Gu Daoist Master

Chapter 567: The comprehension of life since long ago (Double Chapter)

Translator: ChibiGeneral Editor: ChibiGeneral

The corners of Fang Yuan’s lips curled up into a smile as he read the ink text on the sides of the bowl.

This calamity beckoning Gu was a rank seven Immortal Gu, a rank higher than Fang Yuan’s Spring Autumn Cicada. Its ability was extremely strange, actually involving the matter of earthly calamities and heavenly tribulations.

The middle section of the ink text explained its ability in detail. When a Gu Immortal goes through calamity and invokes disaster, calamity beckoning Gu could detach the earthly calamity and heavenly tribulation from the original target, and draw them to oneself.

Fang Yuan’s expression could not help but become strange.

Such an Immortal Gu, who would dare to use it?

What terrifying and destructive strength did earthly calamities and heavenly tribulations have, how terrifying was its heavenly power? Instead of spending one’s days to their heart’s content, using calamity beckoning Gu to attract these earthly calamities and heavenly tribulations, wasn’t this seeking one’s own doom?

Gu Immortal Mo Yao was the thirty-sixth generation fairy of the grand Spirit Affinity House, why would she refine an Immortal Gu like this?

The last section of the ink text provided the reason.

It turned out she was really courting death!

Back then when she and Bo Qing were deeply in love, they were a famous couple of the righteous path and a romantic tale of their story spread throughout the five regions.

Sword Immortal Bo Qing had outstanding talent with no opponents that matched him in the whole world; he was well known as ‘the pseudo-Immortal Venerable who split the five regions with his sword, it was fortunate for the people in the world that love changed him’.

Even in the whole wide world, looking at his entire life, the only thing in front of him was the one supreme goal of breaking through to rank nine.

However, challenging the rank nine barrier was extremely dangerous, even the grand Sword Immortal had a feeling that he was walking on thin ice and only had a fifteen percent chance of success at most.

Bo Qing’s ambition was lofty, vowing to reach the apex that was rank nine. Mo Yao persuaded him in vain, and as such, she could only tearfully make preparations to assist him.

Bo Qing set up his inheritances and arranged for future events. His first attempt of breaking through failed; he was left in a state of heavy injuries for seventy years, bedridden the whole time without being able to even budge, his everyday life was all taken care of by Mo Yao.

After his injuries got better, Bo Qing once again desired to break through to rank nine.

Mo Yao knew the difficulty level of this, especially during the final trial of breaking through to rank nine when limitless earthly calamities and heavenly tribulations would descend. Bo Qing might have terrifying battle strength but he lacked the sustainability to endure through the trial.

To help her husband, she secretly betrayed her sect and started to make plans towards Eighty-Eight True Yang Building.

Eighty-Eight True Yang Building was the famous setup created by an Immortal Venerable and the skillful Long Hair Ancestor, the number one Immortal Gu house in the world. Mo Yao had already started her research on it a long time ago and had gained much insight from it which helped her to deepen her grandmaster refinement path attainment.

She might be a variant human and did not have Giant Sun’s bloodline, but Spirit Affinity House had provided many outstanding girls to Giant Sun to become his concubines during his time. Among them, several female Gu Immortals had gained Giant Sun Immortal Venerable’s favor.

Thus, Spirit Affinity House was able to obtain many secrets of Giant Sun Immortal Venerable which included detailed information on Eighty-Eight True Yang Building.

Mo Yao was able to learn of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building’s secret from these resources.

Imperial Court blessed land was situated at the exact center of northern plains, the space inside was as vast as a world and the time was separated into day and night as well, the good fortune in Eighty-Eight True Yang Building was extremely deep. Thus, at every set interval of time, it would attract extremely powerful earthly calamities and heavenly tribulations.

Giant Sun Immortal Venerable considered this point and placed a ‘divert disaster Gu’ when setting up Eighty-Eight True Yang Building which was an important cornerstone of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building.

