#655 - The cup falls and the robbery is gone
Under the blue sky, amidst green mountains and clear waters, birds sing and flowers exude fragrance.
Li Ya and Li Xuanyu sat in a small pavilion beneath the mountain stream, drinking tea and reminiscing. Li Ya recounted his experiences over the years, and Li Xuanyu, though seemingly indifferent, was in fact deeply moved.
Compared to Li Ya, she felt much luckier.
Li Ya had to compete for opportunities everywhere to become stronger, constantly engaging in battles, while she, within the Qiankun Sect, had no shortage of cultivation resources and encountered no bottlenecks in her practice.
Regarding the absence of bottlenecks in her cultivation, she suspected that Gu An was secretly helping her.
Before meeting Gu An, her comprehension was not this remarkable.
After Li Ya finished recounting his legendary life, he raised an eyebrow at Li Xuanyu and asked, "Sister, how have you been these years?"
He was unaware of Li Xuanyu's inner thoughts. He was very proud of his experiences. Although he was not listed among the names of the heavenly prodigies, his reputation was not low, and it was all earned through his own efforts!
Li Xuanyu did not hide her experiences. She began to narrate, her story mainly revolving around her rise in status within the Qiankun Sect.
In the end, Li Xuanyu sighed, "Compared to you, my life is too ordinary."
Li Ya had been listening with great interest at first, but the more he heard, the more he felt something was off.
With the help of a great figure in the sect, she transcended tribulations and broke through to the Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal Realm.
Under the guidance of an immortal, she achieved the Carefree Yuan Immortal Realm.
When transcending the tribulation of the Wonderful Dharma Spirit Immortal Realm, she almost perished, but fortunately, she was aided by the Beginningless Dao Treasure.
Li Ya opened his mouth, wanting to ask if this was right.
He knew Li Xuanyu's talent. Back in the Taicang Continent, he had already surpassed Li Xuanyu. For hundreds of thousands of years, he had traveled the world, encountering many opportunities, and it could be said that he had attained the Wonderful Dharma Spirit Immortal Realm only after experiencing countless hardships.
The difficulties Li Xuanyu encountered during her tribulations, he had also encountered. Each successful tribulation left him covered in wounds and in extreme pain.
And Li Xuanyu?
Even though she was his own sister, Li Ya couldn't help but feel a little resentful.
Junior Brother Gu, are you trying to tell me that following you is a better path to success?
Li Ya felt that Gu An was deliberately cultivating Li Xuanyu. If it were just an ordinary relationship, providing protection would be good enough, let alone allowing Li Xuanyu to cultivate to her current realm?
And so quickly!
Li Xuanyu asked, "Why have you come?"
Why?
Li Ya felt a sudden tightness in his chest.
He had a closer relationship with Gu An, so why did it seem like he was more distant now?
Li Ya replied, "Regarding the world, I obtained some information that I wanted to give to Gu... to the Fudao Sword Sovereign."
He almost couldn't help but call Gu An 'Junior Brother Gu,' but then he thought that Gu An was the Fudao Sword Sovereign, and the one who changed Li Xuanyu's fate, so he shouldn't be so disrespectful.
Moreover, after more than a hundred thousand years, would Gu An still recognize him as his senior brother?
As his realm grew higher, Li Ya's understanding also increased, and he became increasingly in awe of the Fudao Sword Sovereign's power.
No matter how strong he became, he was still an ordinary person in this world. He had encountered too many beings that made him look up to them and revere them. Because of this, he often marveled at Gu An's power.
Just how powerful was it to allow Gu An to disregard the entire Tianling Great World and even contend with terrifying beings from beyond the heavens.
"Regarding the world?" Li Xuanyu asked in surprise, she was about to ask more.
Suddenly.
A figure appeared beside the two of them, the newcomer hitched up his robes and sat down directly.
Gu An said with a smile, then poured himself tea without ceremony.
Li Xuanyu came back to her senses and said, "How could we not welcome you? It's just that I didn't expect you to come out personally..."
Her gaze couldn't help but turn to Li Ya. She had long known that Gu An cared about Li Ya, but she didn't expect Gu An to come out to receive him personally as soon as Li Ya arrived.
This affection was so deep!
She was filled with confusion. Logically speaking, when Gu An met Li Ya, he was already a transcendent great being. Could spending a few years with Li Ya in Xuan Valley have forged such a deep friendship?
Or was there some potential in Li Ya that she couldn't see through?
Gu An took a sip of tea, and said with a smile, "Speak, what information about the world do you have to tell me?"
Li Ya came back to his senses, his expression became serious, and said, "The world is becoming more and more chaotic. I originally thought it was just the reincarnation of the Heavenly Dao, until I met an old Taoist. He was a servant of the Heavenly Dao, and he was afflicted by some kind of curse. Before he died, he told me that a force of resentment from outside the heavens is invading the mortal realm. It will fuel the evil thoughts in the hearts of living beings. If this force is not eradicated, the chaos in the mortal realm will continue until the world is destroyed."
