Chapter 28: Nine Transformations Dragon Art

"You forged the array treasure, unmoved even as your life's limit approached; you finally succeeded, yet thus perished in meditation."

"Current pages remaining in the Hundred Lives Book: 96."

"Reopening a life, you may choose one of the following gains from your past life:"

"One: Treasure."

"Two: Cultivation."

"Three: Lifespan."

"Four: Abandon all gains and randomly awaken a talent based on your past life's experiences."

"Those whose names are called, step before me."

Lu Yang opened his eyes, and only after a long while did he exhale deeply, awakening from the dream of past and present lives: "I choose the magical treasure."

The next second, a strange movement arose in his dantian.

A crimson sword pill, covered in intricate array patterns and as brilliant as the stars in the sky, appeared within his dantian, emitting a clear sword cry.

Lu Yang looked satisfied; this sword pill was the fruit of over twenty years of his past life's efforts. Not only were the materials first-rate, but it also received the boost of the Heavenly Demon Blood-Transforming Divine Light. More importantly, just before his death, he successfully embedded a top-tier array into the sword pill, transforming it into an array treasure.

With this, whenever Lu Yang dueled others, he could drag his enemies into the array diagram.

The advantage of doing so was obvious; after all, no matter how powerful a cultivator, none could fight alone against an array set up by a cultivator of the same realm.

The reason Qingchen Fairy's strength was not high was that she was only at the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

Moreover, judging by Lu Yang's current perspective, her time studying arrays was insufficient; at the very least, it absolutely could not compare to his own twenty years of painstaking research.

"It is time to give you a name."

At Lu Yang's thought, a grim blood shadow immediately floated onto the sword pill. Its appearance was identical to his; the two bodies shared one heart. He immediately let out a light laugh:

"You were forged by my self-sacrifice in my past life, and strengthened by the Blood-Transforming Divine Light. From now on, you shall be called Blood Yang."

The sword pill cried out at the sound, as if in agreement.

Putting aside stray thoughts, Lu Yang glanced at Liu Xin, who was still speaking eloquently on the platform, then withdrew his gaze. The Primordial One Qi Ten Thousand Spirits Banner could wait for now.

Immediately, Lu Yang followed the past life's example, acting exactly as before.

Ascend the platform, receive assignments, enter the Harmony Hall.

Kill Yu Suzhen.

Instead of borrowing from Zhao Xuhe, he directly sold the benefits obtained by new entrants, such as the White Bone Flying Swords, then quietly began purchasing Substitute Death Yin Puppets.

Soon, the price of Substitute Death Yin Puppets exploded.

Lu Yang secretly stirred the waves, buying low and selling high, constantly expanding his capital, then aggressively buying up stock to increase his position.

However, to avoid arousing others' envy, he did not sell at the peak of the past life, but exited the market when the price reached 3,000 points.

At that time, he had accumulated a full twenty Substitute Death Yin Puppets in his hands.

A huge profit of 60,000 Contribution Points.

After finishing all this, Lu Yang purchased a large quantity of spirit pills, then directly sealed his cave dwelling and took out his greatest gain from four lives of reincarnation.

"Nine Transformations Dragon Art."

"Ten Thousand Chariots Dragon Ascension Scripture."

The former is for Qi Refining, the latter for Foundation Establishment; combined, they form a cultivation method capable of forging Third Grade True Qi, pointing directly toward the Jin Dan Dao, perfectly meeting Lu Yang's expectations.

"The Nine Transformations Dragon Art has ten levels in total, corresponding to the ten layers of Qi Refining. As the name suggests, each level can trigger a transformation of the True Qi, including the Heavenly Snake Transformation, Divine Eagle Transformation, Green Ox Transformation, Brocade Tiger Transformation... After the nine transformations, one transforms into a dragon, increasing the chance of breaking through to Foundation Establishment by thirty percent."

Lu Yang read with rapt attention and immediately decided to scatter his cultivation to practice anew.

"Bang!"

Accompanied by the rapid dissipation of True Qi in his dantian, Lu Yang's realm began to plummet rapidly; in a short while, he had returned from the fourth layer of Qi Refining to being a mere mortal.

However, he did not waste the scattered True Qi, but fed it all to the "Primordial One Qi."

This external Qi, forged by Lu Yang's self-sacrifice in his second life, had now been nourished by the cultivation of this life, and had already become like his avatar.

