Chapter 270: Joy Turns to Sorrow

Looking at Chen Anmin, who now wore a dissatisfied expression, whose tone no longer held the initial reverence and worship but was instead full of blame, Lu Yang could not help but sigh in his heart:

'After all, he is an ungrateful dog!'

'Or perhaps the time was too short, and my prestige was insufficient; otherwise, even with the allure of the Fruit Position tempting fate, he should not have changed his attitude so quickly.'

Chen Anmin's state was clearly wrong.

Lu Yang could see that this involved both his own inflated ambition and the pull of the Fruit Position; it seemed this realm of heaven intended to turn hostile.

The next second, Lu Yang discovered that the fate star above his head, belonging to the 【Villager】, suddenly extinguished; the symbol of being a "local" vanished into thin air, and a qi mechanism obviously different from ordinary people began to spread, immediately triggering exclamations from others. Seeing this, Chen Anmin was stunned in place.

"Immortal Master... you?"

Clearly, Chen Anmin had not expected that the Immortal Master who helped him and over a million 【Villagers】 regain their lives was actually an Outer Demon!

However, he quickly reacted.

'Outer Demon... this is an Outer Demon! If I kill him, I can obtain the Supreme Position of the Night Son of Heaven again; at that time, I will be the Supreme Under Heaven!'

In an instant, Chen Anmin's eyes turned red.

Then he heard the "Immortal Master" before him suddenly let out a long sigh, then looked at him calmly: "Anmin, do you wish to make a move on me?"

Chen Anmin's movement hesitated slightly.

However, he soon revealed a ferocious expression and shouted loudly: "Outer Demon, you caused so many of our compatriots to die, yet you still dare to bewitch people's hearts!"

"Kill him!"

Before Chen Anmin's words had even faded, he suddenly felt a twisting pain in his stomach; moreover, everyone who had generated a killing intent at that moment felt the same sensation.

"Pfft!"

The next second, sharp claws directly tore through their bodies; with no ability to resist, mature Qi-Eating Insects slowly crawled out from within them, taking away all their essence, qi, and spirit, instantly knocking them from the peak back to the valley.

"Boom!"

Almost simultaneously, a thunderclap suddenly roared from the sky above; the stars shook, and the originally clear blue sky turned into a cloud-covered darkness in the blink of an eye.

"Only now realizing it? Too late!"

Lu Yang grinned, formed a hand seal, and directly recalled the Qi-Eating Insects inside Chen Anmin's body; while killing them, he began to operate the method of harvesting qi!

In an instant, the heavenly stars shifted; the sunlight that originally fell upon Chen Anmin, under Lu Yang's guidance, uncontrollably landed on him, where he absorbed it all. Under the sunlight, the towering phantom of a three-headed, six-armed figure reappeared behind his head.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

This phantom continued to devour the radiance of the 【Tomorrow's Son of Heaven】 like a whale swallowing or an ox drinking, gradually becoming more vivid and increasingly real.

Moreover, the fate star light of others who had attacked Lu Yang and were subsequently killed when the Qi-Eating Insects burst from their bodies was also completely harvested by Lu Yang!

Thud!

At this moment, those who had not attacked Lu Yang out of reverence fell to their knees, feeling that the self standing before Lu Yang gradually became insignificant.

Looking up, what came into view seemed no longer a person, but a statue; the solemn and dignified face looked down, and everyone felt as if he were staring directly at them. Immediately, they lowered their heads in extreme fear, prostrating themselves with five limbs on the ground, too afraid to look again.

【Qian Tian Total Control of Ten Thousand Images Dharma Body】!

"It is done...!"

Lu Yang leaned against the towering phantom, satisfied, and narrowed his eyes, allowing the dark clouds to cover the sky and Lei Ting to crisscross above; he still felt it was sweet as honey.

"The intelligence of the Fruit Position... is ultimately a fool."

Lu Yang sneered coldly; if the Fruit Position of this realm of heaven had been even a little smarter, it would never have allowed him to inject the Qi-Eating Insects into the bodies of the people.

However, on one hand, the other side coveted his earth vein qi, and on the other, seeing him dealing with True Person Miao Yin, it did not detect any danger at all. As a result, it allowed him to act, unaware that he was waiting for this very moment; a 【Tomorrow's Son of Heaven】 was enough to condense a Dharma Body!

"Moreover, you were the one who turned hostile first; this is self-defense."

Lu Yang exhaled deeply, sensing the boost brought by the 【Qian Tian Total Control of Ten Thousand Images Dharma Body】. Frankly, this was almost equivalent to an innate divine ability!

However, before he could sense its specific wonders, a loud noise suddenly came from the sky above.

"Boom!"

The next second, Lu Yang saw that all the people around him who had been planted with Qi-Eating Insects, without exception, lost their fate star light at this moment.

Above the sky, a large area suddenly dimmed!

Clearly, the Fruit Position of 【Wan Wu Jie】 had realized something was wrong and, like a hero cutting off his arm to save his life, directly abandoned all these people!

