Great Love for All Heavens Begins with Huang Yaoshi

Chapter 136 It's truly a case of your injury hurting my heart!
A year and a half later, Ruoshui lived abroad.

Under the old peach tree, Zhuang Buran lay lazily on the chair, just like before.

At this moment, You Ruo leaped out of the peach grove and sat opposite the white-haired man in black robes. She calmly poured herself a cup of peach blossom wine and began to speak:
"Father, Emperor Shitian has already gathered seven people. In addition to Senior Brother Yun, Junior Brother Feng, and Senior Wuming, Duan Lang, who has been missing for a long time, has already joined Tianmen. He is also one of the candidates to slay the dragon."

"The others are Huai Kong, the successor of the Iron Gate, Huang Ying, the Japanese swordsman, and Po Jun, the successor of the Sword Sect, who is also the junior brother of the Nameless Senior."

"Two months from now will be the day of Jingrui. He probably plans to set sail for Shenlong Island a few days in advance. I plan for him to go ahead and sneak into Shenlong Island with Senior Brother Shuang to observe the situation."

"The 'Water Vanishing' technique and the methods of invisibility and stealth from the 'Book of Oblivion' could allow you and Shuang'er to easily infiltrate Dragon Island," Zhuang Buran nodded.

"Father, this is the map of Tianmen you requested. Senior Brother Feng asked me to bring it." You Ruo took out a roll of sheepskin from her sleeve, placed it on the table, and looked curious.

"You wouldn't be so restless as to decide to leave Ruoshui Residence and take a trip to Tianmen?"

"Since the Heavenly Master Indra has learned from all schools of thought, he must have mastered all the martial arts in the world. Since we're just idling around anyway, we might as well take advantage of the auspicious day when the Heavenly Gate is empty and go see his thousand-year-old collection."

Zhuang Bu Ran smiled and said:

"This is because I have retired from the martial world and cannot bear to kill. In order to avoid committing a blood feud, I have no choice but to choose an auspicious day."

You Ruo couldn't help but chuckle and said:

"Father, do you know what message the nameless senior asked me to convey to you?"

"Tell me about it," the white-haired man in black robes said, raising an eyebrow slightly.

You Ruo coughed lightly:
"Having a close friend like you is his greatest blessing."

"Hehe, it seems that Indra said something to him." Zhuang Buran smiled slightly.

"I should have told Di Shitian again that after the dragon-slaying was successful, we should immediately cripple Brother Wuming's martial arts, otherwise he would definitely retaliate."

Upon hearing this, You Ruo couldn't help but laugh out loud. She understood that a certain martial arts legend would probably never escape the fate of having his skills crippled, simply because he was the one who loved to cripple others' skills.

Two months later, on the day of the auspicious omen.

Zhuang Buran walked unhurriedly through the enormous ice cave filled with icicles and bone-chilling cold.

The surrounding area is dominated by ice sculptures, and the further you go in, the colder it gets, with ice pillars and ice crystal waterfalls everywhere.

Many of the people stationed in the ice cave ignored the white-haired, black-robed man, as if they hadn't seen him at all.

Zhuang Buran admired the various bizarre ice sculptures in the ice cave with delight, thinking to himself:
"Indeed, anyone who wants to survive in the Heavenly Gate for a long time must have an inexhaustible internal energy, otherwise they will surely freeze to death here. It's like an enlarged version of a cold jade bed."

Before long, the white-haired man in black robes entered a pavilion and saw a dazzling array of martial arts manuals.

After wandering around for a while, I discovered that in addition to martial arts manuals, there were also esoteric arts, magic techniques, and even miscellaneous knowledge such as medicine.

"Severing Meridian Sword Qi, Tathagata Palm, Peerless Sword Technique, Dragon Subduing Divine Leg, Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, Iron Refining Hand, Blood Returning Hand, Snow Blood Claw, Fire and Thunder Qi, Five Thunder Transformation Hand."

The white-haired man in black robes strolled by, sighing softly:
"Indeed, a disciple of the immortals with a collecting obsession. He even has my family's secret techniques, such as the Heavenly Frost Fist, Cloud Dispelling Palm, and Wind God Leg. He also has the Heaven Shifting Divine Technique and the World Destroying Demon Body."

