Chapter 92: Say The Word And I Will Leave With You

Outside the mirror.

The entire place was silent.

All the cultivators stared in absolute shock at Gu Changqing in the mirror. They were flabbergasted!

The sword exploded with such terrifying will power in that moment, even those outside the mirror felt their hearts tremble.

That mortifying will was no less mighty than the power the universe had. They felt like they couldn’t breathe.

A mere mortal was actually able to slay a Supreme with one swing of the sword?!

Even though the Heavenly Emperor had proven to be a genius in cultivation time and again, and had already achieved several shocking feats before this.

In this moment, everyone was still so astonished.

“How did he do that!!” a cultivator exclaimed.

He was so stunned by how a mere mortal could even control such terrifying power.

And he was even more stunned by how Gu Changqing had managed to pioneer this cultivation path’s unique system.

The will of Human Dao?

After all, the cultivation systems of the Beixuan Continent were either based on understanding techniques or understanding laws.

For cultivators, once they reached a certain realm, they would be able to comprehend such things in the world.

But the will.

Such a thing was so intangible, so impossible to grasp. How could one refine such a thing?

Everyone was dumbstruck.

Regardless of whether they were Great Emperor or Supreme, they found it too hard to understand this cultivation system that the Heavenly Emperor had chosen.

But now, they felt like they could finally understand why this usually genius Heavenly Emperor could not make any progress even after cultivating every day for three whole years in the mortal world.

Only one reason – it was simply too difficult!

If they were in the same situation, even if they were as blessed as someone like Ye Chen, they probably still wouldn’t understand it even after spending a hundred years among humans!

“So…”

“During the course of the Heavenly Emperor’s lifetime, he created two brand new cultivation systems?” asked a cultivator.

He was met with nothing but silence in response.

As far as they knew, even the most talented cultivators were able to level up quickly only within the known methods of their cultivation systems.

But Gu Changqing was different.

He had created new ones after being unable to go down several other paths.

And the craziest part was, the cultivation methods he created was able to make him as powerful as a Great Emperor!!!

In other words, Gu Changqing’s way of cultivation was impossible to imitate. If that weren’t the case, none of these cultivators would stick around to watch more of the Heavenly Emperor’s past.

They would have quickly noted down Gu Changqing’s methods and started cultivating!

“How does such a genius exist?!”

“He can’t possibly be human!”

Several cultivators were cursing and swearing inside.

Even thought they knew that this Heavenly Emperor who destroyed his Great Emperor dao fruit was still able to become a Great Emperor in the future, the fact that the Gu Changqing in the mirror now was able to create his own cultivation system from thin air made them want to curse at everything.

Ye Chen’s expression was extremely nasty.

He felt like he had just been trampled all over by horses and llamas.

He was supposed to be a man blessed by the heavens. He prided himself on being a one in a million years genius.

Yet compared to the Heavenly Emperor, he felt even worse than a piece of shit that had been run over by a carriage.

“Who’s the real man blessed by the heavens?!”

Ye Chen couldn’t help but scream inwardly in frustration.

…

Inside the Bronze Ancient Mirror.

Changxi stared at Gu Changqing, her eyes filled with emotion.

This was such a familiar scene.

Back then, he had walked into Tangshan by himself. Saint Kings and Supremes had fallen like rain, and even the most powerful of demons didn’t seem to stand a chance.

Quasi-Emperors were as pathetic as ants.

Even her own brother-in-law, a Great Emperor for many years, was vanquished by him.

Back then, he shone so brilliantly too.

His aura was so bright, she could only gaze at him from afar.

Changxi let out a bitter laugh, then murmured to herself, “Wasn’t that exactly how you walked into my heart back then too? But now…”

She looked up to meet Gu Changqing’s eyes.

They stared at each other for a long time.

But nobody said anything to each other.

Several moments later, Changxi smiled sadly. “Gu Changqing, once we part this time, we shall never see each other again.”

She knew, even if the divine ape demon hadn’t said all that just now.

