Be the Hardest Working Demon Cultivator!
Tan Shuchang had always considered himself born into a scholarly family and had also been a young star atop the honor roll, a true parasite of the upper class. He should have been holding significant local authority, receiving endless gifts, spending boundless money, enjoying innumerable years, and marrying countless concubines. How had he ended up becoming a demonic cultivator? After pondering for a long time and still not understanding, he slowly emerged from the pool of blood, deciding to think it over gradually…
208. Substitute one's own punishment, the Immortal Treasure of Mountains and Seas
Following Xuan Li's story, Tan Shuchang came to understand that the cultivating families in the Land of the Four Pillars were not forever unchanging. Every so often, a group of cultivating families would disappear from this world, owing to a True Immortal's descent to undergo tribulation.
It seemed like some unwavering constant.
Whether a cultivating family could continue to thrive often hinged on luck. Even if a cultivating family had never offended the True Immortal descending to face their tribulation, and had even aided them significantly, they might still be vanquished by a mere comment: "You, the strongest family in this land, did not control the cultivators here, allowing them to be too idle, which is indeed a way to court death."
Therefore, when faced with a possible descent of a True Immortal for tribulation, the best strategy was to say nothing and hide the entire family away.
After all, no matter how one might be "courting death," one must first be found!