Chapter 155: The Peak Master's Lady

In the Luo Feng Mountain, within the silent chamber.

Lu Yang sat cross-legged, silently circulating a secret technique to contact Chen Xinan, the banner spirit of the Patching Heaven Peak; soon, he saw Chen Xinan's situation.

At this moment, the banner spirit Chen Xinan was completely different from the beginning; the Master of Patching Heaven Peak had spent a vast fortune to condense a physical body for him, helped him improve his cultivation, lacked no heavenly treasures or earthly gems, and after so many years, he had now reached the peak of his cultivation, the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and was ready to assault the Foundation Establishment realm.

"This is indeed a chance for you."

Lu Yang nodded; in truth, the vast majority of banner spirits within the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner cannot improve their strength, for strictly speaking, banner spirits are already dead.

However, the leading few banner spirits were different.

Su Nu, the Ancestral Master Ting You, the divided spirit of the Patching Heaven Peak Master, Chen Xinan, and the soul of the Cloud Family Ancestor most recently taken in were, in essence, living people entering the banner.

Such banner spirits have a chance of returning to life.

And for them, the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner was more of a restraint, preventing them from harming Lu Yang, without restraining their own cultivation progress.

It was just that among these banner spirits, Chen Xinan was the weakest, for the other banner spirits all had a Foundation Establishment foundation, while he alone did not; if the Patching Heaven Peak Master had not exerted great effort, throwing down an unknown amount of spiritual funds and materials, he probably would not have such cultivation now.

"It all depends on the Old Master's promotion."

Inside Patching Heaven Peak, the banner spirit Chen Xinan, without a second word, took out the Golden Body Sarira just sent by the Patching Heaven Peak Master: "Old Master, this is my harvest."

Lu Yang was very satisfied with the attitude of the banner spirit Chen Xinan.

Although he did not care about this mere Golden Body Sarira, this was a matter of attitude; he could choose not to take it, but the banner spirit Chen Xinan could not choose not to give it!

And seeing that the banner spirit Chen Xinan was so well-mannered, he felt much more at ease.

"Keep it."

Lu Yang shook his head: "Since you have a chance, you must seize it; if you can achieve Foundation Establishment this time, it will be an assistance to me in the future."

"This subordinate understands!"

Hearing this, the banner spirit Chen Xinan also felt some emotion about his good luck; if Lu Yang had not personally selected him back then, he would probably still be an ordinary banner spirit in the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner; actually, being an ordinary banner spirit was not bad, but a Foundation Establishment banner spirit meant a much broader world for him!

Seeing this, Lu Yang also nodded.

The next second, he opened and closed his lips, and a divine ability radiance bloomed in his speech; with a booming voice, he decreed: "Ten Thousand Spirits Banner, Chen Xinan, may you build the Great Foundation!"

【Discern Right from Wrong】!

Lu Yang had previously used this divine ability to empower Zhao Xuhe, helping him increase his chance of Foundation Establishment by ten percent; now he used it on Chen Xinan as well.

"The body of the banner spirit Chen Xinan was forged from a Foundation Establishment rarity, giving a ten percent chance on its own; adding the Zheng San Pin True Qi of Patching Heaven, the Great Divine Ability, and the Golden Body Sarira, that is forty percent; with my divine ability empowerment, fifty percent; among the True Disciples, this is considered a high chance."

Thinking of this, Lu Yang's expression became somewhat strange.

After all, he had only used a divine ability to speak a sentence, while the Patching Heaven Peak Master had spent money and effort, racking his brains to help him cultivate a Foundation Establishment...

Would this hurt him too much?

Just then, Lu Yang suddenly raised his eyebrows; he saw the evening wind blow, yet a scent appeared out of nowhere, and a graceful woman walked over, stepping through the fragrance.

The woman had a flower-like face and moon-like beauty, wearing a fiery red long dress, as gorgeous as a blooming rose, yet her demeanor was dignified, clearly a noble lady who had long held a high position.

At this moment, she saw her bow slightly, and her Zhu Chun opened and closed: "This humble one is Ruoxiang, greeting Daoist Duanmu Yuan Tu."

Seeing this, Lu Yang raised his eyebrows slightly, immediately calculated with his fingers, and then showed a look of surprise: "Patching Heaven Peak actually has a second Foundation Establishment True Person?"

He had never heard of this before!

