Chapter 458: Lu Hua Shocked: A True Monster, Cannot Succeed Without Timing

【Before you knew it, the conversation had lasted until the sun slanted to the west. Gongsun Gongsun Niangzi Gongsun Gongsun Niangzi Gongsun, as the Flower Queen of the Zixiao Pavilion, was the most delicate and exquisite in her thoughts.】

【Seeing that the three of you seemed to have important matters to discuss, she rose gracefully to bid farewell, though the look in her eyes as she left seemed quite resentful towards you.】

【You watched Gongsun Gongsun Niangzi Gongsun Gongsun Niangzi Gongsun's departing back, and when you turned your head, Lu Hua had already walked into the room to make tea as if she were familiar with the place. Her originally straight back leaned back, and she leaned comfortably against the chair. The upright demeanor she had just maintained had vanished without a trace.】

【Seeing this, you couldn't help but laugh: "Heavenly Master Lu, was your immortal demeanor just now just a show for outsiders?"】

【A lazy voice came from under the bamboo hat: "Junior's shallow knowledge. The Dao follows nature; when you should hold yourself up, you hold yourself up, and when you should sprawl, you sprawl—this is called the Dao following nature."】

【Lu Hua looked around the small courtyard and tutted, "Nine months have passed since the Flower Banquet, and you are still living so miserably. I told you long ago to come with me to Mount Zhongnan in the Great Sui; I would be the first to vote for you for the position of Heavenly Master."】

【The female Daoist Lu Lu Ruyun held her forehead and sighed lightly. This Martial Uncle-Grandmaster, because she was accepted as a disciple by the Ancestor on behalf of the Master, had a very high seniority in the Three Truths, but her actions always made people laugh and cry. She stole a glance at Xie Guan, the direct descendant of the sword path personally taught by the Second Master, and the only surviving disciple. If he were really abducted to be a Daoist priest, the academy would explode.】

【"Young Master Guan, the Heavenly Master loves to joke; don't take it seriously!"】

【Lu Hua stood up suddenly and retorted, "Junior Niece Lu Ruyun, you might not know, but in the resolution of the Three Pure Halls on the 15th of the third month, several ancestors even drafted Xie Guan's Daoist name, and they were arguing endlessly about which lineage he should join."】

【"Ah—"】

【Lu Lu Ruyun exclaimed in surprise, not expecting that Mount Zhongnan really had the intention of letting Xie Guan be the Heavenly Master!】

【Lu Hua suddenly changed the subject, her gaze piercing towards you like electricity. Deep in her pupils, two golden "Ren" characters appeared, spinning crazily like living things, and then the strange phenomenon in her eyes slowly disappeared.】

【"Strange... truly," the voice under her bamboo hat carried a hint of surprise, "It's only been eight months, and I can't seem to see through your cultivation anymore?"】

【Lu Lu Ruyun on the side remained silent—as early as by Yanbo Lake, she knew that you had already stepped into the "Divine Fire" realm, killing twelve Upper Three Realm experts alone.】

【Before the words fell, the light veil on Lu Hua's head moved without wind, and her whole person dissipated in place like a bubble.】

【The next moment, thunder light erupted behind you, and she pressed a ball of violent purple thunder condensed in her left palm fiercely towards the top of your head!】

【This strike seemed casual, but it was actually full of mystery. She had long calculated that you would escape with the "Yin Talisman Scripture Substitute," and had instantly set up a "Small Thunder Realm" formation within a radius of three zhang, specifically to counter the escape technique of your substitute.】

【However, where the thunder fell, only a phantom butterfly was seen flying out.】

【Lu Hua gave a light "Eh," and her figure disappeared again, appearing to flash to the southeast corner as if she had foreseen it, and a palm wrapped in thunder light slashed precisely at the void—】

【This time, a figure was forced to reveal itself, but it was unhurried, opening its mouth to spit out a streak of red flame.】

【The fire light collided with the purple thunder, actually extinguishing the violent thunder light!】

【In the dazzling light where thunder and fire intertwined, Lu Hua's figure disappeared mysteriously again, leaving only the scorched scent drifting in the courtyard.】

【Lu Lu Ruyun stood on the side, her fingertips unconsciously clenching. The exchange between these two seemed light and airy, but it was actually extremely dangerous. If it were her, she would probably be defeated within three moves.】

