Boom!
Boom!
Two immortal could be seen flying in the sky as their speed blitzed through the air, as they left a trail behind in the air.
It was, of course, the supreme elder of Zhou Lian Sect and his adviser.
As they flew for a couple of minutes, they saw a black dot on the ground.
The supreme elder looked down and suddenly showed a mad expression.
"Isn't that the second supreme elder of Empire Continent?"
The middle-aged man behind him nodded as they flew down slowly. As the supreme elder was getting ready to scold him, he heard a voice—but he found the voice quite familiar.
"Did you hear that?"
"Sir, this sounds like…"
"Sun Tzu!"
"What? Renewel had also awakened?"
"Yes, let me go, Sun Tui!"
The supreme elder and his adviser almost choked on air.
"What!"
"How!"
"Even Sun Tzu has awakened!"
The supreme elder flew down like an arrow.
The adviser froze as he shouted at the supreme elder.
"Be careful, Supreme Elder, and don't do anything rash!"
"Fool of the century! Come and help me instead!"
The adviser shook his head and sighed, then flew with him.
Sun Tzu, who looked down with an ill intent, suddenly showed a smile as the aura around him changed. He turned around and showed a smile as he cupped his fist forward and bowed down.
"Hello there, may I help you with something?"
The supreme elder of Zhou Lian Sect showed a frown on his face that turned into shock.
"Sun Tzu!"
Sun Tzu scratched his bald head and nodded.
"Yes, I just awakened. I was just listening to what this kind man was doing, and also, can you help me remove the artifact he is using? It would be able to enslave my soul!"
The supreme elder looked down with a cold intent as the second supreme elder showed an angry expression.
As Huan Xin started to yell out:
"Supreme Elder, think carefully! We can use him to find Renewel's weakness! This guy won't help us—be prepared for the mortal world! Think carefully!"
"Oh really? Think carefully, brat!"
Sun Tzu said, not liking what he heard. He turned around as the supreme elder was taken aback.
"How?"
He said out loud.
"Why can't I summon my artifact?!"
"How—"
Suddenly he stopped moving as he looked at his feet.
"I can't move."
Sun Tzu smiled as he summoned an artifact; sparks ignited in the air.
[Artifact: Thunderbolt Diamond Scepter Vajra]
The Vajra he was holding was a round, symmetrical metal scepter with two ribbed spherical heads. The ribs met in a ball-shaped top while being separate and ending in sharp points, inseparable from the bell. The bell was also metal with a ribbed spherical head.
As he smiled:
"I don't even need to summon this artifact. I can just tell it to stop you guys from moving!"
The supreme elder froze.
"How?"
"Why wasn't this recorded in your book?!"
"Your gut is truly heart-stretching, old man."
Sun Tzu said with a smile.
As he dismissed the Vajra, he turned around.
"You guys are not wrong-hearted and not evil. I would not kill any of you or even any living being in this world. I already found that all living beings are quite equal."
"Quite…?" the old man thought to himself.
Originally, I wanted to enslave him, thinking he had grown weaker. But I am powerless, huh?
What am I thinking about? Why did I want to harm him?
Sun Tzu smiled as the supreme elder felt he could walk, and his adviser could also walk, except Huan Xin.
"Huh?"
The supreme elder showed a shocked face as Sun Tzu showed a sad smile.
"It seems that the curse I inherited from the Nine Inheritance Tribe is still within me… sigh"
"What do you mean curse? And what did I have? An ill intent?"
Sun Tzu sighed.
"Ahh, Supreme Elder… after living for one thousand years and nine hundred ninety-nine years, I have been living… I still don't understand the way of enlightenment of life… sigh"
"Hey, stop avoiding the question!"
"Man, I wish I was the true pinnacle of existence, understanding the way of heaven and the Dao."
"Fool, aren't you hearing me?!"
"Ahh… sigh how I wish to—"
"SUN TZU! CAN'T YOU HEAR ME?!"
Sun Tzu looked over and scratched his forehead in embarrassment.
"Ahaha, sorry youngster, it seems this lad here has grown deaf."
"I don't care about that! What divine curse?!"
Sun Tzu smiled while inwardly showing a sneer.
Is this…
Boom
Suddenly black lightning erupted from his feet as it cracked in the air.
Cracks started to form from his feet while covering his body as he placed two fingers above his palm.
More lightning crackled as it turned into a full basin-like edge surrounding Sun Tzu, shrinking inward as it covered his whole waist.
