Starting with Hyuga, traversing countless heavens

Ning Que rode back to Chang'an. Mo Shanshan wanted to reunite with the disciples of Mo Chi Yuan, but Hinata Hoshino stopped her, saying, "Come on, there's no need to go back to Mo Chi Yuan yet. I'll take you to read some books."

Ye Hongyu was somewhat dissatisfied, "Mr. Zhang, we had an agreement that only you could go and see it."

"It's alright. Your martial uncle is no match for me. The Fish in the Pond and Bird in the Cage Formation is nothing but an illusion."

Ye Hongyu was speechless. "So what if you have high cultivation?"

"Don't you Xiling also follow this system? If you don't have the cultivation of the Dongxuan Realm, how could the position of Grand Chief of the Judgment Division be yours?"

Ye Hongyu was speechless again. Her desire for power was simply a wish that no one would bully her anymore. The trauma of her childhood still lingered in her heart and could not be dispelled.

Mo Shanshan walked at the front, looking at the scenery along the way with the innocence of a young girl. Ye Hongyu crossed her arms and remained silent, but in her heart she was probably laughing at Mo Shanshan.

After walking for a while, Ye Hongyu realized that they were on the wrong road. It was not the road to Xiling at all, but rather the road to Rehai.

The Master watched Li Manman slowly and deliberately cutting the fish and couldn't help but complain, "Manman, why isn't it ready yet? Are you trying to starve your teacher to death?"

"Please wait a little longer, Master. It will be ready soon."

"Never mind, we don't need you anymore, the chef is here."

As it turned out, Ye Hongyu's feeling was right. The three of them walked until they arrived near the hot sea, where the blue sea and sky were not far away.

"Are these the Master and the Great Master?"

Hinata Hoshino looked at Ye Hongyu, "Good eyesight, they are indeed Master and Li Manman."

"Oh, the chef is here."

The Master stroked his white beard and looked at Hyuga Hoshino with a grin, "Li Manman was starving to death, thank goodness you came."

The master waved his hand, and five peony fish leaped out of the sea. "This is troublesome."

"Kan Character - Frost Blade".

A sharp, icy blade appeared in Hinata Hoshino's hand. Using his telekinesis, he slashed at the peony fish, turning it into sashimi. The icy blade shattered and scattered across the plate, forming a small iceberg model. The sashimi landed on the iceberg model.

Hinata Hoshino waved to Ye Hongyu and Mo Shanshan, inviting them to come and eat fish, "Come on, let's eat fish together."

There were five peony fish in total. Master wanted one for each of them, but Hinata Hoshino took the opportunity to invite the two of them to eat together. He prepared the sauce, and the five of them sat around. Li Manman finished preparing the peony fish in his hand. However, compared to the ice fish sashimi made by Hinata Hoshino, the fish sashimi made by Li Manman seemed a bit meager.

Apart from Hinata Hoshino, everyone else ate the fish sashimi icebergs made by Hinata Hoshino. Hinata Hoshino picked up her chopsticks, took a piece of fish sashimi made by Li Manman, and put it in her mouth.

The Heavenly Book of Brightness represents the truth of the heavens and enlightens human wisdom. Therefore, Li Manman, who has been studying the Heavenly Book of Brightness for many years, has a different view of the world. The key to his understanding is speed and slowness.

The peony fish that Li Manman processed still retained its fresh and delicious taste, as if it had just been cut. "It's amazing, Li Manman's skills are really good."

"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Zhang."

The master smiled helplessly, “Manman’s skills are indeed good, but he’s just too slow. Every time I cook, I feel like he’s trying to starve me. If I had known, I should have called him Li Kuaikuai (Quick Li).”

Hinata Hoshino shook his head. "Fast and slow are mutually reinforcing and harmonious."

"Brother Dao has keen insight. Haste makes waste, but sometimes I am indeed hungry, which is why I have Little Twelve. He cooks quickly."

“Chen Pipi, oh.”

"What are you laughing at, fellow Daoist?"

"An old joke: a big head and a thick neck mean either a tycoon or a cook."

"Hahaha."

Master Fu and Hinata Hoshino laughed heartily, which made Ye Hongyu a little envious. However, from their conversation, she knew that Chen Pipi was doing well.

"Chen Pipipi, how's that chubby kid doing?"

