Chapter 508: Chapter 377: Discontent in the Immortal Martial Hall, Perfection of the Celestial Vault Refining God Art_2

"You two are joking!"

Lin Chang’sheng didn’t get upset; if he couldn’t even take a little joke like this, he would just be too petty.

"My name is Liu Yaoyue. Junior Sister, if you don’t understand anything after joining the Sect, just come find me anytime!"

Liu Yaoyue smiled and spoke to Zhao Shuang’Er.

"Thank you, Senior Sister Liu!"

Zhao Shuang’Er replied with a blushing face.

Lin Chang’sheng was also quite familiar with Liu Yaoyue—just earlier, he had fought her and defeated her in two moves.

That left Liu Yaoyue feeling a bit embarrassed, so she didn’t talk to Lin Chang’sheng.

"Well then, we’ll be troubling you, Senior Sister Liu!"

Lin Chang’sheng spoke up first.

"Just call me Yaoyue; I don’t deserve to be called Senior Sister!"

Liu Yaoyue said shyly, thinking her strength didn’t match up to Lin Chang’sheng, so she wasn’t worthy of the title.

"You’re too modest, Senior Sister!"

Lin Chang’sheng chuckled. Then, the group returned to the Refining God Sect’s lodgings, planning to stay one more night and head back in the morning.

That night was just the perfect time for Lin Chang’sheng to study the Celestial Vault Refining God Art.

Once he mastered it to perfection, he could use the Celestial Vault Star Constellation to temper his Divine Soul.

By then, the speed of his Divine Sense improvement would skyrocket.

Back in his room, Lin Chang’sheng immediately began focusing on the Celestial Vault Refining God Art in his hands.

This Immortal Technique actually shared many similarities with the Grand Array he specialized in back at the Refining God Sect.

So for Lin Chang’sheng, delving into it felt incredibly easy.

[Celestial Vault Refining God Art: Entry Level!]

In just one hour, Lin Chang’sheng had already reached the entry level in studying the Celestial Vault Refining God Art.

[Detected: Celestial Vault Refining God Art at Entry Level. Spend 5000 Immortal Crystals to Simplify?]

The next instant, a prompt popped up on his panel.

"Simplify!"

Lin Chang’sheng chose to simplify without hesitation. After simplifying, his cultivation speed would increase dramatically.

[Great Dao is Simple: Celestial Vault Refining God Art Simplification Starting... Simplifying... Simplification Complete. Celestial Vault Refining God Art == Stargazing!]

"Stargazing? Well, that’s too easy!"

Lin Chang’sheng pushed open his door, walked right outside, sat cross-legged on a boulder, and started watching the stars.

Celestial Vault Refining God Art Experience Points +1!

Celestial Vault Refining God Art Experience Points +1!

...

As Lin Chang’sheng kept stargazing, the experience points for the Celestial Vault Refining God Art just skyrocketed crazily.

By now it was nighttime, so there were no signs of anyone moving about.

This let Lin Chang’sheng watch the stars without a care in the world.

Otherwise, if someone saw him, they’d probably think he lost his mind.

Creaaak—

Just then, a door to a nearby room opened, and a delicate, beautiful woman stepped out, lost in thought.

When she spotted a figure sitting cross-legged on a stone pedestal outside, she was startled, looking all frail and timid.

But this woman wasn’t as simple as she appeared. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Lin Chang’sheng had seen her during the tournament.

Her name was Liu Yun, one of the Celestial Prides of the Heaven-Suppressing Sect.

Unfortunately, this round, the Heaven-Suppressing Sect’s luck on the Celestial Pride List was poor—none of them made it to the top ranks.

Even Wei Bufan lost in regret, running into Yang Huaizhen too early.

"It’s you?"

Once Liu Yun realized it was Lin Chang’sheng, she let out a sigh of relief.

She had never left the Heaven-Suppressing Sect before, so she was deeply fascinated by the world outside.

When she heard they’d be heading back to the Sect tomorrow, she couldn’t help but feel disappointed and wanted to come out for some air.

"Miss Liu! Something on your mind?"

Lin Chang’sheng asked as he saw her.

The girl looked innocent enough—if someone tricked her, there could be a real problem.

"Yeah! Thinking about going back to the Sect tomorrow, I just—"

Liu Yun stammered, then sat on a stone pedestal not far from Lin Chang’sheng, imitating him by gazing up at the stars.

"Do you think if I wasn’t a cultivator, my days would be carefree? Cultivation is just so tedious!"

Liu Yun couldn’t help but complain.

These were words she didn’t dare share with her Senior Brothers or Master; only Lin Chang’sheng could hear them.

