As soon as Mo Wuji stepped onto the duel stage, Bei Suting fixed her gaze on Yan'er. Of all the people here, only Yan'er knew Mo Wuji. Although she had learned various things about Mo Wuji from Linglong, she had never actually met him.
Yan'er nodded calmly. "Sister Suting, his name is indeed Mo Wuji, and he did come from Wentian School."
The words Mo Wuji had spoken to her when they met flashed before Yan'er's eyes.
"That's right, it's me. Yan'er, don't you remember anything from before?"
"Brother Mo, although I don't remember the past, my master told me to remember your kindness. If you hadn't saved me, I might have died long ago."
"Brother Mo, this little bit is my token of appreciation. Although I know it's nothing compared to your life-saving grace… Please don't dislike it…"
"Yan'er, if you want to know about your past memories, I can tell you."
"Brother Mo, my senior sister told me that the reason I cultivate faster than others now is because my heart is pure and clear, without any distractions or impurities. If I knew too much about the past, I might lose this cultivation speed. But I'm still very grateful to you, thank you."
"Thank you for your gift, Miss Yan'er. I'll put it away… Actually, there's not much to remember from the past, and I've almost forgotten it myself. Let's leave it at that. If Miss Yan'er ever encounters any difficulties in the future, you can still come to me, Mo Wuji. In my heart, I'll always be your elder brother."
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A kind of emotion that could not be explained flashed deep inside her heart, as if a needle had pricked the deepest part of her heart, and then everything returned to calm.
"Yan'er, what's wrong?" Bei Suting felt Yan'er's abnormality at that moment and immediately asked.
Yan'er shook her head. "Nothing, just suddenly felt a bit strange."
Bei Suting fell silent, and after a while, she said, "Yan'er, maybe you're right. The reason you cultivate faster than others is indeed because you have no distractions. But sometimes cultivation isn't just about simply improving your cultivation level…"
Yan'er suddenly asked, "Sister Suting, my master told me that after I reach the Spiritual Building stage, as my cultivation level gets higher and higher, my past memories will slowly and completely dissipate. I'm already at the sixth level of the True Lake stage, does that mean I'll have no chance to recover my memories?"
She wasn't a fool and naturally knew what Bei Suting wanted to talk to her about last night. Although Bei Suting temporarily gave up, she knew what it was about.
Bei Suting shook her head. "The vast universe has too many things we don't know. Don't even talk about you being in the True Lake stage. Even if you truly become a Human Immortal or even an Earth Immortal, as long as you still have an obsession in your heart, you can recover your memories. If you have no obsession in your heart, even if you never cultivate, you still won't recover your memories."
"I have an obsession in my heart…" Yan'er murmured to herself. She felt her own obsession. When she was with Senior Sister Jinwen, she listened to Senior Sister Jinwen's words every day, forgetting all trivial matters, just to cultivate frantically. Cultivating wholeheartedly without distractions was the concept that Senior Sister Jinwen instilled in her. In fact, she did make rapid progress in cultivation because of this concept.
But after being with Sister Suting, she was also influenced by Sister Suting's ideas. Sometimes cultivation wasn't the only thing, there were many things more important than cultivation.
Her thoughts were slowly changing. Was it because of Sister Suting?
No, Yan'er quickly shook her head. Her thoughts didn't start to change after being with Sister Suting, but after meeting that rogue cultivator 2705.
That rogue cultivator used his own body and life to block the crisis that killed her, allowing her to slowly understand that besides cultivation, there was also a kind of indescribable feeling.
"Remember to cultivate hard and live hard…" His voice was dry and hoarse, like a traveler who had been alone in the desert for a long time, lonely and isolated.
For no reason, Yan'er's nose felt a pang of soreness, and two teardrops swirled around the edges of her eyes. Since she started cultivating, this was the first time she had such feelings. She was thinking about that rogue cultivator 2705. She didn't know him, but he gave up his life to save her. Before he left, he also told her to cultivate hard and live hard.
She didn't quite understand this sentence before, but until today, after experiencing several life-and-death situations, she understood how much blood it took to exchange for his words. There was no doubt that when she saw him, wasn't he just staggering out of the siege of countless extraterritorial cultivators? Before he left, didn't he save her life again? How long had they known each other? Yet twice, death had brushed past her because of him.
On the stage, Mo Wuji's figure gradually became blurry because of the obstruction of tears. A strange rogue cultivator 2705 could use his own life to block a killing blow for her. But she, in order to simply improve her cultivation and maintain a state of no distractions, was unwilling to accept her past memories and unwilling to find out who Mo Wuji was to her.
Is cultivating wholeheartedly without distractions that important? What if that Mo Wuji had also been kind to her?
Compared to that rogue cultivator 2705 who saved her life, she was an ungrateful and emotionless cultivation tool.