【The Qi machine in the courtyard flowed like spring breeze and rain, without shattering a single tile or startling a single leaf. But the more effortless it was, the more it showed that the two's control over true Qi had reached the peak of perfection.】

【The female Daoist looked at the figure in the bamboo hat that appeared and disappeared, and sighed in her heart. Martial Uncle-Grandmaster Lu Hua was indeed worthy of being the Three Truths Sect; she was the fastest to cultivate and the strongest in killing among her peers in this generation. The thunder method and sword art she mainly cultivated were both on the fierce path.】

【What she just used was the "Palm Thunder" from the "Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Art," which Lu Hua had already practiced to the point of not needing an altar or hand seals, picking it up at will.】

【The red flame spat out by Xie Guan—was clearly the supreme Yang true fire that burned all Yin evil at Yanbo Lake! It actually broke through even the number one thunder method of the Daoist school.】

【Although the two had disappeared, they had already secretly exchanged moves three times.】

【"Ding—"】

【A clear sword sound suddenly pierced the silence of the courtyard.】

【Lu Lu Ruyun's pupils shrank, but three wisps of green light like wandering silk appeared in the void, connecting head to tail to form a sword circle with natural Dao rhyme—this was the "Zhou Tian Sword Formation," one of the town-sect supreme arts of Mount Zhongnan, the "Ten Thousand Laws Sword."】

【Martial Uncle-Grandmaster was actually getting serious. Cracks like spider webs suddenly bloomed on the blue stone slabs, caused by the pressure of invisible sword intent.】

【Lu Hua leaped to a height of three zhang, stepping on three wisps of sword light that suddenly turned into phantom Green Luan, Bai Hu, and Black Tortoise, secretly matching the Dao of Heaven, Earth, and Man.】

【Under the parasol tree, Xie Guan's figure suddenly appeared. His fingertips lifted lightly, and three streaks of clear sword intent swirled in front of him like swimming dragons, gradually merging into one, turning into a wind-blade sword gang that looked both virtual and real.】

【As the sword Qi spat out, it actually stood in opposition to the Three Talents Sword Formation suppressing from the sky.】

【One was above, and one was in the courtyard.】

【Lu Hua recited one word, "Fast—"】

【Lu Hua's red lips under the bamboo hat parted lightly, and a Dao formula exploded like a thunderclap, dropping rolling thunder.】

【The Green Luan, Bai Hu, and Black Tortoise phantoms in the sky suddenly shone brightly, falling down with the might of heaven and earth!】

【Strangely, Xie Guan suddenly scattered the sword intent in his hand, his whole body covered in golden light, and then suddenly expanded, a solemn Buddha Dharma Body standing proudly in the courtyard.】

【The Three Talents Sword Qi slashed onto the golden body, actually splashing sparks all over the sky, with the sound of gold and stone colliding, firmly resisting the sword formation.】

【The female Daoist's eyes were surprised, but she recognized this as the Buddhist "Buddha Dharma Body."】

【She looked in surprise at the figure shrouded in Buddhist chanting and golden light—when did this successor of the Second Master cultivate the supreme Buddhist golden body?】

【You suddenly raised your hand and reached into the void, closing your five fingers, actually pulling out a long spear with dark patterns. The spear body was wreathed in eerie purple electric arcs, and every flash was accompanied by a harsh crackling sound. The air in the entire small courtyard began to twist and tremble, and faint, shrill wails came from the spear tip, as if countless vengeful souls were imprisoned within.】

【Lu Lu Ruyun's face turned pale—this was clearly the supreme secret transmission of the Demonic Sect, "Heavenly Net Qi Weapon," and it had already reached the peak of perfection!】

【"Stop fighting!"】

【Lu Hua suddenly scattered the sword formation all over the sky, and the light veil bamboo hat slowly landed on the blue stone slab in the courtyard.】

【She looked up at the sky. I don't know when, but the entire courtyard had been shrouded in a layer of Primordial Spirit power, and the phantom of a majestic palace appeared in the void.】

【"Purple Micro Constant Realm?!", the corners of her mouth under the bamboo hat twitched slightly.】

【She hadn't noticed during the exchange just now that Xie Guan had already quietly deployed his Primordial Spirit domain, sealing all fluctuations within it. In such a clash of sword intent, the outside world felt nothing.】

