Volume 1 Setting Sail Chapter 80 Qi Changlao's Conversation

  The first floor of Daluo Palace, the blue sky and white sun, warm sunshine shines all over the land, three or five groups of martial arts disciples are undergoing crazy training.

  Xiao Chen stepped out of the transmission array, looked up at the sky and let out a long sigh.

  These past few days, I've been training on the second floor of Daluo Palace. Every step is a disaster, every step is a crisis, and every step is heart-stopping. At any moment, my heart is in my throat. One intense battle after another has left me exhausted, feeling utterly drained.

  The tension had reached its peak, and at this moment it finally relaxed, feeling that every inch of skin on the whole body, every pore had an unspeakable comfort.

  Look again at that day, bluer than blue, more vast than the sea.

  Look at that mountain again, majestic and magnificent, even higher than the sky.

  Look again at the water, look again at the flowers, look again at the stream, look again at the dust...

  At this moment, Xiao Chen saw something and had a feeling, as if there was a transformation on the soul.

  "Was it in the second floor of Daluo Palace that I was oppressed every moment, and now that I've relaxed, I appreciate the simplicity of life?"

  Xiao Chen felt inexplicably strange about his situation, a feeling he had never experienced before. It was as if he had been a directionally-challenged person who suddenly gained the ability to distinguish between east, west, north and south.

  This is a transformation of the soul, not a gradual change that occurs unknowingly, but rather an epiphany that strikes suddenly and unexpectedly.

  "This feeling is actually quite good, it's a sublimation from the soul." Xiao Chen savored it for a moment, and a smile floated up to his mouth. He only felt that his heart was cleansed along with it, and the killing intent that had burst out in three days of crazy fighting dissipated into thin air.

  This feeling is refreshing, pure, loving, kind, beautiful, ...

  "This little guy, isn't he born with a talent for cultivation?!"

  Xiao Chen was unaware that his sudden feeling at this moment would make Ye Liu Xing very surprised.

  "Just now I've advanced to the Ninth Heaven of Concentrated Spirit, and yet there's already a sign of soul awakening. Although the Stellar War Body doesn't have any obstacles in its cultivation, it shouldn't be this abnormal, right?"

  Ye Liu Xing had doubts about Xiao Chen's cultivation talent, feeling that his cultivation talent exceeded her expectations.

  To know that even a genius needs to concentrate for about half a month, immersed in the nine heavens, before they can awaken their spiritual awareness. But Xiao Chen only needed a blink of an eye to suddenly enlighten.

  Although the soul has not been thoroughly awakened, this realization has already laid a solid foundation for Xiao Chen's future cultivation path.

  Those disciples who were forced to bring out their potential in various ways will have their future achievements greatly limited, lacking in enlightenment, which is the most fatal flaw in cultivation, and they will never be able to control the strongest power.

  For example, Qin Yu'er, Yu Chenwei, Ye Heng and others, they were all forced to awaken their souls. Later on, as their realm grew, their achievements were greatly restricted, unless they could suddenly enlighten, otherwise, never think about controlling the strongest power.

  Xiao Chen, however, was different. Today, he suddenly became enlightened and his spirit was cleansed, which meant that the seed of 'Dao' had been planted in his soul. As his realm continued to break through, it would take root and sprout, and in the future, there was hope for him to control the strongest power.

  Why not wait for each martial artist's disciple to awaken their soul on their own, but instead force them to awaken? Isn't this a waste of talent?

  Actually, the sect is also helpless. Any sect can't wait for dozens or hundreds of years for these disciples to awaken on their own initiative. By then, the disciple's life will be almost over, and awakening will be useless.

  If all sects continue like this, the incense of this sect will be absolutely worrying, and it's likely to perish under the wheels of history.

  So no sect would go and do something as stupid as dropping the watermelon to pick up sesame seeds, after all these religious sects that have been operating for thousands of years are not idiots.

  "Xiao Chen!"

  But at this moment when Xiao Chen was watching the clouds rolling and stretching in the sky, Qi Changlao's majestic and thick voice faintly sounded.

  "Qī Zhǎnglǎo." Xiao Chen heard this and responded.

  Qī Zhǎnglǎo nodded and walked to Xiao Chen's side, his eyes scanning the disciples training on the first floor of the Dah Luo Palace. Suddenly, he asked in a skipping tone: "Xiao Chen, what is your dream?"

  When he heard this, Xiao Chen was stunned, and this time Xiao Chen was really asked.

  What is his ideal?

  Since crossing over into this world, Xiao Chen really hadn't thought about this question before - what was his ideal?

  He had only thought of making himself stronger and stronger, then catching that despicable guy who poisoned him and taking revenge.

  However, when it comes to ideals, Xiao Chen really can't answer. In his previous life, his ideal was to be an astronaut and fly into space to see the beauty of the starry sky.

  Is this life okay?

  Can the pinnacle of martial arts fly to the vastness of cosmic space and behold the beauty of the starry river?

  Maybe!

  "My ideals may be a bit out of reach, or perhaps even laughable." Xiao Chen said with a slight smile after a moment's thought.

  Qī Zhǎnglǎo was like a gentle elder, extremely patient, and asked in a soft voice: "Ideals sometimes sound ridiculous. Ideals that aren't ridiculous are big ideals, great revenge, great ambitions."

