Chapter 274: Yuan Ci Shenshan, Fortune and Misfortune Interdependent

The search for the Cheng Tian Gang and Di Sha is the most mysterious part of a Foundation Establishment True Person breaking through their realm; on one hand, there is the concept of fortune, and on the other, it tests the cultivator's cultivation.

Many True Persons, even when their fortune arrives, lack sufficient cultivation and do not deeply grasp cause and effect; they can only follow the guidance of fortune and act on intuition, ultimately failing. If heaven offers and one does not take, one suffers the blame; the result is consuming fortune without obtaining the desired Cheng Tian Gang or Di Sha.

However, those with high cultivation are different.

A True Person with profound cultivation can completely trace cause and effect along the flow of fortune, calculating the method to obtain the Cheng Tian Gang and Di Sha with absolute clarity, avoiding wrong paths.

Lu Yang's cultivation is undoubtedly insufficient.

After all, his current cultivation was supplemented by pills; although it met the standard, it was not yet extraordinary, and his means of divining heavenly secrets were not high enough.

"Fortunately, I still have the Qiu Tian Yi."

Lu Yang opened the Dharma Eye in his brow; the Qiu Tian Yi descended with the light of Bing Fire, illuminating the six directions and revealing the cause and effect that had previously remained somewhat hazy to him.

This supreme treasure of heavenly secrets provided immense help to Lu Yang; although it was not a treasure for combat, almost every time he turned danger into safety, it was due to its divination ability. Otherwise, just the trial of the Arhat Fu Long Arhat would have caused him several major setbacks, let alone the Filling Heaven Peak Master.

Soon, a look of realization appeared on Lu Yang's face:

"So that is how it is. This time, my opportunity is a mountain formed by the Cheng Tian Gang and Di Sha, named 【Yuan Ci Shenshan】! It happens to be located right at the border under the Four Seas Gate's jurisdiction."

"I only need to find it and refine it."

Thinking this, Lu Yang spread his palm; the 【Di Fu Jin Zhuan Dou Lu Zhen Chi】 spontaneously activated, evolving the form of his next innate divine ability for him.

"【Shi He Ci】!"

"That 【Yuan Ci Shenshan】 overseas corresponds perfectly to this divine ability; the calculation must be correct. However, that mountain is not so easy to refine."

Just like seeking 【Wu Tu】 before.

Back in the Bi Yang Cultivation Realm, 【Wu Tu】 had transformed into a conceptual existence that could not be taken without special means; this time is the same.

"This mountain has long been reserved internally by the Four Seas Gate. A Long Wang issued a decree, waiting for this Yuan Ci Shenshan to fully mature before refining it into a superior spiritual treasure. If I rashly attempt to take it, I will inevitably clash with the Four Seas Gate. This is a calamity; if I cannot break through the calamity, I cannot obtain the opportunity!"

But how to break the calamity?

Confronting it openly is definitely not an option; the only way is to first find a way to conceal the spiritual resonance, sneak in secretly, and refine the 【Yuan Ci Shenshan】; only then is there a chance.

But how to sneak in?

Thinking this, Lu Yang looked again at the array pill sealing the Sui Ying. In an instant, a flash of inspiration crossed his mind, and he immediately couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh loudly:

"Cause and effect is truly mysterious!"

I happen to have a Long Wang; if I refine this Long Wang completely and offer it to the Dharma Body, I can perfectly use the mystery of 【Wan Xiang】 to create a Dragon-tribe spiritual resonance!

The Dharma Body is profound; 【Wan Xiang】 can melt external objects and encompass all phenomena. Whatever is refined will naturally transform into the spiritual resonance form of that thing. So, as long as I refine a Long Wang, I can disguise myself as a pure-blooded descendant of a Long Wang and thus sneak into the 【Yuan Ci Shenshan】!

With this thought, there was no further hesitation.

"Crack!"

Lu Yang clenched his five fingers, instantly crushing the array pill in his hand. The Sui Ying within the array didn't even have time to grunt before dying on the spot.

Only then did he loosen his fingers. An endless waterfall of blood rolled out from his palm; every drop was heavy as a mountain, flowing with brilliant golden radiance. This was the blood of a Long Wang descendant; even a single drop possessed divine power. Besides this, broken scales, claws, and horns were mixed within.

All of this was poured onto the 【Qian Tian Zong She Wan Xiang Fa Shen】.

