Chapter 184
Chapter 184
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: N/A
Chapter Title: Baiting the Enemies
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Lu Yang practically swaggered out of Sacred Fire Cliff, sleeves flapping.
True Lord Clear and Pure Snow's words had been like a shot of adrenaline, instantly filling him with confidence. This was the perk of coming from a prestigious sect.
Who didn't have a backer!
Whatever Dao karma from that innate Perfected Being, whatever schemes from the Pure Land True Lord—try picking on this scrub again, and he'd make them regret it big time!
But Lu Yang knew True Lord Clear and Pure Snow wasn't helping for free.
"After all, Chongguang still needs me, but with all this karma weighing me down, leaving it unresolved might drag him into the mess."
Beyond that, part of the reason was surely his standout performance in the Dao-Seizing Battle, which had brought no small face and benefits to True Lord Clear and Pure Snow, earning this karmic favor. Thinking of that, Lu Yang patted the talisman scripture personally penned by the True Lord in his pocket.
"Finally got the chance—can't waste it."
【Sweeping Karma】
With True Lord Clear and Pure Snow putting it that way, Lu Yang wasn't dumb enough to just head straight to Biyang Cultivation World, deal with the Dao karma and Guang Ming, then call it done.
After all, his karma pile was massive!
Now that the True Lord had spoken up and offered to help clear some, settling for just two would be a total loss!
"Now, the Pure Land's dead set on converting me, the Dao Court might see me as a rebel thief, and as for the Sword Pavilion—hearing that Ancestor You's still alive, who knows what that True Lord who wiped out the Witch-Ghost Dao thinks of me. Plus the original owner of the 【Avici Sword】, that Saint Sect great Perfected Being's built-in karmic debt..."
At a glance, Sword Pavilion, Pure Land, Dao Court, Saint Sect—all tied to him with karma!
Just thinking about it gave Lu Yang a headache.
According to the True Lord, someone had deliberately set up this heaven-and-earth killing trap to make him die overseas, likely on a bigger scale than his previous life.
After all, last life he was only early Foundation Establishment.
This life, he'd broken through to mid Foundation Establishment—killing him wouldn't be so easy anymore. They'd need to draw in even more karma.
From that angle, True Lord Clear and Pure Snow was using him as fishing bait too.
"But that suits me just fine."
Lu Yang didn't mind at all. As the True Lord's bait, the more trouble that came his way, the cleaner the aftermath cleanup! It benefited him too.
With that thought, Lu Yang summoned an escape light and left the Saint Sect.
Of course, before leaving, he'd thoroughly finished off Wu Cang. The Ten Thousand Spirits Banner didn't lack one more mid Foundation Establishment soul, but the 【Avici Sword】 desperately needed him.
One Wu Cang, a mid Foundation Establishment sacrifice, was worth a dozen Dao-Union experts from his past life. It instantly restored the 【Avici Sword】's 【Treading Danger】 wonder, letting Lu Yang see the 【Danger】 character above his head and judge nearby threats by it.
Right now, the 【Danger】 character was still pale red.
"That color means the heaven-and-earth killing trap is still brewing. The crisis targeting me has likely started gathering the moment I left the Saint Sect."
But it didn't matter.
Lu Yang felt no fear. He even dropped 【Mountain-Embracing】, no longer concealing his qi fate and karma, letting others divine his whereabouts freely.
This time, he was going big!
Jiangxi, Deep Joy Pure Land.
In Water Moon Zen Forest, amid ten thousand temples, on a lotus dais, a white-robed woman of pure countenance lectured a crowd of arhats and monks on the sutras.
"Thus have I heard, the World-Honored One with Immeasurable Bodhisattva..."
Her sermon voice boomed like heavenly thunder, striking straight to the hearts of all Buddhist cultivators, letting them personally experience the World-Honored One's journey and immerse themselves in his tale.
Such sermons weren't rare in the Pure Land. Through interpretations of the 《Mahayana True Enlightenment Fundamental Scripture》, every Buddhist cultivator connected uniquely with the sutra's World-Honored One and his Dao. The deeper and truer the insight, the higher their cultivation.
But then, the sermon voice cut off abruptly.
