Cultivation: Being Immortal

The State of Yun, the Zhonghang Sect

Yang Luo prevented Yang Xiong from exploding, but she herself reached out and captured a Level 2 Aurora falcon, lightly squeezing it. The Aurora falcon cried out in pain.

"Boom!"

Cao Ying’s response was a sword strike filled with powerful killing intent towards Yang Luo, but it was easily blocked by Yang Xiong.

"Friend Cao Ying, please don’t be angry. Yang has a reason for doing so."

Yang Luo quickly said, but Cao Ying ignored her and continued to attack with her sword. Yang Xiong desperately tried to stop her.

Seeing that Cao Ying didn’t respond, Yang Luo sighed and said. Friend Cao Ying, practicing Heartless Tao, in Yang’s opinion, you have gone astray. What you practice is not cold-heartedness, but deep affection. It’s strange if nothing goes wrong. If you continue practicing, you may lose all your memories, including the ones you don’t want to forget.

After Yang Luo finished speaking, Cao Ying stopped. By this time, Feng Zhang and the others had arrived and hurriedly asked what was happening.

"Senior Feng, I was discussing Cao Ying’s practice with her, and we had some minor conflicts. It’s resolved now."

"Yes, it is."

"That’s good."

"Please, senior, allow us to talk privately. There are some things that shouldn’t be shared with others."

"Okay"

Feng Zhang touched his nose. He actually wanted to hear some gossip, but they were all women. If they talked about something sensitive, it wouldn’t be good for him.

Everyone left, leaving only Yang Luo, Yang Xiong, Cao Ying, and a group of low-level Aurora falcons.

"How do you know that I am slowly losing my memory?"

Cao Ying asked, feeling troubled. She realized that the more she practiced, the more she lost her memories. She didn’t want to forget those things, so she was conflicted.

Because the cultivation method you’re using is wrong. Many people think that being heartless means being ruthless towards enemies, even towards your own people, and even towards yourself. This is a very one-sided and incorrect view.

Especially in your current situation, Taoist Friend Cao Ying, I think it’s because you have unresolved emotions in your heart. Since you can’t have those emotions, you’ve become uninterested in the outside world and indifferent towards all emotions. That’s why you switched to practicing Heartless Tao, right?"

"Yes."

"Would you like to talk about it?"

Yang Luo said, but Cao Ying shook her head.

"Okay, we don’t have to talk about it. Actually, you’re not heartless, you’re just too emotional, so you can’t let go of this feeling, right?"

"Yes."

"The feeling you’re holding on to is either from your close family, like your parents, or from a loved one."

"Yes."

"Because of that, your emotions are too strong, which goes against the dharma body you’re cultivating. In order to progress in your practice, you need to suppress these feelings. That’s why your memories are fading away, but you don’t want to lose them, so it’s making you very sad and in pain."

"Is there a way to solve this?"

"You can choose to erase your memories, then you’ll be able to forget everything. Heartless Tao will be fully achieved."

"I don’t want to lose this memory. It’s the most important thing in my life."

Cao Ying shook her head and looked towards the direction of Yunzhong City. She had lived for over a thousand years, but those ten years in Yunzhong City were more precious than ever. She didn’t want to forget.

"Is the person you are attached to still alive?"

"They have already died."

Cao Ying suddenly looked sad. They had promised to come back and see her, but she was deceived. They left Yunzhong City and never returned. At first, there were some letters, but then there were none. And later, she heard the news of her uncle’s passing.

"That’s not right. If that person is dead, you should let go of all your feelings. Why are you still so attached?"

"I don’t know either. Perhaps it’s because I missed too many opportunities. I should have stayed with him, even if it meant using force."

"Destiny has its own plans. Maybe your powers didn’t work because that person isn’t dead."

"That’s impossible. My master told me this. My master wouldn’t deceive me."

"Is that so? Then, where is your master?"

"Also died."

Cao Ying said that her master was a Ouyang Qing and died over three hundred years ago in Qing State’s hands. In these past few hundred years, almost all three Nascent Souls of Yun State have been replaced, mostly from dying in battle. The old man died, new people emerged, it was very tragic.

"····"

Yang Luo couldn’t think of anything to say at the moment. No wonder Cao Ying was so conflicted, it was really unfortunate.

"Taoist Friend Cao Ying can consider studying other cultivation methods now."

"Not interested."

"Okay then, I’ll consider it my own business. I’ll leave first."

Yang Luo felt like Cao Ying was living a very stressful life, and she didn’t want to meddle anymore. It was a troublesome situation.

"No, you’ve provoked me, and now you’re leaving again. You can’t leave."

