Chapter 1497: The Hall of Life and Death
When Bu Xiangfeng was lost in thoughts, Ye Xiao casually said, âIn fact, there are ten most powerful sects of the Limitless Ocean, and the eight most powerful forces too⌠People keep talking about it. It seems they have been fighting with their lives in the martial world⌠The truth is that only a few of the most powerful ones are truly spending their time in the Limitless Ocean.â
âThe Limitless Ocean is just a limited area of the world. The real ambitious people would never only focus on this place. What they do is simply improving themselves in this place, waiting for an opportunity to shine upon the massesâŚâ
Ye Xiao blandly said, âThese people are still here, making noises in the chaos, only because they are not good enough⌠Since they are not good enough, they have to compete⌠In the end, only a few of these people can get their talents revealed.â
âWhile these people are refining themselves in the competition, I will be improving.â
Ye Xiao casually said, âI am still weak. In fact, I am as weak as nothing. However, it still could be me who eventually reached the top of the world!â
âIt still could be me who eventually reached the top of the world!â
What hid behind those words shocked Bu Xiangfeng!
He was thinking that this young lord was not ambitious enough because he didnât join the battle of chaos. Now he knew that he was much more than ambitious! He was too ambitious to live safely!
If Ye Xiao kept going on like this, Bu Xiangfeng might become nobody to him somedayâŚ
Bu Xiangfeng thought of the words Ye Xiao said to him. âOld Bu, just watch me. I will do it⌠You will beg to stay in the Monarchâs Hall!â
As he thought of it, he didnât dare to taunt this young master anymore.
âWhat if he⌠What if he will make it?â
âBesides⌠His name is Ye.â
Bu Xiangfeng had a complicated feeling.
At this moment, some special birds that appeared to be in red color started to fly up to the sky from everywhere. It took them only one second to fly through the clouds.
What was left behind were some dim flickering shadows and the narrow spatial fissures.
âDivine Fleeting Bird! There are so many of them!â
Bu Xiangfeng was surprised. âIt means people are asking for help. Many people need help. There are dozens of the Divine Fleeting Birds right there.â
Ye Xiao nodded and said, âOld Bu, I need you to do one thing for me.â
âWhat is it?â Bu Xiangfeng asked.
âI need you to let the high-level cultivators know that there is a place called the Hall of Life and Death⌠It is right here. We can turn death to life. We can cure those who are dying. However, we only do it for itinerant cultivators.â
Ye Xiao said, âOne more thing. Who wants me to save his life has to do one thing for me. He can either join us, follow me, and obey me, or he can kill one person for us, whenever, wherever, whoever it is!â
âI donât need any guarantee or mortgage. I only need the blood of their heart, and the vow to the heavens!â
âThat is too muchâŚâ Bu Xiangfeng was surprised. âMost of the Itinerant cultivator wouldnât lose their dignity. I donât think they will accept the terms.â
Ye Xiao blandly said, âI am asking you to do this. It is not your job to worry about their answers!â
âWe can recruit people in many other ways. Why do you have to do it with cruelty?â Bu Xiangfeng didnât understand.
âThis is a cruel time, and that is why we should do things in a cruel way. Itinerant cultivators have a lot of choices if they want to join an organization. Why would they choose me?â Ye Xiao said, âWho would join a group of messes?â
âThat is why I only recruit those who are dying. I will save their lives, and so they will spend their lives to follow me.â
Ye Xiao said, âI am not forcing them. I am offering a deal. It is a business! It is fair!â
Bu Xiangfeng made a sigh.
A high-level itinerant cultivator was always prideful. If they would join any forces, they would have done it long ago.
If the itinerant cultivators did not belong to any organization, it was hopeless to recruit them. The big organizations must have tried to recruit these people and failed already.
What Ye Xiao did was to take advantage of othersâ misfortunes, but it was the only practical way he had to expand the organization.
Bu Xiangfeng had faith in Ye Xiao now.
No matter how those people joined him, they would naturally become loyal to him in the end!
Bu Xiangfeng knew it because he experienced it⌠He realized that he did not want to leave this organization now, even though he had just spent a short time⌠He just wouldnât admit it!
He would never cry in tears, begging Ye Xiao for a position to stay!
Well, wouldnât he really?
âWhen you do this, remember one thing⌠We need them to come to us, but you have to pretend that you are telling them a piece of secret informationâŚâ Ye Xiao said.
âWhy?â Bu Xiangfeng was surprised. âWhy do we have to make it look so mysterious?â
âIt is too complicated to explain. Just do it as I say. I have spent too much time explaining things to you. I am not doing it again.â Ye Xiao said, âAll in all, just spread the message through some underground channelsâŚâ
âOnly high-level cultivators who have reached at least the Divinity Origin StageâŚâ
âJust make it as mysterious as you can.â
Ye Xiao looked at Bu Xiangfeng and suddenly lit up his eyes. He said, âOld Bu, I know you have a vicious tongue, but I am sure you have friends in this city. Just tell the message to three of them, and your job is done.â
Bu Xiangfeng stared at Ye Xiao and said, âWhat? What did you just say? Who has a vicious tongue?â
âWho has a vicious tongue?â
âYour vicious tongue is killing everybody in the world. Are you sure you want to deny it?â
He said, âYou donât have three friends? Well, thatâs reasonable. Maybe there are some people you know, but they just donât want to know you. Fine. They donât have to be your friends, just some people you know will doâŚâ
Bu Xiangfeng smiled bitterly because of anger. âFine. I will do it!â
Bu Xiangfeng questioned Ye Xiao only because he thought it was not a good idea. However, Ye Xiao said Bu Xiangfeng didnât have friends because he was mean.
That was quite a misunderstanding!
