BECOMING A WIZARD BY STARTING FROM THE MIND CLOSURE TECHNIQUE

Chapter 760: Chapter 231: Letting Go _2

“Lin Nantian?”

Upon hearing this name, Link couldn’t help but utter a scornful laugh.

How could Link not look into the origins of his identity in this world?

His biological mother Jiang Yuer, who had lived with him for seven years and to whom he owed a debt of nurturing.

His biological father, Lin Nantian in this life, was a total stranger whom he hadn’t even seen face-to-face.

Link sensed the ties of fate and chains that were wrapped around him. They had nothing to do with Lin Nantian.

What this signifies is self-evident.

“The Jiang and Zhong families would be total idiots if they really did this.”

With a sneer on his face, Link said murderously, “Lin Nantian, this man, in his obsession to break through in martial arts, has fallen into madness, devoid of affection and heart. How could he possibly be threatened? Moreover, if the Jiang and Zhong families don’t dare to directly confront Lin Nantian, how could they dare to confront ‘God Spear’ Li Shuwen? I don’t believe it! And, I’m not made of clay. I haven’t sought trouble with the Jiang and Zhong families, and they should consider themselves lucky. If they dare to come, I dare to kill, and I dare to bury!”

Upon hearing these words, Jiang Yuer was extremely shocked, her pupils constricting.

Despite having seen many records and materials about Link’s deeds over the past decade, including videos of him representing Octagon Martial Arts School to fight against those who challenged them.

In Jiang Yuer’s heart, her son was still that innocent young lad who was always helpless yet unable to reject her unreasonable demands.

The cold, murderous and chilling demeanor of the young hero in front of her made Jiang Yuer think that she should reevaluate her understanding of her son.

“Braggart!”

Suddenly, a voice containing extreme fury entered the chamber.

It turned out to be the third Young Master Jiang from Jiang Mansion, Jiang Demiao, who rarely ever set foot in the Qingyun Temple. For some reason, he was now standing outside the chamber.

Link slightly turned his body and looked in the direction of the voice.

After ten years, Jiang Demiao’s face was still radiating fierceness, with his eyes already turning into stern and chilly triangular ones.

Jiang Demiao, with the sword in hand, is full of murderous intent, “I want to see what you have learned from Li Shuwen, to dare to belittle my Tianshui Jiang Clan.”

Having said that, he raised his sword and pointed it at Link, seemingly ready to launch an attack.

“Third brother.”

Jiang Yuer quickly stood up and stood in between Link and Jiang Demiao. With her back turned to Link, she faced Jiang Demiao and cried out with a plea in her voice.

“Mother, don’t worry. I’m not like Lin Nantian, who is heartless. I won’t do something like killing my own relative.”

Before Jiang Demiao had a chance to respond to Jiang Yuer’s plea, Link spoke up first.

As his voice echoed around, Link’s figure had already disappeared from where he stood.

Under the alarmed gaze of Jiang Demiao, he lightly tapped the sword in Jiang Demiao’s hand, leaving a red mark.

“I’m staying at the Four Directions Hotel. If you want to regain face, I am always waiting for you.”

With the sound echo⁠—but not seeing the person—Link disappeared.

The room fell into silence, so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

Immortal Jingxu had closed his eyes and began to chant as soon as Link had entered the room, unconcerned with the ongoing events inside.

Jiang Yuer was staring blankly in the direction of the door, her tears falling like string of pearls.

At this moment, her heart felt as if it was being gripped. She was feeling lost and empty.

No, it wasn’t just a sense of loss. It was a real loss.

She could feel that she had lost her son forever.

The connection between the two of them had come to an end.

It was a strange feeling.

But Jiang Yuer, who was once known as a famous talent in the Human Immortal Martial Path in Tianshui County, became a powerful figure in the Normalization Realm before she was twenty, and earned the title of “Female Sword Immortal,” she knew that this impulsive feeling was not false!

However, a clean break might be better.

So as not to let this complicated relationship affect her son’s future development and Martial Way.

Jiang Demiao, too, stood in the same place without reacting, unable to believe that he had been “instantly killed”.

Why?

Why on earth?

How could he, Jiang Demiao, a peak figure in the Normalization Realm, who used to rule Tianshui County, be “instantly killed” so easily?

He is still looked down upon, by a bastard who despised him the most!

Jiang Demiao suddenly felt a shattering sensation in his Dao heart, his whole person was utterly disoriented.

A moment later,

Jiang Yuer gathered her complex emotions, stopped her tears, and turned to Immortal Jingxu, who remained with his eyes closed, apologetically saying, “Immortal, I apologize for disturbing your peace and that of the temple due to our family affairs.”

