Chapter 1518 — Destruction Before Rebirth! "So Hatred Has Its Benefits Too?" Zhang Naipao Said in Surprise.
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"There you have it? If I had told you before, and you had gone and let yourself be crippled on purpose, you might even have thanked the man in your heart and laughed in secret. Where would the hatred be?" The Sect Leader said: "That is why I did not tell you, and instead let you join the trial and leave all to fate! Ah, you must know, in my heart I was even more anxious than you!"
"So that is how it is. I understand now!" Zhang Naipao said, somewhat moved: "Master, you have been too good to me!"
"You are my proudest disciple, the pride of my sect. Of course I must treat you well!" The Sect Leader said: "But if you wish to step onto a higher plane of martial arts, do not be hasty for revenge. To hold hatred in your heart will drive you to grow!"
"But I promised Brother Liang... to avenge him and wash away his shame as soon as possible!" Zhang Naipao said, suddenly torn.
"You may torment him often, but do not kill him. That way you will vent your anger, and the hatred in your heart will never fade." The Sect Leader said: "Do you know that once you step into the Heaven level, both your lifespan and your strength will rise greatly, and you will have the chance to enter the Heavenly Dao in pursuit of eternal life!"
"That is a fine idea!" Zhang Naipao pondered for a moment and nodded. Although avenging Zhong Yongliang was the purpose for which he had come to learn the arts, now that he belonged to his master's sect, his master's words carried as much weight as Brother Liang's. This was a fair compromise, one that would both vent Brother Liang's anger time and again and let him raise his strength. Surely Brother Liang would be glad to have a powerful man under him!
"Well, I have told you all that must be said. You may now go and open the second-level cultivation method in the jade box!" The Sect Leader said: "Then you may shut yourself away to cultivate. I will trouble you no further. I wish you swift mastery of the second-level method!"
"But... with all my strength gone, can I cultivate the second-level method directly?" Zhang Naipao asked, puzzled.
"What you have lost is only strength, not the heart method. Your heart method and your strength are separate!" The Sect Leader said: "Remember, your heart method is an ancient heart method, different from that of ordinary cultivators. Your present level in the Chrysanthemum Manual remains at the great perfection of the first level, so you may go directly to cultivate the second level!"
"I understand!" Zhang Naipao nodded, then rose to take his leave, and presently vanished from the Sect Leader's sight...
And the Sect Leader, gazing after Zhang Naipao's departing back, murmured to himself: "Naipao, I hope you will not disappoint me! You are the disciple of our Tomorrow After Tomorrow Sect most likely to break through the Heaven level and enter the Heavenly Dao. I hope that at the Heaven-level Gathering you can win a good place for us!"
On Ice Snow Spirit Mountain, the sky was gradually brightening, and Zhao Qilei stretched himself with a lazy yawn, having plainly slept well: "With Brother Ling, the number one Mystic at our side, I sleep soundly. Even back in my clan I never felt so at ease!"
"..." Yu Bing was left speechless. Was that flattery not laying it on a bit thick?
"Sycophant!" Yang Qiqi snorted, with some disdain for Zhao Qilei.