Chapter 142: The Secret of the Snow Mountain Sect

After all these people had entered the room, I could see clearly that they were all from the Snow Mountain Sect, including the one who came out of the highest cave and accompanied my master to wait for me underground—the sect leader, or should I say sect leader?

Everyone from the Snow Mountain Sect who came in was wearing the unique white hemp robes of the Snow Mountain Sect, except for Jenny, who was an exception… But this time she wasn’t cosplaying any image, she was just wearing more fashionable and hot clothes.

Of the people who came in, I didn’t recognize anyone except Jenny and the head of the sect. I could tell that everyone who came in had a tired look on their faces.

But even if they are tired, they cannot hide the powerful aura of this group of people… This is a group of very powerful people. Even if they are not all top-level strong people like Jenny, they are not comparable to me and my master in normal states.

The reason I say normal state is because I have already agreed that my master and I are ‘monsters’ who always burst out with incredible strength in seemingly desperate situations.

Seeing such a group of people come in, I, as a junior, naturally have to be polite… Although I am weak, it is still possible for me to stand up. Thinking about this… how can I still rely on my master and quickly get up from the bed, looking for my shoes and getting ready to stand up.

But while I was still looking for my shoes, the group, including Jenny, the leader, bowed to me all at once… Then they all shouted at me in unison, “Master.”

“Ah?” I was still not able to react, and I was stunned. Even my usually cheeky master was a little embarrassed in the face of this situation, and muttered, “You just used your own strength to save Chengyi, how…”

It was these people who saved me? No wonder I felt so weak and confused when I came out of the cave. It didn’t feel like it had been long ago, and I was able to wake up… Apart from being a little weak, I was fine.

“Knocking on the prayer drum, the person who can walk out of the underground caves of the Snow Mountain lineage is the master of the Snow Mountain lineage… that is, the true head of the Snow Mountain lineage. Even I can only be the deputy head, and in the absence of a true master, I manage the Snow Mountain lineage on his behalf. As long as you are the master of the Snow Mountain lineage, every word of the Snow Mountain lineage must be done, even if it means going through fire and water. This is the ancestral precept. Don’t worry about our lives. From the moment you walked out of the cave, you are the master of the Snow Mountain Sect. We will do our best to save you, and the resources of the Snow Mountain Sect will be used on the master without reservation. We look forward to the master leading the Snow Mountain Sect to reach new heights and new peaks. After saying this, the previous master looked at me with even more respect, as if he had bent even lower.

“We look forward to the leader leading the Snow Mountain clan to reach new heights and new peaks.” As soon as he finished speaking, the other members of the Snow Mountain clan said the same thing, and they also bent their backs even lower.

My master and I were completely stunned… In the end, I didn’t want to be the master of the Snow Mountain Sect at all. My simple hope was that the inevitable battle with Yang Sheng would gain the support of the Snow Mountain Sect, and that I could then suppress the other forces.

Besides, I am a young man with a leisurely cultivation base, and I am still very young among cultivators. How can I lead the Snow Mountain Sect to another peak? Isn’t that nonsense? I just felt a little guilty. After a big battle, the Snow Mountain Sect will probably be weakened a lot.

Thinking this way, I quickly looked up and, without bothering to put on my shoes, went to pull the elders of the Snow Mountain lineage one by one… but they didn’t move at all. I hurriedly explained, “I only knocked the prayer bone because it was an accident. In fact, I…”

“Chengyi.” At this time, Sister Jenny stood up straight, looked at me with some severity, and then took out her flask again and took a sip of wine.

I have great respect for Sister Jenny. The way she looked at me meant that she had something very serious to say to me. I dared not do anything else, and immediately looked at Sister Jenny with the same solemn attitude.

“Huh…” After taking a sip of wine, Sister Jenny let out a long sigh and said to me, “Chengyi, don’t try to get out of it anymore. Do you think that a hidden sect as large as the Snow Mountain Sect would treat its own fate as a game and pass it on to an unreliable hand through a game? Do you still remember the three statues in the mountain gate?”