【You smiled slightly, and the Demonic spear in your hand instantly turned into wisps of black mist, being re-absorbed into your body along your fingertips. The suffocating Demonic might also dissipated accordingly.】

【Lu Hua took off her white veil bamboo hat, revealing a face of peerless beauty. Three thousand green silks drifted behind her head. Her skin was as white as snow, her eyebrows were like paintings, and a pair of autumn water eyes were bright and moving, actually three parts more brilliant than the Flower Queen of the Zixiao Pavilion.】

【Only the two shallow dimples on her cheeks added a bit of childishness and cuteness.】

【She frowned with her distant mountain eyebrows and examined you carefully. When her red lips parted, she carried a bit of disbelief: "Purple Micro Constant Realm? The martial arts true intent just now... Master Master Lianchi's Buddha Dharma Body, the Demonic Master's Cave-Demonic True Scripture!"】

【Her voice suddenly rose, "You have reached the Eighth Realm of martial arts, Ocean-Viewing?!"】

【Seeing this, you smiled lightly and nodded faintly.】

【She walked up and looked you up and down, then sighed, and picked up the tea on the stone table and drank it in one gulp.】

【Lu Hua sat on the chair, repeating, "It's still ten days short of a year..."】

【"Martial arts Ocean-Viewing, Purple Micro Constant Realm!"】

【Lu Lu Ruyun looked at her Heavenly Master in confusion. She clearly remembered that this Martial Uncle-Grandmaster had cultivated to the Purple Micro Constant Realm before she was twenty.】

【At that time, she heard that besides surprise, there was also emotion, that Mount Zhongnan was going to have another "Li Lu Qingniu."】

【But Young Master Xie had just reached adulthood... Lu Lu Ruyun stole a glance at the young man standing tall under the parasol tree, surprised in her heart. This was someone cultivating alone, and there was no one teaching him!】

【Lu Hua shook her head like a drunkard for a long time before she calmed down.】

【"I even said I'm now a Yang Spirit, and I was prepared to find you to stimulate you... I didn't expect your cultivation to be so fast."】

【Hearing this, you were not surprised. From the moment Lu Hua entered, you felt that Lu Hua was like someone living in an empty space, her entire Qi machine was ethereal and hard to find, which should be a sign of Yang Spirit."】

【Lu Hua asked, "When did you break through to the Purple Micro Constant Realm? I see your Primordial Spirit is as full as the moon; I fear you have already touched the threshold of Yang Spirit."】

【You said lightly, "It should have been four months ago."】

【Lu Hua was stunned again, and the corners of her mouth twitched.】

【"That is to say, eight months..."】

【Lu Hua sat back on the stone chair heavily, poured another cup of tea, and took a sip, "This tea of yours is cold!"】

【Lu Lu Ruyun blinks in confusion. Even if Xie Guan is exceptionally gifted, among the generations of ancestors of the Sanzhen Sect, it is not as if no one had reached the Ziwei Heng Realm by the age of twenty; why would this make the Celestial Master lose his composure to such a degree?】

【Lu Hua caught a glimpse of the female Daoist's expression and suddenly became playful. "Does Junior Niece Lu Ruyun know, this Young Master Xie of ours—"】

【She deliberately dragged out her tone, "From the beginning of cultivation until now, it has been less than a year, accurately speaking, it should be eleven months and sixteen days!"】

【"Eleven months?!"】

【The female Daoist felt as if she had been struck by lightning, "How is this possible!"】

【Lu Hua saw the female Daoist's expression and suddenly felt bored, "Hey, compared to someone like you, I, Lu Hua, am also a mediocre person without talent."】

【The female Daoist sat on the side as if petrified, not coming back to her senses for a long time.】

【The three of them returned to business!】

【Lu Hua's expression became serious, "Although your cultivation has progressed rapidly, far exceeding expectations, just as the First Master said, this time the opportunity for ascension, without condensing the life-bound essence, without the realm of a world's great grandmaster, you have no qualifications to participate, and will only be crushed into fragments by others."】

【She sighed leisurely, "But who could have expected that this heavenly opportunity would come so urgently? I originally thought there was still four or five years... In just one year, the twenty-eight constellations shifted, the Purple Micro Emperor Star flickered three times, and even the Hun Tian Instrument of Mount Zhongnan cracked three times."】

