Chapter 456: 456、【What is a Demon?】
 

“Did you reason with them?” Lu Xun twitched his mouth slightly at his teacher’s words.

The teacher, a lover of reasoning, was a scholar of aesthetics.

Lu Xun could fully imagine what would happen every time he tried to reason with someone.

It’s all about a pot of “reason”!

The implication in teacher’s words was, back then, he was the only one, who reasoned with the entire Cultivation World!

Given the current situation in the Cultivation World of the Heavenly Dust Continent, without a doubt, the teacher ultimately “convinced” the entire Cultivation World.

That means, these two ultimately changed the whole world!

From Lu Xun’s point of view, he definitely thought the teacher and the martial uncle were right.

Without them, there would be no thriving cultivation period today.

If the Heavenly Dust Continent itself is not strong enough, when a foreign invasion comes, everything will be tricky.

At the same time, Lu Xun is not naive; he knows how much resistance one encounters when pushing something new.

Traditional forces are rooted in chaos, and the world is not just black and white. In addition, a person’s thoughts and situation can influence their opinions and decisions.

In short, changing the world is not an easy task, and history has proven this countless times.

Moreover, what the teacher and martial uncle did, to a certain extent, was like reshuffling the entire Cultivation World!

Lu Xun looked at the teacher and asked curiously, “Teacher, was it hard when you tried to reason with them?”

“Of course it was hard!” The teacher recalled the past, and a rare hint of anger appeared on his face.

“I used to have a famous reputation in the Cultivating World, but I spent too much time revising that, when I came down the mountain, the youngsters below no longer recognized your martial uncle and me.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Xun smiled slightly, thinking to himself: “How long did this revision take anyway?”

The teacher continued, “I told them that I am their senior, but no one believed! At my age, could I deceive these kids?”

“And then… you reasoned with them?” Lu Xun echoed.

“Naturally, I had to have a talk with them.” The teacher did not deny.

As he recalled, he said, “Little Five, people’s ideas are not easy to change, so many times, it’s not enough just to reason once.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Xun was shocked, “Teacher, how many times did you pound the Cultivation World back then?”

Before long, the teacher gave the answer himself:

“Fortunately, I am a patient man, and I have plenty of time. It was just a matter of reasoning with the entire Cultivation World a few more times. It was not a troublesome matter.”

For a moment, Lu Xun didn’t know what to say.

The teacher smiled nonchalantly, “Now you should understand how the so-called [Demon] came about, right?”

Lu Xun looked at the teacher in his white robe trying hard to present himself as a scholar, how could he not understand?

Such people would naturally have been regarded as demons back then!

The biggest demon in the world!

And the power techniques related to the teacher would naturally be regarded as Demonic Arts!

At first, the teacher was probably the only one who practiced the path of [Qi Consumption], and after revision, that was the only path he could take.

As for the course of history, Lu Xun could guess one or two.

Back then, they were helpless about the so-called [Demon].

As time went on, slowly, everyone became accustomed to the [Demon], accepted the [Demon], and simply regarded them as another school.

When it came to this, the teacher seemed to have exhausted his willingness to talk.

He had no interest in continuing to talk about these matters.

But they are all old things, too far from now.

So far, apart from Elder Gui, the people of that era should have all passed away…

Although he was talking about his own past, it felt like he was narrating history.

For the speaker, it’s actually a very poignant and helpless thing.

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Not long after the teacher and student stood outside the courtyard, they felt bursts of spiritual energy fluctuations.

“They’ve broken through!” Lu Xun’s face beamed with delight. It must be Ji Li or Lin Chan who had accomplished a breakthrough during their comprehension.

This spiritual energy tremor had just started not long ago, and soon, there came yet another tremor.

Two spiritual energies divided their paths and poured into the small courtyard.

Clearly, whether it was Ji Li or Lin Chan, their journey had been full of gains.

