Chapter 749

I Can See Through Everything – Chapter 749

Chapter 749: Spiritual Essence Surges to the Heavens, Dangers in the Trial Passage

Just because it caught your eye?

Lao Canglong and the other two exchanged another look.

It seemed there really was such a thing as fate in the dark. Who would have thought that with a casual pick, Lu Qing would choose this very cave dwelling.

“Senior, could it be this immortal mountain has some special significance?” Lu Qing asked, feeling the immortal mountain steadily awakening.

The reason he chose it was simple: when he scanned with his Spiritual Powers, the spiritual essence here was richer.

But judging from Lao Canglong and the others’ reactions, this Lingxu seemed a little unusual?

“Not really. It’s just that this immortal mountain has been abandoned for a very long time. After one of the master’s disciples passed away in meditation back then, it was never opened again. I didn’t expect you would be the one to select it.

“Oh, right. That disciple is the one I mentioned earlier—the one who wanted to imitate the master and cultivate multiple paths at the same time.

“In the end, his lifespan wasn’t enough. He failed to break into the Dao-Integration realm, and ultimately sat down and passed away.”

Lao Canglong spoke as if gently pointing him toward an answer.

“I see. That really is a coincidence.” Lu Qing’s understanding dawned. That disciple’s status must have been far from ordinary, or these three wouldn’t react like this.

As they chatted, the immortal mountain continued to revive.

A vast tide of spiritual energy rolled. The once-withered peak blossomed with drifting clouds and flying waterfalls, and on the bare mountainside, lush spiritual grasses and trees rapidly took root.

In only a short while, a peak that had looked lifeless became vibrant and brimming with vitality, filled with spiritual charm—truly transforming into a scenic immortal mountain.

Lao Canglong said, “Ah Qing, Lingxu Peak has been activated. Go inside. At the cave dwelling’s central formation core, leave your own mark and refine it. From now on, only you will be able to control entry and exit to this cave dwelling.”

“Thank you for your guidance, Senior.” Lu Qing gave a salute and walked into the cave dwelling.

Before long, he found the formation core inside.

It was a golden pillar carved with countless formation patterns, emanating waves of profound, mysterious aura.

Without hesitation, Lu Qing condensed a Divine Soul Imprint and sent it into the golden pillar.

Because this cave dwelling had no master, and Lu Qing had already been acknowledged by the Immortal Palace, he didn’t have to spend much effort to refine the formation core.

“Good. Since you’ve taken control of this cave dwelling, cultivate here in peace. If you run into any problems, you can come to us anytime. As long as you activate the Guixu Token, we’ll sense it immediately,” Lao Canglong said when he saw the refinement succeed.

“This junior respectfully sees off the three seniors.” Lu Qing bowed.

“Haha, little fellow, cultivate well. The road ahead is still long,” the black barbaric bull laughed.

As for Ming Feng, it simply nodded faintly at Lu Qing.

After the three great exotic beasts left, Lu Qing sealed the cave dwelling.

He used the cave dwelling’s formations to sense the surroundings for a while. Only after confirming no one was spying did he finally let out a long breath.

Even though he could feel the three exotic beasts truly bore him no ill will—and in fact were full of expectations for him—facing three Dao-Integration realm existences at once still brought crushing pressure.

“To think it was this simple… and I’ve become a Daoist of Transcendence’s disciple.”

Lu Qing recalled everything that had happened recently, and it still felt unreal.

It wasn’t that he hadn’t suspected there might be some scheme involved.

But earlier, the situation had been stronger than him. He couldn’t be sure what consequences refusing would bring, so he agreed and went along with it.

And now, it seemed they truly were sincere.

At the very least, the inheritances and treasures he received were unimaginable fortunes. If these were placed outside, even the greatest top-tier powers would go mad over them.

As Lu Qing pondered the recent events, he suddenly shuddered.

He looked around and discovered the spiritual energy inside the cave dwelling was still increasing.

As expected of the cave dwelling used by a Daoist of Transcendence’s direct disciple.

The density of spiritual energy here had already surpassed the Gathering Spirit Formation he once set up using Spirit Stones.

And with the pills Lao Canglong gave him earlier, Lu Qing felt he wouldn’t need long to break through to the five-tribulation realm.

“I should prepare to cultivate.”

Lu Qing stopped overthinking and released Xiao Li.

“Ah Qing!”

The moment Xiao Li appeared, it wanted to pounce straight into Lu Qing’s arms.

But it quickly froze, eyes filled with uncertainty as it sensed the surroundings.

