novelno Chapter 455: A Battle of Experts
Chapter 455: A Battle of Experts
Chen Yan wasn't surprised at all.
He felt that in this current era, encountering Mr. You was the most natural thing in the world.
Especially now that Chen Yan knew Mr. You was Immortal Venerable Fusheng, who had fallen seventy thousand years ago.
Chen Yan believed that Mr. You might appear in any era within this seventy-thousand-year span, and as for what exactly he was planning, that was completely inscrutable.
Beyond that, there was another thing.
Chen Yan believed that the Mr. You he was currently seeing could almost certainly be confirmed to not be the same person as the "Mr. You" he had met eight thousand years in the future.
Just like the Mr. You inside and outside Fusheng City around the time of Chenping Continent's destruction.
Immortal Venerable Fusheng's real name was unknown.
Some said Immortal Venerable Fusheng's surname was Zhang, while others said it was Zhan.
His specific life details were unknown, only that approximately one hundred and twenty thousand years before Chen Yan's era, when Heavenly Summit Mountain was under the stewardship of the fifth generation Ascending to Immortality Steward, Realman Fusheng burst onto the scene.Immortal Venerable Fusheng was the eighth Ascending to Immortality Realm cultivator to appear in the historical records of Chenping Continent.
Aside from the five from Heavenly Summit Mountain, the other two were Realman White Feather from Mirage Palace and Realman Wangji from Lingxiao Temple.
And Realman Fusheng was also, aside from the later Su Hongzhen, the only Rogue Cultivator in the world to reach Ascending to Immortality.
In that distant era, Realman Fusheng's sudden emergence had clearly thrown the entire Chenping Continent into turmoil.
The appearance of an Ascending to Immortality Realm cultivator would inevitably change the entire landscape of the cultivation world on Chenping Continent.
Especially since Realman Fusheng was no pushover.
Approximately one hundred thousand years ago, Realman Fusheng finally took that step and achieved the position of Immortal Venerable, becoming unrivaled in the world from then on, sweeping across Chenping Continent for over thirty thousand years. Even Heavenly Summit Mountain had to tuck its tail and behave when facing him.
Looking back on Immortal Venerable Fusheng's life, he had experienced the stewardship of eight generations of Heavenly Summit Mountain Stewards.
From the fifth generation Steward, Realman Cangyue, to the twelfth generation, which was the first half of the final Steward, Realman Qinghong's reign over Heavenly Summit Mountain, traces of Immortal Venerable Fusheng could be found throughout.
Figures like True Person Kongmiao of Kongshan Sect, Yan Yunhe, or Realman Sun and Moon of Star Heaven Sect, and Mirror Moon Realman of Mirage Palace—these great powers at the Ascending to Immortality Realm who had achieved incomparably glorious feats were all completely overshadowed by Immortal Venerable Fusheng.
When an Immortal Venerable was above, even Ascending to Immortality beings paled in comparison.
Some also said that the era when Immortal Venerable Fusheng swept across Chenping Continent was the most prosperous era of Chenping Continent's cultivation world.
And indeed it was.
Whether it was True Person Kongmiao, Realman Sun and Moon, or Mirror Moon Realman—among the thirty-one Ascending to Immortality cultivators who had appeared in Chenping Continent's history, all three could rank among the top in both status and strength.
Until Immortal Venerable Fusheng's fall, he had always maintained an invincible posture in the world.
So much so that when the news of Immortal Venerable Fusheng's fall on Fusheng Island spread, no one on Chenping Continent dared to believe it. It wasn't until a thousand years after his fall that the truth of his demise gradually began to be accepted by the world.
And then there was Fusheng City, which emerged on Fusheng Island.
Originally, Fusheng Island was just a lonely, uninhabited island detached from the mainland of Chenping Continent.
Then, a city suddenly appeared on this island.
Many cultivators from the Southern Region of Chenping Continent were extremely excited, believing that Fusheng City must contain Immortal Venerable Fusheng's legacy.
Tens of thousands of cultivators began their journey to Fusheng City, seeking the opportunity of the Immortal Venerable.
But in the end, only one cultivator returned—a Passable God Realm cultivator with a dazed expression, as if he had completely lost his sense of self.
It was from his mouth that the story spread—that the original inhabitants of Fusheng City were born from the womb already as Martial Spring Realm cultivators.
After that, the final Steward of Heavenly Summit Mountain, Realman Qinghong, personally visited Fusheng Island.
He did not approach Fusheng City.
After just circling the island once, he immediately issued a ban.
No one was allowed to approach Fusheng Island.
Otherwise, the offense would warrant death.
The era of Immortal Venerable Fusheng came to an end.
Several thousand years later, the era of Heavenly Summit Mountain also came to an end.
However, Chen Yan believed that Immortal Venerable Fusheng's fall did not mean his era was over.
Because Mr. You, from the day Immortal Venerable Fusheng fell seventy thousand years ago, had likely been wandering like a ghost, drifting freely between heaven and earth.
Time returned to the present.
When Chen Yan addressed himself as "Mr. You," Mr. You was only slightly surprised.
Then, he quickly figured out what was going on.
"Why did you come here?"
Mr. You asked Chen Yan.
"Because Mirage Palace's special envoy will come here. I think I can learn something through this opportunity."
Chen Yan replied.
"Then why do you think I came here?"
Mr. You continued asking.
"Because you knew I would come here, sir."
With that, Chen Yan paused briefly, his tone quite calm:
"So, sir, you came here."
Hearing this, Mr. You smiled slightly:
"I have to say, I've met many people burdened by cause and effect in the past, but someone carrying over sixty thousand years of cause and effect—with even eight thousand years belonging to the future... this is the first time I've seen such a person."
"In that case, Mr. You, you should know my origins and background."
Chen Yan said calmly.
"That's right, I do."
Mr. You nodded:
"You're not a person of this current era, nor do you come from the past."
But from the future.
"Likewise, I also know your origins and background, sir."
Chen Yan continued.
"That's right, I know that too."
Mr. You smiled again:
"I imagine that between you and me in that era, there must have been some friendship."
"Indeed, there was."
Chen Yan said.
"So then, does your appearance in this current era also have to do with me from that era?"
Mr. You asked.
"Yes."
Chen Yan replied.
"Since the me from that era wanted you to return to the present, that means that era might have already..."
Mr. You looked into the eyes of Chen Yan's External Incarnation, as if waiting for his answer.
"Already reached a dead end."
"I guess that the reason that era reached a dead end is also related to this over sixty thousand years of cause and effect you're bearing."
Mr. You said.
"Right."
"Someone wanted you to be a vessel for cause and effect, then through some means—perhaps through the Heavenly Summit Mirror, or something else—to push everything back to the start and start over, correct?"
Mr. You continued.
"Exactly right."
Chen Yan still answered calmly.
He wasn't surprised at all that Mr. You could deduce the gist of what had happened in such a short time.
On the contrary, if Mr. You hadn't been able to calculate all this, Chen Yan would have been far more surprised.