect your sister?"
This ti, Zhou Fuqiu wavered.
Zhou Yunshen did not continue to persuade; he trusted that this intelligent child could figure it out.
Bailu Marsh may be vast, but it is just three thousand miles.
And the entire Immortal Cultivation World, isn’t it more than three thousand miles?
"Go back and think it over; this might be the old man’s last long journey."
...
In the Azure Darkness, a deathly silence enveloped everything.
Suddenly!
A deeply resounding roar echoed, carrying an indomitable and colossal consciousness, crushing the void.
"Roar!"
A massive shadow broke free from all constraints, proudly standing amidst the boundless starry sky.
It was clad in azure scales, its body mottled with nine great sword scars running through it, as if traces left by ti.
On its giant head, there were no conspicuous horns, yet it seed capable of piercing the heavens.
Such a terrifying thousand-zhang body was borne on only one solid leg.
This single foot, as thick and weighty as a heavenly pillar, not only bore the terrifying body but also suppressed the starry sky and the endless Azure Darkness beneath its feet.
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