Chapter 212: Farewell

Seeing Bai Wen's awkward expression, Ye Qingxuan smiled and said:

"Alright, Junior Brother, you know my nature. I was just teasing."

Hearing this, Bai Wen immediately relaxed significantly.

To be honest, he had many friends.

Yet, in front of Ye Qingxuan, with whom he interacted less, he felt the most at ease.

Afterwards, Bai Wen stood up, clasped his hands behind his back, walked to the edge of the stone pavilion, gazed at the scenery beyond, and said in a deep voice:

"Junior Brother Ye, the reason I, your Senior Brother, have come this time is to bid you farewell."

"Farewell?"

Ye Qingxuan felt puzzled for a moment.

Bai Wen was the leader of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, primarily responsible for managing the people below and selling the pavilion's items.

Under normal circumstances, there should be no need for him to leave the sect.

"That is correct, farewell."

Bai Wen did not turn around but looked into the distance to respond to Ye Qingxuan's confusion.

"I have resigned from my position at the Hundred Treasures Pavilion and am preparing to go to the Xuanmu Realm to cultivate through trials."

Hearing this, Ye Qingxuan was immediately surprised:

"Go to the Xuanmu Realm to cultivate through trials?"

Looking at Bai Wen's back, Ye Qingxuan advised:

"Senior Brother Bai, you must think clearly. The battles in the Xuanmu Realm are now unpredictable; a slight carelessness could mean death and the destruction of your Dao. Please consider this carefully."

If Bai Wen possessed a Nascent Soul cultivation base, Ye Qingxuan would not speak much.

But Bai Wen is currently only at the early stage of the Golden Core realm.

Descending to the lower realm with this cultivation base would almost certainly result in nine deaths and one life.

The Xuanmu Realm of today is not as peaceful as it was decades ago; it is almost covered in war.

Just the two mountain ranges surrounding Ye Qingxuan's mysterious shop are now roaring day and night, with battles that never cease.

Most of the vegetation within these two mountain ranges has been destroyed again and again.

If it were not for the astonishing growth speed of these ordinary plants under the influence of extraordinary energy, the two mountain ranges would surely be barren.

Previously, only cultivators stationed around the strongholds of hegemonic powers entered the Xuanmu Realm through spatial channels.

But as time passed,

cultivators of the middle and lower realms from other distant Great Provinces also arrived successively at the entrance of the spatial channels and descended to the lower realm.

By now, in the nine fallen realms, the number of cultivators from the Di Xuan Realm and the Qing Mo Clan nearly equals the number of commoners in these worlds before.

Under such circumstances, the cultivators from both sides, who descended specifically to hunt each other, naturally engage in fierce clashes constantly.

Descending to the lower realm now is equivalent to entering a meat grinder directly.

Without sufficient strength, one can only become a stepping stone for the other side to rise further.

Bai Wen naturally understands this principle.

As a disciple of the Xuantian Sect and the leader of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, he does not lack information about the lower realm.

Since he has made this decision, he has naturally prepared for the worst.

Regarding Ye Qingxuan's advice, Bai Wen shook his head firmly:

"My mind is made up, Junior Brother. There is no need to persuade me."

Over these years, as the leader of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, he did not lack various cultivation resources.

Yet even so, he was still surpassed one by one by his peers who chose to descend to the lower realm for trials back then.

Although many fellow disciples never returned after descending to the lower realm,

for the majority of cultivators,

under absolute rationality, death is no longer an insurmountable fear.

The pursuit of the Immortal Dao is their deepest obsession.

Fear of death is merely the fear of losing the opportunity to step onto the true Immortal Dao.

If they never possessed this opportunity to begin with, they do not care about risking their lives for a single gamble.

This is why so many cultivators with low talent

still rush forward one after another, like moths flying into a flame, to enter the lower realm despite knowing its cruelty.

Bai Wen is no different.

With his talent, if he stayed within the Xuantian Sect and cultivated day after day, his limit might only be the Soul Transformation realm, a horizon he could see clearly from the start.

