Chapter 259: Heaven and Earth Build the Dao Foundation

"Mm."

The moment Lu Yang began to circulate the Heaven-Mending True Scripture, Yun Yun Miaozhen immediately sensed something amiss; an indescribable warmth spread from her dantian in her lower abdomen.

The next second, the bottleneck that had plagued her for several months, blocking her path from the Third Layer to the Fourth Layer of Qi Condensation, from Early Stage to Mid Stage, shattered at the sound. Yun Yun Miaozhen looked at herself in sheer surprise, then turned her gaze to her elder sister, Yun Yun Miaozhen. Although the latter was already at the Sixth Layer of Qi Condensation, strictly speaking, she was also only at the Mid Stage.

'I've reached the same realm as my elder sister?'

In an instant, an indescribable sense of achievement surged into her heart, making Yun Yun Miaozhen unable to help but cover her lower abdomen, while Yun Yun Miaozhen's expression grew increasingly stiff.

'It must be a spiritual sword embryo!'

'To merge with such a sword embryo and stimulate it with sword qi can break through bottlenecks. If I had obtained it, I should already be at the Late Stage of Qi Condensation by now!'

Why isn't it mine?

Yun Yun Miaozhen lowered her eyelids, quickly reined in her negative emotions, and regained her composure: "Enough. Since you have obtained the sword embryo, prepare to return."

Hearing this, Yun Yun Miaozhen was stunned: "Elder sister, haven't you found a suitable sword embryo yet?"

"I have already found one."

Yun Yun Miaozhen shook her head and said calmly: "There is no time to lose; let us return first. This place is, after all, not within the sect, and we could be attacked by the Mo Sect."

Upon hearing "Mo Sect," Yun Yun Miaozhen's expression immediately turned tense. For an ordinary disciple like her, the reputation of the Jiangbei giant, the Chusheng Mo Sect, was still quite terrifying. Moreover, Jiangnan and Jiangbei had long been on bad terms; while they might not be in a state of constant conflict, one could at least say they could not coexist under the same sky.

Lu Yang had no mind to observe the changes in the outside world.

At this moment, he was still examining himself: "Interesting. This is the first time I have cultivated not using the Dual Cultivation of Plunder technique, but rather the technique of Mutual Cultivation and Complement."

It was evident that he had not plundered Yun Yun Miaozhen.

Although the Heaven-Mending True Scripture was a demonic art, he had communicated with Lady Ruoxiang many times in his previous life, so he knew that this demonic art was not entirely about plundering.

Heaven-mending, heaven-mending—using one's own body to mend the flaws of Heaven and gain Heaven's favor naturally allows for mutual benefit and complement. Currently, this was the relationship between him and Yun Yun Miaozhen: he used the status of a Foundation Establishment Immortal Spirit to accelerate Yun Yun Miaozhen's cultivation, while nine-tenths of the gains from Yun Yun Miaozhen's cultivation belonged to him.

"Pity that Yun Yun Miaozhen's cultivation base is too weak."

Lu Yang shook his head. For her to be of any help in nourishing himself, Qi Condensation was merely a drop in the bucket; at the very least, it had to be a Foundation Establishment True Person.

Although even if it was just a drop in the bucket, Yun Yun Miaozhen would actually be better than Yun Yun Miaozhen.

But Lu Yang did not like that.

"I am a good person, and good people naturally associate with other good people. As for slight differences in talent and cultivation base, they mean nothing to me."

Moreover, in Lu Yang's view, the difference in talent between the Yun sisters was not actually that great.

At least it had not reached the point seen with Patriarch Tingyou, where human effort could completely not make up for it. Yun Yun Miaozhen actually possessed some talent; her aptitude was not poor.

"Of course, more importantly, she has met me now!"

Lu Yang was fully confident that even if he improved her cultivation base gradually while preserving her potential, he had the confidence to enable Yun Yun Miaozhen to reach the Great Perfection of Qi Condensation within ten years.

Immediately after, he continued to examine himself.

As an Immortal Spirit, his nourishment was not yet complete; his essence was merely a strand of Heavenly Gang qi. With a slight calculation, he learned his origins.

"I am... transformed from Geng Metal qi!"

Geng Metal, also known as 【Shangzhang】, holds the authority of heaven and earth's stern killing, presiding over matters of war and weapons among mortals. In the heavens, it is wind and frost; on earth, it is metal and iron. It is the metal of the Yang attribute.

"Truly wonderful."

Lu Yang was greatly interested. As an Immortal Spirit, his Dao Foundation was naturally born and nurtured by heaven and earth, innately compatible with Geng Metal qi, and his divine abilities also stemmed from this.

