Chapter 96: Hongmeng Purple Qi! Laozi Seeks Peace? Lu Yun's Crazy Request!

Inside Zixiao Palace.

Hongjun watched this scene, his brows tightly furrowed: "The Extinction Divine Thunder, it actually cannot do anything to the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon!"

Naturally, he very much wanted to immediately strengthen the power of the Heavenly Tribulation to completely annihilate Lu Yun.

But unfortunately, although he was a part of the Heavenly Dao and could intervene in the operation of the Heavenly Dao within a certain range, he could not do as he pleased.

The Heavenly Dao also had its own principles; even if he determined that Lu Yun was an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon, he could not make the Heavenly Dao go to any lengths to blast Lu Yun to death.

What's more, Lu Yun still carried monstrous merit upon his person! With this portion of merit, even if Hongjun wanted to deal with Lu Yun, he dared not take action personally; otherwise, with monstrous Karma added to his body, let alone further controlling the Heavenly Dao, he might even be directly rejected by the Heavenly Dao itself!

But he could not help but find a way to resolve this Lu Yun.

Because he always felt that this was an unstable factor that would very likely continue to affect his plans.

Hongjun could not help but begin to ponder: "Perhaps, this poor Daoist can only adopt the method used to deal with those Three Pure Ones back then!"

His thoughts shifted, and as he raised his hand, a wisp of strange, mysterious aura appeared in his palm, continuously flowing with purple divine light.

This wisp of aura was precisely the Hongmeng Purple Qi that countless people in the Great Desolation craved but could not obtain!

Outside the Zhushan Tribe, atop a towering mountain peak.

"Hum!"

The aura all over Lu Yun's body vibrated violently.

Under the constant operation and evolution of his cultivation technique, the sun within his dantian had already begun to transform toward a "Dark Star."

At this moment, the Golden Immortal Tribulation had not yet ended, but his cultivation had already broken through from Mysterious Immortal to the early stage of Golden Immortal!

Moreover, this improvement was still continuing! "Boom!"

Another bolt of tribulation lightning descended! This bolt of tribulation lightning had already changed from red to purple, and it was clear that its power had increased to an astonishing degree!

Yet, when just such a bolt of tribulation lightning fell, Lu Yun actually remained sitting upright beneath the Thunder Spirit Immortal Wood, as if he did not care at all.

And the moment that tribulation lightning fell, it was indeed quickly decomposed by his Thunder Spirit Immortal Wood, and then rapidly absorbed by the Dao rhyme radiating from his body, helping his magic power grow once again!

Everyone had originally thought that Lu Yun would be severely injured or even directly killed by the Golden Immortal Tribulation, but now not only was Lu Yun fine, his cultivation was still crazily improving!

Even that unknown Spiritual Root he had just planted, and the sword in his hand, had actually received nourishment as well! Such a dreamlike scene was something even Nuwa and the others found hard to believe.

But regardless of whether they believed it or not, at this time Lu Yun's cultivation was advancing toward the mid-stage of Golden Immortal, and that strange Spiritual Root behind him had already grown to several hundred meters tall, its massive canopy quickly covering the summit of the mountain peak beneath Lu Yun.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

One after another, the tribulation lightning bolts continued to strike down.

Yet they were unable to pose any threat to Lu Yun in the slightest; instead, they made his cultivation rise steadily.

Watching with their own eyes as Lu Yun's cultivation rapidly reached the late stage of Golden Immortal, everyone felt somewhat numb.

Duobao could not help but say: "He wouldn't just keep improving like this until the Golden Immortal Peak, would he!"

Xuandu gave a wry smile and said: "I can only say I am envious!"

As an Innate Human himself, he was born a Human Immortal and had even been accepted as a disciple under a Saint, yet it had taken him a great deal of time and energy to cultivate from Human Immortal to the Golden Immortal Peak.

Seeing Lu Yun advancing by leaps and bounds like this, it would be a lie to say he wasn't envious.

Moreover, the man was relying on himself, not on the guidance of others.

This left him with very complicated feelings for a moment.

Guangchengzi, on the side, was purely jealous, feeling that the Heavenly Dao was truly too unfair!

Fuxi, who was beside Nuwa, was full of emotion at this moment and said: "This method of Tribulation Transcendence for the Human Race... is absolutely the most unique one since the opening of the world!"

Nuwa, however, smiled slightly and said: "For my Human Race, this is a good thing!"

Her gaze turned toward the direction of the Human Race, and she discovered that the many humans were simply excited to the extreme at this moment.

Clearly, the Human Race being able to have one more Golden Immortal made them all very agitated.

Although a Golden Immortal was still very weak when looking at the entire Great Desolation, for the Human Race, it was already a top-tier combat force.

What's more, Lu Yun himself did not just represent a Golden Immortal; he could also teach everyone how to achieve the Golden Immortal realm, which was absolutely a joyous event of the highest order for the Human Race!

At this moment, everyone was just waiting for Lu Yun to continue preaching to them after he finished his Tribulation Transcendence!

