In my twilight years of cultivating, I became a Supreme Daoist of the Longevity Path-Chapter 952

Chapter 952: 383: Please, Mr.

Shou, come out of retirement!

Restart the selection for the Longevity Seed_2 Chapter 952: 383: Please, Mr.

Shou, come out of retirement!

Restart the selection for the Longevity Seed_2 “Perhaps this time, let me replace Junior Sister He on the battlefield first?

After her strength has broken through, it wouldn’t be too late for her to go,” said Dengming.

With these words spoken, no one else made a sound.

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Everyone was well aware of the relationship between Chen Dengming and He Yingyu.

By saying this, Guan Chao obviously wanted to relieve He Yingyu of pressure, to prevent Chen Dengming from being distracted by her on the battlefield, which would not be good for him personally, the overall situation, or the sect.

Chen Dengming could see Guan Chao’s good intentions, shook his head in refusal, and smiled.

“Elder Guan, rest assured, I will make the arrangements.

You focus on guarding our sect,” he said.

He Yingyu also expressed her thanks and chose to decline.

One can help once, but not for a lifetime.

One can avoid once, but not forever.

He Yingyu could not always stay beneath Chen Dengming’s wings.

This woman was once the esteemed Senior Sister of the Changchun Sect, distinguished and vigorous, with countless treasures refined, and her combat power in her realm was among the best.

She did not want to be tucked away in the sect due to her relationship with Chen Dengming while the other elders went to the battlefield, becoming a pretty but useless “vase” to others.

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After the battle against the Counterattack Cultivator Alliance, upon returning to his cave dwelling, Chen Dengming had no more time to rest, preparing to enter the Hall of Human Heart to begin inheriting the Human Immortal legacy.

After all, it had been more than six years since he had last returned to his cave dwelling.

A small reunion surpasses new marriage under such circumstances, so Chen Dengming first took care of his beloved’s emotional and physical state.

Over the past six years, whenever she missed him deeply, she would secretly run to the mortal world to find Chen Dengming, playing out a drama where a fairy descends to care for a mortal old man.

But as the saying goes, no nest of gold or silver beats one’s own dog’s lair; practicing as a maiden in the Longevity Cave Dwelling on Longevity Peak was naturally more comfortable than in the mortal realm.

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Afterward.

The two lay on the Cold Jade Ice Crystal Bed, with He Yingyu’s cheeks blushing beautifully, listening to Chen Dengming discuss future plans and arrangements.

When she heard that Chen Dengming intended to designate her as a candidate for the Longevity Seed, He Yingyu couldn’t help but frown and shake her head slightly.

“Husband, within the Longevity Sect, you were once a Daoist, and if I were to become one as well, even though most disciples would accept it, there inevitably would be criticisms behind the scenes…”

“Haha, Senior Sister, I knew that even if I could handle avoiding favoritism and wanted to give you this opportunity, you would still advise me,” Chen Dengming said, shaking his head helplessly and chuckling.

“But there’s nothing I can do; you still have to take on this role.

Now in the Longevity Sect, even though Huyan Shunbin and Rao Ling have recently advanced to the Golden Core stage, they are only at the early phase, while you are about to breakthrough to the late-stage and the Nascent Soul is soon within reach.

Your potential and talent are also excellent; you were of the same generation as me and Huyan Shunbin among others, and you indeed should have the opportunity to compete for the Longevity Seed.”

Chen Dengming sighed, “I simply can’t, because I was once a Daoist and am now the Longevity Sect Leader, avoid this issue to deny you the chance to compete!

That wouldn’t be fair to you!”

“But…”

He Yingyu frowned, still feeling that this might affect Chen Dengming’s authority, and was about to speak again.

Chen Dengming raised his hand to stop her, blinked, and smiled, “No need to say more, I’m merely giving you a chance to be a candidate, which is what you deserve and your right as a new generation Golden Core cultivator of the Longevity Sect.

However, it doesn’t mean directly giving you the position of Daoist; according to the old rules, you still need to go through the voting stage, strength stage, and talent stage.

To show fairness, I will abstain from casting my vote, but if others are dissatisfied, they are free not to vote for you, and you might not necessarily win the position of Daoist.”

Upon hearing his words, He Yingyu thought it made sense.

The selection of the Daoist in the Longevity Sect is relatively very fair and democratic.

She was troubled so much but might not even achieve the position of Daoist, which seemed overly confident and was like unnecessary worry beforehand.

Seeing that He Yingyu finally accepted, Chen Dengming felt relieved in his heart.

Before the journey of transformation and testing in the mortal world, Chen Dengming had thought of launching a new round of Longevity Seed selection, but it was shelved due to immature timing.