She would realize what was truly in her heart sooner or later. She would still have no choice but to face that conflict inside her.

So what if she liked him so much?

He was still an enemy who killed her older sister!

Since she didn’t want to kill him, then it was best to go completely separate ways and forget that they had even known each other.

But right now, because she still had not heard him try to ask her to stay, her heart was still filled with unbearable disappointment.

“If you just try and ask me to stay, I will disregard everything and leave with you.”

That’s what she said to herself.

She quietly turned and slowly walked into the distance step by step.

All the way until she finally vanished from Gu Changqing’s line of set. At that moment, her face was covered with tears.

She kept walking and walking and did not turn back.

…

Gu Changqing just silently stared at that slim, curvaceous, familiar figure that he had seen for the past three years.

Faced with such a beautiful young woman.

Of course he had developed some feelings for her.

During the past three years, he had thought of confessing to her before, but in the end, he held it in.

If he allowed her to stay by his side like that, it would only make this woman suffer more and more pain because of the conflict in her heart.

Over the years, Gu Changqing had seen this woman sit in a daze in the yard beneath that large tree. Once she started, she would be there for a long, long time.

Besides that.

Gu Changqing had his own path to walk.

He carried a feud, he needed to experience the human world, he had to find his own dao.

As well as the karma he owed from saving Bai Su back then.

And the vicious curse put on him by the Golden Crow Great Emperor’s queen.

His road ahead was destined to be a lonely and difficult one, a tragic and tiring one.

Since that was the case, why should he burden this woman?

Gu Changqing would rather this woman hate him, because only deep hatred for him would possibly help her feel less pain.

…

Gu Changqing turned his gaze away.

He stared back at the village and felt a little sad, and felt it had been a pity.

The familiar figures, the familiar village.

Just like what happened to his village back then, seeing such a tragedy invoked much grief.

He found a metal hoe.

Then, he started digging in the middle of the village.

He began to put the bodies into the graves one by one.

“Sister Li, the porridge you boiled smelled so good. Changxi loved your porridge the most.”

“Brother Wang, I owe you wine, so I’m returning it now.”

“Little boy, thanks for the good wine you gave me. But I know that you stole it from your father.”

…

Gu Changqing continued murmuring like this to himself, as though he was bidding a group of friends farewell.

Three days later, he finally managed to finish burying every villager, more than a hundred of them.

As he walked away, he stood at the foot of the mountain to look down at the village for a long time.

“Goodbye,” he murmured to himself.

…

Gu Changqing continued on his exploration of the mortal world.

He headed eastward.

Legend had it that in the faraway lands of the east stood a place called the Shore of the East Sea.

That was where humans came from.

There was a mountain on the Shore of the East Sea called Shouyang Mountain. On that mountain was a temple for mankind’s ancestors.

This ancestral temple was where Gu Changqing was headed.

Gu Changqing had a feeling that this ancestral temple was where his dao path lay.

…

Thousands of races lived in the Beixuan Continent.

Humans were one of them. The place where they lived was the Nine States, or the Lower Realm.

And now, Gu Changqing had to go through the Nine States to get to Shouyang Mountain.

He moved along slowly.

To experience all sorts of personalities and behaviors, to feel emotions and desires.

During that time, Gu Changqing was always able to witness demons attacking cities.

The human race was like mere ants.

On top of that, humans were able to reproduce way faster than other races, so their lives were even more worthless.

In the face of beasts and demons, they were completely unable to defend themselves.

Even human cultivators treated ordinary human lives like dirt.

In this world where thousands of races were competing to become the best, it was hard to imagine how terribly weak an ordinary human must be.

If a ferocious beast attacked a city, as long as they weren’t affected by it, even human cultivators would just get out of the way and not bother to save their fellow members of the same race.

As though the ones getting cruelly killed were not of the same race, but just a bunch of ants.

Gu Changqing was deeply affected by such a scene.

From then on, he began to help humans to find their path.

