Steadily becoming a saint, the immortal officials hired me to tend the horses

Chapter 868: Chapter 860: Li Ya’s Destiny

Gu An walked through the mountains and forests with An Xin, who followed behind without asking, her eyes full of anticipation.

Suddenly.

The environment before An Xin’s eyes changed abruptly. She found herself in a vast heaven and earth, walking with her master along a cliff. In the celestial vault hung remnants of clouds, red twilight reflecting on the sky, the undulating mountains and earth majestic and magnificent, with huge bones scattered all over the landscape.

It was not the first time she experienced her master’s Tengnuo Step Technique, but she was shocked every time.

She couldn’t see through it at all, couldn’t sense any signs, which made her sigh in her heart about the gap between herself and her master.

Even with the Immortal Emperor’s Eye, she couldn’t see through her master’s divine skills.

“Next, you and I will transform into nameless cultivators to eradicate the evil ways of this realm. I permit you to use the Immortal Emperor’s Eye,” Gu An walked ahead, speaking.

Upon hearing this, An Xin’s eyes brightened.

Her Immortal Emperor’s Eye could only be used during sparring with Wushiji Disciples. But those sparrings were always stopped quickly, she had never felt the limits of the Immortal Emperor’s Eye.

“Master, where is this place?” An Xin quickened her pace, came alongside Gu An, and asked softly.

Her gaze turned to the distance, seeing enormous stars floating at the horizon, as if they might collide with this heaven and earth at any moment, creating a strong visual impact.

“This is a Great Thousand World once ravaged by Immortal Gods. I came yesterday, but haven’t completely cleared the evil demons of this realm yet,”

Gu An replied, then put forth a few requirements, forbidding An Xin from using the Dao Treasure, preferably only using the Immortal Emperor’s Eye to solve enemies.

Though constrained, An Xin’s fighting spirit rose.

To fight using only the Immortal Emperor’s Eye?

Just thinking about it made her somewhat impatient.

And so, Gu An led An Xin to continue plundering life spans, leaving the fighting to An Xin, but when she was about to slay the enemy, he quietly intervened, personally finishing the enemy.

His mana was very concealed, even An Xin’s Immortal Emperor’s Eye couldn’t capture it, making her think she was truly the one who slew the evil demon.

It wasn’t until dusk that Gu An took An Xin back to Wushi.

The next morning, he wandered with An Xin inside the Daoist Field of the Beginningless, picking mature medicinal herbs.

No matter how many millions of years passed, the master still maintained such habits, making An Xin full of admiration in her heart.

As her cultivation level grew stronger, let alone planting or picking medicinal herbs, she even found managing disciples troublesome, fully delegating to her apprentices. She felt the gap between herself and her master was not only in cultivation level but also in mentality.

This unwavering Dao Heart was what she truly should pursue.

After picking the herbs, Gu An then leisurely took An Xin to that Great World.

The following days were essentially like this, going out during the day to slay demons and return by evening, many Wushiji Disciples glimpsed their figures, though with much speculation, none could guess what they actually did.

…

On a moonlit night, the moon was bright with sparse stars, meteors occasionally streaked across the sky.

On a hillside, Li Ya sat before a bonfire, roasting a huge pig leg, with dozens of boys and girls squatting nearby, all drooling as they watched the roasted pig leg. They didn’t dare to speak, fearing to disrupt this beautiful scene.

Li Ya, watching their expressions, only felt amused.

He coughed softly, saying, “Hurry up and cultivate, don’t waste time. What if we encounter demons tomorrow, and I die under their claws, what will you do?”

Upon hearing this, the boys and girls scattered, each sitting cross-legged to cultivate, although their eyes occasionally glancing at the roasted pig leg.

They were really hungry, it had been a long time since they smelled such a meat fragrance.

Li Ya also felt sour in his heart.

He felt he was so fortunate, born in the peaceful era of the Celestial Spirit Great World. Even when encountering a celestial calamity, there was Junior Brother Gu to avert disaster. Yet when looking at the children of this realm, whose parents were all gone, living in fear and peril, even if he rescued them, he could only protect them for a moment, not a lifetime.

He couldn’t always shelter these children, because he still had to save more lives.

He turned his eyes to the bonfire, seeing his own face within the flames.

“Li Ya, Li Ya, you traverse the heavens, experiencing countless hardships, you’ve been carefree and at ease, but what do you really seek? At least Junior Brother Gu always protects his world, while you wander everywhere, what exactly do you want?”

Li Ya asked himself in his heart, this was a question he often pondered upon entering.

Seeing the devastating hardships brought upon the world by Immortal Gods, yet unable to stop it, unable to even tell the suffering masses the truth, he felt he was thinking and worrying about too much, like a headless fly, saving the sufferers but unable to change the phenomenon. There would always be people suffering, even though he kept doing this, he lacked any influence relative to the vast Heavenly Dao.

Li Ya lost in thought, reminiscing about his past life.

The more he pondered, the colder his heart felt.

For a long time.

A timid voice reached him: “Senior… the meat is charred…”

Li Ya snapped back to reality, focused his sight, and indeed the pig leg was charred. He immediately drew his sword, starting to cut the roasted meat for the children.

The children took the roasted meat, disregarding the heat, and began to eat it. Suddenly, sounds of gasping for cool air rose one after another.

Li Ya watched amusedly, and for some reason, he suddenly wanted to establish a sect, to take these lone children to save more people.

One person’s strength was limited, but what if more people aided?

These children would carry hatred throughout their lives, without his guidance, perhaps they would embark on a path of irreversible destruction.

No, that can’t be right!

Why must it be a sect?

Li Ya thought of the Daoist Emperor and Primordial Dao Emperor on the Path of the Great Dao.

If all Daoist Emperors united, what kind of power would that be?

Perhaps not necessarily weaker than the Celestial Court!

He could take disciples, but not establish sect rules, he wished to gather like-minded individuals.

If so, then what would his principles of journeying through the world and cultivation philosophy be?

Li Ya fell into deep thought once again.

Unbeknownst to him, on a distant mountain top were two people watching him, precisely Gu An and An Xin.

An Xin, with the Immortal Emperor’s Eye open, was observing Li Ya’s destiny. She could clearly see the changes in Li Ya’s destiny, which surprised her.

“Master, what kind of opportunity has Elder Li Ya gained?” An Xin couldn’t help but ask.

Gu An looked at Li Ya from afar, chuckling, “No opportunity, but his state of mind has had a breakthrough, he’ll soon walk a new path. In the dark, cause and effect will resonate, influencing his destiny.”

An Xin’s Immortal Emperor’s Eye could see things even Innate Golden Immortal found hard to capture, like the destiny on Li Ya. This destiny was not postnatal fortune, it could grow with one’s cultivation level and momentum. It was innate original destiny, difficult to capture, representing a person’s limit, also known as Celestial Mandate.

Upon hearing Gu An’s words, An Xin seemed to have an epiphany and also fell into contemplation.

Gu An, looking at Li Ya, was similarly contemplating his own path.

The path of a Saint was certainly not fixed; everyone should have their own path to sainthood.

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