Chapter 290: Chapter 217: The Death of the Confucian Immortal, the Birth of Qingchen! A Tribute to the Teacher! _2
"That is... the Outer Battlefield!"
Li Qingchen murmured in shock, "So the reason the world has never seen the Great Emperor’s remains is that they all went to the Outer Domain."
"It was them... who stopped the invasion of the evil!"
Su Nan didn’t speak, but his eyes trembled, unable to calm his thoughts.
Beside him, Su Changqing saw nothing but gazed at the place next to the black hole.
"There’s something there... even the Creation Jade Plate is trembling..."
Su Changqing’s expression was heavy, this was the first time since his cultivation began that he encountered something terrifying to the Creation Jade Plate...
"Hehehe, ugh hahahaha!"
The Master of Wilderness Mountain’s maniacal laughter echoed, "Darkness, in this world, only darkness will eventually remain!"
"Damn bug! Don’t you want to swallow, I’ll let you swallow as much as you want!"
As he spoke, the Master of Wilderness Mountain rushed towards the black hole, where the endless darkness could make him truly immortal and indestructible!
And as he was about to leave, he suddenly cast a fierce glance at Li Qingchen,
"Li Qingchen, haven’t you always been looking for Ye Lingxuan?"
"She is receiving the inheritance of the evil lord in the Outer Domain; if you dare, come with me!"
After speaking, his venomous eyes glanced at Su Changqing,
"Boy, when true darkness descends, you’ll understand that the continent’s so-called prodigies are nothing but ants!"
Boom!
With that, the Master of Wilderness Mountain plunged into the black hole and disappeared completely.
"I need to take a trip, you must leave here quickly."
Su Nan, thinking of something, finished speaking urgently and with his remaining strength, followed in the footsteps of the Master of Wilderness Mountain into the darkness.
He wanted to see what the future of the Human Race was truly facing.
"Ling Xuan..."
Li Qingchen murmured softly, staring fixedly at the dark entrance, unmoving.
"Teacher, don’t act rashly!"
Su Changqing was startled seeing this, and quickly said: "The Master of Wilderness Mountain is doomed, this revenge is considered repaid, don’t take the risk."
"Yes, teacher, how can you believe the creatures from the Forbidden Zone?"
"Whether Ling Xuan is really in the Outer Domain is just his word!"
Bo Gu also anxiously voiced persuasion from the side.
Li Qingchen didn’t speak, just looked at the black hole for a long time.
After a while, he sighed softly and slowly spoke:
"Actually, compared to revenge, my more important purpose for this trip is to see Ling Xuan again."
"I want to tell her that everything she entrusted to me back then, I have done."
Li Qingchen gently raised his hand, and Su Changqing and Bo Gu were instantly immobilized.
Ignoring their anxious glances, he softly said: "Back then, to save my life, she was willing to plunge into darkness."
"Even at the cost of turning into an evil spirit, I refused to leave, intending to face everything with her."
"But Ling Xuan said that her lifelong wishes were all placed upon me."
"If those wishes couldn’t be fulfilled, she would die with regrets and hate me forever."
Recalling the resolute words of that girl, Li Qingchen smiled reminiscently and said: "Do you know what Ling Xuan’s wishes were back then?"
"To rebuild the Holy Academy, cleanse Confucianism, and find inheritors for the four arts of the immortal family."
Su Changqing and Bo Gu fell silent hearing this.
Three wishes, each harder than the last, seemingly impossible feats for anyone else.
In other words, Ye Lingxuan never believed Li Qingchen could truly do it.
As long as they weren’t achieved, Li Qingchen would never step into the Forbidden Zone and would always have the motivation to live because of those three wishes.
"You must have guessed it."
Li Qingchen shook his head with a light smile and said: "Those were practically impossible tasks, especially for someone new to Confucianism like me."
"However, the facts proved that for someone unafraid of death, nothing is impossible."
"I practiced day and night, Ling Xuan’s words echoing in my mind every day."
"In the end, I did it!"
Li Qingchen’s words turned passionate, his eyes ablaze,
"I rebuilt the Holy Academy, attracting students from all over the world."
"I cleansed Confucianism, suppressed the bureaucratic faction, and upheld the integrity of scholars."
"I traveled the world and took four disciples, all prodigies of Confucianism, leaving a legacy!"
"I... can finally come to see her now!"
Su Changqing and Bo Gu listened quietly, their eyes filled with a look of shock.
They wanted to persuade, wanted Li Qingchen to stay.
