Menyatunya Hukum Langit dan Bumi
Bab 7190: Menantang Gerbang Dao Setara Langit
“Saat Dao Surgawi berubah dan hukum langit dan bumi menyatu, aku ingin melihat apakah Long Chen sang pewaris sembilan bintang mampu bertahan di gerbang menuju sembilan langit.”
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Di dalam Sekte Dao Setara Langit, Feng Xinglie yang berlumuran darah sedang berlutut di hadapan Qi Yunao. Qi Yunao berdiri dengan tangan di belakang punggung, bahkan tidak menatap muridnya. Suasana sangat mencekam.
“Guru, aku terlalu lemah...” ujar Feng Xinglie perlahan.
Tanpa menoleh, Qi Yunao menampar wajahnya dengan punggung telapak tangan. Feng Xinglie terlempar, darah memancar dari mulutnya.
“Terlalu lemah? Sampah! Masalahnya kau bodoh! Berani mempertanyakan gurumu!” bentak Qi Yunao dengan marah.
“Guru, aku tidak berani...” Feng Xinglie langsung pucat.
“Tidak berani?! Lalu bagaimana wanita itu membuatmu kehilangan kendali atas emosimu hanya dengan beberapa kata? Dia mengacaukan Hati Daomu tanpa usaha sama sekali!” Qi Yunao berbalik dan mengangkat Feng Xinglie ke udara seperti anak ayam.
“Guru... ampunilah aku...”
Feng Xinglie memohon ampun. Dia bisa merasakan kemarahan Qi Yunao.
Ketakutan di wajahnya membuat Qi Yunao menarik napas dalam-dalam dan melepaskannya. Feng Xinglie jatuh seperti karung kentang, gemetar di bawah tekanan aura Qi Yunao.
Qi Yunao menghela napas dengan kecewa. “Anakku, kau benar-benar bodoh yang tak bisa disembuhkan...”
“Guru...”
“Wanita itu sangat kuat. Wajar saja, karena dia adalah pemilik Kecapi Iblis Langit. Seperti yang dia katakan, dia kuat bukan karena Kecapi Iblis Langit; justru karena dia kuat, Kecapi Iblis Langit mengakuinya sebagai tuannya. Kau harus tahu bahwa saat item ilahi primal chaos muncul, tak terhitung ahli langsung mengincarnya. Tapi pernahkah kau perhatikan? Pemilik Kecapi Iblis Langit punya basis kultivasi rendah tanpa latar belakang, namun tak seorang pun mencoba merebutnya. Kau tahu kenapa?”
Feng Xinglie menggeleng. “Mohon maafkan kebodohanku, Guru...”
“Karena Kecapi Iblis Langit adalah satu-satunya item ilahi primal chaos yang akan melahap tuannya jika mereka tidak cukup kuat!”
“Kalau begitu, maksudmu wanita jalang itu bisa dilahap kapan saja?” Feng Xinglie terkejut.
“Sepuluh item ilahi primal chaos lahir dari sembilan langit dan sepuluh tanah. Asal-usulnya sangat misterius. Ada banyak legenda yang tak sepenuhnya bisa dipercaya. Namun, Kecapi Iblis Langit pastilah yang paling misterius dan paling jahat di antara semuanya. Berdasarkan catatan sejarah yang kita miliki, lebih dari tiga puluh tuannya berakhir dilahap olehnya. Dan semuanya adalah ahli termasyhur! Itu pun hanya yang tercatat. Tak ada yang tahu berapa banyak yang dilahap tanpa tercatat sejarah. Itulah mengapa Kecapi Iblis Langit selalu dijuluki senjata pembawa petaka.”
Qi Yunao menoleh kembali ke Feng Xinglie. “Aku tidak memberitahumu ini karena kupikir dia akan mati besok. Aku memberitahumu ini untuk mengajarkanmu agar jangan meremehkan siapa pun. Meski kau berbakat, kau belum mencapai level untuk membuat salah satu dari sepuluh item ilahi primal chaos menginginkanmu sebagai tuan. Jadi, kau juga seharusnya tidak terlalu kecewa atas kekalahan ini. Mampu berdiri kembali setelah kalah adalah jalan yang benar!”
