Chapter 102: It Really Has to Be You, Senior Brother Zhao

The plan was perfect, but reality was cruel.

"I did not choose to retain my cultivation base from my previous life, so the progress in the two great divine abilities, the Corpse Liberation True Art and the Heavenly Silkworm Secret Art, was not inherited; rebuilding them will take time."

Fortunately, with the Dharma Protector Goddess Sunü, he no longer needed to undergo countless hardships as in his previous life; he could directly use the status of Foundation Establishment to empower his cultivation of divine abilities, and within a few months at most, he could refine back his Foundation Establishment spiritual sense and the status of a 【Corpse Liberation Immortal】, restoring his cultivation base to the peak state of his previous life.

Thinking of this, Lu Yang was no longer in a hurry to execute his plan.

After all, this was akin to mixing sand under the watchful eye of a Foundation Establishment True Person; to be on the safe side, it would be better to wait until he recovered to his peak before acting.

He walked out of his cave dwelling and met with Liu Xin.

From Liu Xin's hands, he obtained half of the Innate Dao Book.

After watching the other party leave, Lu Yang used a deception technique to conceal his form, calculated with his fingers, and then arrived at a remote cave dwelling on Senior Butian Peak.

At this moment, roaring sounds were emanating from within the cave dwelling:

"My opportunity! That was my opportunity, yet it was stolen by someone else... Rationality? How do you expect me to be rational? What do you want me to use to be rational!"

That was Zhao Xuhe's voice.

As expected, with his appearance, the inheritance of True Person Panlong disappeared, and Zhao Xuhe once again fell into the lowest valley of his life, now standing there cursing loudly.

Before long, the gate of the cave dwelling opened, and Zhao Xuhe's old lover, Immortal Qinghe, walked out with a cold, beautiful face; turning back, she declared, "Zhao Xuhe, we are broken up," before striding away without a trace of attachment. Lu Yang calculated with his fingers; she was likely heading toward Liu Xin's cave dwelling...

Sounds of smashing and crashing came from within the cave dwelling once again.

Lu Yang opened his Dharma Eye and soon saw Zhao Xuhe venting his anger inside the cave dwelling; he then smiled slightly: "Senior Brother Zhao, it really has to be you!"

In this life, his greatest enemy was undoubtedly Arhat Fu Long.

Because he did not intend to scatter his cultivation and start over; after all, Third Grade True Arts were rare, and aside from the Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Art, the rest were all techniques of the Holy Sect.

But the techniques of the Holy Sect... felt even more unstable.

At least with the Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Art, he already knew what the hidden danger was, whereas the Third Grade True Arts of the Holy Sect still appeared to him like flowers viewed through fog.

Therefore, it was better to find a solution regarding the Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Art.

"Although the technique indeed has a hidden danger, this danger should only target Qi Refining cultivators; otherwise, why would Fu Long come when I was breaking through to Foundation Establishment?"

"If he waited until after I established my Foundation to come and reap the harvest, wouldn't the gain be greater?"

"But he did not do so... the only possibility is that once I successfully establish my Foundation, I can escape his control, which is why he wants to stop me in advance!"

In other words, as long as he could break through to Foundation Establishment despite his obstruction, he could break the situation!

Even so, Lu Yang had enough self-awareness to know that Arhat Fu Long had already refined a strand of Heavenly Gang, and a cultivation base at the Mid Stage of Foundation Establishment was absolutely not something he could contend with.

At least, not for him before he had established his Foundation.

Therefore, he could not fight head-on; he could only win through wisdom.

"Although in this life I intend to strive for a position as a Holy Sect True Disciple to protect myself, I cannot pin all my hopes on the Holy Sect."

After all, that was the Holy Sect.

Moreover, a cunning rabbit has three burrows, let alone a human?

Therefore, Lu Yang must have one set, or even several sets, of backup plans to ensure that when Arhat Fu Long eventually came for him, he would have the ability to respond.

And Zhao Xuhe was one of the backup plans Lu Yang had selected.