“Ah Qing, where are we? How is the spiritual energy here so dense?!”

Even back in the Great World of Tianyuan, Xiao Li had never seen spiritual energy this thick.

“That’s a long story…” Lu Qing gave a brief account of what had happened.

Earlier, after entering the Formation passage, he had sealed all restrictions on the Li Huo Cauldron to avoid any accidents.

So Xiao Li had no idea what had happened outside.

“Ah Qing, you’re saying… you just took a Daoist of Transcendence as your master?” Xiao Li’s eyes went perfectly round, and its mouth hung open.

It couldn’t imagine that in less than a day, Lu Qing had already become the Immortal Palace master’s direct disciple.

“I did take a master, but I haven’t even seen that master’s face,” Lu Qing said, a bit speechless. “From what those three seniors implied, my master seems to have left tens of thousands of years ago. No one knows where he went.”

“Then if you’re that Daoist of Transcendence’s disciple now, does that mean we don’t need to fear those outside forces anymore?” Xiao Li’s eyes lit up as it hurriedly asked.

“Of course.” Lu Qing smiled.

Not only did he no longer need to worry about them—he had already begun thinking about how he would settle accounts with Mo Tushan.

But all of that would have to wait until he raised his cultivation first.

“Alright. I’m going into secluded cultivation for a while to keep training. The spiritual energy in this cave dwelling is dense, so you cultivate nearby as well.”

“Mhm!” Xiao Li nodded vigorously, excitement shining in its eyes.

With spiritual energy this abundant, its cultivation would definitely improve quickly too.

Maybe it could even break through its bottleneck and step into the next realm.

However, Xiao Li didn’t stay right next to Lu Qing. Instead, it kept far away, trotting to a corner of the cave dwelling to lie down and cultivate.

After all, Lu Qing went through a tribulation from time to time. If it stayed too close, it could get caught up in it as well.

Seeing Xiao Li run off to a corner, Lu Qing chuckled.

Then a jade bottle appeared in his hand—the clean bottle Lao Canglong had given him, containing pills.

Unfortunately, the pills inside were all at the Nascent Soul level, or else he could have shared some with Xiao Li.

Using his Spiritual Powers, he carefully examined each pill and confirmed there were no issues.

Only then did he take out a Nourishing Spirit Pill, swallow it, and begin cultivating.

At once, the dense spiritual energy inside the cave dwelling formed into a vortex, surging toward Lu Qing.

With the tremendous medicinal force added to the abundant spiritual energy, Lu Qing’s four-tribulation Nascent Soul cultivation—fresh from his recent breakthrough—began to rise little by little again.

“Ah Qing still seems to be on guard against us.”

Outside Lingxu Peak, the three great exotic beasts hovered in the air.

“It’s only natural. We suddenly treated him this well—anyone would be wary. After all, there’s no such thing as free food falling from the sky,” the black barbaric bull said.

“Time will prove everything,” Ming Feng said calmly. “It’s just that we’ve known him for too short a time. Ah Qing doesn’t understand us yet. Once he becomes familiar with us, he’ll naturally realize we mean him no harm.”

“Exactly. Give it some time, and Ah Qing will understand our intentions,” Lao Canglong said softly.

For Lu Qing, they had all the patience in the world to show sincerity.

A peerless genius like him was worth it.

“Alright. Let’s discuss how we should train Ah Qing next. Cultivating the formation arts consumes a lot of resources. Lao Canglong, do we still have enough in the treasury?” Ming Feng asked.

“Hard to say.” Lao Canglong sighed. “When the master left back then, he took away most of the treasures in the Immortal Palace. The resources remaining in the treasury should be enough to cultivate Ah Qing to the Dao-Integration realm.

“But as for the Hua Dao realm… you know as well as I do. That isn’t a realm you can achieve simply by piling up resources.”

Ming Feng fell silent.

It understood that the Hua Dao realm was not so easily attained.

In fact, even cultivation after entering the Dao-Integration realm was fraught with obstacles. With resources alone, without sufficient comprehension, progress was extremely difficult.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have spent so many tens of thousands of years without any improvement, still trapped at the early-stage Dao-Integration realm.

“Don’t worry. With Ah Qing’s talent, the Dao-Integration realm won’t stop him,” the black barbaric bull said. “I have confidence in him. If even he can’t reach the Hua Dao realm, I can’t think of anyone else who could.”

Thinking of the peerless talent Lu Qing had shown earlier, Lao Canglong and Ming Feng both nodded in agreement.

They had never seen a cultivator with such terrifying talent in the formation arts.

