Comprehension Ability: I Forge a Villainous Longevity Family

Chapter 774 549: Choice_2

"It's my fault for saying the wrong thing. If given a choice, the child doesn't have to take this path. With his talent, he should be able to walk any road. If he truly embarks on the Sword Dao and sincerely connects with the sword, it might be good for him. At least after entering your Three Great Sacred Lands, he would suffer less hardship, and there would be hope for him when he enters the Spirit Realm in the future."

"Indeed."

Tihu smiled in response. Honestly, even to this day, Tihu still believes that Chen Zhixing made a mistake by not choosing to join the Three Great Sacred Lands back then.

Even though he has now become the Taoist Lord of the Star Monarch Lineage.

Yet, even as a Taoist Lord, what resources does Chen Zhixing have for cultivation in the Longevity Realm?

Be it Mana Crystals or Venus Crystals, or the cultivation techniques for the Longevity Realm, materials for forging one's own Longevity Emperor's Weapon, not to mention those secret techniques and information that are almost exclusively passed on within the Three Great Sacred Lands. Because Chen Zhixing refused to join the Three Great Sacred Lands, naturally none of these would be directed towards him.

It's fortunate that he is still alive today.

When the day comes that he falls into the Spirit Realm, that's when the gap will gradually widen.

In the Celestial Profound Realm, one cultivates Longevity; in the Spirit Realm, one cultivates Tao Fruit.

Longevity belongs to the Longevity of the Celestial Profound Realm, while Tao Fruit is the Tao Fruit of the entire Star Sea.

Without a specific method of cultivation, how should Chen Zhixing comprehend these laws?

By relying on slow comprehension, like a headless fly?

Thinking of this, Tihu couldn't help but shake his head, seemingly still holding a regretful sentiment about Chen Zhixing's choice back then.

For someone like Tihu, a direct descendant of the Three Great Sacred Lands, cultivation in the Longevity Realm is just a transition; the ultimate aim is still the Tao Fruit that grants eternal life. Before obtaining the Tao Fruit, be it the advancement in cultivation or the scenes along the way, all these are just anecdotes on the path to seeking Longevity for Tihu.

Tihu is very clear about his understanding: inheritance, immortality, and all else can be set aside.

The inheritance of the Celestial Saint Palace, the immortality after acquiring the Tao Fruit.

If given a choice, Tihu naturally hopes for both.

But if both cannot be achieved, then Tihu is willing to choose the former and forsake the latter, in hopes of an uninterrupted inheritance for future generations, allowing the disciples of the palace to arrive and transcend him once more.

Precisely because of this, from Tihu's perspective, Chen Zhixing not joining Celestial Saint Palace and denying the Three Great Sacred Lands was genuinely a mistake.

Even....

Tihu was pondering, suddenly stunned.

He saw two figures leaving the city gates of Linjiang City ahead, one in the front and one at the back.

Among them, one was Chen Zhixing!

"Chen... Zhixing?" Seeing the person in real life, Tihu found it unbelievable.

The person ahead, with a harmonious divine aura and an enigmatic realm seemingly close to his own, was it really the Chen Zhixing he knew?

Longevity Sixth Order!

"How could it be so fast...."

Tihu muttered to himself, then his expression returned to the previous calm.

The Longevity Sixth Order, it was merely the Sixth Order.

The reason Tihu was stuck at the Sixth Order was because the perfect completion of his Sword Dao was also the Seventh Order. To seek higher was unattainable, as others had already surpassed, so Tihu did not force the Seventh Order and began, like many predecessors in the Three Great Sacred Lands, to transition to the Ten Thousand Realms Technique, intending to solidify a foundation before falling into the Spirit Realm.

After all, the difference between the Sixth Order and the Seventh Order was not significant. While practicing the Ten Thousand Realms Technique, the cultivation of the Sixth Order would eventually progress to the Seventh Order, only it's a matter of time.

And Chen Zhixing....

"Master of One Tao, truly enviable." After pondering for a moment, Tihu couldn't help but speak with admiration.

Since Chen Zhixing is a Master of One Tao, his path forward is unobstructed. The only constraints to his progress are his talent and insight, coupled with the upper limits of the Star Monarch Tao he practices!

Now that the Star Monarch Tao has just opened, within a thousand years, reaching the Seventh Order is already outstanding. After a thousand years, the Star Monarch Tao may expand to the Ninth Order, and further to the twelfth order of a True Taoist Lord level, would require countless people to accumulate and refine over tens of thousands of years.

