Chapter 253: Gathering Qi (Fourth Update)

The method of Empty Verification is meant to be used by me!

This was the only thought in Lu Yang's mind after hearing True Person Qingcheng Feixue's warning, and this confidence naturally came from the 【Hundred Lives Book】.

'The biggest problem with the Empty Verification Fruit Position is being discarded by the Dao Lords after verification, but I am different. As long as I restart immediately at the moment of verifying the Fruit Position and bring the Fruit Position back, once the Fruit Position is whitewashed by the 【Hundred Lives Book】, having neither cause nor effect, what can the Dao Lords do to me?'

Lu Yang barely managed to hold his expression without laughing out loud, watching True Person Qingcheng Feixue depart.

And with Master Chongguang's death, the mysterious True Person hid again, the True Persons from all sides dispersed their Fruit Positions, and the Firmament Sky returned to clear brightness, as if a great battle had never occurred.

"Come back with me."

Lu Yang glanced at Duobao Tongzi, who had been guarding outside the Blessed Land the whole time with an anxious expression, unwilling to leave, and smiled slightly: "Fellow Daoist has indeed contributed."

He was not some great demon after all.

Independent cultivators do not have it easy, and small sects and schools have it even harder; Lu Yang considered himself a very empathetic person, so naturally he would not make things too difficult for Duobao Tongzi.

Besides, there was no fat left on him to squeeze anyway.

Yet with just one sentence, Duobao Tongzi almost burst into tears.

Recalling the bitter days he had endured these past few days? Since leaving Jiangbei and joining another house, nothing went right, and he was constantly misunderstood.

Before this, he had even been extorted by the Yushu Jiange, holding a belly full of anger.

Looking at it now, the Holy Sect still knows how to appreciate talent, seeing the talent I hid beneath the surface; why did I choose betrayal in a moment of confusion back then?

If this had happened before, Lu Yang's casual praise would never have stirred so many emotions in Duobao Tongzi, but after experiencing a series of beatings, discovering he had actually kept his life, and even having merit, Duobao Tongzi almost cried from joy at that moment.

"Thank you, my lord!"

【7】 Seeing this, Lu Yang nodded, then took out the A-Bi Sword, and a sword qi turned the unconscious Ye Guyue nearby into dust, before he strode away casually.

Seeing this, Lu Yang nodded, then drew the Abi Sword; a sword qi struck the unconscious Ye Guyue beside him, turning him to dust, and only then did he stride away with long strides.

Holy Sect, Luofeng Mountain.

After casually dismissing Duobao Tongzi, Lu Yang strolled through the mountain, listening to human voices, which served to relieve some of the tension from the past few days.

Cultivating immortality requires tension and relaxation; maintaining a proper balance between loose and tight is the right path.

However, although he had only been away for a short time, upon returning now, Lu Yang felt as if he had lived a lifetime, simply because the mountain was far too lively.

Looking out, the crowd was as vast as the former Sky-Mending Peak, even slightly surpassing it; among them, many disciples cultivated the Witches and Ghosts Dao techniques, after all, under Master Tingyou's arrangement, the Witches and Ghosts Dao techniques were thirty percent cheaper than other techniques, with limited-time discount events every month.

"How is it?"

The Ten Thousand Spirits Banner waved, and Master Tingyou's figure appeared beside Lu Yang, wearing a look of emotion, with a smile of heartfelt joy in his words.

"You have worked hard, Master."

Lu Yang likewise wore an expression of emotion: "Recalling the past, my lineage was passed down single-handedly, like an independent cultivator; to have reached this day feels like a dream."

Hearing this, Master Tingyou looked at Lu Yang, a trace of heartache in his eyes, and a figure of a "Witches and Ghosts Dao second-generation disciple, oppressed by the Yushu Jiange, terrified every night yet never forgetting to revive the sect" floated in his mind; immediately, he patted Lu Yang's shoulder:

"You have suffered."

Lu Yang shook his head and said solemnly: "Struggling for the sect's revival does not count as suffering. My abilities are limited; in the future, I will still need the Master's efforts."

Master Tingyou nodded and spoke up voluntarily:

"The Holy Sect True Person's knowledge is broader than mine, so the First Grade Empty Verification should not be considered for now; the Second Grade is worth careful consideration."

"This disciple understands."

Lu Yang nodded; it was not that he truly gave up, but food must be eaten bite by bite, and the road walked step by step; being too eager, crack, easily tears one's balls.

'First, follow the path of Second Grade techniques, slowly figure out the ins and outs, then consider the Empty Verification matter. Actually, the best method is still to follow the ordinary path first; regardless of this or that, verify a Jin Dan first, then reverse-engineer the techniques from there. Level-skipping cultivation suits me best.'

"What do you plan to do next?"