Compared to him, even the master’s once-stunning direct disciples seemed a bit ordinary.

“Hm?” Just as the three were talking, Lao Canglong suddenly let out a light sound of surprise.

“What is it now, Lao Canglong?” the black barbaric bull asked.

“Nothing much. In the Sword Dao passage, two cultivators have simultaneously broken through to the fourth stage.”

“Another pair reached the fourth stage?” The black barbaric bull was a little surprised.

It seemed there were indeed quite a few geniuses in this round of secret realm exploration.

Unfortunately, compared to Lu Qing, they were still far too lacking. This time, they were destined to gain nothing.

“Mm. The sword dao those two have comprehended is quite decent. They broke the master’s trial quickly.”

“Ah Qing’s in secluded cultivation now. We’re free anyway—how about we go back and watch these little ones’ performance?” the black barbaric bull suggested.

“Fine. If there really are some good seedlings, even if we can’t take them as disciples, we can still give them a bit of fortune and form a good karmic tie,” Lao Canglong nodded.

As for Ming Feng, usually cold and distant, it also didn’t object this time.

At once, space warped. The three massive figures vanished from the second-layer space of the Immortal Palace.

“Senior Brother Yu Jian, I didn’t expect the two of us would break through together,” Qing Xi said with a smile to Yu Jian inside the fourth-layer space of the sword dao trial.

This sword dao trial space was different from the formation arts trial space Lu Qing entered. Here, the trial-takers could communicate with each other.

“Junior Sister’s sword dao attainment is truly astonishing. I’m impressed,” Yu Jian praised.

He wasn’t flattering her. He was genuinely surprised.

Qing Xi’s cultivation was slightly weaker than his.

Yet their speed in clearing the third stage was almost the same.

That meant her sword dao talent was not inferior to his—perhaps even better.

He couldn’t help but be astonished.

“Senior Brother is praising me too much.” Qing Xi shook her head. “At most, I can keep up with your steps for now. Once we reach the later stages, I’m afraid I’ll slowly fall behind you.”

She knew her own situation. Clearing the earlier stage had been a bit of a trick thanks to her special constitution.

If they were truly comparing sword dao comprehension, she was still behind Yu Jian, who came from the Heaven-Shattering Sword Sect and had spent his entire life studying the sword.

Once they reached the later stages, she feared she would gradually lag behind.

“Junior Sister is far too modest,” Yu Jian said, not agreeing.

Seeing this, Qing Xi didn’t explain further and shifted the topic.

“Right, Senior Brother. According to the records left by my Kongming Sect’s ancestor, after entering the fifth stage of this trial passage, we may encounter cultivators from other passages. When that happens, you must be careful.”

“Mm. My sect’s ancestor left similar records. Junior Sister, you should be vigilant as well,” Yu Jian said, his expression turning more serious.

He recalled that in the ancestor’s notes, it was mentioned that back then, they had even gone through a bloody battle in the fifth stage.

The ancestor had also left a message: whoever entered the fifth stage first would hold the initiative, and they must remember it well.

Thinking of that, Yu Jian immediately said, “Junior Sister, let’s first take a look at the fourth stage’s trial.”

“Please, Senior Brother.”

The space where Yu Jian and Qing Xi stood was quite empty, with nothing but a massive sword-testing stone at the very center.

Neither found it strange. They walked straight to the enormous sword-testing stone.

The sword dao passage’s trial was, in fact, not complicated.

In each stage, there would be a sword-testing stone containing a peculiar sword intent.

The trial-taker would comprehend the sword intent within and condense it.

If, within the time limit, they could use the sword intent they comprehended to leave a sword mark three inches deep on the sword-testing stone, it would mean they had cleared the stage.

Looking at the sword-testing stone before them, both Yu Jian and Qing Xi grew solemn.

The trial might not be complicated, but it demanded extremely high sword dao comprehension.

Among the disciples who entered this time from the Heaven-Shattering Sword Sect and the Kongming Sect, every one was a sword dao prodigy.

Yet only the two of them had reached the fourth stage so far.

One could imagine just how profound the sword intent hidden in this sword-testing stone truly was.

After calming their minds, the two began to send their consciousness into the sword-testing stone, comprehending the sword intent within.

Boom!

While Yu Jian and Qing Xi were comprehending the fourth stage’s sword intent, in another trial passage, a figure in a purple dragon robe finally smashed apart a black pillar with a single strike.

Immediately afterward, a ray of light fell onto him.

“Finally, I’ve cleared the third stage.”

Even though the purple-robed middle-aged man had cleared the stage, there was no joy on his face.

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