Chapter 169: This Damn Thing Is a Nascent Soul!?

Above the island, the two forces still faced off.

The leader of the Shenxiao Sect side was a Daoist nun in a Taoist robe, graceful and charming, her powdered face now grim with fury, staring fixedly ahead.

Opposing them, the leader of the Qingting Gate was an old Daoist with white eyebrows who looked like a true immortal, holding a jade-blue magic bead in his hand as he sneered, "Lady Xiao, doesn't everyone in half the Turbulent Sea know your master is dead and the Shenxiao Sect has only you left?"

"Today, no one can save you!"

"You must know the Shenxiao Sect was originally founded by a disciple abandoned by our Qingting Gate; after letting you roam free for so many years, it is time to return to the source and correct the roots!"

As his words fell, the crowd behind him immediately shouted in agreement.

The Daoist nun named Lady Xiao was so furious her pretty face turned red and her chest heaved wildly: "Shameless! Your Qingting Gate is the one that split from our Shenxiao Sect!"

"It is only because our Shenxiao Sect has declined that you have gained some benefits."

"Traitors who betray their master and destroy their ancestors; now that you have gained some power, you want to destroy our Shenxiao Sect? Do you really think my Gui Water Shenxiao Great Array is made of mud?"

As her words fell, Lady Xiao immediately formed a hand seal.

In an instant, roaring water sounds suddenly rose from the sky above, with lines of array radiance swirling around, finally weaving together ten thousand acres of seawater!

These waters flowed in the air, seeming both real and illusory, constantly surging with waves; upon close inspection, every single stream of water was actually a leaping Lei Guang, and the rumbling thunder merged together, overlapping with the sound of waves crashing, causing the commoners below to tremble in fear as if facing the wrath of heaven.

"What a magnificent Gui Water Shenxiao Great Array."

Seeing this, the white-browed old man immediately showed fear, yet deeper than fear was intense greed; soon a cold sneer curled his lips.

"... Pity. Attack!"

The white-browed old man shouted loudly, and the array that was about to form suddenly halted; then the radiance of one array eye quickly dimmed.

Seeing this, Lady Xiao's pupils immediately contracted.

Immediately after, she looked down in disbelief at one of the array masters: "Junior Brother Liu, you have conspired with the Qingting Gate and betrayed the sect!?"

The one destroying the array was her youngest junior brother, Liu Chi.

When her master took him into the sect, she had praised him as the hope for the future revival of the Shenxiao Sect, and in daily life she had cared for him meticulously, sparing no effort.

Yet now, at the moment of the sect's peril,

he actually chose to release the mountain-protecting array and betray first!

"The Qingting Gate is the true orthodoxy of the Shenxiao; how can my actions be called betrayal?"

A man with a scholarly appearance stepped forward, speaking nonsense, even deliberately letting the claim that "the Qingting Gate is the true orthodoxy" echo everywhere.

This was simply his deal with the Qingting Gate.

Originally, the reason he entered the Shenxiao Sect was that he thought the Shenxiao Sect had a long heritage and profound Dao arts, but as time passed, he grew increasingly dissatisfied.

Because the Shenxiao Sect was declining.

Especially after Lady Xiao's master, that famous Nascent Soul Great Cultivator, went missing, the Shenxiao Sect in his eyes became nothing more than a sinking ship.

And with his talent, a Mutated Thunder Spirit Root, how could he stay on a sinking ship until death? A good bird chooses its tree to perch on; naturally, he must seek another path.

"Hahaha! Well done!"

At the same time, the white-browed old man laughed loudly: "Liu Chi, rest assured; after today you will be an elder of our Qingting Gate. Now, all of you follow me..."

Before the white-browed old man could utter the word "Kill," his voice suddenly stopped.

For a woman with a graceful figure and peerless beauty suddenly appeared before him, her eyes as clear as autumn water glancing at him casually.

With just that one glance, the white-browed old man's expression froze in place; immediately, cracks rapidly spread across his body.

Boom!

An explosion, spiritual energy scattered, life ended and the Dao vanished.

"A few late-stage Qi Refining cultivators should not waste their breath here; let the one who can truly make decisions come out. Where is your sect's True Person?"

Lu Yang, possessing Su Nu with his divine sense, said coolly.

At the same time, he made up his mind in his heart: if more than three Foundation Establishment True Persons appeared, he would immediately blow up Su Nu and flee, sparing himself from attracting great karmic retribution.

However, he soon found that everyone's reaction was not quite right.

"Elder... Elder..."

"The elder was killed by that cultivator!"

