Chapter 252: True Reality Pollution

Important matters to report?

Let's hope he doesn't have to run around putting out fires again.

Li Heng's expression was subtle; he stood up and pushed open the room door, discovering that it wasn't just Xuandao who had come to find him, but also that old Daoist Qingxu, with the little Daoist boy Qingfeng following by his side, clearly unable to wait any longer.

"Everyone, come in and speak."

He gestured for the two to enter and walked back into the room.

A moment later, the atmosphere inside the room was heavy.

Xuandao frowned, not knowing how he should begin.

"Brother Xuandao, what exactly is the matter? Everyone present is one of our own, there is no need to hide anything."

Li Heng set down the cup of tea in his hand and said speechlessly.

"This... is a Weird matter, it's a long story."

Xuandao spoke slowly.

"Then make a long story short," Li Heng replied calmly.

"This... alright, alright, I'll make it short."

Xuandao shook his head helplessly and continued.

"When I first ascended to the Dharma Aspect Realm, I discovered that Old Master Lie was being besieged by four Dharma Aspect experts from noble families. I went to assist and scared the four of them off, but one of the noble family's Dharma Aspect experts had a very Weird attitude toward me."

"In what way was it Weird?" Li Heng asked.

"He addressed me as a fellow Daoist, awaited my attainment of the Dao, and even gave me a Secret Technique for contact, telling me to use it to reach him. It's just that I always felt this matter was somewhat strange, so I never used it."

"I can guarantee that I did not know him before this."

Upon hearing this, Li Heng fell into deep thought.

However, Qingxu, who was nearby, seemed to have a different opinion: "Is there a possibility that this noble family's Dharma Aspect expert simply understands courtesy? In reality, if it weren't for family missions, perhaps he didn't want to be your enemy?"

As soon as the words fell, Xuandao looked at him as if he were a fool.

"There is no possibility that you, old man, have gone senile. My judgment of people has always been good; that man had the gaze of a hawk and the heart of a wolf—are you sure he really understands what 'great courtesy' means?"

At this moment, Li Heng spoke up.

"Brother Xuandao, when you broke through to the Dharma Aspect Realm, did you not encounter anything unusual, such as the World Truth that many have spoken of?"

Xuandao frowned upon hearing this.

"I am not too clear on that."

"Because when I broke through, I could see the formation process of the Heaven and Earth Principles, and I could see how the order of Heaven and Earth was formed step by step, manifesting the mysteries of Heaven and Earth."

"But after that, my memory seems to have had a gap. When I regained consciousness, I was surrounded by vast Void, and that Small Light Point Brother Li gave me bloomed with light, illuminating the surroundings."

"As for the so-called World Truth, I have never seen it."

"At the very least, it is possible I do not remember it."

Xuandao said with a solemn expression.

He also felt this matter was very strange.

"Then you definitely experienced the World Truth."

Li Heng said calmly.

"That Small Light Point I gave you—unless it suddenly encounters a change, it will not bloom with light, reveal its divine might, and protect you. It must be that you saw something or encountered something when you broke through."

Xuandao was startled in his heart; this...

Li Heng's thoughts had already drifted to the past.

Back then, in order to kill that Dharma Aspect Realm governor, he used Source Power to raise his cultivation level to the Dharma Aspect Realm, and thus he saw that indescribable World Truth, which held Great Terror.

He had previously talked about this matter with that Heaven.

However, that Heaven did not know much, and what it gave him were merely fragments; even it could not glimpse the full picture, only reaching one conclusion: the so-called World Truth had long since been polluted.

Now, advancing to the Dharma Aspect Realm required witnessing the World Truth.

He highly suspected this was a trap.

A trap placed right there in the light, one that you are forced to step into!

Xuandao fell into memory, continuously searching his past recollections, and finally discovered a feeling he had inadvertently ignored when he broke through.

He was startled, suddenly raised his head, and spoke.

"When I broke through, I felt as if I had embraced something. But once I came to my senses, I discovered there was nothing in my arms, only that Small Light Point of Brother Li's shining."

Li Heng's brow relaxed.

"Then it seems Brother Xuandao really did embrace something at that time, only it was resolved or driven away by that Small Light Point of mine."

He said with certainty.

Old Daoist Qingxu, listening to the conversation between the two, felt terrified in his heart. How could the Dharma Aspect Realm feel like it radiated a sense of Inauspiciousness and ill omen? Could he even break through then?

He thought of the rumors that breaking through to the Dharma Aspect Realm would cause deformity, as well as the Daoist Child who was inexplicably suppressed at Dragon Tiger Mountain after breaking through to the Dharma Aspect Realm, and he fell into deep contemplation.

"Brother Li, you must not lie to me, this is a major matter!"

Xuandao said in astonishment.

At the thought that he had embraced some strange, bizarre thing during his breakthrough, a chill ran through his heart, and he felt an instinctive repulsion.

"Why would I lie to you?" Li Heng asked in return.

"Then am I alright now?"

Xuandao stiffened upon hearing this, then asked nervously.

If this scene were seen by others, they would surely be greatly shocked. A dignified expert of the Dharma Aspect Realm, seeking medical advice from someone at the Second Heaven Realm?

"Rest assured, with my methods, you are fine."

Li Heng smiled.

Xuan Dao breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this?

"After all, if you really had a problem, you would have been killed by that Small Light Point of mine when you broke through; it cannot tolerate even the slightest bit of Pollution."

Hearing this sentence from Li Heng, Xuan Dao's expression stiffened once more.

Could that Small Light Point be a ticking time bomb?

He speculated inwardly.

"Um, Li Jushi, could you lend that Small Light Point you mentioned to this old Daoist? Rest assured, after this old Daoist breaks through, I will certainly return it and provide Li Jushi with a generous reward."