"Yan'er, are you really okay?" Bei Suting felt that Yan'er was becoming more and more abnormal.
Yan'er shook her head. "I'm really okay, Sister Suting. If I want to recover my past memories, what do I need to do?"
Bei Suting was slightly stunned, then immediately understood and stroked Yan'er's hair. "Yan'er, actually, it's right for you to want to recover your memories. Throughout history, I've never heard of a strong person who blocked their memories being able to step into a higher level. Memories, whether good or bad, are all part of your cultivation. I call this mental cultivation. If you hadn't taken the initiative to bring it up, I wouldn't have told you these things."
Cultivating without distractions is fast, but I don't think a cultivator without even inner demons can go far in the future. Inner demon cultivation is an indispensable part of cultivation. Only by having inner demons and overcoming them can one understand more and go further."
"I understand, Sister Suting." Yan'er nodded.
She didn't understand what the rogue cultivator 2705 said back then. After experiencing countless things and those life-and-death situations, she now understood what it meant to live hard.
"It's not difficult for you to recover your memories either. After I advance to the Human Immortal Realm, I'll take you to the Immortal Doctor Valley to find San Yisheng. I've heard that there are no patients he can't cure. In the True Moke Continent, he is the most powerful Immortal Doctor." Bei Suting said.
Yan'er hummed in agreement and focused her gaze on the duel stage.
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At the edge of the duel stage, the cultivator responsible for announcing the names saw that Mo Wuji and Yan Yangdong were already standing on the duel stage, retreated, waved his hand, and loudly announced, "Duel begins!"
Yan Yangdong slowly turned the ring in his hand, and a Fang Tian Halberd appeared in his hand.
As soon as the Fang Tian Halberd came out, it caused a burst of screams.
To be honest, among cultivators, there were not many who used such spiritual weapons as the Fang Tian Halberd. On the contrary, in the mortal world battlefield, many generals liked to use this weapon.
Yan Yangdong had an ordinary appearance with a square face. But holding the Fang Tian Halberd, dressed in a starry sky cultivator's uniform, standing on the duel stage, he did indeed look imposing and awe-inspiring.
At least this presentation could earn him a lot of points.
Mo Wuji stretched out his hand, and the Octagonal Iron Hammer appeared in his hand. He didn't move immediately, but waited for Yan Yangdong to make a move.
Yan Yangdong didn't make a move immediately either, but looked at Mo Wuji and smiled faintly. "Do you know why I challenged you to a duel? A lowly woman is not worth me doing this, but your death will help me a lot. I've decided to let you die with dignity."
Mo Wuji sighed inwardly. As expected, not everyone was like Pang Qi. He wouldn't now, and Yan Yangdong obviously wouldn't either.
"I guess you won't tell me, because if you tell me and then die, I'll spread it out." Mo Wuji said lightly.
Yan Yangdong laughed loudly and said in a low voice, "Your attempt to provoke me is not bad, but I just fell for it. I'll tell you, the reason I want to kill you is because you're unlucky and actually stepped onto the Starry Sky Rankings. Do you know what rewards my family will give me as long as I get on the Starry Sky Rankings or kill someone on the Starry Sky Rankings? You'll never know…"
As Yan Yangdong spoke, his figure had transformed into more than a dozen, and the sky full of halberd shadows completely enveloped the entire duel stage. The halberd shadows came one after another, like endless autumn leaves being swept away by the autumn wind, continuous and relentless, yet carrying the chilling aura of autumn.
The onlookers under the duel stage began to scream. As expected, this halberd technique was worthy of coming from the Yan family. Where could ordinary cultivators display such powerful and chilling halberd shadows?
As soon as Yan Yangdong's halberd shadows came out, Mo Wuji felt the true strength of this guy. He was neither at the fourth level of the True Lake stage, nor the fifth or sixth level that Chu Qianlou guessed. This guy was definitely at the ninth level of the True Lake stage.
That oppressive aura, coupled with the halberd shadows, turned the space around the duel stage into a space of death. Those below the stage might not see it very clearly, but Mo Wuji, who was in it, deeply felt its terror.
No wonder this guy could kill a Void God level one. I'm afraid that even Void God level three would have difficulty exerting their true strength in Yan Yangdong's halberd shadow space. He dared to challenge himself because he knew he would definitely win.
Mo Wuji snorted, and the Octagonal Iron Hammer directly rolled up a wall of Yuan Force shields. If you want to kill him, you have to have a good set of teeth.
"Boom boom boom!" The halberd shadows bombarded Mo Wuji's Yuan Force shields, tearing out cracks and exploding the space.
A sneer appeared on the corner of Yan Yangdong's mouth. As expected of a rogue cultivator, he didn't even have a magic technique. Relying on this kind of hard power to build a Yuan Force wall to resist his halberd shadows was like quenching thirst with poison.
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