Chapter 207: One Must Always Rely on Oneself

As a gentle breeze blew past, a figure naturally materialized beside Master Chongguang, formed entirely from spiritual energy that had spontaneously gathered from heaven and earth.

"Father."

Seeing this scene, Master Chongguang immediately displayed a complex expression, yet before he could speak, his form abruptly vanished from the spot.

"Hmm?"

Seeing this, Lu Yang instantly raised an eyebrow; since he was equally proficient in this kind of teleportation technique, he could tell: Master Chongguang had actually been expelled from the blessed land.

The next second, Master Chongguang looked at him with a faint, ambiguous smile and said softly, "What, surprised? Did you really think I was like that idiot Chen Tianhe, planning to use my children as substitutes for tribulation? Such a True Person of the Sheng Sect has only learned the superficial aspects and cannot be considered a true direct disciple of the Sheng Sect."

"Senior Uncle's righteousness is profound."

Lu Yang naturally did not refute him but instead clasped his hands and offered a few words of praise, though in truth he dismissed it entirely, especially since the other party had just tricked him not long ago.

Seeing this, Master Chongguang also looked helpless: "Chongming truly was not my backup plan; he was Miaoyin's."

"Miaoyin, just like that idiot Chen Tianhe, is trapped at the peak of the Mid Stage of Foundation Establishment; she wants to break through to the Late Stage but lacks the confidence to withstand the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation."

"Thus, Chongming came into being."

"Unfortunately, Chongming's talent was limited and he was rebellious, while Miaoyin's methods for nurturing disciples were inferior to Chen Tianhe's, so she could not satisfy her needs for a long time."

"This time, she brought Chongming to my blessed land, most likely intending to persuade me to possess Chongming's body to preserve the blessed land; if I sought survival at any cost, I might barely survive and maintain my cultivation at the peak of Foundation Establishment. At that point, she could use Chongming to perform the Substitute Tribulation Technique."

"To put it plainly, she just wanted me to take the tribulation for her."

Lu Yang immediately showed an expression of sudden realization.

Was there really no backup plan of Master Chongguang's on Chongming? Not necessarily!

But because of True Person Miaoyin, whether there was one before or not, there certainly wasn't one now! After all, truly possessing Chongming would merely be tailoring a robe for True Person Miaoyin.

Given that, it was better to speak nicely about it.

This is what a Daoist partner in the Sheng Sect is like; in the Sheng Sect, concepts like mother and son, husband and wife, sharing hardships together... love is all a lie, and believing it means falling for the trap!

"So, Yuan Tu, today I will teach you the final lesson,"

Master Chongguang looked at Lu Yang and said solemnly, "Using outsiders as material is indeed the style of the Sheng Sect, but that is merely a method, not the foundation of the Sheng Sect."

"Especially regarding the future path of cultivation, using outsiders as material sounds good, but in reality, it places one's hope of seeking the Dao in the hands of others. Yet the Great Dao allows no regrets; you may succeed once, twice, but if you fail even once, you lose everything."

"Why is only Foundation Establishment considered 【True Person】?"

"Because a Foundation Establishment True Person possesses the power to resist. If you use a Foundation Establishment True Person as material, you might succeed many times, but there will always be a slight possibility of failure."

"And a true direct disciple of the Sheng Sect will not gamble on that tiny possibility."

"In the end, the only one we trust is ourselves!"

As his voice fell, Master Chongguang True Person's qi mechanism suddenly surged, as if returning to those days when he intended to seek gold, with the fighting spirit in his brows undiminished.

"A person must always rely on themselves!"

The next second, Master Chongguang took a step forward.

In an instant, Lu Yang felt the heavens, earth, mountains, and rivers all shifting backward; although he had no intention of following, he was forced to travel along with them.

"Senior Uncle... do you intend to forcibly drag me along?"

"You can also choose to leave."

Master Chongguang smiled faintly, appearing completely unconcerned: "However, True Person Qingcheng Feixue is not easy to deal with; if you go out, you might suffer a bit."

"..."

Hearing this, Lu Yang also displayed a helpless expression; in fact, given his personality, if not for the True Person's prior command, he would have probably turned and fled long ago.

Having already gained greatly from obtaining the 【Yin Long Shui】, he was not greedy; his usual style would be to leave the blessed land early and return only after Master Chongguang True Person was thoroughly dead. However, True Person Qingcheng Qingcheng Feixue was watching from outside and had issued a strict inspection order; if he left rashly, he would inevitably be held accountable.