âJust do it as I say.â Ye Xiao said, âThe Hall of Life and Death, where it provides absolute survival. There is a cottage in the woods over there, a little far from this courtyard. I will make a sign and do some decoration. I will be expecting our guests to come.â
Bu Xiangfeng felt a headache.
âReally? Is this going to work? Isnât it a bit too simple? Well, absolute survival seems to be resonant, but do you have the capability to guarantee absolute survival? What are you? A god of medicine?â
âOh, right. There is one more thing. The three men that you are going to speak to must be beyond level six of the Divinity Origin Stage!â
âOkay! I will make sure of it.â
Bu Xiangfeng said, âI donât know whether it will work or not, to be honest.â
âI said it. Just do as I say. It is not your problem to worry about.â Ye Xiao was casual, looking confident like a god of medicine.
The walls around the area were half done now. Ye Xiao was excited.
âThis will be the first step of my great glory! I will rush to the top of the Human Realm Upon Heavens!â
âIf I miss this special time, it will be more difficult to rise.â
Bu Xiangfeng went out sneakily like a cloud of smoke.
In a normal room of an ordinary inn.
A man in black clothes who looked normal sat in meditation with a normal dark sword on his knees.
He was breathing, but his breath was so weak. He just sat inside the room, and nobody outside the room could notice his existence.
When people looked through the window and saw the man inside, they would probably think it was a sculpture.
The wind blew outside the window.
The man suddenly opened his eyes and then stared at the window. He was calm and cold.
A shadow appeared near the window and said, âPing Shanyue, are you truly still alive?â
The man in black clothes didnât move, just answered coldly, âA nasty man like you is still alive. Why would I die so soon?â
The shadow was exactly Bu Xiangfeng, who was moving slowly into the room with a smile. Ping Shanyue was still sitting in meditation. He didnât want to even look at Bu Xiangfeng.
Bu Xiangfeng got into the room and paced around Pin Shanyue. Suddenly, he sighed and said, âPing Shanyue, I cut you with my sword one hundred and seventy years ago. How are you? Does it still hurt?â
Ping Shanyue peacefully opened his eyes, looked at Bu Xiangfeng, and said, âWhy donât you let me cut you back now? You will know whether it still hurts after one hundred and seventy years.â
Bu Xiangfeng laughed loudly. Apparently, he wasnât angry about it.
âWhy are you here?â Bu Xiangfeng asked. âHow much do they pay you? I guess it must be a lot!â
âIt is none of your business.â Ping Shanyue blandly said.
âIt doesnât concern me. I am just curious. You are such a man who thirsts for blood. How do you survive this? This is incredible.â Bu Xiangfeng chuckled, sat down, and started to drink tea by himself.
Ping Shanyue didnât cave in. âIt is not a surprise that I can survive. It is you that surprise me. Considering how mean and shameless you are, I canât believe you are still alive. I think it surprises many people, not just me.â
âYou are mean! You are shameless! You whole family is.â Bu Xiangfeng laughed and said, âPing Shanyue, I am here to tell you something big.â
Ping Shanyue said, âSpeak.â
âWe are not friends. I know that. Well, but you are a tough man. I donât want to be your friend or your brother, but⌠I have to say I admire you. I guess you have the same feeling about me.â
When he said so, he meant it.
Ping Shanyue thought for a while, didnât speak and just nodded.
They both did something great in their lives, and they were so similar to each other. It was not a surprise that they admired each other.
âYou shouldnât have come to the City of Chaos. You really shouldnât.â Bu Xiangfeng said, âThe city is now a powder magazine full of bombs⌠Once it is triggered, the world will be turned over. Most of the cultivators in the city will be killed. I have no idea why you came, but here is something I want you to know. I hope that you remember what I am going to say, because it may save your life! One should always try to live on first!â
Bu Xiangfeng was solemn and serious. Ping Shanyue was serious too. He said, âOkay, I wonât forget. Say it.â
It must be something important.
âIf you are dying because of any severe injury⌠go to the Hall of Life and Death!â Bu Xiangfeng took a breath and said, âThat place can give you a second opportunity to live. It can cure you no matter how severely you are injured.â
Ping Shanyue raised his eyebrows and stared at Bu Xiangfeng.
âI am serious!â Bu Xiangfeng said, âI donât want you to die. I hope that you donât need to go to the Hall of Life and Death. It is not an enjoyable place after all. There is always a price to pay for a second chance. I feel lonely in this martial world. Knowing that you are living in the same world, I feel better. I hope that you wonât get hurt. Trust me. It is not a good place to goâŚâ
Ping Shanyue looked at Bu Xiangfeng and said, âWhat? Do I need to go to the Hall of Life and Death? What is the price?â
Bu Xiangfeng said, âTo get their aids, you will make a promise. You can choose one from the two options. First, you can choose to stay and serve the man who cures you. You will become his follower for the rest of your life. You wonât need to pay anything if you choose this one. Second, you can pay the extremely high price, and promise that you will do one thing for the Hall of Life and Death. You will have to vow with the blood of your heart. To be honest, the second choice is selling your good life out. This is all I know.â
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Ping Shanyue nodded and said, âThat is cruel.â
âI know. I am warning you. Donât get yourself hurt too bad. Before you make sure you are absolutely dying, do not go to the Hall of Life and Death. The owner of that place never does charitable things. He is a marvelous therapist, but he is not a man with kindness. All he is after is a benefit.â Bu Xiangfeng said, âIf you truly are dying⌠and if you donât want to die, just go to the Hall of Life and Death. Remember this. It is in the city. It saves lives! It brings you back from death!â
Ping Shanyue stayed quiet for a while and then murmured, âThe Hall of Life and Death, in the city.â
After a while, he nodded and said, âI will not forget it. Old Bu, if I am dying, and eventually get saved by the Hall of Life and Death, I will owe you big time.â