Chapter 93: Don't I Look Like a Good Person?

"Hmph!"

Re-entering the 【Yan Mo Hall】, the face of the Peak Master of Senior Butian grew even more grim, and his body of earth and stone constantly shook off gravel and sand, as if it would collapse in the next second.

"Forcing me to this!"

The Peak Master of Senior Butian exhaled deeply, swallowing many emotions, and the "Yin Yang Great Dao Diagram" that had manifested in the air by borrowing Qi also fell back to his brow.

In the next second, he opened and closed his lips, exhaling like thunder:

"Geng Metal is the Great White of the heavens, carrying slaughter and strength. If strength meets water, the Qi flows clear; if strength meets fire, the Qi becomes pure and sharp—this is called Shang Zhang!"

The heavenly sound was loud, instantly shaking Guan Qiankun. Lu Yang looked up, seeing nothing but vast Jin Guang, brilliant and fierce, impossible to look at directly; only by probing with spiritual sense could he vaguely see a mighty tiger sitting on mountains and perching on ridges, its whole body white, majestic and powerful, staring straight at him.

"Roar!"

A tiger's roar, with rolling wind and sand falling from the sky, formless and intangible yet heavier than ten thousand jin, as if billions of blades had instantly slashed down upon the 【Yan Mo Hall】!

Outside the Skeleton Mountain, Hong Yun Dao Ren saw this and immediately raised an eyebrow:

"It is actually 【Zuo Shan Jun】. Did he cultivate 【Shang Zhang】 at the Cheng Tian Gang position?"

"That old monster Chen Taihe seems truly forced to the extreme. He hid for so many years, unwilling to reveal his Dao Path, yet finally accidentally exposed his bottom!"

Only after a cultivator reaches Foundation Establishment do they truly enter the Dao; thereafter begins the long road of Jin Dan to attain the fruit. However, heaven and earth have limits, and the fruit positions are likewise so; every single Jin Dan fruit position is unique, and the 'Dao Path' leading to the fruit is the same. Once revealed, others can immediately guess it.

Therefore, for a cultivator, their own Dao Path is an absolute secret.

Otherwise, if known by others, they can set up targeted measures to obstruct your Dao Path. Worse still, if the fruit position pointed to by the Dao Path already has a True Lord...

The Wraith Ghost Path is a precedent.

However, on the other hand, the 'Dao Path' itself is also a deadly weapon for True Persons of Foundation Establishment, precisely because it is achieved by a True Person harvesting Cheng Tian Gang and Di Sha.

Heaven is the Stem, Earth is the Branch.

Where Stem and Branch intersect is the Jin Dan True Fruit.

And to form a 'Dao Path', one must harvest ten Cheng Tian Gang and twelve Di Sha, taking Yin and Yang from each, totaling four great medicines.

Obtaining one of the four medicines is Mid-stage Foundation Establishment; obtaining three is Late-stage Foundation Establishment; possessing all four medicines is Perfect Foundation Establishment, the Great Dao is already formed, and one can seek the Jin Dan fruit.

"【Zuo Shan Jun】 belongs to 【Shang Zhang】 among the ten Cheng Tian Gang, and a Dao Path beginning with 【Shang Zhang】... it seems the fruit position Chen Taihe intends to attain is none other than one of these six: 【Lu Pang Tu】, 【Chai Chuan Jin】, 【Song Bai Mu】, 【Shi Liu Mu】, 【Bai La Jin】, 【Bi Shang Tu】!"

Hong Yun Dao Ren's eyes burned as he silently calculated in his heart.

Just then, a damp mist suddenly arose between heaven and earth, accompanied by the sound of surging waves, finally transforming into a red mermaid.

It was seen to have a human face, its voice like that of mandarin ducks. In the air, it flicked its tail, turning the void into crashing waves that boomed down upon the 【Yan Mo Hall】, causing the entire 【Yan Mo Hall】 to shake violently, almost coming apart, while the Yin Soldiers and Ghost Generals guarding the 【Yan Mo Hall】 scattered in droves.

"It is 【Chi Ru Lin】!"

Seeing this, Hong Yun Dao Ren immediately drew a conclusion: "Shen Metal, strong and vigorous, meets the month branch; water and earth are born in this palace... At the Di Sha position, he seeks 【Tun Tan】?"

"Shang Zhang, Tun Tan, he aims for the position of 【Shi Liu Mu】!"

Boom!

Just then, a loud crash was heard; the Peak Master of Senior Butian finally broke through the 【Yan Mo Hall】 once more, riding the red mermaid with a human face and fish body, and instantly vanished from the spot.

Yet at this moment, his expression was as green as iron to the extreme.

"Damn! Damn!"

Although he aimed for 【Shi Liu Mu】, he had always hidden it well, revealing no bottom details, to avoid being known by those True Persons who chose the same Dao Path as him.

But now everything is exposed; all cultivators in the world seeking 【Shi Liu Mu】 will from now on regard him as a thorn in the eye and a splinter in the flesh. If they reach the Dao Path before him, that would be one thing; the worst is if they are also at Mid-stage Foundation Establishment like him—that would truly be an enemy to the death.

Thinking of this, the killing intent in the heart of the Peak Master of Senior Butian surged.

At the same time, Lu Yang also appeared, sighing helplessly: "Faking Foundation Establishment is still a bit inferior compared to true Foundation Establishment."

Besides that, the gap between Foundation Establishments also made Lu Yang somewhat startled.

You must know, he was dealing with the Peak Master of Senior Butian, whose strength had been reduced to less than one-tenth due to the Jin Dan sword qi, yet he was still in full vigor; describing it as beating a drowning dog would not be an exaggeration.

