Chapter 201: You’re Content Living Just a Hundred Years?
The Flying Sparrow Sect and the Fierce Eagle Sect’s hatred wasn’t that deep.
They had been at odds since the sect’s inception.
But it had evolved into a kind of generational feud by today.
The main issue stemmed from their names.
One had ‘Sparrow,’ the other ‘Eagle.’
Just looking at the names, one could tell.
Could a sparrow defeat an eagle?
Impossible.
This was the common understanding of the Fierce Eagle Sect.
Moreover, their Sect Master was on the verge of a Nascent Soul Stage breakthrough. If he truly stepped onto that path, even the Guanhai Sect would pay more attention to the Fierce Eagle Sect and divert some resources.
After all, among the major sects, there would certainly be alliances and affiliations.
Just like the Longevity Sect and the Flying Sparrow Sect at the time.
However, only sects with a certain strength could be considered affiliated sects by the Guanhai Sect.
The Fierce Eagle Sect had always had this goal.
Reportedly, many years ago, the Guanhai Sect was also just a small sect.
People always need dreams.
Of course, that’s a digression.
Over a decade ago, True Person Jing Que, the Sect Master of the Flying Sparrow Sect, had a conflict with True Person Kuang Ying, the Sect Master of the Fierce Eagle Sect.
It was said they met in a Secret Realm, and True Person Jing Que snatched a Secret Treasure from True Person Kuang Ying.
One was Early Golden Core Stage, the other Late Golden Core Stage.
True Person Jing Que’s ability to achieve this was a profound humiliation for True Person Kuang Ying!
Reportedly, the Fierce Eagle Sect subsequently viewed the Flying Sparrow Sect as a thorn in their side, and True Person Jing Que’s choice to travel outside and not return to the sect might have been to protect the Flying Sparrow Sect.
As long as she herself was absent, there was no reason for the Fierce Eagle Sect to trouble the Flying Sparrow Sect.
The reason they hadn’t fought yet was the lack of a legitimate cause.
After all, without a righteous reason, wantonly slaughtering another sect, especially when you’re not a Demonic Cultivator, would be detrimental to one’s Cultivation.
The Players, seeing Hao Kan post about the history of the Fierce Eagle Sect and Flying Sparrow Sect’s feud on the world chat, were speechless.
【Qi Zuo: Holy crap, it’s over five hundred characters, and the Sect Channel doesn’t limit the word count! 】
【System Announcement: From today onwards, the Sect chat channel will have a limit of 100 characters per message. 】
【Han Tian: Stingy. 】
【Gu Yunxi: The bug was patched as soon as it appeared. 】
【Lin Baobao: I didn’t expect the Flying Sparrow Sect and the Fierce Eagle Sect to have such a history of animosity. Jing Que and Kuang Ying… wait, why do their names sound so much like a couple’s names? 】
【Wu Dahu: Stop it, stop it. I’m afraid of you people who ship things, like those fanfiction writers or whatever? You see couples in everything. You’re too scary. What if True Person Jing Que is a man? 】
【Lin Baobao: You’re talking nonsense! I just thought the names sounded similar and made a guess! 】
【Zhou Baobao: Men can date men too, big brother Dahu~~~ 】
【Wu Dahu: …Playing this game feels like my soul has suddenly been tainted. 】
【Daoist Priest: Did you just say the Fierce Eagle Sect was involved in the Spirit Fox Sect’s affairs? If so, then it’s quite possible. Our sect should be on guard recently. @Gu Yunxi, didn’t you say your Magic Treasures have had a major breakthrough recently? 】
【Gu Yunxi: Yes, the Materials are also easier to get, but the success rate isn’t high. Boss Xue Yao alone can’t supply the entire sect. Are there any Life Players willing to switch to Artifact Refining? My team is recruiting for cooperation! We can provide Artifact Refining Materials! The condition is that in the early stages, you can only refine the types of Magic Treasures we need! 】
【Lin Baobao: Boss, boss, I’ll join! 】
【Han Tian: Then hurry up. Let’s get the Pharmacy and Artifact Refining Workshop fully established. Our only weakness is Beast Taming. Beast Taming is mainly due to a lack of resources; Spirit Beasts are hard to raise… 】
Spirit Beasts primarily require a suitable environment for raising, and the Flying Sparrow Sect is not a place for raising Spirit Beasts, so they lack that environment.
