Chapter 28
Chapter 28
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 28
Chapter Title: Nine Transformations of the Dragon Art
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【You forged the array treasure, unmoved even as your end drew near. You succeeded, but passed away as a result.】
【Current remaining pages in the Book of a Hundred Lives: 96】
【Restarting a life, you may choose one of the following rewards from your previous life:
One: Treasure.
Two: Cultivation.
Three: Lifespan.
Four: Forfeit all rewards and awaken a random talent based on your previous life's experiences.】
"Those whose names are called, step forward."
Lu Yang opened his eyes. After a long moment, he let out a deep breath, awakening from the illusory dream of his past and present lives. "I choose the treasure."
The next second, a stir occurred in his dantian.
A crimson sword pellet, covered in intricate array patterns and as dazzling as the stars in the sky, appeared in his dantian, letting out a clear sword cry.
Lu Yang looked satisfied. This sword pellet was the culmination of over twenty years of his hard work in his previous life. Not only were the materials top-grade, but it was also enhanced by the Heavenly Demon Blood-Transforming Divine Light. More importantly, just before his death, he had successfully embedded a superior-grade array into the sword pellet, transforming it into an array treasure.
This way, when Lu Yang fought others, he could pull his enemies into an array diagram.
The advantage of this was obvious. After all, no matter how powerful a cultivator was, they could not single-handedly fight against an array set up by a cultivator of the same realm.
The reason Fairy Qingchen wasn't very strong was that she was only in the mid-Qi Refining Realm.
Moreover, from Lu Yang's current perspective, she hadn't studied arrays for long enough—certainly not as long as the twenty years he had painstakingly dedicated to it.
"It's time I gave you a name."
With a thought from Lu Yang, a grim, blood-red shadow immediately appeared on the sword pellet. Its appearance was identical to his, and their two bodies shared one heart. It immediately let out a soft laugh:
"You were forged from the sacrifice of my previous life and enhanced by the Blood-Transforming Divine Light. From now on, your name will be Blood Sun."
The sword pellet hummed in response, as if in agreement.
Pushing aside his stray thoughts, Lu Yang glanced at Liu Xin, who was still speaking eloquently on the stage, then averted his gaze. The Innate Primal Qi Ten Thousand Spirits Banner could wait for now.
Next, Lu Yang began to act, following the blueprint of his previous life.
Go on stage, get assigned, Harmonious Union Hall.
Outlive Yu Suzhen.
He no longer borrowed from Zhao Xuhe. Instead, he directly sold the new disciple benefits like the White Bone Flying Sword and began to quietly purchase Death-Substituting Yin Puppets.
Soon, the price of the Death-Substituting Yin Puppets skyrocketed.
Lu Yang fanned the flames from the shadows, buying low and selling high, continuously expanding his capital before buying up a large stock.
However, to avoid attracting envy, he chose not to sell at the peak price like in his previous life, instead exiting the market when the price reached 3,000 points.
At that time, he had accumulated a total of 20 Death-Substituting Yin Puppets.
A massive profit of 60,000 contribution points.
After all this, Lu Yang bought a large number of spirit pills, then sealed his cave residence and took out the greatest reward from his four reincarnations.
The *Nine Transformations of the Dragon Art*.
The *Ten Thousand Chariots Dragon-Riding Ascension Treasure Scroll*.
The former was for Qi Refining, the latter for Foundation Establishment. Together, they formed a cultivation method that could cultivate third-grade True Qi and lead directly to the path of the Golden Core, perfectly matching Lu Yang's expectations.
"The *Nine Transformations of the Dragon Art* has ten layers, corresponding to the ten layers of Qi Refining. As the name suggests, each layer can trigger a transformation of one's True Qi, including the Heavenly Serpent Transformation, Divine Eagle Transformation, Azure Ox Transformation, and Brocade Tiger Transformation... After nine transformations, one becomes a dragon, which increases the chance of breaking through to Foundation Establishment by thirty percent."
Lu Yang was captivated and immediately decided to disperse his cultivation and start over.
"Bang!" As the True Qi in his dantian rapidly dissipated, Lu Yang's realm began to plummet. In a short while, he went from the fourth layer of Qi Refining back to being a mortal.
However, he didn't waste the dispersing True Qi, instead feeding it all to his "Innate Primal Qi."
