Free Web NovelChapter 1553: Chapter 1550: Dust
Yang Fei’s expression flickered slightly as he asked in surprise, "They’re done for?"
Wang Lei nodded. "They agreed some time ago to attempt Foundation Establishment together. They all failed. After failing twice in a row, their life force has been drastically depleted. Their lives are already nearing the end."
Yang Fei’s heart sank.
Back on Earth, he had already seen acquaintances naturally die because they failed to achieve Foundation Establishment and exhausted their lifespan. Yet hearing now that Mo Li, Zuo Wenjun, and Chen Liangzhong had failed again at Foundation Establishment, and that because their Realm had fallen twice their original lifespan was consumed, with their lives about to reach the end, his mood still grew heavy.
A year ago, after Tong Yunshu helped Lu Qingyue resolve her troubles and returned, she had talked with him and Qin Yanyang about Lu Qingyue’s many helpless circumstances, about the humility and insignificance of Cultivators at the very bottom. At the time, it had left him, Qin Yanyang, and Tong Yunshu sighing for a long while.
Now that he learned old acquaintances who had come with him from Earth to the Southern Domain Cultivation World were about to die, his heart sank low. His nose suddenly stung, and he only felt that human life was so short and fragile.
And these weren’t even the closest of family or friends leaving.
If it were those family and friends he cared about most who left him, while he himself was powerless to do anything, he would probably be even more depressed and despondent.
In that moment, Yang Fei suddenly understood why Cultivators had to sever emotions and cut off all ties.
If the family and friends in the mundane world could not cultivate and attain longevity, while he himself could live on, he would only be able to watch them grow old and die one by one, until in the end only he himself remained, utterly alone.
Thinking that if even Qin Yanyang and Tong Yunshu might not be able to keep up with his pace and would depart before him, a nameless panic and sorrow rose from the depths of Yang Fei’s heart. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
"Let’s go see them." Yang Fei forcibly pressed down the wave of gloom that had suddenly surged in his chest and walked out.
Tong Yunshu and Qin Yanyang followed him out as well.
When Wang Lei saw the two women, at first he didn’t think much of it. He nodded slightly, counting it as greeting them. But suddenly his pupils constricted, and he stared at Qin Yanyang in shock. "You... you... how are you here?"
Qin Yanyang smiled faintly. "And why shouldn’t I be here?"
Wang Lei looked her up and down in astonishment, discovering that she really had already attained Core Formation Cultivation. His shock deepened, and he could hardly make sense of it.
Yang Fei cast Qin Yanyang a helpless glance, then said to Wang Lei, "Let’s talk as we walk."
Tong Yunshu said, "I’m coming too." With that, she followed along.
Qin Yanyang did not go with them. The reason she had appeared before Wang Lei at all was because she knew Wang Lei was absolutely trustworthy. But if more people came to know that she had appeared here, the situation might spin out of control. She still had that much sense of proportion.
"Yang Fei, what’s going on? Qin Yanyang has already succeeded in Core Formation—how can she also come to the Southern Domain World?" Wang Lei asked in shock.
Yang Fei sent a voice transmission. "Don’t make a fuss. I brought her over from Earth."
Wang Lei was even more stunned, and asked in curiosity, "You’ve gone back?"
Yang Fei couldn’t be bothered to explain the matter of the Extreme Fire Demon Pearl, so he simply nodded. "Mm. She had those going from the Southern Domain to Earth bring me a message, saying she wanted to come as well. I went to pick her up and give it a try, and unexpectedly, I was able to bring her over."
Wang Lei drew in a deep breath, looked Yang Fei over carefully like he was some sort of monster, and finally could only shake his head helplessly. "Your fortune is really something else. You can actually ignore the constraints of that terrifying Space Barrier Law. Not only can you cross over yourself, now you can even bring a Core Formation Stage cultivator through with you."
The two of them chatted as they sped along, with Tong Yunshu close behind.
Before long, they arrived at a valley on the very outer edge of Tian Nan Peak.
In terms of the entire Tian Nan Peak’s range, the Spiritual Energy concentration here was among the thinnest. A large expanse of Spirit Rice was planted in the valley, usually tended by Outer Disciples.
And this valley was where those who came from Earth but hadn’t been selected to enter Tian Nan Peak’s Inner Sect had lived all along.
