Immortality Through Array Formations

Chapter 2846: Chapter 138: Life, Death, and the Cause and Effect Line (3)

Ancestor Shugu’s skull tightened, and after pondering, he spoke of even deeper knowledge of causality, such as ”the parallel relationship in Causality Skill”.

Mo Hua shook his head again, looking somewhat disappointed, ”I’m not here to chat about these superficial things with you.”

Ancestor Shugu had no choice but to brace himself and continue:

”Our ancestor passed down a bit of Cause and Effect Divination Technique, along with some side door Curse Skill, which can foresee the future, avoid bad luck, curse someone to death... I can’t speak of the most superior but some medium to lower level techniques, I can share them with you, Taoist Friend.”

Mo Hua’s heart was stirred.

He really wanted this!

He had quite a deep understanding of the principles of Cause and Effect, but when it came to the specific application, especially the manipulative techniques, he was lacking in expression.

Although compared to ordinary Causality Cultivators, he was already quite strong.

But compared to figures like Ancestor Shugu who could curse others to death, he was clearly lacking.

Yet Mo Hua took a glance at Ancestor Shugu, instinctively feeling that Ancestor Shugu was still withholding something, and this wasn’t his bottom line yet.

Its bottom line could definitely be lowered further.

Mo Hua pondered for a moment, then put on a solemn face, even carrying a trace of displeasure:

”I treat you sincerely, exchanging Taoist Practice knowledge with you, telling you everything I’ve learned over my two... hundred years, yet you hide things from me, don’t you consider me as Taoist Friend?”

Ancestor Shugu felt immense pressure, and after a moment, he sighed deeply, leaving only a bitter smile:

”It’s not that I’m being selfish, it’s just that some insights, I spent eight hundred years pondering solo, hardly count as superior lineage, and may not even be correct... If by luck it aligns with the Great Dao, fine, but if it contradicts the Great Dao, saying it risks being laughed at.”

Mo Hua showed acceptance, ”No problem, I won’t laugh at you, you can tell me.”

Ancestor Shugu said: ”Then... I shall take the liberty of discussing with you, young Taoist Friend, about the insights of causality I’ve researched all my life...”

Mo Hua nodded, finally somewhat satisfied, sitting up straight to hear what Ancestor Shugu had devoted his life to studying.

Ancestor Shugu composed himself, speaking slowly:

”All things in the world contain cause and effect. Fools see it as mysterious, while the wise see the secrets. Only the mighty can create spell points according to Causality Law to forecast heavenly secrets, divine fortune and misfortune, protect life force, curse others unto death...”

”And all kinds of laws, thousands of spell points, ultimately boil down to three words: ’Cause and Effect Line’.”

”Cause and Effect seems mysterious, with techniques varying endlessly, countless surface ends, but fundamentally, it’s all manipulation of ’Cause and Effect Line’.”

Speaking to this point, Ancestor Shugu lifted his half-decayed palm, casually twirled his fingertip to pull out a blood-red thread.

”This thread is invisible to the naked eye, but with Taoist Friend’s eyes, you should be able to see clearly... this is the ’physical form’ of Cause and Effect Line.”

Ancestor Shugu brushed the Cause and Effect Line, ”And to be candid, this was just now taken from Taoist Friend’s Life Chart, extracted ’Cause and Effect Line’.”

”This is Taoist Friend’s ’Line of Vitality’.”

Mo Hua was startled, ”My life line?”

Ancestor Shugu nodded, ”Indeed,” then continued:

”If Taoist Friend’s cause and effect follow this life line, then this is a ’path of life’.”

”But... should this line break, then this life path is broken.” Ancestor Shugu casually snapped the Cause and Effect Line in his hand.

Mo Hua was shocked, looked down at himself, then glanced at Ancestor Shugu, frowned and asked, ”Are you lying to me? You snapped my life line, and I’m not dead?”

Ancestor Shugu smiled bitterly, thinking if I truly could snap your life line, I’d have done it already.

Then you wouldn’t be here giving me a hard time.

Ancestor Shugu sighed: ”Snapping one life line, Taoist Friend won’t die, because Taoist Friend is in the prime of life, deep in Taoist Practice, powerful Telekinesis, the life line may have ten, a hundred, even thousands of lines. Breaking one still leaves plenty of vitality.”

”But as for some elderly cultivators, or those on the brink of despair with only one line of vitality left, snapping one life line is tantamount to leaving them no way out, directly causing their death and Dao extinction.”

Mo Hua realized.

No wonder Chief Shugou was so easily calculated to death by him.

Because he was too old, and spent his life scheming and sowing discord, naturally having very few life lines remaining.

Ancestor Shugu said: ”Therefore, killing a young, robust cultivator rich in fortune by causality is actually quite difficult. But causing the death of an old cultivator filled with bad fruit is much easier.”

”This is how cursing works, many other Cause and Effect Techniques can be understood from the perspective of Cause and Effect Line.”

Mo Hua said: ”For example?”

”For example...” Ancestor Shugu said, ”Cause and Effect Divination, Cause and Effect Defense, Cause and Effect Alteration, Cause and Effect Avoidance, and...”

Ancestor Shugu paused, then slowly said: ”Cause and Effect Transfer.”