【But the solemnity between her brows: "Even if it were me, with the Ninth Realm of martial arts and a Yang Spirit..."】

【"But to condense the life-bound essence in such a short time is ultimately a fool's dream."】

【You nodded slightly, and the scene of the day of the Flower Banquet appeared before your eyes, when the great cauldron that suppressed the national destiny was born, and from then on, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth boiled, and the calamity Qi permeated the wilderness.】

【Heaven sends out murderous intent, the stars shift; Earth sends out murderous intent, dragons and snakes rise to the land!】

【A trace of unwillingness flashed in Lu Hua's eyes, "If you give me three more years... no, even two years of time..."】

【She looked up at the sky, her green silk flying in the evening wind, no longer having any daughterly demeanor, "I, Lu Hua, will definitely be able to condense my life-bound essence, enter the ranks of great grandmasters, fight with the heroes of the world, shatter the void with martial arts, attain the Dao and ascend, and as a female Heavenly Master for three thousand years, meet Ancestor Lu Chen!"】

【Suddenly she restrained her expression, her gaze like a sword, "I came today to advise you. I know what you are thinking in your heart; it is definitely not the small courtyard, the Great Qi, the Great Sui, or even this world!"】

【"You neither seek the Dao in the Three Truths nor study in the academy. Wealth in the world is within your reach, but you do not take it."】

【"However, now... it is definitely not your time."】

【"You have only obtained the talent, but not the time."】

【Lu Hua sighed, "You haven't even reached the Ninth Realm of martial arts, your Primordial Spirit is not a Yang Spirit, and there is still the realm of condensing the life-bound essence above."】

【"If you forcibly participate in this ascension battle, how can you compete with those great grandmasters who have run rampant in the world since sixty years ago? They have been dormant and waiting for too long... The Master has even waited for over a thousand years."】

【She looked up at the sky. It was clearly afternoon, but the gloomy sky just now began to become bright, as if an invisible hand was pulling away the light.】

【The weather is becoming longer and longer, and more and more unpredictable.】

【Lu Hua said, "The day the Red-Eyed Army breaches Above Bianjing is the day the world is reversed, and the Ascension Platform opens!"】

【Before the words fell, the three of them looked up at the same time. The celestial phenomenon had changed again, but in the sky above Above Bianjing, a golden mark stretching across the sky cracked in the high clouds, as if the heavens were opening their eyes.】

【Lu Hua said in a deep voice, "It should be less than two months."】

【"Even if the Red-Eyed Army cannot breach Above Bianjing, there will be others to do it. Above Bianjing falling is a matter of heavenly numbers, and the calamity is hard to escape."】

【"After three thousand years, the second opportunity for ascension, no one knows how long it will take again. Now the Ten Great Sects of the World, no one will let it slip through their fingers?"】

【After Lu Hua finished speaking, she looked at you, and her tone was also full of regret. If you were given more time, you would definitely be a world's great grandmaster nailed to the board.】

【Unfortunately, there is not enough time!】

【The female Daoist seemed to understand why the Heavenly Master came to Xie Guan's small courtyard today; the two seemed to have a deep friendship and cherished each other.】

【Otherwise, this Martial Uncle-Grandmaster who doesn't like to reason wouldn't have spoken so earnestly today.】

【Lu Hua saw you silent and continued: "When the time comes, heaven and earth will work together. Once the timing arrives, even a mediocre person can ride the wind and rise; when the great fortune does not arrive, even a genius is but a stepping stone for others."】

【"Heaven does not get the time, the sun and moon have no light; Earth does not get the time, grass and trees do not grow. People have the ambition to reach the clouds, but without the timing, they cannot succeed."】

【"Looking back at these three thousand years, through the prosperity of the Yan and Tang dynasties, in the Three Truths Sect, how many shocking ancestors died in hatred, holding regrets and dying of old age..."】

【You looked at her with a smile, "Then are you going?"】

【Lu Hua's voice stopped abruptly, suddenly feeling melancholy, but her tone changed, decisive.】

【"Go, why not go!"】

【You said: "To go is to die!"】

【"Then let me die!"】

PS: There is a character picture of Parasol in the Easter Egg Chapter later!

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