"My twelfth junior brother is doing well. He spends his days either researching recipes or tinkering with small inventions."

Li Manman introduced Chen Pipi's happy life to Ye Hongyu, which made Ye Hongyu's eyes darken again, and the delicious fish sashimi suddenly tasteless.

Li Manman was puzzled. Chen Pipi never mentioned her past life, and her senior brothers and sisters had no idea about it.

Hinata Hoshino leaned closer and chuckled as he looked at Ye Hongyu's somewhat gloomy expression. "It was Ye Hongyu who drove Chen Pipi away back then. She's just envious and jealous, happy for Chen Pipi, and sad for herself."

The Master remained silent. It was unlikely that the events of the Haotian World could be kept from him. He already knew what Ye Hongyu had gone through the moment he saw her.

Here's a lame joke: A real eunuch raped a palace maid, leaving her with a lifelong psychological trauma.

However, Ye Hongyu is a living example. Her silence was deafening to the Master, and it was a foregone conclusion that the Xiling Temple was a den of iniquity.

Xiling is equivalent to a church, and the group of people in Xiling is equivalent to priests. As we all know, Longqing entered Xiling to cultivate when he was very young, which means that the little boy entered the priests' nest.

This era was close to the Tang Dynasty, and some of the more famous figures from the Tang Dynasty were Li Chengqian and Chengxin.

Shaking his head to clear his mind, Hinata Hoshino looked into Ye Hongyu's eyes and said, "Little Yu'er, what does strength mean to you? Since the number one teacher in the world is here, why don't you tell me?"

Ye Hongyu swallowed the fish sashimi in her mouth, or rather, the fish paste. She had been chewing it for too long without realizing it, and the fish meat had turned into fish paste.

"By my definition of power, I mean being able to control one's own destiny."

Upon hearing this, Master Fu gave a wry smile, "Hehe, fellow Daoist, I'm sorry to trouble you to block Haotian's prying eyes for a moment. After she appears, she will have the authority to see what happened."

Hyuga Hoshino shrugged, tossing the Yuzhou Cauldron high into the air, blocking out the inside and outside, creating a world of its own.

“I am already invincible. Even if the gambler returns here, I am confident that I can defeat him. But even with this level of cultivation, I still cannot control my own destiny. Because Haotian is stronger.”

Hinata Hoshino waved his hand, activating the Real Illusion Technique, and a world where illusion and reality overlapped appeared. "Master can unleash a full-force attack here through imagination, and let Little Fish see what it means to be invincible."

After a moment of thought, the Master realized that he couldn't imagine a target big enough. In the blink of an eye, Hinata Hoshino and the others appeared in a virtual universe.

The Master stared blankly at the moon behind the crowd, then turned his head and saw the blue planet before him. "This is the moon?"

"Barring any unforeseen circumstances, this will be Master's final resting place from now on."

"what?"

Li Manman spoke in a trembling voice, finding it hard to accept such a future.

The Master appeared somewhat calm. He had already seen the written records, but he was more concerned about the moon's appearance. The Master unconsciously stroked his cheek.

"Do I have so many cratering spots on my face?"

“No, that’s not it.” Hinata Hoshino shook his index finger. “Let me show you the cause and effect. This is most likely the scene after Haotian was not awakened.”

This is a hypothesis, but that doesn't preclude it from being the truth in some parallel universe.

A massive meteorite struck the blue planet with a deafening roar. A portion of the blue planet was torn away and gradually transformed into a new celestial body, orbiting the blue planet as its most loyal shield.

Countless meteorites flew from the universe, originally destined for the blue planet, but were eventually attracted to the moon. The moon, which was originally smooth, was transformed into a cratered landscape by the impact of the meteorites.

"Hahaha, I see, I see. Illuminating the darkness and protecting all living beings, my life has not been in vain."

Everyone was stunned by the scene before them. Mo Shanshan's eyes shone with a thirst for knowledge. "Brother Xingye, is this the world outside Haotian?"

Hinata Hoshino nodded. "This is indeed a view from beyond the heavens."

Hinata Hoshino took Mo Shanshan to see the moon first, flying close to the lunar surface.

The moon's surface is rugged and uneven, covered with mountains, craters, lunar maria, and other landscapes. Hyuga Hoshino pointed to the ice caps.

