School Beauty's Personal Crazy Young Master

Chapter 2301: Chapter 2387: Death Tribulation

Chen Nan saw he wasn’t pretending on purpose.

In the next moment, the old Taoist in front of him stammered, ”Countless years ago, when I was just a young Taoist, I was so hungry that I stole something to trade for food, only to be schemed against, and for several lifetimes, I was a Taoist. Each lifetime was cursed with five disadvantages and three deficiencies, trapped in the cycle of reincarnation, always destined to be a poor Taoist... every life was incredibly miserable!”

”Most Taoists live a modest life. That doesn’t sound too tragic,” Chen Nan said.

”That’s not quite right. People vary in status, and so do Taoists. But in each of my lifetimes, I was only a small Taoist, living in a thatched hut, every life bitter and impoverished. Most people cultivating the Dao live much better lives than I do. If it were truly just my fate, it wouldn’t matter much. But that old enemy of mine schemed against me. I can’t escape from it, and every life I’m stuck that way.”

Ziwei Taoist shook his head, seeming quite angry about the past.

Chen Nan laughed, ”What happened then?” He knew the Taoist wasn’t telling the story for no reason.

”Later, I met a senior who influenced me much like I’m influencing you today. Afterward, I learned how to break free from that cursed fate. My hard work finally paid off. In my next reincarnation, my fate became so powerful that my enemy’s schemes could no longer limit my growth...”

Ziwei Taoist pointed at the bustling crowd in the ancient city, ”Look at these people. Some toil their entire lives yet live miserably while those high above remain so no matter what chaos they stir. Though I awaited the predestined person to defy destiny, in truth, I’m here to help you change fate, to gain great merit. If successful, you can roam freely under Heaven and Earth like me, watching these ants busying beneath your feet.”

Chen Nan’s heart trembled. The background of Ziwei Taoist was enormous, he had already guessed it. He who enlightened the Tianxie Emperor couldn’t be simple.

However, he didn’t expect Ziwei Taoist to straightforwardly call all in Wangtian City ants.

If it were an ordinary person, Chen Nan would laugh it off as a joke. But he couldn’t ignore this old Taoist.

”The senior speaks the truth. Who doesn’t want to be the one watching over the mundane, but I, Chen Nan, wish to walk my own path. Whether I follow destiny or defy it, I’m not interested. Sometimes changing fate pushes oneself into a new constraint.”

In his heart, Chen Nan adhered to his own Dao, one that no one could alter.

Yet the words of Ziwei Taoist sparked doubts in him; some things the old Taoist mentioned seemed not as simple as portrayed.

”What you’ve said... makes sense. So, in the future days, I need not visit this Outer Domain. However, since I’m here, I might as well tell you a little secret. Your grandmaster Yuanshi Heavenly Emperor has cultivated to the Domain Lord Realm and even entered the Great World. But what he glimpsed there overwhelmed him. Not wanting to be trapped in the cycle of fate, he chose Soldier Resolution to delay some events.”

”The Great World?” Chen Nan asked.

”Which Great World are you referring to?”

Stunned, though he had long suspected his grandmaster Yuanshi Heavenly Emperor reached the Domain Master Realm, hearing it confirmed left him shaken.

”Haotian Realm. Didn’t you guess that already?” Ziwei Taoist chuckled, ”Your grandmaster had been to Haotian Realm, living there for a time, and he was a rare genius even there. But after learning some secrets, with no good options, he chose Soldier Resolution to prevent a major event.”

”So, are you here for that reason?” Chen Nan asked.

The self-resolution of the grandmaster Yuanshi Heavenly Emperor wasn’t due to the Heavenly People Clan. Speaking of which, he was an unparalleled genius, the first in the Four Extremes World, the god of Four Extremes—who could kill him, who could force him into Soldier Resolution?

”Heh, you’re quite smart. We old fellows intend to prevent that event, hence here to guide you, though we encountered resistance,” Ziwei Taoist shook his head, rather regretful.

”Senior, does this have anything to do with the fool and his grandmaster?” Su Qingqing recalled discussing with Ye Yiyi; the man they encountered in a dream might be Chen Nan’s ancestral master, Yuanshi Heavenly Emperor.

”Indeed, senior, could it be Ye Yiyi and Chen Nan’s merging with the heart of the post-Heavenly Emperor signifies some link between them?”

Zhao Han emerged from Haotian Tower asking.

As an observer, he had long suspected several things.

But wasn’t bold enough to conclude.

Chen Nan’s continuous growth, increasingly resembling the foremost person of Four Extremes World, was surely not a mere coincidence.

”You guess?” Ziwei Taoist, however, declined to answer.

He smiled mysteriously, glanced at Chen Nan and Ye Yiyi, and stopped talking.

”Senior, are you teasing me?” He realized this old Taoist came not to dissolve doubts but to dig pitfalls. He calculated and still got tricked, though the impact wasn’t big.

”I speak the truth,” Ziwei Taoist said seriously.

”My grandmaster, having reached the Domain Master Realm, resorted to Soldier Resolution over that matter. Doesn’t this mean Haotian Realm is terrifying for me? Are you trying to dissuade me from going, Taoist?”

Chen Nan squinted, observing Ziwei Taoist.

Ziwei Taoist was stunned, ”Preventing you from going to Haotian Realm, huh, that’s an idea. How come I didn’t think of it? But, I must say, sometimes a temporary retreat sets the stage for a grand comeback. Your grandmaster’s self-resolution wasn’t out of cowardice; in fact, no matter how much time passes, none dare underlook him. You’ll learn much about him after reaching Haotian Realm.”

”Certainly, my grandmaster hailed as the first of Four Extremes World wasn’t just an empty title,” Chen Nan grinned. He had intentionally said so, but it seemed Haotian Realm hid unexplored mysteries for him.

Who on earth was this Ziwei Taoist?

As Chen Nan thought to probe more, the hunched old Taoist shook his head, ”Today I’ve spoken too much. Alright, kid, this ends our talk.”

He beamed at Su Qingqing, ”Young girl, let this old Taoist read your fortune for free, want to hear it?”

Su Qingqing was intrigued but her eyes rolled, ”If senior offers a free reading, I’m willing, but how about sending me the solution too?”

”Haha, such a crafty girl.” Ziwei Taoist lightly pinched his fingers, then earnestly said, ”Someone close to you will soon face a great calamity, and this is a fatal one.”