Chapter 95: Let Sister Yu Suffer a Bit More

Acting on the thought, Lu Yang immediately transformed into a streak of escape light and flew up into the sky.

The Banner of Ten Thousand Spirits was raised high, its flag fluttering to obscure the sun and moon, while a massive shadow rapidly spread out from Lu Yang as the center, covering eight hundred li of Skeleton Mountain.

Especially the Wraith Spirit Realm.

One by one, the Wraiths were transformed by Lu Yang into banner spirits, including the eight red-robed ghosts that formed the 【Yanmo Hall】, as well as the Guardian Deity Su Nu.

"Even the color has changed."

As the myriad Wraiths all surged into the Banner of Ten Thousand Spirits, the originally pure white banner gradually turned the same color as the Guardian Deity Su Nu: black with a purple hue.

With this, as long as he carried the Banner of Ten Thousand Spirits into his next life, the 【Yanmo Hall】 could be perfectly inherited, ensuring that at the start of his next life he would have a Foundation Establishment Guardian Deity to obscure the heavenly secrets; the effect would presumably not be inferior to the Primordial Hunyuan Qi Divine Talisman, and would not attract the attention of the Mending Heaven Peak Master again.

"Oh right, I almost forgot you."

Thinking of this, Lu Yang suddenly shook the Banner of Ten Thousand Spirits, then drew out an old Daoist Priest with a numb expression, vacant eyes, and white hair with a youthful face.

The Mending Heaven Peak Master!

More precisely, a divided soul of the Mending Heaven Peak Master, which he had personally severed from his own soul to escape the suction force of the 【Yanmo Hall】.

Immediately after, Lu Yang summoned Chen Xinan.

This one was actually a divided soul of the real Chen Xinan, not the main body; after appearing, he and the divided soul of the Mending Heaven Peak Master stared at each other wide-eyed, their faces full of disbelief.

"How is this possible?"

"Nothing is impossible." Lu Yang smiled faintly: "You share deep father-son affection, and I am kind-hearted, so I specially invited him into the Banner of Ten Thousand Spirits to reunite with you."

Speaking of this, Lu Yang suddenly thought of a very interesting question: now that both Chen Xinan and the divided soul of the Mending Heaven Peak Master had become his banner spirits, if he chose the Banner of Ten Thousand Spirits upon restarting, would they still be there? If so, would it affect the real Mending Heaven Peak Master and Chen Xinan?

"Interesting."

Lu Yang's thoughts raced, instantly generating many excellent methods of utilization; perhaps in the next life he could make the Mending Heaven Peak Master shoulder a huge black pot.

Of course, that was a matter for the next life.

Recalling his thoughts, Lu Yang looked at Chen Xinan and the divided soul of the Mending Heaven Peak Master: "I intend to cultivate the 'Slaying Thoughts to See Myself Silkworm Secret Art'; you two shall guard me."

The 'Slaying Thoughts to See Myself Silkworm Secret Art' was a great divine technique that transformed Qi-refining spiritual awareness into Foundation Establishment divine sense; to master it, one needed to sever nine divided souls from one's own soul.

According to the description of the divine technique, they represented nine extreme emotions troubling Lu Yang's "true self": the joy seen by the eye, the anger heard by the ear, the love smelled by the nose, the desire tasted by the tongue, the greed seen by the mind, the sorrow felt by the body, the lust for form and color, the hatred of rage, and the ignorance of delusion; these were called the "Three Poisons and Six Desires," and only by cutting them all away could one see the true self.

"The first one: the joy seen by the eye."

Lu Yang silently chanted the spell formula, turning his spiritual awareness into a blade, then, with the aid of the Guardian Deity Su Nu's calculation power, precisely severed the first cut from his own soul.

The next second, Lu Yang felt his soul lighten; a wisp of spiritual light was severed by him, took root upon landing, and actually transformed into a soul shadow identical to his own appearance.

"Hahahaha!"

As soon as this soul shadow appeared, it immediately covered its eyes with one hand, placed the other on its hip, looked up at the sky, and then erupted into an indescribable burst of manic laughter.

Almost simultaneously, a massive emotion flooded into Lu Yang's mind.

The joy of cultivation, the joy of breakthrough, the joy of dual cultivation, the joy of successful scheming... joys from past and present lives, countless joys, all surfaced!

Although Lu Yang had been prepared, he was still struck by this intense emotion until his eyes turned red.

Just then, Chen Xinan and the Mending Heaven Peak Master, who had been ordered to guard, suddenly moved; the two exhaled and shouted, suddenly emitting a thunderous heavenly sound:

"Hah!"

