Chapter 75: The Daughter of Heavenly Fate, Yu Suzhen!

"Hiss!"

Accompanied by violent convulsions, Yu Suzhen sighed, then stood up from the youth whose life force she had drained dry, leaving him without a breath.

"Hehe... finally succeeded!"

Feeling the true qi flowing within her body, Yu Suzhen nearly burst into tears; after enduring countless hardships in the Hehuandian, she had finally broken through to the First Layer of Qi Condensation today.

After a brief loss of emotional control, Yu Suzhen regained her composure, her brows and eyes relaxing; her originally enchanting face suddenly turned cold and aloof, while her beautiful eyes revealed determination. They say youth fades easily and beauty ages quickly, yet she did not wish to one day see herself growing old.

"I want to cultivate immortality, I want eternal life!"

At this moment, Yu Suzhen's desire to cultivate immortality was stronger than ever before; she was determined to climb step by step to the very top within this Chusheng Sect.

What she failed to notice was that there was a second person inside the cave dwelling.

Standing beside the youth she had just drained dry, an illusory figure invisible to mortal eyes stood with hands clasped behind his back, watching her with great interest.

"Stealing Heavenly Secrets, the first step is accomplished."

"Senior Sister Yu is quite remarkable; she already harbored the ambition to cultivate immortality in her heart, so I did not even need to deliberately provoke it; everything stemmed from her own true intentions."

This was the best outcome.

After all, Lu Yang was not yet at Foundation Establishment, far from achieving the natural perfection of a Foundation Establishment True Person; deliberately influencing another's thoughts would too easily reveal flaws.

Immediately after, Lu Yang examined himself; now that his physical body was dead, he had entered the 'Death Followed by Transformation' state of the Great Yin Form-Shedding Corpse-Release True Art, while his soul had been preserved using the Nether Spirit Ghost Immortal Art deduced from his previous life, transforming into a Nether Spirit to sustain his vitality.

"Death Followed by Transformation, so this is what it means..."

Lu Yang pondered in his heart.

At this very moment, his physical body had become like an alchemical furnace, while the three superior divine techniques he had mastered in life had become the medicinal ingredients inside the furnace.

The body serves as the furnace, divine techniques as the medicine, and creation as the craftsman.

The result would be smelting the three superior divine techniques into the status of a 【Corpse-Release Immortal】; only then would the Great Yin Form-Shedding Corpse-Release True Art be considered successfully cultivated.

"This process is likely to be very long."

"Moreover, it cannot be achieved merely by spending time; although the body is the furnace, the fire used for alchemy consists of my merit and karmic fortune as fuel."

Burning merit and karmic fortune to create alchemical fire and投入 it into the physical body was inherently a act of seeking life through death; if the fire burned out completely without forging the status of a 【Corpse-Release Immortal】, then death would be truly final, and since his karmic fortune and merit would be exhausted, he would not even be able to be reborn as a human in his next life, forced instead into the path of beasts.

"No wonder I have never heard of anyone else in the Holy Sect cultivating this great divine technique."

The rewards and costs were completely disproportionate.

One could only imagine what kind of determination the cultivator who originally created this great divine technique must have possessed; it was truly betting everything on a single lifetime, leaving oneself no retreat whatsoever.

This is cultivation.

Walking the Great Dao alone, advancing without retreat, gambling everything one has on a single chance; winning is one thing, but what kind of despair would losing bring?

Thinking of this, Lu Yang could not help but feel moved, tears streaming down his face.

It was only when he saw the panel of the Book of Hundred Lives beside him that he came to his senses, slapping his forehead: "I almost forgot, I can actually restart, so it doesn't matter."

"With the soul lacking the protection of the physical body, the mind is hard to guard, and emotions got the better of me."

Lu Yang quickly reined in his thoughts and turned his gaze toward Yu Suzhen.

Although Yu Suzhen appeared normal on the surface, her inner self was no longer truly her own; she had been dyed with Lu Yang's colors.

The Art of Stealing Heavenly Secrets had directly transformed her into a human-shaped cauldron.

Henceforth, no matter how far Yu Suzhen cultivated, Lu Yang could drain her cultivation base and karmic fortune instantly with a single thought, then feed it back to himself.

