Chapter 98 That Day Inside

  Fan An was stunned. In the self-only numbness of Wu Fa Bao, he blinked his eyes. After a moment's pause, he solemnly asked: "Whether it is Liang Mo Dao or Zheng Xiao Dao, I only ask you one question, where did your seven-star soul come from?"

  Li Qian didn't hide anything, recounting his experiences in detail. Jiang listened extremely carefully, occasionally interrupting to ask questions that all targeted the key points. Since Li Qian's words were all true experiences, he could naturally explain everything clearly.

  Jiang listened in silence for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing. At first, his laughter was low and muffled, like the cooing of pigeons, but as it went on, it grew louder and louder, until finally it became so intense that people couldn't tell whether he was laughing or crying hysterically!

  He smiled strangely on one side of the shore, and said intermittently: "You are not the successor of Lao Yan, I have no scruples, but what I didn't expect is that you don't even have a moral compass?! You have cultivation, but no moral compass!"

  "Speaking of which, Jiang's voice suddenly became low and solemn: 'You this disciple, I've taken you in!' After that, he added with a hint of lingering emotion: 'This is a match made in heaven!'"

  Liáng Xīn was first startled by the madness of Jiāng àn, and then he was stunned by the last sentence "made in heaven", and involuntarily said from his heart: You and my Master Húlú are indeed a match made in heaven.

  He thought he was a master of the Tao, and didn't dare to take another master. He immediately changed back to his original polite and familiar tone: "Your master is a demon ape, this kind of spirit is most attuned to human nature, your temperament is good, your master will be even more benevolent. Think about it, if you don't take me as your master, I won't pass on the art, and we'll both die here. But if you do take me as your master, then from another perspective, you're actually saving my life. To save someone is to take them as a master, in the future, my demon ape brothers will definitely greatly reward you."

  Liáng Xīn was amused by this roundabout reasoning, he wasn't a pedantic person, but as a native of the Central Plains, respecting teachers and valuing morality was an ingrained understanding. Whether it was a Jianghu sect, a Tian Dao Zong or even a folk academy, having a master-disciple relationship was a grand affair. Just look at Dong Yizhong's madness in holding a memorial ceremony for his ancestors and masters before the start of each semester.

  Besides, Master Calabaza never mentioned the rules of the door, and Liang Xinzhen couldn't be sure. If he brought another teacher back, would the miserable king of Sune Mountain be furious to death?

  Jiang continued to smile and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter, I'll take you as my nominal disciple." No, you should call me your nominal master. First, I will pass on the art to you. After we escape from danger, we will go together to Mount Sulei and inform Master Hu Lu about everything. If he agrees, we will hold a grand ceremony for our master-disciple relationship!

  That's settled then. Liang Xin didn't say another word, and according to the customs of Zhong Tu, he called out "Master", but only kowtowed once, saving the other two for when he would truly become a disciple.

  The old man laughed heartily on the shore, burst into loud laughter in his shell, and shouted at Liang Xin: "Good! From today on, you will be my second disciple, Mo Dao Er!"

  Needless to say, Anakin's natural talent was exceptionally high, and Liang Xin also felt a little happy in his heart, smiling and saying: "Mochi is my alias, my real name is Liang Xin."

  "Xiang Xin'er?" He savored the name for a moment, then continued to chuckle: "My big disciple's real name was Hu Zi Ge, also known as Xia Jia. Later on, the world only remembered his alias, and no one remembered his real name!"

  "Unarmored, sharpen the knife! My two apprentices have nicknames that really match! Unarmored, sharpen the knife!"

  Xie Jiaer? Liang Xin's eyebrows slightly raised, and then suddenly enlightened, remembering the once renowned name: Xie Jiaer!

  Liang Xin's mind buzzed with a sudden realization, and he finally knew who his new master was.

  In those years, the evil path relied on its own strength and created a shocking and divine old demon head in the world, originally called Jiang An.

  Lao Mo Tou became his teacher, the number one evil path of that year, bearing "Tian Xia Ren Jian", passing on and creating "Tian Shang Ren Jian" to defeat the orthodox Da Hua Liu Shui's Xie Jia Er, becoming Liang Xin's senior fellow apprentice!

  However, this senior brother always remembered the kindness of his master and never referred to himself by his real name. When introducing himself, he only used the affectionate nickname given to him by his master, so all the cultivators in the world thought his surname was Xie and his first name was Jiaer.

  Liang Xin guessed the identity of the registered teacher and quickly figured it out with his brains, from start to finish, Lang Ya simply got things wrong!

  Jiang was the "Old Devil" and everyone thought he had retreated to the mountains, but in fact, he was trapped inside this earth. Luoyang's master searched for many years and finally found a clue, then revealed the truth, only to think that the Old Devil had long been dead.

  The master's legacy is often recorded in jade decrees, even if the master has passed away, the jade decree will not be damaged.

  Lan's master wants to find the purest evil soil, and then match it with evil techniques to refine it. In short, he wants to refine a medicine that can make the earth vomit, in order to find the jade key. These things are all confidential, and the leader of the evil path has never mentioned them to Lan.