"The cultivation of an Immortal Spirit is exactly opposite to that of a human."

"Human cultivation involves first condensing one's innate destiny, then continuously collecting Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha, gathering four innate divine abilities, and finally challenging the Gate of Seeking Gold."

"However, Immortal Spirits are different. An Immortal Spirit starts with innate divine abilities; they must first gather four innate divine abilities before they can condense their innate destiny divine ability... However, the vast majority of Immortal Spirits cannot last until the moment of condensing their innate destiny divine ability; either they emerge prematurely, or they perish midway."

This imagery was extremely profound and subtle.

"If one must describe it, it is like carrying a child for ten months... The Immortal Spirit receives nourishment from heaven and earth, the four innate divine abilities gather, and finally, the innate destiny awakens, breaking free from the mother body."

In this process, all four innate divine abilities were bestowed by heaven and earth.

If the four bestowed innate abilities happened to align with a certain fruit position, and the innate destiny divine ability awakened, one could immediately begin seeking gold and devise a way to occupy that fruit position.

In other words—

"So-called Immortal Spirits are simply like entities spawned by heaven and earth specifically to occupy fruit positions... Could there be some problem behind this?"

Lu Yang thought deeper and felt extreme fear, suddenly shivering.

Forget it; it is better not to delve too deeply.

Thinking thus, Lu Yang quickly reined in his thoughts and turned his attention to the divine ability currently condensing within his body.

This was a divine ability inherently possessed by his Geng Metal qi as a Geng Metal Immortal Spirit, named 【Lord of War and Change】. Lu Yang had once seen Ye Gu use it.

"【Lord of War and Change】 is formed from the Heavenly Gang 【Geng Metal】 and the Earthly Sha 【Shen Metal】. Both are metals of the Yang attribute. After combining, they evolve the ferocity of metal to its extreme, giving birth to 【Lord of War and Change】. This innate divine ability has two uses, internal and external, corresponding to the heavenly and earthly transformations of Geng Metal."

"The internal use lies in 【War】, which can amplify the power of weapons."

"The external use lies in 【Change】. Change means transformation; when unleashed, it can alter form and appearance, turning the有形 into the formless, 称 a superior method for dissolving divine abilities and magic treasures."

Lu Yang was carefully comprehending his own marvels.

However, just at this moment.

"... mm?"

Suddenly, Lu Yang opened his eyes, feeling a strand of spiritual sense suddenly sweep over Yun Yun Miaozhen's body, plunge straight into her dantian, and land upon himself.

Fortunately, he had already used 【Li Jie Bo】 to protect himself. With the mysterious加持 of 【Dongming】, karma was hidden and heavenly secrets were concealed. Unless a Golden Core True Person was present in person, no one could discover his origins. To outward appearance, he was merely a sword embryo with a slight touch of the mysterious.

"Which Foundation Establishment cultivator is this?"

Lu Yang was initially somewhat alarmed, but upon sensing that the other party's spiritual sense was not strong, only at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, he quickly calmed down.

"It is indeed satisfying to bully novices in the starter village!"

"Let me see who is spying on me..."

Lu Yang was quite satisfied. With a thought, the 【Qian Tian Zong She Wan Xiang Fa Shen】 immediately manifested and swiftly flew along the other party's spiritual sense.

At the same time, within Cangjian Shanzhuang.

Yun Yun Miaozhen casually dismissed Yun Yun Miaozhen, telling her to prepare the flying boat for their return to Jiange, then proceeded to a remote pavilion within the mountain villa.

Inside the pavilion, a woman dressed in luxurious robes was sitting by the window.

"Disciple greets Master."

Yun Yun Miaozhen respectfully stepped forward and bowed. This was her greatest fortune in this life, and also the karma brought by her origins in her previous life—a Foundation Establishment Master!

Thanks to this, she had become the pride of the Yun family today, held in high hope by the Yun family patriarch. As soon as she broke through to the Late Stage of Qi Condensation, she would immediately be granted a great divine ability of Jiange. Thereafter, promoting to a true disciple and striving for Foundation Establishment would both be highly hopeful matters; her future could be described as bright.

"Rise."

The woman in luxurious robes raised her delicate hand gently. Her soft voice carried a hint of laziness. Her name was 【Xiuxin】, a surname guest elder of the Ye family, a major clan within Jiange.

"Have you made up your mind?"

"Replying to Master, this disciple has made up her mind."

Yun Yun Miaozhen said in a deep voice: "Please, Master, cast a technique to link Yun Miaozhen's fortune with mine, so that I may send her to the Mo Sect and aid her in achieving success in her cultivation."

(End of Chapter)