Mendengar itu, Feng Xinglie merasa lebih baik. Mengingat kembali, dia memang terlalu sombong. Dia mengira dirinya sudah melampaui semua jenius lain di dunia. Bahkan saat menghadapi pemilik item ilahi primal chaos, dia merasa biasa saja. Wajar jika dia kalah.
Dia berlutut dan bersujud dengan tulus. “Guru, aku mengerti kesalahanku! Karena aku telah merusak rencanamu kali ini, hukum aku sesukamu!”
Qi Yunao mengangguk. “Kekalahan itu sebenarnya bukan hal buruk bagimu!”
Feng Xinglie malu. “Tapi aku merusak—”
“Dan aku sepenuhnya memperkirakan kau akan merusaknya. Akan lebih mengejutkan jika kau menang. Faktanya, jika kau melawan Long Chen, peluangmu untuk menang tidak lebih baik!”
“Guru...”
Feng Xinglie benar-benar terkejut mendengarnya. Dia tidak bisa menerimanya. Tapi itu keluar dari mulut gurunya, dan dia sekarang tahu untuk tidak meragukan kata-kata seperti itu.
“Tidak ada jalan lain. Lagipula, aku yang telah merintis jalan untukmu sejak awal. Kau jadi sombong, dan Hati Daomu tidak stabil. Tidak pernah harus berjuang itu tidak baik. Meski kekuatanmu secara teknis mungkin lebih besar dari Long Chen, dia punya pengalaman tempur yang luar biasa dan sangat terampil menangkap kelemahan musuhnya. Dan kelemahanmu semuanya terlalu jelas! Itulah mengapa wanita itu bisa dengan mudah menuntun hidungmu. Itulah mengapa kau kalah!” kata Qi Yunao.
Feng Xinglie mulai berkeringat. Baru sekarang dia menyadari betapa dia telah meremehkan Zi Yan. Bahkan sekarang, dia masih marah dan kesal atas kekalahannya. Dia merasa seharusnya bisa menang. Dengan kata lain, pengaruh Zi Yan padanya belum sepenuhnya hilang; bahkan ingatannya tentang kejadian itu terpengaruh olehnya.
Sekarang dia benar-benar mengerti betapa mengerikannya Zi Yan. Tanpa bimbingan Qi Yunao, Zi Yan akan menjadi benih iblis di hatinya. Kekalahan ini mungkin menjadi bayangan yang tak akan pernah bisa dia tinggalkan seumur hidup.
Melihat ekspresi Feng Xinglie, Qi Yunao mengangguk. “Itulah kekuatan mengerikan para kultivator musik. Mereka bisa menggunakan musik untuk memandu jiwa, dan orang bahkan tidak akan menyadari bahwa mereka telah jatuh ke dalamnya. Jika efek sampingnya tidak segera ditangani, akibatnya akan parah.”
“Aku mengerti bahwa selalu ada langit di atas langit! Selalu ada yang lebih kuat!” kata Feng Xinglie dengan hormat.
“Selain itu, masih ada satu belenggu lagi di hatimu. Hari ini, gurumu akan membantumu melepaskannya. Aku telah merintis jalan untukmu, tapi itu tidak membuatmu jadi bonekaku. Dao Agung itu seperti gunung, dan gurumu hanya bisa membantumu mencapai titik tengah. Aku menunjukkanmu jalan yang aku lalui di masa lalu agar kau bisa mencapai titik yang sama dalam waktu lebih singkat. Untuk jalan setelahnya, aku tidak bisa membantumu; kau harus menempuhnya sendiri. Ke mana dan sejauh apa kau melangkah, itu terserah padamu. Tapi aku percaya dengan berdiri di bahuku, kau akan melihat jalan yang mengarah jauh ke masa depan!”
“Guru, aku layak mati atas dosa-dosaku...” Feng Xinglie menangis dan bersujud berulang kali. Baru sekarang dia menyadari betapa keras gurunya bekerja untuknya. Tahun-tahun keraguannya akhirnya terjawab.
