Chapter 544 - 543: Supreme Inheritance of the Spiritual Control Sect

Chapter 544: Chapter 543: Supreme Inheritance of the Spiritual Control Sect

To save himself the embarrassment, Ximen Chuihuo could only say respectfully, "Ancestor, your mastery of both pen and sword is unparalleled, your dominance absolute. The poem subtly reveals your grand ambitions. You are a role model for all of us disciples of the Spiritual Control Sect to emulate."

The Old Beggar was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing. "You have a good eye! A good eye!"

Meanwhile, the people listening below were utterly grim-faced.

’Who is this guy? How can he just represent all the disciples of the Spiritual Control Sect?’

’And this grandiose old fool is an Ancestor of the Spiritual Control Sect?’

’Which Ancestor is he?’

The Ximen Couple, however, breathed a sigh of relief.

They knew that person had to be Ximen Chuihuo.

This meant Ximen Chuihuo was truly all right.

That was a relief.

At that moment, the Old Beggar’s voice once again sounded from the heavens: "Do you know of the Duoling Dog?"

The Ximen Couple froze, and everyone else was stunned as well. The Duoling Dog?

’How could they not know about it?’

’What’s the point of asking this?’

’Is this really their forefather?’

Ximen Chuihuo was also taken aback. Then, the function of the All-Things Cut came to mind. He paused for a moment before steeling himself and saying, "I do, but I prefer the Yongxi."

Hearing this, Sect Leader Ximen felt the urge to throttle his son. He trembled with rage. "You insolent brat!"

Lady Ximen was also furious. ’To think he’s still thinking about food at a time like this!’

However, to their surprise, the Ancestor said with great astonishment, "You’ve come into contact with it?"

Ximen Chuihuo nodded. "Yes, thanks to a fellow Daoist."

The Old Beggar then fixed his gaze, seeming to see right through Ximen Chuihuo, and burst out laughing. "Good! Excellent! To encounter this again in my lifetime... This makes my whole life worthwhile."

Ximen Chuihuo was bewildered. For a moment there, he felt as if he had been seen through completely.

It wasn’t just him, but also his Storage Space. Everything inside it had been laid bare before the Ancestor’s eyes.

At this moment, the Old Beggar’s expression suddenly turned serious. "If the Spiritual Control Sect were to face annihilation, what would you do?"

’The topic changed so quickly.’

However, Ximen Chuihuo didn’t hesitate in the slightest. There was nothing to hesitate about. "I would slay our enemies."

The Old Beggar looked at Ximen Chuihuo and continued, "If the world were to fall into chaos, all life to perish, and the Human Race to face extinction... and at that time, someone stepped forward to pacify the lands and slay all the world’s enemies, carving out a clear and bright future for the Human Race...

Would you follow them? Would you go?"

Ximen Chuihuo was stunned. He couldn’t imagine such a scene.

He had no grand ambitions; he couldn’t carry the weight of the world on his shoulders.

But if the world was ending, the Spiritual Control Sect would surely suffer. He would not stand idly by.

This was his home.

He could never abandon it.

Just as Ximen Chuihuo was about to answer, the Old Beggar said, "You don’t need to answer me. It’s enough that you have an answer.

I only want to tell you that if future generations live in peace, it is a peace that our Spiritual Control Sect helped secure.

Our Spiritual Control Sect answered the call. Save for the women and children, we marched out in full force.

We left, never to return.

But we have no regrets.

The Spiritual Control Sect has no cowards who cling to life and fear death."

Ximen Chuihuo was completely stunned. ’If what this Ancestor says is true, does that mean the Spiritual Control Sect was once glorious?’

And...

’The Ancestor really went, back then.’

Although he didn’t know what had happened in the past, based on what was just said, Ximen Chuihuo felt that as the Ancestor was questioning him, he was also reliving those bygone years.

Upon hearing these words, the disciples of the Spiritual Control Sect all puffed out their chests with pride.

That’s right. They had no cowards who clung to life and feared death.

