Steadily becoming a saint, the immortal officials hired me to tend the horses

Chapter 916: Chapter 908: Wushi’s Enlightenment

Why ascend?

Li Ya didn’t expect the first question he faced after arriving in Central Heaven to be so direct.

He was silent for a moment and then said, “For Immortal Fate, for the Great Dao.”

The man in the red robe, who called himself Fang Qiu, looked down at him and said, “Immortal Fate? You Ascenders all say there is an opportunity to ascend to immortality in this world, but we who were born and raised here, have heard lectures from the Great Powers, yet have never seen this so-called Immortal Fate.”

Figures appeared on the edge of the great pit, all were Transformed Demons, with the weakest cultivation level being Innate Golden Immortals.

Li Ya was secretly shocked, during the Immortal and Demon chaos in the Three Thousand Great Worlds, Central Heaven was just founded; how many years has it been, and Central Heaven has already cultivated such a foundation.

No wonder this world could become the Heavenly Dao Center.

After the shock, Li Ya felt an infinite longing in his heart.

Only such a world is worthy of all his efforts to come here.

“It’s your first time here, do you have a place to go?” Fang Qiu asked as he stared at Li Ya.

Seeing that he had no malice, Li Ya answered, “No, I still need to learn about Central Heaven.”

For some reason, Li Ya inexplicably felt a good impression of Fang Qiu. He now understood that Fang Qiu’s figure was too much like his Junior Brother Gu.

He even suspected that Junior Brother Gu was in Central Heaven and this demon had transformed by imitating Junior Brother Gu’s image. Thus, he decided to spend some time with Fang Qiu.

Fang Qiu immediately extended an invitation and said, “Why not come to my mountain and sit for a while?”

“Thank you for the invitation, Fellow Daoist.”

Li Ya smiled, raised his hand, and saluted Fang Qiu.

His ascension was naturally noticed by Gu An.

Far away in the Daoist Field of the Beginningless, Gu An heard Li Ya’s heartfelt voice and secretly admired Senior Brother Li for being smart; he had guessed it correctly.

However, it’s a pity that such a guess will soon be abandoned by Li Ya.

After talking with Fang Qiu, Li Ya learned that Fang Qiu’s transformation did not reference anyone, and Fang Qiu had no master, forcing him to abandon this speculation.

It seems to be a coincidence.

Perhaps he missed Junior Brother Gu too much, which is why such speculation arose. Thinking about it carefully, the image of Junior Brother Gu in his mind had already become blurred.

Meeting Fang Qiu after his ascension was not a good thing for Li Ya. The reason Fang Qiu invited him was due to hidden ambitions; Fang Qiu wanted to learn about other realms, and later there would be conflicts, even enmity, between the two, marking Li Ya’s first tribulation upon arriving in Central Heaven.

Gu An would not intervene because Li Ya would be able to escape unharmed.

As for Fang Qiu, he wouldn’t care either, as he and Fang Qiu had only met once, with no relationship between them.

Throughout the long years, Gu An had touched and seen countless beings; very few of them had walked into his heart.

Li Ya’s arrival indicated that the Heavenly Dao had opened the path of ascension from the Three Thousand Great Worlds to Central Heaven.

Ascenders experienced the Red Dust and were deeply shrewd. They would intensify the development of Central Heaven, making the situation in Central Heaven even more chaotic.

The Immortal Gods, who oversaw Central Heaven, established a court in the heavens. They looked down upon the evolution of all worldly matters, finding the actions of the Ascenders merely amusing.

The Heavenly Dao also had requirements for the Ascenders; it would not allow an existence that could disrupt the balance of Central Heaven to ascend. Therefore, Ascenders could influence Central Heaven but could not dominate its affairs.

Even when on the same realm, the beings of Central Heaven could still distance themselves from the Ascenders, making them recognize reality and the difference between immortals and mortals.

Every year, Central Heaven would see the birth of talented individuals and heaven’s proud sons appearing out of nowhere, proclaiming their might.

