Chapter 18: The Path of Forgetting Emotion, The Inheritance of the Dao Seeker

The Lu Family.

The heavenly thunder has dispersed, and the Heavenly Dao Blessing has enveloped most of Wanren City; countless living beings cheer and lose themselves in the abundant, majestic spiritual energy.

As the one who led this Heavenly Dao Blessing, Lu Ren does not absorb the spiritual energy of the blessing along with them.

He sits on a chair, raising his hand to fiddle with a token in his palm.

The color of this token is crimson, with deep purple lightning power swirling within it; it is clearly a Secret Realm related to thunder, namely the Lei Ze Mi Jing.

Once the deep purple lightning inside is fully charged, one can hold the token, rush to the entrance of the Lei Ze Mi Jing, and enter the Lei Ze Mi Jing.

There are three other tokens that Lu Ren is more concerned about.

They are the tokens for another ten-thousand-year Secret Realm subsequently sent by Qingchengzi, called the Luoyun Mijing.

It is rumored to be the abandoned residence of the ancient powerhouse, Venerable Luoyun.

Within it, there is even the inheritance of Venerable Luoyun.

However, Venerable Luoyun was an Alchemy cultivator, so even if there is an inheritance inside, it is likely an Alchemy Inheritance.

Lu Ren ponders to himself.

Even so, it is not something that cannot be taken.

He has always been adept at checking for gaps and making up for deficiencies; the Lu Family still has too few usable artifact refiners and alchemists.

Although he possesses the Red Lotus Karma Fire, it is not suitable for alchemy.

"It's not entirely impossible..."

Browsing through the items in the System Mall, Lu Ren suddenly pauses, a glimmer of joy appearing in his eyes.

He makes a quick decision and has an idea.

"Summon Lu Daoran and Lu Daocheng to my presence," Lu Ren says.

Standing behind him like an invisible person, the Lu Family shadow servant immediately dives into the shadows without hesitation.

After a few breaths, Lu Daoran and Lu Daocheng arrive before Lu Ren's cave dwelling, exchange a glance, and enter in silence.

"Family Head."

After greeting him first, they stand quietly before Lu Ren, waiting silently for his instructions.

Lu Ren: "The reason I called you here today is for one matter only."

"In a few days, two Secret Realms in my possession will open; do you wish to accompany me?"

Accompanying him does not mean protection, but if someone were truly about to die in the Secret Realm, Lu Ren would pull them back.

Such a rare, once-in-a-millennium opportunity immediately makes the eyes of the two light up.

But before they can say anything, Lu Ren interrupts first and adds: "But the place I am going to is the ten-thousand-year Secret Realm, the Luoyun Mijing, which should contain an Alchemy Inheritance."

"There is another one, the Lei Ze Mi Jing; although it is a thousand-year Secret Realm, I do not intend to set foot in it."

"You must consider this carefully."

Lu Daoran is stunned.

The opportunity to explore a Secret Realm with the Family Head, plus the chance to strengthen oneself—which one to choose?

He is somewhat hesitant.

Lu Daocheng, however, says quickly: "Family Head, is there a hundred-year Secret Realm?"

Lu Ren understands what he is worried about just by looking at his expression, and immediately says indifferently: "You do not need to worry about becoming a burden; my Spirit Beast will protect your path."

Naturally, Lu Ren has no interest in babysitting.

But Lu Daocheng's status is different! He is a Child of Luck; if he brings him along, won't all the good things in the Secret Realm flock to him like crazy? Moreover, although Qin Yuan's Qi Luck has been greatly discounted, he still has hundreds of thousands of Qi Luck on him. If nothing goes wrong, he is destined to go to one of these Secret Realms. Whichever one it is, Lu Ren will not let him have it easy.

Hearing what Lu Ren said, although Lu Daocheng is still somewhat worried, he very sensibly says quickly: "Thank you for your care, Family Head; I am willing to go to the Luoyun Mijing with you!"

Although this matter is strange, and Lu Daocheng does not understand why Lu Ren would want to bring along a kid like him who has only just started Qi Refining, he feels only gratitude and loyalty toward Lu Ren.

Before his mother died, she said that if there were a chance, he must repay the Lu Family Head well in the future.

