Eternal Tale

The Frog Daoist spent half a day healing, trembling as he lay inside the thatched hut, cold sweat pouring from his body...

His pupils trembled with fear, such terrifying power of the laws!

That slap felt like a world crashing down, unavoidable, inescapable, causing his entire body’s blood and energy to boil in an instant.

”How... did you cultivate this?”

The Frog Daoist groaned, pushing forward with his frog palms, his face looking quite grim, every meridian in his body trembling.

He struggled to lift his head, slowly looking at the human man before him, who stood like a towering mountain, unattainable yet carrying a dark aura, not under the sun.

”Put away those useless schemes of yours. I keep you around because you still have some value to me.”

Chen Xun’s eyes were cold, his black robe touching the ground. He looked out the window and spoke softly, ”If you touch upon some of my secrets again, killing you would be no different from killing Filthy Longevity. Know your place.”

”Play mind games with me here again, and the White Spirit Dao essence in the Ten Thousand Tribulations Time Sand, I can still destroy.”

Chen Xun spoke each word deliberately, pausing as he turned his cold gaze toward the Frog Daoist, ”Isn’t that right, Frog Heavenly Sovereign of the Era of Great Slaughter among the Myriad Clans?”Buzz—

As his words fell, the atmosphere in the thatched hut plummeted to freezing point, all aura vanished in an instant, even the bamboo leaves drifting past the window silently turned to dust.

”Yes... senior.” The Frog Daoist’s forehead veins bulged, speaking in a low voice, finally lowering his proud head. He slightly raised his eyes, looking at that deep and indifferent gaze.

Inside, he sneered coldly, the same gaze again, a gaze that destroys everything without emotion or righteousness...

”So what if we escaped from the small boundary, you still haven’t told me, what happened to that boundary, just answer as I ask.”

”If such a thing exists there, it would be impossible to open once the boundary closes.”

The Frog Daoist finally calmed down, no longer making a fuss, ”Your boundary should have long been located by the ancient human race, and it couldn’t possibly be destroyed.”

The atmosphere in the hut grew even more somber, filled with a chilling air.

”No one has interfered, nor have any grand world cultivators descended.”

Chen Xun’s gaze slightly narrowed, a myriad of thoughts flashing through his mind in an instant, ”But the only interference is the destruction of the boundary, nothing else.”

”But the ancient human race’s layout never cared about the process, all those who layout the world are like this.”

”What do you mean?”

”Like the bamboo leaves outside the window, if you use spells to guide them, you can make them fall where you want immediately, but every moment you’re interfering with their falling trajectory, that’s a small path.”

The Frog Daoist’s expression was deep, speaking solemnly, ”And a true strategist is like the falling leaves outside the window, never interfering with the bamboo leaves’ trajectory, letting them sway with the wind, through storms, even after countless ages, they will eventually fall where the strategist wants, right, senior...”

”Interesting.”

”Only this way can it not be seen by other major clans, going with the flow, conforming to the cycle of the Heavenly Dao.”

”So it seems the boundary layout of the ancient human race was invisibly broken by the one who opened the heavens.”

Chen Xun spoke indifferently, his eyes calm as a still well, ”Letting the boundary sink into the years seems to be what they wanted, not needing to open the heavens.”

”It seems the Filthy Longevity in senior’s boundary is quite powerful?”

”Powerful enough to destroy all beings in my boundary.”

”Then who could open the heavens?!”

The Frog Daoist’s body shook, surprisingly questioning Chen Xun at this moment, ”The Filthy Longevity of a small boundary would never be strong enough to destroy all beings in the boundary! This was the ancient human race’s means to guard their territory and resist the myriad clans!”

”What do you think?” Chen Xun smiled, a smile full of meaning, a smile that made one’s heart palpitate, a smile that caused the sky outside to swirl with wind and thunder.

The Frog Daoist slowly stepped back, his breathing becoming rapid.

This human... something’s off!