If her Master or Senior Brothers found out, she’d get chewed out for sure.

"Carefree—that’s something everybody yearns for, but achieving those words is anything but simple."

Lin Chang’sheng replied, "Maybe because you were born from a higher starting point, you find ordinary life precious. But in truth, being ordinary is miserable—especially in a world like this, where the weak have no control over life or death. So what is there to be carefree about?"

"Only if you become powerful enough to control your own fate, can you live freely, unrestrained!"

Lin Chang’sheng slowly laid out his thoughts.

In his past life, he was just an ordinary person—he knew firsthand how terrible that could be.

But now, in this life, he had the chance to change his destiny, so he was determined to grow stronger and seize his own fate in his own hands.

Liu Yun listened to Lin Chang’sheng, instantly lost in thought.

"Brother Lin, I still don’t get it! Is cultivating really just about fighting and killing? Isn’t it supposed to be about saving others—and finding oneself?"

Liu Yun voiced her doubts again.

If cultivators and mortals were truly equals, then everyone—cultivator or not—could live how they wanted.

If they faced injustice, someone would step up to say no.

Hearing such naïve words, the corner of Lin Chang’sheng’s mouth curled up in a smile. This girl, she really was pure-hearted!

There’s no such thing as absolute fairness in any world.

Especially not this dangerous, might-makes-right one.

The powerful only think about how to get even stronger, even if it means sacrificing someone’s life—it doesn’t matter to them.

While the weak don’t even have the right to choose anything for themselves.

Their very existence may just be to set off the strength of the strong!

"If everyone thought that way, then maybe this Immortal Realm would really become the Immortal World everyone yearns for—not just cultivators, but everybody."

"People are selfish. You just aren’t standing in their shoes. For example, if sacrificing an ant could raise your cultivation, would you do it?"

Lin Chang’sheng looked at Liu Yun and asked softly.

"Maybe I would."

Liu Yun answered seriously.

"Exactly. In the eyes of some cultivators, human lives are no different from those of ants. As long as something helps them advance, they’ll do it—even if it means taking others’ lives."

"That’s why only by becoming strong can we have the right to choose! Without enough strength, we don’t get to decide anything—so much for being carefree."

Lin Chang’sheng spoke sincerely.

Liu Yun seemed to realize a lot after listening.

"Thank you, Brother Lin! I get it now!"

There was a hint of a smile on Liu Yun’s lips, as if a weight had suddenly lifted!

Whoosh—

From the distance, a figure zoomed over and landed in front of Lin Chang’sheng and Liu Yun.

It was none other than Wei Bufan.

"Junior Sister Liu, why are you still outside so late?"

Wei Bufan stood tall, with sharp brows and starry eyes—a truly handsome guy. When he saw Lin Chang’sheng and Liu Yun together, he couldn’t help looking a little unhappy.

He didn’t want Lin Chang’sheng getting too close to Liu Yun.

His junior sister was too naïve and could easily be tricked.

Since he didn’t know much about Lin Chang’sheng, he didn’t want Liu Yun hanging around him.

"Senior Brother Wei, I was just upset about something, but Brother Lin talked me through it! I’m so much better now!"

Liu Yun stood up and spoke with a smile.

Still, Wei Bufan kept his guard up around Lin Chang’sheng.

"If you’re better, just go back to your room! We’re returning to our Sect tomorrow. After this trip, you see now how many Celestial Prides there are outside? With those weak skills of yours, if your senior brothers hadn’t gone easy on you, you couldn’t even take down a white-eyed saber-toothed tiger!"

Wei Bufan doted on Liu Yun as he spoke.

"Got it, Senior Brother!"

Liu Yun replied, then quickly left.

Wei Bufan glanced at Lin Chang’sheng, but didn’t say more and turned to go.

[Celestial Vault Refining God Art: Perfection!]

Three Hours later, it was now deep into the night, and Lin Chang’sheng had finally maxed out his proficiency in the Celestial Vault Refining God Art.

Waves of insight flooded his mind.

The next instant, Lin Chang’sheng had a clear understanding of how to operate the Celestial Vault Refining God Art.

[Detected: Celestial Vault Refining God Art (Perfection), Refining God Skill (Perfection). Fuse them into a new technique?]

The panel once again popped up a prompt.

The Refining God Skill was something Lin Chang’sheng obtained in the Immortal Relic Land—it was his very first Refining God method.

Back then, it helped Lin Chang’sheng greatly, but by now, it was basically obsolete.

He never would have thought it could actually be fused with the Celestial Vault Refining God Art!