Suddenly, the supreme elder felt killing intent toward Sun Tzu just like Huan Xin and his adviser—but as the lightning dissipated, he felt nothing.
The supreme elder breathed out heavily from shock.
"Don't tell me that this is… a curse seal!"
Sun Tzu smiled and nodded.
"Every time I am with someone, there is ill intent toward me. Anything you think of… I can even counter it. This is the cost of having the Soul Core Formation Qi! Hahaha, even though it is a very painful cost, this is nothing… I found a friend whose flaw is ten times bigger than mine. Ahh… Renewel…"
The supreme elder sighed as he looked down at Huan Xin's corpse with a smile. Huan Xin, who saw the smile, almost fainted from anger.
As the supreme elder looked at Sun Tzu:
"Sun Tzu, let's put the joke aside and have an earnest talk about you and Renewel."
Sun Tzu could only sigh with a frown as he locked his eyes forward with the supreme elder.
"You know my answer."
"Yes, I know. You yourself know that Renewel will bring bloodshed once again. If he meets the Mortal Ruler, you're not going to allow us to kill him."
The supreme elder rubbed his forehead as his adviser came forward and cupped his fist.
"Sorry, Sun Tzu. You're the most devoted man to the mortal world, and I should not have any say, but if you let Renewel become the Blood Lord, then not even you can stop him…"
Sun Tzu smiled as he looked up.
"That is right. When a demon falls into the demonic path, it can never change. But we humans are not demons and should never be. We can also be like angels who always stay on the true path. While angels and demons are different, demons never repent and have an unchanged heart, while angels never change but have a kind heart. We humans can act like demons, but we should strive to be like angels."
He crossed his arms behind his back.
"Everyone can have their own enlightenment and believe that doing evil brings something good into their life, but I am someone who cannot force them. I only wait for them to fall onto the good path… toward the peak of heaven."
The supreme elder could only sigh in distress.
"And in what way are you going to change the heart of a true villain who has committed so many murders?"
Sun Tzu smiled as he said in a low voice that sounded ancient:
"Hm… what does it matter if you kill Renewel?"
Suddenly he summoned another artifact as sparks ignited.
As he turned around, the whole air froze. Monzoi, Huan Xin, and the middle-aged man froze. The space around them was covered by a black sphere.
Suddenly, the space shrank and dissolved into the air.
"Ahhhhh!"
Huan Xin yelled as he saw himself flying in the air, but when he looked around, he saw that he stood on top of a large cloud that was burning like flame.
As he stood up and passed through the cloud, he controlled his weight and began to float.
"Where am I?!"
"Sun Tzu, what are you doing?! Please calm yourself, Supreme Elder!"
Huan Xin looked to his left and saw the middle-aged man holding the supreme elder, who was yelling in anger.
Sun Tzu could be seen flying in the air as he turned around and spread his arms.
"You all should not add to my anger. We won't kill Renewel. He is my friend and—"
"Who cares? He would slaughter millions like pigs! His hunger knows no limit! He could even change his flaw and remove his soul core to a blessing soul core, but he chose to become the mass-murder immortal!"
"Don't you know we will all die if—"
"I said don't add to my anger! He is my friend, and the reason I understand life and death. He changed me—he is—"
"Shut up! Isn't he the same person who killed your son, daughter, and wife?!"
"I know… but it changed me!"
"This guy is even more stupidity than Renewel!" Huan Xin said.
The supreme elder's adviser tried to speak, but before he could finish, he heard another sentence:
"We can change him. Even the most wicked man, Renewel, can change. I will perhaps offer my life for that!"
Suddenly the whole cloud began to fly in one direction. It formed a ground as Sun Tzu stood on top of it and turned around.
"Please listen to me and see what I can do for him."
The rest of the immortals flew down and stood on top of the red cloud.
Suddenly, from beneath the ground, it started to shake. Huan Xin, the supreme elder, and his adviser showed complicated expressions.
Beneath Sun Tzu's feet rose something as he was lifted into the air. Huan Xin and the Zhou Lian Sect elder were sent flying, except the adviser, who opened his eyes in shock.
There stood a large weathered ring-rock with seven ribbons flowing across it. The hand was wide open with world writings carved into the stone hand.
As Sun Tzu turned around and sat cross-legged, he patted the ground before him.
"Come and sit with me, and let's talk properly.
Tsk !
Supreme elder snorted with pure anger !