Chapter 301

A great world that contains a Fruit Position!

Before Yun Jiazhu's words had even faded, Lu Yang understood the importance of the Jiangnan Ten-Thousand Graves, for a great world was equivalent to a new second-rank True Scripture!

"True Person Jiangmo is our Yushu Jiange's Third Elder, long ago reaching Foundation Establishment's late stage, and his True Person cultivation has already begun planning for a Fruit Position. Yet among the great worlds under our Yushu Jiange's rule, most second-rank True Scriptures fail to meet his needs—this newly emerged one is perfectly suited."

"Thus, it is True Person Jiangmo who leads this endeavor."

"And if our predictions hold, the Mo Sect likely has not yet discovered the anomaly in the Ten-Thousand Graves, so True Person Jiangmo intends to strike first."

Under Yun Jiazhu's explanation, Lu Yang quickly learned the secret of the Ten-Thousand Graves.

To speak of this matter, one must trace back to the Ten-Thousand Graves' predecessor—the small world seized by various True Lords as a battleground for Dao-taking.

The origin of that small world was no simple matter.

Though it contained no Foundation Establishment cultivators and was fit only as a battleground for Qi Refining disciples, it was an affiliate of another great world.

Its name was 【Xuan Ling World】.

The predecessor of the Jiangnan Ten-Thousand Graves was named 【Luo Fan World】; generally, cultivators of 【Luo Fan World】 who reached its peak would ascend to 【Xuan Ling World】.

But after being seized and turned into a Dao-taking battleground, 【Luo Fan World】 was severed from 【Xuan Ling World】. A day or two might not matter, but after ten or twenty years, cultivators of 【Xuan Ling World】 noticed something amiss, so they dispatched disciples to investigate.

And when they came, they walked straight into a trap.

The disciples from 【Xuan Ling World】 were not weak—their cultivation was at the Foundation Establishment level, though 【Xuan Ling World】 did not call it Foundation Establishment; they called it Human Immortal.

Unfortunately, that Human Immortal had terrible luck.

On that day, True Person Jiangmo of the Yushu Jiange happened to pass by; the disciple saw him and attempted to seize his soul, but was effortlessly subdued and captured by True Person Jiangmo.

Thus, 【Xuan Ling World】 could no longer remain hidden.

"According to the captive's account, 【Xuan Ling World】 is a supreme great world, the abode of immortals and gods, with five ranks of immortals encircling the Heavenly Court, each fulfilling their duties."

"The five ranks of immortals are: Heavenly, Earthly, Human, Divine, and Ghost."

"When mortals from the lower world ascend, their physical bodies shatter; only their souls are purified, becoming 【Ghost Immortals】, granted fiefdoms to govern as 【Divine Immortals】."

"Only when their merit is complete, and their flesh is reshaped through incense and vows, do they return to the human path, becoming 【Human Immortals】."

"Traveling the Three Mountains, passing the Five Peaks, dwelling in the world but not governing it—this is 【Earthly Immortal】."

"Having merit on the Dao, virtuous conduct on earth, receiving the Heavenly Book and entering the Heavenly Court to govern the world and the heavens—this is 【Heavenly Immortal】."

As for above 【Heavenly Immortal】, the captive did not elaborate, but Lu Yang could roughly deduce the corresponding realms.

'Most likely True Lord!'

Lu Yang mused inwardly—no wonder the Jiangnan Ten-Thousand Graves had drawn the attention of True Lords from both the Yushu Jiange and the Holy Sect; the value of 【Xuan Ling World】 was evident.

After all, it was a great world containing a Fruit Position—a veritable feast for True Lords; even a single sip could satisfy a Foundation Establishment True Person. Too bad, at this point in time, his cultivation was too low—he could not even learn the full details, let alone participate.

Thinking of this, Lu Yang's mind immediately stirred.

"A great world! If I can seize this opportunity to plunder it thoroughly, I can dramatically accelerate the nourishment of my Immortal Body!"

But how to get in?

Lu Yang's eyes flickered, and he quickly devised a plan:

'I'm still invisible within the Yushu Jiange—I can't enter directly. But if the Yushu Jiange's path is closed, I can take the Holy Sect's!'

