Chapter 755
I Can See Through Everything – Chapter 755
Chapter 755: Breaking Through Again, His Sharp Edge Shows
Lu Qing’s latest round of cultivation wasn’t just an increase in mana.
Having begun comprehending laws, he had now grasped and mastered a trace of the Five Elements Dao’s Law of the Great Dao.
He had also gained considerable insight into things like the Dao of Strength, the Dao of Illusion, and Sword Dao.
His strength could be said to have surged in every aspect.
It was to the point that even he himself found it hard to judge exactly what level he had reached.
But judging from that brief clash with Mo Tushan before, the current him should be able to confront Mo Tushan head-on.
“I wonder what stage the cultivators outside have reached now?”
Lu Qing figured that, for the moment, no one had cleared a passage yet.
This time, his secluded cultivation had lasted more than three years.
At the pace Mo Tushan and the others had shown—taking several years just to reach the sixth stage—whether they had even made it to the seventh was still an unknown.
After all, based on Lu Qing’s experience in the Formation passage, the difficulty of the later stages increased by multiples.
The time limit for clearing each stage also rose drastically.
Other people weren’t like him—without Spiritual Powers to assist them, their clearing speed shouldn’t be that fast.
“I’ll go take a look first.”
With a thought, Lu Qing vanished from the cave dwelling.
When he appeared again, he was already outside the Immortal Palace, right in front of the eight spatial vortexes that led to the trial passages.
This was precisely the Gui Xu Token’s ability. After Lu Qing refined that jade token, became a disciple of the Gui Xu Daoist, and gained the Immortal Palace’s recognition, he could use the token to freely enter and exit the Immortal Palace.
However, it was limited to entering and leaving the Immortal Palace. Lu Qing still couldn’t directly shift himself into a trial passage.
After all these years, the eight spatial vortexes looked the same as before, quietly rotating in place.
There was no one around. Clearly, those Nascent Soul Realm experts were all inside clearing stages.
“What?”
The instant Lu Qing left the Immortal Palace using the Gui Xu Token, Old Canglong—who oversaw the Immortal Palace’s space—immediately sensed it.
“Old Canglong, what happened? Did another cultivator clear a stage?” the Black Savage Bull asked.
Ming Feng also turned her gaze over.
At this moment, the three great exotic beasts were in a strange stone chamber.
At its center was a spatial maze, and Xiao Li’s figure flickered within it, half-hidden and half-seen, as if undergoing some kind of trial.
“It’s Ah Qing. I don’t know why, but he left Lingxu Peak and ran outside the Immortal Palace,” Old Canglong said.
With a sweep of his claw, a curtain of light appeared, showing Lu Qing’s current position.
“He really ran out.”
The Black Savage Bull and Ming Feng looked, equally startled.
Because Lu Qing’s location was actually at the entrance to the trial passages.
“What does Ah Qing want to do—go clear the Formation passage again?” the Black Savage Bull wondered.
“I’m afraid it’s not that simple.” Old Canglong shook his head.
He recalled what Lu Qing had said before going into secluded cultivation, and the more he thought about it, the more something felt off.
Could it be that Lu Qing intended to go trouble Mo Tushan?
If that was truly the case, it was far too reckless.
“Did you notice? Ah Qing’s cultivation seems to have advanced again,” Ming Feng suddenly said.
Old Canglong and the Black Savage Bull froze, then began sensing Lu Qing’s aura.
Then both were shocked. “It’s true—he’s reached five-tribulation perfection.”
The three of them exchanged looks.
If they remembered correctly, Ah Qing had only been in secluded cultivation for two or three years. How had he already reached five-tribulation perfection?
That cultivation speed was simply outrageous.
And hadn’t he already used up most of the pills Old Canglong had given him? How could he still improve so much?
With doubts in mind, Old Canglong and the others didn’t stop Lu Qing. Instead, they chose to watch and see what he was truly planning.
“Then… which way should I go in?”
Lu Qing had no idea Old Canglong and the others were watching him.
Even if he did know, he wouldn’t care much.
Standing before the spatial vortexes, he fell into thought.
If he took the Formation passage, then with one full clearing experience under his belt, he could naturally move as if walking on level ground, heading straight for the ninth stage.
But since he was already out here, this time he wanted to experience a different passage as well.
