Chapter 1602: Ancient Mystery and Getting Drunk with Situ

Chapter 1602: Ancient Mystery and Getting Drunk with Situ (Second Update)

One day later, Wang Lin, carrying the agreement with the Four Great War Generals, left the place where he had arrived in this Ancient Immortal Realm.

The Ancient Immortal Realm could only be opened under the Heavenly Tribulation. Whether entering or leaving, one had to pass through the Rift created by that Heavenly Tribulation. This Rift was located at the Seal of the Ancient Immortal Realm. People of the Immortal Astral Continent possessing the Immortal Bloodline found it difficult to leave through this Rift, unless everyone pooled their strength, just as they had sent out the Seal Venerable back then, to push him through the Rift.

Within this, perhaps the Heaven Defying Bead was the most crucial item!

Before entering the Ancient Immortal Realm, Wang Lin had many guesses about the structure of this world. Now, as he walked out, he understood much more. Stepping out of the Rift, watching it slowly shrink after his departure until it vanished completely, Wang Lin sighed inwardly.

Looking at the starry sky, for the first time, it appeared so illusory to him, as if it did not exist.

Wang Lin could not tell anyone the fact that the Inner Realm and Outer Realm were merely an Immortal Venerable's Immortal Cave. Even if he said it, he feared few would believe him; and even if someone did believe it, they would only go mad.

Watching this starry sky, Wang Lin remained silent.

Outside the Vermilion Bird Star, the mist of the Heavenly Tribulation had long since dissipated, yet the thousands of Cultivators, including Situ Nan and others, were still waiting there, waiting for Wang Lin's return.

The moment they saw Wang Lin's figure appear in the starry sky, bursts of cheers erupted. Those thousands of Cultivators had fanatical looks in their eyes, continuously calling out Wang Lin's name, calling out the title of Seal Venerable.

Hearing these two words, Wang Lin became even more silent; he felt a faint sense of confusion.

"Seal Venerable… The previous generation's Seal Venerable was merely a subordinate of the Immortal Venerable. He was not a person of the Inner Realm; he came from the Immortal Astral Continent, he possessed the Immortal Bloodline… He came to the Inner Realm not to help, but to lay out a plan for his master, the Immortal Venerable… He was a pedantic person. Perhaps during his years in the Inner Realm, he developed pity for the people of the Inner Realm, which led to some of the things that happened later…"

"But in the end, he did not belong here. He was, after all, an outsider…"

The bursts of cheering fell upon Wang Lin's ears, sounding as if they were very, very far away. After understanding everything, Wang Lin felt very confused about the title of Seal Venerable.

His silence was gradually noticed by those thousands of Cultivators. Slowly, the cheering subsided, and everyone's gaze converged on Wang Lin, watching him walk over step by step.

Looking at these faces before him, Wang Lin's heart was filled with bitterness. He wanted to tell them, "You, we, all of us, are just living inside an Immortal Cave. The sky we see is not the sky, and the land we see is not the true land."

"Our wars with the Outer Realm are actually just a game in the eyes of others. Even the Divine Ability we Cultivate, the path we pursue, are all false."

"Everything is fake, everything is unreal."

"The only things that are real are the blood, the pain, and the countless skeletons that have died over these countless years."

However, how could he say it? He had no way to say it. It was very difficult for him to tell these thousands of fanatical Fellow Daoists the cruel facts, to reveal that ruthless truth.

At this moment, Wang Lin suddenly thought of Venerable San Ling within the Seven Million Worlds. In this instant, he resonated with Venerable San Ling; their experiences were very, very similar.

It was just that Venerable San Ling was happier than Wang Lin, because he believed he had already arrived in the true world and had walked out.

Wang Lin's silence and the confusion in his eyes were noticed by Situ Nan. He looked puzzled; he did not understand what Wang Lin had encountered in that Rift, why he had been so heroic when entering, but had become so depressed upon coming out.

"Situ, do you have wine? I want to get drunk one more time… one last time…" Wang Lin walked forward silently, arriving beside Situ Nan. The confusion in his eyes turned into exhaustion as he spoke softly.

"I do!" Situ Nan did not ask questions, but nodded.

"If you want to get drunk, I will accompany you for one drunken session!"

On the Vermilion Bird Star, on a nameless mountain Peak, Wang Lin and Situ sat there, watching the sky that was gradually darkening, silently drinking wine.

No one came to disturb the two of them. Those thousands of Cultivators were currently sitting cross-legged on the Vermilion Bird Star, breathing and absorbing Qi. They were waiting, waiting for Wang Lin to come down from that mountain, waiting for Wang Lin to lead them to Luotian, to resolve the crisis in Luotian, and to protect the Inner Realm!

"Situ, why do people live…" Wang Lin drank wine, cup by cup, the confusion in his eyes growing.

"To take a breath!" Situ was silent for a moment, then put down the wine flagon in his hand. Looking at Wang Lin's current appearance, he frowned and asked, "What is that Rift!"

Wang Lin shook his head, a bitter smile appearing on his face. He picked up the wine flagon and took another large gulp.

"Do you remember many years ago, we also got drunk together once!" Wang Lin looked at Situ Nan, reminiscence appearing in his eyes.

