Chapter 836: A Dead Call
The flute was possibly a solution to another one of Lin Wu’s problems.
Lin Wu wanted a way out of this world later and knew that he would be able to do it after he ascended it, eventually. But that came with the problem that he wouldn’t be able to take Yun Bai and his clan.
Not to mention, Lin Wu now felt like taking some of his subordinates with him too.
‘It would be far too much of a waste if I have to leave them here. Coming back to this world after leaving would be hard too. After all, there is no way to know where it actually is. And there is also the restriction of the world too, which would make it harder.
Then there is always the chance that my servants breakthrough and ascended as well, ending up in different places. That would be too much of a loss.
“Is it possible to trace these coordinates that the flute would inevitably reach after being broken, system?” Lin Wu questioned.
~DING~
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ANSWER: It is possible, but the owner of the flute will still be alerted.
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“Hmm… I see… we need to prevent that from happening.” Lin Wu understood.
~DING~
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SUGGESTION: The System can potentially use the seal in the Taiji Celestial’s tomb to mask the presence. It will be able to trace the signal going out of the world, but the returning resonant signal will be blocked.
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“Perfect!” Lin Wu finally felt the pieces fit. “We’ll do that.” He said in his mind before looking at Lian Dajian.
Seeing that Lin Wu had lifted his gaze from the metal flute, Lian Dajian was pleased.
“Did you figure out something, King Lin Wu?” Lian Dajian questioned.
“I did indeed… But there are some complexities.” Lin Wu answered.
“And what might that be?” Lian Dajian asked, feeling a bit anxious.
Elder Ruanjian also looked on in worry, but was trying to maintain a hopeful attitude.
“I have figured out the method of activation, but we don’t know if it would still work.” Lin Wu replied.
“Huh? Why so?” Lian Dajian asked hurriedly.
“Well, as you know that it’s been a long time since the flute was passed on to you from the original owner. Thus, there is a chance that the original owner might not exist anymore.” Lin Wu replied.
“Not exist anymore?” Elder Ruanjian said in confusion.
“You mean to say… they are dead?” Lian Dajian said in unease.
“Indeed.” Lin Wu nodded his head.
“But how’s that possible!? They are immortal!” Elder Ruanjian said in shock.
To this, Lin Wu could only sigh and shake his head, activating his sagely elder mode.
~Sigh~
“The word immortal itself is wrong. What you all think of as immortals are merely cultivators with longer lives than spirit cultivators. Even they can die and have a limited lifespan.
Only if they overcome all their tribulations and reach the realm beyond the immortal realm can they continue to live on. The sub realms in the Immortal realm are many times harder to overcome too.” Lin Wu explained.
Hearing such information about the immortal realm was shocking to Lian Dajian. It made them both excited and uneasy at the same time.
“C-can you tell us more?” Lian Dajian asked.
“Okay…” Lin Wu decided to go ahead with it.
‘Hehe, after you hear it all, you will be indebted to me and find me even more amazing.’ Lin Wu reckoned to himself and laughed in his mind.
He then went on to explain the seven tribulations the cultivators need to overcome in the Immortal realm and how they only have a thousand years between each tribulation. This meant that they technically only had an average lifespan of eight thousand years in the Immortal realm, considering that they passed all the tribulations.
Upon ascending to an immortal world after the immortal Ascension realm, they would become False immortals and would have a thousand years to prepare for the tribulation. Within these thousand years, they could attempt to survive the tribulation anytime if they felt comfortable.
But if they didn’t take it before time, it will eventually descend without their control at the end of the thousand year period.
While Lin Wu didn’t know what the realm above the immortal realm was, he was sure that it wouldn’t be easy to breakthrough.
After all, even going from the Immortal Ascension realm to the False Immortal realm was an extremely difficult time and needed both luck and effort to go through.
Having learned all this, Lian Dajian and Elder Ruanjian felt their world view spinning.
“This… This… Doesn’t this mean the pursuit of immortality has no end?” Elder Ruanjian felt a little lost and unmotivated.
“That is simply how its always been. There are realms beyond the Immortal realm and even more beyond those realms. One needs to soldier on with great willpower to survive it all. That is also why cultivation is said to be going against the heavens.
The heavens would do it all to make you fail and you have to overcome that.” With that Lin Wu concluded his ‘sagely’ advice.
This left Lian Dajian and Elder Ruanjian in deep thought.
Fifteen minutes passed like this and Lin Wu kept silent.
‘The longer you wait, the more I know you will be hooked…’ Lin Wu thought.
He knew that he had almost succeeded his authority in front of the two.
~huu~
Lian Dajian let out a breath, feeling a bit exhausted.
“Whatever it may be, the immortal realm is far too distant for me. It is better to focus on the present rather than the distant future.” Lian Dajian said in the end.
“That is right.” Lin Wu nodded his head.
“Keeping that in mind, I would still like to try out the flute. Will Senior help us with that and tell us the method?” Lian Dajian requested.
“Alright, I will.” Lin Wu agreed. “But it will need a little preparation. It cannot be done here just like that.” He stated.
