The Elders' Consultation

At Heaven Gate Peak, the elders held a consultation.

The five elders surrounded Meng Jingzhou, marveling at his feat.

"Nephew Meng's Curse is quite interesting."

"Indeed, having lived for over two thousand years, this is the first time I've encountered such a strange Curse. I never even saw one when I was traveling in the desolate state."

"This Curse is useless against Junior Nephew Meng, since he has a single Spirit Root anyway, and the Curse will automatically disappear after a while."

"Don't worry, Xiao Meng, I will definitely get revenge for you since you were wronged by Qiu Jin'an!"

"My good disciple, how are you feeling now?"

"Witchcraft and sorcery are rampant in the Desolate State, the source of Curse. Fourth Brother, everyone knows you've been to the Desolate State and learned about Curse. What do you think?"

The four elders, Meng Jingzhou, and Lu Yang all turned to look at the Fourth Elder was gently waving his feather fan.

Lu Yang recalled information about the desolate state.

Located on the western side of the Central Continent, bordering Liangzhou and the Buddhist kingdom of the Western Regions, the desolate state is rife with witchcraft and the art of corpse driving. Its people are rugged and unrestrained, with ancient traditions, and the Man Gu also originated there.

The Fourth Elder looked troubled. "After I was cursed, I did study the art of Curse for a while. For example, I can see that Junior Nephew Meng can only break free from the karmic backlash by shattering his Nascent Soul Realm. Of course, it's only a possibility. If he can't break free even after becoming Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, then we can only wait for him to break through to the Spirit Transformation stage. The moment he breaks through to the Spirit Transformation stage, he will definitely be able to break free."

Upon hearing this, Meng Jingzhou's face turned pale.

If he's at the Nascent Soul Realm Spirit Transformation stage, how many years of cultivation would he need?

"I can dispel some simple Curse that involve very shallow levels. For example, the Curse that you guys are cursed every day have all been dispelled by me. But Junior Nephew Meng's level is too high, and it's difficult for me to dispel them with my cultivation level."

"If I could reach the Tribulation Transcendence stage, I'd be confident I could handle it."

Grandpa Ba rolled his eyes. "You think you've reached the Tribulation Transcendence stage? Get in line! Can your cultivation progress be faster than Big Brother and Ninth Brother's?"

The Fourth Elder shrugged. "Then I have no other choice. Wait, can we ask our master for help?"

The Seventh Elder didn't think this was a good idea, "Although Master is at the Tribulation Transcendence stage, he doesn't understand Curse techniques, and he can't be distracted while suppressing Prison Peak."

"Disciple, why don't you unleash another set of Single Curse Fist on the second brother? Maybe the backlash from both sides will neutralize it?"

Meng Jingzhou quickly shook his head. "You're joking! That's not called a counter-attack, it's called a superposition of backlashes!"

"Actually, Junior Nephew Meng, there's no need to worry too much. Your Curse isn't as serious as you think," the Fourth Elder comforted him.

"Please explain further, Fourth Elder?"

"The causal backlash is affecting both you and Qiu Jinan, so it's split in two. You bear half, and Qiu Jinan bears half. Having only half of the causal backlash is easier to resolve than having the complete causal backlash."

Meng Jingzhou's eyes lit up. "Then, Fourth Elder, do you have a solution?"

No, not at all.

Meng Jingzhou: "..."

"I heard that Junior Nephew Li can regenerate limbs by replacing body parts, thus avoiding karmic consequences. Can this method be used on Junior Nephew Meng? For example, Seventh Brother, could you refine a powerful elixir that can regenerate limbs and feed it to my disciple?"

The Third Elder was referring to Li Haoran's Rebirth Golden Core.

"The elixir for regenerating severed limbs is easy to refine; it's simply a matter of obtaining a few roots from the Little Medicine King. But the question is, does this method really work?"