All the combat-ready members of the Spiritual Control Sect were lined up outside the sect’s grounds.

For no other reason than to buy time for the younger generation.

As long as the Spiritual Control Sect’s legacy endured, whether in glory or in decline, they would strive for those people, to bring a glimmer of possibility to the future of those disciples.

What of life, and what of death?

They were fearless.

Just then, the old man spoke once more, and this time, his words stunned everyone: "Our Spiritual Control Sect possesses a Supreme Inheritance. Do you want it?"

The Spiritual Control Sect’s Supreme Inheritance?

Let alone the ordinary disciples, even Sect Leader Ximen had no idea. What was this Supreme Inheritance?

He had never heard of it.

But that mountain peak was left behind by the Ancestor, so it was possible it held a true inheritance.

"To command all the Spirit Beasts in the world and attain the Dao at the Spirit Peak... Do you want it?" the Old Beggar asked again.

Ximen Chuihuo fell silent. He didn’t want it, because he didn’t need the true inheritance of the Spiritual Control Sect.

He wanted to walk his own path.

It might be foolish, it might be arrogant, but he disliked a path that constrained him.

Finally, Ximen Chuihuo shook his head. "I don’t want it."

"Insolent brat!" Rage burned in Sect Leader Ximen’s heart.

’This is the Supreme Inheritance of the Spiritual Control Sect, an inheritance no one has ever been able to obtain!’

’Couldn’t he have just humbly accepted it?’

Lady Ximen was furious as well. ’This child lacks discipline.’

’His usual fooling around is one thing, but to still be messing around at a time like this...’

The other disciples were also astonished. ’He’s giving up the Supreme Inheritance?’

’Is this guy an idiot?’

But they had no idea who he was.

Just when everyone thought Ximen Chuihuo was going to miss out on the inheritance, the Old Beggar laughed. "If we were of the same era, I would want to take you as my disciple.

A pity that’s no longer possible."

The Old Beggar looked up toward the distant horizon and finally asked, "How do you find this world?"

Ximen Chuihuo didn’t understand, but he nodded in the end. "It’s very good."

"Then from this day forward, strive for the Spirit Peak. Forge your own path and become the eternal dawn of the Spiritual Control Sect. All the Spirit Beasts in the world are yours," the Old Beggar said with a smile, looking at Ximen Chuihuo.

Ximen Chuihuo didn’t understand.

But this time, the Old Beggar said nothing more as their figures began to fade.

Everyone in the Spiritual Control Sect saw them disappear, but no one knew if that disciple had ultimately received the inheritance.

It seemed he had not.

When Ximen Chuihuo returned to the edge of the pond, he found the Old Beggar was gone.

He still didn’t understand. Had he received the inheritance?

"There is no Supreme Inheritance," Duan Qiao said suddenly.

Ximen Chuihuo was taken aback. "No Supreme Inheritance?"

Duan Qiao nodded. "Yes. Or if you prefer not to see it that way, then understand this: the Supreme Inheritance is having no inheritance."

* * *

"An inheritance with no inheritance is the same as leaving him with infinite possibilities.

You may look a bit old, but you’re not the least bit muddled. Ximen Chuihuo has his own path. To restrain him would be to ruin him," Jiang Zuo said as he walked down a road.

At that moment, an Old Beggar was walking beside Jiang Zuo, gnawing on a piece of Yongxi Flesh.

He chuckled. "This junior isn’t half bad. To think he has so much Yongxi Flesh. I can die without any regrets. Back in my day, it was incredibly difficult to get even a single piece."

That’s right, the Old Beggar had come looking for Jiang Zuo.

Although Jiang Zuo didn’t know what he wanted, he had come, and since he was here, Jiang Zuo would simply let things play out.

"I sensed your aura on the All-Things Cut, fellow Daoist. I was wondering if you might be interested in joining the Spiritual Control Sect?" the Old Beggar asked.

"Get to the point," Jiang Zuo said flatly.

’This man definitely isn’t here just to recruit someone.’