However, more than three years ago, when Yang Fei sent Li Xuanyu’s Body to Shifang City, Blood Wolf, Wang Changchun, Yang Wen, Cui Wancheng, Xie Guangping, Zhao Feibai, Shen Wannian, and Zhu Chengyou felt that staying in Tian Nan Peak’s Outer Sect offered no prospects. They followed along to Shifang City to pledge themselves to the Shen Family and seek another path.
So in the last few years, this valley had been inhabited and tended only by Mo Li, Chen Liangzhong, and Zuo Wenjun, who oversaw this spirit field.
When Yang Fei and the others arrived, they found Wang Chunyang there as well.
"Elder Wang." Yang Fei and Tong Yunshu greeted Wang Chunyang.
Wang Chunyang looked at the two of them with envy and gave a bitter smile. "By the rules of this Cultivation World, you two are already Core Formation masters. I, on the contrary, ought to be calling you ’Seniors.’"
Yang Fei waved a hand. "I’m really not used to that form of address."
Wang Chunyang smiled, then sighed. "I’m afraid the three of them won’t make it through the night."
Yang Fei nodded silently. As they spoke, they walked toward a wooden cabin.
The interior of the cabin was spacious and simply furnished. There were three wooden beds placed in different spots, and in the middle of the room stood a wooden table with a teapot and three teacups on it.
Chen Liangzhong, Zuo Wenjun, and Mo Li were each sitting cross-legged on one of the three beds. Their hair had all turned white, their expressions were haggard, and they looked utterly old and frail.
Compared to the image he had of them, the three of them now looked many times more aged.
Yang Fei’s heart sank. He walked over and, together with Tong Yunshu, greeted the three of them one by one.
Seeing that Yang Fei and Tong Yunshu had come, the three of them showed looks of delight on their faces.
Mo Li said, "Didn’t expect you’d really come to see us."
Yang Fei hurriedly said, "It’s all this junior’s fault. After coming here, I actually didn’t have any spare time to visit you three. I... if I’d thought of you more and taken more care of you in terms of resources, the three of you might not have ended up like this."
Chen Liangzhong, Zuo Wenjun, and Mo Li were all full of relief and emotion. Zuo Wenjun waved his hand and said weakly, "Yang Fei, don’t say that. You and we had no blood ties or obligations. Yet ever since you gained power, you’ve treated all of us extremely well. From any angle, you’ve lived up to all of us Earth Cultivators. The three of us old things are the ones who weren’t up to scratch, useless as we are, wasting so many Cultivation Resources you gave us and still ending up dying here. We’ve really lost face all the way to the Southern Domain."
Mo Li chuckled as well. "Yes, it’s us who weren’t up to it. We old fellows haven’t even finished using the Spirit Stones we brought from Earth. The Genetic Liquid Medicine, on the other hand, we did finish, but it was wasted. Such a pity."
Yang Fei, Wang Lei, Wang Chunyang, and Tong Yunshu all felt a bitter sadness inside and didn’t know what to say.
They just listened as the three of them sighed for a long time, then each took out the Cultivation Resources they still hadn’t used up, saying they wanted to return them to Yang Fei so that he could leave them to those from Earth who could make better use of them.
"Yang Fei, now that we’ve seen you, we have no more regrets. There’s just one thing we’d like to ask of you, and we hope you’ll agree." Mo Li said in the end.
Yang Fei said, "Please speak, Seniors. As long as it’s something this junior can do, I’ll do my utmost."
"It’s not anything difficult. After we die, we just hope our ashes can be taken back to Earth." Mo Li said.
Yang Fei’s nose stung, and an inexplicable surge of emotion welled up inside him.
He nearly blurted out that he would send them back to Earth right now so they could die on Earth.
But in the end, he held back.
Wan Daorong had repeatedly warned him that the secret of the Extreme Fire Demon Pearl had to be kept from as many outsiders as possible.
"Rest assured, all three of you. I will definitely see you returned to your roots." Yang Fei promised.
The three of them revealed satisfied expressions. After chatting a little longer, Chen Liangzhong said, "Go on then, go on. We’re tired and want to rest for a while."
Yang Fei and the others took their leave and departed. free𝑤ebnovel.com
That very night, he received word that the three of them had passed away in seated meditation in the wooden cabin in the valley.
These three had once been well-known figures in the Hidden Sect Small World, yet in the end they were like three specks of insignificant dust, failing to stir up even the slightest ripple in this vast Cultivation World...
