179: Ascend to Immortality

At the dinner party.

Zhang Chulan, Wang Ye, and others were all deep in thought.

That's right, Rootless Life hasn't appeared until now, and there's no other news. Could he have truly achieved Immortal Ascension?

"Bah! How could that scoundrel Rootless Life be worthy?!"

"Something my master, Zuo Ruotong, couldn't achieve back then, he did it? Impossible!"

"A Quansheng villain! Still wants to achieve Ascension? Dream on!!!"

However, Wang Ye thought that Rootless Life's Ascension was highly possible.

Lu Jin sneered:

"I have to say, Rootless Life did indeed bring the Eight Wonders to the eight people among the Thirty-Six Thieves."

"But if you say Rootless Life could achieve Immortal Ascension, he doesn't have that ability."

"The Eight Wonders were comprehended by those eight people! It wasn't taught by Rootless Life."

"Rootless Life was more of a guide."

"He merely gave those people the opportunity to comprehend the Eight Wonders."

"Otherwise, there would be a Ninth Wonder!"

"Think about it, even those who comprehended the Eight Wonders are still far from Ascension."

"Not to mention others, just Lin Yuan, he has so many Eight Wonders, yet he still hasn't reached that step."

Wang Ye could also understand these matters.

"Senior Lu, you're right. Rootless Life might still be a long way from Immortal Ascension."

Similarly, Lin Yuan was also more inclined to believe that Rootless Life had not achieved Ascension.

If Rootless Life could truly achieve Ascension, then he wouldn't have needed to gather thirty-six people to comprehend some Eight Wonders.

Lu Jin frowned.

"Kid, don't you want to experience the Mortal World anymore? Don't want to see this wonderful world? You're just fixated on Immortal Ascension?"

If Zhang Zhiwei wanted to achieve Immortal Ascension, he would understand. In this human world, if Lin Yuan hadn't appeared, he would truly be unrivaled in the current era!

Cultivating for a lifetime, wasn't it all for achieving the Dao and becoming an Immortal?

But how long had Lin Yuan just joined Mount Longhu, and he already wanted to achieve Ascension?

Does he not like Lu Linglong?

"Senior Lu, I truly have no interest in Immortal Ascension. To speak arrogantly, as long as I want to achieve Immortal Ascension, it's just a matter of time."

Lin Yuan's words instantly stunned everyone present.

What arrogance this was!

"Hahahaha! You brat!! Even your master wouldn't dare to declare that he could achieve the Dao and become an Immortal, yet you're the first to say it."

"If in the future you truly achieve the Dao and become an Immortal, remember to call me. I really want to see it."

At this moment, Zhang Chulan suddenly asked:

"Senior Lu, I have a question. Why could Rootless Life gather the elites from various Schools with just a letter?"

"Basically, the brotherhood of the Thirty-Six Thieves was because of Rootless Life. Without Rootless Life, the Thirty-Six Thieves wouldn't have sworn brotherhood."

"To make so many Geniuses willingly abandon their Schools, isn't that a bit too incredible? What kind of person was Rootless Life, after all?"

...Lu Jin immediately snorted coldly:

"Hmph! Rootless Life! He was just a villain! He wasn't a hero, nor was he qualified to establish a School. He was a scoundrel! A black sheep!"

Lin Yuan saw that Lu Jin's lips were still so tight, unwilling to say anything about Rootless Life, so he immediately steered the conversation towards the Eight Wonders.

"Senior Lu, I have a question I want to ask you. Do the people who comprehended the Eight Wonders have any similarities? For example, common points?"

Lu Jin narrowed his eyes.

"Perhaps someone from their School had achieved Ascension before?"

When this sentence was spoken, everyone present, including Ma Xianhong, was startled.

He didn't remember any ancestors of the Ma family achieving Ascension?

Lin Yuan immediately pressed on: "Could it be that Ma Ben Zai's ancestor was the legendary Lu Ban?"

Lu Jin nodded.

"Yes, they do have a connection."

At this moment, Wang Ye finally understood. They had previously thought that those eight people were lucky to have narrowly escaped the pursuit.

But thinking about it, if ten had escaped the pursuit at that time, would ten Wonders have been born?

However, Wang Ye's guess was ultimately proven that even if all Thirty-Six Thieves were present, there would still only be Eight Wonders.

"Tianshi Mansion, Wudang, Shaolin, Shangqing... It's true, the several people who comprehended the Eight Wonders were from the same School as the ascended Sages."

Zhang Chulan fell into contemplation.

"Senior Lu Jin, aren't you curious why the Great Abundance Immortal Master Zuo Ruotong, even after entering the Realm of Reverse Life Threefold, couldn't achieve Ascension?"

Zuo Ruotong was considered astonishing over these past few hundred years.

One of the few in the San Yi Sect who could enter the Threefold Realm.

In this era, Zuo Ruotong was a very strong existence, and the person closest to an Immortal.

But a figure of this level, even after entering the Threefold Realm, did not achieve the Dao and become an Immortal.

Instead, he seemed to have seen through something, achieving great enlightenment, even allowing Rootless Life to use the completely restraining Reverse Life Threefold on him, wanting to test whether this Reverse Life Threefold was truly a path to heaven.

Unexpectedly, he ultimately met with a tragic end where his body perished and his Dao vanished.

Even a figure of Zuo Ruotong's caliber couldn't achieve Ascension, and after entering the Threefold Realm, he found no hope and was driven to despair.

For him, the path to Ascension no longer existed.

But if the path to Ascension truly didn't exist, then how did those Sages over a thousand years achieve Ascension?

How to explain Zhang Boduan's Ascension?

Rather than saying the path to Ascension no longer existed, it's more accurate to say that the path was completely cut off.

Perhaps Rootless Life found the answer, which allowed those eight people to comprehend the Eight Wonders, and then he chose to disappear.

Lu Jin's face instantly darkened.

"Kid... where did you learn all this?"

Rootless Life was Lu Jin's Heart Demon; he wished to grind him to dust day and night.

Zuo Ruotong, on the other hand, was Lu Jin's mentor, also a taboo existence.

Lin Yuan continued:

"None of that is important. I've discovered that the path to Ascension seems to be a very taboo matter. This path might have been passable before, but then someone blocked it, causing it to become a dead end."

As soon as this sentence was uttered, everyone present fell into silence.

Neither Zhang Chulan, Lu Linglong, nor Lu Jin had understood this point.

Lin Yuan continued:

"I've asked many people who possess the Eight Wonders, but honestly, these people have a force within them that is constantly affecting them."

"Immortal Master Lin Yuan, you might indeed be right. That day, the path to heaven became a dead end. My master, Zuo Ruotong, couldn't achieve Ascension, and it might no longer be an issue with Reverse Life Threefold."

"Otherwise, why would he choose to end his own life after his Breakthrough?"

Wang Ye also looked at everyone with a shocked expression. He had indeed never associated the Eight Wonders with Immortal Ascension, so he truly hadn't thought of this point...