Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 1519 True Wisdom

chapter 1519 true wisdom

translator: borntobe

long chen was deeply shocked. he hadn’t thought that his father, who hadn’t even reached the xiantian realm, would have such a deep understanding of the heavenly daos.

his last sentence struck a special cord in long chen. he couldn’t walk the same path as his predecessors, or he would never be able to surpass them.

he had always relied on the pill sovereign memories, the nine star hegemon body art, the dragon blood body tempering art, the nirvana scripture, and his other peerless techniques.

he felt that these techniques were incomparably powerful, and that as long as he could comprehend them, he would be unrivaled.

it was because he relied on them so much that he had never created his own move. now his father’s words woke him up to this point.

the paths of other people, no matter how far they managed to walk, would always come to an end eventually. what would long chen do once he reached the end? was he supposed to just stop there?

if he walked someone else’s path, wouldn’t their end also be his end?

this was a problem he had never thought about. he had been too dependent on what he possessed. what if one day he couldn’t progress in the nine star hegemon body art any longer? or what if the sixth star never revealed itself?

“thank you for your teaching. dad, you really are the wisest,” said long chen respectfully.

“wisdom doesn’t mean anything. the difference between us is our viewpoints. you are looking from within, while i am looking from outside. i’ve escaped the clamor of the secular world. each day, i go fishing or hunting, and i see xiaoyu growing. these days have been the happiest days for me and your mother. by leaving the struggles of the world, by distancing yourself from the devils of your heart, you will be able to understand many things that you couldn’t before,” said long tianxiao.

“you’re too modest. i’ve seen many people in the central plains, but only a few of them can match your intelligence,” said long chen.

that was truly the case. although there were many experts with powerful cultivation bases and great power, in long chen’s eyes, they were just a pack of strong fools. in terms of intelligence, the only ones he had ever admired were sovereign yun shang, the high priest, li tianxuan, and now his father.

long tianxiao shook his head. “this so-called intelligence is just based on different viewpoints. one single kind of intelligence that can fully explain everything, doesn’t exist. if it did, then that could only be called the heavenly daos. the lives of everything in the world, the myriad of daos, the interchange between life and death, the cycle of karma, heaven and earth...”

“alright, stop talking about philosophy. chen-er’s back, and he didn’t come back to hear that. hurry up and tidy the table. the food’s done.” mrs. long came walking out with two plates of piping hot food.

long chen hastily stood to put away the tea set. but he was stopped by his mother.

“chen-er, let your father do it. he only stops talking about philosophy when he’s working. that’s the only way our ears have peace.”

long chen’s expression was odd. he looked at long tianxiao only to see him shrug and wink. “sometimes, keeping your mouth shut is true wisdom.”

the table was quickly filled with delicacies. there were four hot and four cool dishes, and they were all long chen’s favorites. a large fish dish at the center was emitting an enticing scent.

gulp.

gulp.

long chen was startled. the first gulping sound was his, but the second wasn’t.

this night, long chen slept particularly soundly. he didn’t remember the last time he had felt such a sense of true peace. furthermore, through long tianxiao’s instructions, he had a feeling like his heart was growing clearer.

he had to continue his path, but he had to maintain a hopeful heart. if he couldn’t find hope, then he still needed to find opportunities to relax. even if he could only relax for a single breath, it was better than nothing.

he couldn't let his heart feel exhausted like that. making sure a blade was sharpened to its best state was half the battle. only by maintaining that relaxed state of mind could he focus his best and face the oncoming challenges. this would increase his odds of victory invisibly.

he slept late into the day. long tianxiao went out as soon as the sun rose, saying he wanted to catch some different kinds of wild game and fruit for long chen to try. mrs. long accompanied xiaoyu, playing outside, not letting her disturb long chen.

no one knew a son better than his mother. although she didn’t know what he had experienced during these years, she could see his weariness. she couldn’t give him anything except a good sleep.

long chen woke refreshed. he walked out of the grass hut and felt the warm sunlight strike him. he stretched, feeling full of energy.

“big brother, play with me!” seeing long chen come out, xiaoyu immediately ran over to him. after a day, she was much friendlier with long chen.

“let’s go play on a boat.” long chen didn’t have any good things on him for children to play with.

“what’s so fun about a boat? are we catching fish?” asked xiaoyu.

long chen waved his hand, summoning the flying boat. when the huge flying boat appeared in the sky, mrs. long jumped in shock.

xiaoyu also jumped, but then she cried out in excitement, immediately crying out to go on top of the flying boat.

long chen had the flying boat descend onto the hillside. he opened the door and lowered the staircase, bringing his mother and sister up onto the flying boat.

the two of them had never seen a flying boat before, and only once they got on did they realize the interior was dozens of times greater than how it appeared on the outside.

xiaoyu was incomparably excited and refused to get off. when it was noon, long tianxiao returned, and they ate lunch on the flying boat.

long chen spent each day playing with xiaoyu. when she was tired, she would crawl into his lap and sleep. long chen held her as he chatted with his parents. but he didn’t bring up anything about the cultivation world.

time passed by quickly. a week went by before long chen brought up his true purpose in coming here. he wanted his parents to switch to a new environment.

what ashamed him was that his parents didn’t even ask for a reason before agreeing. they said switching environments was good for a change of pace, but he knew they were just comforting him.

his parents were both sentimental people. back then, they had left the phoenix cry empire for him, and now he was sending them to another foreign place. he was truly making things hard on them.

he wanted to send them to the huayun sect. with the huayun sect’s protection, no one would dare to touch them. furthermore, xiaoyu couldn’t be isolated from the rest of the world. that wasn’t good for her development.

if they didn’t like the secular world, then he could send them to the spirit world later. but that would be bad for xiaoyu.

long chen couldn’t help being infuriated. he had gone out himself, but he had ended up implicating the normal lives of his father and mother. he couldn’t even give them an ordinary life.

on the eighth day, while he was accompanying xiaoyu, the sky suddenly rumbled and a terrifying pressure descended. another flying boat appeared.