The Fourth Elder stepped forward and rejected this method. "Junior Nephew Li's Rebirth Golden Core can indeed circumvent cause and effect, but Junior Nephew Meng's karmic backlash level is too high, it won't work."

Grandpa Ba thought of another idea, "The Tian Ce Sect is proficient in the art of cause and effect. The location of our Dao Wen Sect was chosen by our Ask Dao Sect through calculations done by people from the Tian Ce Sect, bringing blessings for 120,000 years. If they can even calculate something like this, their art of cause and effect is unmatched. The backlash of cause and effect should also be within their scope of handling. Why don't we try asking them?"

The Eighth Elder shook his head. "I remember that the Tian Ce Sect inherited its lineage from the High Antiquity Shi Huang clan. They are proficient in the art of cause and effect and can perform divination and fortune telling. However, the Tian Ce Sect believes that cause and effect cannot be eliminated, but will only transform from one type of cause and effect into another. Therefore, they rarely interfere in the secular world. If they interfere too much in the secular world, the cause and effect will cling to them, and they will lose their ability to perform divination and fortune telling."

"I've heard of that too. I've also heard that the Shi Huang clan didn't have a good reputation in High Antiquity. They often used their divination abilities to swindle money and kill people, disrupt the order of the world, and seek breakthroughs."

"Later, the Shi clan angered an unknown powerful being, who severely injured the Shi clan, causing them to never recover. The Shi clan later sought revenge, but the powerful being ascended to the celestial realm. Fearing that this would attract the attention of this ancient immortal, the Shi clan ordered the clan to be sealed off, forbidding all clan members from contacting the mortal world, lest they be tainted by worldly karma and bring great terror."

"The Tian Ce Sect inherited the legacy of the Shi Huang Clan after the upheavals and became a reclusive sect."

"If we get Tian Ce to handle this, it will probably make it so that Junior Nephew Meng goes from being unable to see women to being unable to see men."

"Then let's cast another Curse on Junior Nephew Meng, Curse that he'll have romantic entanglements every day. Wouldn't that cancel out the two Curse?"

"That seems like a good idea. Who knows how to cast Curse? Fourth brother, do you know how?"

The Fourth Elder rolled his eyes, feeling that his fellow disciples thought too highly of him, "No, I learned how to break Curse, not how to cast them. If I knew how to cast a love curse, I'd cast one on myself first."

"Fourth brother, what kind of romantic entanglement are you getting into, a dignified Confucian scholar?"

"To emulate the ancients who remained unmoved by temptation, and to cultivate a virtuous character."

"Gentlemen who go to brothels all use this excuse."

"They copied me."

"Has anyone learned how to cast spells from the vast East China Sea? It's similar to the principle of Curse, and maybe it can solve the current situation."

"Eighth Brother, you've been to the East China Sea, right? Did you learn anything?"

"No, I was constantly being hunted by the sea creatures at the time, I didn't have time to learn black magic."

The elders held a meeting to discuss Meng Jingzhou's Curse, while Lu Yang continued to seek help from High Antiquity immortals in the spiritual space.

Logically speaking High Antiquity, with High Antiquity immortal as his cheat code, and the strongest of all the High Antiquity immortals, he should have a way to solve any difficulties he encounters.

"Fairy, do you have any other ideas?"

"Have."

What is it?

"As the saying goes, when the body dies, the Tao vanishes, and all karma disappears. Once you've died, the karma naturally vanishes," the Immortal Fairy cheerfully proposed her second plan after careful consideration.

Lu Yang felt that given Meng Jingzhou's intelligence, he most likely wouldn't agree to this method.

The Immortal Fairy was dissatisfied with Lu Yang's attitude. She often used this method to circumvent cause and effect, and it always worked.

The more Meng Jingzhou listened to the elders' discussion, the more unreliable their methods seemed. He thought it better to help himself than to ask others for help, "How about I go to the desolate state? Maybe I can find a solution there?"

"That's a feasible solution."

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