Chapter 158: I'm Going to Do Something Big!

Lu Yang practically swung his arms as he walked out of the Holy Fire Cliff.

True Person Qingcheng Qingcheng Feixue's words were like a powerful stimulant, instantly giving him confidence; this was the benefit of coming from a prestigious sect.

Who doesn't have a backer!

Whatever karmic sin of a Preheaven True Person, whatever schemes of a Pure Land True Person. Try bullying the weak again? Just wait until I teach you a lesson you won't forget!

However, Lu Yang also knew that True Person Qingcheng Qingcheng Feixue was not helping for nothing.

"After all, Master Chongguang still needs to use me, yet I carry too much karma, far too heavy; if not dealt with, it might instead implicate Master Chongguang."

Besides that, another reason was likely his own brilliant performance in the Dao Seizing Battle, which earned True Person Qingcheng Qingcheng Feixue considerable face and benefits, thus creating this karmic affinity for the True Person to act. Thinking of this, Lu Yang immediately clutched tighter the talisman letter personally written by the True Person in his pocket.

"Having finally got this opportunity, I must not waste it."

【Clearing Karma】

Since True Person Qingcheng Qingcheng Feixue had spoken thus, Lu Yang naturally would not be foolish enough to rush directly to the Biyang Cultivation World, deal with the karmic sin and Guang Ming, and then return.

After all, he carried so much karma!

Now that the True Person had explicitly offered to help clear some of it, if in the end only two were dealt with, wouldn't he be suffering a tremendous loss?

"As things stand, the Pure Land is bent on converting me, the Dao Court might well regard me as a rebellious traitor, and as for the Sword Pavilion, Patriarch Ting You is still alive, so who knows what that True Person who destroyed the Witch-Ghost Sect thinks of me; beyond that, there is the original owner of the 【Abi Sword】, and the karmic debt inherently carried by that Great True Person of the Holy Sect..."

Looking at it this way, the Sword Pavilion, Pure Land, Dao Court, and Holy Sect all shared karmic ties with him!

Just thinking about it made Lu Yang's head ache.

According to the True Person, someone had deliberately set up this heavenly and earthly killing opportunity, intending for him to die overseas, and the scale was likely even greater than in his previous life.

After all, in his previous life he was only at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment.

But in this life, he had broken through to the Mid Stage of Foundation Establishment, so killing him would not be so simple; it would inevitably require drawing in far more karma.

From this perspective, True Person Qingcheng Qingcheng Feixue actually also intended to use him as bait.

"However, that suits me just fine."

Lu Yang did not mind this at all; after all, as the True Person's bait, the more trouble he attracted, the cleaner the subsequent clearing would be! This was also beneficial to him.

With this thought, Lu Yang immediately mounted his escaping light and departed from the Holy Sect.

Of course, before leaving, he casually finished off Wu Cang completely; the Myriad Souls Banner did not lack one Foundation Establishment cultivator, but the 【Abi Sword】 desperately needed him.

One Wu Cang, a sacrifice at the Mid Stage of Foundation Establishment, was fully equivalent to the twelve Dao-Uniting experts from his previous life, immediately allowing the 【Abi Sword】 to restore the marvelous power of 【Treading Danger】, enabling Lu Yang to see the character 【Danger】 above his head and use it to judge whether danger surrounded him.

At this moment, the character 【Danger】 was still in a pale red stage.

"This color indicates that the heavenly and earthly killing opportunity is still brewing; the crisis targeting me has likely begun gathering around me now that I have left the Holy Sect."

But it did not matter.

Lu Yang felt no fear regarding this; he even stopped using 【Baoshou Mountain】 to conceal his fortune and karma, instead actively releasing them, allowing others to calculate his whereabouts.

This time, he was going to do something big!

Jiangxi, Shenle Pure Land.

In the Shuiyue Zen Forest, amidst thousands of temples, upon a lotus throne, a white-clad woman of pure appearance was expounding the scriptures to a crowd of Arhats and monks.

"Thus have I heard, the World-Honored One with countless Bodhisattvas..."

The sound of her exposition was like thunder from the heavens, striking directly into the hearts of all Shi cultivators, allowing them to personally realize the experiences of the World-Honored One and immerse themselves in his story.

Such expositions were not uncommon in the Pure Land; through interpreting the "Fundamental Sutra of Mahayana Perfect Enlightenment," every Shi cultivator would gain a unique realization of the World-Honored One within the text and his Dao; the deeper the realization and the closer the alignment with the World-Honored One, the higher the cultivator's cultivation base.

However, at that very moment, the sound of exposition abruptly ceased.

Instantly, the many Arhats and monks, who had been immersed in the wonderful realm of Buddhist sounds, all raised their heads to look at the female Bodhisattva on the lotus throne, whose brows had suddenly furrowed.

