Chapter 174: Great Vehicle True Qi, First-Rank Opportunity!?

"Everyone, don't move!"

At this moment, Guangming appeared to be smiling on the surface, but in truth he had secretly transmitted his voice to the group of Great Cultivators of the Integration Dao behind him, ordering them absolutely not to act.

"Master Guangming?"

Seeing this, Mu Huan's eyes shifted slightly: "Eleven of us have gathered this time, and with Master's assistance, why waste time on this person? We should just act directly."

Upon hearing these words, Guangming's eye corner twitched violently. What did he mean by "with Master's assistance"? You fools are going to throw your lives away, but don't splash your blood on this poor monk! Eleven Integration Dao cultivators pretending to be at the Foundation Establishment stage—how impressive is that? If a real fight breaks out, even another eleven wouldn't be a match for this fierce man!

In an instant, Guangming recalled his past experiences.

He remembered Lu Yang's triumphant dominance on the Dao-Contending Battlefield, and the regret he felt when his master, the Arhat Fu Long Arhat, was tricked by the other party and died of old age.

Thinking of this, he quickly continued to transmit his voice to the crowd:

"It's useless. His innate divine ability allows him to shift across ten thousand directions. He will kill one of you, then escape, then kill the second. If you fight a long battle, you will undoubtedly lose!"

"Innate divine ability? What is that?"

Guangming considered himself to have spoken with utmost sincerity, but this question from the Great Cultivator of the Integration Dao made his face suddenly turn green and purple; he nearly choked on his own breath.

Uninformed overseas natives!

However, this was not surprising. The Great Cultivators of the Integration Dao only managed to pretend to be at the Foundation Establishment stage by borrowing the 【Imperial Mansion Golden Seal of the Dusky True Decree】; how could they comprehend an innate divine ability?

Having not comprehended it, it was only natural they did not know.

Thus, Guangming gritted his teeth, just about to explain, when he saw a Great Cultivator of the Integration Dao beside him suddenly draw a magic sword and, without a word, strike at Lu Yang!

In an instant, all eleven Great Cultivators of the Integration Dao acted simultaneously!

While attacking, Mu Huan did not forget to shout: "Master Guangming, why continue to feign friendship with this thief? Act quickly, do not let him escape!"

Guangming: "..."

Damn it! Trying to drag me into this!?

However, Guangming was a veteran of countless battles; how could he be coerced by the Xian Alliance? Immediately, his expression turned solemn, he erupted into action, and used a escape technique to flee a thousand li away.

"My lord, spare my life! Spare my life!"

He had only just managed to secure the position of 【Arhat Fu Long Temple】 by relying on his master's sudden death, enjoying a natural lifespan of three hundred years; how could he die overseas for no reason?

"I am not with them!"

Such a cowardly act made Mu Huan and the other Great Cultivators of the Integration Dao slightly startled in their hearts, and they looked at Lu Yang, who stood with his hands behind his back, with a hint of confusion.

Is this person truly so vicious?

Despite this, the arrow was now on the string and had to be released; the group of Great Cultivators of the Integration Dao dared not stop, instead furiously channeling their magic power and fully summoning their respective magic treasures. In an instant, spiritual light surged like a tide, eleven magic treasures were launched simultaneously, leaving no path of escape, and instantly submerged Lu Yang's figure.

They had thought this combined strike would leave the opponent flustered.

Who would have expected that upon seeing this, Lu Yang merely formed a hand seal, a brilliant radiance of a divine ability appeared behind him, and with a single sweep, all the magic treasures instantly vanished.

【Determine Intimacy and Distance】!

This sight immediately made Mu Huan and the other Great Cultivators of the Integration Dao freeze in place; upon sensing carefully, they discovered their magic treasures had landed thousands of li away.

What kind of technique is this!?

Before they could react, Lu Yang took out the Banner of Ten Thousand Spirits. The banner waved, and instantly smoke rolled up to the sky; the figures of Su Nu and Chen Xinan both appeared.

"Master, where are you going?"

Su Nu smiled charmingly as the Hall of the Yan King blocked out the sky and sun; Lu Yang used magic to send it to Guangming's side, intercepting him as he still intended to flee.

"N-no, no, I'm just looking at the scenery here."

Guangming gave a sheepish smile, knowing he could not escape, and could only obediently stay in place while engaging his mind to think of a way to resolve the crisis and escape.

However, just at this moment.

"This is... the Banner of Ten Thousand Spirits!?"

Among the group of Great Cultivators of the Integration Dao from the Xian Alliance, the eldest and most senior Great Cultivator looked at the Banner of Ten Thousand Spirits in Lu Yang's hand and suddenly let out a cry of shock.

Lu Yang was not surprised by this; in fact, he had intentionally taken out the Banner of Ten Thousand Spirits to see if anyone would recognize it. After all, according to his deduction, the Biyang Cultivation World was likely the work of a Primordial True Person. Although Daoist Hong Yun Daoist had usurped the place, the lineage might not be completely cut off.

"Stop! Everyone, stop!"

Soon, that senior Great Cultivator stopped everyone, and then looked at Lu Yang with an anxious expression: "Did you receive the lineage of the Primordial True Person?"

Upon hearing these words, everyone was in an uproar.

