lcionline Chapter 244 The debate on riding the six qi can control the infinite.
Chapter 244 The debate on riding the six qi can control the infinite.
"Missing?"
Madam Lan repeated the sentence in confusion, looking at the other members of the Bai family behind him for confirmation.
These people started talking all at once, as if they had finally found an opportunity to express their inner fears.
"I heard that more than a dozen people have gone missing."
“The village has become increasingly deserted lately, which is quite frightening. I don’t even dare to go out alone at night.”
"The clan elders said it was an accident and sent many people to investigate, but so far there has been no news at all."
"I heard that another soul tablet shattered in the ancestral hall today. Those who can make soul tablets to leave in the ancestral hall are all innate beings..."
After listening to the Bai family's story, Old Man Meilin frowned, his heart filled with confusion.
There are no ferocious beasts or dead ends in Wushan, and I have never heard of such a series of disappearances.
Moreover, we are all cultivators. Even if we get lost in the mountains and forests for a while, as long as we don't encounter any rare mutated wild beasts, we should be able to find our way out.
With this example of a body before us, "disappearance" is roughly equivalent to death.
He naturally did not believe that all these people had come to the mountaintop voluntarily and been hunted and killed by the Ice Lotus.
Because he had been living below the ice pool for the past few months while recovering from his injury, he knew the way to the top of the mountain better than anyone else. There was only one way, and if anyone took this route up the mountain, he couldn't hide it from him.
Just then, the old man Meilin suddenly turned around and looked towards the edge of the cliff.
A thought flashed through his mind, startling him.
He remembered that there was actually more than one way.
However, this other path—the legendary three thousand steps of cold stone staircase—has never been completed by anyone, making people highly doubtful whether it actually has three thousand steps.
So... how exactly did Chu Lengyu end up here?
Seeing that the old man Meilin was staring intently, Madam Lan followed his gaze toward the edge of the cliff and immediately understood what he was pondering.
She put away the silver needles in her hand, adjusted her cloak, and softly reminded, "Think about where she was when we first met her?"
The Cold Stone Ladder can only be climbed from the bottom up, but not from the top, because it is too close to the Ice Pool, and the Ice Lotus will attack everyone indiscriminately.
When they first met, their attention was all focused on the ice lotus that had been taken away, so they naturally didn't have time to think about how she got up there.
Now, upon reflection, the answer becomes clear.
She took a path they never imagined!
Madam Lan's expression was complicated as she muttered to herself, "I heard from some old fellows in the Jade Cauldron Pavilion that cultivators directly refine the spiritual essence of heaven and earth for their own use from the moment they enter the sect, taking a completely different path from ours."
When she first heard the news, Madam Lan was filled with disappointment and confusion.
She cultivated diligently for twenty years, experiencing countless hardships and obstacles, before finally reaching the Innate Realm and achieving a transformative rebirth.
However, she now realizes that what she has achieved, an end point that many people can never reach in their lifetime, is merely the starting point for others.
The huge gap between the two was something she found hard to accept.
Lady Kelan was even more aware that the human body has its limits, and that one's vital energy and blood will eventually decline. This is the biggest limitation of the cultivation path in the Mist Mountain.
Now, a brand new path has emerged.
After a moment of silence, Elder Merlin, intending to ease the tension, returned to the previous topic: "The Bai family's recent unusual activities are related to investigating the missing persons case? But why don't they say so and let the four clans help in the search? There must be something else going on."
Upon hearing this, Madam Lan's expression turned slightly cold, and a sharp glint flashed in her eyes.
She said meaningfully, "I hope they haven't learned some crooked tricks again."
This mysterious ice lotus has always been a huge temptation. Since its discovery, the Bai family has racked their brains to subdue it, even resorting to extreme measures such as family blood sacrifice, but still failed to achieve their goal.
The fact that Ice Lotus was taken away is not necessarily a bad thing; at least no one has to worry about it anymore.
For a long time, it has been emitting ice mist to protect the misty mountain. From another perspective, isn't it also a cage that traps everyone?
At this moment, Chu Lengyu flew out of the cave and landed back by the pool.
Madam Lan briefly introduced the identity of the male corpse in the cave to her, and said that the man's death was mysterious, and she would definitely investigate it thoroughly.
The perfect body came at just the right time; it's a good handle.
It would be best if the Bai family could cooperate with her to get to the bottom of the matter. Madam Lan was also very interested in the true cause of this person's death.
As for whether the Bai family would take the opportunity to turn the tables and falsely accuse Madam Lan of killing this person and plotting against the Ice Pool, she was already prepared.
After a brief chat, Chu Lengyu politely declined their invitation and took her leave.
Seeing this, Madam Lan and Elder Meilin stopped insisting. They prepared to return to deal with the deaths of Bamboo Elder and the subjugation of Ice Lotus, and to send people to investigate the underwater cave and the mystery of the Bai family's "disappearance".
However, before parting, Chu Lengyu had already promised to attend Elder Meilin's apprentice-acceptance ceremony the next day.
Upon hearing this, the old man Meilin smiled sincerely on his aged face.
Now that Merlin is in a bad situation, it would be best if Chu Lengyu, with her status and position, could get her support.
He nodded gratefully: "With the presence of the Imperial Preceptor, this apprenticeship ceremony will surely be much more impressive."
Seeing this, Madam Lan smiled gently and said, "In that case, let us all look forward to tomorrow. I believe it will be a grand event."
Finally, when Chu Lengyu transformed into a streak of light and disappeared into the horizon in the blink of an eye, both Madam Lan and Elder Meilin were taken aback.
Although they, as beings at the Innate Realm, could rely on their exquisite control over their own bodies and take advantage of air currents to achieve brief flight or gliding, they had never seen anyone like Chu Lengyu, whose body transformed into a stream of light and traversed the world so swiftly.
Although they had heard about it before, seeing it with their own eyes was another matter entirely.
The shock was indescribable, instantly overturning their understanding and imagination of cultivation.
Madam Lan gazed in the direction she had left, her eyes filled with longing.
She couldn't help but think of the famous Taoist text "Free and Easy Wandering" and exclaimed, "If one rides the transformation of the six qi, one can control the infinite."
Soaring above the clouds, bearing the azure sky, what a carefree sword immortal!
Meanwhile, Madam Lan mentally recounted the various methods Chu Lengyu had displayed in this brief encounter, and couldn't help but marvel at them.
She can ascend the legendary three thousand steps of the Frosty Stone, creating an unimaginable record; she can subdue the thousand-year-old ice lotus that everyone covets but can only regard as a taboo; she possesses immense power with every move, and can easily handle thousand-year-old ice as if slicing melons and chopping vegetables.
She possesses exceptional divine sense, capable of discerning the smallest details; she wields immense power, able to crush a person at will; she has swift escape techniques, covering thousands of miles in an instant; she also possesses practical magic to handle various situations; and she has a storage treasure with ample space, capable of storing and retrieving all kinds of precious items.
She didn't deliberately show it, but it was already an overwhelming victory.