  Langya had been investigating in secret, and based on the clues, finally came to the conclusion that "the old devil's hiding cave is in Qingliangpo, and it requires the power of evil earth to pass through the guardian formation."

  At first glance, the result is far from reality, but after careful consideration, it's actually just one step away from the truth. Just replace the hermitage on the other shore with a strange insect burrow and there's no problem. From this, we can see that under the sky, things are not necessarily accurate unless they are seen with our own eyes. No matter how sharp your mind is or how keen your thinking is, it's impossible to guess everything!

  Liang Xin exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, temporarily throwing the matter to the back of his mind. He faced Jiang An and said: "Please pass on your teachings, Master. I'll rescue you first."

  Unexpectedly, the old devil suddenly changed his demeanor and coldly snorted: "Teaching and passing on skills, I'll take charge from now on. In the future, you'd better not speak out of turn!" Then, he took a deep breath and continued: "Mochou, sit down and listen carefully!"

  Liáng Xīn had long been trained by the gourd and didn't think much of it, so he hastily agreed and sat cross-legged.

  "Ancestor, you know the technique I comprehended before being trapped in this place?"

  Liáng Xīn of course knew, respectfully and reverently replied: "You have grasped the four wondrous skills of birth, aging, sickness, and death, creating a great divine power in the world."

  He nodded slightly and said slowly, "I come from an unorthodox background, my actions are not bound by conventions, but I attach great importance to the way of inheritance. That's why I want to take in disciples before passing on my skills, everything will be done step by step, fortunately there is still plenty of time. You are already my nominal disciple, you should know where my divine powers come from."

  Li Qian understood that the evil path was biased and didn't think it was strange, nodded and was about to agree, but suddenly remembered something and asked: "Master, there's one thing I need to clarify. If you and I escape this disaster and return to Kunai Mountain, my gourd master disagrees with me taking another teacher, what will you do?"

  Judging from Langya's style of doing things, if Hulu disagreed, he might have taken action against Tianyuan and killed Hulu to seize his disciples.

  Jiang didn't hide his intentions, and said calmly: "I value the way of the master. If Hu Lu doesn't agree, I naturally won't make things difficult for him, but I will kill you. You can't be my disciple if you don't carry on my skills!" Then, without paying attention to Liang Xin's reaction, he brought the topic back and began to talk about his own kung fu origins.

  In the evil path, Jiang An is also a master-level expert, but he only seeks to comprehend the divine method and ignores other things. It can be said that this old man is somewhat stubborn by nature, but more of his energy is focused on comprehending the Tao. He is basically a "hermit-type" evil cultivator.

  Master Shang's cultivation, all of which emphasized the elimination of worldly emotions, was no exception. At that time, his cultivation had already reached the sixth step of the middle stage, but no matter how hard he tried, his skills could not make any progress. After being delayed for decades, Master Shang confirmed that he could not advance, not because of the problem with his kung fu, but because of the limitations of his body!

  His body's limit of endurance was just the beginning of the Carefree Realm. If it were someone else, they might be satisfied with their current cultivation level, but for Jiang Zhe, who was a freak in terms of cultivation, the pain of being unable to progress was unbearable.

  After decades of research, Anshi made a stunning decision: since he had no hope in this life, he would give up his physical body and be reborn as a human!

  What is meant by "shedding the physical body and being reborn as a human" is not that one will no longer live and go to be reincarnated, but rather that one must abandon the physical body and use the yuan Shen to enter the fetus's body and cultivate anew. This idea is easy to think about, but even for those who have reached the stage of carefree wandering, it is extremely difficult to put into practice. For example, in the six-step cultivation method, the yuan Shen cannot leave the body and live independently; even if one were to enter a fetus's body, it would be an act against heaven, and there is a great possibility that one would lose their original memories and so on.

  Moreover, with Lao Mo Tou's current cultivation level, if he wanted to seize the body, he could only choose a fetus; otherwise, there would be no possibility of success.

  At the time of the fierce struggle between the orthodox and the evil, the evil way was gradually falling behind. Some old demons wanted to fight back desperately, but they were afraid of losing their souls, and the "topic" that Jiang Zheng was studying at the time undoubtedly provided them with a very good way out.

  So the leaders of the evil path all concentrated their resources to help Jiang An, and Jiang An did not disappoint them. He finally solved all his difficulties, successfully abandoned his physical body, and reincarnated into a fetus. From then on, he became human again and started cultivating anew.

  Liáng Xīn heard his eyebrows jumping straight up, even if it was a fetus, it was also an evil of seizing and killing.

  Jiang seemed to sense Liang Xin's emotions and chuckled: "What I did back then, although it sounds despicable, wasn't actually that serious."

  For Jiang, the more mature the fetus is, the greater the risk of his soul being seized, so with the help of those old demons, his first seizure was only three days old and strictly speaking, it couldn't even be considered a child.

  Liang Xin furrowed his brow, feeling both suffocated and nauseous, and let out a heavy sigh.

