Chapter 00211: The Great Dao Must Have Inheritance
# The Great Dao Must Have Inheritance
Chapter 211
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 211: The Great Dao Must Have Inheritance
"Brother Huan, is it possible that the entire sect is now just the few of us left?" Yan Mei couldn't help but ask as she felt the emptiness of the Zixia Valley.
"It's unlikely that only a few of us remain. The Zixia Valley is vast, and there are many hidden formations. There must be many people still hiding within," Ding Huan explained.
"Ding Huan, what should we do now?" Liu Yinzhu suddenly felt lost after the chaos had settled.
She had always been striving for the Zixia Valley, working for it while improving her own cultivation.
Now that the Zixia Valley was gone, she didn't know what to do.
"First, we need to deal with the bodies here and gather all the items," Ding Huan already had a plan in mind.
As a self-created master of the Great Dao, he understood many things that others did not.
He vaguely felt that if he didn't establish a sect and spread his techniques and Dao, his Great Dao would be missing something.
He might not feel it now, but what about in the future? It was likely the foundation.
For his Dao to have a foundation in the vast universe, it needed to have its own inheritance.
Because any Great Dao that exists in the vast universe must have a foundation and inheritance.
Losing the inheritance of the Great Dao is like losing the foundation of the Great Dao.
It would be like water without a source or a tree without roots.
Originally, he wasn't thinking about these things yet, but such a great opportunity was right in front of him.
If he didn't take it, it would be like heaven offering something and him not taking it.
Isn't there a saying, 'If heaven offers and you don't take, you will suffer the consequences'? Since that's the case, why wait for later?
Among the pile of bodies, there were nine Zixia Valley cultivators who were barely alive.
One of them, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, had lighter injuries.
He had been knocked unconscious by Hao Wudao's attack on his sea of consciousness, which was lucky.
Truly lucky, because the battlefield cleaners hadn't arrived yet.
If they had, he would have been dead too.
Two Qi Refining cultivators, after being treated by Liu Yinzhu, were able to move freely.
The others either had severe internal injuries, missing limbs, or even a shattered sea of consciousness.
Even if they were saved, they wouldn't be able to continue cultivating.
"Elder Liu?" The rescued Foundation Establishment cultivator saw Liu Yinzhu and then looked at the bodies scattered on the ground, his face filled with confusion and horror.
"You must be Qin Qingshan, right? I knew you when you were establishing your foundation," Liu Yinzhu recognized this Foundation Establishment cultivator.
"Disciple is indeed Qin Qingshan," the Foundation Establishment cultivator bowed respectfully.
"And you two?" Liu Yinzhu turned to the other two rescued Qi Refining disciples, one of whom had lost an arm.
"Disciple Shen Jiankai, Disciple Chen Ding, we greet Elder Liu. Thank you for saving our lives," the two Qi Refining disciples quickly stepped forward to pay their respects.
Including Qin Qingshan, they still hadn't figured out what had happened.
"Elder Liu, our Zixia Valley..."
Qin Qingshan scanned the area with his spiritual sense.
Apart from the few people in front of him, there were only corpses.
He was terrified.
Liu Yinzhu sighed, "The Zixia Valley is no more. The sect master died in battle, and apart from the few of us, all the other disciples have perished."
Ding Huan knew it wasn't possible that everyone had died.
For one, Dong Lishang had escaped, and he wasn't the only one.
Besides these traitors, Liu Yinzhu's disciple Mo Huaping and Guan Wan were also missing.
Clearly, Liu Yinzhu had already informed her disciple and Guan Wan to flee.
"What should we do then?" Qin Qingshan asked anxiously.
Liu Yinzhu said, "Whether it's your lives or mine, they were all saved by Ding Huan. The Zixia Valley is gone, and now Ding Huan is in charge here. Whatever we do next, we will follow Ding Huan's lead."
Only then did Qin Qingshan and the others realize that the person in charge here was no longer Elder Liu Yinzhu, but Ding Huan.
They had heard about the conflicts between Ding Huan, Dong Lishang, and Gong Hua.
They also heard that the former sect master had intended to make Ding Huan the young master, but Ding Huan refused and only accepted the title of guest elder.
Now that the sect master was gone, Ding Huan would naturally take control of the Zixia Valley.
Qin Qingshan, Shen Jiankai, and Chen Ding quickly bowed to Ding Huan, thanking him for saving their lives.
In their hearts, they had already accepted Ding Huan as the future sect master of Zixia Valley.
As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, Qin Qingshan understood the importance of early alignment, especially since there was only one team now: "Elder Ding, if you plan to rebuild the Zixia Valley in the future, I, Qin Qingshan, will spare no effort to assist you."
Ding Huan waved his hand, "We'll talk about that later. Qin Qingshan, take Shen Jiankai and Chen Ding and bring the other injured to the sect's healing area. Then come back and help deal with the bodies here."
"Yes," Qin Qingshan and the others responded promptly.
Ding Huan was the future sect master of Zixia Valley; how could they dare to be negligent?
With three more people, the work progressed much faster.
Soon, all the storage devices were sorted and handed over to Ding Huan for safekeeping.
Thinking that he might rebuild the sect here in the future, Ding Huan didn't hesitate to store these items in his Star House.
As for the various magical tools, Qin Qingshan sorted them and stored them in the warehouse.
