Chapter 184: I Will Clean It Up For You

"Junior Uncle! There are bad people inside the Holy Sect!"

At Holy Fire Cliff, the moment Lu Yang stepped through the door, he shouted loudly, his voice filled with extreme grievance. True Person Chongguang was stunned upon hearing it and only came to after a long while.

"Don't try that trick on me!"

True Person Chongguang laughed and scolded: "The one who died was Senior Wu Cang, not you. Yet you act aggrieved. Do you want me to tell you what a grave crime it is to harm a fellow disciple?"

Seeing this, Lu Yang sighed inwardly. Since breaking through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, True Person Chongguang's attitude had changed completely. If in his past life the elder had maintained a somewhat commanding demeanor, now he was much more intimate, looking at Lu Yang with eyes that were practically treating him like a delicacy.

But this was just fine.

The more True Person Chongguang held this attitude, the more important Lu Yang was to him, and the easier it would be for Lu Yang to make outrageous demands and state his own needs.

With this thought, Lu Yang suddenly shed tears:

"Junior Uncle, you do not know. Disciple has suffered greatly these past days! After the self-detonation of the earth vein, calamity qi has wrapped around my body. I was truly ambushed by someone without even knowing it."

"Ambushed by someone?"

Upon hearing this, True Person Chongguang immediately narrowed his eyes, instantly calculated with his fingers, and then frowned even deeper: "The Great Web of Cause and Effect shows no abnormalities."

Everything was very clear.

Senior Wu Cang, blinded by greed, came to demand the True Lord's handwritten letter, only to be counter-killed by Lu Yang. There was no concealment; it was clear and plain, showing not the slightest abnormality.

However, no abnormality was the greatest abnormality!

Although the killing intent of heaven and earth left no trace, True Person Chongguang did not need traces; he only needed to know that if Lu Yang died, who would benefit the most.

Seeing True Person Chongguang ponder for a moment, he then summoned the Spirit of the Formation: "Summon True Person Hongju to see me. I have a major matter to discuss with him."

Hearing this, the Spirit of the Formation shook its head: "Replying to True Person, True Person Hongju has already entered seclusion."

Upon hearing this, True Person Chongguang immediately narrowed his eyes, then burst into loud laughter: "Indeed, there is something fishy! It is most likely this old monster scheming against you in the shadows!"

On the other side, Lu Yang firmly memorized the name "Hongju." Was this beast the one who schemed against me to death in the past life? Hongju, Hongju... differs from Daoist Hong Yun by only one character. It is obvious they are of the same ilk; neither is a good thing! Just you wait, I have recorded this grudge!

Thinking this, Lu Yang quickly stepped forward and continued:

"Junior Uncle, this is killing to silence the witness!"

"Disciple recently received news that Daoist Daoist Hong Yun left a backup hand overseas and was just about to report it to you, but then Senior Wu Cang arrived."

"If my luck had not been good and I had not broken through to the mid-stage, I fear I would have perished at Senior Wu Cang's hands."

"This is not silencing Disciple's mouth; it is clearly aiming for Junior Uncle's life!"

For True Person Chongguang, Daoist Daoist Hong Yun was a mortal enemy, so all his intelligence was extremely important. Therefore, upon hearing this, he immediately became serious.

"Speak in detail."

"This matter involves a region overseas..."

Seeing this, Lu Yang concealed nothing and directly revealed the existence of the Biyang Cultivation World, as well as that 【Imperial Mansion Golden Seal of the True Edict of Doulu】 of the Xian Alliance.

At first, True Person Chongguang did not take it seriously, but upon hearing the name 【Imperial Mansion Golden Seal of the True Edict of Doulu】, his originally indifferent expression suddenly changed. His eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a hint of killing intent: "So that is how... I wondered why I could not find that external pill from the past."

"He actually hid it overseas?"

For a moment, True Person Chongguang sat cross-legged on the cushion, his fingers constantly calculating, lost in thought, while Lu Yang remained silent, waiting quietly beside him.

After a long time, True Person Chongguang slowly raised his head and looked at Lu Yang with deep meaning.