"It's a pity we only dug up these guys who have lived for hundreds of years. We didn't find any beings that are even older and more immortal!"

He casually flipped through the "Six Great Demonic Crossings" contained in "The Divine Technique of Shifting Heaven" and "The Demonic Body of Annihilation," and saw that although both were techniques that could grant longevity, they could not achieve immortality. Moreover, the head-swapping and body-snatching at the end of the two were more like hypnosis.

But then again, a person's existence is composed of memories and experiences, so it's not an exaggeration to say that they have achieved immortality; it all depends on how one understands it.

But Zhuang Buran found the two techniques for repairing damage and making the body immortal to be more interesting.

They discovered that Indra's 'Seven Absolute Realms' must have absorbed the essence of these two techniques. Two days later.

Tianmen, inside an ice chamber.

After Emperor Shitian exerted his energy on the nameless man lying on the couch, the man, who had been completely lifeless, regained his heartbeat and slowly woke up.

"Fortunately, you possess my unparalleled divine skill, otherwise you would already be a dead man." Emperor Shitian seemed puzzled:

“Nameless, why are you so stubborn? After you agreed to help me slay the dragon, I released your disciple. I was planning to spare the lives of the major righteous sects after the dragon was killed.”

"And yet you, after Shenlong died, turned against him along with Fengyun. We thought Xiongba was the mastermind behind it all, but it turns out it was his daughter."

He sighed:
"Do you even understand that we are on the same side, while Xiong Ba is the most ferocious being in the world?"

"Based on my nearly two thousand years of experience, I have long seen that beneath his casual and nonchalant appearance lies an indifference colder than even the void of my celestial realm."

"It is a kind of cold-heartedness that can remain unmoved even when the world is completely dead and one's own daughter and disciple have died tragically."

The nameless man spoke weakly and listlessly:
"At least Xiong Ba's indifferent nature will not harm innocent people."

"Has he committed too few atrocities?" Indra shook his head:

"I understand his thoughts very well. He just hasn't found anything that interests him yet. If one day it sparks his interest..."

"Believe it or not, even if he were to kill so many people that nine out of ten households in the world would be wiped out, he wouldn't even blink an eye."

The nameless man spoke with a firm tone:

"Perhaps the former leader of the World Society, who once dominated the martial arts world, would have this kind of temperament, but the Peach Blossom Hermit, who is now living in seclusion at Ruoshui Residence, would definitely not have this kind of temperament."

"What a stubborn and naive junior. No wonder he was willing to sacrifice himself to stop me from seizing the Dragon Essence." Di Shitian curled his lip.
"But it was all in vain. Although the Dragon Essence was broken into seven pieces, I still managed to snatch two of them."

"You saved my life, but what are your true intentions?" Wuming asked.

"In the end, they still value talent and couldn't bear to see a martial arts legend die like this." Di Shitian laughed heartily.
"Of course, the main reason is that I am your ancestor, and I really don't want to see my descendants die in front of me."

"What did you say?" Wuming asked in astonishment.

"Over the centuries, my descendants have spread throughout the world, but I have long lost interest in their fates and survival. Occasionally, however, a few exceptional individuals may catch my attention."

"Therefore, I specially made a family tree. Your ancestor was the son I had with a woman five hundred years ago. I just didn't expect that my most ordinary son would have such a decent descendant as you after hundreds of years of growth."

“Nonsense.” Wuming uttered four words.

"Whether you believe it or not, you have my blood in your veins. Otherwise, why would I be so patient with you again and again?"

"Isn't it because people aren't related by blood?"

After saying this, Indra walked out of the ice chamber with a smile.

A moment later, a voice tinged with laughter drifted into the ice chamber, startling Wuming, who was lying on the couch, unwilling to give up and trying to save himself.

"What a strange person! I never expected that Brother Wuming would have this connection with Emperor Shitian."

Suddenly, a white-haired man in black robes appeared beside Wuming. He looked him over and said:
"Tsk tsk, not only is your power completely gone, but the meridians in your limbs are also severed. It's as if your injury is my pain!"

(End of this chapter)