This external Qi, forged from the sacrifice of his second life, was now nourished by his cultivation from this life, having already become like an avatar to him.
With it protecting him during his seclusion, he wouldn't be completely defenseless.
In the blink of an eye, three years passed.
Inside the cave residence, Lu Yang sat on a meditation cushion, silently circulating his profound technique. His dantian, once empty after he dispersed his cultivation, was now occupied by a much more formidable True Qi.
He directed the Qi with his will, shifting and changing. One moment, it was a nimble rabbit leaping through his meridians; the next, a python coiling in his dantian. Then it became a magnificent brocade tiger roaring at the heavens, and then a graceful eagle soaring freely. The transformations were truly endless.
After a long time, Lu Yang finally let out a deep breath.
The breath was like a white arrow. After leaving his body, it didn't disperse but instead transformed into a sturdy azure ox, walking slowly as if carrying a majestic, divine mountain on its back.
"Success!"
A look of joy appeared on Lu Yang's face. These three years of hard cultivation had been much smoother than in his previous three lives. After all, this time he had ample contribution points and lacked no external medicines.
Therefore, in just three short years, he had returned to the sixth layer of Qi Refining, the peak of the middle stage.
Although he was stuck at the mid-stage bottleneck, Lu Yang was confident that in five years at most, or three at the soonest, he would surely break through and return to the late stage of Qi Refining!
And though he was only at the sixth layer of Qi Refining, his combat power was likely not much different from his previous life, simply because his True Qi was on a completely different level now.
"Nine transformations into a dragon, each with a corresponding magical art or divine ability. The Brocade Tiger Transformation increases the destructive power of my True Qi, the Azure Ox Transformation enhances my physical strength, the Divine Eagle Transformation grants clairvoyance, the Heavenly Serpent Transformation allows me to conceal my aura, the Jade Rabbit Transformation increases my speed, and the Mountain Camel Transformation boosts my True Qi recovery rate..."
These six transformations almost completely bridged the gap between the middle and late stages of Qi Refining!
However, what tempted Lu Yang the most among the nine transformations was the "Flying Fish Transformation," because the effect of this transformation was simple: breaking through bottlenecks!
"If I were to cultivate the sixth transformation now, I could probably break through to the late stage in an instant."
"But that would be too much of a waste."
Lu Yang had great ambitions and naturally wouldn't use such a precious breakthrough opportunity on the late Qi Refining stage. He planned to save it for breaking through to the peak of Qi Refining.
Lu Yang's plan for this life was simple: cultivate.
"I will cultivate in secret, seamlessly transition to the *Ten Thousand Chariots Dragon-Riding Ascension Treasure Scroll* after reaching the peak of Qi Refining, and remain in seclusion until I reach the Foundation Establishment realm, stunning everyone!"
Thinking of this, Lu Yang casually tossed a spirit pill into his mouth and entered meditative cultivation once more.
Then, just a few days later.
"BOOM!"
Lu Yang was startled out of his meditation by a violent tremor. He opened his eyes to find that his Innate Primal Qi avatar, which he had left on guard outside, had been dispersed.
A powerful enemy has invaded?
Lu Yang couldn't understand it. In this life, he had been holed up in his cave residence, focused solely on cultivation and paying no mind to worldly affairs. How could someone suddenly come knocking at his door with ill intent?
Filled with confusion, Lu Yang walked out of his cave residence, only to see an unexpected acquaintance.
"It's you?"
Outside the cave, Zhao Xuhe's eyes were bloodshot. He was flanked by several cultivators with powerful auras, all glaring at Lu Yang with fury.
"Senior Brother." Lu Yang cupped his hands. "I am Lu Yang. I don't know—"
"So it was you!"
Zhao Xuhe cut Lu Yang off, saying hatefully, "Coiling Dragon Island mysteriously vanished, and the opportunity I earned through three lifetimes of bitter cultivation suddenly disappeared with it! I paid a great price to have my master divine the karmic threads, and he told me that the opportunity was stolen by a Primal Saint Sect disciple with the surname Lu from this very place!"
"Speak! Is Perfected Being Panlong's inheritance in your possession!"
"..."
As Zhao Xuhe's words fell, Lu Yang was stunned for a moment. Then, as if he had realized something, his expression darkened at a visible rate.
(End of this chapter)