“Ah!”

Immortal Jingxu heaved a long sigh, opened his eyes, and gently handed the bamboo stick to Jiang Yuer, saying gravely, “Everything happens as per the Heavenly Will. This sign is unique; it can be considered both good and bad. If the good prediction comes true, it would be like the current moment when Monk Jiang and Monk Lin recognize each other but ultimately separate. If the bad prediction becomes reality, the two monks will still recognize each other, but there would be a calamity of bloodshed. As for whom this calamity of bloodshed will fall upon, I am unable to conclusively predict.”

After pausing, Immortal Jingxu continued to say, “However, based on my calculations, the calamity is likely to fall upon the Jiang Family, and it could even affect the Zhong Family.”

“Thank you, Immortal.”

Jiang Yuer, too preoccupied to think about anything else, paid some respects and then led the still dazed Jiang Demiao away from the quiet room.

Once they were out in the courtyard and a gust of wind blew past, Jiang Demiao regained his senses. His right hand clenched the sword hilt so tightly that the veins on his hand bulged and the hilt shape seemed to distort slightly.

“Third brother, don’t be impulsive. Let’s go home first and wait for our elder brother to make a decision.”

Seeing the situation, Jiang Yuer decided not to persuade Jiang Demiao to calm down directly but chose to approach it indirectly.

“Hmph!”

Jiang Demiao huffed with unwillingness, yet he didn’t argue or immediately head to the Four Directions Hotel to confront Link.

The siblings hurriedly left the Qingyun Temple and returned to the Jiang Mansion.

“Monk Lin, please, have a seat.”

In the quiet room, Immortal Jingxu changed the teacup and filled it with clear tea, inviting Link, who apparently was standing before, to sit down in the empty space.

“Immortal, you have good patience.”

Link took a seat on the cushion of the low couch as instructed and praised.

“Monk, you have skill.”

Immortal Jingxu shook his head, indicating that he was not deserving of such praise, “Such a skill is nearly similar to the narration of various Mysterious Techniques in the scriptures. When I saw it, I was astonished.”

It turned out that Link didn’t actually leave the quiet room, but instead used a deceptive technique.

His duplicate made the illusory action of leaving, while his original presence remained hidden on the very spot, visible only to Immortal Jingxu.

“Oh?”

Upon hearing the words “Mysterious Technique”, Link immediately took an interest and made a request, “I wonder if Immortal could elaborate on the relationship or difference between this Mysterious Technique, and ‘Ancient Witchcraft’, ‘Ancient Shamanism’, ‘Evil Witchcraft’?”

“Of course.”

Immortal Jingxu agreed to Link’s request, contemplated for a moment, organized his thoughts, and then explained leisurely,

“Taoism’s Mysterious Technique, like the ancient ‘Shamanism’, both originated from the veneration of nature and the cosmos.

At that time, the conception of Taoism hadn’t yet formed or even appeared. Those who controlled sacrificial rituals and power were known as Shamans.

A Shaman is a person who communicates between heaven and earth.

Over time, the status and power of Shamans had greatly declined.

To regain their zenith, some Shamans started to reform.

Some sought longevity and used it to establish and develop themselves. This gave rise to ‘Ancient Shaman’ and ‘Shamanism’;

Some advocated the natural principles of Taoism, which led to the creation of Taoists.

Later on, when ‘Ancient Shaman’ faced disaster and ‘Shamanism’ dissipated, some Taoists advocated absorbing the longevity-seeking philosophy of ‘Ancient Shaman’ and the transcendent ‘Shamanism’.

After integration, it became the ‘Mysterious Technique’ of Taoism, also known as ‘Taoist Technique’.

Even later, due to several ‘Witchcraft’ disturbances, Taoism either actively or passively banned the inheritance of ‘Taoist Technique’.

Since then, ‘Taoist Technique’ merely remains as a ‘Mystery’ recorded in the scriptures, with no actual practice.”

Link, seemingly deep in thought after listening, asked, “So, whether it’s Ancient Witchcraft or Evil Witchcraft, in fact, it’s closer to the original ‘Witchcraft’ that the Shamans possessed in the ancient and even prehistoric times, compared to ‘Shamanism’ and ‘Taoist Technique’?”

Immortal Jingxu nodded and said, “The so-called Ancient Witchcraft and Evil Witchcraft, they are all Witchcraft. During ancient and even prehistoric times, human beings were brutish – there wasn’t much room for morality. An important reason for the decline of Shamans was that too many Witchcraft rituals required human sacrifice!”

“That’s highly possible.”

Link agreed quite a bit with Immortal Jingxu’s views, then abruptly asked,

“Was your method of interpreting the sign a Taoist Technique?”

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