Chapter 33
Chapter 33
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 33
Chapter Title: Innate Primordial Primal Qi Divine Talisman
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After a long while, Lu Yang held a yellowed talisman paper in his hand, examining it with great interest.
After refining Liu Xin into a banner spirit, Lu Yang had him recount his life in detail, including how he had schemed against and killed Chen Xin'an, and how he had avoided the divination of a Foundation Establishment Perfected Being.
“Innate Primordial Primal Qi Divine Talisman?”
“That is the very talisman.” Liu Xin prostrated himself and kowtowed, respectfully saying, “This talisman was left behind by the Innate Daoist. Simply carrying it on your person allows you to evade causal divination.”
Lu Yang nodded in satisfaction, then lightly shook the Myriad Spirits Banner. This time, a handsome young man in black robes descended from the banner. Upon seeing Lu Yang, the newcomer was first taken aback, then his gaze shifted to Liu Xin, who had already been turned into a banner spirit beside him. His body immediately began to tremble.
“Haha... hahaha! So you have a day like this too!”
Chen Xin'an threw his head back and laughed, then looked at Liu Xin. “I thought you were already incompetent, but I never imagined your incompetence would exceed my wildest dreams.”
“Refined into a banner spirit by someone else?”
“How did you manage that?”
“...” Faced with Chen Xin'an's mockery, Liu Xin merely lowered his head, showing no intention of answering. Only then did Chen Xin'an turn to look at Lu Yang.
“Truly worthy of being a disciple of our Primal Saint Sect.” Chen Xin'an began with a word of praise, clapping his hands and smiling. “Junior Brother, I won't ask you to let me go and reincarnate. Besides, by killing Liu Xin, you've already avenged me... How about this? I'll give you a hidden treasure trove as a reward.”
“I am a banner spirit now, so you can naturally see through truth and falsehood.”
“That hidden trove is on an island deep within the Sea of Clouds, called Gourd Island. Your cultivation is still low right now. It would be best to go after you've reached the peak of Qi Refining...”
“No need.”
Lu Yang showed no sign of being tempted, shaking his head indifferently. “Senior Brother Chen, we are all disciples of the Primal Saint Sect. Why put on an act?”
“...Junior Brother, you truly misunderstand me.”
Chen Xin'an sighed faintly. “While most disciples of our Primal Saint Sect don't care for fellowship, we still repay our debts of gratitude. We are by no means heartless and unjust villains.”
“Stop trying to flatter yourself.” Lu Yang interrupted Chen Xin'an without hesitation, sneering, “Are there any good people among the Primal Saint Sect disciples? Every single one who survives is a villain! Senior Brother Chen, don't waste your breath. I won't be going to your so-called hidden trove.”
Lu Yang was extremely wary of this core disciple.
If there really was a hidden trove, why hadn't Liu Xin, who held the Myriad Spirits Banner for so many years, gone to claim it? He was most likely afraid that Chen Xin'an would turn the tables on him!
This person's background was too profound, his methods unfathomable, completely different from the likes of Liu Xin. Even as a banner spirit, he couldn't be fully trusted.
Chen Xin'an's expression changed slightly. “Then why did you summon me? What is your intention?”
“Just conducting an experiment.”
Lu Yang's tone was calm, but Chen Xin'an detected danger in it and hurriedly said, “Wait, wait... I also know of a Foundation Establishment opportunity...”
Boom!
The next second, Lu Yang acted without hesitation. Disregarding the so-called Foundation Establishment opportunity, he directly shattered the true spirit of Chen Xin'an that had been refined into the Myriad Spirits Banner.
“No—!”
“The Heaven Mending Peak Master targeted me so much in my last life. In this life, I'll kill his son first to vent some anger. After a few more lives, once I reach Foundation Establishment, I'll go and kill him too!”
Lu Yang's face was calm.
Possessing the [Book of a Hundred Lives], his Dao heart was incomparably firm, truly indomitable. No matter how powerful his opponent, he was confident he would ultimately triumph.
As for a Foundation Establishment opportunity... what a coincidence, he knew of one too!
Chen Xin'an's aura completely dissipated as his soul scattered. Afterward, Lu Yang put away the Myriad Spirits Banner, cleaned up the scene, and began to wait in silence.
A short while later, Heaven Mending Peak trembled violently!
A familiar sense of pressure emerged, as if Mount Tai itself was pressing down on him. Lu Yang immediately put on a fearful expression. He knew exactly what it was.
It was the gaze of a Foundation Establishment Perfected Being.
Evidently, by completely killing Chen Xin'an, he had alarmed the Heaven Mending Peak Master, who was likely already using causality to divine the murderer's identity.
Normally, he should have been discovered in the next second.
Lu Yang waited in his cave abode for half an hour, but even after the pressure disappeared, the Heaven Mending Peak Master still hadn't appeared before him.