After burning over ten thousand bodies, the Zixia Valley finally felt a bit less gloomy.
"Sect Master, what should we do next?" Qin Qingshan knew that although the Zixia Valley was almost completely wiped out, this might not be a bad opportunity.
Now that the Zixia Valley had sealed its mountain gates, it was unlikely that anyone would attack again.
They would have enough time to recuperate and improve their strength.
"Qin Qingshan, you and Yan Mei go and seal the sect's scripture pavilion, warehouse, training rooms, alchemy rooms, and artifact halls. Then bring everything to Chaoxia Peak. Yan Mei, gather all the second-grade and above forging materials from the warehouse and bring them to me. After that, everyone should head to Chaoxia Peak to focus on cultivation and improve their strength. Qin Qingshan, your task is heavier. Yan Mei, Shen Jiankai, and Chen Ding will report to you. There are still some disciples hiding in the Zixia Valley, but there's no need to search for them. Once they come out, gather them together."
Ding Huan didn't plan to make this place his territory just yet.
Before dealing with Elder He, his life would always be in danger here, let alone establishing a sect.
After Qin Qingshan, Yan Mei, and Lao Liu left, Ding Huan asked, "Sister Yinzhu, do you know when Elder He might come out of seclusion?"
Liu Yinzhu was startled by Ding Huan's question.
She had forgotten about the existence of such a powerful figure in the Zixia Valley.
She shivered involuntarily.
While Elder He was here, she might be safe, but once he came out of seclusion, Ding Huan would be the first to be killed.
"Elder He has been in seclusion for fifty years. In those fifty years, he has never come out. Every year, Elder Dong Lishang would send resources to him. The resources were sent once a year, without fail."
Hearing this, Ding Huan's eyes lit up, "Do you know when the resources are sent and how much is sent?"
Liu Yinzhu said, "As for how much is sent, Elder He would send a jade slip at the end of each year, and Elder Dong Lishang would send the resources according to the list in the jade slip."
Ding Huan was delighted, "Sister Yinzhu, could you help me? When the end of the year comes, make sure to receive the jade slip and send the required resources according to it."
Liu Yinzhu immediately understood what Ding Huan was planning.
He wanted to quietly improve his strength without alerting Elder He.
However, she sighed inwardly, "Ding Huan's idea is good, but he probably doesn't fully understand the gap between Foundation Establishment and Nascent Soul. Even for top-tier cultivators, it sometimes takes one or two hundred years to bridge that gap."
"Ding Huan, I suggest that this place really isn't safe for you to stay for long," Liu Yinzhu couldn't help but say, not wanting Ding Huan to lose his life.
Ding Huan understood Liu Yinzhu's meaning but just smiled without responding.
He had no way out.
If he missed such a good cultivation place like Chaoxia Peak, how could he improve? To obtain a good cultivation place, one had to take risks.
There was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
...
After returning to Chaoxia Peak, Ding Huan immediately took out the rings and bracelets of Chang Qi, Hao Wudao, and Gong Hua.
Chang Qi's ring was given to him by Liu Yinzhu.
As the sect master of the Nine Sound Sect, the items in his ring were naturally worth checking.
Hao Wudao was a Nascent Soul elder of the Nine Sound Sect, and Ding Huan was also very interested in the items in his ring.
Looking at the storage treasures in front of him, Ding Huan felt that he had learned a lesson.
No matter how confident he was in victory, he should never put all his assets on the line.
Chang Qi, as the sect master of the Nine Sound Sect, had put all his assets on the Zixia Valley, and now the result was no different from a total wipeout.
It was easy to imagine that the Nine Sound Sect would only have one path left: to seal its mountain gates, just like the Zixia Valley.
As a third-grade formation master, it only took Ding Huan an incense stick's worth of time to unlock Chang Qi's ring.
When his spiritual sense entered the ring, Ding Huan was amazed.
The sect master truly had many good things.
There were at least ten million high-grade spirit stones and two spirit veins, one of which was so rich in spiritual energy that it couldn't possibly be a low-grade spirit vein.
As for the low-grade and mid-grade spirit stones, Ding Huan didn't bother to count them.
They were piled up like small mountains, and there were probably even more.
Besides spirit stones, there were various pills, spiritual herbs, techniques, materials...
No wonder Dong Lishang was so eager to become the sect master.
Being the sect master indeed came with a lot of good things.
Gong Hua's storage bracelet had fewer items, with only about a hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones and some mid-grade and low-grade ones.
There were also a few spiritual tools that Ding Huan didn't care for.
As for Hao Wudao's ring, the restrictions were a bit more troublesome.
It took Ding Huan half a day to open it.
Compared to Hao Wudao's cultivation level, the items in his ring weren't particularly abundant.
There were only a few million high-grade spirit stones, and almost no mid-grade or low-grade ones.
However, all the pills and materials were of the highest quality.
The best item was a disguise spiritual tool.
Ding Huan had found about ten such tools in the storage treasures of Chang Qi, Gong Hua, and the others.
Only this one felt special to him.
What surprised Ding Huan was that he found a grayish-brown box in Hao Wudao's ring, wrapped in restrictions.
After some calculations, Ding Huan decided not to remove the restrictions.
He couldn't figure out what was inside, and if he opened it, the future might not look too good.
(That's all for today's update.
Goodnight, friends!)
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