Chapter 747
I Can See Through Everything – Chapter 747
Chapter 747: Formation Dao Inheritance Grounds, The Three Great Exotic Beasts’ Decision
“Once every hundred years?”
Hearing that, Lu Qing was a little surprised.
He hadn’t expected the Gui Xu Secret Realm to remain open for so long—an entire century.
But for him, that was good news.
At the very least, when he finished receiving the inheritance and came back out, the various forces inside the secret realm probably wouldn’t have left yet.
Lu Qing hadn’t forgotten Mo Tushan, who had been trying to take his life all along.
More importantly, he had come here so suddenly that his family still didn’t know he was no longer in his home world.
If he was gone too long, who knew whether Xiao Yan and his master and the others would start worrying again.
“Ah Qing, are you worried about getting out after the Gui Xu Secret Realm closes?” the old yellow dragon seemed to see through him and chuckled. “You don’t need to worry. As a direct disciple, even if the secret realm closes, you can still leave. It’s a bit of trouble, but you won’t be trapped here forever.”
“So that’s how it is.”
Hearing that, Lu Qing felt even more at ease.
“Well then, any other questions?”
Lu Qing still had plenty of doubts, but after thinking it over, he shook his head in the end.
For him right now, it was better to first grab whatever inheritance he could get his hands on.
As for everything else, it wouldn’t be too late to talk after he finished receiving the inheritance.
“Then we’ll open the Formation-Inheritance Grounds now and send you in.”
As the old yellow dragon spoke, it formed a series of hand seals and sent out a yellow seal-light.
Almost at the same time, the black bull and the singing phoenix each sent out their own seal-light.
Three hand-seal lights of different hues collided and fused in midair, and a spatial vortex suddenly opened, swallowing Lu Qing’s body.
When the spatial vortex dissipated, Lu Qing’s figure vanished completely, and the surroundings fell back into silence.
After a while, the black bull finally scratched its head.
“So how long do you think this little guy will take before he comes out of the Formation-Inheritance Grounds?”
“No idea.” The old yellow dragon shook its head. “By all logic, even a peerless genius would need several decades to finish receiving the inheritance.
“But Ah Qing’s talent… I can’t see through it, so nothing is certain.”
Thinking of Lu Qing’s performance in the Formation passage, the black bull fell silent too.
With no Technique guidance at all, he had still been able to comprehend, one after another, the formations their master had laid down—understanding them thoroughly in an extremely short time.
To be honest, Lu Qing’s formation talent made even a Dao-Integration great demon like it feel its heart tremble.
So it couldn’t predict how long his inheritance would take either.
“Why bother guessing?” the singing phoenix said then. “We’ll know when he comes out. Even if it takes a few decades, so what? We’ve waited tens of thousands of years already—are we really going to care about a few more decades?”
“That’s true. And with Ah Qing’s talent, he might not even need decades.” The old yellow dragon smiled.
As for the black bull, it scratched its head again.
Out of the three of them, it had the worst patience, but even so, a few decades meant nothing to it.
“Still, I didn’t expect a Void Flying Boat to end up in his hands. Looks like, in the unseen currents of fate, master chose him as the inheritor long ago.”
The old yellow dragon sighed again. “It’s a pity the Flying Immortal Vessel was damaged, and even its Artifact Spirit was extinguished. Otherwise, back then, we might have been able to follow master to the Upper Realm.”
“Impossible.” The singing phoenix shook its head. “Master said it himself—the Upper Realm is dangerous. If our cultivation isn’t enough, going there would be useless. He wouldn’t let us throw our lives away for nothing.”
“Yeah… the Upper Realm is dangerous. I just wonder whether master is still safe.” The old yellow dragon let out a long sigh.
Hearing that, the black bull and the singing phoenix both froze, then turned to look toward the white jade statue ahead, falling into silence.
They couldn’t answer that question. They didn’t even dare think about it.
Master had been gone for several hundred thousand years, and there had been no news at all—he had never returned.
What kind of danger could keep master from coming back even once in all those hundreds of thousands of years? They couldn’t imagine it, and they didn’t dare.
The moment that possibility surfaced, panic would rise in their hearts.
The only thing that gave them a little peace was the fact that within that white jade statue, the wisp of aura master had left behind was still there.
If the aura remained, it meant master was still alive.
He simply couldn’t come back for some reason.
And that, too, was the reason they had stood guard for these hundreds of thousands of years.
…
“So this is the Formation-Inheritance Grounds?”