The arhats and monks, immersed in the wondrous Buddhist tones, all looked up at the female Bodhisattva on the lotus dais, her brows suddenly furrowed.
After a long pause, the female Bodhisattva smiled radiantly.
"Karmic knots bear evil fruit, overseas winds stir—just as expected, that Yuan Tu who's forged the 【Ten Thousand Chariots Dragon-Riding Dao Foundation】 has set out to sea. Everything's going according to plan. She's already sent Guang Ming overseas ahead of time."
With the karmic seed she'd planted in Guang Ming, no need to force it—naturally, they'd cross paths with Lu Yang.
"Well done!"
Jiangnan, Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion.
On Extreme Heaven Cliff, a handsome youth with ruby lips and pearly teeth sat at the cliff's edge, wild winds battering him, robes flapping wildly, a long sword across his knees.
Behind him stood several Sword Pavilion Perfected Beings.
"The True Lord has been in seclusion for some time now. A Golden Core lifetime is a millennium. Though the True Lord has delayed it repeatedly, the end is finally here."
"How is it? Any risks?"
"The True Lord is fully prepared, and with the Witch-Ghost Dao as precedent, no one dares cultivate 【Wall Earth】. Even if they do, they won't dare reach peak Foundation Establishment."
"If we must name one, it's that Demon Sect's Yuan Tu."
"The Witch-Ghost Dao inheritance fell to him. Word is he's founded a lineage in those cloud seas. Though Ancestor You's not what she was, she's still alive."
At those words, one Perfected Being frowned instantly.
"Ancestor You's still alive?"
"This won't do!"
"With the True Lord's reincarnation imminent, we can't leave that liability alive. Even diminished, as long as she's breathing, there's uncertainty!"
The speaker had sword brows slanting into his temples. Loose Daoist robes couldn't hide his sky-piercing sharpness. Ordinary early Foundation Establishment Perfected Beings would feel eye pain just looking at him; below Foundation Establishment, even gazing was impossible.
"Then what does Perfected Being Ye intend?"
The other Sword Pavilion Perfected Beings turned solemn at his words. This Perfected Being Ye was the True Lord's direct kin, with stunning cultivation to match.
Ye Xingfeng, Dao name 【Heavenly Punishment】. Once the Sword Pavilion's top Legacy Disciple, cultivator of 《Supreme Taiyi Heavenly Gang Sword Baleful》, his Dao Foundation built on third-grade true qi.
By now, he'd refined a natural divine ability, reaching mid Foundation Establishment.
Moreover, he'd comprehended sword intent— for Foundation Establishment Perfected Beings, that was like an extra divine ability!
With a true treasure flying sword geared for slaughter, this Heavenly Punishment Perfected Being could even fight late Foundation Establishment great Perfected Beings. Defeat inevitable, but he'd hold his own somewhat, let alone against mid Foundation Establishment—he remained undefeated.
With such prowess, Ye Xingfeng's temperament was predictable.
A textbook sword cultivator: better straight and true, never crooked. For potential threats, his answer was singular:
"I'll go kill that Witch-Ghost inheritor."
Ye Xingfeng pinched his fingers to divine, then said calmly,
"He's heading overseas now, not in the Saint Sect. I'll go slay him to eliminate future troubles!"
"This..."
A Sword Pavilion Perfected Being hesitated.
"Why not wait for the True Lord to awaken and ask? It's a Demon Sect Perfected Being after all—not wise to rush off."
Ye Xingfeng frowned in thought. Wait or not? Before, he might've delayed for the True Lord's emergence. But now, an inexplicable unease stirred in him. After weighing it repeatedly, he shook his head firmly:
"Opportunity knocks but once."
"After this seclusion, the True Lord reincarnates. If that one returns to the Demon Sect by then, it'll be too late. Better swift battle, swift end."
"I'll make a trip overseas."
Seeing Ye Xingfeng's resolve, the others stopped persuading. With his status and strength, overseas held no real dangers.
As for that Witch-Ghost inheritor, just broken through Foundation Establishment a century ago—beneath notice.
A mid Foundation Establishment supreme sword cultivator with sword intent.
How could he possibly die?