Chapter 261: The Secret of the Ten Thousand Person Pit

Ever since finalizing the plan to join the Jiange, the Yun family Patriarch had always been a key target Lu Yang was determined to completely control using the 【String Puppet】.

The reason was simple.

Do not be fooled by the Yun family's current decline; although the Yun family Patriarch was merely at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, the Yun family's background was no small matter, tracing their ancestry back to a time when they were once prosperous.

This was because the Yun family had once produced a Patriarch of the Jiange, a Golden Core True Person, but that Golden Core True Person fell during a millennial great tribulation; their opponent was a Golden Core Mid Stage True Person from the Sheng Sect, whose cultivation base was profound, resulting in the destruction of not only their grotto-heaven but also preventing their soul from escaping.

Afterward, the Yun family declined.

Passed down through the generations to the current Yun family Patriarch, they had completely fallen to the status of a Foundation Establishment immortal clan, and even now, their position as a Foundation Establishment immortal clan was unstable.

But regardless, there was ultimately a bond of incense and fire remaining.

Being a direct descendant of a former Golden Core True Person, such identity and background might be ignored by everyone in the Sheng Sect, but placed within the Jiange, it was a significant bonus.

At the very least, the Yun family Patriarch was qualified to have an audience with the Patriarch!

The Jiange and the Sheng Sect were different; in the Sheng Sect, the various True Persons were in closed-door cultivation year-round, with affairs generally managed by their subordinate Great True Persons, such as Master Master Chongguang, who acted in the capacity of acting Patriarch.

However, in the Jiange, the True Persons personally managed affairs.

And for the Yun family Patriarch, merely at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, to be able to have an audience with a True Person, Lu Yang did not believe there was no lingering blessing from the deceased Yun family True Person behind this.

'In previous lives, when the Yun family Patriarch was able to bring a heavenly mechanism treasure like the 【Sky-Exploring Instrument】 to reincarnate and enter the Dharma Refining Secret Realm, I already sensed something was amiss.'

At first, I did not notice, but the more I thought about it later, the stranger it became; there were so many Foundation Establishment True Persons needing to reincarnate, so why specifically choose someone as weak as the Yun family Patriarch to do it? And they even gave him such a rare treasure as the 【Sky-Exploring Instrument】; without him, the Yun family Patriarch would have almost certainly succeeded, which was essentially a gift of merit.

It was evident that while the Yun family Patriarch might lack strength, he definitely possessed connections.

This was precisely what Lu Yang needed in this life.

Several more days passed, and accompanied by a loud boom in the dome of the sky, a beam of escape light sped over, finally coming to a steady halt above the Cangjian Shanzhuang.

Soon, the beam of escape light split apart.

The Yun family Patriarch, with crane-white hair and an aged countenance, stepped out from within, his spiritual sense locking onto Yun Yun Miaozhen almost immediately, and only after seeing she was unharmed did he breathe a sigh of relief.

"Greetings, Patriarch."

Yun Yun Miaozhen stepped forward respectfully to pay her respects, then took out a pill: "This is the Life-Extending Pill this disciple obtained on this journey; please accept it, Patriarch."

Seeing this, the Yun family Patriarch was immediately filled with great comfort: "Yun Miaozhen is thoughtful."

As soon as the words left his mouth, he took the pill, and seeing Yun Yun Miaozhen looking at him with an expression full of expectation, he simply tilted his head back and swallowed the pill.

Although the so-called Life-Extending Pill was actually of no use to him whatsoever, it was Yun Yun Miaozhen's filial piety, and the Yun family Patriarch did not wish to embarrass her, so after consuming the pill, he continued: "What of the demonic path member mentioned in your letter? Has True Person Xiuxin already captured them?"

"They have already been captured."

Yun Yun Miaozhen nodded: "My master fought a great battle with them; this disciple could not even intervene. Now, that demonic head has been firmly suppressed by my master."

"That is good."

Hearing this, the Yun family Patriarch also breathed a sigh of relief; True Person Xiuxin's cultivation base was similar to his own, and if she could handle it, it meant he should have no problem either.

"Then take me there quickly."

"Patriarch, this way please."

Yun Yun Miaozhen led the Yun family Patriarch all the way to a quiet room; pushing open the door, the Yun family Patriarch stepped inside the quiet room and immediately froze in place.

Inside the quiet room.

A young man dressed in a black robe was standing before a desk with an expression of intense focus, a sheet of yellow paper spread out on the table, using his finger as a brush to draw something.

