Chapter 273: The Profound Mystery of the Dharma Body, Opportunity Lies in the Sea

Clouds and seas reaching the sky, Holy Fire Cliff.

As a dazzling brilliance flashed, the moment Lu Yang stepped out of the 【Heaven-Piercing Hall】, he immediately felt several divine senses land upon him.

"Duanmu Yuan Tu, where is Miao Yin?"

A True Person inquired, and Lu Yang instantly assumed a sorrowful expression: "We suffered an accident; the World of Ten Thousand Wu is perilous. The Lady died violently, and this disciple could not rescue her in time."

"Oh!"

Several divine senses quickly dispersed; these should have been connections Miao Yin had accumulated in the past, yet now there was not the slightest intention to pursue the matter of Miao Yin's death.

Seeing this, Lu Yang was not surprised; no one cares about a dead person, especially since Miao Yin was clearly dead, yet he emerged unscathed with no sign of heavenly punishment descending, indicating his gains this time were immense. To this point, he was no longer someone ordinary True Persons could dare to provoke.

'When the person leaves, the tea grows cold; nothing more.'

Lu Yang shook his head; the True Persons of the Holy Sect were still too cold-hearted, nothing like him who cherished old feelings, remembering many things vividly even after several lifetimes.

'Come to think of it, Senior Brother Zhao still owes me contribution points from past lifetimes.'

Unfortunately, the person is already dead.

I'll look for him in the next life.

While thinking this, Lu Yang rode his escape light back to Luo Feng Mountain, arrived at the quiet room where his main body was in seclusion, and then withdrew the consciousness from his Immortal Fetus clone.

The clone, now without Lu Yang's control, immediately froze in place, eyes vacant, clearly devoid of spirit, while Lu Yang's main body happily stretched; this was the benefit of not splitting divine sense. The clone and main body were essentially the same self, so there would be no drama of a clone rebelling.

"It was not a wasted trip after all."

With a thought, Lu Yang immediately refined a phantom of three heads and six arms, with a green face and fangs, from the Immortal Fetus clone, and then drew it into his own body.

【Qian Tian Zong She Wan Xiang Fa Shen】!

A Second-Rank True Art fully mastered; this Fa Shen was now preliminarily achieved. It was both a supernatural ability and a spiritual treasure, similar in nature to the 【Nine Sons Mother Heavenly Demon Sword of Demon-Slaying】.

"This Fa Shen has four profound mysteries!"

"It was not in vain that I exerted such effort. Under the support of four profound mysteries, it is almost comparable to an innate supernatural ability. For a Foundation Establishment True Person, the improvement can be called a qualitative change!"

Ye Guyue of the past was exactly like this.

With a single 【Nine Sons Mother Heavenly Demon Sword of Demon-Slaying】, even when I set up a great array while Master Chongguang drained her merit and fate and calamity qi clouded her mind, the victory was hard-won.

If she had been in peak condition then, with mid-stage Foundation Establishment perfection plus the 【Nine Sons Mother Heavenly Demon Sword of Demon-Slaying】, I certainly would not have been her match.

"However, even then, I would not have fought her."

"If I couldn't win, couldn't I just run?"

"After all, I have always only fought the old, weak, sick, and disabled; this is the essence of cultivation. What's the fun in a evenly matched fight? Only a crushing victory is enjoyable."

Thinking of this, Lu Yang again circulated his divine sense to look at the Fa Shen.

"【Qian Tian Zong She Wan Xiang Fa Shen】, as the name suggests, the four profound mysteries are 【Qian Tian】, 【Zong She】, 【Wan Xiang】, and 【Fa Shen】!"

【Qian Tian】, the highest rank, can twist the "Will of Heaven" within a certain range to lean toward oneself, allowing the cultivator, under the Fa Shen's support, to have the fortune of heaven and earth accompany every move. Their magic power and supernatural abilities operate as desired, while the opponent might accidentally suffer qi deviation.

"Sounds domineering, but actually not very useful."

Lu Yang shook his head; how easy is it to twist the Will of Heaven? This profound mystery works flawlessly against Qi Refining cultivators, but it fails against Foundation Establishment.

"At most, it can only affect the early stage."

"And among those in the mid-stage, with equal rank, the effect of 【Qian Tian】 diminishes greatly. However, it matches very well with one of my innate supernatural abilities."

【Ming Shi Fei】!

