Chapter 120: Black Bird, Do You Wish to Become a Saint?

"You may call me..."

"Heishan Laoyao!"

The voice fell.

Deep within Heifeng Mountain, a violent gale suddenly rose inside a crude temple.

This temple was situated deep in the great mountains and looked extremely crude, built only from a few thatch stalks and some wooden stakes; it was not much of a place.

At this moment, the gale blew fiercely, and much of the thatch was blown away.

Inside the main hall, the three Demon who had been practicing were directly swept out of the building.

At the same time, a bolt of thunder flashed across the sky.

Looking up.

In the center of the main hall, a faint fluorescent glow suddenly appeared.

It was a stone statue.

It was currently emitting a faint shimmer.

Looking closely, what was enshrined in this temple was not some god statue or Buddha statue.

Instead, it was a stone statue about a meter tall, smiling sideways, looking like a child; although one could tell the sculptor had tried very hard to carve out a transcendent charm, it seemed that due to a lack of skill, it was not carved ideally.

The entire stone statue looked somewhat ugly.

But one could roughly tell that this was a stone statue for teaching and preaching.

In front of the stone statue, there was also a spirit tablet enshrined.

Only, there was no name on the tablet, just the single character "Teacher" carved into it.

The wooden tablet was placed in front of the stone statue, indicating the statue's identity.

This was carved as the teacher of the three cultivators; every day when they practiced, they had to pay respects to Li Xiang.

It seemed they were indeed cultivators who highly valued their teacher and the Dao.

The gale threw the three fellows out, but in an instant, three extraordinary auras could be felt coming from outside.

They corresponded respectively to Martial Dao, Confucian Dao, and Immortal Dao; it looked very strange.

These three fellows were actually practicing three different paths.

Looking closely, one realized that these were the three disciples Li Xiang had taken in.

It was just that their cultivation seemed to have improved significantly; all three Demon had successfully taken human form.

The bear Demon had turned into a simple and honest man, the gray wolf had turned into a middle-aged Confucian Scholar with a beard, and the spirit snake had turned into a nimble woman with a head of jet-black, beautiful hair.

The three Demon stood outside the main hall, looking inside with some surprise.

This wind came strangely; could it be that the teacher was giving some indication?

Pushing the door open again, they looked carefully.

They saw that the originally ugly stone statue seemed to have gained a soul, and debris was constantly falling off it.

In just a few breaths, a lifelike child statue, smiling while preaching, appeared, looking very vivid.

It was exactly the appearance of Li Xiang preaching in the past.

A child's body, debating the methods of the three Daos.

At the same time.

On that spirit tablet, no one knew when, a primitive divine name gently descended.

Heishan!

These two characters seemed to have magic; they made anyone who looked at them feel uneasy.

The originally crude stone statue and wooden tablet suddenly changed their appearance, and an indescribable aura coiled around them.

Primitive and mysterious, as if they were objects passed down from countless ages, a rich aura of time coiled around them.

It was as if this were a divine statue stolen from some ancient temple that had been passed down for tens of thousands of years, stained with some kind of divinity, and it looked to have a sense of weight.

No!

Even the Buddha statues of ten-thousand-year-old temples did not have this kind of charm.

It was a kind of ancientness that could not be put into words.

So ancient that it even made one feel a palpitation of the heart.

If Tianji Shangren were here, he would certainly exclaim in surprise.

In this era, how could there still be things left over from the ancient times?

The three Demon saw this situation.

At first, they were greatly shocked.

Immediately after, they knelt on the ground one after another, kowtowing toward the stone statue.

"Thank you, Teacher, for your mercy! Thank you, Teacher, for your mercy!"

The three Demon kowtowed.

They chanted the name of Heishan repeatedly.

The strange situation did not only happen in this temple.

Within the world, in the scripture libraries of some reclusive families, many primitive books had scattered, additional descriptions of Heishan Laoyao appearing in their accounts of the ancient era.

Or perhaps as supporting characters in the biographies of certain figures.

Or as characters who made a fleeting appearance in certain background stories.

It seemed.

Following Li Xiang speaking this name, it had triggered some wonderful chain reaction.

——

Chiyang County.

Li Xiang, who was attempting to scam the Mysterious Bird online, felt a sudden, inexplicable palpitation.

The next moment.

He suddenly heard the faint sound of some strange sacrificial prayer echoing in his ears.

Three somewhat familiar voices were softly chanting the name of Heishan Laoyao.

At the same time.

For some reason, the Heavenly Ring on Li Xiang's Divine Soul trembled slightly.

Two ancient and mysterious characters detached from it and gently imprinted themselves onto Li Xiang's Spirit Platform.

He looked up.

Although he did not understand the characters, he could still sense the meaning contained within them.

Black Mountain!

The situation where three types of Dao Patterns had evenly divided the entire Spirit Platform suddenly underwent a change.

Those two mysterious ancient characters landed on the lower side of the Heavenly Ring, forming a circle, and forcefully expanded outward a little, pushing the three types of Dao Patterns aside slightly.

Although it was not much, it had successfully branded a fourth color onto the Spirit Platform.

Instantly.

The three phantoms on the honorable seats all opened their eyes.

They glared angrily at the Heavenly Ring in the center.

"Audacious!"

"Arrogant!"

"How dare you!"

The three phantoms spoke simultaneously; although no sound was heard, the spirit of their intent was already expressed.

