Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times-Chapter 498 - 192: "Only those who fear death deserve to live." _2

Chapter 498: Chapter 192: “Only those who fear death deserve to live.” _2

“There’s no need to worry.”

“Everything is going according to plan.”

“Of course—”

“To be on the safe side, quickly return home now, swiftly gather the entire family, young and old, and hold a grand feast under the guise of ‘Celebrating Chen Qiu’s Breakthrough into Divinity Transformation.’ If Chen Qiu truly follows the ledger of gifts and arrives.”

“I refuse to believe that, with us in this servile appearance, he would have the heart to kill us?”

“But for the sake of caution, I will handle this matter at home; you stay outside and lay low for the moment.”

“I am not afraid to die,” the young man said softly, looking at his father.

The Cao Family Patriarch gently stroked the back of the young man’s neck: “As your father, my journey from being a Loose Cultivator to reaching the Middle Stage of Divinity Transformation was made possible by the word ‘humility’ which is easy to say but hard to achieve.”

“Ordinary people, in their weakest moments, do anything to survive—even drink cow urine, let alone kneel and beg for mercy.”

“But once they advance in their Cultivation, like reaching Nascent Soul or Divinity Transformation, they bear burdens.”

“Suddenly, they’d rather die than kneel.”

“Despite acknowledging their fears so many times on their journey, once they achieve success and fame, flattered by many, they suddenly feel their pride matters more than their life. Based on my experience, those who claim they are not afraid of death usually don’t live long.”

“Only those who fear death deserve to live; they have enough reverence for death.”

“For instance—”

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The Cao Family Patriarch suddenly pulled out a waterskin from his robe, took several big gulps, and then, with a light laugh, handed the stinking waterskin to his son: “Currently, as a Middle Stage Divinity Transformer and head of the family, I am a figure who could suppress anyone in any province across the upper and lower Nine Heavens.”

“Yet I can still drink cow urine without changing my expression.”

“Can you?”

“This is the difference between you and me; even if Chen Qiu really comes, I can make myself humble enough, but you can’t, you don’t want to see yourself or your father bending low.”

“You might act impulsively due to some bizarre ‘cannot bear to see father humiliated’ notion and rush to your death, thereby dooming the entire family.”

“Can you drink this cow urine?”

“…”

The young man looked at the stinking waterskin handed by his father and after a long silence, he chuckled, “Father, I bet the waterskin doesn’t contain cow urine and you’re just using it to make a point.”

After saying this,

he grabbed the waterskin and gulped down its contents; after three swallows, he quietly put down the waterskin and spat the liquid out, his expression impassive: “It’s really cow urine.”

“This is the difference between us.”

The Cao Family Patriarch laughed as he took back the stinking waterskin and drank another three mouthfuls without changing his expression, then looked toward the Three Springs Building and said sentimentally: “One day, I will die, and the Cao Family will ultimately be yours to lead.”

“There isn’t much I can teach you.”

“This is the first point.”

“No matter how high your Cultivation, you should never harbor the bizarre ideas of preferring to shatter your body than to break your pride; only by living can you do more things.”

“Even if it means drinking urine?” the young man said, his stomach churning as he frowned.

“Yes, even drinking urine.”

The Cao Family Patriarch paused and then could not help laughing, showing off the mechanism of the waterskin.

“And the second point I’m teaching you is,”

“Sometimes, you don’t actually have to drink urine; it’s enough just to make others think you are. It’s not the act of drinking urine that matters, but the attitude that’s important.”

“Think it over.”

“Despite being just a Loose Cultivator once, I’ve climbed to where I am now, and there are many highlights you could learn from me. For now, I’ll take you to a close friend of ours. I will wait at home for three days; if Chen Qiu doesn’t show up, I will bring you back.”

“If I die,”

“you might as well change your name and surname.”

“After all, the surname Cao isn’t that great-sounding.”

“…” The young man said quietly, “I will have my revenge, I will find a way to join the Chao Tian Sect and strike Chen Qiu fatally at a critical moment.”

“Don’t be silly.”

The Cao Family Patriarch, with a poignant look, patted his son’s head: “Your misplaced confidence is quite adorable at times, but with your talents, how could you possibly join the Chao Tian Sect.”

“If you truly want revenge,”

“then find a straw doll, write Chen Qiu’s name on a piece of cloth, and wrap it around the doll. Stab it a thousand times a day, and perhaps after a few thousand years, you might manage to curse Chen Qiu to death.”

“But…” the young man was somewhat puzzled, “if you are so pessimistic, father, why even go back? Couldn’t we abandon the Cao Family and wander the world?”

The Cao Family Patriarch paused for a long while before he shook his head helplessly and said softly,

“The hardest thing in this world is to align knowledge and action.”

“I naturally know how to avoid potential dangers and how to survive, but… the Cao Family is ultimately built by me. There’re my family, my friends, my roots.”

“I can’t bear to leave.”

“When I was young, I could submit to the enemy just to survive.”

“But now that I am older, if there’s a chance, I’d still want to try and save them; at the very least, I can meet death with them. Sometimes, it’s really difficult to align knowledge and action.”

…

In the Heavenly Palace above the Nine Heavens of the Xuantian Continent,

Chen Qiu was currently leaning on the Heavenly Mechanism Umbrella, standing at the center of the Heavenly Palace, looking at the newly erected two statues.