Chapter 295
Chapter 295
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Translator: Ace
Chapter:
Chapter Title: Controlling the Yun Ancestor
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Ever since settling on the plan to join the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion, the Yun Family Ancestor had been the prime target Lu Yang was dead set on fully controlling with the Marionette Technique.
The reason was simple.
Though the Yun Family had fallen on hard times nowadays, with their ancestor merely at early Foundation Establishment, their background was far from insignificant—tracing back their lineage revealed a once-glorious past.
The Yun Family had once produced a Pavilion Master of the Sword Pavilion, a Golden Core Perfected Being. But that Perfected Being had perished in a millennial calamity, slain by a mid-Golden Core Perfected Being from the Primal Saint Sect whose profound cultivation not only shattered his cavern realm but left not even a wisp of his soul to escape.
After that, the Yun Family never recovered.
The lineage persisted down to the current Yun Family Ancestor, who had thoroughly reduced them to a Foundation Establishment immortal clan—and now, even that tenuous status hung by a thread.
Yet regardless, a thread of karmic ties remained.
As the direct descendant of that former Golden Core Perfected Being, such heritage might mean nothing in the Primal Saint Sect, but in the Sword Pavilion, it was a massive boon.
At the very least, the Yun Family Ancestor had the privilege of an audience with the Pavilion Master!
The Sword Pavilion differed from the Primal Saint Sect. There, the Perfected Beings remained in long-term seclusion, their affairs typically handled by great cultivators under them—like Chongguang, who acted as proxy Pavilion Master.
But in the Sword Pavilion, the Perfected Being managed things personally.
And for an early Foundation Establishment cultivator like the Yun Family Ancestor to gain an audience with one—this had to stem from the lingering influence of the late Yun Family Perfected Being. Lu Yang refused to believe otherwise.
‘Back in my previous lives, the moment I saw the Yun Family Ancestor reincarnating into the Law Refinement Secret Realm with a supreme treasure like the Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument, I knew something was off.’
At first, he hadn't noticed. But the more he thought about it, the stranger it seemed. With so many Foundation Establishment Perfected Beings available for reincarnation, why choose such a weak one as the Yun Family Ancestor? And to equip him with an exotic treasure like the Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument? Without Lu Yang's interference, the Yun Ancestor would have succeeded almost guaranteed—a merit handed to him on a silver platter.
Clearly, while the Yun Family Ancestor might lack personal strength, his connections were undeniably formidable.
And that was precisely what Lu Yang needed in this life.
A few days later, amid a resounding boom from the vault of the sky, a streak of escaping light hurtled in, finally coming to a steady halt above the Concealed Sword Villa.
Soon, the escaping light parted.
The white-haired, aged Yun Family Ancestor stepped out, his divine sense immediately locking onto Yun Miaozhen. Only upon seeing her unharmed did he exhale in relief.
“Greetings, Ancestor.”
Yun Miaozhen stepped forward respectfully and bowed, then produced a pill.
“This is the Longevity Extension Pill the disciple obtained this time. Please accept it, Ancestor.”
The Yun Family Ancestor beamed with heartfelt joy at the sight.
“Miaozhen, you've put thought into this.”
With those words, he took the pill. Seeing the expectant look on Yun Miaozhen's face, he simply tilted his head back and swallowed it.
Though the so-called Longevity Extension Pill held no real benefit for him, it was a token of her filial piety. Unwilling to disappoint her, after consuming it, he continued,
“What of the fiend devil you mentioned in your letter? Has Perfected Being Xiuxin already captured him?”
“She has.”
Yun Miaozhen nodded.
“Master clashed with him fiercely—disciple couldn't even intervene. Now the fiend is firmly suppressed by Master.”
“Good.”
The Yun Family Ancestor let out another breath of relief. With Perfected Being Xiuxin, whose cultivation matched his own, able to handle it, he should have no issue either.
“Then lead the way quickly.”
“This way, Ancestor.”
Yun Miaozhen guided the Yun Family Ancestor to a quiet chamber. Pushing open the door, he strode inside—and froze in place.
