Chapter 375: Chapter 373: Enlightenment in Progress...
Su Qing nodded.
He smiled. "That’s right, I came to see you."
He patted Su Shang’s head.
"So, do you find this little hardship difficult?"
"It’s manageable," Su Shang nodded.
Her previous mental exhaustion immediately began to ease.
"The day after tomorrow, Mom and Dad are getting discharged from the hospital, so things won’t be so hectic for me anymore."
’No wonder they’re so busy.’ Su Shang suddenly understood why her parents were so often away from home.
She had been taking care of so many people in the family all at once.
She also felt incredibly tired.
"It’s okay."
"It’s all in the past now."
Su Qing patted the little one’s head.
Su Shang didn’t resist; in fact, she seemed to enjoy it a little.
After a moment, Su Qing smiled. "I’m going into seclusion soon."
"Seclusion?"
"You mean like the other ancestors, hiding in a house for years without eating or drinking?"
"Something like that." Su Qing nodded. "That’s why I came to see you one last time."
"So you don’t suddenly grow into a young woman before I see you again."
"Does that mean I won’t see you for several years?" Su Shang asked, confused.
"Perhaps."
"In any case, I’m here to say goodbye."
The fiery red mark between Su Shang’s brows looked more and more familiar.
He knew in his heart that she wasn’t the same person.
"Goodbye..." Su Shang’s spirits fell upon hearing this.
"Will I be able to see you again in the future?"
"Of course. I’m not leaving this place."
"You’re a Cultivator who is destined to walk the Wisdom Dao Path."
"How can you let yourself be tied down by sentiment?"
’Besides... never mind.’ Su Qing had wanted to say, ’You’re just the reincarnation of someone I once knew.’
But the words died on his lips.
Su Qing said no more.
"Alright, I’m leaving."
"See you again someday."
Su Qing smiled.
And vanished in an instant.
Almost all the medical staff saw Su Qing disappear.
They couldn’t help but look at the girl who had just been talking to him.
They were shocked that someone there knew such a major figure who had embarked on a Dao Path.
...
Su Qing next appeared at Liu Lingxin’s home.
This time, Su Qing did not reveal himself.
Instead, he focused his senses on Liu Ling’Er.
She seemed...
different.
She was no longer obsessed with painting.
Instead, she was reading books.
The Memory Dao Path.
They were all books about the Memory Dao Path.
But the support from her parents, the feeling they gave her...
Su Qing did not watch for long.
Because that kind of love was something that had grown more and more distant for him.
Even if he were to feel that love again...
...it might not feel the same.
Su Qing could sense his own thoughts.
He laughed at himself. ’Did my Immortal Cultivation make me stupid? Heh... hah?’
’To think I don’t want emotions... heh heh.’
’Then what the hell am I cultivating for?’
Su Qing departed with a self-deprecating laugh.
’If I lose my emotions...’
’...what will be left for me to do?’
’What would be the meaning behind any action?’
’If cultivation reaches a certain point...’
’...and I have no emotions left, do I still need to cultivate? True heartlessness, not even caring about my own life or death.’
’If it comes to that, I’ll only feel that my cultivation has gone wrong.’
This was not his ultimate goal.
Su Qing headed back.
This Liu Family’s home...
...had no place for him.
Nor did it need him to belong to it.
It was the home of Liu Ling’Er, the reincarnation of Liu Linlin.
Returning to his own residence,
his Array Plate was still operating.
Su Qing sat down cross-legged.
SIGH...
’Time for Enlightenment.’
With a compassionate smile, Su Qing sat down cross-legged on the floor.
He was going to develop his Dao Nether Immortal Body.
...
...
「Two months later.」
"Dean Ke, long time no see."
"Hah, it would be better if we never saw each other," the old woman said sarcastically.
"My All-Knowing Institute will remember this matter with the Dongfang Race."
The middle-aged man chuckled. "I know you’re upset that the All-Knowing Institute was affected by the Soul Poison, but that doesn’t mean it was the Dongfang Race’s doing."
"Dean Ke, you can’t go around slandering our Dongfang Race."
"It will ruin our friendship."
"Hah, laughable."
"In the entire Star Sea Eastern Realm, your Dongfang Race is the most adept at this kind of Soul Poison."
