CHAPTER 1006: CHAPTER 1005: FLOCKING IN

Hou Niao sat quietly, wanting to know the explanation from this fairy.

"We, upon receiving the order to enter Jinxiu, already understood that this could be a lifelong mission, with no possibility of withdrawing halfway; it is long, and most may not live to see the last moment, but this is cultivation in essence, remaining in the Boundary Domain is the same, though fraught with unpredictable risks and a higher chance of perishing, yet possibly more opportunities arise?"

The Fairy Hong Xiu said leisurely, "We don’t know the specifics of the mission, we can only follow the arrangements of the Great Dao, like stepping forward step by step, providence has a destined plan; at a certain time node, a direction will naturally emerge, as cultivators, this is our basic skill."

Hou Niao did not deny it, but he had to show a skeptical attitude, otherwise, he would know nothing.

"Following such guidance, we came to the Hell Star, and only then did we realize the difficulty and scale of the mission far exceeded our imagination, with more and more peers arriving at the Hell Star, this is no coincidence, there must be some inevitability, indicating that just the twelve of us cannot complete it.

This is what is meant by the guidance of the Great Dao, it is impossible to reveal the truth of the mission from the start, perhaps the mission is still constantly changing, and we need to continuously adapt and comprehend within this change.

It’s the same for you, I think you too realized it on Hell Star, without your sword, we would still be stuck on Hell Star, unable to descend to Jinxiu Continent. There would always be accidents, the only difference is in what way they occur."

The Fairy Hong Xiu gracefully poured him tea, "Your view on all this differs from ours, not in cultivation strength or combat power, but in things formed over long periods of exposure, we have tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands or even millions of years of history, it’s recorded in the books, and subsequent generations can always learn something from it, but you can’t, Jinxiu only has a two thousand year history, still a closed Boundary Domain, so when observing the same issue, what we see and what you see are different."

Hou Niao nodded, this was an undeniable fact.

Hong Xiu continued, "So when the second Innate Spiritual Treasure appeared inside the Medicine King Furnace, our first intuition was, could this mean the mission branched? But we weren’t sure, we could only take it step by step.

It wasn’t until the pestle could not be taken down for a long time that we confirmed this point, it wasn’t blocking us, but opening another direction!

That’s why Zhi Xuan approached Yue Duo, demanding her to definitely destroy the pestle."

The Fairy Hong Xiu brushed aside her hair, "Regarding the relationships among the various Daoist sects in this universe, you need to understand more, we are both adversaries and friends, everything is in flux, in different periods, different environments, different events, the positions of friends and foes keep alternating, there are no eternal friends, and no eternal enemies, only a more prosperous future for this Universe Cultivation Realm.

So your thought that the Daoist Buddhist sect led by Yijie wants to force the Sword Sect to death is somewhat naive, I admit they have such thoughts in certain situations, but not in this one, and frankly speaking, if given the opportunity, your senior sister would also strike against the Daoists, this is inherently a part of cultivation."

"If you can understand what I just said, you will understand that Zhi Xuan was not forcing your senior sister to her death, but telling her, that the group led by her should choose this newly emerged direction, and leave the direction of Jinxiu Continent to the Daoists."

"Why?"

"Based on intuition, also based on judgment; importantly, your senior sister also recognized this point, I might sound overly assertive, but the truly capable Upper Realm visitors all made this judgment, it wasn’t just personal to your senior sister.

When the pestle dragged those people into the second direction, it actually already proved the correctness of our judgment, though brief, you should have felt something from the aura of that passage?"

Hou Niao pondered, "It was a kind of, ancient wilderness scent..."

The Fairy Hong Xiu clapped and laughed, "See, this is the truth, indicating that direction is likely not the human world; so what kind of Daoist sect is more suited to go over? Is it the Sword Sect that worships power, passion, and bloodshed? Or is it the Daoist sect that likes to reason and play schemes?

Obviously, reasoning and scheming with those non-humans is not very suitable, this is why your senior sister decided to stand up, haven’t you noticed, which Daoist sects followed along? The power-observing Lou Yi people, Wei Yi, the Blood River’s Gu Zai...

It’s not that they were excluded by the Daoist Buddhist sect, but which direction is more suitable for them, in the choice of the Great Dao, suitability is crucial, every cultivator aspiring to the Great Dao understands this point."

"You’re just speculating, not necessarily..."

"It’s speculation, but also a pattern, although we don’t know where that other road leads in the end, there is an iron rule in the cultivation world, no two paths are exactly the same, here it’s the Jinxiu human world, the other one surely isn’t; we can’t afford to decide with absolute certainty, but with such a trend, we probably won’t be too far off?"

"What will it be?"

"I don’t know, but what I do know is we will definitely end up in the same place via different paths! But where it leads, we’ll only find out by continuing on, as long as we don’t die, we will always see it."

The Fairy Hong Xiu looked at him meaningfully, "Yue Duo truly sees great potential in you, otherwise she wouldn’t have taken the other path, she entrusted Jinxiu to you, so I feel obliged to tell you something, whether you believe it or not.

But this doesn’t mean we are allies, first and foremost, the Upper Realm of Zhou Immortal is Daoist, that’s our root, and then we talk about friendship.

For me, most of the time, I will stand by the Daoist side, whether Jinxiu Sword Sect can truly gain the friendship of Zhou Immortal still depends on your ability."

Hou Niao smiled slightly, "I can represent Jinxiu Sword Sect, yet you might not necessarily represent Ying Platform, and certainly not the Upper Realm of Zhou Immortal; however, I still want to thank you, at least you made me understand a lot of things.

On Jinxiu Continent, we may eventually face a common goal, but this does not hinder the contention and entanglement between us, is that so?"

The Fairy Hong Xiu stood up, "Yes, exactly! Just like the grudges and grievances between the Sword Sect and the Daoist sects over hundreds of thousands of years, I’m just reminding you not to misjudge because of Yue Duo’s matter; it was her own choice, no one to blame."

The Fairy Hong Xiu drifted away, leaving Hou Niao sitting there quietly. He did not think too much; why bother with things that are destined to remain unclear?

Taking the next step well is what he should truly be concerned with.