Immediately after, Lu Yang saw streams of blood qi rainbow light rising in the distance; it was clearly the direction of the imperial soldiers. However, their qi mechanism was tens of thousands of times stronger than usual, and the qi mechanism of the leader had even reached the level of Chen Anmin just now; it was clearly another Son of Heaven Supreme!

"... They can't afford to play anymore."

Lu Yang raised an eyebrow; the imperial soldiers of the 【Wan Wu Jie】 imperial court had not been planted with Qi-Eating Insect eggs. If they truly attacked, he would definitely die without a grave.

"Fortunately, my goal has been achieved."

With the 【Qian Tian Total Control of Ten Thousand Images Dharma Body】 accomplished, there was no meaning in staying here any longer. Thinking of this, Lu Yang immediately activated the mark in his sea of consciousness.

Soon, a voice sounded in his mind: "Eh? It's done so quickly?"

It was clearly the voice of the 【Tong Tian Hall】 of the Holy Sect, sounding childish and carrying a tone of surprise: "Then wait a moment, I will pull you back now."

The pull-back return of the 【Tong Tian Hall】 requires an absolutely safe environment; otherwise, under the interaction of heaven and earth qi mechanisms, the 【Tong Tian Hall】 could not pull people out of thin air. That was why True Person Miao Yin, previously trapped in a siege, could not even escape. However, Lu Yang did not have such troubles now.

Soon, a brilliant light began to emanate from his body.

Almost simultaneously, the sound of Lei Ting in the sky grew even louder, as if someone was furiously roaring in anger, making Lu Yang feel his heart race.

'This time, it seems I really angered the realm of heaven?'

'Next time I come, I will probably be discovered immediately and then besieged... The difficulty of harvesting qi will skyrocket several times. No wonder Second Grade True Arts are hard to cultivate!'

For a Second Grade True Art, the 【Qian Tian Total Control of Ten Thousand Images Dharma Body】 is just the foundation. To completely strip away this Fruit Position of 【Wan Wu Jie】, one harvest of qi is far from enough; a harvest as huge as this one would need to be repeated four or five times before there was any real hope of stripping it away.

But if one time made the realm of heaven so furious, what about four or five more times?

Even someone at the peak of Foundation Establishment would likely encounter great danger; with the slightest carelessness, dying in 【Wan Wu Jie】 would not be impossible!

'However... I am different!'

'If it doesn't work in this life, then in the next life; at that time, the grudge will be zeroed out. I will use the same method to farm it again; farming it for four or five lifetimes, isn't that enough?'

The greatest difficulty for a Second Grade True Art simply does not exist for me!

'The path is promising. The path is truly promising!'

Having grasped this point, Lu Yang's mood instantly improved. He retracted the 【Qian Tian Zong She Wan Xiang Fa Shen】 and even had the leisure to wave at the sky:

"Goodbye."

However, as his words fell, Lu Yang's expression gradually froze.

The Lei Ting in the sky halted at the moment of its explosive flash; all brilliance and spiritual energy were frozen at a single instant, ultimately manifesting as a subtle mist.

"………"

Lu Yang's smile gradually faded; his mind, which had been operating smoothly, suddenly felt as if a massive boulder had appeared out of nowhere, pressing down on him so that his thoughts ran unevenly and his intentions lacked clarity.

From some unknown moment, all sound vanished: the thunder, the shouts, and even Lu Yang himself involuntarily held his breath, daring not to make a sound.

Driven by some intuition, he slowly turned around, as if lifting a veil of illusion, only to discover that someone had been following him beside him from start to finish.

Since entering the 【Wan Wu Jie】, this person had followed him, accompanied him in distributing the Shi Qi worm eggs, joined him in ambushing the True Person Miao Yin, followed him in his transaction with Suo Huan, and accompanied him as he forged the 【Qian Tian Zong She Wan Xiang Fa Shen】...

'Who is it!?'

Lu Yang slowly raised his gaze, only to see that person with a leisurely expression, hands clasped behind his back, curiously observing the dark clouds overhead. He wore an ancient, dignified green robe, looking like an ancient figure who had stepped out of history.

Yet when Lu Yang saw his face, he fell into even greater shock.

For that face was one he knew all too well.

'Chongguang? How could it be Chongguang!'

In that instant, Lu Yang felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, yet his thoughts suddenly became clear.

'Something is wrong... It is a Dao Sin! Chongguang failed in his quest for Gold, and after death transformed into a Dao Sin!'

At the very moment of this realization, an even greater shock followed.

Failing the quest for Gold, transforming into a Dao Sin after death—such a massive matter... why had I not thought of it before?

No, not just me; including all the True Lords under heaven, not a single person considered the issue of Dao Sins, as if from the very beginning they did not exist!

... The Obstruction of Knowledge and Perception?

'He is that 【Da Lin Mu】... the True Lord Ang Xiao Bi Ri!'

(End of this chapter)