Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now! Chapter 1271 - 379: [Cognitive Distortion]

Chapter 379 [Cognitive Distortion]

In the Domain Realm, the Heavenly Dao has rules; the number of Saints is forty-two!

Two Celestial Venerables, four Earth Venerables, and thirty-six Venerables!

Outside this number of forty-two, there is no Saint Position!!

And for countless millennia, throughout various generations, cultivators of the Domain Realm, with prodigies emerging in multitudes, countless cultivators dominating their eras, have all been halted before the chasm of the Saint Position!

It’s not because those people lack fortune, nor because they lack talent! It’s all due to the Heavenly Dao!

With forty-two Saints in position, as long as there is no vacancy in the Saint Position, no matter how exceptional the talent below, no matter how favored by fortune, it is absolutely impossible to breach that Heaven’s Retribution and knock on the door of the Saint Position!

What is ordained by the Heavenly Dao is an iron law, without exception!

However, in the past, during that battle in Luoyan Town, Chen Jue, with a single sword strike, cut down tens of thousands of Evils! At this moment, listening to the words of the witness Zhou Qingning from that battle.

That sword strike was indeed the might of a Saint!

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Chen Yan’s eyes widened, carefully staring at Zhou Qingning’s face, closely observing, unwilling to let go of even the slightest change, he slowly said, "Are you... sure?"

Zhou Qingning’s expression was calm: "That sword struck right before my eyes. If we talk about witnessing it personally, on that day, on the city wall, besides me, there were only about a dozen others who also saw it with their own eyes.

That sword strike was so earth-shattering, just a fleeting glimpse, and it is unforgettable for life! Such a wondrous sight, I will never forget it in a lifetime, nor could I possibly be mistaken!"

Chen Yan couldn’t help but feel his breath quicken!

"The might of that sword strike that day cut down the attacking enemies, the Red Tide receded, and those who were still alive on the city wall, including me, were just fourteen people, and everyone prostrated to the ground, reverently as if seeing a god descend to earth!

At that moment, I was certain that the Lord had ascended to the Saint Position! Otherwise, there couldn’t be such an earth-shattering sword strike!"

Chen Yan exhaled: "So, all of those dozen people thought the same?"

"Yes!"

"But..." Chen Yan paused.

But, how could it be!

How did Chen Jue achieve it?

And how did the subsequent situation develop to such a degree?

Since Chen Jue possessed the might of a Saint, how was he then knocked down from the altar, becoming a person notorious in the Domain Realm, burdened with infamous deeds?

Furthermore, back then, the old fox You Su Yi also mentioned that regarding Chen Jue’s subsequent notorious reputation, she had personally investigated, but... the Heavenly Dao was obscuring the heavenly secrets!

It directly affected the cognition of all in the Domain Realm!

However... something’s not right!

Chen Yan suddenly had a thought flash in his mind!

Since witnessing that sword strike meant recognizing it as the might of a Saint, then...

Why didn’t the old fox You Su Yi mention a word about it when she talked to me back then?

Did the old fox You Su Yi forget to say it? Absolutely impossible!

Chen Yan remembers when the old fox You Su Yi talked about this past with him, her eyes sparkled, and her tone carried infinite reverence when mentioning Chen Jue!

Moreover, it concerns a Saint, such an important matter, how could she forget to mention it?

Thinking of this, Chen Yan asked: "Zhou Qingning, do you know someone named You Su Yi?"

Zhou Qingning’s eyelids twitched, she nodded, "I know! A member of the You Su clan from the Fox Race, I remember she was a team leader in the demon department of the Town Army. That battle was heavily casualty-laden... no, it should be said nearly everyone was wiped out.

In the end, on that day, on the battlements of the Beacon Town, there were just fourteen of us who survived, and among them was the You Su Yi you mentioned.

After the battle, we were short of personnel, so because she was literate and the least injured, she was asked to temporarily fill the role of Document Officer in the Commander’s Mansion. She was responsible for recording the casualty lists, organizing medical aid, relief efforts, and all the battle report writing was left to her."

Chen Yan immediately pursued, "So, was she also on the city wall that day, also witnessing that sword strike with her own eyes?"

"Yes!"

"Could she also recognize that the might of that sword strike was the might of a Saint?"

Zhou Qingning fell silent.

Her gaze grew complex, she looked deeply at Chen Yan, sighed softly, "Naturally, she could see it; she’s also a cultivator, not blind. The might of that sword strike was already extraordinary, entering the Saint Realm."

"But why... does everyone in the Domain Realm only speak of Chen Jue’s infamy, but no one knows he had the might of a Saint?" Chen Yan said coldly, "That battle report should have been sent up, right! Chen Jue cut down 47,000-plus Evils with one sword strike! Such a battle report should have spread far and wide, everyone should have known about Chen Jue’s might of a Saint."

After a pause, he added, "The battle report was written by You Su Yi personally, I know that!"

Zhou Qingning sighed softly, "Lord Immortal Official, you indeed understand quite a bit about this matter."

However, her expression turned a bit cold and she did not directly answer Chen Yan’s question, but spoke with a strange tone about another matter instead, "Do you know what happened to the fourteen people who survived that day, the fourteen eyewitnesses, later on?"

Chen Yan was puzzled, "What do you mean?"

"Those fourteen people who witnessed the sword strike on the city wall that day, afterwards... all ended up with no good outcome!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yan’s body shuddered, and Zhou Qingning continued, looking at Chen Yan with a chilling gaze, speaking in a cold tone, lowly,

"Encountering disaster, calamity, sudden death, violent death, disappearance... in short, not a single one of the fourteen had a good end!"

Chen Yan was speechless.

He suddenly realized something.

Among the fourteen people, he didn’t know about the others, but for two of them he did know.