Emperor’s Domination - Chapter 3246

Chapter 3246: Chapter 3246: Seven Arts

The stone road stretched from one side to the other of the village, ending with a training ground paved with granite . It looked coarse but was made with care . Each piece was large and durable .

Weeds could be seen to the sides along with farm tools . Thus, this place was most likely used as a drying field .

Thirty to fifty children were sitting randomly there . Nonetheless, each looked quite attentive .

The youngest was around five or six with the oldest being ten or so . They were earnestly breathing in and out . One would be surprised to see this at a regular village .

Their instructor was Liu Fuyou who had a stern gaze on right now . He walked around and would fix any child who was cultivating incorrectly .

He was the only cultivator who could teach the children . This added to his prestige .

“Keep working hard, the sect examination is coming soon . Being eliminated then meant no more chances, you’ll have to stay here and work on the farm then . If you want to fly like immortals and see how vast the world is, don’t stop!” Fuyou loudly encouraged after seeing some of them slacking off .

His commanding voice earned him the title of Thunder Dragon Liu .

The distracted ones immediately focused; their eyes turned bright after thinking about the examination and being able to fly like immortals . They breathed in and out as instructed .

After all, this was their chance to leave the village . Bad results would lead to being removed by the sect, meaning that they would need to become farmers like their parents .

Li Qiye watched without entering, judging each child before ending with Liu Fuyou .

He only smiled and shook his head, deciding to leave instead of participating .

It didn’t take long for him to finish touring the small village . Nevertheless, he enjoyed this moment - listening to the birds from the forest, watching the farmers at work and their animals .

Make no mistake, this lifestyle wasn’t easy . However, they still had relative peace and didn’t have to shoulder a heavy burden for millions of years .

These mortals didn’t actively care about the survival of the world, the dark existences, or the final battle… These things were too distant and removed from their ordinary lives .

Thus, as a mortal, Li Qiye decided to enjoy this short moment of leisure and threw the rest to the back of his mind .

He sauntered during what might be the most leisure moment of his life . He occasionally stopped to look at the flowing spring, completely immersed in the act .

Remember, he has seen plenty of magnificent and beautiful scenes before . Alas, he still found an ordinary spring interesting enough .

He eventually made it to the entrance of the village . There existed a tablet originating from an unknown period . Moss grew on it, nearly covering the words .

He came closer and saw that it was a mental incantation consisting of a few hundred characters . Next to each line was an explanation .

He shook his head after reading for a bit . A sense of familiarity started to rise .

“You know the All-things Mantra?” Someone asked as he was about to leave .

It was Liu Fuyou whose voice could be heard from so far away .

He turned around and smiled: “All-things?”

Fuyou stared at him and nodded then glanced at the tablet: “Yes, it is one of the seven most common mantras, also known as Seven Laws of the Golden Age or Laws of the Blessed . ” [1]

Of course, this tablet wasn’t special because these seven laws have spread all over Eight Desolaces . One could find them in any bookstall on the street . They weren’t considered cultivation secrets at all .

The first cultivators in the village carved one of the seven laws here hoping that the descendants could embark on the path of cultivation . Later on, they could read this and learn even without a teacher .

In current days, the disciples from the big sects didn’t choose these seven laws . Their sects had their own introductory mantras or powerful methods left behind by Dao Lords .

“The Blessed?” Li Qiye asked .

“Because they are passed down by Blessed Dao Lord, some even say that the great dao lord is their creator . ” Fuyou explained while looking at the tablet .

Li Qiye smiled and didn’t say anything else .

Fuyou himself was surprised . He didn’t know why he spoke so much with this mortal today .

Li Qiye didn’t say anything else and returned to the street . Fuyou followed behind him, still confused by his current actions . However, following Li Qiye seemed to be the natural course of action .

The two of them kept this up for a while .

“Do you really want to stay here in the village?” Li Qiye eventually asked along the way .

Fuyou halted since these words struck him deep . He calmed down and caught up with Li Qiye’s pace and asked: “You’re a cultivator?”

“Yes, a very long time ago, I’ve forgotten most by now . ” Li Qiye smiled .

“A long time ago?” Fuyou remained skeptical . Li Qiye looked twenty years of age at best . How long ago could he be talking about?

“How does one forget about cultivation?” Fuyou raised his brows . This was understandable .

Cultivators wouldn’t forget about their hard training . Plus, Li Qiye was young, not a senile old man .

“Remember or forget? Are they different when it comes to the grand dao?” Li Qiye casually said .

Fuyou became stunned . Something inside him became jolted as if struck by a lightning bolt . He stopped once again to think about the seemingly profound comment .

It would make sense if Li Qiye was repeating this line from an ancient scroll . However, this didn’t seem to be the case .

Fuyou regained his wits and followed Li Qiye again . The latter stood next to a spring, watching the schools of fish playing around .

Fuyou didn’t find this entertaining at all but Li Qiye acted as if this was the most beautiful scenery in the world, fully immersing himself .

1 . Immortal Observer is a bit hard since the word 摩 can be used as a prefix with other words . It can mean rubbing, observing, or training . Picking observer for now . Note #2, changing Immortal Observer to Blessed after more context . I'm guessing it's a reference to a famous poem depicting an immortal braiding the hair of a young man and teaching him the art of immortality . So rub should be the right word, rubbed or touched or interaction with an immortal . So in other words, "blessed" . It's hard to include the word immortal in this without making it too wordy since he has the Dao Lord Title afterward too . I tried to find a cooler word for Blessed but didn't see anything with a close enough definition

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