Chapter 173: The Great Dao of Karma, Ancestor Yunyi
Within the inn, as you cultivated, you suddenly felt a palpitation in your heart.
Your own karma has changed!
You looked inward at your Great Dao of Karma. A relatively faint red thread was surging within it, and a thought appeared in your mind. Someone is using the Dao of Karma to seek out my location!
You tried to block this will out, but you clearly failed.
With your current comprehension of the Law of Karma, you were entirely incapable of resisting.
Which faction’s Senior has made a move? You stood up and left the inn. You knew it was time to go.
The jade pendant the Old Monster had given you could isolate perception and divination, but it could not block this mysterious and unfathomable Power of the Law of Karma.
You left the Imperial City and headed straight for the Heavenly Blade Sect.
“Fellow Daoist Ye, are you all right? The Purple Firmament Immortal Dynasty has already issued a kill order on you!” The First Elder appeared before you and spoke in a low voice.
“No matter. They won’t find me for a while.” As you spoke, you directly altered your appearance.
“Do you know of the Law of Karma?” you asked, calm and unreadable.
“Living in this world, who can avoid karma?” The First Elder sighed with emotion, then explained his own understanding of the Great Dao of Karma.
You were silent for a long while, and finally said, “Within the sect, who else understands the Great Dao of the Law of Karma?”
The First Elder pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, “There is! Our Heavenly Blade Sect has an Ancestor who once studied the Great Dao of the Law of Karma!”
“Oh? Can you call him out to meet me now?”
“This…” The First Elder smiled awkwardly. “Only the Sect Masters of past generations have the authority to awaken a sect Ancestor.”
“Is that so?!!” Your demeanor carried a natural authority without anger.
“Absolutely true, not a single word of falsehood!” the First Elder vowed.
You pondered for a moment, and ultimately decided to stay and meet this Ancestor.
Someone is using the power of karma to calculate my location. This is always a hidden danger. It must be eliminated!
“Where is the Sect Master? Take me to see him!” Time waited for no one. You did not have that much time to spare.
The sect’s forbidden ground, the Sect Master’s place of secluded cultivation. The First Elder brought you here, and you met the Heavenly Blade Sect’s Sect Master, whose lifespan was nearly exhausted.
“Greetings, Sect Master!” You bowed alongside the First Elder. After all, he was a Fusion realm cultivator. Even with his days numbered, he could not be underestimated.
“Rise. What business do you have with me?” The Sect Master sat leisurely by the side, fishing, not looking at all like someone whose lifespan was nearly spent.
“This humble one has a request, and hopes the Sect Master will permit it.” You cupped your hands.
“What is it?” The Sect Master did not even raise his head, his gaze fixed on the lake before him.
“I ask the Sect Master to help introduce me to Ancestor Yunyi!”
“Oh? A Return-to-Void realm Elder, what business do you have with the Ancestor?” Hearing this, the Sect Master turned and glanced at you, interested.
“I wish to consult the Ancestor about matters concerning the Power of the Law of Fate.”
“Oh, why should I help you?”
“Whatever requirements you have, state them freely.” As you said this, you silently added in your heart, As for whether I can do it, that depends on my mood.
“How interesting!” The Sect Master looked at you with a chuckle, and slowly stood up.
“I want you to become the Sect Master of the Heavenly Blade Sect! Let our Heavenly Blade Sect regain its former glory!” The Sect Master’s gaze turned sharp, staring fixedly at you, no longer carrying the slightest bit of his earlier ease.
The cultivation of the Fusion realm erupted. A pressure descended upon you, bearing down on you.
Beside you, the First Elder was pressed directly to his knees by this pressure, entirely unable to resist.
Your gaze was sharp as you met the Sect Master’s piercing eyes. Your body stood ramrod straight, and while enduring this wave of pressure, you spoke with ringing conviction.
“No problem!”
“Hahahaha!” The Sect Master withdrew his pressure and laughed heartily, then said, “Come, follow me!”
The Sect Master left the First Elder where he was and brought you to a place you had never set foot in.
“A graveyard?” You looked at the scene before you in surprise.
“That’s right. The ancestors of our Heavenly Blade Sect through the generations are all buried here.”
“Look, this is where I will be buried after I die.” The Sect Master pointed at a grave that had just been completed, with no corpse yet laid to rest within.
Looking at the Sect Master in this state, you could not help but ask, “I look at you, Senior, and you don’t seem like someone whose lifespan is nearly spent?”
The Sect Master smiled mysteriously and did not explain. He said, “Once you become Sect Master, you will understand!”
The Sect Master led you to a stop beneath a gravestone, took out three sticks of incense, lit them, and stuck them in.
“The hundredth Sect Master of the Heavenly Blade Sect, Mo Yang, requests Ancestor Yunyi to emerge from seclusion!”
“All right, go dig Ancestor Xuanyang out of his grave.” Mo Yang pointed at the ground below the grave and said to you.
“What?” You were stunned for a moment. So Ancestor Yunyi didn’t hear? We have to dig him out?
“What are you standing there for? Hurry up!” Sect Master Mo Yang urged.
Helpless, you had no choice but to pick up the shovel from the ground and dig, one shovelful at a time.
A moment later, a pitch-black coffin appeared, emanating an aura that made the heart palpitate.
“Dong dong dong!” Sect Master Mo Yang stepped forward and knocked on the coffin three times, speaking in a low voice. “Ancestor Yunyi, it is time to emerge from seclusion!”
This utterly plain and unadorned scene made your mouth twitch.
This method of awakening an Ancestor is far too casual, isn’t it?
“Creak!” The sound of bones moving came from within the coffin. Then you saw a finger like a dried bone reach out, and with a single grab, flip the coffin lid above it!
“Who calls upon me?” A young-faced man slowly sat up, his muddled eyes looking toward you both.
“So young?” You felt you might have held a stereotype. This Ancestor Yunyi, who had lived for who knew how long, apart from being somewhat thin and frail, showed no trace of age at all.
“This disciple is the hundredth Sect Master of the Heavenly Blade Sect. Today I have specifically requested the Ancestor to emerge from seclusion. I hope the Ancestor will forgive the disturbance.” Sect Master Mo Yang was very respectful toward Ancestor Yunyi.
“You. You are quite good.” Ancestor Yunyi glanced at Mo Yang and nodded.
Then he looked at you, and nodded again. “You are also quite good.”
You smiled, then asked directly, “Ancestor, I have heard you have considerable research into the Dao of Karma. Might you be able to offer this junior some guidance?”
“The Dao of Karma? What is that? Let me think.”
“Uh…”
“The Ancestor has slept for a long time. It is normal for his memories to be a bit fuzzy. He will be fine in a moment.” The Sect Master explained from the side.