Ruoxiang also seemed to see Lu Yang's surprise and smiled lightly: "This humble one has achieved the Dao for a long time, but my cultivation is not high, so for a hundred years I have always lived in seclusion."

"Daoist Duanmu Yuan Tu achieved the Dao only recently; it is normal not to know of this humble one."

Although she said this, it was likely also because Ruoxiang deliberately concealed her background; now, she specifically opened up to Lu Yang, voluntarily revealing her karma.

"I see."

With Ruoxiang's voluntary cooperation, Lu Yang quickly calculated the origin and development, and said strangely: "Daoist, hiding from the Patching Heaven Senior to meet me, is this not inappropriate?"

"What is inappropriate?"

Hearing this, Ruoxiang pouted her red lips: "That old thing is wholeheartedly guarding someone; where would he have time to manage me? Rest assured, he will not discover it."

As the words fell, this Lady of the Patching Heaven Peak first looked around, then took out a red gauze and offered it to the sky; instantly, the red gauze covered the entire hall; Lu Yang, standing within it, clearly felt that this spiritual treasure actually had the effect of concealing karma.

At this moment, as the red gauze fell, inside and outside were cut off.

Unless one possessed a heavenly treasure like the 【Ultimate Heaven Instrument】 such as him, otherwise, no matter what happened inside the red gauze, it would not be noticed by outsiders.

Seeing this, Lu Yang raised his eyebrows slightly: "What exactly does Daoist want to do?"

As this was said, Ruoxiang said in a low voice: "To be honest, this humble one intends to kill Chen Taihe!"

As the words fell, Lu Yang was stunned, but quickly reacted: "... Daoist wants to kill the Patching Heaven Senior, what does that have to do with me?"

"Because you also want to harm him!"

Ruoxiang smiled: "This humble one knows of his transaction with you, but as a True Person of the Holy Sect, if there were no ulterior motive, would one easily give that Sarira to him?"

Lu Yang: "..."

It was still the aftereffect of detonating the earth veins.

Fortunately, judging by the words and attitude of this Lady, she should be on his side; although so, Lu Yang still did not easily trust the other party.

"Daoist need not be suspicious." Seeing this, Ruoxiang said softly: "Although this humble one and Chen Taihe have formed a Dao couple, it is actually only for cultivation; the son and daughter we raised each have their uses... However, now Chen Taihe ignores this humble one's needs, so naturally I must seek another path."

Needs not met?

"What does this mean?" Lu Yang asked curiously.

Hearing this, Ruoxiang sighed: "This humble one's lifespan in this world is short; in another thirty years, I will reincarnate, and this is already my second reincarnation."

"And this humble one's cultivation is limited; this third life will probably be very difficult to break the mystery within the womb."

Although Foundation Establishment True Persons can theoretically reincarnate five times, in reality, only the first reincarnation is certain, with a ninety percent chance of returning to the Foundation Establishment position.

And starting from the second reincarnation, the difficulty increases drastically; True Persons with insufficient cultivation will likely be trapped by the mystery within the womb after reincarnating, becoming ordinary people forever.

Generally, only at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment can the second reincarnation return steadily.

At the late stage of Foundation Establishment, four lives pass without incident.

Only when reaching the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment can one truly live five lives, passing a thousand years, such as the Ancestral Master Ting You who has survived in the secret realm to this day.

From Lu Yang's perspective, Lady Ruoxiang had not even condensed her Lifespan Art.

With such cultivation, her second reincarnation was indeed fraught with peril, no wonder she was anxious—but what did this have to do with the Master of Buxian Peak?

"I am well aware my cultivation is shallow and my Dao insufficient, making reincarnation exceedingly difficult; thus, I specially sought from the Holy Sect a secret technique," said Lady Ruoxiang, her Zhu Chun parting slightly as she spoke softly: "This technique is called the 【True Law of Two Bodies, One Heart】—it allows my soul to merge with that of a blood descendant."

"Once the secret law is complete, I shall share all insights and experiences with the other."

"Thus, even if I reincarnate, I can swiftly break the mystery of the womb through the bond of this law and awaken memories of my past life."

Hearing this, Lu Yang understood.

The Master of Buxian Peak wished to use his children as substitutes to bear his doom—he wanted them dead; Lady Ruoxiang wished for her children to awaken her reincarnated self—she wanted them alive.

——This is a Dao struggle!

No wonder, upon entering, this Peak Mistress's first words were to kill the Master of Buxian Peak—for if she did not kill him, she would be the one to die.

(End of Chapter)