Meanwhile, True Person Xiuxin stood silently in attendance nearby, exhaling a ball of fierce fire to smelt various Geng-Metal spiritual substances, transforming them into a ball of brilliant golden spiritual ink, which Lu Yang casually stirred before painting it stroke by stroke onto the yellow paper on the desk, finally forming a sharp talisman shaped like a long sword.

"Clang! Clang!"

The moment the talisman was completed, the paper, which should have been soft and thin, instantly emitted a sword hum resembling metal, releasing a sword intent that shocked even the Yun family Patriarch.

"Finally succeeded!"

Seeing this, Lu Yang nodded with satisfaction; after starting over, there was finally none of the urgency from the previous life, allowing him to live a life of grinding ink with bare hands and having a red-sleeved beauty add fragrance to his studies.

Therefore, he had picked up the talisman arts he had previously discarded due to lack of time to study.

And this 【Yuan Tu Treasure Talisman】 was the result of his research over these past days, recreating the sword intent and mystical effects of the 【Li Jie Bo】 through talismans.

Aside from Lu Yang's own attainments in talisman arts, this relied even more on his innate divine ability 【Lord of Arms and Armor】, naturally possessed in this life as a Geng-Metal Immortal Spirit; this innate divine ability could transform all things, and whether used for pill refining, talisman making, or treasure refining, it provided significant assistance.

"It is a pity my world-shaking wisdom cannot yet be brought into play."

"This 【Yuan Tu Treasure Talisman】 cost me considerable time, yet the finished product possesses only one-tenth of the sword might of the 【Li Jie Bo】, at most capable of dealing with the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment."

Of course, talismans were never about winning through quality.

Quantity was the true king!

'The banner spirits within the Myriad Souls Banner suffered heavy losses in the previous life; it is time to go to Skeleton Mountain to recruit a new batch, and then restart the industrial production line for talismans.'

Thinking this, Lu Yang finally raised his head.

Only then did the Yun family Patriarch, who had stood rigidly in place since entering the room and was almost unable to move, finally regain the power of action.

"How is this possible!"

The Yun family Patriarch's pupils constricted; clutching his stomach, he felt that the Life-Extending Pill he had just swallowed had now seemingly become a poison restraining him!

'Why!?'

The Yun family Patriarch turned his head to look at Yun Yun Miaozhen, unable to believe that the family disciple he relied on most would one day choose to harm him with poison!

However, Yun Yun Miaozhen did not even glance at him; instead, she carefully approached the desk, bowed gracefully, and crawled underneath it, preparing to receive her reward, which had nothing to do with anything else but was purely for cultivation, allowing Lu Yang to help her quickly break through her bottleneck.

'Demonic head... this person is absolutely a demonic head!!!'

For a moment, the Yun family Patriarch could hardly believe his eyes, while at the same time becoming even more certain in his heart: only a demonic head would do such things!

Yet he could not escape.

The 【Qian Tian Zong She Wan Xiang Fa Shen】 manifested behind Lu Yang, and the aura completely surpassing the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment made the Yun family Patriarch忍不住 curse inwardly in rage:

'To possess such cultivation base yet set a trap to harm me, and even use poison—you beast!'

The result was without suspense.

The Yun family Patriarch was directly suppressed by Lu Yang, and soon after, a 【String Puppet】 landed upon him; quickly, the resentment and malice on his face transformed into loyalty.

"It is a pity Chen Xinan is not here."

Lu Yang shook his head; Chen Chen Xinan's true spirit was still sleeping within the Myriad Souls Banner, and by estimation, it would take ten or eight years before he could recover.

Since soul searching was not an option, Lu Yang could only ask directly:

"How much do you know about the inside story of the Jiangnan Ten Thousand Person Pit?"

To Lu Yang's delight, as soon as he spoke these words, the Yun family Patriarch first froze, then nodded and said: "Replying to Master, this subordinate knows everything."

Knows everything!?

Hearing this, Lu Yang's eyes immediately brightened; it seemed he had indeed chosen the right person, for with the Yun family Patriarch's connections in the Jiange, he actually did know the inside story!

Immediately after, the Yun family Patriarch spoke in a deep voice: "I am friends with a disciple of 【Demon-Sweeping True Person】; he once mentioned to me that in the Jiangnan Ten Thousand Person Pit... traces of a Great Realm Heaven containing a fruit of position were discovered; if seized, it would be of immense use to our Jiange!"

(End of Chapter)