"This is the lunar south polar ice cap, one of the largest ice caps on the moon, located near the lunar south pole. Look over there, and you'll see the true face of the world before Haotian awoke."

Mo Shanshan looked at the blue planet. The pale blue atmosphere was filled with white clouds, the deep blue was the ocean, the brown was the land, and the polar regions were covered with white ice and snow.

Ye Hongyu, Li Manman, and Fu Zi followed Hinata Hoshino, listening to Hinata Hoshino's explanation.

"Alright, we've seen enough of the scenery. Master, come out and stretch your muscles."

The Master nodded. "Although I cannot compare to Brother Dao's profound cultivation, I still consider myself to have some shallow cultivation. So, I will make a fool of myself."

The Master raised his hand and struck the moon with a palm strike. The dense human power and mental energy were wrapped around it and struck the moon's core, causing it to suddenly explode.

"boom."

In the stillness of the vacuum, Ye Hongyu, Li Manman, and Mo Shanshan automatically imagined a deafening explosion that resounded throughout the universe.

The moon exploded from within, and the powerful impact directly destroyed the moon's basic structure.

Stars began to appear in Ye Hongyu's eyes. This was the invincible power she had always wanted. She turned her head to look at the blue planet and began to secretly compare the sizes of the two.

Ye Hongyu's final conclusion was that even on a blue planet, this attack would still be a planet-destroying blow.

Hinata Hoshino broke the illusion, and everything returned to reality. It was still a pebble beach by the Atsusei Sea, and everything just now seemed like a dream.

The stark contrast was hard for Ye Hongyu and Mo Shanshan to accept for a while, but Li Manman was a little better. He had gradually come to terms with reality.

Hinata Hoshino and Master Fu started drinking, still using Wuzhiqi's leftover wine, which caused Wuzhiqi to curse loudly.

"Brother Dao, after trying all the wines, yours is still the best."

"This wine has no recipe. It's called Monkey Wine. It was originally brewed by monkeys themselves."

Hinata Hoshino pointed into the void, and a transparent screen appeared. Under several fruit trees, there was a natural stone groove. When the fruit ripened, it fell into the groove, and after a rain, the groove was submerged.

After being exposed to wind and sun for a period of time, the fruit fermented into a natural alcohol. When a monkey drank it, it got drunk and passed out inside the trough. After that, the method of brewing monkey wine began to spread among the monkeys.

The Master stroked his long beard and said, "Perfectly natural, indescribably wonderful."

Chapter 319 Ye Hongyu Wants to Become a Disciple, Ignoring the Pond Fish and Caged Bird

After regaining her senses, Ye Hongyu shook her head and came to her senses. She had the idea of ​​becoming an apprentice. Her thinking was simple: if she relied on her own enlightenment, she didn't know how long it would take to gain such strength.

Why not find a renowned teacher to guide you? Master Fu is the best. Ye Hongyu rose and knelt before Master Fu.

“Master, I know I am not strong enough and unworthy to be your disciple, but I truly crave power. I am willing to make any effort to become stronger. Please do not hesitate to teach me.”

The Master stared intently at Ye Hongyu, whose anger, which she thought she had concealed well, was now laid bare before him.

The Master pointed to Mo Shanshan, who was blowing a windmill with Hinata Hoshino, revealing Ye Hongyu's identity.

"You must be called Ye Hongyu, from Xiling, and you and that little girl are known as the Three Eccentrics of the World. Can you tell me why you pursue power?"

"I want to become stronger! I want to control my own destiny."

Ye Hongyu's face was resolute, her eyes filled with anger but also a hint of hope.

"Xiao Ye, you didn't remember what I just said. Even though I am also under the same heaven, I cannot control my own destiny. Your becoming my disciple is a waste of your time."

“I understand, but Master, you are the closest to being the strongest person who can control their own destiny. Whose footsteps can I follow besides you?”

The Master stroked his long beard. Whose footsteps were these? The Master unconsciously looked at Hyuga Hoshino. Ye Hongyu followed the Master's gaze and saw Hyuga Hoshino playing with Mo Shanshan with a childlike air.

"Can he do it?"

Ye Hongyu tentatively spoke, but the Master smiled without saying a word, as if tacitly agreeing.