CHAPTER 440: CHAPTER 212: HEAVEN’S JUDGMENT, I WAS MISTAKEN! AMAZING MORTAL!_5

However, none of them knew how they made it all the way here; they deserved an involuntary praise like "impressive."

If it were him, Yuchi, he wouldn’t have such courage. This is really walking on two feet, and they actually don’t intend to go home! What kind of concept is this? Generally, when one travels far, they come back when they’re old, a so-called ’fallen leaves return to the roots.’ However, they keep walking wherever and die wherever they end up.

True pioneering, utterly remarkable.

"Looking at the shopkeeper from the outside, you’d never guess!"

Yuchi Jin’Er really witnessed it, compared to many check-ins and sign-ins in his past life, those were just weak. Such a group of tough guys!

Knowing he couldn’t do it, Yuchi spent more money and ate more food, at least to support them.

"They are like beings thrust into the cosmic ocean in their past life... They’ve moved beyond the obsession with a tiny place, beyond the obsession with the mother planet. They are devoted to pursuing themselves... This is truly a terrifying wildness."

Qinghan, the young girl, looked at her Sect Leader Senior Brother with respectful eyes. Sitting down beside Yuchi, she curiously asked, "Sect Leader Senior Brother, how do you think they managed this journey?"

Not only Qinghan, but the other three disciples also looked at Yuchi with curiosity.

First, these treacherous mountains and harsh waters are hard to traverse; merely walking is already a painful ordeal.

Second, what if one encounters bandits on the road?

Third, what to do if one gets sick on the journey?

Fourth, walking all of a sudden getting lost or encountering a natural barrier, what should one do?

Fifth...

And so forth.

Too many things, saying it out loud sounds like something from a storybook.

"Qinghan, you shouldn’t be asking me how they did it, but how they dared to conceive it," Yuchi answered with a smile.

The thought must come first, then action. This kind of idea is something normal people would immediately dismiss. To journey far from home, to abandon all shackles, to follow a path they understand... That is somewhat terrifying.

Qinghan nodded and said, a bit confused, "I can’t do it... That would be like leaving the Ascension Gate and venturing out alone, never to return to the Ascension Gate again..."

Feiling put down her chopsticks and strongly agreed with her senior sister’s words: "I can’t do it either, never returning to the Ascension Gate, devoted to exploring, but really missing home... what then?"

Shanlan did not speak; she only lowered her head and silently drank her porridge, naturally thinking it over, and it seemed she could hardly do it either. Although she keenly wanted to attain Dao, if attaining Dao meant leaving her Sect Leader Senior Brother...then pursuing Dao might be best not to...

Feng Dongran was even more terrified. She had finally found a peaceful sect, finally escaped the clutches of the secular world, and now she was asked to leave the Ascension Gate and go somewhere else... and never return—that’s so distressing, just thinking about it makes her sad.

The thoughts of the four disciples were perfectly normal. They could leave the Ascension Gate for various reasons, but leaving the Ascension Gate certainly isn’t forever. It’s just temporary departure, maybe to handle something, maybe to find something, but the Ascension Gate must exist for them no matter where they are.

Only then would they feel at ease; if the Ascension Gate were gone, wouldn’t they be homeless? That would be too tragic.

No, they can’t leave the Ascension Gate permanently; that would be deadly, ruinous.

Yuchi couldn’t help but laugh as he looked at the expressions of the four disciples, thinking to himself: This inn is quite different from our Ascension Gate...

Yet my ancestors! If you were to ever leave my Ascension Gate never to return, I’d be liberated. Surely, after you’ve all become heroes of your own regions, would you still return to my Ascension Gate and go back to your parents’ home? You’ve already drained me completely.

His jinxing mouth would once again prove true; one day he’d watch disciples return through thin air, crying and shouting three phrases.

"There’s really no cultivation technique!"

"Don’t come here!"

"You’ve already grown up!"

But for now, he was unaware, obliviously drinking tea leisurely, looking at the shopkeeper who was full of praise.

But just as the disciples firmly believed they would never leave the Ascension Gate, there was a knock at the door.

After Yuchi responded, the door opened, revealing a maid.

The maid paid her respects to Yuchi, smiling as she addressed him, "Young Master Yuchi, we are from the Celestial Craft Workshop. Our young master is next door; he invites you over for tea, what’s your intention?"

The Celestial Craft Workshop? When did I get involved with the Celestial Craft Workshop?

Yuchi was curious but then smiled, nodded, and stood up, signaling the disciples to eat slowly and not to rush, while he replied:

"Lead the way."

...

Yuchi walked along with the maid through the corridor, after taking a dozen steps, he arrived at the side of another private room. As the room’s door opened, Yuchi walked in and saw a young gentleman he’d never met.