UGB Chapter 157 All are provisions
Chapter 157 All are provisions
"No matter how much I underestimate them, how can they compare to you, young friend?"
Niu Gao wiped the blood from his lips and said with a smile.
"Compared to my dying struggle, young friend's strength is much more profound. Once we leave this secret realm, even the many True Persons of the Azure Pool Demonic Sect will be astonished."
"It's a pity that we are both pawns in someone else's game, and there will eventually be a winner and a loser, a life and death."
As Niu Gao spoke, his words were filled with sadness.
"Life is life, death is death, the victor is king and the loser is villain, what is there to lament?"
Looking at Niu Gao's sighing expression, Mu Shan shook his head, a rare smile appearing on his usually icy face: "Born between heaven and earth, one is either at the mercy of others or slaughtering others."
"So what if one is merely a pawn? In this world, who among the true men and lords who achieve great things and ascend to the Great Dao hasn't fought their way out of countless bloody battles?"
Qian Shu and the others were taken aback upon hearing this, and Luan Mo, who was the most quick-witted and had the most ideas, was completely baffled.
They weren't surprised or puzzled by Mu Shan's disregard for life and death; as cultivators, they too had once held such contempt for death in their youth.
What truly puzzled them was the two men's attitude towards the many real people.
"Why do that old Taoist priest and that little thief Mu Shan say such things? Especially that old Taoist priest, it's one thing for him to slander my sect's True Person, but he even goes so far as to attack the True Person of his own sect?"
The demon was extremely puzzled.
As the Foundation Establishment seed personally selected by the True Person, Mu Shan was specially given the great opportunity of these two countries, so that he could gather resources here and build his foundation.
For a traitor like him, who defected from the righteous path and whose background was not entirely innocent, it can be said that he was extremely kind and magnanimous, to the point that it was hard to believe that this was the Demonic Sect.
If he, the Demon Lord, could receive such generous treatment, he would probably be laughing in his dreams.
What is there for Mu Shan to resist, and what is there for him to be dissatisfied with?
"If I were to say that I am willing to sign a vow of Dao heart with you, to share the opportunities here with you, and even to let you receive a larger share in the distribution of these opportunities, could we perhaps turn hostility into friendship?"
Niu Gao shook his head upon hearing this, unmoved by Mu Shan's sarcasm and murderous intent. Instead, he looked into Mu Shan's eyes and spoke calmly.
The words fell.
Qian Shu was suddenly shocked and exclaimed, "My lord! This boy comes from the Demonic Sect. How can we possibly cooperate with a tiger and raise it to cause trouble..."
"What is that old man trying to do?"
The Chaotic Demon and the Desolate Skull also felt it was absurd.
"We just betrayed Mu Shan and fought him to the death. Even he himself was seriously injured by Mu Shan's sword. How can the conflict between us be resolved so easily?"
"Has he cultivated for so many years that he's become an idiot?"
The demon and the skeleton looked nervously at Xiangmu Mountain, praying that he would not agree.
Because if Mu Shan really agrees, how could Niu Gao and Mu Shan not work together against them?
The two were tense, preparing to flee at any moment.
"How much of what Lord Niu says do you actually believe?"
Mu Shan chuckled.
Niu Gao sighed and continued:
"With your intelligence, you shouldn't be unaware that Foundation Establishment in this world is not something that can be achieved so easily. Outside the secret realm, almost everything we say and do is under the control of the True Person."
"But why should I hide anything from you in the meantime?"
Niu Gao's words were filled with sincerity and heaviness, but the more sincere they were, the more terrified Luan Mo and the others became.
"Ordinary cultivators only know that to achieve Foundation Establishment, one must condense three divine powers, obtain spiritual treasures from heaven and earth, and use these as the foundation to forge the foundation of the Great Dao. Then, one must undergo internal and external tribulations, turning tribulations into fortune, so that the foundation of the Dao can be sublimated."
"The inner tribulation of inner demons is something that you and I can easily overcome. After all, you are no ordinary person. Your inner resilience is something that even I have rarely seen in my life."
Niu Gao paused:
"But alas, while demons do not obstruct the path, true immortals do come to hinder it!"
"Seven thousand years ago, the True Realm and my Realm intersected. My Realm was weak and on the verge of collapse. To defend against external aggression, the True Lord Taiyou created the method of devouring fortune and spirits and refining shared elements. All things of the same merit and affiliation can be used as ginseng. From then on, the cultivation methods in the world began to be divided into mother and daughter, with the upper cultivation and the lower cultivation serving as food, and blood relatives using blood relatives as resources."
"Seven thousand years have passed since then. The order of the Heavenly Tang Dynasty has been shattered, and the world has been divided into one hundred and twenty-eight states. The True Realm and my Realm have merged into one. However, this method of joint practice has never been interrupted. Apart from the lofty Three Pure Ones lineage, who in this world does not accept joint practice, and who does not need joint practice?"
The demon's expression had completely changed, and even Qian Shu was horrified by what Niu Gao had said.
"Stop talking nonsense! Even if we have gone through life and death together, it is not a reason for you to use such absurd words to confuse my Dao heart and collude with the demonic villains."
Qian Shu's expression changed repeatedly, his sense of justice almost shattered. He pointed at Niu Gao solemnly and rebuked him: "Our sect's true masters have always secluded themselves from the world. For decades or even centuries, there have always been true masters who have achieved mastery. How can there be such a cruel claim of 'fellowship'? Even if it is the Mother-Child Cultivation Method, it is nothing more than individual cultivators falling into evil ways."
"Lord Niu, what faction's spy are you, having infiltrated our sect!"
"Qian Shu, you've worked with me for so many years, what reason would I have to deceive you?"
Niu Gao sighed and pointed sadly towards the outside of the secret realm:
"You all know that my Niu family usurped the throne of the former Great Germany Cui family by taking advantage of my power. Little do you know that the reason I know the secrets that these True Immortals and True Monarchs deliberately conceal is because long before the Tian Tang Dynasty was destroyed, this Great Germany, now the two kingdoms, and the seven or eight surrounding kingdoms were all my Niu family's fiefdoms!"
"My ancestor once held the highest rank in the Heavenly Tang Dynasty, overseeing Yin and Yang and managing the four seasons. He served under eight emperors for 690 years, and when the dynasty finally collapsed, he died alongside the Heavenly Tang.
"Although my family has declined, with each branch and lineage falling apart and even becoming an ordinary family, and for several generations we have not set foot on the path of immortality, and many secrets we dare not record in books, our history of thousands of years has been passed down orally to this day."
"Qian Shu, I know that you have a heart devoted to the Dao, only for the sake of justice in the world. The cultivation method you practice is also a wonderful technique of Geng metal. Even though you have to protect yourself due to your cultivation level and remain silent about many things, you ultimately cannot tolerate any impurities in your heart."
Niu Gao looked at Qian Shu and said in a deep voice:
"But think about it, what reason would I have to deceive you? Let's not even talk about the countless sword prodigies and outstanding talents who claimed to have entered the inner sect a hundred years ago. Just take Chen Xiru, the female cultivator from Zhenfeng who entered the sect with my disciple a few decades ago, who was famous for a time and was exceptionally admitted to the inner sect. Have you ever seen her?"
"Wake up! Why should we engage in this unnecessary struggle?"
Niu Gao said to Qian Shu and Mu Shan with a heavy heart, "Let alone the Sword Peak True Man who has been waiting for me with his gaping maw for so long, even you, young friend Mu, do you really think you can survive in the hands of that Myriad Desires True Man after you return this time?!"