I just want to torture you to death, don't force me to beat you to death

Chapter 546: Familiar Segment of Selling Hardship

"Senior, I am suffering."

The old man's mouth twitched. What does your suffering have to do with me?

"Senior, you don't know how I've been living these years. I almost didn't see you."

The old man fell silent.

"Senior, I am a disciple of Shanzong. You may not know this, but I was hunted by many people. Thinking back on the journey, it was a mixture of blood and tears. Fortunately, the sun always comes after the storm. Today, I am able to meet you, senior. All the suffering I have endured is finally worth it."

"Stop!"

The old man could no longer remain silent. He felt that if he continued to remain silent, this boy would probably claim that he was his descendant.

What are you talking about?

"I am not from the Shan Sect." The old man said calmly.

Chu Ning was stunned for a moment, then said: "It's okay if you are not from Shan Zong. I feel a sense of familiarity when I see you. I think you know me, Shan Zong."

This time the old man did not deny that he did know someone from Shan Zong.

"The people from the Shan Sect that I know are two extremes from you. How could the Shan Sect produce a disciple like you?"

This time it was Chu Ning's turn to twitch his lips, but then Chu Ning's expression became serious: "Senior, do you think that I am shameless, or do you think that I don't have the integrity of a Shanzong disciple?"

The old man didn't say anything, his silence was the answer.

"You are right, senior. I am indeed different from other seniors in Shanzong. But I also want to be a disciple of Shanzong with integrity. I also want to be upright and not flatter others... But if I did that, I would have been wiped out a thousand years ago."

"I come from a small world. Back then, a senior from the Shan Sect offended many powerful people from other sects in the small world. When I was still in the Golden Core Realm, I was hunted down by the Nascent Soul Realm. When I entered the Nascent Soul Realm, I encountered a God Transformation Realm powerhouse. After going through untold hardships, I entered the God Transformation Realm, but was wanted by a Void Realm powerhouse again."

"I am not afraid of death, but since I have inherited the Shan Sect's legacy and as a Shan Sect disciple, I don't want to die in such a cowardly and meaningless way. At least I hope to die after fulfilling Shan Sect's aspirations."

Chu Ning's narration was very calm, but the old man looked at Chu Ning deeply. He knew very well that if what this kid said was true, then this kid's path of cultivation was indeed a life-and-death journey.

"Before I started practicing, I was just the son of a farmer. Do you know what a farmer is?"

Seeing Chu Ning's expectant eyes, the old man originally didn't want to pay attention to him, but finally nodded.

"At that time, I was lucky enough to be noticed by a wealthy businessman, who sponsored me to study martial arts. Senior, you know about martial arts, right?"

"Get to the point!" the old man snorted coldly.

“Okay, then I’ll tell you the main point.” Chu Ning shrank his neck, and then continued: “At that time, there were seven students in the martial arts hall who came from poor families like me. The other students were all dressed in silk and satin, with beautiful jade rings around their waists, and ate delicious food…”

"What kind of delicious food can mortals have?" the old man said disdainfully.

"For monks, delicacies of mortals are nothing, but for the younger generation at that time, they were out of reach. These wealthy students could spend a year's expenses on a single meal."

"The other six students from poor families have their own pride and do not flatter in the academy. Because they have no money, the kitchen of the martial arts hall cannot afford the food, so they can only eat the food they bring. In order to eat food that can improve physical strength in the martial arts hall kitchen, the younger generation does groceries, mops the floor, washes clothes, and carries water for those rich students..."

"In the eyes of the rich students, the juniors are just like the servants in their families, while among the six students from poor families, they despise the juniors and are unwilling to associate with them."

"However, when the martial arts school was finished, the junior won first place in the martial arts school competition, while the six poor students all failed to meet the martial arts school assessment requirements and dropped out."

"If the younger generation does not humble themselves and maintain their so-called pride, the final result will be like those students, dropping out of the martial arts hall halfway, getting married and having children, struggling to make a living, and finally becoming lost in the crowd."

"Senior, do you think I am wrong to do this?"

Facing Chu Ning's question, the old man said calmly: "That's right." He understood why the boy in front of him was so different from the people from other mountain sects.

Like the man from the Shan Sect he knew, he had a distinguished family background, acted magnanimously and was full of pride, but the kid in front of him came from a humble background, and in order to survive he flattered others, and his character developed into this.

This is not the fault of humans.

"Forget it. I won't bother with you about the bait."

Hearing the old man's words, Chu Ning heaved a sigh of relief, and then curiously asked: "Senior, is the bait you mentioned the ray of light?"

He didn't encounter anything special since he stepped into the space vortex. He just remembered seeing a light in front of him and walking towards the light, but he didn't know how he ended up here.

The most likely thing to be the bait is that light.

"Yes."

"Senior, your bait is quite special. I didn't notice anything."

Chu Ning sounded somewhat helpless, and the old man just snorted. You have to know that this bait was condensed by him using the Tao rhyme, and even if he made a batch of bait, it would take him several years.

However, he would not tell the boy in front of him about the bait.

"Forget it. I will send you to the Heaven Realm."

The old man swung his fishing rod, and Chu Ning, like a fish on a hook, instantly flew towards a certain direction in the void.

Chu Ning felt violent energy fluctuations in the surrounding space, and everything was hazy and he couldn't see anything clearly.

The old man blinked his eyes slightly, and in his right eye, there was a mountain that supported the sky. This mountain hung upside down in the void, and no one knew what it was.

But the next moment, in the old man's eyes, mountain fog surged out and covered the mountain peak.

"Since you have swallowed my bait, I will give you a chance to learn karma. It depends on whether you can grasp it."

The strange vision in the old man's eyes disappeared, and he swung the fishing rod in another direction.

……

……

In the void, Chu Ning heard the old man's voice: "Boy, if you don't want to die, use the Mayfly Transformation."

Chu Ning was stunned. The reason for his stunnedness was not because the old man knew that he could transform into a mayfly, but because in front of this old man, he had a feeling that his whole body was seen through.

Even if this person is not a celestial-level strongman, I'm afraid he is not far off.

The reason he was stunned was that he was thinking about whether to listen to this person.

In a flash, Chu Ning made a decision and followed the old man's words. There was no need to go through so much trouble if the other party wanted to harm him.

Using the Mayfly Transformation ability, all the energy in Chu Ning's body was released to the surroundings at this moment.

Three breaths later, a transparent mayfly soared in the void, flying in the direction of the light, and finally disappeared in the circle of light.

"Boy, this opportunity is given to you. Let's see if you can seize it."

The old man closed his eyes again, and the circle of light disappeared into the darkness.

(End of this chapter)