Longevity: Start by practicing the ruthless way

Under their feet, lakes and marshes were like pearls, and rivers and mountains were like silk ribbons, stretching away at a rapid speed, and it was unknown how many tens of thousands of miles they had spanned in an instant.

Even people as strong as Gu Chi and the big black dog felt their ears buzzing and their eyes hurting, because the old man was flying in the air too fast. The strong wind was like a knife cutting on their faces, and their clothes seemed to be about to burn.

"Master, this isn't right? No matter how big the Holy Spirit Academy is, at our current rate, it should have reached its end long ago, right?" Gu Chi was suspicious.

Soon after, she and the big black dog were stunned, because they saw some cities and some undeveloped pristine mountains and forests, which definitely did not belong to the scope of their Hongmeng Dojo!

"No, Master, are you sure this is the territory of our Hongmeng Dojo? Isn't it too big?"

"You're narrow-minded, but my heart is filled with the whole of the nine provinces and the vast universe. How could I be limited to a city or a state?"

"What do you mean?"

"How big your heart is, how big the Hongmeng Daochang will be." Ling Xiaoke said slowly with a kind smile on his old face.

Gu Chi's forehead was full of black lines. He said, "Our temple doesn't only have that one gate, right?"

"What do you mean by 'there is only that one gate?' Be careful with your wording. That is the root of our Hongmeng Dao Field, embodying the will of all the ancestors and sages of the Hongmeng Dao Field throughout the generations."

Ling Xiaoke stood proudly and said, "As long as the 'root' remains, the territory of our Hongmeng Daochang can be as large as we desire. It can be expanded infinitely. If we were to confine ourselves to a tiny piece of land like other sects, how could we be worthy of the name 'Hongmeng' in our Daochang? If you have the ability, all the heavens and myriad worlds can be included in our Daochang's back garden!"

He had a serious face and a domineering spirit, which frightened Gu Chi and the big black dog.

"Master, if that's what you said, then let's go to Xuanyuan Immortal Palace and sit down first? Let them get out of our backyard?"

Gu Chi said this, and the big black dog nodded repeatedly beside him.

"Xuanyuan Immortal Palace? That broken place is not even worthy of being my toilet!" Lingxiaoke snorted coldly, and a bright light filled his turbid old eyes.

With a swish, he brought Gu Chi and the big black dog into the blurry void and returned to the mountain gate they had left not long ago. He pointed his hand, and a mountain in front of him glowed, and a magnificent palace with golden splendor appeared.

"Master, you have great skills!"

"Ouch——"

Gu Chi and the big black dog clapped their hands in flattery.

"From now on, when you go out, you don't need to mention the Holy Spirit Academy to others. Just call yourself the successor of the Hongmeng Taoist Temple." Ling Xiaoke said with a smile.

"Why?" Gu Chi was puzzled. Wasn't the Hongmeng Dojo affiliated with the Holy Spirit Academy? Why couldn't he mention it?

It’s like she is from the Heming Sect of Qian Country. When she goes out, she will definitely be more well-known in Qian Country. If she only says that she is a disciple of the Heming Sect, then who will know where she is from?

"Hongmeng Daochang is superior to the Holy Spirit Academy. You must remember that this is the root of inheritance. Everything else is empty."

Ling Xiaoke sternly warned, "When it comes to the issue of inheritance, this must be clearly distinguished. From now on, you can only regard yourselves as the descendants of Hongmeng Daochang, and don't worry about anything else."

Gu Chi and the big black dog looked at each other, their faces full of suspicion, feeling that something was wrong.

"Master, are there only three of us in our dojo?"

"Do you think anyone can come to the Hongmeng Dojo? We only accept one successor in each generation." Ling Xiaoke looked down at the big black dog and said, "Big dog, if you hadn't ascended the Mountain and River Steps with me, I would never have made an exception and accepted you as my disciple."

"You will only accept one successor in each generation. That means, Master, you will not accept any more disciples until we are expelled from the sect?" Gu Chi asked.

"That's right." Lingxiaoke nodded.

Gu Chi still felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what it was.

"If you have any questions in cultivation, you can ask me at any time. It will take some time before I can teach you the true way to invincibility." Ling Xiaoke said mysteriously, twirling his white beard.

"The Way to Invincibility?!"

Gu Chi looked at the big black dog and suddenly felt a burning sensation in his heart, and even his breathing became rapid.

"The unique skill of conquering all enemies, reaching the heavens and entering the earth, can naturally be called the way of invincibility."

Ling Xiaoke held his head high, as if he wanted to lift his chin to the sky, with an arrogant attitude as if he didn't care about anything. Of course, he would not teach the method now, saying that it would take some time to prepare.

After a pause, he said something else for no apparent reason, "A great chaos will soon befall us. You must raise your realm as quickly as possible."

"What chaos?"

Ling Xiaoke's expression was solemn, and all smiles disappeared from his weathered face. He looked up at the cloudless sky and said, "As for those above, I have a premonition that they are approaching."

At the same time, in another pure land.

In the halls of the Holy Spirit Academy, a powerful being was furious and said, "It must be that notorious bastard! He's making a comeback again!"

Someone clenched his fists, his face filled with anger: "A rare genius that only appears once in a thousand years was snatched away like this. If it really fell into the hands of that bastard, God knows what kind of teaching he would have done to him!"

Someone leaped to his feet and said, "Hurry and find him. We must bring him back. If the future of such a rare talent, one that only comes once in a thousand years, is ruined, the Grandmaster will beat us to death in the middle of the night."

Someone shook his head helplessly and said, "Where can we chase him? That bastard hasn't been seen for over two thousand years. God knows where he'll take the child."

An old man, his eyes like golden lights, slowly said, "Do you think he will take the child back to his broken mountain gate?"

"Probably!"

“We’ll find out if we go over and take a look!”

On this day, three torrents of bloody energy shot up into the sky from the Holy Spirit Academy, and three figures stepped into the void and disappeared.

They can reach the horizon in one step, and they are all half-step masters who have already stepped one foot into the Nascent Soul stage.

……

In the grand hall of the Hongmeng Dojo, Ling Xiaoke was explaining many problems about cultivation to Gu Chi and the big black dog. Suddenly, as if realizing something, he stood up from his cushion and said, "After all this talk, I will take you to find some precious places for cultivation."

Before Gu Chi and the others could react, Ling Xiaoke had already led them into the void and disappeared with a "whoosh".

Almost as soon as they left, a crack appeared in the distant sky, and three figures walked out of it, looking down at the vast land below with frowns on their faces.

"There's still his presence here. He must have taken his men and fled away immediately when he sensed our arrival," an elder said.

Among the vast mountains, the magnificent palace has turned into ruins. The broken walls and ruins are so desolate that they are almost covered by weeds.

As for the magnificent gate representing the mountain gate, it has also undergone a great change. It is in a dilapidated state as a whole. There is no trace of its sacred appearance that reaches as high as the sky. It is almost rotten and about to collapse!