Qi Yunao mengangguk. “Karena keraguanmu telah hilang, aku akan memberimu volume ketujuh dari Kitab Dao Setara Langit. Dalam sepuluh hari, ketika Long Chen datang ke sini, kau harus membalas penghinaan yang telah kau derita!”
“Aku tidak akan mengecewakanmu, Guru!” sumpah Feng Xinglie dengan khidmat.
Akhirnya dia layak mempelajari volume ketujuh dari Kitab Dao Setara Langit. Sesuatu yang hanya bisa diakses oleh kepala sekte!
Setelah Feng Xinglie pergi dengan volume ketujuh itu, sesosok figur baru muncul di ruangan itu. Dia menatap ke arah yang ditinggalkan Feng Xinglie.
“Kau pikir dia benar-benar bisa melakukannya?”
“Heavens, the moment Long Chen comes out of seclusion, he challenges the Heaven’s Peer Dao Sect?”
“Before going into seclusion, he was able to sweep through the Immortal Ascension Gate’s joint army at just the sixth Heavenstage. Now he’s at the ninth Heavenstage. I wonder how strong he is now...”
“His aura is incredibly powerful. It’s also very condensed, which means he still has complete control of his power after three breakthroughs. As expected of the one acclaimed as the number one genius of the nine heavens!”
“This time there’s going to be a good show! Feng Xinglie wanted to show off while Long Chen was in seclusion, but he was beaten by fairy Zi Yan. As for fairy Zi Yan, she didn’t even use the Heavenly Devil Zither! I’m really looking forward to seeing how Long Chen pays them back for this visit. Ten days from now, the entire Sovereign Emperor Heaven is probably going to be shaken!”
News quickly spread thanks to these spectators, and the uproar spread far and wide through the Sovereign Emperor Heaven.
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Within the Heaven’s Peer Dao Sect, the bloodied Feng Xinglie was kneeling before Qi Yunao. Qi Yunao had his hands clasped behind his back and wasn’t even looking at his disciple. The atmosphere was frightening.
“Master, I was too weak...” started Feng Xinglie through clenched teeth.
Without looking back, Qi Yunao slapped him in the face with the back of his palm. Feng Xinglie was sent flying, blood spraying from his mouth.
“You were too weak? To hell with that! The problem is that you were stupid! You dared to question your master!” shouted Qi Yunao angrily.
“Master, I wouldn’t dare...” Feng Xinglie instantly turned pale.
“You wouldn’t dare?! Then how did that woman make you lose control over your emotions with just a few words? She threw your Dao-heart into disorder with no effort at all!” Qi Yunao whirled back and lifted Feng Xinglie into the air like a chicken.
“Master... spare me...”
Feng Xinglie begged for mercy. He could feel Qi Yunao’s anger.
His terrified appearance made Qi Yunao take a deep breath and let him go. Feng Xinglie collapsed on the ground like a sack of potatoes, shivering under the pressure of Qi Yunao’s aura.
Qi Yunao sighed with disappointment. “Child, you really are incurably foolish...”
“Master...”
“That woman is powerful. It’s only natural since she is the master of the Heavenly Devil Zither. Just as she said, she is not strong because of the Heavenly Devil Zither; it is because she is strong that the Heavenly Devil Zither recognized her as master. You should know that when one of the primal chaos divine items appears, countless experts instantly set their sights on it. But have you noticed? The master of the Heavenly Devil Zither has such a low cultivation base and no background to speak of, yet no one has tried to take it from her. Do you know why that is?”
Feng Xinglie shook his head. “Please forgive my ignorance, Master...”
“It is because the Heavenly Devil Zither is the only primal chaos divine item that will devour its master if they are not strong enough!”
“Then, you mean that bitch might be devoured at any moment?” Feng Xinglie was startled.