Under such circumstances, how could Bai Wen remain indifferent and stay safely within the Xuantian Sect forever?

Therefore, to seek variables and break his predetermined limit, the only way is to descend to the lower realm and make a gamble.

Looking at Bai Wen's resolute figure, Ye Qingxuan fell silent for a moment.

This is Bai Wen's Dao, the path he must walk himself; Ye Qingxuan cannot judge it as right or wrong.

If he himself had not received the Earth Immortal inheritance and eternal lifespan through a heaven-defying opportunity, and had not forged his own Dao,

perhaps he too would have descended to the lower realm to fight desperately, just like Bai Wen?

Looking at the Bai Wen before him,

Ye Qingxuan recalled the Di Xuan Realm cultivators he witnessed through his avatar in the Xuanmu Realm, fighting desperately one by one, and felt deep emotion at that moment.

However, this is their Dao, not Ye Qingxuan's Dao.

Perhaps Ye Qingxuan would feel regret for their demise, but he would never let their chosen Dao affect his own path.

Taking a light sip of tea, with a single breath, Ye Qingxuan's state of mind returned to tranquility.

Taking out twenty fifth-grade supreme-grade talismans and fifty fifth-grade supreme-grade nuclear explosion pills, Ye Qingxuan said softly:

"Senior Brother Bai, since your mind is made up, this junior brother will not urge you further."

"These items are a gift from me to you; please accept them!"

Having spoken, Ye Qingxuan gave a gentle push, and the talismans and nuclear explosion pills floating in the air drifted behind Bai Wenyang.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's words and sensing the fluctuation behind him, Bai Wenyang turned around.

Looking at the twenty fifth-grade supreme-grade talismans and fifty fifth-grade supreme-grade nuclear explosion pills before him, Bai Wenyang exclaimed in surprise:

"Junior Brother Ye, where did you get so many fifth-grade supreme-grade talismans and fifth-grade nuclear explosion pills?"

He knew that he had worked at the Hundred Treasures Pavilion for many years.

The trump cards he had accumulated during his cultivation were not even as numerous as those before him.

Ye Qingxuan chuckled lightly and said:

"Didn't I tell you before? I opened a shop in the market myself."

"My shop is now very profitable; these things are nothing to me, so just take them."

Upon hearing this, Bai Wenyang fell silent for a moment, but ultimately could not resist his curiosity, so he asked:

"Junior Brother Ye, may this senior brother ask presumptuously, what is the name of your shop?"

Having spoken, Bai Wenyang added:

"If it is inconvenient to say, that is fine; do not force yourself, Junior Brother."

Ye Qingxuan pondered for a moment, then finally spoke slowly:

"Tianfu Shop."

Now that the formula for the nuclear explosion pill was no longer a secret, the Tianfu Shop would naturally no longer be coveted by others.

Telling Bai Wenyang was not a big deal.

So Ye Qingxuan did not hide it from Bai Wenyang.

"The Tianfu Shop is yours?"

Hearing the shop's name, Bai Wenyang immediately cried out in shock.

Regarding the Tianfu Shop, Bai Wenyang was not at all unfamiliar.

When the nuclear explosion pill first appeared,

the Tianfu Shop caused quite a stir among the mid- and low-grade disciples of the Xuantian Sect.

Later, the Tianfu Shop expanded from a small shop to a large one in just over a decade.

At that time, this had become a daily topic of conversation for some low-grade disciples.

Seeing Bai Wenyang's reaction, Ye Qingxuan sipped his tea casually and nodded slightly.

"Yes."

"Damn, I should have followed you back then."

After confirming that the Tianfu Shop belonged to Ye Qingxuan, Bai Wenyang immediately cursed in regret.

When he first learned that Ye Qingxuan intended to open his own shop, Bai Wenyang had been somewhat dismissive and did not take it seriously.

When Ye Qingxuan invited him to help manage the newly opened shop, he had directly refused.

He never expected that the shop Ye Qingxuan opened would be the Tianfu Shop.

If he had known, why would he have remained a team leader?

(End of Chapter)