"But there is no rush."

"Next, I must devise a way to reasonably pass the Art of Stealing Heavenly Secrets to her, then let her plunder others, fatten her up, and only then begin the slaughter."

Thinking of this, Lu Yang shifted his gaze to Liu Xin, who was waiting outside the cave dwelling.

Holy Sect, Hehuandian.

Yu Suzhen followed behind Liu Xin, her lotus steps graceful, her figure enchanting and extremely seductive, yet her face bore a coldness that kept people at a thousand li distance.

Such a stark contrast embodied in one person, coupled with Yu Suzhen's already exquisite beauty, immediately attracted the gazes of many disciples; even Liu Xin could not help but glance at her, a hint of evil fire flashing deep in his eyes, though he quickly suppressed that urge.

Business came first.

"Junior Sister Yu, this is the cultivation method for formal disciples of our Holy Sect, the Primordial Dao Scripture; take it back and study it diligently, do not neglect your cultivation."

"Thank you, Senior Brother."

Yu Suzhen bowed slightly, and from Liu Xin's perspective, this allowed him to look down upon a vast expanse of snow-white skin, while a faint, delicate fragrance drifted to his nose.

Liu Xin swallowed hard, then suddenly swept his arm, instantly pulling the beauty into his embrace; on that cold face appeared a perfectly timed look of panic, and a crisp, pleasant cry escaped her lips: "Ah~! Senior Brother, what are you doing? Quick, quick let go, I already, I already decided not to engage in dual cultivation with anyone."

Speaking thus, Yu Suzhen began to push against Liu Xin.

However, those fair hands, white as jade, pressed against Liu Xin's chest; far from exerting any force, they felt so soft they might as well have been giving him a massage.

Seeing this, Liu Xin's evil fire burned even brighter, and he could not help but let out a wicked chuckle:

"Junior Sister misunderstands; we are not engaging in dual cultivation, merely discussing the Dao."

Thinking this, Liu Xin paid no heed to Yu Suzhen's 'resistance,' directly picked her up, and walked into the cave dwelling, intending to enjoy himself before attending to serious business.

One day later.

The laziness following their recent exertions had thoroughly numbed Liu Xin's mind, causing him to lower all his defenses.

By the time he came to his senses, he discovered his body lying powerlessly on the bed, unable to summon even a shred of true qi!

Immediately after, Yu Suzhen rose leisurely.

Only then did Liu Xin realize his spear had turned black, even emitting a rotting smell; his expression instantly turned ashen, and he looked at Yu Suzhen with shock and fury:

"You poisoned me!?"

"What else?" Yu Suzhen replied expressionlessly, her previous allure seeming entirely fake: "You intended to harm me; did you think I would not fight back?"

"How is this possible, you bitch! How did you discover it!?"

Liu Xin ground his steel teeth, desperately trying to circulate his true qi to suppress the poison, but to no avail; he could only watch helplessly as his body grew weaker and weaker.

Seeing this, Yu Suzhen sneered: "At first, of course, I did not know; I merely found it suspicious. After all, I advanced from the Hehuandian, so logically you should have transmitted a dual cultivation method to me, yet you gave me this baffling Primordial Dao Scripture, clearly harboring ill intent."

Liu Xin's face was filled with disbelief: "Based on this, you want to kill me?"

"Why not?" Yu Suzhen smiled, baring her teeth: "A woman's intuition is very sharp; besides, even if I was wrong, I have lost nothing."

Hearing this, Liu Xin immediately flew into a rage: "You—"

"Rest assured, I will not kill you so quickly," Yu Suzhen continued: "You are at the Mid Stage of Qi Condensation, so you likely know many powerful divine techniques and cultivation methods."

"These are precious resources and cannot be wasted."

"After I learn the true cultivation methods and return, I will drain you dry then; this saves you from having your life's efforts go to waste when you die."

"... ah!"

Before she could finish speaking, Liu Xin, already overwhelmed by rage and anxiety, could no longer hold back; he spat a mouthful of hot blood on the spot, then blacked out and fell into unconsciousness.

(End of Chapter)