“...It really works!” He can't figure it out!
Lu Yang's face remained impassive, but inwardly he was laughing. With this verification, he could finally cultivate the Nine Transformations of the Dragon Art with peace of mind in this life.
Afterward, Lu Yang replicated his actions from previous lives.
First, he hyped up the Death-Substituting Yin Puppets to earn Contribution Points, then hyped up Yun Miaoqing to conceal his sword art and Sword Pellet, and finally purchased a large quantity of spirit pills to begin closed-door cultivation.
Ten years later.
In the blink of an eye, generations of disciples rose and fell. The various storms stirred up in the past had returned to calm, and the Primal Saint Sect's development trend remained stable and positive.
Only today, things seemed a little different.
Heaven and Earth resonated in harmony. The cave abode where Lu Yang was in seclusion became like a vortex, and boundless spiritual energy surged in from all directions like a bursting dam.
“This is... a celestial phenomenon!?”
“A Senior Brother has condensed a Qi Seed and broken through to the late stage of the Qi Refining Realm!”
Even in the Primal Saint Sect, late-stage Qi Refining cultivators were considered high-level workhorses. They would no longer be easily treated as cannon fodder and possessed a certain degree of autonomy.
Therefore, on Heaven Mending Peak, when the disciples who toiled and bustled for their daily survival saw the celestial phenomenon manifested by Lu Yang's breakthrough, while they couldn't help but be amazed, hidden beneath that was a much stronger sense of envy, jealousy, and even resentment of "why isn't it me"...
Meanwhile, inside the cave abode, Lu Yang also opened his eyes.
In an instant, a flash of white lightning seemed to arc through the dim meditation chamber, dazzling and intense!
“The term 'bottleneck' is truly fitting.”
Lu Yang's cultivation speed in this life was the same as his previous one. He reached the sixth level of Qi Refining, the peak of the middle stage, in just three years, but was then stuck at the bottleneck for seven years.
And this was only because he had broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining once before and had the experience.
Otherwise, the time would likely have been even longer. One could imagine why so many cultivators get stuck at this step, unable to advance for their entire lives.
Having just broken through, Lu Yang didn't rush to exit his seclusion. Instead, he sat in meditation for another three days until he had completely mastered the changes in his true Qi, physique, and spiritual sense before finally rising.
He opened the [Book of a Hundred Lives] panel:
[Name: Lu Yang]
[Age: 28]
[Cultivation: Seventh Level Qi Refining (Late Stage), Ninth-Rank Formation Master]
[Talent: Dual Cultivation Prodigy (White), Has a Few Tricks (Purple)]
[Cultivation Method: Nine Transformations of the Dragon Art (Seventh Level)]
[Divine Ability: Divine Empyrean Sword Control True Art (Lesser Accomplishment), Secret Explanation of Formations and Treasures (Perfection), Life-Taking Incantation (Perfection), Heavenly Demon Blood Transformation Divine Light (Perfection), Qi Concealment Art (Perfection)]
[Treasure: Blood Sun Sword Pellet (High-grade Dharma Treasure), Innate Primal Qi Myriad Spirits Banner (High-grade Dharma Treasure)]
[Book of a Hundred Lives Pages: 95]
Also in the late stage of Qi Refining, the Lu Yang of this life was far stronger than the one from the life before last. His true Qi was on a completely different level. If they were to fight, it would be a ten-to-zero blowout.
Especially after mastering the Heavenly Demon Blood Transformation Divine Light, when paired with the Blood-Washed Milky Way Sword Formation Diagram, even other late-stage Qi Refining cultivators would face certain death if caught in his formation. That is, unless they were extremely familiar with his abilities and had prepared countermeasures for the Heavenly Demon Blood Transformation Divine Light in advance.
“But it's still not safe enough.”
The Heavenly Demon Blood Transformation Divine Light is powerful, but it's only a divine ability that ordinary disciples can find. Who knows what incredible divine abilities those core disciples possess?
“Core disciple... I wonder if I'll have the chance?”
Lu Yang's face showed anticipation. In this life, with the divine talisman obscuring causality, his background was spotless. Generally speaking, he should be an easy target for recruitment.
After all, even for a Foundation Establishment Perfected Being, a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator was a decent subordinate.
Moreover, unlike the life before last, he hadn't transformed into a blood shadow, and his path to immortality wasn't severed. No matter how one looked at it, he should be worth investing in.
Therefore, Lu Yang had already made up his mind.
If any Foundation Establishment cultivator extended an olive branch, even if it were the Heaven Mending Peak Master, he wouldn't refuse. He would take the benefits first; the enmity could wait until the next life.
A man's knees are worth their weight in gold, and today was the day to cash in!
(End of this chapter)