In other words, no matter how Chen Zhixing's cultivation continues to improve, the Seventh Order is effectively the limit of his future within the Celestial Profound over the next thousand years.

Precisely because of this realization, the ripples in Tihu's mind gradually subsided.

And beside him.

Immortal Wuyou, Chen Wanhong, had refocused all his attention on the distant figure, still maintaining a youthful appearance, the moment Tihu shouted Chen Zhixing's name.

Male with female attributes, sword-like eyebrows and heroic eyes, a face as pure as jade, clothed in a white robe, surrounded by a perfect aura. On his head, a purple-golden aura soared to the skies, forming a massive cloud mass overhead.

On the cloud mass, stood a person, a sword.

The figure wore the twelve edicts without crown, the purple-golden robe of a profound phoenix appearing both real and illusory. The sword in hand, unsurprisingly, was the Cyan Pheasant, which had gained considerable fame in recent years. Yet, the appearance of this Cyan Pheasant Sword Immortal bore traces of transforming into an Emperor's Sword....

Chen Wanhong tried to look again, but felt a sharp pain in his eyes, as if a sword cry, similar to a phoenix scream, exploded within his Sea of Consciousness, making him involuntarily tremble all over.

Sweat poured like rain.

Regaining control, Chen Wanhong felt weak all over; all his energy had been exhausted from the previous calculation, needing to lean a hand on Tihu's shoulder just to barely stand.

Under the astonished gaze of Tihu, Chen Wanhong finally squeezed out a sentence towards him.

"Why the hell didn't you forcefully take him to the Celestial Saint Palace to learn swordsmanship back then!!!"

Only heaven knows how furious and regretful Chen Wanhong was at this moment!

His technique of observing people's fate was born from an experience in childhood when a Dream Immortal pointed out to him, passing on to him a top-tier divine technique upon his awakening from the dream, named 'Exploring the Profound'.

As its name implies.

This top-tier cultivable divine technique allows one to view someone's fate, destiny, background, and past with a glance, reaching profound heights where one can trace the Nine Underworlds to see someone's past life experiences!

Although Chen Wanhong had not yet cultivated to such divine and unfathomable realms, two thousand years of hard cultivation yielded him some minor achievements in observing people, enough to accurately calculate someone's cultivation, realm, talent, and so forth.

When observing Chen Zhixing, his crownless head represented the authority of the Star Venerable Tao Lord bestowed upon him, inevitable in occurrence.

But that Immortal Sword, Cyan Pheasant....

Observing people doesn't consider the influence of an Emperor's Weapon; aside from his inherent status, this Cyan Pheasant Immortal Sword must be the manifestation of Chen Zhixing's talent!

This talent, condensing into a Longevity Emperor's Weapon, and still evolving, was something Chen Wanhong had never seen before.

"What are you saying?" Tihu frowned.

"The child's talent in the Sword Dao surpasses yours by miles! You're but a mere corporeal illusion of a sword! Scrap metal! Whereas he is an Emperor's Weapon! And it's still evolving! You've done the child a great disservice!!!"

At this moment, Chen Wanhong truly wanted to devour people!

It was evident that Chen Zhixing's talent was not suited for pursuing the Star Monarch Tao. If he had indeed been led by Tihu into the Sword Dao years ago, probably in the near future, when the child touched the limits of the Seventh Order of the Sword Dao, he might not get stuck there. Instead, he could rely on his remarkable Sword Dao talent to break through that limit of rules, carving out a new path within the constraints of the Sword Dao in the Celestial Profound Realm!

And now, this Sword Dao talent had been squandered on the family-inherited Star Monarch Tao because of the ignorance of this fool Tihu....

Uh...

Thinking about it, Chen Wanhong was momentarily speechless.

It seems indeed not to blame Tihu. After all, the Star Monarch Tao was the wish of the Chen Family people for thousands of years. Being a direct descendant of the Ziwei Chen Family, with hopes of perfecting this system, he naturally wouldn't choose to practice the Sword Dao of the Celestial Saint Palace.

But.... it's still very infuriating!

Chen Wanhong felt immensely aggrieved, whereas Tihu, after hearing his words, had eyes that squinted into a smile.

"So, the child's talent in the Sword Dao is really good?"

"Very good."

"How good?"

"Beyond your imagination!"

"..."

"Let me put it this way, the limit of the Seventh Order that prevents you from progressing, for this child, is merely a matter of cutting through with one sword...."

Tihu: "???"