"So, Senior Uncle, what was the reason for your failure?"

Hearing this, Master Chongguang glanced at Lu Yang and said indifferently, "Do you think that if it were something I could figure out, those great ones in the heavens wouldn't understand it?"

"Do you think they truly don't know?"

"If they really didn't know, why bother letting you enter to ask me? Would it not be simpler to just grab my soul out of the blessed land and search it on the spot?"

Speaking to this point, Master Chongguang smiled coldly:

"They figured it out long ago! They just don't know who... and seeing I still have some strength left, they are waiting for me, waiting for me to risk my life for one final struggle!"

Figured it out?

Master Chongguang's words made Lu Yang pause for a moment before he reacted: "My entry into the blessed land to plunder... was also within the expectations of Senior Uncle and the various True Persons?"

Hearing this, Master Chongguang nodded and looked at the still-collapsing blessed land: "I failed once and no longer have the power to maintain such a large blessed land, so I needed someone to help make it smaller... Your seizing of the spiritual embryos formed from my four innate divine abilities is actually more beneficial to me."

Lu Yang still frowned: "But in that case, wouldn't Senior Uncle's path of cultivation become incomplete?"

Hearing this, Master Chongguang immediately laughed: "Do you think innate divine abilities are so easy to divide?"

"Innate talents and the two great divine abilities are both proven once and forever; their roots have long merged with my soul. What is revealed externally is merely branches and leaves."

"Otherwise, if you reincarnated, would you need to refine the Heavenly Gang and Earth Sha anew to seek divine abilities?"

Speaking to this point, Master Chongguang's voice suddenly dropped low again, revealing a hint of resentment in his eyes: "Yes... it cannot be changed. The Great Dao allows no regrets!"

This tone immediately gave Lu Yang some realization.

The Great Dao allows no regrets, it cannot be changed... Could it be that the reason for Master Chongguang's failure to seek gold lies in his path of cultivation, in these four innate divine abilities he used to complete his innate nature?

Connecting this with the doubts he had heard earlier from Patriarch Tingyou.

In an instant, a thought emerged in Lu Yang's mind: "... s it the 【Yin Long Shui】?"

At these words, Master Chongguang immediately turned his gaze, looked deeply at Lu Yang, and then nodded: "Tingyou of the Witch-Ghost Path; your comprehension lives up to its reputation."

"???"

Lu Yang immediately felt displeased; figuring this out was clearly due to his own world-shaking wisdom! Patriarch Tingyou had only provided a tiny bit of help!

But where exactly was the problem with the 【Yin Long Shui】?

With Master Chongguang True Person's cultivation and the protection of True Person Qingcheng Qingcheng Feixue, there should have been no issues whatsoever in the selection of Heavenly Gang and Earth Sha.

After all, this is the foundation for seeking gold.

Yet he made a mistake precisely in this aspect, which was hard to believe.

Lu Yang wore a thoughtful expression, quietly dropping his spiritual sense into the Myriad Souls Banner to look at Patriarch Tingyou: "Patriarch, where do you think the problem with the 【Yin Long Shui】 lies?"

"... here is only one possibility."

However, as his voice fell, Lu Yang saw that Patriarch Tingyou, who usually remained unmoved even if Mount Taishan collapsed before his eyes, now displayed an expression of shock and fear.

"The Abi Sword was shaped from Geng Metal qi; Geng Metal is Yang Metal."

"And Yang Metal can only combine with Yang Earth!"

"【Yin Long Shui】 is transformed from Chen Earth qi, which is the most Yin and softest Earth under heaven... It's all wrong! 【Yin Long Shui】 should essentially be Yang Earth!"

Hearing this, Lu Yang was suddenly startled: "The knowledge was wrong?"

"No!"

Patriarch Tingyou shook his head: "If it were merely wrong knowledge, how could the Golden Core True Persons not know? With the long heritage of the Chusheng Sect, how could they be completely unaware?"

"It has truly been changed!"

"The 【Heavenly Corpse Sha】 nurtured by my Witch-Ghost Path in the past was also transformed from Chen Earth qi; I dare say that before this, all Chen Earth qi under heaven was Yin Earth!"

The answer was self-evident.

Chen Earth originally belonged to Yang, yet it was silently altered by some great expert!

(End of Chapter)