Under the infiltration of the dragon blood, the spiritual resonance of this Dharma Body became even more terrifying, and on its six arms, a coiled small dragon had appeared at some point.

The next second, the Dharma Body transformed.

In the blink of an eye, where was the three-headed, six-armed, green-faced, fanged appearance? Instead, a true dragon stood in the center, breathing in and out rolling clouds!

"Good, good, good!"

Lu Yang felt the change in the Dharma Body's spiritual resonance and immediately smiled with satisfaction. With the support of this Dharma Body, disguising as a Long Wang was certainly more than enough.

"However, there are drawbacks."

"After all, I killed the Sui Ying and used this to sneak into the 【Yuan Ci Shenshan】. Once exposed, the new and old grudges will surely make the calamity arrive even more fiercely."

Lu Yang calculated with his fingers, assisted by the Qiu Tian Yi:

"Refining the Yuan Ci Shenshan will require at least forty-nine days. Completely deceiving the Four Seas Gate is impossible; the final seven days will inevitably erupt."

This cannot be avoided.

"Very well, it is simply a matter of relying on one's own abilities."

Lu Yang's expression was calm. With his current means, as long as the Great True Person and the True Lord do not intervene, there are actually not many Foundation Establishment Mid-Stage cultivators who can fight him.

"The True Lord will not intervene. As for the Great True Person, if I break through, I might not be unable to fight."

After all, with the 【Di Fu Jin Zhuan Dou Lu Zhen Chi】 present, once I reach the perfection of Foundation Establishment Mid-Stage, I can immediately borrow the third innate divine ability, just like a Great True Person!

Even without that step of qualitative change, if I cannot win, escaping should still be no problem.

"Unfortunately, the main body must act; the clone cannot do it on my behalf."

After all, this concerns the Dao path. The clone can help with tasks, but it cannot help with cultivation. Refining the 【Yuan Ci Shenshan】 can only be done by the main body.

As for that 【Ang Xiao Bi Ri Zhen Jun】?

Speaking honestly, Lu Yang was still terrified, fearing the other would use the Obstacle of Knowledge and Perception to follow him unknowingly. But thinking about it, he felt relieved.

'Anyway, the 【Bai Shi Shu】 only takes effect after I die. Besides that, there is nothing on my body that a Great True Lord of Late-Stage Jin Dan would covet. Even if that old fox Ang Xiao is really lying in wait for me beyond the Reaching Heaven Cloud Sea, I accept it. The Great Dao is ahead; I cannot simply not walk!'

Moreover, the other might not follow him anymore.

If one is truly afraid of this and afraid of that, why cultivate the Dao? Just go home and raise pigs!

Besides, I have a cheat!

Overseas, the Four Seas Gate.

As the sole hegemon overseas, the island where the Four Seas Gate is located is incredibly vast, divided into four directions. The east is where the Long Gong is located, the residence of the Long Wang.

And at this moment, in the deepest part of the Long Gong.

An indescribable mass of clouds coiled within the palace. Inside, golden snakes danced wildly, flashing from time to time, with a towering black shadow faintly shuttling through.

Suddenly, the black shadow's movement paused.

"Hmm?"

Accompanied by a soft exclamation, the clouds were pushed apart by fierce fire, revealing a pair of golden eyes as large as mountains. A low voice rolled like thunder in the sky:

"Who dares kill my descendants?"

Long Wang's emotions were stable; he did not fly into a rage. After all, he had too many offspring, and losing one or two was utterly unimportant, never weighing on his mind.

Yet killing his descendants was, in the end, a blow to his face.

If he reacted to this with nothing, people would likely all follow suit in the future, and that would be true trouble. Thus, he had already made up his mind to kill a chicken to warn the monkeys!

Moreover, the one who died in the bloodline connection was a Long Wang, which stirred a bit of curiosity in him. He immediately parted his divine sense to observe the Heavenly Mechanism, silently calculating. In a short while, a karmic thread stretched from overseas all the way to the mainland, finally landing on a place that made him fall silent.

Jiangbei, the Cloud Sea Touching Heaven, the First Saint Sect.

"Never mind, I will not contend with the young."

A Long Wang, after all, was not very important. At worst, he would just work a bit harder and bear a few more next year; he could always cultivate another one.

However, soon the Long Wang narrowed his pair of golden eyes.

"Something is wrong... calamities entangle, fortune and misfortune depend on each other. Does this person have a karmic connection with my blood descendant as well?"

"Primordial Magnetism Shenshan?"

(End of this chapter)