When the spatial power around his body dispersed, Lu Qing saw that he had arrived in a new mysterious space.
This space wasn’t large—only about the size of a small palace.
Yet the entire space was filled with countless golden formation patterns.
Every single pattern was exquisitely profound, as if containing endless formation intent.
And the changes between the patterns made that intent multiply in complexity by more than a hundredfold.
Some of the patterns—after Lu Qing observed them for only a few glances—made his soul feel dizzy.
It was obvious these patterns were of an extremely high level, far surpassing the Nascent Soul Realm.
So even Lu Qing’s nascent soul could not directly bear the meaning within them, much less comprehend it.
As expected of the inheritance grounds left behind by a Daoist of Transcendence.
Lu Qing marveled inwardly.
He already understood what these so-called Formation-Inheritance Grounds truly were.
That Daoist of Transcendence had fused all of his formation insights into the patterns within this mysterious space.
If one wanted to obtain his inheritance, one had to comprehend it personally.
Not simply receive some Technique and cultivate it.
However, the dizziness just now also made Lu Qing understand something.
Relying only on his cultivation, it was impossible for him to fully comprehend the formation inheritance here.
At the very least, it was impossible in the short term.
“In the end, my realm is still too low.”
Lu Qing sighed.
His Perfect Divine Soul Technique was powerful. After stepping into the Four-Tribulation Nascent Soul Expert realm, in terms of pure nascent soul strength, he might already rival a Six- or Seven-Tribulation Nascent Soul cultivator.
But this formation inheritance contained Dao-Integration Realm patterns beyond the Nascent Soul Realm, and even Dao-Transcendence Realm intent.
With his current self, he simply couldn’t comprehend patterns of that level.
Fortunately, he still had Spiritual Powers.
Otherwise, this trip really might have been a case of walking into a treasure mountain and leaving empty-handed.
After that brief reflection, Lu Qing sensed his surroundings, chose a spot, and sat down cross-legged.
Earlier, he had already noticed that although the space was filled with formation patterns, their strength varied.
The area he was in now lay within patterns at the Nascent Soul Realm level.
And most of them felt extremely familiar.
They were exactly the essence he had grasped from the nine formations in the Formation passage.
Only now, they were being displayed in a clearer, more direct way for him to comprehend.
Lu Qing looked at the patterns in front of him. He didn’t use his Spiritual Powers—instead, he extended his Divine Soul Power and let it seep into them to comprehend.
The moment his Divine Soul Power touched those patterns, a piece of information flowed into his mind.
“With Nascent Soul Realm cultivation, only by using formation patterns to set up a Nine-Turn Linked Formation can one leave the Formation-Inheritance Grounds?”
After receiving that message, Lu Qing felt an odd sense of amusement.
He naturally understood that breaking a formation and setting a formation were two different things.
To break a formation, all you needed was to find the formation nodes and then crack them in the appropriate way.
But to set up a formation, you had to thoroughly understand and completely master the corresponding patterns before you could arrange the formation.
The difficulty between the two was not on the same level at all.
If it were any other Nascent Soul Realm cultivator coming in to receive the inheritance, they would probably need a long time before they could master these patterns and set up the formation.
But Lu Qing was different.
In the Formation passage, he had already fully comprehended and mastered those nine formations.
Even if it was setting up a formation, aside from the later formations that he couldn’t arrange due to his realm, the formations before the fifth checkpoint were no problem for him at all.
In other words, if he wanted to leave this inheritance space right now, he could do so at any time.
Of course, leaving was out of the question.
Unless even his Spiritual Powers were helpless, Lu Qing had no intention of going out so quickly before squeezing every last drop of inheritance from this place.
After using Divine Soul Power to sense the surrounding formation patterns, Lu Qing confirmed that these patterns were indeed the contents of Great Expansion Formation Exegesis (Nascent Soul Volume).
They weren’t much different from what he had comprehended on his own—only more detailed and easier to understand.
He didn’t hesitate. He directly used his Spiritual Powers to download them, then moved to another region.
Here, the surrounding formation patterns were suddenly more profound by an unknown number of times.
Even with Lu Qing’s current formation attainments, with only a slight attempt at comprehension—forget understanding them—his nascent soul felt dizzy.
So he didn’t try to comprehend them. He emptied his mind, only activated his Spiritual Powers, and stared at those patterns.
At first, there was no movement.
Lu Qing wasn’t in a hurry. He waited patiently.
