Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 530 Entering the Spirit Temple

After making up his mind, the Holy Master of Lingguan paced back and forth several times before stopping and saying, "We have two choices. One is to report this matter to the Ancestor and ask him to vouch for us; the other is for the two of us to take the blame. Changsheng has an exceptional talent, so we can try to persuade others to side with us and treat us leniently."

Chen Chong said, "There is another option: if this was my doing and has nothing to do with anyone else, I am willing to accept the punishment."

The Holy Master of Lingguan said irritably, "You know that's impossible. Stop talking nonsense and quickly think about which of these two options is better."

Chen Chong pondered for a moment and said, "Our ancestor has entered his twilight years. Over the years, our Ziwei Star has relied entirely on him to preside over the overall situation, using the great formation to confront the quasi-emperors of other major ancient clans and prevent them from invading Ziwei. I'm afraid it's not good to bother him with such matters."

The Holy Master of Lingguan said, "Yes, the Ancestor has been working tirelessly all these years, but no one has appeared to help or replace him. He is exhausted, both physically and mentally. Otherwise, it would have been more secure if he had stepped in to take the lead."

Chen Chong said, "If you choose the latter, remember to put most of the responsibility on me. This child needs your care, the Holy Land of Spiritual Observation needs your leadership, and perhaps in the future, the position of the Ancestor will need your successor. If I can still do something for the Holy Land and the human race in my current state, then I will be making the most of my abilities."

Seeing the displeasure on the face of the Holy Master of Ling Temple, Chen Chong said, "Senior Brother, you should know that this is the right thing to do."

After a moment of silence, the Holy Master of Lingguan said, "I have a plan. It seems that we need to bring that matter to light ahead of schedule."

Chen Chong asked, "What is it?"

The Holy Master of Lingguan said, "Actually, the Ancestor knew that some people in our Lingguan Holy Land were colluding with the ancient clans, so he ordered me to secretly take in several of the top geniuses he had discovered, hide them, and protect them."

"I only need to include Changsheng in the scope of these people, and this matter will be easily solved."

Chen Chong said, "Is this really true? But those people were personally arranged by the Ancestor, and Changsheng wasn't among them. What if we're exposed..."

The Holy Master of Lingguan said, "With his talent, even if the Ancestor knew, he would approve. However, this would make it harder for others to keep it a secret, and the matter would come to light."

Chen Chong said, "Wouldn't doing this be harming others in the pursuit of immortality?"

The Holy Master of Lingguan said, "No, quite the opposite. Changsheng will become the biggest scapegoat, drawing fire for them. His talent is no less than those chosen by the Ancestor, and may even be stronger. Neither the traitors nor the ancient clans will think that Changsheng is not a seed we have deliberately cultivated."

"Don't worry, junior brother, I already know what to do."

Chen Chong sighed, "Senior brother, you have always been meticulous and trusting. I will trouble you to take care of things this time."

After discussing the matter, Chen Chong turned to Changsheng and said, "Child, now that you have escaped your misfortune, I formally invite you to enter the Lingguan Holy Land for cultivation. What do you say?"

Because the two of them used supernatural powers to conceal their conversation, Changsheng had no idea what they were saying. But judging from the change in his expression, it probably wasn't anything good.

Perhaps even within the Lingguan Holy Land, which has always been regarded as the number one holy land of Ziwei Star, there are undercurrents and it is not as wonderful as rumored. If he were to enter it, it might even cause a lot of trouble.

However, this matter concerned his future path of cultivation, so Changsheng agreed to it after only a brief thought.

Over the years, he has encountered many talented cultivators from various holy lands. Although none of them were qualified to be his opponent, their foundations were indeed extraordinary.

Even if he doesn't need those rare treasures, he still needs a systematic cultivation system to improve his unorthodox cultivation methods.

After deciding to join the Lingguan Holy Land, he obviously could no longer go home whenever he wanted, and would be separated from his parents by the ends of the earth, unlikely to see them again for a while.

But when Changsheng's parents learned that he would not die young and was destined to become a core seed of the Spirit Observation Holy Land, they wept with joy, completely erasing all the negative emotions that had accumulated over the years. They naturally strongly supported Changsheng's decision to go to the Spirit Observation Holy Land to cultivate. After all, this was a true opportunity to soar to great heights.

When Changsheng invited them to come with him, his parents declined and stayed in their hometown. After all, they were just mortals, and it was hard for them to leave their homeland. Moreover, even if they went to the sacred Lingguan, they would find it difficult to integrate.

This was also the most regrettable thing in the future Taiyin Emperor's life, without exception.

Having understood everything, the Holy Master of Spiritual Observation turned back first. After all, his Dharma body hadn't been fully utilized yet, and it would be a great loss to expose it rashly.

Moreover, his early return was also a decision he had already made to share the burden with his junior brother and to handle the matter himself.

The mysterious person's performance was too extraordinary, and even the Holy Master of the Spirit Observation dared not reveal it casually. If it were to incur some serious karmic repercussions, that would be disastrous.

The quasi-emperor ancestor of the Lingguan Holy Land was in increasingly poor condition due to the hawk-taming tactics employed by those covetous ancient clan quasi-emperors, and he did not want to create any complications that would affect the overall situation.

There are actually quite a few forces in Ziwei Star that use Daoist scriptures as their ancient texts, but most of them are incomplete. At least so far, the only one that openly transmits a complete Daoist scripture is the Lingguan Sacred Ground.

However, the transmission of the Daoist scriptures is not limited to one place on Ziwei Star. Since the time of Wuji Tianzun, although the number is small, a very few geniuses have obtained the complete Daoist scriptures through fortuitous encounters.

Therefore, they don't necessarily need to explain the Taoist scriptures on longevity and cultivation.

However, just in case, the Holy Master of Lingguan decided to take it on, saying that Changsheng would only pass on a Daoist scripture to him after each breakthrough of a major realm, which was in accordance with the procedure.

But the Dou Zi Secret is different. In the history of Ziwei Star, very few cultivators outside of the Lingguan Holy Land have been able to obtain the Dou Zi Secret, and not a single one of them has left their name.

For tens of thousands of years prior, no other cultivator had ever obtained the Douzi Secret through any other means.

Therefore, they still need to conceal this secret of the "Fighting" character. That's why the Holy Master of the Spiritual Observation decided to expose the Quasi-Emperor Ancestor's arrangements.

Furthermore, he also wanted to use the attacks Changsheng suffered after his exposure to investigate who was colluding with the ancient clans. This could be considered killing two birds with one stone.

Therefore, before Chen Chong and Changsheng returned, the Holy Master of Lingguan took on the matter.

He and the other Great Sages who challenged him claimed that this Changsheng was a human prodigy whom Chen Chong had secretly recruited on his orders, and that he had only passed on the skill to him after confirming that he was qualified to pass the trial and obtain the Dou Zi Secret.

Although the formal procedures were not followed, it was not a deliberate leak. Changsheng had already been protected by restrictions placed on him and Chen Chong, so the Holy Master of Lingguan attributed this to the necessary actions for concealment and protection.

The Holy Lord of Lingguan said, "Over the years, all the major forces of our human race have been gathering and protecting the many prodigies born in accordance with the times. But you should also know that those ancient races are also secretly trying to kill them."

"How could those ancient races find their targets and strike them so easily? Clearly, someone among our human race was tipping them off."

"Therefore, I ostensibly arranged for Chen Chong to gather the prodigies, but secretly I also mentored other seeds with the highest talent and potential. This longevity was just one of them."

"This matter was personally arranged by the Ancestor. If you are dissatisfied, you are welcome to impeach me to him."

(End of this chapter)