Among the four profound mysteries of Lu Yang's innate supernatural ability, 【Ming Shi Fei】 had the lowest usage frequency; it was a tool for crushing the weak but could not be used against those of the same realm.

However, things are different now.

"Under the support of the Fa Shen 【Qian Tian】, perhaps it can greatly enhance the efficacy of 【Ming Shi Fei】, allowing it to truly work against those of the same realm!"

"Paired together, they instead achieve a qualitative change."

Despite saying this, Lu Yang's face showed no joy; instead, it gradually grew solemn as he continued to examine the other three Fa Shen profound mysteries.

"【Zong She】, as the name suggests, can capture souls and thoughts from a distance. It is exceptionally useful against cultivators with sturdy magical bodies, allowing one to bypass their physical advantages and forcibly extract their souls... Good heavens, it's just short of directly naming the Pure Land Buddhist cultivators! It is clearly deliberately targeting them!"

"【Wan Xiang】 is the same as before; it can smelt external objects to temper the Fa Shen."

"The final 【Fa Shen】 is a support profound mystery. The strength of the support is divided according to the degree of damage; the more severe the damage, the greater the support."

"It can double at most!"

"In other words, as long as this Fa Shen supports me, the more injuries I sustain, the stronger my supernatural abilities and magic power become. The moment I am on the brink of death is when I am strongest!"

After a moment of silence, Lu Yang retracted the Fa Shen.

"I must admit, this Second-Rank True Art and 【Cheng Tou Tu】 are simply a perfect match. Was this cultivation method deliberately sent to my hands?"

Lu Yang could not help but suspect.

After all, this was too coincidental. Having lived nine lifetimes in this broken place, the Holy Sect, he long understood: whenever there is an opportunity in the Holy Sect, someone is definitely fishing behind the scenes!

"Master Chongguang must have known, after all, he personally delivered the cultivation method. But he is already dead, so I cannot ask him. Could it be the descendants of the Zou Yu in the Holy Sect?"

After all, if I obtain this Fa Shen and later succeed in gathering qi, pulling the fruit position of the 【Wan Wu Jie】 into the main world to prove 【Cheng Tou Tu】, and 【Cheng Tou Tu】 then absorbs it, with its power greatly increased, it might no longer be constrained by the Pure Land. If the Holy Sect also restrains them from the side...

"Is there not hope?"

Thinking of this, Lu Yang felt that the hand behind this might indeed belong to the descendants of the Zou Yu, after all, reclaiming 【Cheng Tou Tu】 has always been their lifelong wish.

However, although he has already taken the benefits, he does not necessarily have to do the deed!

This matter must be carefully considered further.

Immediately after, Lu Yang took out a sachet.

This was Miao Yin's storage bag, given to him before she died. He had already searched it thoroughly, and the result was that only one item barely caught his eye.

It was a pill glowing with a faint light.

Ordinary True Persons with poor eyesight might mistake this object, thinking it truly a pill; only Lu Yang, with his considerable cultivation, could perceive the clues within.

"What a magnificent array!"

"Turning Sumeru into a mustard seed; what thing is locked inside?"

Lu Yang probed with his divine sense and immediately saw a lake churning with massive waves, along with a towering True Dragon whose face was filled with despair, as if it had already given up.

Lu Yang was instantly stunned: "Sui Ying?"

Almost simultaneously, Sui Ying sensed it too and immediately roared: "Seeing Suo Huan! If you want to kill, then kill! Trapping me here to die, what exactly do you want?"

"Did Seeing Suo Huan capture this True Long Wang?"

Lu Yang's expression grew strange; a True Dragon! Dragon horns, dragon claws, dragon scales—every part of its body is a treasure, perfect for refining the 【Qian Tian Zong She Wan Xiang Fa Shen】!

Just then, Lu Yang suddenly felt a slight stirring in his heart.

Because he had brought back a large amount of 【Wan Wu Jie】 essence this time, it not only filled the deficit of True Person Miao Yin and the Earth Fiend Qi, but there was even a surplus.

Therefore, Heaven and Earth truly rewarded him with a huge sum of merit and fate, making up for the one-third previously extracted by True Person Chongguang, with a significant overflow as well. This also reached the critical point for seeking the Heavenly Gang and Earth Fiend. At this moment, under the guidance of the fate prompt, he suddenly gained enlightenment:

"My opportunity has arrived!"

"The second Heavenly Gang and Earth Fiend needed to break through to the mid-stage perfection... is it related to this Long Wang, and is it also overseas?"

(End of this chapter)