Chapter 74

Divine Venerable Cheng Wei smiled. "How did you know that being city lords does not hinder their cultivation?"

"There really is such a hindrance?"

"There is, I suppose, though I have heard it is very slight. And no matter which city they govern, as long as a city lord still wishes to advance in cultivation, they will not meddle too deeply in the city's mundane affairs."

Wen Xu suddenly understood. "So the imperial authority of the Cultivation Realm vanished because its rulers wanted longevity and ascension more?"

"That's right. And who knows whether it was deliberate, but several monarchs in the Cultivation Realm back then had exceptionally good cultivation talent, and most of their descendants were cultivators too. Do you know the Vast Sea Sui Household? Their family used to be royalty."

Wen Xu said, "...I don't."

"That is why, when I suddenly remembered today that A-Xu was born with an Imperial Destiny, I thought that now that you have stepped onto the path of cultivation, you likely can no longer become a mortal emperor. Do you find that regrettable?"

Wen Xu shook his head. He was very candid about it. "Master, your disciple is also a common man." So even if he had been given a choice, he might still have chosen the Dao rather than becoming some emperor.

Besides, he had never had a choice.

And being an emperor could not possibly depend on one's Destiny Pattern alone. Ever since he had been discarded among a heap of beggars, no one had expected him to become the ruler of all under heaven. Given his present temperament, he was unwilling to take responsibility for the people of the world as well.

If not for his master, he might never have known of this so-called Imperial Destiny until the day