Those ambitious Ascenders would suffer repeated setbacks, beginning to rein in their arrogant hearts.

Autumn rain drizzled down, and the mountain forest drenched by the rain emitted mist. Gu An sat in a small pavilion halfway up the mountain, appreciating the rain, with fine wine and flower fruits arranged on the table, prepared by the Ghost Mother of Ephemera.

A figure passed by on the mountain path outside the courtyard, suddenly stopping and turning to look at Gu An.

This person was precisely Wu Xie.

Since arriving in Central Heaven, Wu Xie had not stopped cultivating; his cultivation level rose rapidly and was already close to reaching the Heaven-Balancing Golden Immortal realm. He was still the most dazzling disciple within the Beginningless.

Wu Xie looked at Gu An inside the pavilion, recalling the words he once said to him.

“Am I really that boring?”

Wu Xie had more than once doubted himself in this way, reflecting that apart from cultivation, he indeed had no other interests. Communicating with fellow disciples, they only talked about cultivation.

He used to think cultivation was most important, but after arriving in Central Heaven, his views had somewhat shifted.

Cultivation was indeed important, but the path of cultivation was never just about solitary retreat.

Especially after the Ancestor asked them to adapt to mortal identities, more and more disciples began to find new paths to Enlightenment.

Laboring in the fields allowed one to observe the Dao of the Earth.

Chopping trees and building houses allowed one to hear the Dao of Feng Shui from all directions.

Painting landscapes allowed one to appreciate the Dao of life in all things.

In recent years, Wu Xie also thought about what kind of mortal identity he should assume.

He passed by here not because he was heading for the Ancestor, for in truth, no one in the dojo could capture the Ancestor’s aura and cause and effect; he just happened to be passing by.

However, upon seeing the Ancestor’s figure, he suddenly wanted to chat with the Ancestor and ask for guidance.

The Ancestor seemed to have no opinion of him, only that he wasn’t interesting enough. If he had doubts and actively asked the Ancestor, the Ancestor might not refuse, right?

As Wu Xie hesitated, Gu An’s voice came through: “If you want to ask, then come on.”

Wu Xie was shocked. How could his thoughts be guessed?

But thinking of the legends about the Ancestor, he quickly became relieved.

The Ancestor was an existence even more formidable than Immortal Gods—seeing through people’s hearts was nothing extraordinary.

Wu Xie immediately walked to the small pavilion, directly to Gu An’s side, and bowed.

“Sit down.”

Gu An looked at Wu Xie and showed a kindly smile.

Wu Xie was also moved by his smile and completely eased his burden.

Before Wu Xie could speak, Gu An took a book from his bosom and placed it in front of him. Wu Xie unconsciously took a closer look and read the title aloud: “Journey to the West?”

“Since the weather is pleasant, you may as well take a look first.”

Hearing Gu An’s words, Wu Xie immediately picked up Journey to the West.

He had long heard that the Ancestor enjoyed reading books, not scripture but mundane books, and he had tried to read them but could not calm his mind.

This time, as Wu Xie opened Journey to the West, he felt an inexplicable peace in his heart, none of the previous impatience, and quickly got absorbed in its content with a quiet mind.

After Wu Xie finished this book, Gu An took out another one. Without asking, Wu Xie picked it up and read.

So it went, repeatedly, Gu An kept changing books, and Wu Xie kept reading diligently, just at an incredibly fast pace.

The autumn rain continued, and white streaks of lightning appeared in the thunderclouds at the horizon, illuminating distant mountains, with red light seeming to flash at the edge of the world.

Gu An turned his head to look, muttering softly to himself, “In the end, couldn’t refrain, could he?”

He saw the Celestial Emperor descending into the mortal world.

The Celestial Emperor came to Central Heaven not to plot the Celestial Dao Destiny, but rather, he was coming for him.

The Celestial Emperor seemed to have calculated that Gu An would come to Central Heaven.

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