The next second, Lu Yang directly circulated his spiritual sense and violently surged into Zhao Xuhe's mind.

As the effects of drunkenness faded, Zhao Xuhe suddenly opened his eyes; between sleep and wakefulness, a fragmented memory abruptly flooded his heart.

"Where am I..."

Zhao Xuhe looked around in confusion, unable to regain his senses for a long time, until the fragmentary memories in his mind gradually became clear, at which point he revealed an expression of sudden realization.

"... hese are my memories from a previous life!"

In the memories, Zhao Xuhe saw a young man who resembled him eighty percent, riding the wind and standing on the void, laughing proudly at heaven and earth, truly high-spirited and vigorous.

"So that's it... my previous life was actually True Person Panlong!"

Zhao Xuhe had attained enlightenment.

"No wonder I had an affinity with that True Person Panlong's technique; it was mine all along! As for the merit of three lifetimes, that was also what I accumulated when I was a True Person."

"As for why I do not have more memories, nor the heavenly talent that a True Person's reincarnation should possess... this is also normal; the fruit of a True Person is cut off after five lives, and I am already the fifth life of True Person Panlong; my limit is approaching, and many of those mystical abilities have been lost; otherwise, how could I have fallen to such a miserable state?"

Zhao Xuhe had not the slightest doubt about the memories.

After all, the memories were logical and well-founded, with every link connected; even the parts that seemed flawed to him could yield reasonable explanations with a little scrutiny.

More importantly, one thing in the memories was undeniably real.

"The Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Art!"

Zhao Xuhe concentrated and recalled, and the content of the Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Art immediately appeared in his mind word for word, complete with corresponding understandings and annotations!

There was no doubt; this must be my realization of the technique from my previous life!

Besides that, even the Myriad Chariots Dragon-Riding Ascension Treasure Scroll was present, making Zhao Xuhe ecstatic, almost dancing with joy inside the cave dwelling.

However, soon his expression became grave again.

"In this life, someone is definitely plotting against me!"

Zhao Xuhe thought for a moment, and his clever mind quickly grasped the true culprit behind the scenes:

"The Peak Master of Senior Butian!"

If previously, as a disciple of the Senior Butian Peak Master, Zhao Xuhe still held a few points of awe in his heart, now he was left with nothing but resentment.

"That old thing is a True Person himself; on what grounds did he take me, a reincarnated True Person, as a disciple? He is clearly taking advantage of me, and when I asked that old thing about my inheritance that I left for myself suddenly disappearing, he actually claimed my fate with the inheritance had ended? He is clearly spouting nonsense..."

Could it be that he kept all the inheritance I left for myself as a kickback!

The more Zhao Xuhe thought, the angrier he became; only after a long while did he gradually calm his mood: "... hat old thing is powerful; I cannot let him discover that I have awakened my memories from a previous life."

Endure this moment of humiliation!

Wait quietly for the right time!

Zhao Xuhe's gaze was firm, as if he had truly become that wind-and-rain-commanding True Person Panlong from the memories: "In this life, I will definitely return to Foundation Establishment!"

"Even if there are a thousand difficulties and ten thousand dangers, I will defy heaven and proceed!"

Watching Zhao Xuhe pointing at the sky and swearing inside the cave dwelling, revitalized, Lu Yang smiled with satisfaction.

The so-called "memories from a previous life" were, of course, all fabricated by Lu Yang; with Sunü's empowerment, he could now subtly influence the thoughts of others without form.

Strictly speaking, Zhao Xuhe had now become Lu Yang's bait.

And the big fish Lu Yang intended to catch was Arhat Fu Long!

"In this life, I will first help Zhao Xuhe charge toward Foundation Establishment, letting him attract all of Arhat Fu Long's attention, and then I will charge toward Foundation Establishment myself."

In this way, he could buy himself time to break through.

To put it plainly, he was using Zhao Xuhe as a shield.

"Senior Brother Zhao, please rest in peace; if in this life you can block this calamity for me, I will not charge you interest on the contribution points you owed me from your life before last."

(End of Chapter)