Only after about a hundred breaths did several lines of text drift out from the formation patterns.
“Dao-Integration–level formation patterns: powerful formation patterns created through the enlightenment and creation of a Daoist of Transcendence.”
“These formation patterns contain ultimate principles. After comprehending and mastering them, one can set up Dao-Integration Realm formations.”
…
“Inheritance discovered. Download?”
Seeing the floating lines of text in his field of vision, Lu Qing smiled.
As expected—even if he couldn’t comprehend it for now, his Spiritual Powers would always find a way.
He didn’t hesitate and immediately chose to download.
“Mm?”
Just as Lu Qing was inside the Formation-Inheritance Grounds, working with formation patterns, the old yellow dragon waiting outside suddenly had a change of expression.
“Old yellow dragon, what is it?” the black bull asked.
The singing phoenix looked over as well.
“In the trial passage, a cultivator has broken through to the fourth checkpoint,” the old yellow dragon said.
“Only the fourth checkpoint. What’s there to pay attention to?” the black bull said with disdain.
“That’s not quite fair,” the old yellow dragon laughed. “To reach the fourth checkpoint within a single day already counts as excellent talent.”
Even though Lu Qing had entered the Formation-Inheritance Grounds, in truth, less than twelve shichen had passed since the trial passage opened.
So anyone who could break through to the fourth checkpoint now truly had astonishing aptitude.
Even in the ancient era, they could be called a genius.
“So what?” the singing phoenix said indifferently. “Even if he could break all nine checkpoints within seven days, he’d still be far inferior to Ah Qing. Master left in a hurry and took most things with him.
“Our Immortal Palace doesn’t have much left now.
“We don’t even know if there’ll be enough to support Ah Qing’s cultivation. We can’t waste resources on these trash.”
The old yellow dragon didn’t speak again.
If before, they had thought that finding a few nominal disciples for master—so the inheritance wouldn’t be cut off—was already a blessing…
Then after seeing Lu Qing, that way of thinking had completely changed.
With the formation talent Lu Qing had displayed, it wasn’t just about ensuring master’s inheritance continued.
It was true Dao-Transcendence potential—the kind of peerless talent that could possibly achieve the Dao-Transcendence Realm.
If Lu Qing could achieve the Dao-Transcendence Realm, he would be able to activate the grand formation master had left behind.
When that happened, perhaps they might be able to learn news of master again.
But at the same time, the resources needed to cultivate someone to the Dao-Transcendence Realm were terrifying.
Back then, master had left in haste and hadn’t made many arrangements.
With what was left in the Immortal Palace now, even supporting a single Daoist of Transcendence might leave them stretched thin.
There truly wasn’t enough left to cultivate additional disciples.
“Forget it. If someone really manages to clear the checkpoints within the time limit, then grant them some ordinary opportunities and send them away.”
In the end, the old yellow dragon sighed inwardly.
If it could, it naturally wanted master’s lineage to flourish.
But resources were limited. There might not even be enough to raise one Daoist of Transcendence, let alone others.
As for driving out all the challengers now, the old yellow dragon couldn’t do it.
After all, these were the rules master had set back then, and the three of them couldn’t casually violate them.
…
“These Dao-Integration–level formations really are wondrous beyond compare—profound beyond measure. With my current realm, I still can’t comprehend them.”
Inside the inheritance space, Lu Qing opened his eyes.
Unlike before, this time there was deep fatigue in his gaze.
At this moment, he had already finished downloading and simulating the inheritance contained within the Dao-Integration–level formation patterns around him.
He had even tried to comprehend them just now.
But it was precisely that attempt that left his mind utterly exhausted.
Dao-Integration–level formation patterns were far too profound. Even with Spiritual Powers helping him, he still couldn’t truly understand the mysteries within.
So after trying, Lu Qing decisively gave up.
With his current realm, forcing himself to comprehend Dao-Integration–level formation patterns was still too much.
The intent within them—no matter how he exhausted his mind—he likely couldn’t grasp even a single fraction.
Better to wait until his realm and cultivation reached a certain level, then try again.
In any case, the inheritance was already stored in his mind. If he wanted to comprehend it, he could do so anytime.
He took out a pill and swallowed it, then meditated for a while until his mind recovered for the most part.
Only then did Lu Qing stand up, intending to head to the final region—the area where Dao-Transcendence–level formation patterns were located.
However, when Lu Qing had walked only halfway, an invisible force blocked him.
At the same time, a message appeared in his mind.
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