“The ten primal chaos divine items were born from the nine heavens and ten lands. Their origins are extremely mysterious. There are many legends that can’t be completely believed. However, the Heavenly Devil Zither is definitely the most mysterious of them, and also the most evil. Based on the historical records we have, more than thirty of its masters ended up devoured by it. And every single one of them was an illustrious expert! Furthermore, these are only the ones in our records. Nobody really knows how many others were devoured without reaching the history books. That is why the Heavenly Devil Zither has always been acclaimed as a weapon of misfortune.”
Qi Yunao turned back to look at the kneeling Feng Xinglie. “I am not telling you this because I think she’ll die tomorrow. I am telling you this to teach you that you shouldn’t underestimate anyone. Although you are talented, you still haven’t reached the level of making one of the ten primal chaos divine items want you as master. So you also shouldn’t take your loss this time too badly. Being able to stand again after losing is the proper path!”
Hearing that, Feng Xinglie felt less bad about his loss. Thinking back to it, he really had been too arrogant. He had thought he was already completely beyond all the other geniuses of the world. He had felt that way even facing the master of a primal chaos divine item. It was quite normal for him to be defeated.
He got to his knees and kowtowed sincerely. “Master, I understand my mistakes! Since I ruined your plans this time, please punish me as you see fit!”
Qi Yunao nodded. “That loss actually wasn’t a bad thing for you!”
Feng Xinglie was ashamed. “But I ruined—”
“And I fully expected you to ruin it. It would have been surprising if you’d managed to win. In fact, if you were to fight Long Chen, your odds of winning wouldn’t be any better!”
“Master...”
Feng Xinglie was truly shocked to hear that. He couldn’t accept that. But it was coming from his master’s mouth, and he now knew better than to doubt such words.
“There’s no way around it. After all, I paved your path for you from the start. You’ve gotten arrogant, and your Dao-heart is unstable. It’s not good to never have to struggle. Although your power might be technically greater than Long Chen’s, he has immense combat experience and he is most skilled in grasping the weaknesses of his enemies. And your weaknesses are all too obvious! That’s why that woman was able to easily lead you by the nose. That’s why you lost!” said Qi Yunao.
Feng Xinglie began to sweat. Only now did he realize just how badly he had looked down on Zi Yan. Even now, he was still angry and resentful over his loss to her. He felt that he should have been able to win. In other words, the influence Zi Yan had left on him had yet to completely disappear; even his memories of what had happened was affected by her.
Now he truly understood just how terrifying Zi Yan was. Without Qi Yunao’s guidance, Zi Yan would have been a devil seed in his heart. This defeat might have become a shadow he could never walk out of in this lifetime.
Seeing Feng Xinglie’s expression, Qi Yunao nodded. “That is the terrifying power of music cultivators. They can use music to guide the soul, and people won’t even realize that they have fallen for it. If the aftereffects are not dealt with in time, the consequences are severe.”
“I understand that there is always a heavens beyond the heavens! There is always someone stronger!” said Feng Xinglie respectfully.
“In addition, there is one more shackle in your heart. Today, your master will help you undo it. I paved the path for you, but that does not make you my puppet. The Grand Dao is like a mountain, and your master can only help you reach the midpoint. I showed you the path I walked in the past so that you can reach the same point in a shorter time. As for the path beyond that, I cannot help you; you must trek it on your own. Where you go and how far you go is up to you. But I believe that by standing on my shoulders, you will be able to see a path that leads far into the future!”
“Master, I deserve death for my sins...” Feng Xinglie wept and kowtowed repeatedly. Only now did he realize how hard his master had worked for him. His years of doubts were finally resolved.
Qi Yunao nodded. “Since your doubts have been settled, I will give you the seventh volume of the Heaven’s Peer Dao Scripture. In ten days, when Long Chen comes here, you must take revenge for the humiliation you have suffered!”
“I will not disappoint you, master!” swore Feng Xinglie reverently.
He was finally qualified to learn the seventh volume of the Heaven’s Peer Dao Scripture. This was something only the sect master had access to!
Once Feng Xinglie left with the seventh volume, a new figure appeared in the room. He stared in the direction Feng Xinglie had left in.
“You think he can really do it?”
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