  The old devil began to cultivate again, and with the memories of his past life, he made rapid progress. However, his new physical condition was not as good as his flesh body in those years, and he stopped making progress before breaking through the Xianyou boundary.

  So Lao Mo Tou began his second "reincarnation" with the same unsatisfactory results, and then a third time, a fourth time... In total, he had been reincarnated five times as a human. However, because he couldn't see how his body was before reaching the limit, he never managed to surpass his original cultivation.

  Li Qian couldn't help but bitterly laugh and say: "For these several hundred years, wasn't it all just a waste of effort?"

  Jiang smiled and ignored Liang Xin's words, saying something inexplicable: "In my first life, my father was a vassal king and my mother was a maid. My father treated my mother very badly, but he loved me dearly. My mother lived a life worse than death, yet she endured humiliation and struggled to find opportunities to secretly see me, but fearing it would hinder my future prospects, she didn't dare speak a word to me." At that time, although I was in a mortal body, my heart had long since severed worldly emotions, so naturally I didn't pay attention.

  "In my second life, our family was poor and I didn't care, but my parents thought it was a big deal. When other kids had new clothes and candies, they would rather go hungry than not provide them for me. One Spring Festival, my father risked his life to earn money for my birthday by delivering goods in the snow and fell off a cliff. He never knew that I didn't care."

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  "In my third life, I was born into a wealthy family. With many brothers and sisters, our parents died early, and when it came time to divide the property, they fought tooth and nail. I thought I'd be free from all that trouble by giving up everything. But unexpectedly, after I left with nothing, these siblings would quarrel whenever they met, yet they all took turns coming to see me, afraid I'd be cold or hungry. My older sister wanted to take me in, my second brother even bought a small house for me, and my third brother took me out to eat every day. I'm confused - they all valued money so much that they became enemies, yet why are they being so kind to me?"

  Liang Xin hummed and couldn't help but interrupt: "Human feelings are complicated to begin with, it's hateful to turn against each other for money, but sometimes what we're fighting for is that sense of fairness in our own hearts."

  "Shut up! I didn't ask you, don't say another word!" Jiang'an's demeanor changed immediately after becoming the master, no longer gentle like before: "Fourth Master, I've finally become an orphan with no relatives or family. Haha! But when I was 16, a girl fell in love with me. I went to cultivate my skills and ignored her. Later, I accidentally heard that her parents forced her to marry someone else, and she hanged herself by putting her head into a rope."

  "In the fifth generation, no father, mother was a prostitute, every day calculating which one is my father. At this time, Jiang Yan smiled again, and his tone was no longer cold: "When she gave birth to me, she was already old... In a few years, she won't be able to attract customers anymore. Alas, she wasn't good-looking to begin with, it's strange if business is good! Later, something small happened, and she went out to find customers for herself. But that person thought she was ugly and dumped her. Hey, Mo Dao, do you know what a 'enemy woman' is?"

  "I've heard of it!"

  "Others think that prostitutes are lowly, but they are actually very united, this is called sisterhood!" Jiang An's words were spoken lightly, but his tone was heavy: "That man hit my mother, and as a result, he was surrounded by dozens of girls and beaten up. Every single one of them took action, but unexpectedly, that man's father turned out to be quite powerful. That night, hundreds of officials and gang members came, not only did they smash the brothel, but they also beat anyone they saw. My mother was naturally the most unfortunate one. I have no feelings for ordinary people, even the emperor looks down on me, let alone a prostitute! And yet, she was beaten to death right in front of my eyes. But you know what her last words were before she died?"

  "She said to me: I know you look down on me, I'm sorry, next life I'll only be a mother, not a prostitute!"

  Here is the translation:

  "Upon saying this, Jiang suddenly let out a loud wail and burst into tears: 'Just these words completely destroyed my Daoist heart! She was a prostitute, but she was also my mother! Not a single person will be spared! In my furious state, I crushed the wooden bell used for transmitting messages. In an instant, the seven great leaders of the evil path arrived at the city, and 34,131 evil cultivators rushed over one after another. The sky was filled with a dense array of magical treasures. Haha, Mo Dang, can you understand? At that time, the scene was earth-shaking and heaven-stirring, with an aura that moved ghosts and gods. But I wept loudly!"

  "That day, I finally couldn't bear the torture of human relationships, and my moral integrity was completely lost; that day, I only knew that my tears were also salty; that day, I finally understood that no matter how powerful one is, they are still a person, since they are a person, don't pretend to be not a person!"

  "That day, I suddenly realized that birth, aging, sickness and death are all part of the human world!" Jiang An's voice was low and tired as he slowly said: "Whether you're a cultivator or an ordinary person, we're all humans. Under the blue sky is the human world, and human affairs can be summed up in three words: it's not enough time!"

  "A hundred years of hustle and bustle, a thousand years of cultivation, until the end, looking back: things that should be done are not yet finished; people who should be loved have already died. In this world, there is only: too late!"

  I'm exhausted from writing this chapter, I want monthly tickets so much it's scary