A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)

Chapter 2214 Tragedy From A Thousand Years Ago

“I have indeed looked into this before. According to the members of Chu Sect, Chu Yuan initiated his conquest in order to find Dragon Gate. Chu Yuan says Dragon Gate contains the power to help one achieve sainthood. By the way, Great-grandma, what is Dragon Gate? Does something like that in the mortal realm really contain the power to help people achieve sainthood?” Ye Fan said after giving it some thought.

I believed that I had already reached the peak in life. I used to think that climbing higher would allow one to see farther and have fewer problems in life. Now, I realize that I was wrong. Every time I reach new heights in life, more problems arise and get in my way. Right now, there are so many things that I can't even make sense of using my own knowledge. Be it Chu Yuan's mysterious identity, my father's whereabouts, and Wan'er's background... There are simply far too many mysteries in this world. The more I know, the more I realize how ignorant and insignificant I am.

Old Madam Chu had an expectant look in her eyes when she heard Ye Fan's question. “What's the matter? Are you trying to achieve sainthood as well?”

Ye Fan shook his head. “No, I was just asking out of curiosity, Great-grandma. A mere mortal like myself would never dare dream of something like sainthood. Besides, I don't want to become a saint.”

Ye Fan was telling the truth when he said he didn't want to become a saint.

After all, his family and friends were all in the mortal realm.

Even if he did achieve sainthood, he would be all by himself in the realm where saints live.

A life without the companionship of loved ones was meaningless to him.

It would be similar to a king sitting all by himself on his throne with no one around him.

All Ye Fan wanted was to treat Angie and find Qiu Mucheng.

“Okay, then. I know you don't crave power, but I do hope you will pursue the path of sainthood. The Chu family hasn't had a single saint since Mr. Yunyang, so our bloodline is getting weaker over time. If you are able to become a saint, then it would help make the Chu family powerful again. You could bring the Chu family back to its former glory. Of course, we can forget about all that if you don't have the desire to do so. After all, the path of cultivation is all about following your heart. You will never become a saint unless you take that path out of your own free will,” Old Madam Chu said and ended the topic after that.

She understood that everyone had their own goals in life.

As much as Old Madam Chu wanted Ye Fan to go far on the path of cultivation like Chu Yunyang did, she knew she couldn't force it upon him.

“It looks like we'll have to wait for someone else to resolve this earthly crisis, then,” she said with a sigh.

“What do you mean by that, Great-grandma?” Ye Fan asked curiously.

Old Madam Chu stood up and slowly walked around the courtyard as she replied, “I don't mind telling you if you want to know, but before I do, I have a story for you. A thousand years ago, this planet was invaded by an incredibly powerful foreign being. It consumed this planet's life force and completed its evolution. The Chu family's ancient books call that being 'Symborsus.' Symborsus isn't all that powerful on its own, but it has a way of using a form of spirit seal on humans and controlling them like puppets. The top ten supreme grandmasters of Sky Ranking became puppets of Symborsus and went around capturing talented martial artists. They then offered the martial artists up to Symborsus so it could feed on them and evolve.”

Ye Fan found himself drawn into the story as Old Madam Chu continued on in a deep and enchanting voice.

He felt as though he had been transported back in time and could see the past events with his own eyes.

Naturally, that story shocked him to the core.

“W-What? The top ten of Sky Ranking became Symborsus' puppets? That thing is ridiculously powerful!” Ye Fan exclaimed in shock and disbelief.

Simply hearing about Symborsus was enough to fill his heart with despair.

The top ten of the Sky Ranking are the most powerful fighters in the world! Having them get enslaved and turn against humanity is just terrifying!

“What happened after that? Did Symborsus manage to evolve?” Ye Fan asked anxiously.

Instead of answering his question immediately, Old Madam Chu continued, “Those were humanity's darkest days. The world's greatest supreme grandmasters had been turned into puppets of an evil being. There was nothing humanity could do to fight back. Half of the cities in the world had been destroyed in just a few months. However, that was when your ancestor, Chu Yunyang, emerged and killed all ten of the supreme grandmasters. Although he eventually defeated Symborsus, it was able to leave six stone doors in this world before being sealed. Symborsus stored its energy behind those stone doors.”

What?

The look on Ye Fan's face changed the moment he heard that.

He then looked up at Old Madam Chu and asked in disbelief, “Great-grandma, are you saying that the creepy stone door that I saw on Chu Sect's forbidden grounds is one of the six that Symborsus left behind?”

“That's right,” Old Madam Chu replied with a nod. She continued, “Symborsus was really sneaky about that, so even Mr. Yunyang didn't know about it. By the time we found out, he had already left this world. The Chu family has sent people looking for the stone doors in the past, but we only managed to find one. That stone door was practically indestructible and had the ability to control people's minds. Eventually, after careful consideration, we decided not to search for the other stone doors. Since those stone doors can't be destroyed, we were worried that assembling Dragon Gate would bring forth some kind of disaster. As such, we decided to label that stone door as a forbidden door.”

Old Madam Chu let out a huge sigh and continued with a deep sadness in her voice, “I bet Chu Yuan was controlled by Symborsus because he couldn't resist the tempting power behind that stone door.” NôvelDrama.Org (C) content.

Although Chu Yuan had disobeyed her, he was still family to her.

It pained her deeply to watch him get killed by Ye Fan after being turned into Symborsus' puppet.

Unsure of how he could comfort Old Madam Chu, all he said was, “I'm sorry.”

“Now, now, no need to comfort me. A woman of my age has already gotten used to such things in life. Chu Yuan had it coming, so there's nothing to be sad about. My only concern is the current situation with the Dragon Gate plan. Maybe you should look into it, Ye Fan. If this Dragon Gate is the stone door that you saw in the Chu Sect's forbidden grounds, then you should try your best to destroy it. Even if you are unable to destroy it, you should at least seal it off to prevent the thousand-year-old tragedy from repeating itself. We had Mr. Yunyang save us back then, but he's

no longer here with us. If such a tragedy were to happen again, this world could very well be done for in Symborsus' hands.”