However, the information they absorbed from this “library expedition” would need to be slowly digested upon their return home.

Today, they have initially grasped it. In the days to follow, it’s quite possible they may have continuous breakthroughs!

Frankly, the whole experience became something like an innocent visit to examine Jade Simplicity. Their accomplishments weren’t exaggerated at all.

The most valuable thing is that many Jade Simplicity relics held annotations and insights left by our granduncle.

Not every Jade Simplicity relic has these, but there are certainly a good number of them.

For Ji Li and Lin Chan, who are talented sword cultivation masters, this is of great value!

“Why do I feel like two top students are going through legendary notes?” Lu Xun thought to himself.

As time went by, once the two women had stabilized their newly gained realms, they realized that Lu Xun was no longer in the room so they left the small courtyard as well.

After pushing open the wooden gate, Lin Chan and Ji Li stepped out of the courtyard.

Now, everyone had left the small courtyard and faint lights emitted from the two little lion statues at the gate. The glow gave the entire small courtyard a refreshed and locked silhouette.

“Let’s go back.” The Elder spoke.

Following his words, just as they had done earlier, he instructed everyone to close their eyes and calm their minds. With a sweep of his sleeve, everyone was once again experiencing what felt like the world spinning around them!

Elder, can you drive slower? If you continue, I’ll have to throw up!

The three who suffered from “motion sickness” were quite distressed, but luckily, it didn’t take the Elder much time and he brought them all back to the Demon Sect’s back mountain.

Mao Nanbei was sitting on the big vine chair enjoying the rays of sunshine. She seemed a bit absent-minded, occasionally grooming her hands like a cat licking its claws.

Upon seeing everyone return, she excitedly jumped down from the chair and, barefooted, she happily ran to greet them.

Seeing this, the Elder’s face lit up with a kind smile. After watching Mao Nanbei spring onto Lu Xun’s shoulder, his smile froze a bit.

“Little Junior Brother! You’re finally back! Second Sister knows to feed me fruits. Did I lose weight?”

Mao Nanbei sat on Lu Xun’s shoulder, one hand clutching his hair, then she bent over, turned her face, and with her other hand, she pinched her cheek to show Lu Xun whether she had lost any weight.

Lu Xun looked at her chubby face and thought to himself: “Lose weight…as if!”

However, on his face, he put on a gentle smile and said, “You’ve lost weight indeed. Looks like I need to prepare more dishes!”

“Hehe! It’s not that I’m greedy, I just don’t like being thin!” Mao Nanbei sat on Lu Xun’s shoulders cheerfully, dangling her unshod foot in the air.

Looking at those lovely little feet, Lu Xun couldn’t resist and pinched them gently.

It felt soft and chubby, just like pinching the paw of a cat.

“It tickles!” Mao Nanbei used her other foot to kick Lu Xun’s hand away.

Not long after, she gasped in surprise, “Ah! Little Junior Brother, you’re a Great Cultivator now!”

“Yes, I had a bit of a modest breakthrough.” Lu Xun replied with a smug smile.

Mao Nanbei gave him a contemptuous look, but deep inside, she felt a sense of urgency.

“Little Junior Brother’s breakthroughs are happening way too fast!”

She had a bet with Lu Xin. If one day he surpassed her, she would have to let him do whatever he wants.

Looking at the distressed Mao Nanbei, Lu Xun thought for a while and said, “Fourth Sister, would you like to…test your skills against me?”

“You’re up to this again! No!” Mao Nanbei instantly declined.

Every time she lowered her realm to spar with Lu Xun, she would lose. The last time, he even pat her little buttocks with his sword sheath.

— That’s a huge disgrace!

Was that even an appropriate place to pat?

“You don’t have to lower your realm this time.” Said Lu Xun.

“Are you sure?” Mao Nanbei could hardly believe it, isn’t he just asking for a beating?

Lu Xun looked at her, his face revealed a signature warm smile, “But I have one small condition.”

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