When I read ancient texts, I had doubts. At first, I thought it was due to favoring the past over the present, or that the current spiritual energy concentration and environmental conditions were inferior to those of several hundred years ago.
This led to the decline and regression of the martial world.
Each generation worse than the last.
I never imagined that there were forces deliberately controlling it.
But by doing so, aren't they afraid that a genius from the foreign wilderness will break through to the Celestial level and counterattack the Nine Provinces Continent?
During this period, Ding Yun had been flipping through the historical records in the Sutra Pavilion whenever she had free time. She had also noticed that the current martial world was far inferior to that of several hundred years ago. However, since the decline of the martial world was a natural occurrence, as it happens in many worlds, she hadn't given it much deep thought.
It wasn't until she heard what True Person Fei He said now that she finally understood, and was extremely surprised that the imperial court and the three great sects, in order to maintain their rule, had suppressed geniuses within their borders. Their actions were tantamount to directly forcing the development of martial arts civilization to regress through official and strong-arm tactics.
They were practically sinners against the entire nation and civilization.
They are afraid, they are indeed afraid. That's why they not only target us but also have specialized measures against foreign countries.
In recent years, there haven't been any wars, nor have there been any large-scale conflicts in the martial arts world. Yet, both the imperial court and the three top sects still recruit soldiers or disciples every year. Isn't this just to supplement the losses and fill the gaps in manpower?
We recruit disciples once every five years. We have to wait until the previous batch of disciples is trained and has entered the sect before recruiting the next batch. Other sects recruit at most once every three years.
Only the three top sects recruit new disciples every year.
On the surface, they claim that their disciples fight demons and protect the people, contributing to the nation and its citizens, resulting in heavy casualties. In reality, it's merely because of their private interests that they are assigned to carry out dangerous assassination missions, leading to such high casualties.
And most of those who die are commoner disciples.
Speaking of this, True Person Fei He paused and continued, "Because they have invested a large amount of funds and manpower in this area, there have been no loopholes over the years. Most importantly, even hundreds of years ago, breaking through to the Celestial realm was not easy. Moreover, whether breaking through to the Innate realm or the Grandmaster realm, the anomalies are not small, which makes it easy for them to track the whereabouts of all Grandmasters.
Once they discover someone who breaks through to Grandmaster earlier than others.
Then they might resort to deadly force.
Anyone who breaks through to Grandmaster before the age of forty is certainly doomed.
Many people are aware of these matters but are powerless to resist, so they can only urge their talented disciples to conceal their abilities.
Innate Grandmasters can break through earlier, but the Grandmaster realm absolutely cannot be broken through prematurely. Many people, by the age of forty or fifty, are confident they can break through to the Grandmaster realm, but out of fear of assassination by the three top sects and the imperial court, they can only delay it, dragging it on until their seventies or eighties, when their vitality begins to wane, before daring to break through.
Grandmasters who break through at this age, without any fortuitous encounters, can basically never reach the Celestial realm.
Furthermore, breaking through to Grandmaster with declining vitality offers a very limited increase in lifespan, only living an extra ten to twenty years compared to ordinary Innate Grandmasters. At the same time, the decline of vitality is still there. It is precisely because of these factors that
The three top sects and the imperial court.
Allow these Grandmasters to survive.
This has almost formed an unwritten rule that is generally acknowledged but no one dares to resist.
Those who want to resist, those who want to break through early.
Have all been assassinated!
The reason I'm telling you this is mainly because I'm worried that the three great sects and the imperial court might not be deterred by the fact that you are a Celestial. In fact, they might go to any lengths to eliminate you, this hidden threat.
If I'm not mistaken, the three great sects and the imperial court should have hidden Celestial experts, but they are all quite old and likely don't have many years left.
Yet, you are still very young, enough to outlive them.
Your existence, to them, is essentially equivalent to the destruction of over two hundred years of effort.
At this point, they only have two choices: either find ways to make you obey their commands, or control you through some means, or they will try to kill you.
There is no other possibility besides these two.
Although their hidden Celestial experts have likely entered a state of declining vitality, if they fight desperately, you alone might not be their match. Therefore, you should go into hiding.
Take our sect's seed disciples and talented disciples and hide. Our sect has several unknown islands overseas. As long as you take the most gifted young disciples of the sect and hide on the island for fifty years.
The Celestial experts of the three great sects and the imperial court.
Should die of old age.
Then you can return and rebuild the Yu Hua Sect.
That's right, True Person Fei He wasn't happy at all that Ding Yun revealed herself to be that Celestial expert. In fact, he was somewhat worried that the sect might face annihilation. He hoped that Ding Yun would take the most promising disciples of the sect and hide first, so that they could make a comeback later.
After all, he genuinely didn't believe that Ding Yun, who had just broken through to the Celestial realm, could be a match for those old demons who had broken through to the Celestial realm nearly two hundred years ago. Although those old demons might not fight Ding Yun to the death due to their fear of death, he dared not gamble on that slim chance.
It's better to be careful, cautious, and to lay low.
Than to truly encounter trouble and be annihilated.
So, Sect Leader Brother, are you saying that I should completely abandon your lives? I cannot do that.
And don't be too pessimistic.
My strength is still quite good...
Saying this, Ding Yun saw from True Person Fei He's expression that he didn't believe her. The gap between the Innate realm and the Celestial realm was too vast.
To her Sect Leader Brother, there should be little difference between a newly entered Celestial and a perfected Celestial.
Both are invincible, an absolute crushing power.
So Ding Yun immediately stopped describing how powerful she was and instead asked, "Uh, how about this.
Then, what if, our Yu Hua Sect had not just one Celestial, but two or three, or even four or five Celestials? Would it be possible that we wouldn't need to hide?"
"What, what do you mean by that?"
Upon hearing Ding Yun's sudden statement, True Person Fei He was stunned for a moment, but then he seemed to understand the specific meaning of Ding Yun's words. The next moment, he became extremely excited, even his speech trembled slightly.
"Wait... are you saying...
That you can refine pills that allow people to become Celestials in batches, just like refining Innate Golden Elixirs? This... how is this possible? Oh, right, you only broke through to Innate not long ago. Even with a fortuitous encounter, your breakthrough speed wouldn't be this fast. So, did you break through by eating pills?
My heavens, my heavens, my heavens!
Am I right or wrong in my guess?
Junior Sister, quickly tell me if my guess is correct.
Do you really have this ability!"