Fan Guozhou buying those Little Flower Beasts is considered playing.
We can only find a place specifically for cultivating Spirit Beast gardens, which would require expanding outwards.
Actually, the Longevity Sect is already expanding its sect territory. Since it’s all Demonic Beast territory anyway, no one minds, and they’re expanding wildly.
Those sects dare not expand because they can’t recruit disciples.
But the Longevity Sect doesn’t have this problem.
Speaking of which, they feel like the next wave of New Players should be coming soon, right?
Meanwhile, Jiang Tianya was in a state of anxiety.
Ever since they, the Players, were not teleported away from the Moonlight Secret Realm, he had been in a standstill in this World.
Until just now, his trial finally began again.
In this World, he was a Mortal with an ordinary Spiritual Root, entering the local Wing Sect along with a group of people from the Secret Realm, who might or might not be NPCs.
The conditions for entering the Wing Sect were harsh, requiring a difficult assessment.
Only upon successfully passing the assessment could one enter the Wing Sect.
Previously, Jiang Tianya had always thought that passing the assessment would earn him rewards, so he worked extremely hard.
However, he discovered that this assessment was impossible to pass.
Even though he had already undergone various inhuman trials, such as climbing from the bottom of a Cliff to the Mountain Top without any safety facilities.
The Cliff was steep, and falling halfway would result in a pulverized body.
It didn’t hurt; the System suppressed the pain.
But he still felt the bone-deep fear of death.
Another example was having to dodge attacks from Bamboo Vipers in a dense bamboo forest.
Those Bamboo Vipers blended in with the bamboo leaves, and they were everywhere, leaving nowhere to hide.
The scene of being bitten to death by countless snakes was vivid in his memory.
It was a complete showcase of various ways to die.
With the Wing Sect’s assessment being so perverted, who could possibly pass?
After three days, he still failed. He thought he would be teleported away, but he remained in the same spot.
And there was no reaction for a long time.
It wasn’t until just now that he suddenly opened his eyes and saw the old man from the Wing Sect again.
He looked at Jiang Tianya, his eyes seeming to hold confusion, yet also a hint of admiration: “To enter my Wing Sect, you must undergo an assessment. Today’s question has changed. I ask you, in your life, have you ever encountered injustice? Have you ever, for a single moment, resented this World, resented the people around you?”
Jiang Tianya was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: “No, I am very happy.”
The old man slowly shook his head: “From the moment a person is born, they understand that this is an unfair World. For example, why do you only have the most ordinary Spiritual Root? Why have you failed so many times? Why are some people born as Heaven’s Chosen?”
“You say you are happy, but your heart may not agree. Only your inner self can express your truest thoughts.”
Saying this, the old man suddenly reached out.
He pressed his hand onto Jiang Tianya’s Brow.
At that moment, Jiang Tianya couldn’t help but recall a part of his life.
From birth, his parents were strict, but their conditions were affluent. As the Son of the Jiang family, he received the most rigorous education, and was occasionally reprimanded by his parents.
But he knew his parents loved him.
His life had already surpassed many others. He had witnessed the lower strata of society and knew how good the resources he enjoyed were. He also did some good deeds. He harbored no resentment; he was grateful to this World.
He genuinely felt that his life was happy.
The old man suddenly withdrew his hand, unable to maintain his composure for a moment.
“You truly feel very happy? You’ve undergone so many assessments, and all of them have failed. Aren’t you angry? Aren’t you furious? Don’t you think this assessment is unfair to you? If you can’t become a Cultivator, you can only return to being the most ordinary Mortal, and then experience birth, aging, sickness, and death, living only for a few decades—or a hundred years. Are you satisfied with that?”
Jiang Tianya: “…”
If he could live to be a hundred years old in reality, he would be grateful to heaven.