This Gu was a rank seven Immortal Gu and was one of the essence of Giant Sun Immortal Venerable’s luck path; it could divert the earthly calamities and heavenly tribulations in Imperial Court blessed land to the outside world. Because of this, the earthly calamities and heavenly tribulations formed into the ten year blizzard disaster that spread over the entire northern plains.

Conversely, Giant Sun Immortal Venerable used this ten year blizzard disaster to set up a rule which formed into the tradition of the Imperial Court contest.

Mo Yao discovered a loophole that was not strictly a loophole in this point.

Originally, Imperial Court blessed land co-existed with Eighty-Eight True Yang Building in symbiosis, and as such, every ten years, there would be vast and powerful earthly calamities and heavenly tribulations. At this time, Imperial Court blessed land would open up a small crack in accordance to divert disaster Gu, to send out the earthly calamities and heavenly tribulations.

Imperial Court blessed land was set by Giant Sun Immortal Venerable to only allow mortals to enter or exit and did not allow the entry of Gu Immortals. But at the time when it had to divert disaster, there would be a hidden crack in Imperial Court blessed land from which the calamities and tribulations would rush out like a flood, and at this time the setup that prevents Gu Immortals from entering would be ineffective.

Mo Yao used this small crack and risked her very life in going against the calamities and tribulations to enter Imperial Court blessed land.

She spent close to ten years investigating inside the blessed land and after suffering countless hardships, she was able to find the crucial node through her grandmaster refinement path attainment -—it was the small tower at Di Qiu area.

Next, she risked the danger of awakening Giant Sun’s will and destroyed this small tower, using the backward flow of the heavenly power to sense divert disaster Gu and create a cave that would foster ‘calamity beckoning Gu’.

After she succeeded in refining the early stage of the Immortal Gu, she set up the Immortal Gu house Water Pavilion in this nameless valley.

Inside the pavilion, Mo Yao completely nurtured the early stage Immortal Gu to its completed form and brought the calamity beckoning Gu outside secretly using the chance when the blessed land was diverting disaster.

She did not destroy all these arrangements just in case of any accidents. If Bo Qing failed in his breakthrough again and calamity beckoning Gu was also destroyed in earthly calamities and heavenly tribulations, then she would have to enter the blessed land again to refine calamity beckoning Gu.

However, she never returned after this.

Sword Immortal Bo Qing’s second attempt at breaking through to rank nine failed completely and he was turned into ashes by the vast heavenly tribulations. As for Mo Yao, she perished alongside him.

“So it was like that. Breaking through to rank nine involves numerous difficulties and dangers. Mo Yao set up this inheritance secretly beforehand but did not explain the true content of the inheritance; it was because this action was betraying the sect. But she still left the preceding clues for the sect in the end. In my previous life, central continent’s Gu Immortals schemed against Imperial Court blessed land and destroyed Eighty-Eight True Yang Building by using the clues she had left behind.” As Fang Yuan recalled now, he immediately had a feeling of the fog dispersing in his mind and everything had gotten an explanation.

There was a poem left at the ending of the ink text —

The long immortal path is filled with obstacles; encounters occur at faraway places.

Too long has passed, emotions and hatred have already lasted for a long time.

My lord thinks about the apex of immortality, while I think of his safety.

Life and death are separated, I will support my lord’s dreams.

clearly

Gu Immortal is long and filled with

hatred tangled, and I was unable to

focused on the limit of the immortal path, while my gaze was on my

separated with him by life and death, so all I could do was to help my lord realize his dream in my own

to the peak of a Gu Immortal, Mo Yao was willing to sacrifice herself, using calamity beckoning Gu to draw the earthly calamities and heavenly

woman…”

absolute not make such a sacrifice because of love,

the extent where his understanding

desires, they

goal was her lover. Fang Yuan’s goal was

different goals and different meanings forged all kinds of lives in this huge world to create heroes that had

towards the

already completely formed. Its shape was like a silkworm cocoon with a grey body and the size of a