"How did you come to know this news?"

Lu Yang was prepared and wore a calm expression: "To speak frankly, Disciple once received the inheritance of True Person Xiantian. Everything comes from his records before his death."

"True Person Xiantian?"

Upon hearing this, True Person Chongguang was stunned, then calculated for a moment before shaking his head: "This person was a figure from five thousand years ago and was not on good terms with our Holy Sect."

This was the first time Lu Yang had heard news related to True Person Xiantian. Curious, he asked: "Disciple only knows this person was a rogue cultivator. Could there be other roots?"

"No, he was indeed a rogue cultivator, but he did not need other roots." True Person Chongguang shook his head, revealing a touch of admiration in his eyes: "This person was the incarnation of the calamity fate born from the previous Great Calamity. His talent was extraordinary; although a rogue cultivator, he was in no way inferior to the true disciples of great sects."

"During that Great Calamity, he had hope of ascending the throne."

"Unfortunately, this person's character was upright, and being born of calamity fate, he was disliked by all the True Lords. Therefore, they deliberately induced him to build his Dao Foundation using a fourth-grade cultivation technique."

"Because of this, his path to ascension was cut off."

"Since then, he became indistinguishable from the masses and his whereabouts were unknown. As the Great Calamity neared its end, the True Lords divined the heavenly secrets and learned he had left behind a single inheritance."

"However, we do not know what means he used; even the True Lords could not calculate the specific information. They simply bound the cause and effect of that inheritance to the Holy Sect. This way, no matter what inheritance he left, it would inevitably fall into the hands of a Holy Sect disciple. It can be said that things are used to their fullest and talents are fully utilized."

After speaking, True Person Chongguang specifically glanced at Lu Yang.

"As a distant disciple of True Person Tingyou of the Wugui Dao, yet still receiving the inheritance of True Person Xiantian, your depth of fortune has already surpassed many True Persons."

"Junior Uncle overestimates me."

Lu Yang bowed deeply and voluntarily changed the subject: "Junior Uncle, if my guess is correct, the Biyang Cultivation World is likely the place where True Person Xiantian sought gold."

"This person failed in seeking gold, leaving infinite disaster."

"You mean the Dao Sin, right?"

True Person Chongguang nodded: "It does not matter. One Dao Sin, plus the 【Imperial Mansion Golden Seal of the True Edict of Doulu】, is already enough to make the Holy Sect move its forces."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yang was stunned. Make the Holy Sect move its forces?

Seeing this scene, True Person Chongguang also wore a strange expression: "What? Do you perhaps want me to go overseas with you?"

"You said it yourself; there is likely a Dao Sin there, formed by a cultivator who failed in seeking gold."

"Why should I risk going?"

As the words fell, True Person Chongguang walked out of the hall, then summoned the Spirit of the Formation and said calmly: "Report this matter to True Lord Qingcheng Feixue."

The Spirit of the Formation responded and departed.

Not long after, Lu Yang suddenly raised his head, feeling as if a gaze from the sky had fallen upon him, dissecting his entire body piece by piece.

'... True Lord!?'

The gaze persisted for a while before finally dispersing.

Immediately after, the Spirit of the Formation on Holy Fire Cliff reappeared, walking over with both hands holding a talisman paper. The paper looked thin yet seemed to weigh a thousand pounds.

What was heavy was of course not the paper, but the handwriting that had fallen upon it.

Then he saw Master Chongguang's expression turn solemn as he likewise raised both hands to receive that slip of talisman paper. After a single glance, he passed it on to Lü Yang.

"Your luck is not bad."

Lü Yang took the talisman paper and fixed his eyes upon it:

【You carry the great karmic burden of the Pure Land, and the killing intent of Heaven and Earth clings to your body—both demand that you die beyond the seas. If you remain in the Sea of Clouds you will indeed be safe, but it is no different from a withered corpse in a tomb. Moreover, if the karma is not dispelled, given enough time it will only accumulate until it cannot be reversed.】

【Take my handwritten letter and make a trip beyond the seas.】

【I shall sweep the path clean for you.】

(End of chapter)