Lu Daocheng does not dare to forget this for a moment.

Lu Ren is not surprised by the choice Lu Daocheng made and nods in agreement; Lu Daoran, standing to the side, also makes his difficult choice after some hesitation.

"Family Head, I choose the Lei Ze Mi Jing."

A ten-thousand-year inheritance is certainly good, but an Alchemy Inheritance is useless to him; it is better to go and show his skills in a sword cultivator's inheritance. Lu Ren is not surprised by his choice either, casually tossing two different tokens to the two of them, and instructs: "The Secret Realm will open in a while; I will take you there when the time comes."

"During these days, you must consolidate your cultivation and settle your minds."

"Yes, Family Head," the two respond in unison.

At the last moment, Lu Daoran does not leave; he steps forward and says softly: "Family Head, Qi Yi of the Haotian Alliance requests an audience; I have already brought him to the front hall."

Qi Yi?

Lu Ren has heard a little about this person, but he does not know why he is showing up at this juncture.

He rises and says: "In that case, I shall go and probe his intentions."

……

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The front hall.

Qi Yi is waiting with extreme anxiety, but he did not come alone; beside him is a young girl of fifteen or sixteen, sitting on a chair and swinging her legs, looking naive and innocent, holding a piece of spiritual pastry the Lu Family uses to treat guests, eating it with great relish.

When Lu Ren enters, the little girl's eyes light up immediately, and she points at Lu Ren, saying: "What a pretty big brother!"

Qi Yi's expression changes instantly; he immediately pulls the girl's hand, half in panic and half pleading: "Apologies, Lu Family Head, my daughter was born different from others; she did not mean to offend you."

The girl pouts, looking completely indifferent, her bright eyes fixed on Lu Ren.

Lu Ren takes two looks and sees the trick: "Has she consumed a treasure that lowers intelligence?"

Where there is intelligence-opening, there is naturally intelligence-lowering.

Qi Yi smiles bitterly, nodding and shaking his head.

"Yes and no."

"When her mother was pregnant with her, she ate something wrong and was harmed by a villain; the medicinal power remained in her body, and when she was four or five, she was fed a strange poison by someone, which not only kept her intelligence at the level of a three or four-year-old, but also left her spiritual roots incomplete, and she could not even survive past the age of eight..."

"Her current state is the result of the dozen or so century-old life-extending pills I sought for her, but she still cannot survive past eighteen."

It was pitiful, indeed.

But Lu Ren was not a kind person.

He sat down, tapped on the tabletop, and quickly deduced the reason for Qi Yi's arrival.

"You want the Bell Spiritual Root?"

After thinking it over, it seemed only the Bulindan could barely be considered the right medicine for the illness.

Qi Yi's face was full of admiration as he nodded heavily and said sincerely, "Yes, I want to trade a legacy Secret Realm and a piece of information for the Bell Spiritual Root the size of an infant's fist in your possession."

"I hope the Lu Family Head will be accommodating..."

Lu Ren was actually a bit surprised.

Have Secret Realms become so worthless lately?

But he did not agree immediately; instead, he tapped on the table.

"First, tell me what kind of information it is."

Qi Yi glanced at his oblivious daughter, gritted his teeth, and said, "I trust the character of the Lu Family Head, so I can tell you directly what the information is!"

"It is information regarding a Dao Seed, located in that very Secret Realm I know of, and I am the only one who knows!"

"That Dao Seed is a Dao Seed of the Path of Forgetting Emotions!"

A Dao Seed, which is a seed capable of Enlightenment, is formed after an Enlightened mighty figure falls.

There are three thousand Great Daos, but those who can achieve Enlightenment out of thin air are few and far between.

Once one becomes an Enlightened one, as long as they do not fall, Ascension is almost certain.

Lu Ren instantly became interested.

"Interesting. The Bell Spiritual Root, is it? Here you go."

He immediately broke off a piece of the Bell Spiritual Root he hadn't finished eating and tossed it over, not caring about the size, a smile playing on his lips, "Now, tell me everything you know."

The Dao Seed was not important to him; the legacy of an Enlightened one was what mattered most.

(End of chapter)