There, in the chamber.
A young man in a玄 robe stood intently at a desk, a sheet of yellow paper spread before him. He used his finger as a brush, sketching something.
Perfected Being Xiuxin stood silently at his side, exhaling a blaze of fire to melt various Geng Metal spirit materials into a clump of brilliantly gleaming spirit ink. Lu Yang stirred it casually, then painted it stroke by stroke onto the yellow paper, ultimately forming a sharp talisman shaped like a longsword.
“Clang clang!” The instant the talisman completed, the supposedly soft, thin paper rang out like struck metal, a sword qi bursting forth that even stunned the Yun Family Ancestor.
“Finally succeeded!”
Lu Yang nodded in satisfaction. Reborn anew, he no longer felt the previous life's urgency, allowing him days of elegant leisure—ink ground by fair hands, perfumed sleeves adding fragrance.
Thus, he had picked up talisman crafting again, set aside before for lack of time.
This Yuan Tu Treasure Talisman was the fruit of those recent efforts, replicating the profound sword qi of the Calamity Wave through talismanic arts.
Beyond his own attainment in talismans, much credit went to his innate divine ability as a Geng Metal Immortal Spirit this life—Lord of Arms and Armor—which could refashion all things, aiding pill refining, talisman making, and artifact forging alike.
“Pity my epoch-making intellect can't yet shine fully.”
“This Yuan Tu Treasure Talisman took considerable time, yet wields only a tenth of the Calamity Wave's sword might—enough for early Foundation Establishment at best.”
Of course, talismans didn't win by quality alone.
Quantity was key!
‘The banner spirits in the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner suffered heavy losses last life. Time to recruit a fresh batch from Skull Mountain, then restart the industrialized talisman production line.’
With that thought, Lu Yang finally looked up.
Only then did the Yun Family Ancestor, rigid since entering and barely able to move, regain control of his body.
“How is this possible!”
The Yun Family Ancestor's pupils contracted. Clutching his belly, he realized the Longevity Extension Pill he'd just swallowed had become a poison binding him!
‘Why!?’
He whipped his head toward Yun Miaozhen, unable to believe the family disciple he trusted most would one day poison him!
Yet Yun Miaozhen didn't even glance his way. Instead, she cautiously approached the desk, leaned down gracefully, and slipped underneath it to claim her reward—unrelated to anything else, purely for cultivation, letting Lu Yang help her break through her bottleneck swiftly.
‘Fiend... this man is absolutely a fiend!!!’
In that moment, the Yun Family Ancestor could scarcely credit his eyes. His heart solidified: only a fiend could orchestrate such depravity!
But escape was impossible.
The Dry Heaven All-Encompassing Myriad Phenomena Dharma Body manifested behind Lu Yang, its aura far surpassing early Foundation Establishment. The Yun Family Ancestor couldn't help cursing inwardly:
‘With such cultivation, yet scheming to trap me and poisoning me—what a beast!’
The outcome was inevitable.
Lu Yang suppressed the Yun Family Ancestor outright, then applied the Marionette Technique. Soon, the venomous resentment on his face turned to utter loyalty.
“Pity Xin'an isn't here.”
Lu Yang shook his head. Chen Xin'an's true spirit still slumbered in the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner, unlikely to recover for a decade or so.
With soul-searching off the table, Lu Yang cut straight to it:
“How much do you know of the secrets behind the Jiangnan Ten Thousand Men Pit?”
To Lu Yang's delight, the Yun Family Ancestor paused, then nodded.
“In reply to Master, this subordinate knows everything.”
Everything!?
Lu Yang's eyes lit up. He hadn't chosen wrong after all—with the Yun Family Ancestor's connections in the Sword Pavilion, he truly knew the inside story!
The Yun Family Ancestor then intoned gravely,
“I'm friends with a disciple of Perfected Being Demon-Quelling. He once mentioned it to me—the Jiangnan Ten Thousand Men Pit... they've uncovered traces of a great realm heaven with an existent fruition position. Seizing it would be of immense benefit to our Sword Pavilion!”