sacrifice Gu and was used to abandon

Gu seemed to have no use to Fang Yuan,

Gu. Even if he did not use it, he

a luck path Gu that was able to attract earthly calamities and heavenly tribulations. Calamities and tribulations were powerful, but as long as one was strong and tough enough, then they could use it

divert disaster Gu could be said to be two sides of the same coin; one attracted calamities while the other diverted disaster. This connection would provide huge assistance to Fang Yuan’s plans in

a connection to it in his heart, there was a condition before Fang Yuan could

detail in the ink text on

beckoning Gu. It did not matter whether it

they did not have the heart to sacrifice themselves and forcibly tried to subdue calamity beckoning Gu, in the best case, it would lead to a backlash from the Immortal Gu; and in the most serious case, the Immortal Gu would self-destruct

Pavilion, Fang Yuan stood in front of the giant bowl,

self sacrifice, did he have it?

with a handkerchief,

Tang tribe’s third young master Tang Fang

back in bed; she waved her hand

you risk your life? What good is there in passing this round? Father and the others have already passed

lacking in ambition. Our Tang tribe had suffered heavily in this Imperial Court

way through the round, the gains do not make up for the losses. I have been very distressed because of

expression turned solemn and she stared at

you, how could you still have the sentiments of a child? Reviving the tribe is your duty, it is the meaning of being the leader of a tribe. From now on, I do not want to hear you complain like this ever again, do you

and lowered his head to admit his mistake with an ashamed expression. His

without any restraints. But you are the last man in our family, you should be brave enough to assume

Don’t get angry big

Ming said in a solemn tone: “After returning, copy the first section

heart was immediately

punishment to

sister, take a good rest, I will go copy it

three, first section

Ancient Moon climbed Cheng Bai mountain and searched for success Gu to rescue her father

lost her

son Verdant Great Sun still addicted and dejected, Ren Zu was trapped in

twisted and turned. Occasionally, boundless bewilderment fog would spread and cause the

to find the way out of the bewilderment fog. His soul was cut down by Luo Po wind, becoming weaker and weaker, and the situation turned even more

fragments cut down by Luo Po wind started to converge gradually and turned into

this, Ren Zu’s third son

Northern

you for your company. I do not have much time left, having you to accompany me in my final days, father

speak much, he was very filial to Ren Zu. And as he looked at

to rescue

both happiness and heartache: “Don’t be worried my son, I know of your filial heart, I now understand that life and death cannot be forced. Humans will

“Father, I know your words are right. I also know my efforts might be in vain. But looking at you growing weaker like this, if I do not make an effort, my heart will feel even

and could only

Po valley; he was born here, as such, Luo Po wind could not cut down his

bitterly but could not

was becoming more desperate, he came

I would be discovered by you.” This Gu was like a ladybug with a chubby spherical body, but it was extremely agile

as he asked in curiosity: “What Gu are

as unexpected.” This Gu worm

down: “So you are unexpected Gu, it is a pity you are not success

success Gu. The strength of unexpectedness is very powerful. Do you

“What?”

is Luo Po valley, a death realm. You being here means you are already dead. But by encountering me, you have come across an unexpected event in ‘death’ – that is ‘life’. Grab me, I will take you out to the human world and you can be

was exulted, “Can I

“It is you who encountered me, not your

Ice Soul was extremely disappointed, refusing: “Since I cannot take my father with me, then I will not go. I

in life

unexpected Gu forcibly took Northern Dark Ice Soul and instantly left life and death door, arriving in

was feeling extremely

remembered Ren Zu once saying he had

took the initiative to find him: “Young man, do not be suspicious, cognition has always been the friend

about Cheng Bai

to

he saw Desolate Ancient Moon,

to converse with Desolate Ancient Moon, but Desolate Ancient Moon who

“Where is this?”

the human world, living beings can move about here. Above us is the

Desolate Ancient

human, Ren Zu’s second child, your name is Desolate Ancient Moon. You are my

in Luo Po valley, dying, we need

monster shook its head, extremely puzzled, “Why should I resurrect him? Could it be that humans should not die? What disadvantage is there in death? Why do