After a long while, the female Bodhisattva broke into a beautiful smile.

"Various causes converge to form evil results; the winds and clouds are stirring overseas. It seems that Yuan Tu, who has cultivated the 【Myriad Chariots Dragon-Riding Dao Foundation】, has set sail. Everything is unfolding exactly as I predicted."

Guang Ming had also been sent overseas by her long ago.

With the karmic affinity she had previously planted in Guang Ming, she did not even need to deliberately manipulate karma; simply letting things take their natural course would inevitably lead to a meeting with Lu Yang.

"Excellent!"

Jiangnan, Yushu Sword Pavilion.

On the Extreme Sky Cliff, a handsome youth with red lips and white teeth sat upright at the cliff's peak, letting the wild wind batter him, his clothes fluttering wildly, a long sword resting across his knees.

Behind him stood several True Persons of the Sword Pavilion.

"The True Person has been in closed-door cultivation for some time now. A thousand years for a Golden Core lifetime; although the True Person has repeatedly tried to delay, the final day has ultimately arrived."

"What of it? Will there be risks?"

"The True Person is fully prepared, and with the precedent of the Witch-Ghost Sect, no one dares to cultivate 【Wall Earth】; even if someone did, they would not dare to achieve the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment."

"If we must name someone, it would only be Yuan Tu from the Demonic Sect."

"The inheritance of the Witch-Ghost Sect rests upon him; it is said he established a Dao lineage in that Sea of Clouds. Although Ting You is not what he once was, he has survived."

Upon hearing this, one True Person immediately frowned: "Ting You is still alive?"

"This will not do!"

"The True Person is about to reincarnate; how can we leave Ting You as a hidden danger? Even if he is not what he once was, he is still alive, and as long as a person lives, variables exist!"

The speaker possessed a pair of sword-like eyebrows slanting into his temples; though wearing loose Daoist robes, he could not conceal the soaring sharpness emanating from him. Ordinary True Persons at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment would feel pain in their eyes merely by looking directly at him, while those below Foundation Establishment would find it difficult to even gaze upon him.

"Since that is the case, what does True Person Ye intend to do?"

Hearing this, the other several True Persons of the Sword Pavilion immediately became solemn, for this True Person Ye was a direct descendant of the True Person's clan, and his cultivation base was equally stunning.

Ye Xingfeng, Dao title 【Heavenly Punishment】, was formerly the foremost direct disciple of the Sword Pavilion; he cultivated the "Great Yi Heavenly Gang Sword Fiend" and built his Dao Foundation with Third Grade true qi.

To this day, he had already refined an innate divine ability and achieved the Mid Stage of Foundation Establishment.

Beyond that, he had even comprehended Sword Intent; for a Foundation Establishment True Person, possessing Sword Intent was almost equivalent to having an extra divine ability compared to others!

If he could also obtain a true treasure flying sword specialized in killing, this True Person Tianxing could even fight against a Great True Person at the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment; although defeat would be certain, he would at least have some capacity to resist, let alone against those at the Mid Stage of Foundation Establishment. To date, he had never suffered a defeat.

With such divine abilities, Ye Xingfeng's character was easy to imagine.

He was a standard sword cultivator, whose nature was to seek straightness rather than compromise; thus, facing a potential hidden danger, his answer was only one:

"I will go and behead that successor of the Witch-Ghost."

Ye Xingfeng calculated with his fingers, then said calmly: "This person is currently heading overseas, not within the Holy Sect. I will go and behead him to prevent endless future troubles!"

"This..."

Hearing this, a Sword Pavilion True Person hesitated: "Would it not be better to wait for the True Person to awaken and ask first? That is, after all, a True Person of the Demonic Sect; it is not good to act rashly."

Upon hearing this, Ye Xingfeng also frowned and pondered for a moment: wait or not wait? If this were earlier, he might have chosen to postpone action and wait for the True Person to exit seclusion, but now an inexplicable sense of unease had arisen in his heart; thus, after careful consideration, he firmly shook his head:

"Opportunity lost is lost forever."

"After this seclusion, the True Person will reincarnate; if by then this person has already returned to the Demonic Sect, it will be too late. We should resolve this swiftly."

"I will make a trip overseas."

Seeing that Ye Xingfeng's mind was made up, the others ceased trying to dissuade him; after all, with Ye Xingfeng's status and strength, he likely would not encounter any danger overseas.

As for that successor of the Witch-Ghost, he had only just broken through to Foundation Establishment a hundred years ago, hardly worth worrying about.

A peerless sword cultivator at the Mid Stage of Foundation Establishment who had comprehended Sword Intent.

Could he possibly die?

(End of Chapter)