He was shocked and horrified, having weathered countless storms, but at this moment, it was as if his throat was being choked, some words stuck in his throat, unable to come out, extremely oppressive...

”Moo.” Black Bull took a deep breath, his eyes falling into a daze.

”Frog Daoist, I know what you want to say.”

Chen Xun’s expression was quite calm, but the pattern on his brow flickered fiercely, ”Back then, for my own selfish reasons, I destroyed my boundary, destroyed everything of my past, don’t be afraid to provoke me.”

”You...” The Frog Daoist frowned deeply, ”But this ancient book ultimately fell into the hands of the human race, not into the hands of outsiders, they seem to have not miscalculated.”

And such a person would never easily trust others, handing this ancient book to outsiders, if he dared to let me see it, then he must have seen through me completely, posing no threat to him at all.

But now I can’t see through this person at all, only feeling that beneath that calm is a suppressed madness... I was actually fooled by his previous appearance!

This person’s Dao heart definitely has two faces, the Frog Daoist took a deep breath, what kind of monster was born here, this person has long gone mad!

”Can you understand the ancient script inside the book?”

”The Human Emperor’s family must know, I’ve only seen the ancient script symbols of this grand world, but the meaning inside, I can’t understand.”

The Frog Daoist shook his head, speaking each sentence with great seriousness, no longer mixing in his subjective intentions, ”Perhaps the Crane Spirit Tree of the Boundless Great World could try.”

”Why?”

”There is a true ancient Crane Spirit Tree there, this technique White Spirit said was passed down through the Crane Spirit Treasure Tree, only the one who tied the bell can untie it.”

”Understood.”

A glimmer of light flashed in Chen Xun’s eyes, as if piercing through the world, his tone shifted, ”Have you noticed the celestial phenomena in the Wild Heaven Region, frequent ominous signs, an ancient great evil emerging, any familiar faces?”

”Perhaps.” The Frog Daoist nodded lightly, ”The celestial phenomena can naturally be seen, but the fuse for the grand world chaos might not be in this region, it might be related to the emergence of the Three-Eyed Ancient Immortal Clan.”

Whoosh!

Above the thatched hut, the sky suddenly exploded with a deep, boundless rumbling sound, a terrifying thundercloud vortex gathered in the sky, making White Spirit in the Spiritual Medicine Garden feel a chill run down his spine.

This is the risk of working under a great cultivator, if you accidentally get involved with some dirty thing... you might have to gather outside the village to attend the Feathered Ascension Ceremony!

Inside the hut.

Chen Xun’s face was frosty, finally hearing some news about the Three-Eyed Clan.

”Moo?!” Black Bull was shocked, taking a deep look at Chen Xun, the eldest brother had said, he would kill all living beings related to this matter, leaving none!

”Toad!”

”Little... senior!” The Frog Daoist was almost scared into standing at attention by this low shout.

”Do you know where the Three-Eyed Clan’s lair is?!”

”Reporting to senior, Primordial Great World, Slaying Immortal Ancient Domain! At the end of the ancient starry path of Primordial!”

”Bull!”

”Moo!”

”Reward the Frog Daoist with a good fruit!”

”Moo moo!”

”Ribbit? Ribbit ribbit!”

...

The hut was filled with low shouts, frog croaks, and cow moos.

Half a day later.

The Frog Daoist trembled as he walked out of the hut, holding a Taiwei Purple Immortal Fruit in both hands, his eyes dazed as if in a dream... a fruit that extends life by three thousand years!!!

”White Spirit... there’s hope, there’s hope...”

His voice was choked with emotion, just muttering to himself, ”So the great opportunity really exists, I will revive you, I definitely will!”

The Frog Daoist held a Clear Dust Grass in his mouth, not overly excited, just his eyes filled with emotion and gratitude, he wasn’t afraid of death, and that young man didn’t seem as cold and ruthless as he appeared.

It’s just that his Dao heart was clearly clouded, he still needed to be well guided from the side, he was a talent with potential, hopefully, he wouldn’t walk a dark path.