Having the entire sect previously displaced overseas and returning only to face consecutive battles without stability,

although the war is not yet over, the timing has gradually arrived, and the selection for the next generation of Longevity Seed can now commence.

Ye Yong, Guan Chao, Wen Liyan, and other elder Golden Core Elders lack sufficient longevity potential and have dim prospects for advancing to Nascent Soul.

In his time, those Elders were not even eligible candidates, and naturally, the same applied to this generation.

However, He Yingyu was still young.

Even though she practiced the “Life-Shortening Cultivation Enhancement Skill” to improve her Spiritual Root aptitude, she was just over a hundred years old, which was considered very young among those at the Golden Core stage.

Moreover, having a top-tier Spiritual Root, she indeed possessed the potential and qualifications to compete with the newly advanced Golden Core cultivators Huyan Shunbin and Rao Ling for the Longevity Seed within the Sect.

Even so, the current Longevity Sect could only select three candidates, showing a lack of continuity in leadership.

There were originally Tan Siyan and Hua Zhenyu as well.

As a result, Tan Siyan had traveled to the Four Oceans and since then had vanished without a trace, while Hua Zhenyu had already died.

In such a special circumstance, nominating He Yingyu as a candidate could likely burden Chen Dengming with a reputation for nepotism, potentially causing some Longevity Sect disciples to lose trust.

But in extraordinary times, if one still insists on favoring merit over relations, it ironically sacrifices the fairness owed to He Yingyu, and also fails to cultivate the Sect’s best talents.

Thus, after seeking He Yingyu’s opinion, Chen Dengming still agreed to let He Yingyu enter the battlefield.

In the future, if He Yingyu were to compete for the position of Daoist, even being just a candidate, she would need demonstrable and significant accomplishments witnessed by many.

She was not lacking in past accomplishments.

But since Chen Dengming’s status had become increasingly elevated, those around him were, conversely, protected increasingly well by the Sect.

He Yingyu had also not been on the battlefield for a long time, always quietly contributing to the Sect by refining artifacts, thus earning considerable support from many disciples within the Sect.

Chen Dengming patted He Yingyu on the back, “Cultivate in peace.

The selection of the Longevity Seed still requires consultation with other Elders.

Perhaps after the news is released, Tan Siyan will return too, and then you might not be able to compete against him, so you needn’t worry about any pressure on me.”

His mindset had become much more serene and broadened than before.

Before refining his spirit, he had been worried about damaging his reputation and had intentionally wanted to avoid He Yingyu.

Thinking this would be utterly impartial, he did not realize this was actually his greatest selfishness.

Trying to showcase his impartiality by sacrificing his partner’s right to fairness seemed very equitable, but isn’t that true righteousness?

A truly guilt-free person is precisely someone who gives opportunities to the capable.

That of course is just an opportunity; whether it can be grasped also depends on whether the individual truly has the ability.

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He Yingyu was left alone to ponder quietly.

Chen Dengming entered the cultivation quiet room alone, immersed his spirit, and soon transitioned from guarding his heart to being without heart, entering the Hall of Human Heart.

In the grand, vast, and frosty hall.

Streams of silver Dao Force floated down like silver lotuses from the top of the hall.

On either side of the hall, rows of lamps with bright Heartfire were arranged, the Fires within them undulating with different emotions, reflecting each person’s state of spirit.

The figure of Chen Dengming that appeared in the Hall of Human Heart was almost corporeal, his body misted with silver Spiritual Light, resembling Spiritual Rain drifting down, displaying a much stronger spirit cultivation than before.

With such strength of spirit power supporting him, he could stay long in the Hall of Human Heart.

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When receiving the Human Immortal’s inheritance next, he would no longer need to enter and exit repeatedly as in the past, which would be far more efficient.

However, Chen Dengming didn’t immediately proceed to receive the inheritance but, as usual, first observed the Heartfire of Soul Devouring Old Demon, his spirit delving into the other’s spirit.

From this spirit intrusion, he quickly sensed intense pressure and threats.

“Hmm?

Is the Soul Devouring Old Demon gathered with many formidable old monsters?”

Chen Dengming was startled but not disordered, his spirit creating hardly any ripple.

He swiftly activated the Eyes of Spirit, his spirit power manifested as dandelion-seed-like luminescence scattering to reside deep within the Soul Devouring Old Demon’s spirit, observing the situation through the other’s spirit.

This state was like looking at a mirror to observe the surroundings from a distance, not using ‘eyes’ to observe directly, so as not to alert the enemy.

Through the Soul Devouring Old Demon’s spirit, Chen Dengming quickly observed that the other party was actually in a spacious cave, surrounded by numerous formidable figures exuding powerful Spiritual Might, seemingly a chaotic assembly of high-level demon cultivation, conducting some secret meeting…

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