The old Daoist Qingfeng finally understood.

This Xuan Dao must have encountered a problem when breaking through to the Dharma Aspect. But because of the Small Light Point given by this Li Jushi, the problem was solved, and there was no risk of going mad or suffering distortion.

For the sake of his own life, and for the sake of being able to break through to the Dharma Aspect.

He cast aside his old face and looked at Li Heng with expectation.

"Daoist Qingxu, you are joking; it is merely a matter of lifting a finger."

"However, as the saying goes, the Dao of Causality lies in borrowing and returning; your disciple Qingfeng must still be lent to me for a period of time." Li Heng narrowed his eyes and looked at the shivering Qingfeng beside him with a smile.

"Deal!"

Qingxu slapped his thigh and sold out Qingfeng again on the spot.

Qingfeng stared at Qingxu with wide eyes, his face full of disbelief.

Is this his master?

Li Heng smiled lightly, a Small Light Point appeared on his finger once again, and then it drifted onto Qingxu's palm.

"If you break through to the Dharma Aspect, this thing can protect you once. However, it does not guarantee that you will definitely be able to break through to the Dharma Aspect; there are far too many things inside this World Truth."

Li Heng said faintly.

He was not telling a lie.

When he first saw the World Truth, those indescribable things and Great Terrors he vaguely saw were difficult for even the Great Sun Radiance to suppress.

But when Xuan Dao broke through, he was able to break through smoothly by relying on that Small Light Point of his; it was clearly good luck that he did not encounter the indescribable things and Great Terrors he had seen before.

Otherwise, whether he could stand here in one piece would be a question.

Qingxu nodded; this was natural.

Breaking through a realm still depends on oneself.

A Dharma Aspect broken through by relying on external force is merely a paper-thin one, belonging to the kind of thing that becomes a stepping stone for peerless geniuses to challenge across realms; he disdains achieving such a paper-thin realm.

"It just so happens that the little Dharma master Qingfeng is also here."

"Let us suppress his Luck as well."

Li Heng's mind stirred, the Great Sun Dharma Image vaguely appeared behind him, and then he condensed a Light Orb on his palm, which radiated a mysterious and profound charm, and it submerged into the center of Qingfeng's brows.

"It is done; the Great Sun is undying, and the Luck will not disperse."

"Many thanks to Li Jushi for your assistance."

Qingxu was overjoyed upon hearing this and bowed to thank Li Heng.

"No need to thank me; you should thank that Great Sun in the sky."

Li Heng laughed.

At this moment, he was using the supreme essence of the Great Sun to help suppress the Luck for Qingfeng. But essence is just essence; if one wants to suppress it for a long time, it still requires power to support it, such as that Great Sun above his head.

"Qingfeng thanks Li Jushi."

Although this little Dharma master Qingfeng was muddled, he also understood that this was a good thing for him, so he also bowed to thank Li Heng.

Li Heng nodded and did not say anything more, continuing to look at Xuan Dao. "Brother Xuan Dao, can you take out that Secret Technique for me to see? I am quite curious, what will happen if I make contact?"

Xuan Dao nodded, "I have the same intention."

Immediately, he used the method of Divine Sense to transmit the contact Secret Technique that Ye Xiaoer had given him back then into Li Heng's mind.

Li Heng felt the Rune and Secret Technique in his mind.

A sense of strangeness arose in his heart.

This Secret Technique was not a path of the human race, and it was hard to say if it was even a path of this Heaven and Earth. Otherwise, it would not give him such a strange and distant feeling; sure enough, there was a problem with this matter.

"May I borrow your aura once more?"

Xuan Dao nodded.

Li Heng grabbed in front of Xuan Dao, and the originally Illusionary aura instantly condensed into substance, like a light feather, which he held in his palm, closing his eyes to sense it.

Relying on this aura as a guide, he used the Formless Heavenly Demon Essence to transform into Xuan Dao, and then utilized the Visualization power of the Visualization Supernatural Ability to hide his original aura, so as to get a glimpse of the truth.

The Secret Technique operated, and Li Heng's Divine Sense instantly traveled ten thousand miles away.

This was a courtyard where flowers bloomed and fell, possessing quite an artistic conception.

A person stood in the courtyard, with their back to his Divine Sense.

Suddenly, this person turned around, looking somewhat happy; it was clearly Ye Xiaoer, as mentioned by Lie Dangkong and Xuan Dao.

"Fellow Daoist, you have finally contacted me; it seems you have already awakened." He looked at Li Heng's disguised Divine Sense, happy and fanatical.

Li Heng frowned secretly.

Awakening, what is this again?

"Why, Fellow Daoist, do you not trust me?"

Ye Xiaoer asked with a smile.

He erupted with aura, "Look, can this aura be faked?"

Seeing this, Li Heng immediately discovered that while this aura appeared normal, its core seemed to contain a kind of Weird thing, feeling just like the sensation he had when he first saw the World Truth.

"It seems you also have this aura."

His Divine Sense spoke, using the Formless Heavenly Demon Essence and the Visualization Supernatural Ability to perform a double disguise, also simulating this aura that was normal on the surface but incomparably Weird and crazy at the core.

"That's right, it seems you have truly awakened, fellow Daoist, and you also possess True Qi Essence." Ye Xiaoer was delighted at the sight, and he felt a weight lift from his heart. It appeared that the awakening had truly occurred; if it hadn't, he would have caused a great disaster.

"You must have many questions now, fellow Daoist."

"But it is fine, I will take you to a place."

Ye Xiaoer smiled triumphantly, and with a wave of his large hand, a highly concealed Void Channel appeared in the courtyard, one that did not allow the passage of material Original Qi, but only allowed Divine Sense to travel through.