But those words, upon seeing Li Qingchen, who always remained detached, yet now extremely excited and expectant, couldn’t be spoken at all.
Because their persuasion would shatter Li Qingchen’s lifelong motivation and hope.
By what right, and with what qualifications, could they ask Li Qingchen to abandon a lifetime of pursuit?
Su Changqing and Bo Gu remained silent, only looking at Li Qingchen with sadness on their faces.
One cannot wake someone pretending to be asleep, just as the Celestial Doctor cannot heal a cultivator whose heart has died.
Li Qingchen, his heart was already dead.
Since stepping out of the Dark Forbidden Area, the scholar named Li Qingchen was no longer present.
The esteemed leader in the literary world, admired by countless scholars, was merely the Confucian Immortal.
"In the first half of my life, I lived for Ling Xuan because my life was given by her."
A relaxed smile appeared on Li Qingchen’s face, "Now, I can finally choose my own path."
Bo Gu opened his mouth to speak but swallowed his words again.
He wanted to say that the current situation in Central State needed the Confucian Immortal to oversee, but those words... couldn’t quite come out.
Li Qingchen fought for Confucianism all his life, and in the end, he couldn’t selfishly use the Confucian path to force his teacher to make a choice?
The Confucian Immortal sitting in Central State was the wish of the Holy Academy, but not Li Qingchen’s desire; it wasn’t fair.
However, even if Bo Gu didn’t speak, Li Qingchen had already seen through it.
"But the turmoil in Central State, the court faction has stirred up a dispute again?"
Seeing the astonishment on Bo Gu’s face, Li Qingchen smiled and said, "Expected, nothing more."
"If I’m here, the great scholars of the court faction would have some fear, but if I disappear, they wouldn’t be content to remain dormant."
He gazed into the distance, smiled slightly, and said:
"Back then, I killed a group, just to temporarily stabilize the situation, treating the symptoms not the root cause."
"This time, let them reveal their cards, and during the literary forum, strike them expertly to stabilize the foundation of Confucianism."
Bo Gu smiled bitterly and said, "Without you, teacher, who can subdue those great scholars?"
Within the Holy Academy, most are new generation students, even if some have deeper knowledge, they are newly promoted great scholars in recent years.
But the court faction has deep roots, with many of the old masters remaining from earlier times.
The strength of the two factions isn’t even on the same level.
Unless the Holy Academy can produce a figure like the Confucian Immortal again, but how could that be possible?
"Chang Qing can!"
Li Qingchen’s smiling eyes looked at Su Changqing, "Remember to go to Central State in six months on behalf of your teacher."
"By then, no need for scholarly reasoning, if anyone refuses, kill them!"
The Confucian Immortal once killed to stabilize hearts.
Now, if the disciple of the Confucian Immortal kills another batch fiercely, it can break the backbone of the court faction!
"Me?"
Su Changqing, who had been listening in a daze, was stunned at his words.
Currently, he was only in the divine realm, even if cultivated rapidly, he would only be at the divine aspect in six months.
With such strength, can he influence the internal split of Confucianism?
"If in the future, I naturally believe Junior Brother Chang Qing can, but in six months..."
Bo Gu smiled bitterly and shook his head, ceasing to speak.
"Do not fear, once Chang Qing goes to Central State, he will understand."
Li Qingchen finished speaking with a smile and turned his gaze to the black hole about to dissolve, "I have little time, it’s time to leave."
His words fell, and his fingers stroked his celestial spirit, revealing five Confucianism life essence characters developed throughout his cultivation.
Li Qingchen pondered briefly, then flicked one finger, letting the character ’Li’ fall before Bo Gu.
"This character can ensure Central State’s safety for half a year."
Finished speaking, he looked at the other life essence characters, then fixed his eyes on ’Kill’.
This was the character he condensed after bloody cleansing Central State, a rare and ominous one in Confucian scholars, ’Kill’!
"Take it with you in six months, it can aid you greatly."
Su Changqing and Bo Gu, each holding one life essence character, looked at Li Qingchen with increasingly deep sadness.
"Everything mundane is finished."
After arranging everything, Li Qingchen laughed loudly, spirited like a young man, and strode towards the deep dark abyss,
"Today the Confucian Immortal is dead, Qingchen departs."
"If you still see me in the future, don’t hold back, help me find release."
Su Changqing, Bo Gu both simultaneously hitched up their robes and knelt heavily in the void, bowing profoundly.
"Zhi Yu, Bo Gu, respectfully see you off, teacher!"