"You don’t have to go, but you have to tell me the reason, otherwise it would be difficult for me to understand."

"Since I was young, both of my parents passed away. It was my uncle who took care of me and raised me. This uncle is not related to me by blood, but he has been very kind to me, like a loving father. However, I have developed affection for him, I have fallen in love with him."

"Um…"

Yang Luo suddenly didn’t want to listen anymore, it’s too cliché.

"Don’t make fun of me, you don’t know about my life. To me, my uncle is the best man in the world. He is always so gentle and has given me everything that is good. Plus, he and I have no blood relationship at all…"

"Taoist Friend Cao Ying, is it possible that your uncle really sees you as a daughter?"

"Yes."

"Then you…"

"I know I’m wrong, but feelings cannot be controlled."

Cao Ying said, she also knows that this kind of feeling is wrong, but she can’t control it, especially in the world of cultivation, she has met many people, been deceived many times. Every time she suffers, she deepens her longing for her uncle.

In the cultivation world, she can only make herself strong, fierce, and heartless, living a very tiring life. Only when she is with her uncle can she relax. Her uncle is the person who gives her the most sense of security in the world.

"Truly a doomed fate."

"Perhaps."

"Heartless Tao is very cruel. Even if your uncle is still alive, you have to kill him with your own hands in order to complete this martial art. Otherwise, you will never achieve Tao."

"How could it be like this? My master never told me."

"Perhaps your master didn’t have the complete Heartless Tao martial art."

Yang Luo explained, of course, it’s also possible that Cao Ying’s master did it on purpose.

"What should I do?"

"Practice a new technique or completely master this technique."

"But my uncle has already passed away."

"I can help you by duplicating the appearance and presence of your uncle from your memories, using a puppet as a substitute. You will need to kill her with your own hands, turning your deep emotions into cold-heartedness."

"That’s my uncle. I loved him too much, how could I kill him?"

"Then I really don’t know what to do."

Yang Luo spread her hands helplessly, completely speechless. No matter what she tried, it seemed impossible. Even a divine being couldn’t help.

"I apologize for today’s offense."

Cao Ying gestured with her hands, signaling that she didn’t want to continue the conversation.

Yang Luo didn’t say anything and walked away.

"Junior sister, why don’t you talk about the Aurora falcon? It’s too coincidental, there must be a reason behind it."

"What does senior brother think of Cao Ying?"

"Very strong. If she breaks through Void Achieving, she will become an outstanding master. If what junior sister said is true and her technique is still incomplete, then it’s even more frightening. Once she truly becomes heartless and ruthless, she will be even stronger."

"So, if we have the chance to control Cao Ying, what do you think?"

"That would be a good thing, but junior sister, be careful not to be harmed in return."

"Don’t worry, I am confident. However, I need to investigate who her uncle is, the relationship with Li Changsheng, and also the Lin family. Sigh, it’s all so chaotic."

Yang Luo also found it headache-inducing. How could such trivial matters become such a mess?

"It is quite chaotic, but I also find it interesting. It’s fun to see their love, hate, and conflicts."

Yang Xiong said, it didn’t hurt him since he wasn’t personally involved. He would just treat it like watching a play, much more interesting than traditional dramas.

Indeed, gossip is a natural human trait. Everyone, whether ordinary people or cultivators, loves to gossip.

Yang Luo returned to the main hall of the Zhonghang Sect, where Feng Zhang and the others had been waiting for a long time. Without further ado, they engaged in a friendly conversation.

The Zhonghang Sect had a strong interest in the Holy Heavenly Sect. They wanted to know the secret of the Holy Heavenly Sect’s rise, learn Yang Luo’s new talisman technique, establish business cooperation with the Holy Heavenly Sect, and even form an alliance to jointly confront the Qing State.

Yang Luo didn’t refuse certain requests, but she didn’t give things away for free. Unfortunately, apart from Cao Ying, there was no one or nothing in the Zhonghang Sect that interested her. Whatever she earned was all for the sect.

After spending a few days at the Zhonghang Sect, Yang Luo went to the Cloud Sword Sect. In the past few hundred years, nothing outstanding had happened at the Cloud Sword Sect. Of course, there might have been some things, but Yang Luo simply wasn’t interested.

Consequently, Yang Luo spent the shortest amount of time at the Cloud Sword Sect. Before leaving, she displayed her exceptional swordsmanship to the sword cultivators of the Cloud Sword Sect, leaving them feeling immensely embarrassed. Many of them admitted that they had only now come to understand what it truly meant to be a sword cultivator. What they had learned before was nonsense, or rather, worse than nonsense.