As happy as the Human Race was now, Baize was just as miserable.

Donghuang Taiyi had told him to take advantage of the time when Lu Yun was being blasted by the Heavenly Tribulation to reclaim the Sun Star Banner, but now where would he have such an opportunity? Watching that Sun Star Banner by Lu Yun's side, still continuously absorbing Sun Star power for him, while he himself could not take action to snatch it back, he felt truly miserable.

Just as Baize was still rapidly pondering countermeasures, suddenly, Lu Yun made another move that surprised him—

It was seen that Lu Yun, who had been working hard to cultivate while tempering the Tai'e Sword, suddenly opened his eyes and then leaped up abruptly.

Seeing this, everyone's gazes naturally fell upon him in unison, very curious about what Lu Yun wanted to do.

At this time, Lu Yun stood beneath the massive silver-blue Immortal Wood, holding the Tai'e Sword, looked toward the direction of Suirenshi, and said in a loud voice: "Suiren Ancestor, I am going to continue preaching; I must trouble you to once again spread what I have spoken and what I have demonstrated to the Human Race of the Great Desolation!"

The voice rolled into the Zhushan Tribe, leaving everyone on the scene feeling somewhat dumbfounded for a moment.

What was the situation? Why did this Lu Yun suddenly want to continue preaching again? Wasn't he still undergoing Tribulation Transcendence?

The crowd was confused at first, but immediately after, a common thought surfaced in everyone's minds in unison: He wouldn't be thinking of continuing to preach while undergoing Tribulation Transcendence, would he?! In fact, that was exactly what Lu Yun was thinking!

Or rather, this was a suggestion he had just triggered from the group, and now he wanted to complete it.

Because the Golden Immortal Tribulation consisted of a full forty-nine bolts of tribulation lightning.

He had only withstood twenty-something bolts so far, and half of the tribulation lightning had yet to fall.

Admittedly, he could use this to break through his cultivation to the Dark Star Peak, which was the Golden Immortal Peak, but he would not be able to continue breaking through further.

And because of this breakthrough, it might cause those who wanted to take action against him to have even greater murderous intent, and they might not be willing to let him continue preaching to the Human Race to harvest merit.

Therefore, someone in the group boldly suggested, why not preach while undergoing the Tribulation Transcendence right now! In any case, the tribulation lightning could not threaten Lu Yun, but others would not dare to take action while Lu Yun was preaching; this was simply the best opportunity to preach!

If Lu Yun could obtain as much merit as possible before the Heavenly Tribulation ended, it stood to reason that those who wanted to take action would be even more wary! Perhaps because the Great Desolation had never known of someone preaching while undergoing Tribulation Transcendence before, such a suggestion actually triggered a Legendary Task.

How could Lu Yun let it pass? At this moment, Suirenshi was stunned for quite a while before he couldn't help but hesitate and speak: "This... is it possible?"

Lu Yun laughed heartily and said: "Of course it is possible! Just now, while I was undergoing Tribulation Transcendence, I suddenly had another realization and obtained a new martial art; it is just right to impart this to the Human Race!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Baize's expression instantly turned gloomy.

Clearly, he had understood Lu Yun's intentions in an instant!

This was to take advantage of the fact that the Heavenly Tribulation had not yet ended and they dared not make a move, in order to harvest more merit!

For a moment, Baize grew anxious, his gaze hurriedly looking toward the direction of Laozi.

If there was anyone present who least wanted Lu Yun to continue preaching, it was naturally Laozi! And Laozi's expression at this moment was naturally incomparably ugly.

Having previously let Lu Yun catch him off guard and pass down the Literature Dao among the Human Race, he was already extremely annoyed; how could he possibly allow Lu Yun to continue preaching now?

Laozi finally could not hold back, directly sending a voice transmission to Lu Yun: "Human, do not continue preaching. This Daoist can owe you a favor."

Hearing this, Lu Yun could not help but curl his lips.

Perhaps, for other living beings of the Great Desolation, a favor from a Saint was a tremendous benefit.

But Lu Yun did not think much of it at all.

Because he could not think of what he could use a favor from Laozi for? To ask the other party not to kill him?

That would be better served by continuing to preach, gaining more merit, and making the other party afraid to touch him! Moreover, this Laozi lacked sincerity, actually using a secret voice transmission to discuss this matter with him, clearly not wanting others to know that he owed him a favor; there was obviously some other scheme hidden within!

Therefore, Lu Yun responded directly: "Taiqing Saint, you are too kind, but I think it is better to continue preaching! Moreover, the martial arts I am about to teach this time have some connection to the Taiqing Saint; why don't you take a closer look?"

Laozi could not help but be stunned for a moment.

What did this mean? What connection could it have to him? Before Laozi could figure it out, he heard Suirenshi say excitedly: "No problem! I will arrange it immediately!"

Laozi suddenly woke up, wanting to stop Suirenshi.

At the very least, if Lu Yun continued to preach and could not spread it throughout the Primordial Human Race, but only to those present, the influence would be weakened, and the impact on him would also be reduced! But Nuwa had made a move a step earlier!