Seeing Lu Yang lost in thought, Master Tingyou asked with concern: "Increasing your Dao cultivation and fate to seek a second innate divine ability is not easy."

"And you know the Holy Sect."

Master Tingyou spoke very obscurely.

However, Lu Yang understood in his heart that, according to what True Person Qingcheng Feixue said, she would invite a True Person to help him refine the 【Ageless Paulownia】 into a Great Pill.

Once the pill is formed, he only needs to take it to replenish his Dao cultivation.

It sounds very beautiful, but this is the Holy Sect! A pill refined by a Holy Sect True Person! Can this be eaten? Who knows what ingredients might have been added!

However, after deep consideration, Lu Yang still shook his head: "The True Person will not harm me."

"Are you sure?" Master Tingyou frowned.

With the 【Hundred Lives Book】 on his person and something weighing on his heart, Lu Yang was naturally not panicked at all, but his face showed utter sincerity: "No, but I trust the True Person."

"You are quite loyal."

Before Lu Yang finished speaking, and before Master Tingyou could open his mouth, a third person's voice rang out in the place, accompanied by a sound of leisurely footsteps.

Master Tingyou's lips and teeth instantly froze in place; the smile originally on Lu Yang's face also became hard to maintain, and immense shock instantly arose in his heart.

'Who is this!?'

Lu Yang turned his head to look beside him, only to see that a woman in brocade robes and rosy capes, with hair like a waterfall, looking gentle and generous, had appeared there at some unknown time.

'A Great True Person? A True Person?'

In an instant, Lu Yang's thoughts spun a hundred turns; although both had the ability to approach him without being detected, he still made a decision in an instant:

"This disciple greets the True Person!"

"Oh?" The woman showed surprise upon hearing this, then asked curiously: "Do you know me?"

Lu Yang wore a look of respect: "I do not know you, but regardless of the senior's cultivation level, this disciple will address you as True Person; after all, addressing cultivation levels higher is always more pleasant."

"Sharp-tongued."

The woman smiled: "My name is 【Zengcai Qiluo True Person】, and I am also an old acquaintance of Feihong—that is, the 【True Person Qingcheng Feixue】 you mentioned."

"This time she invited me out of seclusion specifically for you, asking me to help you refine a Jia-Wood pill to increase your Dao cultivation in preparation for a second innate divine ability." Speaking thus, the woman lightly shook her robes, and clouds and mist suddenly floated up from her skirt hem, supporting her body and transforming into a cloud pavilion.

"Where is the 【Ageless Paulownia】? Bring it out."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yang did not dare to delay, immediately taking out the spiritual materials Ye Guyue had given him; the woman took them and examined them carefully for a moment:

"Hmm, the fire control is not bad."

"Pity about Master Chongguang."

Immediately after, the woman shook her head again. The cloud mist coalesced into a teapot. She tossed the 【Immortal Catalpa】 directly into the pot, then gently swirled it.

"I also heard you are going to 【Harvest Qi】?"

The True Person asked. Even though the tone sounded like mere idle chat, Lu Yang did not dare to be negligent:

"Replying to the True Person, this was also the instruction of True Person Qingcheng Feixue. He said that going beyond the heavens to harvest Qi helps increase one's own fortune and seek out the Cheng Tian Gang and Di Sha."

"It is a good method, but the risk is a bit high. In the past hundred years, you have been the most prominent figure in our Holy Sect. Now that this whole affair has happened, your name has greatly resounded in all directions. Several Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Yushu Jiange have died, one after another. Whether directly or indirectly, none can escape the connection to you."

"You have now truly become a delicacy."

Speaking to this point, the woman asked with no small amount of curiosity:

"In this situation, they still let you go beyond the heavens. It seems Feihong truly has great confidence in your strength, or perhaps... did you offend her somewhere?"

'... Hmm?'

Upon hearing these words, Lu Yang was instantly stunned. He then spoke cautiously: "May I ask the True Person, what dangers await someone like this disciple beyond the heavens?"

Hearing this, the woman immediately laughed: "Someone like you, who achieved mid-stage Foundation Establishment in a hundred years, and is now a True Person on the verge of mid-stage perfection, often implies that fortune has settled upon you and your talent is extraordinary. In a sense, you are the gathering of the world's essence. In other words, you are a fine piece of Qi."

"A fine piece of Qi... me...?"

In an instant, Lu Yang's pupils suddenly contracted. A thought struck him forcefully: Could the so-called 【Harvesting Qi】 be a patent exclusive to this one world?

The so-called "beyond the heavens" should be relative!

In other words, if he went beyond the heavens, while 【harvesting Qi】 in other realm heavens, he would also become a target for cultivators in other realm heavens to 【harvest Qi】!

(End of this chapter)