"It nearly killed the ordinary people of my All-Knowing Institute, and a great number of refugees died."
"How utterly ridiculous."
"The Dongfang Race is far too tyrannical," Ke Hongmei said with disdain.
The middle-aged man clearly didn’t care about Ke Hongmei’s expression.
He had seen every kind of expression on the faces of the powers they had destroyed in the past.
So the middle-aged man was perfectly calm and composed.
"I’m very curious. Who was it that helped you?"
"As far as I know, the All-Knowing Institute rarely, if ever, researches knowledge related to the soul."
"It was Jianmu, of course." Ke Hongmei had no intention of telling the truth.
At the same time, she brought up Jianmu to make him believe her.
’If your Dongfang Race dares to make a move, then Jianmu will definitely help the All-Knowing Institute.’
It was a deterrent.
"Jianmu?"
The middle-aged man let out a laugh.
"My Dongfang Race knows full well that Jianmu does not meddle or fight. Why would it start helping insignificant beings like you while it is bearing fruit?"
"Was it your so-called ancestor, Su Qing?"
When the middle-aged man said this,
Ke Hongmei remained unmoved.
"Ancestor Su Qing?"
"Which little one told you about our ancestor?" Ke Hongmei chuckled. "Though they escaped from the Greed Realm, do you really think that’s a possibility?"
"Hah."
"Dean Ke, we are fully aware of the matter concerning your ancestor’s great battle against the Greed Realm."
"He alone can’t be what the All-Knowing Institute is relying on."
"So?" Hearing this, Ke Hongmei couldn’t help but laugh.
She knew that the Dongfang Race was scared.
Scared of her ancestor’s power.
"There is no ’so’. The next ten years are when Jianmu will bear fruit. Are you going to give us ten Jianmu Fruits or not?"
"That is impossible," Ke Hongmei stated her position clearly.
’It’s impossible. Don’t even think about it.’
"This time, you won’t get a single one."
"In that case."
"Dean Ke, take care of yourself."
A flash of light appeared in the middle-aged man’s hand, and he left the area.
Ke Hongmei’s expression was grim. The Dongfang Race was too aggressive.
Now, because of Ancestor Su Qing,
one crisis had been averted.
But that didn’t mean another crisis wouldn’t appear later.
—
Jianmu, Branch 50, House 25.
The middle-aged man had not left.
Instead, he had come to this house.
’So this is where Su Qing lives?’
Because the Dongfang Race’s research into souls was exceptional, the one who had come this time was not his main soul at all.
It was a Split Soul at most.
The middle-aged man wanted to investigate.
What kind of person was this Su Qing?
He completely ignored the prohibitory sign on the door.
And barged right inside.
Brilliant starlight appeared around his body. If Su Qing had been paying attention, he would have known this was someone on the Star Dao Path.
But he had only taken a few steps...
...when an Array lit up.
ZZZTT.
The middle-aged man vanished on the spot.
Seemingly turned to nothing.
The last conscious thought that surfaced in his Split Soul’s mind was a single word: ’Array.’
...
"Oh?"
’An intruder?’
Su Qing was puzzled.
’Why would someone barge in without even ringing the doorbell?’
’And it doesn’t seem to be anyone I know.’
Su Qing then sank back into his comprehension of Dao Essence.
A trivial matter like this...
...as far as Su Qing was concerned...
...he couldn’t care less.
He had already ruled out those two little ones, so it didn’t seem to matter who it was.
...
Far from the Jianmu Omniscience Institute.
The middle-aged man frowned.
Beside him was another, more mature-looking middle-aged man.
"What’s wrong? Your Split Soul was killed?"
"No, it was after I went to investigate that Su Qing."
"It died before any memories could be transmitted back."
"It seems it died within a few steps of entering the doorway."
"I don’t know how it died."
"With someone like him at Jianmu, if he makes a move, the Dongfang Race will suffer a loss that outweighs any gain, even if we get the Jianmu Fruit."
"Dongfang Halberd, don’t sell yourself short. Our Dongfang Race possesses power that is in no way inferior to the Greed Realm."
The more mature-looking middle-aged man beside him was full of confidence.
But as soon as the words left his mouth, he added, "It’s just that our Sea Lion needs to confirm his stance."
"The problem is, we can’t even get an audience with him." Dongfang Halberd shrugged, looking helpless.
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