"Who is he?"

One by one, the disciples of the Qingting Gate widened their eyes, completely stunned, as if unable to believe what was happening before their very eyes.

"Y-you are doomed!" Finally, a Qingting Gate disciple reacted, pointing a finger at Lu Yang and shouting sternly: "The elder was the favorite disciple of the Qingting Ancestor and was also an Outer Alliance Elder appointed by the Xian Alliance; you killed him, and the Xian Alliance and the Qingting Ancestor will surely fight you to the death!"

The one who killed was Su Nu; what does that have to do with me?

Lu Yang was not panicked at all; instead, he focused on the other sentence the opponent had said: "Qingting Ancestor? Could that be the Jin Dan True Lord of the Qingting Gate?"

Just then, a voice suddenly came:

"Who dares kill my beloved disciple!?"

The voice was like angry waves striking the sky, spreading from hundreds of li away; then a figure constructed entirely of true energy was seen rushing toward this place.

Such momentum, even before approaching, made the entire island tremble slightly.

Among them, Lady Xiao's expression was even more desperate; if it had only been the white-browed old man, she would still have had the confidence to fight him with the Gui Water Shenxiao Great Array.

However, even with the array's support, she could by no means be a match for the Qingting Ancestor at the Nascent Soul realm!

Could it truly be that heaven wishes to destroy our Shenxiao Sect?

The next second, that figure arrived, his gaze immediately falling on Lu Yang; without a word, he immediately cast out a vast, ocean-like radiance of water.

Lu Yang looked and immediately smiled.

"Late-stage Qi Refining? I'll give you credit for your courage!"

As his words fell, Lu Yang directly grabbed the opponent, holding him up as if lifting a dead dog, then looked again at the crowd of the Qingting Gate:

"Do not send these minor characters again; where are your Foundation Establishment True Persons?"

The response was a crowd of stunned stares.

"Ancestor Qingting. This is impossible!"

"He restrained the Ancestor with one hand!?"

For a moment, several disciples of the Qingting Gate knelt directly in mid-air, their expressions a mix of tears and laughter, looking utterly unable to accept reality.

Seeing this, Lu Yang finally reacted.

He looked at the Qi Refining Peak cultivator in his hand, only to see the other party equally terrified; before he could speak, the cultivator hurriedly shouted for mercy:

"Venerable One, spare my life! This humble one, Qingting, greets the Venerable One!"

Lu Yang opened his mouth and said in a deep voice: "You are Qingting? The Ancestor of the Qingting Gate?"

"Yes, yes. May I ask, Venerable One, is there a problem?"

The problem is huge!

Lu Yang wore an expression of utter incomprehension: "Isn't the Qingting Gate a Golden Core Sect?"

Upon hearing this, Ancestor Qingting quickly shook his head: "Venerable One, you misunderstand."

Oh, a misunderstanding? Then it's no wonder.

The next second, Ancestor Qingting said somewhat proudly: "This humble one successfully condensed a Nascent Soul a few days ago; now the Qingting Gate is a Nascent Soul Sect!"

"Nascent Soul? You?"

Lu Yang then recalled that this fellow in his hand actually had no physical body; his form was composed entirely of True Qi, with a root of brilliant spiritual light as his core.

You call this a Nascent Soul?

Although he had never truly seen the Dao Master, Lu Yang had heard a word or two about him while communicating with True Person Chongguang, and the memory remained vivid to this day.

The Nascent Soul is the True of the Ultimate Void, the Essence of the Five Elements; it draws the Primordial from the Father of Heaven, combines the Qi of the Palace of Earth, lodges its thought in Heaven and Earth, merges with them, comprehends the wondrous methods of the Dao, and through perfected cultivation, the Essence of the Five Elements becomes one's Nature, while the True of the Ultimate Void becomes one's Destiny; when these two merge wondrously, the Nascent Soul is born.

And the one in his hand, to put it bluntly, was a high-quality wisp of True Qi that looked like an infant!

Is this really a Nascent Soul?

"I almost fell for your bluff!"

Lu Yang's expression shifted as he scrutinized Ancestor Qingting in his hand; suddenly, his eyebrows raised slightly, for he realized Ancestor Qingting's state was somewhat familiar.

Possessing consciousness, yet essentially a wisp of True Qi.

"... Primordial One Qi!?"

In an instant, Lu Yang's expression became one of shock and uncertainty.

Primordial One Qi was the exclusive technique of the original owner of the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner, that True Person of the Primordial who created the "Book of the Primordial Dao"!

(End of this chapter)