Chapter 721 - The Story Of Adviser Chu - II
Lin Mu was stunned by hearing the time for which the old man was stuck there and the struggles he had gone through. Lin Mu compared himself to him and realized that he at least had some people to talk to during the past few years, but Adviser Chu had no one.
He too was blind to the ways of cultivation and had gone through it due to a fortune. But Lin Mu had managed to figure out his own method of cultivation and Adviser Chu had not.
Lin Mu even wondered if the way he figured out his cultivation method could even be replicated or not. Senior Xukong called it the path of the primordial, but Lin Mu didn’t know what that exactly meant.
Though according to senior Xukong, this method of cultivation would allow him to have many paths of progress in the future unlike a lot of cultivators that become restricted to a few avenues of growth.
’With the time that Adviser Chu had he should have been able to learn something about his meridians and cultivation base right? Since he was not able to do it then what was it that made me different?’ Lin Mu couldn’t help but wonder to himself.
Even though he had these questions, he did not ask them and let the old man speak. They didn’t know how long he had and it was better to listen to all his words before asking him more..
~cough~
The old man lightly coughed and took a few breaths before speaking again.
"A lot of us had heard rumors of the Wandering Sinkhole and how it would take away people never to return them. When people encountered it, they had two options. Either to succumb to greed and enter it, or be scared and run away.
~huu~
The old man took a deep breath and rested for a bit.
"What was it that you used to escape the area?" Lin Mu questioned.
"It was a formation array. Making it was a throw in the dark that I tired and it ended up working." Adviser Chu answered.
"I see... but then why didn’t you speak of your experiences in the Sinkhole?" Lin Mu questioned.
If it were him, he would probably learn about everything there and give the answer to the juniors in the world.
~Sigh~
Hearing this, the old man sighed to himself.
"I have seen the sinkhole... while there is fortune there, it is a mere trap. I did not want the juniors of this world to be tainted and thus I never revealed it to the world. All I wanted to do after escaping it was to meet my family.
Alas! They had long since perished, after all, there are no mortals that lived as long as the cultivators. I had gained increased longevity and didn’t even get to share that with my family.
Then the King noticed me and offered me a position after hearing my situation.
A person like me was very useful for the king and thus I was made an Advisers." Adviser Chu explained.