They all stared fixedly at the Heavenly Ring, their gazes cold and sharp.

The Heavenly Ring trembled slightly, and a golden light flashed.

It pressed down toward the three honorable seats.

The next moment.

The radiance faded.

Three cold snorts sounded.

The shadows on the honorable seats returned to stillness.

The Confucian Dao and the Immortal Dao returned to their previous state.

Only the Martial Dao phantom continued to look coldly at the Heavenly Ring.

"Even if you have no ill intent, I advise you to stop."

"The scheme of the Daoshu this time is vast, sweeping across all ages and heavens."

"You are merely a Heavenly Dao, yet you dare to interfere."

"This Causality, you."

"Cannot bear it!"

The Heavenly Ring shook slightly.

The Martial Dao phantom also fell into extinction.

——

Li Xiang shook his head gently.

He felt as if some change had just occurred.

But it was like an antelope hanging by its horns, leaving no trace to be found.

He only felt that in the dark, something related to him had happened.

After pondering for a while without reaching a conclusion, he stopped thinking about it.

He continued to prepare to ask the Mysterious Bird some questions.

Li Xiang actually quite liked this way of chatting through the Token.

After all, it was his area of expertise, and it was always good to extract more information from the Mysterious Bird.

His master and senior uncle had been worrying about the great catastrophe of the Human Race.

If nothing went wrong, the person they were looking for to face the catastrophe was himself.

It was always good to get more news about the Demon Race now.

"Sigh..."

"I just want to lie flat and enjoy the extraordinary life of another world, is it really that difficult?"

"Being born to save the world is truly a troublesome thing."

He picked up the Token.

"Mysterious Bird."

"This junior is here!"

"Speak."

"Oh oh oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Saint, I, I was too nervous!"

"Saint, it is like this."

"I am currently trapped in a small courtyard in North City, kept as a pet by a family."

"The God-Demon bloodline in my body is shattered, my meridians are broken, and I can only barely communicate with you using telepathic power; I cannot muster any strength at all."

"I beg for the Saint's mercy, send me back to You Mountain!"

The Dark Bird was muttering inside the Token.

While speaking, she outlined a map, depicting her approximate location.

Li Xiang looked at the content on the Token.

He raised one eyebrow slightly, his expression becoming increasingly strange.

Wait.

The location marked by this Dark Bird.

It seems to be his own home!

Could it be.

That little broken swallow is the Dark Bird?

Many things suddenly occurred to Li Xiang.

No wonder he always felt that little swallow was very clever; he had thought it was just a spiritual little creature.

He never expected it to be a Dark Bird crippled by someone.

"Saint, this household is a bit strange."

"The two children in their family don't seem like ordinary people; both have great opportunities upon them."

"For the future of my Demon Race, should the Saint consider killing them?!"

The Dark Bird was asking inside the Token.

But she suddenly felt a surge of killing intent.

Startled, she looked around in all directions.

What is going on?

Did she say something wrong?

Li Xiang did not reply to the Dark Bird.

He extended a finger and tapped it lightly on the kitchen table.

What an ungrateful little white-eyed bird.

Seeing that the Saint had not replied to her for a long time, the Dark Bird grew increasingly terrified.

Could it be that she asked for too much?

Ah, Mo Li, oh Mo Li!

That is a Saint!

What did you take the Saint for? Did you take him for a servant you can summon at will and dismiss at your whim?

Begging the Saint to send you home was already an excessive request.

You actually wanted to beg the Saint to take action for you?

Mo Li, oh Mo Li, you have truly gone mad!

The panicked Dark Bird hurriedly continued to contact Li Xiang, wanting to try and make amends.

"Saint, it was this junior who offended you!"

"I beg for the Saint's mercy, send me home!"

Li Xiang tapped his fingertip on the tabletop.

After a long while.

He slowly replied with two words.

"Not permitted."

Immediately!

In the North City courtyard.

The Dark Bird fell straight down from the tree branch.

Her whole body was trembling, extremely terrified.

It's over, it's over!

She was too greedy; she actually dared to offend a living Saint!

She simply didn't know whether she was living or dying!

Now that the Saint is angry, her bird life will probably end early...

The Dark Bird sat on the ground, trembling, her body shaking violently.

The more powerful one is, the more one can understand what a terrifying existence a creature that has crossed that step truly is.

It is rumored that in ancient times, cultivation was not divided by Ninth Grade.

Instead, it was divided by the Transcendence Realm.

Just like the name of the realm, Refining the Mortal, Refining the Mortal, cultivation is a process of gradually becoming transcendent.

After reaching the Refining the Mortal First Stage, wanting to advance even one step further is truly as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Stepping out that step means one no longer belongs to the mortal kind and has become a completely different species from other creatures.

Once that step is taken, one no longer belongs to the mortal realm, becoming an entirely different species from all other living beings.

The more powerful one is, the more one understands what a huge chasm lies between a First Grade creature and a creature of the Saint Realm.

That is a terrifying gap countless times more exaggerated than that from Ninth Grade to First Grade.

The Dark Bird sat on the ground, already beginning to summarize her bird life.

She recalled the most beautiful things in her life, preparing to face death with composure.

Recalling the most beautiful things in his life, he prepared to face death with equanimity.

However.

Just at this moment.

She suddenly received a message.

The entire bird sprang up from the ground, its wings flapping rapidly, looking extremely excited.

"Mysterious Bird."

"Do you wish to become a Saint?"

(End of this chapter)