Longevity Martial Arts: I have a Mysterious Water Snake Avatar-Chapter 790 - 512: A True Man Aspires to Travel Far and Wide_2

"With such an incomparable treasure in our hands, we are certain to counteract the Phoenix Creek Divine Sword and suppress Hong Yuan."

"The Phoenix Creek Treasure Skill and Phoenix Creek Divine Sword should indeed be managed by us at Tianji Pavilion!"

"Exactly. Although Hong Yuan has made significant contributions and has extraordinary potential, he is, after all, only a beginner in the Saint Realm."

"Yes, that's right. Is it not a joke for Senior Yanjiang to entrust the glory of Phoenix Creek to such a junior like Hong Yuan?"

"HUMPH! It's not just a joke. It's simply disregarding us completely!"

"..."

The three great Saints of Tianji Pavilion were indignant.

Who hasn't shed sweat and blood for the Sect?

They acknowledged that Hong Yuan had made significant contributions, was favored by the Heavenly Palace, and could potentially become the next Phoenix Creek Great Saint to lead the future of the Phoenix Creek Sect.

But that should be something for after Hong Yuan's growth!

The most important thing in life is to be down-to-earth and to seize the present.

Against the backdrop of the great war between the Human Race and the Demon Clan, no one could be certain of surviving to the very end or safely navigating this great calamity.

Therefore, every bit of strength, every resource, should be used rationally and not dominated by just one person.

In other words, the current position of co-Sect Leader, the Phoenix Creek Great Saint, should also be contended for by them.

The Sect should pour resources such as the Phoenix Creek Treasure Skill and Phoenix Creek Divine Sword into them.

They also had enough confidence to charge into the eighth rank of the Saint Realm, to reach the Great Saint Realm!

No matter what the objective reality was, they believed they possessed such ability.

Besides, since Hong Yuan already had the Heavenly Palace's backing, why should they compete with him for the Phoenix Creek Sect?

If Hong Yuan's strength were indeed formidable, then it wouldn't be a problem for him to direct the future of the Phoenix Creek Sect at that time...

But people's hearts are fickle.

If Hong Yuan really gave up the struggle and submitted to their arrangements, would they truly cultivate him?

HEH.

What they didn't know, however, was that Hong Yuan would certainly not give up the position of Phoenix Creek Great Saint.

He still needed to become the Phoenix Creek Great Saint to lead the Phoenix Creek Sect, and then to seek entry into the Heavenly Palace to become the Human Tribe Leader.

Could one even be called a Right Way Leader if they did not have their own power?

"Stay calm. We don't necessarily need the Phoenix Creek Treasure Skill and Phoenix Creek Divine Sword."

"We just want to do our best for the Sect and protect it well."

"After the gathering in the Phoenix Creek Cave Heaven half a year from now, Hong Yuan will understand our painstaking efforts."

The beautiful lady in the purple dress said indifferently.

She was the only Wisdom Tao Saint within the Phoenix Creek Sect, known as Ziji Fairy.

"Senior Hao..." the white-haired man with a sinister aura said, surprised. He was a Soul Tao Saint, known as Xuanhun War General.

"Mmm," Ziji Fairy nodded gently.

She dared to plot for the Phoenix Creek Treasure Skill and Phoenix Creek Divine Sword in Hong Yuan's hands because she had the silent consent of the only eighth-rank Elder within the Sect.

The Phoenix Creek Sect was not just one person's or one family's Sect; it was everyone's Phoenix Creek Sect!

Protecting the Phoenix Creek Sect was not merely the duty of generations of Phoenix Creek Great Saints. It was also their duty as ordinary Saints!

「In the Eastern Wilderness Divine Continent.」

Yong State, Falling Cloud Mountain Range.

For a long time, this area of the Falling Cloud Mountain Range has been home to a band of mountain robbers. They are tyrannical, bringing disaster to the region, and it's suspected that a True Disciple of the Phoenix Creek Sect backs them.

And now, even more terrifying than this group of howling mountain bandits, were ferocious beasts and evil plants stained with fresh blood, instilling greater fear into the people.

Power Body Hong Yuan, going by the alias Xiao Cao, was living in seclusion in an ordinary mountain village near the Falling Cloud Mountain Range.

「Deep into the night.」

Silver moonlight cast a brilliant glow, like countless white butterflies dancing over the land.

Inside a thatched cottage, Hong Yuan was packing his belongings, preparing to leave this place for good.

His stated reason for leaving was a desire to see the wider world in the great cities, as he was unwilling to spend his entire life in the mountain village or the Falling Cloud Mountain Range.

He said he was still young and wanted to travel to the ends of the earth—to see the sea, climb mountains, and face hurricanes...

Truly, he presented the image of "a man whose ambitions lay far and wide"!

「Three miles from the thatched cottage.」

There was a stilt house. In its upper-left room, a faint light was dissipating.

Xiao Cao is leaving Falling Cloud...

Is he going to be like Man, leaving and never returning?

A man's ambitions lie far and wide, a man's ambitions lie far and wide...

On the wooden bed, a dark-skinned girl with bright, lively eyes learned of this news, her emotions tangled.

Her name was Gu Hui'er, the Clan Leader's daughter of Gu family's mountain village, and she held a significant status there.

At this moment, she clutched the green jade hairpin tightly, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

Throughout that sleepless night, she tossed and turned, eventually making a difficult decision.

She had fallen in love with the imposing and tall Xiao Cao three years prior.

Compared with the other men around her, even a blind man could see how extraordinary Xiao Cao was.

Not to mention that Xiao Cao had repeatedly turned the tide and rescued the mountain village time and again.

A young maiden's heart is so easily stirred.

As the daughter of the Clan Leader, she had more courage than the average mountain village girl to approach Xiao Cao.

「After a sleepless night.」

Early in the morning, it was not yet fully light. The sun had not risen, and the eastern sky was just beginning to pale.

The darkness in the sky was gradually fading, and the air still held the scent of the night.

Gu Hui'er got up early, her steps heavy yet resolute, walking towards the thatched cottage three miles away.