Li Xuanyu's face also changed upon hearing this. She subconsciously looked at Gu An, wanting to know if the information Li Ya was saying was true.
She believed that Gu An could see through everything in the world.
Gu An looked at Li Ya and said with a soft smile, "You also said that it is fueling the evil thoughts in the heart, doesn't that mean that there is already resentment in the hearts of all beings?"
What Li Ya said was indeed true. Those believers who were propagating the Heavenly Dao and the Heavenly Court in the mortal realm had successively encountered curses. It was obvious that this strange force was wary of the Heavenly Court, but so many Great Worlds had been invaded by the strange force, how could the Heavenly Court not know?
Gu An had already calculated the source of the strange force, this strange force came from the Chaos Wraith Luo, this evil creature originated from outside the Three Thousand Great Worlds, and its cultivation was in the middle stage of the Wonderful True Great Luo Immortal Realm.
Through deduction, Gu An knew that there were many evil creatures similar to the Chaos Wraith Luo in the Chaos, and there was the Heavenly Court's luck at the edge of the Chaos, which meant that the Heavenly Court had long been eyeing the Chaos.
The Chaos Wraith Luo could invade the Three Thousand Great Worlds from the Chaos, no matter how you looked at it, it looked like a conspiracy.
This conspiracy may have originated from the Profound Lodge Immortal Lord, how could he act as a leading bird?
He would only take action when the Tianling Great World was truly on the verge of life and death.
He had saved this Great World many times, but the living beings he had saved would eventually die. His actions were only to prolong the lifespan of the common people.
"People have seven emotions and six desires, and evil thoughts cannot be eradicated, but the power from outside the heavens must be hiding a greater disaster, perhaps this power will absorb the evil thoughts of the common people to make itself stronger?" Li Ya said with a frown.
Gu An rolled his eyes at him and said unhappily, "Don't be so exaggerated."
He had already discerned the reason why the Chaos Wraith Luo was releasing the strange power. It was not to absorb the power of the common people, but as its resentment power spread, the Heavenly Dao's luck would recede. When the Heavenly Dao's luck completely dissipated, the Chaos Wraith Luo would descend.
Before breaking through, he also thought that the Chaos Wraith Luo was invading the Great World in order to feed or become stronger. Now it seemed that those Great Worlds that had been invaded were like a path.
The Chaos Wraith Luo might be fleeing, or wanting to go somewhere, but there was too much Heavenly Dao's luck along the way, so it could only act in this way.
It was like a pedestrian fleeing in a hurry, not caring about stepping on insects along the way because they were in too much of a hurry.
Li Xuanyu followed up and said, "The world is constantly suffering, and we can't always let the Sword Sovereign take action. Lessons learned in blood will remain in history, so that future generations can remember and avoid more disasters."
She was also comprehending the Great Dao of Karma, and her greatest feeling was that as long as there was intelligence, struggle was inevitable, and if there was too much struggle, it would eventually lead to disaster.
Moreover, she felt that when in the midst of calamity, one should save themselves, rather than seek help from a powerful existence outside the rules.
Recently, there have also been undercurrents in the Qiankun Sect, and the atmosphere in the sect has become increasingly tense, but the higher-ups do not want to ask Wushi for help, as that would make them seem incompetent.
"But..."
Li Ya hesitated, he originally thought that this matter was not difficult for Gu An, so he came to Gu An, but he did not expect Gu An to refuse.
Gu An gently pushed his teacup towards Li Ya's direction and said, "Does Senior Brother Li really want to end this chaos?"
Li Ya subconsciously picked up the teapot and poured tea for Gu An. He then asked, "What do you mean, can I do it if I want to?"
"It's rare for you to come to me, how can I not let you have your wish?" Gu An said with great pride.
In front of others, he would pretend to be an aloof expert, but in front of Li Ya, he wanted to show off.
Li Ya was overjoyed, but when he thought of Li Xuanyu's words, he felt that it made sense.
If this calamity ends this time, what about next time?
Did he have to come to Gu An every time?
Li Ya frowned and hesitated, "Will doing this consume your cultivation, or bring you great trouble?"
Gu An picked up his teacup, drank it again, and then shook the teacup in his hand at Li Ya, saying, "This great calamity is indeed unstoppable for the common people of the world, but for me, it is like putting down this cup."
As soon as he finished speaking, he gently put down the teacup.
He looked at Li Ya and said with a smile, "Look, isn't that what I did."
Li Ya was stunned.
A look of confusion also appeared in Li Xuanyu's eyes.
Little did they know that the strange power that shrouded the common people of the world had vanished into thin air at this moment, ceasing to exist.