  "My dream is to fly beyond the sky and touch the twinkling starlight." Xiao Chen finally spoke out his dream.

  Upon hearing this, Qi Zhang didn't laugh at Xiao Chen, but instead stroked his beard, seriously looked at Xiao Chen for a moment, as if savoring Xiao Chen's ideals, and finally said: "Work hard."

  "Can I succeed?" Xiao Chen asked. In his heart, he had an infinite and brilliant longing for the starry sky.

  "Hard work leads to success, without hard work there will be no success." Old Qi only gave such an answer and didn't say anything more.

  At this moment, the transmission array method continuously surged and rolled, Ximen Wudi, Yu Chenwei, Ye Heng, Gu Xiuyi and others all came to the first floor of Daluo Palace through the transmission array method, apparently they had passed the trial.

  Qin Yue'er was eliminated because she failed to maintain her mental state during the trial, and now she might be arranged by Qi Changlao to strengthen her mental training somewhere.

  "This time's trial, what do you all want to say?" Qi Chang Lao Hu Mu Fang Guang looked at Xi Men Wu Di and the other four.

  "I report to Elder Qi, this time's trial has brought me great benefits. Although I suffered physical pain, it allowed my combat attributes to awaken halfway. I am deeply grateful for Elder Qi's kindness and hard work."

  "I think this training is still not stimulating enough, I hope Qi Changlao can increase the intensity of the training." Gu Xiuyi said proudly, although her face changed when she entered the second layer of Daluo Palace, but at this moment, she could say such words, which was in line with Gu Xiuyi's character, and also showed that she had really tasted the bitterness, otherwise, with her character, she should have ridiculed this training as child's play.

  "I have nothing to say." Ximen said with a calm face, as still as an ancient well without ripples, but his clothes were covered in countless colors.

  "I'd like to say, life doesn't stop, and neither does struggle," Yu Chenwei said.

  After these four people finished speaking, Qi Changlao nodded and did not make any comments on their words.

  Instead, he began to summarize, and only heard Qi Changlao say: "This time, your performance has been very satisfactory. Except for Xiao Chen, all of you have already awakened your souls halfway, and can roughly use your combat body attributes to respond to the enemy. Xiao Chen hasn't awakened his soul yet, but in just three days, he broke through two realms, from Condensing God Seventh Heaven to Condensing God Ninth Heaven, making the most progress."

  "There are only twelve days left before the inner gate assessment begins. Don't think that you have made rapid progress and time is abundant, actually time is extremely pressing! In these twelve days, you not only need to thoroughly awaken your souls but also complete the transformation of true energy into true origin."

  "Next, I will provide one-on-one special training tailored to your situation, which will awaken your divine soul, transform your true energy into true yuan, and enable you to enter the Lingguang Mirror and successfully pass the inner gate assessment."

  "Now you all come with me to Longchi," said Qi Changlao, and he strode off.

  Xiao Chen and five others followed closely behind, heading towards what was known as Longchi.

  Longchi, this name is the first time Xiaochen heard it. From Qi Changlao's tone, it seems that Longchi can inspire people's soul awakening and has a strong effect on transforming true energy into true yuan.

  At this time, Xiao Chen couldn't help but feel a little curious. He didn't know if the so-called Dragon Pool would conflict with the 'Return to Origin Pill'. After all, even if he didn't go to the Dragon Pool, as long as he swallowed the 'Return to Origin Pill', he could awaken his divine soul.

  But Xiao Chen was afraid of missing out on a good opportunity, if it didn't conflict with the 'Guiyuan Dan', wouldn't not going be a waste?

  "Let's go and take a look, if it conflicts with the 'Guiyuan Dan', it's not too late to come out." With this thought in mind, Xiao Chen didn't hesitate anymore, and followed everyone to Longchi.

  Treading on the clouds and sending out arrays, strong cloud energy surged out. When the clouds and fog dispersed, Xiao Chen and others had already appeared in front of a picturesque world.

  This is a peak of the absolute, resembling a giant cone inverted below, straight as a knife cut, rushing into the clouds and misty peaks above, standing tall in the midst of the cloud ends, with clouds and fog swirling, resembling a light gauze drifting.

  In the vast sky, a red-crowned crane is flying freely and playing in the thin misty clouds, making long cries. On the ground, there are flying waterfalls, fine streams, and rolling long currents.

  As far as the eye can see, rare flowers and grasses are everywhere, filling the air with fragrance. A few hares dart in and out of the thickets, green water rises like smoke, red carp leap and jump, butterflies dance in arrays, playing among the flower clusters.

  A beautiful landscape like a painting of an immortal's footprint blessed land.

  "Qin Shī Mèi!" Qián Lǎo shouted into the empty mountains and rivers.

  A moment later, a figure emerged from the lush green hills and verdant grasses.

  "Is that really Old Man Qi's junior sister?!" Xiao Chen was taken aback the moment he saw the newcomer, almost stumbling backwards. It wasn't because the newcomer was too frightening, but rather because they were truly too young and beautiful, to the point where it seemed impossible for them to be related to Old Man Qi, who was like an antique. If someone said that this person was Old Man Qi's daughter, no one would doubt it.