With it guarding him during seclusion, he would not be entirely without self-defense capabilities.

In the blink of an eye, three years passed.

Inside the cave dwelling, Lu Yang sat cross-legged on a cushion, silently circulating the mysterious art. The dantian, once empty after scattering his cultivation, was now occupied by a far more massive True Qi.

He watched as his Qi moved with his will, shifting and changing; at one moment it became a fleeing rabbit leaping through the eight extraordinary meridians, at another a python coiled in the dantian, at another a mottled brocade tiger roaring toward the sky, and at another a handsome flying eagle sweeping across the heavens, displaying endless transformations.

Just like that, after a long time, Lu Yang exhaled deeply.

The breath was like a white arrow; after leaving the body, it did not scatter but transformed into a mighty green ox, walking slowly as if carrying a towering Shenshan on its back.

"Success!"

Lu Yang's face showed joy; these three years of bitter cultivation were far smoother than the previous three lives, for in this life his Contribution Points were sufficient, and all kinds of external medicines were readily available.

Thus, in just three short years, he had returned to the sixth layer of Qi Refining, the peak of the mid-stage.

Although stuck at the mid-stage bottleneck, Lu Yang was very confident; at most five years, at least three, he would surely break the bottleneck again and return to the late stage of Qi Refining!

Moreover, do not think that because he is still at the sixth layer of Qi Refining, his combat power is not much different from his past life; it is simply that in this life, his True Qi is now unlike anything before.

"The Nine Transformations Dragon; each transformation has a corresponding spell or divine ability. The Brocade Tiger Transformation increases the destructive power of True Qi, the Green Ox Transformation enhances physical strength, the Divine Eagle Transformation grants eyesight of a thousand li, the Heavenly Snake Transformation can suppress one's aura, the Jade Rabbit Transformation increases speed, and the Mountain Camel Transformation increases the recovery speed of True Qi."

Six transformations, almost bridging the gap between the mid-stage and late stage of Qi Refining!

However, what moved Lu Yang most was the "Flying Fish Transformation" among the nine transformations, because the effect of this level was very simple: to break through the bottleneck!

"If I cultivate the sixth transformation now, I'm afraid I could break through to the late stage in an instant."

"But that would be a waste."

Lu Yang had great ambitions and naturally would not squander such a precious breakthrough opportunity on the late stage of Qi Refining; he planned to use it when breaking through to the perfection of Qi Refining.

Lu Yang's plan for this life was very simple: cultivate.

"I will cultivate silently, and after reaching the great perfection of Qi Refining, seamlessly switch to the Ten Thousand Chariots Dragon Ascension Scripture, remaining in seclusion until the Foundation Establishment realm, stunning everyone!"

Thinking of this, Lu Yang casually fed himself a spirit pill, then entered meditation to cultivate once more.

Then, after merely a few short days.

"Boom!"

Lu Yang was jolted awake from his meditation by a shaking of the earth and a rumbling of the mountains; he opened his eyes only to find that the incarnation of the Primordial One Qi he had left guarding outside had been scattered.

Has a powerful enemy invaded?

Lu Yang could not fathom it at all; in this life, he had stayed in his cave dwelling, devoting himself entirely to cultivation, with his ears closed to affairs outside the window, so how could someone suddenly attack his door?

Carrying his doubts, Lu Yang walked out of the cave dwelling, only to see an unexpected acquaintance.

"So it is you?"

Outside the cave dwelling, Zhao Xuhe's eyes were filled with bloodshot veins; beside him stood several cultivators radiating immense spiritual pressure, all looking at Lu Yang with surging anger.

"Senior Brother," Lu Yang cupped his hands in salute: "I am Lu Yang, I do not know—"

"It really is you!"

Zhao Xuhe cut Lu Yang off directly and said with hatred: "Panlong Island disappeared mysteriously; the opportunity I obtained only after cultivating merit for three lifetimes suddenly vanished. I expended a great price to invite my Sect Master to calculate the cause and effect; my Sect Master told me that the opportunity was stolen by a disciple of the Holy Sect surnamed Lu in this place!"

"Speak! Is the inheritance of Panlong True Person in your hands!"

"..."

After Zhao Xuhe's words fell, Lu Yang was first stunned, then as if realizing something, his expression immediately darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.

(End of this chapter)