'If I inform the Holy Sect of the Ten-Thousand Graves' secret in advance and send it to Master Chongguang, once the Holy Sect's True Lord verifies my information, I can establish contact with them. Then I'll claim—I'm a True Person of the Holy Sect who reincarnated and infiltrated the Yushu Jiange, unwilling to reveal my name!'

Though I am in the Yushu Jiange, I have always been of the Holy Sect!

More importantly, Master Chongguang had already told Lu Yang in his past life how to contact him—the specially crafted Spirit Letter would deliver directly into his hands.

Just this alone should be enough to convince Master Chongguang.

'That's settled!'

With this thought, Lu Yang immediately acted, using magic power to ignite the prepared Spirit Letter, watching it transform into a streak of spiritual light soaring into the heavens.

Only then did he exhale deeply.

Meanwhile, Yun Miaozhen, who had been kneeling beneath the desk practicing for a long time, wiped her lips and emerged, her Qi Refining late-stage cultivation showing clear advancement.

Immediately after, Lu Yang's expression turned solemn.

Since he intended to claim a share in the Ten-Thousand Graves affair, he could no longer afford slow progress—he must find a way to accelerate his cultivation.

'At the very least, I must restore my Foundation Establishment mid-stage before the operation!'

Thinking of this, Lu Yang immediately turned to Yun Jiazhu, Yun Miaozhen, and Xiuxin True Person: "Can we obtain more Geng Metal spiritual items?"

The three exchanged glances.

Then Xiuxin True Person whispered: "My lord, this is not difficult—just find a few more factions allied with the Jiangbeimo Sect."

"Can you find them?"

"I can arrange it."

Yun Jiazhu pondered, then said: "If I spread word that we are conducting a full purge of the demonic path, nearby sects and factions will inevitably fall into panic."

"Under this pretext, each one can be squeezed for a considerable amount of spiritual items."

Lu Yang: "..."

"Won't this be too conspicuous?" Lu Yang hesitated—not out of pity, but because he feared drawing the Yushu Jiange's attention.

After all, extorting vassal sects like this didn't seem very righteous.

Yet the next second, Yun Jiazhu stared at him in astonishment: "My lord, what's conspicuous about this? It's merely routine procedure."

"Huh?"

Lu Yang froze. Seeing this, Yun Jiazhu explained: "In Jiangnan, our Yushu Jiange allowed these factions to grow only because they owe us karmic debt. Now is the perfect time to settle it—this is actually doing them a favor. What's so surprising?"

You call this settling karmic debt?

Lu Yang was speechless—in Jiangbei, Holy Sect True Lords called this robbery; the polite term was 'collecting autumn wind.' He never imagined it could be explained like this.

The righteous path is truly different.

With Yun Jiazhu's explanation, Lu Yang finally understood—in Jiangnan, most factions seeking to rise inevitably have ties to Jiangbei.

As everyone knows, only by opening up trade can one easily make money.

These factions might not collude with the Holy Sect, but they must surely interact with Jiangbei and transport goods to accumulate the first pot of gold for their development.

However, according to the Yushu Jiange's standards, this is colluding with the Demonic Dao.

It is just that the Yushu Jiange usually does not meddle, turning a blind eye; only when there is a need will they bring this up to sever the karmic ties.

This is actually the Yushu Jiange's old trick: first, they deliberately allow local factions to develop, and development requires contact with Jiangbei; contact is colluding with the Demonic Dao. They ignore it in normal times, wait until the factions are fat, then move in to slaughter and carve them up, while they themselves remain pure and clean, still the leader of the Righteous Path.

As for the Yushu Jiange disciples, they only need to focus on practicing swordsmanship.

As for external things like pills, magical treasures, and talismans, just like the Hidden Sword Villa, the Yushu Jiange leaves them all to the affiliated sects to do as they please.

Others hoard grain while I hoard guns; their home is my granary.

This point is even more exaggerated than the Holy Sect; after all, the Holy Sect's True Persons only descend the mountain to rob when they are out of money, whereas the Yushu Jiange directly sucks the blood of Jiangnan.

The key is that they do it very well.

Exterminating demons and defending the Dao; it is the cause of righteousness, and no one can find any fault with it.

After thoroughly understanding the operating mechanism of the entire Jiangnan region under the Yushu Jiange's rule, Lu Yang couldn't help but sigh: "They are truly a bunch of sword seeds."

It seems I must thoroughly transform and develop the Yushu Jiange to make it return to the Righteous Path!

(End of this chapter)