Even so, he still failed to kill the opponent.

He thought the situation was settled, but the 【Zuo Shan Jun】 and 【Chi Ru Lin】 suddenly displayed by the Peak Master of Senior Butian opened Lu Yang's eyes wide.

"But I cannot let him escape like this."

With a thought from Lu Yang, the shattered 【Yan Mo Hall】 expanded once more; its gates opened and closed, about to recapture the Peak Master of Senior Butian who had just escaped far away.

This is the wonder of the 【Yan Mo Hall】.

Within the eight hundred li of Skeleton Mountain, no soul can escape its grasp; if the Peak Master of Senior Butian had a physical body, capturing him might have caused much trouble.

But with only a soul remaining?

One grab, one perfect hit!

Boom!

The sound of the gates opening and closing was like thunder exploding, rolling through the sky. Seeing this, the Peak Master of Senior Butian immediately turned back, his face showing an indescribable expression of humiliation.

In the next second, without hesitation, he joined two fingers and slashed.

Slash—!

A sharp explosion rang out from the soul of the Peak Master of Senior Butian; then, flying fire and flowing lightning appeared, and the soul of the Peak Master of Senior Butian was split into two!

Seeing this, Lu Yang was stunned: "This is... Cutting Thoughts to See My Heavenly Silkworm Secret?"

But thinking about it, it makes sense; the 【Cutting Thoughts to See My Heavenly Silkworm Secret】 is the great divine technique mastered by Chen Xinan, so it is very normal for the Peak Master of Senior Butian, as his father, to know it.

It was seen that after the Peak Master of Senior Butian split into two, one of them threw himself at the 【Yan Mo Hall】 without hesitation, using his body as a shield to block Lu Yang's pursuit, while his true body rode the human-faced great fish transformed from 【Chi Ru Lin】, flashing several times to escape the borders of the eight hundred li Skeleton Mountain.

"Cutting off the tail to save oneself? So decisive, truly a True Person of the Holy Sect."

Lu Yang frowned slightly, his action not delayed; he operated the 【Yan Mo Hall】 to press down directly, gladly accepting the divided spirit of the Peak Master of Senior Butian who had thrown himself into the net.

Immediately after, he stored it into the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner.

Refine it in an instant!

"Pfft!"

In the next second, the Peak Master of Senior Butian, who had just escaped and was about to cast a spell to recall his divided spirit, suddenly spat out a mouthful of soul essence, looking back with venomous hatred.

Lu Yang, however, paid it no mind at all, then settled back onto the main seat of the 【Yanmo Hall】, formed a hand seal with one hand, and the skull mountain's earth veins immediately surged with rolling Yin Qi, pouring down like sweet rain; wherever it passed, the 【Yanmo Hall】's wounds vanished, and it seemed it would be fully restored in just a few months!

This was also the superiority of the 【Yanmo Hall】.

Because the False Foundation Establishment was built upon the skull mountain's earth veins, nourished by them, its recovery speed was far faster than that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment.

Compared to him, the Mending Heaven Peak Master was in a wretched state.

First his physical body was destroyed, then he fought a great battle with Lu Yang, damaging his Dao foundation and splitting his soul; it would be impossible for him to recover without thirty or forty years.

"After all, the Mending Heaven Peak Master is a True Person of the Holy Sect. If I truly killed him, I would gain nothing good; injuring him severely, that single finger strike just now counts as collecting interest."

Wait until I truly break through to Foundation Establishment, then I will settle the total account with him!

Thinking this, Lu Yang calmed down, leaned against the 【Yanmo Hall】, and looked coldly at the Mending Heaven Peak Master and Daoist Hong Yun Daoist outside the Skull Mountain.

However, very soon he noticed Daoist Hong Yun Daoist's expression was not quite right.

He saw him looking grave, gazing up at the sky, completely lacking the calm and composure Lu Yang had once seen, and between his brows, which were furrowed, even a strong hatred shone through.

Someone is coming?

The next second, Lu Yang saw a wisp of rosy light rolling through the sky from the horizon, illuminating the colorful clouds wherever it passed, revealing a valiant man clad in armor and holding weapons.

The man's features were not handsome, yet he possessed a certain bearing; his brows were spirited, and though he had the face of a middle-aged man, he carried the sharpness of a youth. A mysterious light shot up from the crown of his head; it was the manifestation of his 'Dao Path', and it was completely unhidden, with the four Great Medicines within the mysterious light clearly visible.

"Chongguang...!!!"

Daoist Hong Yun Daoist ground his teeth; the other was his greatest rival within the Holy Sect, simply because the 【Extinguishing the Lamp】 he sought to prove had once been his Fruit Seat.

The hatred of contending for the Dao is one that cannot be shared with the same sky!

Yet what made him even more furious was that time had passed and circumstances had changed; he had long since fallen from his Fruit Seat, and yet when fighting for real, he was actually no match for this junior before him.

"Hmph!"

With a cold snort, Daoist Hong Yun Daoist vanished directly from his spot, clearly unwilling to see the other, while the valiant man in the sky likewise ignored him as if he did not exist.

He saw the man's gaze drop, first sweeping over the wretched Mending Heaven Peak Master, then turning to look at Lu Yang, revealing a smile of satisfaction.

The next second, a voice sounded in Lu Yang's ear:

"May I ask, Daoist friend, which True Person of our Holy Sect has reincarnated and returned?"

Lu Yang: "..."

No, why does everyone think I am a disciple of the Holy Sect?

Do I not look like a good person?

(End of this chapter)