He gave lectures on how to gain longevity, teaching others the cultivation systems he had once cultivated in.

To make the human race stronger.

But more than anything else, he talked about the way of humans. Human dao.

A dao that was strong and unceasing, a will that refused to compromise, a will strong enough to fight destiny!

As long as their will was not extinguished, then even though their bodies were as weak as ants, they could fight the heavens.

Through this process, he became more and more well-known.

The humans of the Nine States all seemed to know about this long suffering cultivator.

His clothes were tattered, yet he had immense intelligence and wisdom.

And when his time among humans had reached a certain stage, many people even saw him as a deity who had descended to earth to save mankind.

The conscience of many human cultivators were also slowly awakened by him.

So many cultivators were happy to accompany him on this trip to understand mankind. They called him Saint Teacher and protected him on his travels.

Slowly, he accumulated 3,000 disciples.

Even though he never thought of himself as a teacher of any kind.

Perhaps it was because nobody had ever done such a foolish thing before, Gu Changqing quickly gathered quite a bit of qi.

Qi for cultivating human dao!

The qi came from ordinary humans. It was gathered into his body and turned into his energy.

Over the last three years, Gu Changqing gained and learned a lot. He sensed that he was getting a deeper and deeper understanding of human dao and felt that his cultivation had reached its preliminary stage.

But he did not choose to level up. Instead, he continued to wander the mortal realm with his mortal body.

Three years passed in the blink of an eye.

And one day after those three years, Gu Changqing finally arrived at the foot of Shouyang Mountain.

…

Outside the mirror.

The cultivators silently watched everything Gu Changqing did over the past three years.

Before this, Changxi had told them before long, Gu Changqing would turn evil and even slaughter countless human lives.

But over these past few years, Gu Changqing had been working hard for the human race.

And he had done everything without asking for anything in return. Even though he had a huge number of followers behind him, he never acknowledged that he was their teacher.

“Why do I feel that…it doesn’t seem likely the Heavenly Emperor would slaughter humans cruelly,” said one cultivator.

Gu Changqing had been doing so much for humans. He never thought it was tiring and was not afraid of having to work hard.

And it wasn’t just on the spur of the moment either. Once he started, he just kept going for the next three years.

How could he suddenly change completely overnight and suddenly start massacring humans?

“Besides, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the cultivation system the Heavenly Emperor is following, is very closely related to humans.”

“During his journey, while he helped humans, his aura has grown stronger.”

“As though he’s absorbing the qi of humans.”

“If the Heavenly Emperor slays the humans, wouldn’t that be equivalent to getting rid of the source of his own strength?” remarked another cultivator.

That remark was met with many cultivators agreeing with him.

It was clear that everyone was sharing the same feelings toward the Heavenly Emperor.

Even Ye Chen, was beginning to doubt that this massacre was real.

After all, back when the Heavenly Emperor carried out this massacre, too few people had talked about it!!

But just then.

The Silver Moon Great Empress said, “I saw with my own eyes what he did back then.”

“Nine out of ten cities overflowed with blood. How could I be mistaken about that?”

“Do all of you really think I’m lying to you?”

After hearing what Changxi said.

Everyone could only suppress the suspicions in their minds.

Since she had seen it with her own eyes, then she couldn’t be wrong.

Besides, this lady was a Great Empress, a mysterious woman from ancient times. She had no reason to lie to them.

Ye Chen’s eyes brightened a little.

“Based on Changxi’s expression, she’s definitely not lying about this.”

“If that’s the case, then the Heavenly Emperor is about to massacre the human race.”

“I’m going to see how many people would speak up for you once that starts happening.”

That was Ye Chen’s inner monologue.

He suddenly felt rather relieved.

He, the man blessed by the heavens, had been holding himself back for way too long!

Each time he thought he knew better, he would end up getting a slap in the face from the events that followed.

He had been waiting very expectantly for the moment the Heavenly Emperor would become a wicked man and start massacring mankind!