Chapter 1115 - 1215: Nothing Must Happen

Because the time spent in seclusion was too short, just a few days of cultivation were simply not enough.

It's like this time Ye Tianfan made progress, it took him three days to progress by one-thousandth; to progress by twenty to thirty percent, he would need a much longer seclusion, at least a few years, and to progress even more, it would take several decades. To achieve earth-shattering progress, it would take dozens to hundreds of years.

So, in cultivation, years seem to pass without notice. There's even a possibility that after you come out of seclusion, your former friends have already passed away from old age. Their children and grandchildren might have already turned into graying elders. Thus, some say that cultivators are heartless. It's not that they are heartless; it's because if they value emotions too much, by the time they come out of seclusion, all their friends might have already died, and those whom they could once share drinks with would be nowhere to be found, leaving them only to offer respects at their graves.

Of course, this only pertains to the mortal friends of cultivators. Cultivator friends wouldn't face this situation unless one goes into seclusion for decades, during which the other cultivator friend might die in battles with others. That's a different matter.

These last few days, the Taichu Sect Leader watched as Ye Tianfan wished he could split a day into two to study the Chaos Treasure Lotus Flower. Secretly, he wondered if perhaps the pressure on Ye Tianfan was too much.

Although the Taichu Sect Leader did not assign any task to Ye Tianfan, nor asked him to kill those creatures beyond the walls, Ye Tianfan himself aspired to improve and thus had high expectations of himself. Moreover, only Ye Tianfan's Chaos Treasure Lotus proved to be the best method to swiftly kill these creatures beyond the walls.

Thus, Ye Tianfan placed such great pressure on himself, wanting to independently kill an extra-dimensional creature, and after killing one, be able to kill another without falling into exhaustion.

Sometimes, seeing Ye Tianfan put so much pressure on himself, the Taichu Sect Leader felt a bit pained—such a good disciple, where else could one find?

Some cultivators, when they first start cultivating, are extremely curious about it, hence they work very hard. However, after frequent cultivation, they find their progress slow, and some start to give up, believing no matter how hard they try, they cannot surpass the genius. While some continue to strive hard, due to talent limitations, no matter how they push themselves, they still fall short compared to the geniuses, resulting in more people giving up and fostering some resentment. Gradually, those willing to work hard become rare.

Moreover, some with high talent progress equivalently with just a brief cultivation session, as others would in a week or even a month. Thus, some start to become arrogant, believing their talents could easily put them at the top of the pyramid with just a little bit of effort, neglecting the term "effort." Gradually, they also become lax and stop taking cultivation seriously.

A person like Ye Tianfan, who is both highly talented and holds himself to high standards, while also diligently cultivating, is indeed very rare. This is why the Taichu Sect Leader thinks highly of Ye Tianfan. After all, having such a highly talented and diligent disciple is the luck of the entire sect. Hence, the Taichu Sect Leader always thought highly of Ye Tianfan, hoping he would inherit Taichu Sect and become the new Leader of Taichu Sect.

When it comes to cultivation, the Taichu Sect Leader can guide Ye Tianfan and answer his queries. However, Ye Tianfan is currently researching the Chaos Treasure Lotus, about which the Taichu Sect Leader has no knowledge, and thus cannot offer any help to Ye Tianfan.

Thus, the Taichu Sect Leader can only have Zhi Chu Realist refine some pills for Ye Tianfan, to replenish his energy and spiritual power.

This is currently the only thing the Taichu Sect Leader can do to help Ye Tianfan, while Ye Tianfan also didn't ask for much else, just consistently researching his Chaos Treasure Lotus, striving to reduce his spiritual power output as much as possible, even if it means increasing spiritual power output.

After all, Ye Tianfan can resolve issues related to spiritual power, whereas he has no way to address the limitations of spiritual power. Currently, there are scarcely any methods available to enhance spiritual power quickly, nor are there means to replenish it.

Therefore, Ye Tianfan can only solve this issue by reducing his mental power. Otherwise, after eliminating a single extra-dimensional creature, Ye Tianfan would end up collapsing in exhaustion right there.

At that time, anybody would speculate about what Ye Tianfan just did, and after Ye Tianfan collapses from exhaustion, the energy shield created by the Chaos Treasure Lotus would surely disappear. With Ye Tianfan collapsing in exhaustion, and the energy shield created by the Chaos Treasure Lotus vanishing, others could easily deduce that Ye Tianfan is the true master of the Chaos Treasure Lotus.

Yet, Ye Tianfan didn't want to expose himself prematurely as the owner of the Chaos Treasure Lotus. Ye Tianfan knew once he was exposed, numerous troubles would ensue, troubles that could not be resolved in a short period. During that time, Ye Tianfan couldn't casually venture out; if anything unexpected happened, the Chaos Treasure Lotus would end up with a new owner. The change of ownership isn't so important, but crucial is if something happens to Ye Tianfan, it could potentially lead to a world war within the cultivation world.

If something unexpected happens to Ye Tianfan, the Taichu Sect will definitely go berserk, and once the Taichu Sect does, no sect will escape this war.

Hence, nothing must happen to Ye Tianfan. If something happens to Ye Tianfan, it is not just his personal affair but also involves the entire cultivation world unless Ye Tianfan dies by his own recklessness, giving Taichu Sect no excuse to flare up, thus avoiding a world-scale war.

However, whoever kills Ye Tianfan will still face retaliation from the Taichu Sect, but this retaliation won't be public—only in secret. After all, publicly it would appear that Ye Tianfan brought about his own death; thus, the Taichu Sect can't retaliate openly, only secretly.

Even if other sects discover the Taichu Sect's actions, they won't interfere with the secret retaliation nor will they broadcast it. Unless the Taichu Sect's actions are exposed by a large number of people, only then would they join in condemning the Taichu Sect, demanding an explanation.

Otherwise, everyone prefers to turn a blind eye because, if it were their issue, other sects would react similarly. After all, losing a painstakingly nurtured seed disciple, who is also the future sect leader successor, would make any sect explode.