"That time we got drunk, I was in a state of confusion. I didn't want to Cultivate. I didn't know what cultivation was for. cultivation, cultivation, there was no happiness… There was only exhaustion and one life-and-death crisis after another. I killed many people, killed many…" Wang Lin drank the wine and laughed loudly.

"That time when we were drunk, I told you, I didn't understand, I didn't understand why people would pursue a life of cultivation. Is it for longevity! But what if you really achieve longevity? Watching the people around you slowly grow old, watching your lover die, watching your relatives' souls scatter, watching your friends close their eyes. In the end, only a cold heart remains in this world!"

"A tired body. Such a life, such a lifetime, even if it is long, so what! Is this longevity! Situ, you led me into cultivation, you tell me, is this longevity!" Wang Lin drank all the wine in the flagon in his hand in one gulp and threw it to the side.

"A person who Cultivates can cut off the seven emotions and six desires… Back when we were on the Vermilion Bird Star, you were still at the Qi Refining stage of cultivation. You once said you couldn't bear to part with your parents, couldn't bear to part with the emotions of the secular world, you didn't want to cut them off… That is how I answered you back then."

"Since you couldn't cut them off, and didn't want to cut them off, you would naturally have such pain. If you had died, that would be that, but you didn't die. In these two thousand-plus years of cultivation, you have reached your current level, you have reached the Peak, so that is why you are confused, that is why you ask me what longevity is!"

"Longevity, longevity, there is no such thing as longevity in this world. From my perspective, so-called longevity is just to let yourself live longer, to let yourself become stronger, to let your own life be more carefree, so that no one can control you!"

"And as for longevity, it's just because we are all afraid of death, none of us are willing to die, that is why we pursue immortality, pursue longevity. I don't believe you, Wang Lin, don't understand this!"

"Look at what you look like now. You went to that Rift, what exactly did you see? Tell me!" Situ Nan also drank the entire flagon of wine, smashed it fiercely to the side, and shouted at Wang Lin.

"Peak… I haven't reached the Peak. Even if I reached the Peak, so what? I understand, I know. The difference between me and you is that I never wanted to Cultivate. When I was young, it was for my parents, for the expectant gaze of my parents, so that they wouldn't be disappointed, I gritted my teeth and went to the Hengyue School!"

"But what was the result? Fate played a trick on me. I Cultivated for my parents' expectations, but in the end, it became the root cause of my parents' death. After that, I Cultivated for revenge. I became a demon, I slaughtered the entire Teng Family, blood flowed like a river!"

"After the revenge, I was confused. I watched Da Niu grow up, watched his parents die, watched his life. I didn't know what I should do, I didn't know where my path was…"

"Until Wan Er's death, I started Cultivating to resurrect her…"

"I wanted to become stronger, I wanted to survive. I wasn't willing to die before Wan Er woke up. I wanted to snatch her back from fate. And then I became the Seal Venerable, famous throughout the world in the battles between the Outer Realm and Inner Realm."

"All of this, it's not what I wanted, it's not! I also didn't want to become the Seal Venerable, I still loathe cultivation!" Wang Lin looked at Situ Nan, picked up another wine flagon, and drank half of it fiercely, letting the wine flow down from the corner of his mouth, soaking his clothes.

"You!" Situ Nan looked at Wang Lin, seeing the confusion in his eyes, he couldn't get the words out. He sighed deeply and sat there drinking sullenly.

"Since you don't want to tell me what you saw in that Rift, I won't ask, okay!"

The two fell silent, drinking wine cup by cup, until the distant sky turned white at the edges, the morning glow appearing faintly, a sign of the first sun.

"That Rift is the Ancient Immortal Realm…" Wang Lin spoke softly.

Situ Nan was stunned. He stood up abruptly and looked up at the sky, as if his gaze wanted to pierce through the firmament to look at the Rift that had once appeared in the starry sky and had already dissipated.

"The Ancient Immortal Realm!! That place was actually the legendary Ancient Immortal Realm!! There are real Immortals there. Did you see an Immortal!" Situ Nan gasped, shock appearing in his eyes.

"I saw one, I killed an Immortal!" A bitter look appeared on Wang Lin's face, and he drank a cup of wine.

Situ Nan froze there, staring blankly at Wang Lin. After a long time, he blinked and smiled bitterly.

"And then? With your personality, you would never leave just like that after killing someone. Did you search this Immortal's memory?"

Wang Lin was silent, complexity appearing in his eyes. He drained the wine in his hand again, threw it aside, and looked up at Situ Nan.

"I searched this Immortal's memory and learned a secret regarding the Inner Realm, the Outer Realm, and the existence of this whole world…"

"Situ, if I said that the Inner Realm, the Outer Realm, all of this is false, even if it truly exists, it is still illusory… would you believe me…"

"If I said that you, me, all the Fellow Daoists we know, the world we were born and grew up in, is just a cage, would you believe me…"

"If I said that our so-called cultivation, everything we Cultivate, is all prescribed by others, would you believe me…"

"If I said that the world we exist in is just an Immortal Cave, an Immortal Cave of an ancient Immortal Venerable, or perhaps an incense power world created by him to collect incense power, would you believe me!"

"What did you say!!" The wine flagon in Situ Nan's hand slipped unconsciously and fell to the ground with a clatter.