"Hum!"

A lotus-shaped treasure lamp, flowing with brilliant colors, suddenly flew out from Nuwa's hand, blooming with dazzling divine light.

This was none other than the Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure—the Lotus Lantern!

Seeing the Lotus Lantern under Nuwa's control, it flew rapidly in front of Suirenshi and directly took the Fire of Inheritance into the heart of the lotus.

Afterwards, the Lotus Lantern flew toward Lu Yun's side! Seeing this scene, Laozi's expression sank, and his gaze turned toward Nuwa.

Nuwa wore a smile and said: "Senior Brother Taiqing, have you noticed that the luck of my Human Race has greatly increased?"

Laozi was silent.

In fact, he had naturally already discovered that as Lu Yun spread the characters and then the cultivation chant for the Literature Dao, the "Righteousness Song," the luck of the Human Race had surged by thirty percent! Yet the luck obtained by his Ren Sect had not increased because of this! With the luck of the Human Race surging, the fact that the Ren Sect's luck did not increase was effectively a decline in the Ren Sect's luck!

Therefore, his voice transmission to Lu Yun just now was actually made after he had already decided to discuss with Lu Yun what conditions he could offer to make him stop preaching.

He had prepared to bargain with Lu Yun, but who would have thought that Lu Yun would not want to bargain with him at all! At this moment, Nuwa deliberately brought up the fact that Lu Yun's preaching had caused the Human Race's luck to surge, which was essentially denying him the opportunity to act.

Otherwise, if he hindered the development of the Human Race, how could he still be considered the leader of the Ren Sect? Just as Laozi was silent, the Lotus Lantern had already flown near the mountain peak where Lu Yun was located, but it did not enter the range of the Tribulation Cloud; instead, it shone with dazzling divine light from afar, enveloping Lu Yun.

Nuwa said loudly: "Lu Yun, proceed with your preaching! The Lotus Lantern will naturally spread everything you teach throughout the Primordial Human Race!"

Lu Yun bowed and said: "Many thanks, Goddess Nuwa!"

It had to be said, if Nuwa had not used the Lotus Lantern at this moment, relying solely on Suirenshi's Fire of Inheritance, it would have been almost impossible for Lu Yun to achieve preaching while undergoing the Heavenly Tribulation!

And the reason Lu Yun had only sought out Suirenshi earlier and not Nuwa was actually to test whether Nuwa of this era was willing to stand against Laozi for his sake and for the sake of the Human Race!

Now, Nuwa had clearly given her answer.

However, just as Lu Yun withstood another bolt of Tribulation Lightning and wanted to begin his action, Laozi's voice entered his mind once again: "Lu Yun, if you give up this preaching, this Daoist can bestow upon you an Innate Spiritual Treasure!"

Clearly, Laozi felt that since he could not stop Lu Yun with a favor, he wanted to try a different method.

In any case, once the Spiritual Treasure was bestowed upon Lu Yun, he could just find a way to scheme and take it back later! Lu Yun's mouth curled slightly, and suddenly, a thought occurred to him; he immediately sent a message in the live broadcast room.

Lu Yun: "Everyone, that Laozi sent a secret voice transmission, telling me that if I give up preaching, he can give me an Innate Spiritual Treasure. What do you think?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the group members watching the live broadcast exploded.

Fang Wenjie: "Damn! This Laozi is really generous, just giving away an Innate Spiritual Treasure like that?"

Ling Yan: "It really is a grand gesture! Among ordinary Golden Immortals, who could possess an Innate Spiritual Treasure?"

Xiao Ling'er: "Why do I feel like there's a trap in this!"

Liu Chongxiao: "There must be a trap! Think about it, if Lu Yun gets an Innate Spiritual Treasure, can he hold onto it securely? Later on, I'm afraid there will be countless Taiyi Golden Immortals, or even Great Luo Golden Immortals, coming to snatch it!"

Ming Xi: "Hiss! This is borrowing a knife to kill someone!"

Lu Yun: "Then what should I do? Should I just reject him directly?"

Jiang Ye: "Hehe, if it were me, I would ask him, if I wanted the Innate Supreme Treasure Taiji Diagram, would he agree or not?"

Qiu Wanli: "Hahaha, that's a great idea! He didn't specify what kind of Innate Spiritual Treasure it was; an Innate Supreme Treasure is also an Innate Spiritual Treasure!"

"Ding! Received suggestion: Ask Laozi for the Taiji Diagram! Reward: One Rare Treasure Chest!"

Lu Yun felt a surge of joy.

Sure enough, he knew that if he threw this topic into the group, someone would definitely trigger a mission for him! And here it was, wasn't it?

Moreover, just by asking Laozi, regardless of the result, there was actually a Rare Treasure Chest reward; how could he possibly refuse?

Immediately, Lu Yun sent a voice transmission to ask Laozi: "If I want the Innate Supreme Treasure Taiji Diagram, is the Saint willing to give it to me?"

Laozi: "..."

This human was simply insane, actually daring to make such a request of him!

(End of chapter)