Chapter 60: As Long As I Want to Walk, the Road Is Under My Feet

Jiang Xuan's gaze turned toward the direction the Ancient Ji Family's Great Figure had fled, and he inwardly sighed with regret.

A magic treasure interwoven with Dao and principle — if he could devour it, his cultivation would greatly increase, but this old monster reacted too fast; seeing the situation turn bad, he immediately fled far away.

After the Quasi-Emperor Forbidden Weapon Buddha Image's first strike blasted the Yaoguang Holy Land Elder to death, the Buddha Image's power greatly diminished, and the Ancient Ji Family's old monster likewise immediately fled, so he could not be completely kept there.

Turning his head to look at the spot where the Yaoguang Holy Land's Great Figure had just perished, let alone a magic treasure, not even a speck of ash remained.

"Jiang Xuan, that terrifying old fellow won't come back, will he?" Ye Fan asked worriedly; these two old monsters were truly too terrifying — just the pressure descending from the heavens nearly left him unable to breathe.

Pang Bo at his side likewise had lingering fear; it was truly as if a legendary deity had descended to the world, the fire of rage causing stars to fall — it could be called destruction of heaven and earth.

"Not for a short time. Although that old monster escaped, burning his life and lifespan is not so easy to endure; even if he escapes back to the Ancient Ji Family, his days are numbered."

"It's just that for a very long stretch of time, he'll have to live a life of dodging east and west." Jiang Xuan half-joked, yet his gaze showed not the slightest trace of fear.

"Jiang Ge, if I hadn't been possessed by that demonic creature, you wouldn't have been delayed saving me, and perhaps you wouldn't have formed such a great enmity with the Two Great Powers."

Pang Bo blamed himself, thinking in his heart that if Jiang Ge hadn't saved him but instead left a step earlier, would the grudge formed with the Two Great Powers not be so deep, and would there be a chance to resolve it?

Sacred Land Families, like a great mountain, press down so that all cultivators under heaven cannot lift their heads.

"It has nothing to do with you; even without you, the result would be the same, without any difference."

In the eyes of Sacred Land Families, all weak cultivators outside them are ants; to dare offend is a capital crime — the moment Jiang Xuan defied them, he was already doomed to ten thousand deaths.

Hearing Jiang Xuan speak like this, Pang Bo was even more moved in his heart, only thinking Jiang Xuan didn't want him to blame himself; after a while, he suddenly thought of something:

"Right, Jiang Ge, Ye Zi, I got a good thing."

A page of golden paper appeared in his palm, endless radiance circulating on it, dazzling and eye-catching; this golden paper was heavier than metal, densely covered with countless ancient characters imprinted upon it, each ancient character flashing with brilliant splendor!

Dao Scripture Life Wheel Sea Scroll!

"Good, Pang Bo, you've turned misfortune into fortune, truly a great opportunity; this scroll of Dao Scripture can let you lay the strongest Dao foundation — even for me it is of great help."

Jiang Xuan's Primordial Spirit scanned, and the dense scriptures instantly became thoroughly familiar to him; having cultivated to this day, he had long possessed a photographic memory, and under his Primordial Spirit's scan, even ten times or a hundred times more scriptures he could immediately memorize.

Although he now cultivates the Refining System and has already departed from the Zhetian Method, all techniques in the Myriad Realms have common ground, especially classics like the Dao Scripture — the principles contained within can greatly enhance his foundation; though they cannot directly manifest effects in a short time, they imperceptibly increase Jiang Xuan's understanding of the Dao.

Ye Fan was also very happy, not expecting Pang Bo to actually have such an opportunity — truly great disaster survived brings later blessing; now they can cultivate the Life Wheel Sea secret realm to perfection — this is the complete Life Wheel Sea Scroll Dao Scripture, far beyond what the Beginning Chapter obtained from Lingxu Dongtian can compare.

"When that Great Demon possessed my body, this Golden Leaf Paper came along as well; perhaps because too many magic treasures rushed out of the ancient hall at the time, no one discovered it." Pang Bo laughed hehe, outside who knows how many people fight to the death for this legendary technique, yet he stood in place unmoving and the benefit actually fell on his head.

Of course opportunity and risk coexist; if not for Jiang Ge, this time he would have been offered to the heavens.

"Alright, there's one matter I need to explain to you two." The time was about right; Jiang Xuan prepared to bid farewell to his two good friends.

"Jiang Ge, speak!" Seeing Jiang Xuan's rare seriousness, Ye Fan and Pang Bo immediately tensed in readiness; from their understanding of Jiang Xuan, he never acts without reason — there must be something important to explain.

"The Great Emperor's Tomb has opened; who knows how many Great Figures will descend; at that time life and death will not be in your control — especially since you've both consumed Sacred Fruit, you know the benefits of Sacred Fruit..."

Jiang Xuan did not continue; the consequences were self-evident.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo both suddenly realized this layer, cold sweat breaking out on their backs; recalling a few months ago, Elder Han's look at the treasure medicine, Ye Fan's scalp went numb.

Many Great Figures, though their cultivation is supremely high, likewise have many whose lifespan is nearly exhausted; if they learned they had consumed Sacred Fruit, Ye Fan dared not imagine what they would encounter.

"Right now everyone's gaze is attracted by the Qing Emperor's Tomb — it is precisely the moment to escape."

"Damn, still Jiang Ge you think thoroughly; truly as you said before, in this world human life is like grass and mustard, law does not exist — a moment's carelessness and even your ashes will be scattered by others; we'll immediately leave this region right now."

Pang Bo sighed with emotion; he originally thought the cultivation world was beautiful in all respects, a human fairyland with pretty fairies in fluttering clothes, that as long as one cultivated hard one could ascend to immortality and live forever — but the real cultivation world is indifferent and ruthless, cold and cruel; people without a Protagonist Halo, to survive, must linger on their last breath.

Ye Fan, however, keenly detected something off in Jiang Xuan's words, and asked uncertainly:

"Then what about you, Jiang Xuan?"

"I slaughtered so many people from Yaoguang and the Ji Family, and two Great Figures — the Two Great Powers cannot let this go; I'm afraid before long they'll dispatch even more experts — I'm not suitable to travel with you."

Jiang Xuan smiled faintly, his tone flat, as if the pressure from the two top-tier powers was merely a cool breeze brushing his face.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo were worried to the extreme in their hearts, secretly ashamed — how many times had Jiang Xuan helped them? Without Jiang Xuan's constant support, how could the two of them have thrived in Lingxu Dongtian? Without Jiang Xuan's constant care, they might have perished on Mars, in the Ancient Forbidden Land, under Elder Han — let alone now stepping onto the true cultivation path.

And now Jiang Xuan is in trouble, they have no way to help in the slightest, and would even become Jiang Xuan's burden — this made them incomparably pained.

"No need for this; heaven leaves no roadless person — if you want to walk, the road is under your feet." Jiang Xuan's gaze looked toward the Northern Direction, his tone faint, revealing unmatched belief; this sentence he once used to encourage Ye Fan equally applies to himself.

"Cultivate hard; though the world is vast, as long as strength arrives, there will eventually be a day of reunion."

The three looked at each other, seeing each other's hearts — this was silent language, the belief to impact infinite future possibilities, the hope that each must survive.

A streak of red sword light from Jiang Xuan tore through the sky, flying straight toward the Northern Direction; in the high sky, passing through clusters of clouds, the earth's mountains and rivers rapidly receded behind.

This journey, a divine dragon enters the four seas, heaven overturned and earth upended.

(Chapter End)