The sound wave, like a pool of clear spring water, poured down, instantly smoothing out the countless wild joys inexplicably born in Lu Yang's heart, and restoring Lu Yang's expression to calmness.

"A great soul technique... indeed treacherous."

Lu Yang frowned slightly; he could feel this was only treating the symptoms, not the root cause; the influence of the divided soul had been temporarily suppressed, but would only erupt more violently later.

This was the bottleneck of cultivating the 'Slaying Thoughts to See Myself Silkworm Secret Art': the severed divided souls would continuously surge forth with various extreme emotions to affect the cultivator; only by suppressing all the emotions of these divided souls through one's own power, reaching the realm of "heart as clear as ice," could the divine technique be considered fully mastered.

"These emotions are too troublesome."

Lu Yang frowned tightly; a causal link existed between the divided soul and himself, so even after suppressing it, these emotions would continue to surge endlessly...

Hmm? A causal link?

After a moment of silence, Lu Yang turned his head to look at Su Nu, who was guarding beside him; if he remembered correctly, could the Guardian Deity transfer causality?

Lu Yang tried, and the causality suddenly changed.

The next second, Su Nu suddenly, without warning, twitched the corners of her mouth, revealing a huge smile, then quickly reined it in, her face showing panic:

"Master?"

"Hold it in! Do not let it out!"

Lu Yang spoke sternly, without hesitation grafting the causal link of 'the joy seen by the eye' onto Su Nu, making her bear the emotional impact for him.

"Continue!"

There was no time to lose; Lu Yang quickly severed eight more cuts, drawing out the remaining eight divided souls, then immediately grafted them all onto Su Nu's body.

In an instant, Su Nu collapsed directly onto the ground, drenched in sweat, her long black hair soaked and clinging to her exquisite, beautiful face; the noble solemnity she once possessed as a Guardian Deity had vanished completely, and her formerly seductive, soul-stealing beautiful eyes now held only confusion and dullness.

She was just short of drooling.

And watching Su Nu, who was suffering from the chaotic emotional impacts of the divided souls, displaying a look of painful struggle, Lu Yang suddenly felt much better.

That is what a Guardian Deity is for!

Otherwise, what use would I have for her?

"The 【Corpse-Release Immortal】 also needs Su Nu to use her Foundation Establishment status to amplify it; to speed up the completion, let us make Sister Yu suffer a bit more."

With Su Nu's help, Lu Yang believed that the 'Great Yin Transformation Corpse-Release True Art' and the 'Slaying Thoughts to See Myself Silkworm Secret Art', which originally each required at least several decades to master, could now be fully completed within at most three months, and his chances of breaking through to Foundation Establishment could instantly reach seventy percent!

"And with the agreement of the 【Heavenly Corpse Fiend】, I can also claim that Ascension Token from the Yin Mountain True Person."

"By then, the success rate will be eighty percent."

Not low!

Thinking of this, Lu Yang felt a little excited; after all, he did not intend to pursue any 'perfect Foundation Establishment'; an eighty percent success rate was entirely enough to go all in.

Holy Sect, Heaven-Touching Cloud Sea.

The Mending Heaven Peak Master returned silently to Mending Heaven Peak, first activating the mountain-protecting array of Mending Heaven Peak, then taking earth to mold a shell.

However, before he could even steady himself, a voice like silver bells rang out:

"Father, weren't you going to capture someone? Why have you returned empty-handed?"

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Upon hearing this, the Master of Buxian Peak stiffened, then turned his head with a helpless expression to look at his daughter, Chen Shuqian: "Father lost his grip for a moment; I failed to catch the person."

Chen Shuqian was stunned upon hearing this, then her embroidered brows raised slightly: "Father, you lost?"

"I did not lose."

After a moment of silence, the Master of Buxian Peak said sternly: "That junior deceived me and launched a surprise attack, ruining my physical body and leaving me with less than one-tenth of my usual power."

"Father, you really lost?"

"I did not lose!"

The Master of Buxian Peak gritted his teeth: "Let that junior be arrogant for a few days. Do you think he will fare well? He will know the true severity when he attempts to break through to Foundation Establishment."

"That junior calculated everything, but his only miscalculation was coveting the so-called Zheng San Pin True Qi."

The Master of Buxian Peak sneered: "Qian'er, you are still young and do not understand the treachery of human hearts. Any opportunity in this world requires a price to be paid."

"If the legacy left by Panlong in days gone by were truly that good, why do you think I would leave it to others instead of keeping it for you and Chen Xinan? Moreover, Panlong was merely a Foundation Establishment rogue cultivator in his lifetime. Do you truly believe his cultivation method could rank as Zheng San Pin and point directly toward the Jin Dan Dao?"

(End of this chapter)