Chaotic World Book

This time, Ye Wuzong was knocked out, so he couldn't even refuse the witch doctor's treatment if he wanted to, and was secretly treated by a doctor whom Sisi had quietly arranged.

When the family went to visit him, the old man had already woken up and was throwing a temper tantrum in the room, "I've lived a clean life, only to find myself tainted in old age..."

Sisi, "..."

Zhao Changhe poked his head in, "Only you elders can boast about being a virgin with such righteousness. It's one thing I truly admire about your generation."

"?" Ye Wuzong jumped up angrily inside, "I'm talking about my body being filled with all sorts of poisonous insect blood, what are you talking about?"

Zhao Changhe stuffed his hands into his sleeves and didn't answer, the family of three entered the room and together inquired, "Master, are you feeling well?"

Ye Wuzong was stunned for a moment, looked at Zhao Changhe, then at Yue Hongling, his expression unspeakably strange.

Why have you two also started calling me "Master?" His expression was a bit awkward, but he seemed quite serious about it.

Especially Yue Hongling... Are we familiar? This was clearly Zhao Changhe following his wife's lead, and then another wife reluctantly goes along with her husband—the way this gets rounded off, the whole Four Symbols Sect should call me "Master," shouldn't they?

Ye Wuzong almost floated off in delight, feeling great, "Changhe, you should take on a few more disciples, the kind with higher status, the better."

Sisi frowned, "Whose side are you on?"

Ye Wuzong coughed dryly, "Cough... My body hasn't recovered..."

"... "Sisi, with a stomachful of fire but unsure if Master was truly unwell or pretending, didn't dare to lose her temper. She reluctantly came forward with a sour face offering medicine, "How are you feeling now?"

Ye Wuzong smiled, "I can't handle the backlash from Yin Kui; it seems I really won't live much longer."

Sisi fell silent for a moment, "Don't joke."

"I'm not joking. I already told you that my time is near, and my body continues to decline. Unless I Breakthrough, the end is near." Ye Wuzong sipped his medicine leisurely, with a relaxed tone, "They say it's an age of God Demons, but in the end, we're mortals, and mortals have their limits, especially life spans. I also had a master, back in the day, he was a powerhouse of the Earth List, guess how he died?"

Sisi tried, "He slowed down in old age, failed at thievery, and was killed?"

"Wrong, he couldn't bear to live as a senile, turtle-like waste of his former self and committed suicide."

Sisi, "..."

Zhao Changhe suddenly remembered the current King of Penglai, Hai Changkong, who was fifty years old and whose bodily functions were starting to decline, so he lost his ambition and no longer aimed to peer into the mysteries of the Divine Continent. His teacher, Hai Pinglan, was the same; the reason he stirred up his final storm and died alongside his enemy was that he was too old and near death.

Even Xia Longyuan had a touch of this sentiment; had he chosen to cling to life, he surely could have survived, but then he would just be lingering under the care of his daughter and son-in-law—Old Xia couldn't tolerate that and chose to die alongside the Four Swords, leaving behind one last glimmer of glory.

In the world of martial arts, people are greatly influenced by their physical bodies and ultimately were not immortals.

Sisi said, "But you've reached the Third Layer Secret Treasure, can't you try for Breakthrough?"

"Everyone has their strengths, and my Secret Treasure only extends to wind and speed, which has limited effect on extending lifespan. The likes of Yuxu could live longer. As for Breakthrough, with my current state, I'm not confident." Ye Wuzong spoke leisurely, "Actually, even if it was Breakthrough, they would have died early without a Divine Artifact to protect them, and even with one, they'd just barely qualify as 'Undying Ghosts,' their bodies would still be as decayed and hideous as a dried corpse, not real immortality at all. What's the point of living like that? Enough about that trivial matter, let's not be childish, let's talk about something more serious."

Then he looked at Zhao Changhe, "Are you here to ask about the Divine Axe?"

Zhao Changhe composed himself and replied, "I thought maybe the elder—oh, 'Master,' you brought the Divine Axe here because you already knew something, that it was a deliberate choice."

Ye Wuzong shook his head, "How would I know what's a myriad miles away... I brought the axe here simply because Kunlun is too chaotic, and bringing the Divine Axe to Kunlun would be like delivering vegetables. I had to find a place, either go straight to the Capital to deliver it to you or come to find my apprentice... So, how much did I owe you back then to run over and deliver the Divine Artifact to you?"

Zhao Changhe, "..."

I overestimated you, thought you were such a forward-thinker... But the Divine Axe's arrival here wasn't completely down to luck, you might say it was the inevitable within the coincidental, given how Ye Wuzong didn't have other choices. The primary issue was that "Kunlun is too chaotic."

"Kunlun has always been a place where heaven and earth intersect, vast and boundless. If there is a Heavenly Realm, then when pieces of it shattered and scattered, naturally the most fragments would fall in Kunlun." Ye Wuzong leaned back in his chair, sipping his potion slowly, "You saw it before, a random alchemy room turns into a small Secret Realm, inside a mountain belly, there's another minor Secret Realm, inside Yuxu Peak, there's a Great Secret Realm... And this area is just around Yuxu Peak, so how much more could there be across thousands of miles of Kunlun?"

Zhao Changhe replied, "So the elder has secluded himself in Kunlun to seek Creation enhancements."

"Who isn't? With so many evil people congregating in Kunlun, which one of them isn't there for Creation? I'm one of those evil people too, I've been on the Demon Suppression Department's most-wanted list for lord knows how long."

"... "

Ye Wuzong sighed, "Not to mention, the Yuxu Cloud Water Residence with its three rooms seems like a detached paradise, seemingly indifferent to worldly pursuits, but why would one be in Kunlun if that were true? A comfortable life in the city, stirring a pot of Chaos, clearly seeking fulfillment but insisting on seeing oneself as not so vulgar—it's hard to say whether it's deceiving others or oneself."

In saying this, he laughed at both himself and Yuxu. Zhao Changhe thought about it and smiled, "That's an attitude towards life. Life is life, work is work; doesn't seem like self-deception to me."