Chapter 746: Chapter 746

The youth’s shadow in the temple laughed.

"You are really confident. I’m curious to see how you plan to obtain the Secluded World Stone,

He stepped aside to let Yang Yan enter the temple.

Yang Yan raised his eyebrows slightly. The young man’s appearance didn’t quite resemble the Secluded World Stone.

"I’m not the Secluded World Stone. I’m just the one guarding it here," the youth’s shadow in the temple seemed to notice Yang Yan’s confusion and explained.

Yang Yan nodded slightly and moved closer to the inside of the temple.

Every step he took, even though the Power of Separation surrounding the temple retreated, caused the invisible force around his body to shatter.

"This physique is truly formidable!" the young man in the temple exclaimed in awe when he saw this scene.

Yang Yan walked straight into the temple, and once he entered, his figure vanished.

The people outside couldn’t see what was happening inside at all.

Because after Yang Yan entered, the Power of Separation enveloping the temple closed once again.

With the barrier of the Power of Separation, none of them, despite their cultivation, could see even a glimpse of the temple’s interior.

After all, they were not Yang Yan, who could make the Power of Separation yield or shatter it.

"Arrogance, this young man indeed dares to speak!"

"He did voice a diagnosis, now it depends on the Secluded World Stone’s judgment of him."

"Indeed, we’re unsure if the Secluded World Stone will acknowledge him. The boy does have something!"

"He has something, but not a lot.

Dreaming of acquiring the Secluded World Stone is just that, a dream.

Throughout history, many Great Emperors and Heavenly Emperors couldn’t obtain the Secluded World Stone, showing its uniqueness and divine nature!"

"Indeed, it is a Divine Artifact, not something a mere young man can acquire."

The people around the temple held little hope that Yang Yan could obtain the Secluded World Stone.

But still, they didn’t leave because they worried, worried that Yang Yan might indeed have a way to obtain the Secluded World Stone.

If he did get the Secluded World Stone, what would become of them then?

Without the Power of Separation’s protection, they would have to wander aimlessly, facing danger once more.

"Mother, what is arrogance?" a little girl asked the woman, looking up.

She had heard of many illnesses but had never heard of arrogance.

And she didn’t understand what kind of condition arrogance was.

The woman paused, arrogance, was it an illness?

In her eyes, it shouldn’t be.

For everyone has arrogance, it’s just that some people show it, some don’t, or can restrain themselves.

What if she had arrogance?

"Excessive greed, wanting everything.

Whatever he sees, he wants to be his.

Everyone must listen to him, or he will take action.

This is arrogance!" she thought.

In Buddhist terms, greed, hatred, and delusion, to want too much that isn’t yours, is indeed an ailment.

"It’s just wanting something so much that you’d spare no effort," the woman explained. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel-fire.ɴet

She felt this explanation was not entirely adequate.

But seeking other words might not yet describe arrogance, so she let it go.

"Oh." The little girl nodded, understanding somewhat. "Mother, is this illness severe? Is it hard to cure?"

These two questions stumped the woman a bit.

If not severe, it’s only one person’s arrogance.

If severe, his greed might affect one person or even hundreds, thousands of lives.

This could be a trivial or significant matter!

"Serious," the woman replied. "His greed might indeed harm us."

If Yang Yan took the Secluded World Stone, they would be without the protection of the Power of Separation.

Their lives would then be in danger.

It would mean Yang Yan’s action affected the people they knew in the village.

If any among them died because of this.

Then that person’s death was due to Yang Yan, and to them, it indeed seemed serious.

"Extremely hard to cure!" the woman continued.

Could arrogance be cured?

Simply kill that person, and it can be cured.

But thinking of killing Yang Yan, they couldn’t do it.

The other method is to change Yang Yan.

But when one’s greed has turned into an illness, it becomes ingrained deep within.

Wanting to change someone from the inside out is extremely difficult.

Harder than killing someone.

It’s like putting down a knife and becoming a Buddha, how many can pick up a knife, and then put it down?

"Then I hope big brother’s illness can be cured by the Secluded World Stone," the little girl said.

The woman showed a helpless expression.

"But to cure him is very difficult, and if he is cured, we will be in danger."

Wanting to cure Yang Yan means allowing him to take the Secluded World Stone.

Without the Secluded World Stone, they would be in mortal danger.

"But mother, didn’t you just say that arrogance is dangerous and could place us in peril?"

"Then if big brother’s arrogance is cured, without his arrogance, how can we be in danger?" the little girl questioned again.

The woman looked at her daughter, brushing her hand over her head.

She didn’t speak because she had just realized.

Regardless of whether Yang Yan obtained the Secluded World Stone or not, they were in danger.

If Yang Yan got the Secluded World Stone, without its protection, they’d be in danger.

If Yang Yan didn’t get the Secluded World Stone, would he give up?

Would he vent his anger on them and kill them?

They couldn’t resist Yang Yan, so they were still in danger.

*"It’s all fate!"* the woman thought sadly.

Yang Yan was standing inside the temple, unaware of what the people outside were thinking.

Unaware of the thoughts of the little girl and the woman.

If he knew, he would only say one thing.

"People need to rely on themselves.

Only with strength can one truly control their life, including everything else.

Without strength, when life and death are in others’ hands, don’t think too much.

It’s all unnecessary anxiety!"

His eyes scanned the interior of the temple, where the aura rose and fell.

The scene was quite simple.

A divine platform, with a colorful stone on it, its surface covered with moss.

"This is the Secluded World Stone!" the youth inside the temple stated.

This stone differed from what Yang Yan had seen in his memory, shown by the Evil World Master, Xu Ye.

This stone was too ordinary, too simple.

It looked no different from a stone found in the mountains.

"Does it seem ordinary?" the youth inside the temple asked.

Not just ordinary, too common.

If tossed by the river, no one would think it’s a Divine Artifact, the Secluded World Stone.

"But it is indeed the Secluded World Stone!" the youth in the temple confirmed.

"Look carefully, perhaps you can discern something," he reminded.

Yang Yan’s eyes shone, and the moss-covered stone gradually came into focus in his sight.