Chapter 30: There Will Be Successors!

At this moment, Zuo Zuo Ruotong's heart felt as if pierced by a knife.

Although after his initial conversation with Li Ang, and considering the problems he encountered in his own cultivation, he had already vaguely guessed the truth that Reverse Birth: Three Layers could not lead to immortality.

But before personally breaking through to the Third Layer, he had stubbornly held onto a single breath.

Now, that breath had scattered.

The great Immortal of Fullness slowly landed on the ground, his face instantly aging into that of a centenarian.

With a dry voice, he spoke to Li Ang: "Go gather the disciples."

Facing his Master's order, Li Ang stood motionless in place.

Seeing he made no move, Zuo Zuo Ruotong's deeply lined face showed a trace of exhaustion: "What? After only just entering, don't you want to listen to me anymore?"

Upon hearing this, Li Ang still stood motionless, until after a moment he spoke: "Master, please circulate mysterious qi again. The survival of Sanyi Sect rests entirely in your hands."

Zuo Zuo Ruotong staggered to a nearby tree, leaning against its trunk as he sat down.

He did not follow Li Ang's words to circulate Reverse Birth: Three Layers; instead, he lowered his head in utter exhaustion: "The things you said before entering were right."

"The false is still false; Reverse Birth: Three Layers can never reach the heavens."

"It was always just an illusion."

As he spoke, he let out a long sigh.

If it were possible, Zuo Zuo Ruotong, as head of Sanyi Sect, wished more than anyone that his conclusion were wrong.

After a moment of silence, Li Ang did not intend to debate with his Master over Reverse Birth: Three Layers, for their levels of mastery on this matter were entirely unequal.

He asked calmly: "Master, if you leave now, do you think Master Si Chong and Senior Brother Cheng Zhen will go to Wu Wu Gensheng?"

"I don't believe either of them can survive against that Xingzhang Sect leader."

"Or do you think everything that happened here today won't spread?"

Faced with his disciple's counter-question, Zuo Zuo Ruotong fell silent.

In just the brief moment of combat, he understood better than anyone else the Xingzhang Sect leader's methods.

Put bluntly, except for him, anyone else in Sanyi Sect who faced that man would meet only death.

Li Ang knew the tactic he was using was merely moral coercion; having read the plot, he stood from a god's-eye view and knew better than his Master what would come next.

Fortunately, Zuo Zuo Ruotong ultimately could not harden his heart and treat his disciples as mere straw dogs.

"Master Si Chong and Senior Brother Cheng Zhen will definitely go to Wu Wu Gensheng to verify the Third Layer."

"If both of them die, Sanyi Sect will truly be locked in a feud to the death with Xingzhang Sect."

"If without your protection, by then—"

Li Ang did not finish his sentence, only shook his head slightly and closed his mouth.

He believed his Master would understand his unspoken words.

The open ground fell silent.

Seeing Zuo Zuo Ruotong hesitate and not speak, Li Ang could not help growing anxious inside:

'Will the outcome ultimately return to square one? Is there really such a thing as correction force?'

As he wandered in thought, Zuo Zuo Ruotong suddenly smiled: "You've only just entered, yet you care more about Sanyi Sect's future than I do."

Saying this, he raised his head to look at Li Ang and asked seriously: "Don't you hate that Sanyi Sect is a Jiaxuan Sect?"

Hearing this, Li Ang instantly felt relief—he knew Zuo Zuo Ruotong had wavered.

Not over the fact that Reverse Birth: Three Layers could not reach the heavens, but over abandoning Sanyi Sect entirely and letting go of life.

For Li Ang, whether Reverse Birth: Three Layers could reach the heavens was unimportant.

First, because he learned Reverse Birth: Three Layers purely for self-preservation; second, because—

He had a Career Panel.

Thinking this, he immediately began circulating Reverse Birth: Three Layers and stepped forward: "Master, whether true or false—"

"Sanyi Sect cannot be without you!"

Watching Li Ang's body glow white, Zuo Zuo Ruotong stood frozen, speechless.

He naturally saw that this disciple, who had only just entered, had further advanced in Reverse Birth: Three Layers since last time.

Could there truly be someone in the world with talent so terrifying?

As Zuo Zuo Ruotong was lost in thought, Li Ang continued: "Master, I will prove it—prove that Reverse Birth: Three Layers is more than just a technique!"

How to revive a person who has lost their spirit.

Simple: place a new hope before them.

That is exactly what Li Ang is doing now.

Most importantly, he believed his own Career Panel made it truly possible.

It was at this moment that Li Ang finally understood why the requirement to transform from 【Qi Refiner (Sanyi)】 to 【Immortal】 was completing a ritual with the element of "true and false."

"There will be successors!"

"Master, you said it yourself!"

Under Li Ang's combined appeal regarding disciples and Reverse Birth: Three Layers, Zuo Zuo Ruotong finally moved.

He forced himself up, walked to Li Ang's side, and firmly slapped his shoulder: "Then go prove it to me."

With the motion, Zuo Zuo Ruotong's withered body gradually regained its former state of full true qi.

Seeing this, Li Ang instantly relaxed—he knew he had succeeded.

Perhaps part of it was due to his words just now, but likely the greater part was because Zuo Zuo Ruotong realized that if he died now, all current disciples would meet a grim end.

Just as Li Ang thought the matter was settled, Zuo Zuo Ruotong beside him suddenly spoke: "Go notify Master Si Chong and Senior Brother Cheng Zhen to come see me—I have something to say."

". I understand, Master."

Li Ang did not know what Zuo Zuo Ruotong intended to do, and could only nod in agreement.