Mu Huan and the other Great Cultivators of the Integration Dao subsequently showed expressions of disbelief, exclaiming excitedly: "The lineage of the Primordial True Person? Elder Lin, are you sure you didn't missee?"

"How could I have misseen?"

The Great Cultivator known as Lin Lao shook his head: "Refining humans into slaves, gathering forms and scattering qi—this is the Banner of Ten Thousand Spirits. The Primordial True Person truly has not cut off his lineage!"

Immediately, Lin Lao looked at Lu Yang and said in a deep voice: "To be honest, the reason we are causing trouble for you, Daoist Friend, is because our True Spirits are constrained by a strange treasure. After death, our souls find it difficult to be liberated. That strange treasure originates from the Holy Sect; only a True Person from the Holy Sect has hope of unlocking it."

"However, since Daoist Friend possesses the lineage of the Primordial True Person, that is a different matter entirely."

"If Daoist Friend is willing to lend us a hand to unlock the prohibitions within our souls, then naturally there is no need for us to continue fighting to the death."

"Is that so."

Lu Yang remained noncommittal and said calmly: "I indeed received the lineage of the Primordial Senior, but why should I help you? What benefit would helping you bring?"

"This is a secret matter of our Xian Alliance..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Lao's voice paused. Seeing this, Lu Yang immediately waved his hand; the Qiu Tian Instrument began to operate, and a beam of Bing Fire light isolated the group and the outside world.

With this, the karma in this place would be difficult to calculate.

Only then did Lu Yang look at Lin Lao: "Speak."

Lin Lao clasped his hands in a bow: "Since Daoist Friend has captured Fairy Piao Miao, with your methods, you must have already learned the origins of our Xian Alliance from Fairy Piao Miao's mouth."

"However, Fairy Piao Miao only recently reached the Integration Dao stage, and her knowledge is limited to our Biyang Cultivation World. There are some things she is not clear about; only we elders who have existed for over eight hundred years can know more." Saying this, Lin Lao took out a jade tablet and handed it directly into Lu Yang's hand.

"This object was left by the Primordial True Person."

"In the past, when Daoist Hong Yun Daoist arrived, he attempted to destroy it and take it away, but all was in vain, because a great karma bound it to this place."

"The reasons within, Daoist Friend will know upon seeing it."

Lu Yang smiled at the words but did not take the jade tablet; instead, he glanced at Chen Xinan beside him: "Go, take it and see what mystery lies within."

How could he possibly step forward personally for something of such unknown origin?

What if a True Person of the Innate stage was squatting inside, waiting for someone to inspect with spiritual sense, then seize the body by force? Better to let Chen Xinan step on the thunder.

At Lu Yang's command, Chen Xinan immediately stepped forward and swept his spiritual sense over the jade tablet, while Lu Yang, through the connection between Guardian Deities, watched the tablet's contents from his perspective, simultaneously holding a divine technique steady, ready at any moment to cast 【Distinguish Sameness and Difference】 and sever ties with Chen Xinan.

Very soon, he saw the information within the jade tablet:

【Seek gold and die, die without regret; transform the body into Dao-sin, leaving a legacy for descendants; hold my banner, enter my Gold-Seeking Land, refine it, and you may prove the First Grade Mahayana True Qi!】

"Mahayana True Qi... First Grade!?"

In an instant, Lu Yang's pupils contracted sharply; his previous guess had been true. This Biyang Cultivation World could truly allow one to refine True Qi to the First Grade!

Seeing this, Lin Lao also smiled faintly: "Only I know of the Innate True Person's Gold-Seeking Land."

"Well, Daoist friend, are you willing to assist?"

Although he was in the Biyang Cultivation World, he was not entirely ignorant of the interior lands and knew how great the temptation of the so-called First Grade True Qi was for Lu Yang.

At this moment, Lu Yang was indeed tempted.

Although Foundation Establishment without regret meant one could not use First Grade True Qi to re-establish the Dao foundation, if supported by First Grade True Qi, the Dao foundation could produce more variations, and even add a layer of mystery to the Innate Divine Technique; for any True Person of Foundation Establishment, this was a tremendous temptation.

For a moment, Lu Yang showed hesitation on his face: "Let me think..."

Lin Lao was very patient; after all, he could easily wait a little time and believed that after weighing pros and cons, Lu Yang would definitely make the most correct choice.

One stick of incense, two sticks of incense.

Is it waiting too long?

"... No!!!"

The next second, Lin Lao's expression changed drastically; he then furiously urged his magic power, breaking through the treasure light Lu Yang had previously used to envelop everyone and sever karmic causes.

Immediately after, a great formation wreathed in radiance appeared before everyone's eyes.

Due to the concealment of the treasure light, no one had noticed the entire formation being established; by the time they discovered it, everyone had already fallen into the formation!

"You!?" Lin Lao turned back in a rage.

But where was the figure in the original spot?

Only Lu Yang, who had just been meditating with eyes closed, was seen to have shifted outside the formation at some unknown time, looking at the people within the formation as if watching a group of turtles in a jar.

At the same time, because he was far enough away and had not fallen into the formation, Guang Ming sighed upon seeing this.

How could these overseas cultivators believe the words of the True Person of the Holy Sect?

They simply haven't suffered enough losses!

(End of this chapter)