Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 334 : 333 past Immortals

Zhou Bai and his companions, followed by Kong Chan who was listening to their conversation, a look of helplessness flashed across his face. Seeing Zuo Dao reaching for the meat again, he quickly coughed and said, "Can you guys stop ordering meat? Beihai City isn't that well-off either."

When Zhou Bai and the others turned their heads and looked towards Kong Chan, hearing what he had said, Qian Wangsun was the first to exclaim, "You monks still want to eat meat?"

"Heavenly Dao is twisted, and Heavenly Demons have descended, there are no more strict rules and precepts," said Kong Chan.

Zhou Bai smirked, "It's just a few pieces of meat, so stingy..."

Looking at the pile of large bowls several meters high, Kong Chan said helplessly, "The cafeteria auntie asked me to come and tell you guys that if you keep eating like this, you'll drive her to a breakdown. At the very least, leave some for our own students."

"Sigh," Zhou Bai said helplessly. "Alright, alright, we won't order any more dishes then." At the same time, he glanced at Kong Chan and said with some surprise. "You are easier to talk to than I expected from your usual demeanor."

Zhou Bai couldn't help but recall Kong Chan in the arena. If the Kong Chan in the arena had a divine Buddha-like aura, with a hint of demonic madness, now this Kong Chan looked just like an ordinary bald college student, plain and friendly.

Hearing Zhou Bai's words, Kong Chan shrugged his shoulders and said, "If your spirit is constantly strained, your sea of consciousness will become too tense, and a cultivator is too prone to become distorted. In combat, forget both self and the external world; in life, be approachable. The balance between the two is my cultivation philosophy."

"You make sense." Looking at the unmoving Kong Chan, Zhou Bai asked, "Do you have something else to say?"

Kong Chan casually took a chair and sat down. "Let's chat; we're going to be seeing a lot of each other in the future anyway."

Zhou Bai, "What do you mean?"

Kong Chan said, "The true purpose of the tournament among the Four Great Taoist Schools is to select the most elite students from each to be fully trained by the schools.

Although you came out on top, talents like Jian Hui and me will not be cast aside. I reckon we'll be gathered together for intensive cultivation."

After finishing, Kong Chan also conveyed with a voice transmission, "Zhou Bai, you offended Ming Yue the Immortal this time. Though we found it satisfying to watch, not every human agrees with what you did. You should be careful, not only of potential retaliation from Ming Yue but also from some petty people."

"I know; thank you."

After chatting for a bit more, greeting Qian Wangsun, Zuo Dao, and Zheng Wentian, Kong Chan left with a smile, while Zhou Bai and the others finished eating and returned to their rooms to rest.

On the way back, Zhou Bai encountered Zhao Shouyi, who called him aside for a talk.

The two came to a rooftop location in the underground space, and as Zhao Shouyi looked at the crowded and chaotically arranged buildings below, he reflected and said, "Because Beihai City is built underground and the space is limited, expanding the space is tens or hundreds of times more difficult than on the surface.

Thus, most of the buildings here maximally utilize the space, giving a claustrophobic feel everywhere.

In this crowded, stifling underground space, there are problems like air quality, sanitation, waste disposal, lighting, and so on.

Only places related to cultivation such as training rooms or arenas occupy a vast area of space. But this further reduces the space available for civilian facilities.

And in an underground city fraught with environmental issues, the people of Beihai City have been living for nearly a hundred years."

It was as if a mouse, terrified, hid in its hole to avoid a cat, staying there to save on the costs of maintaining a protective barrier, using the saved resources for the production of cultivation materials.

A sigh escaped him, and Zhao Shouyi turned to look at Zhou Bai behind him. This year's competition among the Four Great Taoist Schools had stunned countless people with Zhou Bai's performance, which also brought Zhao Shouyi many questions; for a moment, he wasn't even sure which question to ask first.

Shaking his head, Zhao Shouyi chuckled, "When you were fighting Cang Ming in the ring, you used the Water-Pig Black Curse, right? Where did you learn that Daoist technique?"

'Here it comes.' Zhou Bai had a premonition, knowing that Zhao Shouyi would eventually ask this question, so he immediately offered the explanation he had prepared earlier: "I learned it from Doctor Zhuang's original Daoist scripture. Is that technique famous? I thought it was a unique creation by Doctor Zhuang, and I saved it as a secret weapon for the competition between the schools."

"Zhuang Yan?" As soon as he thought of Zhuang Yan, Zhao Shouyi felt an unfathomable depth.

Though the original Zhuang Yan might as well be dead, the man was indescribable as neither alive nor dead.

Although his clones were weak in cultivation and in strength,

the things Zhuang Yan had done, just the small fraction Zhao Shouyi and his associates knew of, were already shocking and unbelievable.

If Zhuang Yan had been able to find the Heart Demon's Water-Pig Black Curse and even improve the practice hidden within the original Daoist scriptures, Zhao Shouyi believed it possible.

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Understanding this, Zhao Shouyi asked another question, "By the way, the affair with the Immortal Ming Yue, was it your doing?" He stared intently at Zhou Bai, as if trying to discern every minute shift in his facial expressions.

But Zhou Bai had no intention of hiding this matter. After all, his ability had been revealed to Lv Chongyang and others during the battle with Le Zhenzi.

So Zhou Bai nodded, and Zhao Shouyi sighed deeply, "That was too reckless of you. It's a good thing Beihai City had Monk Yin Hai from Leiyin Temple and other seniors there to hold off Immortal Ming Yue. You must never do something like this again.

Don't directly confront the Celestial Court, it's too easy to suffer a loss."

Zhou Bai nodded and took the opportunity to ask a question he had been contemplating for a while: "Principal, didn't the Elder say that Immortal Ming Yue has always supported our Three Pure Dao Sect within the Celestial Court? Why would she act this way?"

Zhao Shouyi sighed, "She indeed did support us in the past, ardently backing the Three Pure Dao Sect. It wasn't just her, many immortals were very supportive and kind towards humans... But ever since the Heavenly Dao became distorted, and increasingly more so, the situation has gradually shifted."

Zhao Shouyi now recalled decades ago, when Immortal Ming Yue visited the East Dao School; she even lectured students, taught classes, guided teachers and high-ranking officials in their cultivation, imparted Daoist techniques, and initiated donations of resources from the Celestial Court.

Back then, Immortal Ming Yue was so gentle, so kind, treating humans as if a senior treating their own grandchildren.

When exactly did things start turning out like this?

"Originally, the True Gods of the Celestial Court treated humans with an aloof attitude, as if they were ants to be looked down upon. But the immortals, they were never like this. Some of them might have been a bit distant, but most had a decent relationship with humans.

Especially since many immortals originally came from sects, they had even better relations with the Four Great Taoist Schools; some immortals even had blood relatives in the sects before they ascended."

Zhao Shouyi lamented, "But in the recent decades, things have deteriorated rapidly; fewer and fewer immortals support humans, and their attitude towards humans has undergone a 180-degree change. Although there are still conflicts between immortals and gods, they aren't united. Yet, their attitudes towards humans are no longer that of treating their own kind."

Zhou Bai voiced his confusion, "Why would this happen? Could it be the distortion of the Heavenly Dao affecting the immortals' minds?"

"The reasons are not yet clear; this remains a direction actively under investigation for us over the years, and we can only be sure that there must be some unknown change that has occurred among the immortals."