Jenny looked at me, her expression becoming more and more serious.

How could I forget the three statues in the gate? I’m afraid everyone who has ever been to the Snow Mountain Sect will be impressed… The two monks, although they are only three statues, the majestic and awe-inspiring appearance, and the natural and integrated dashing movements are so lifelike that you can feel a kind of power just from the three statues… a kind of power that is indescribable and close to heaven and earth.

And in Jenny’s words, I remembered the three statues… and suddenly remembered something else in the cave, and immediately turned around and looked for it on the bed where I was sleeping… Fortunately, the copper coin sword that the old man guarding the cave gave me before I entered the cave was still on the bed.

I grabbed the copper sword from the bed and handed it to Jenny, saying excitedly, “One of the three statues is in the copper sword. He is one of the true masters of the Snow Mountain lineage.”

As soon as I finished speaking, everyone in the Snow Mountain Sect stood up and looked at me. They all laughed, and I was confused by the laughter. Then the previous sect leader looked at me and said with a deep meaning: “Since you can still see the ancestor of our Snow Mountain Sect, it further proves that you are the destined person, Jenny. I have to go up first to prepare a grand ceremony to announce to the world that one of the masters of the Snow Mountain lineage has appeared… In addition, the master has consumed too much essence in the cave, and precious medicinal herbs are needed to make up for it in a certain way, so don’t delay for too long, explain as soon as possible, and bring the master up.”

After saying this, the head of the Xueshan lineage was about to leave… but I suddenly remembered something and immediately said, “That… head of the lineage.”

The head of the sect looked back at me helplessly and said, “You are the head of the sect.”

I was a little anxious and scratched my head, saying, “Forget about this for now. I was going to say that if there is a big ceremony, can it be postponed until three days later?”

The head of the sect looked at me meaningfully, and surprisingly, without asking why, he simply said, “Whatever you say, master.” Then he left.

I was relieved. If he had asked why, I would have had a hard time explaining… Thinking about this, I felt a little sad. Daotongzi had said that I could only rely on my own strength to ensure my independence of will for three days, and after three days, the process of integration would inevitably begin… During this process, neither I nor Daotongzi could be independent and complete of will… And after this, I was destined to fail. The one who could survive would definitely be Daotongzi.

In other words, Chen Chengyi only has three days left to be completely in this world, and the rest… Daotongzi will continue to fulfill my unfinished business with my “last wish,” let’s call it “last wish” for now.

Just imagine, how can I waste such precious three days on some so-called grand ceremony?

“Why three days later?” The head of the sect didn’t ask me anything, but my master was worried and asked me… I sighed and said to my master, “Master, three days later, I will definitely give you an answer, so don’t worry.”

The master’s eyes revealed a hint of melancholy… I didn’t want to waste another second of the three days, and I didn’t want to mention such a sad thing again. I quickly turned to look at Jenny and said, “Jenny, tell me about the Snow Mountain lineage.”

Jenny didn’t think too much about it, and looked at me and said directly, “In fact, the person who breaks the prayer drum and walks out of the underground cave is the master of the Snow Mountain lineage… This matter is the legacy left by the three founders of the Snow Mountain lineage… These two conditions, no matter which one is extremely harsh, we don’t think anyone will fulfill these two conditions! But I didn’t think that many years ago, someone with great power would leave behind such words… To put it simply, Chengyi, you are only one of the owners of the Snow Mountain lineage… You see, the Snow Mountain lineage was founded by two masters and one monk… So the new owner of the Snow Mountain lineage should naturally be two masters… And they were born in the great era, and the appearance of each of them was accompanied by a great disaster… And after the two masters appeared, a monk would also appear, and at that time, he would use his boundless power to cleanse the world of certain sins.

I listened to Jenny’s story in a daze… I felt like I was listening to a myth.