Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile-Chapter 158: Seventh Saint

Shing!

A golden light suddenly enveloped Ye Chen and before anyone could react, he disappeared along with the dao token.

"Brother Ye Chen!"

Lin Xian'er exclaimed with worry as she witnessed this.

"Don't stress; he is just taking the seventh inheritance trial," the old man Yang Wuji remained calm as he explained.

Hearing him, the little girl's heart calmed down; however, she still remained anxious because she was all alone.

There was a living old man here, but she just treated him like air.

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After getting teleported once again, Ye Chen arrived on top of a mountain surrounded by pure white clouds.

The atmosphere here was fresh and ethereal, as if made for a divine being. The spiritual Qi here was so pure that one could feel all of the elements clearly, even time and space.

However, Ye Chen's attention was not on this but on a white figure that stood with its back against him. If his senses were right, then the ethereal aura and pure Qi were because of the presence of this figure.

"Quite a keen eye you've got," the figure chuckled faintly and looked back.

It was a handsome man with golden pupils and long silver hair that moved like sea waves.

"The Demonic Ye Chen, I have to say there are not many daring cultivators like you who would joke on such important trials," the man commented with a laugh.

"You were watching me?" Ye Chen frowned slightly.

In response, the man shook his head first and then nodded.

"I was not before but suddenly that thing got awakened so I took a look and also helped your friends," he replied.

Hearing him, Ye Chen finally understood this was the person who helped Li Mei and others achieve enlightenment through 'Heart Realm Entrapment.'

"Well, let's not waste any time and start the final trial. As long as you overcome this, you will be able to get my, the seventh saint's, inheritance," the saint announced and flicked his sleeve lightly.

Swoosh!

In that instant a chessboard appeared in front of him with all of the pieces at starting formation.

"Tell me something about this chessboard; it can be anything, even rules or your understanding," the saint spoke.

Hearing him, Ye Chen was a little stunned, as this was a lot different than the trial he imagined. Nevertheless, he did not ponder too much and replied.

"Chess is a reflection of real life, which gives a lesson about how easy to control everything, even the king," he stated with narrowed eyes.

"Hahaha! Good, you really don't disappoint me." The saint laughed and then flicked his sleeve.

In that instant, both of them, along with the chessboard, arrived inside the illusion of the sect, where two sides were fighting fiercely with each other.

"Now you are the sect master of this sect. Tell me what you will do about this fight. Someone from the enemy sect is prosperously doing this to waken your sect," the saint spoke.

In response, Ye Chen shrugged his shoulders with a nonchalant look.

"I will thank the enemies," he did not hesitate to answer.

The saint was not surprised at this.

"Tell me why," he inquired with a smile. freeweɓnøvel.com

"It's simple: the enemy is helping me by creating a fight. Not only will this make each other compete with themselves I will also be finding out about hypocrites who would do anything for money and desires."

"Such people are useless and can't be put in any strong position where secrecy matters. Not to mention if one day they were sent to fight, they would just surrender or kill their own fellow disciples. So, I had to make sure to know about them and also keep an eye on which elder is recruiting such disciples. In short, they are just chess pieces for someone to be stepped on."

Ye Chen answered, his expression did not even changing once as he treated people like ants.

"You are really cruel but that's how a leader should be," the saint sighed faintly.

"It's not about the leader but about the sect or any powers. They can't be believing in delusions where they think everyone is good." Ye Chen replied.

From the moment he stepped on the battlefield, he believed in the rule of fifty-fifty.

There are always fifty percent good people and fifty percent evil people. Even inside his own nation and the place he stayed.

Swoosh!

The saint once again flicked his sleeves, and they returned back to their previous place.

"Do you know about spiritual mountains?" the saint inquired.

Ye Chen was surprised at how fast the subject changed but he nodded.

"Yes, I know."

He was a spiritual mountain.

"Then you should know that they possess heaven-defying cultivation talent. However, have you ever wondered why they can't break through after reaching a certain stage?" The saint inquired further.

Hearing this, Ye Chen was a little stunned. He had thought of this before but since he didn't know the reason, he placed the thought back in his mind.

"I can't speak of a few things, but if I have to tell them, these things are the reasons." The saint waved his hand.

In that instant more than ten black crystals appeared. They were none other than dao crystals, which Ye Chen had seen and merged with inside the mystic pond. It's just the one here were corrupted and its size was as big as an apple.

"These are dao crystals containing the laws of heavens. In short, some things are incomplete and broken. If there is someone who could fix it, then it would be the successor of 'Divine Dao Physique,'" the saint spoke with a serious look.

He really wanted to explain everything but the karma behind it was too much for a fragment of soul to handle, as well as Ye Chen, who had only started cultivating.

Hearing him, Ye Chen was calm as ever. The fifty-fifty rule, he believed, was also applied to the saints. Not to mention the history is written by a victor so he would not trust his words instantly.

"You can take this; that's all I could say. In the future you will slowly figure out everything." The saint was not disappointed or dissatisfied at his doubt; he was even happy inside because only people like him could live longer.

Ye Chen did not hesitate to take the dao crystal for himself. There were many spatial rings he had looted so he just placed them inside one and sealed it by spiritual technique.

"There is a last question I want to ask and that is what would you do if your lover or trusted brother left you?" The saint inquired with a serious look.

Hearing him Ye Chen sighed faintly.

"I am not a desperate person and not a kind one either," he replied, his eyes calm like water.

If one day someone really decided to leave, he won't care, but if they decided to betray and harm people beside him, the only thing that would await them is death.

"Hah," the saint sighed with reminiscence.

"If I was as cruel as you, maybe I would not have died; the people who trusted in me would not end up like me," he muttered, his eyes flashing with a cold look.

Swoosh!

After sighing once again, the saint waved his hand. This time it was not an illusion but teleportation.

Boom! Bang! BOOM!

Dark clouds similar to what Ye Chen had seen that day swirled dangerously with thunder, even reaching the ground, making it hard to see more than a meter.

"That thing is a little upset about you but as long as you don't purposely anger or provoke it, that thing won't kill you."

"This could be considered a final trial, after which you will receive my inheritance. Are you ready?" the saint inquired.

Ye Chen did not reply instantly and looked ahead where the clouds reached the ground.

"What is that thing you are talking about?" he questioned.

In response, the saint chuckled faintly.

"Just go in and you will find out; just remember not to provoke it, or it will kill you," he said and continued.

"Before you go in, there's one thing you should remember — the day a human believes they need another race inside their own Judgment Hall to find justice... is the day humanity has already lost its soul." The saint added with a hard look.

In response, Ye Chen chuckled and shook his head.

"You're wrong! The day speaking the truth becomes a crime… is the day humanity begins to lose itself." He stated and before the saint could say something, he walked into the dark clouds.

For him, who had already lived a life, knew everything about how far humanity can fall and when they fall.

However, he was not a saint. He won't be caring about someone unknown and wiping their asses off. If humanity is falling, then let it be. He was a demon.

A demon who was not born but made into one!

"Looks like things won't be peaceful in this era," the saint smiled wryly as he saw Ye Chen's disappearing back.