More importantly, if he could luckily clear another passage, he would obtain yet another supreme inheritance.
After thinking it over, Lu Qing’s gaze finally settled on the vortex that led to the Sword Dao passage.
Then he stepped forward, and his figure vanished into the spatial vortex.
“Of all things, he entered the Sword Dao passage. Could it be Ah Qing also has talent in swordsmanship?”
Seeing which passage Lu Qing chose, Old Canglong and the others were thoroughly stunned.
Originally, they believed that if Lu Qing wanted to trouble Mo Tushan, then even if he didn’t choose the Formation passage, he would pick the talisman passage.
After all, the dao of formations and the dao of talismans shared many similarities.
Even if he didn’t choose the talisman passage, choosing the Flesh-Body Trial would still make sense.
Because they could all sense that Lu Qing’s physical body was extraordinary. The essence blood he’d forced out before had been surging with vitality.
But no matter what, they hadn’t expected Lu Qing to choose the Sword Dao passage.
Old Canglong’s mind stirred, and a ripple of space spread out. The next moment, Xiao Li’s figure appeared before them.
“Grandpa Canglong, what is it? Was my performance bad?”
Xiao Li, whose eyes still held a bit of confusion, jolted when she saw them, shrinking back timidly.
The spatial maze she’d been in was a trial Old Canglong had set up.
By Old Canglong’s account, if she could walk out of it, it would mean she had truly entered the door of the Dao of Space and was qualified to inherit the Canglong clan’s secret arts.
But now, she hadn’t solved the maze yet and was already shifted out.
So she thought her performance had been too poor and the trial had been halted.
Thinking that this was an opportunity Ah Qing had worked hard to obtain for her, only for her to waste it, Xiao Li couldn’t help feeling dejected.
“It’s not what you think, Xiao Li. Be good—this isn’t because you did poorly. We just have something to ask you, so we had you stop the trial,” Old Canglong hurriedly soothed.
“Yes, yes—we want to ask about something related to Ah Qing. It’s not that you failed the trial,” the Black Savage Bull and Ming Feng also chimed in, flustered.
After these two or three years together, they had all grown very fond of the little one.
Seeing her on the verge of tears, they immediately tried to comfort her.
“About Ah Qing?” The haze in Xiao Li’s eyes finally dispersed. “What happened to Ah Qing?”
Only then did the three exotic beasts let out a breath.
As expected, bringing up Ah Qing worked best.
“It’s like this: Ah Qing suddenly left Lingxu Peak and went outside the Immortal Palace. Now he even entered the Sword Dao passage. Do you know what he’s trying to do?” Old Canglong asked.
“Ah Qing went to clear stages again?”
Over the past few years, Xiao Li would sometimes watch the trial passages with Old Canglong and the others, so she understood the situation fairly well.
She thought for a moment, then guessed, “Ah Qing probably wants to trouble that Mo Tushan. He attacked us several times in a row, and there’s an aura on him that Ah Qing really dislikes.”
So it really was that!
The three of them realized they’d guessed right, and anxiety rose in their hearts.
Because of their former master’s command, they were not allowed to interfere freely with matters inside the trial passages.
Meaning, if anything happened to Lu Qing inside, they could only watch helplessly, unable to help.
“How can Ah Qing be so rash…” Old Canglong sighed. “Now we can only hope Ah Qing’s talent in swordsmanship isn’t enough, and that he won’t go far in the Sword Dao passage.”
The Black Savage Bull and Ming Feng nodded in agreement.
As long as Lu Qing got stuck in the Sword Dao passage, he wouldn’t catch up to Mo Tushan and the others.
In that case, there would naturally be no chance for the two sides to clash.
But to their surprise, Xiao Li suddenly said seriously, “Ah Qing’s sword talent is incredible! No sword secret art can stump him!”
“Xiao Li, what did you say—Ah Qing’s sword talent is incredible?”
“Yes, it’s incredible!” Xiao Li nodded vigorously.
The three exotic beasts’ hearts jumped again, and they hurriedly looked back at the light screen.
Then they froze.
Because they saw a pillar of light enveloping Lu Qing.
They knew all too well what that meant.
It was the sign that he had already cleared the stage and was about to be sent to the next one.
In the brief time they had spent questioning Xiao Li, Lu Qing had already cleared the first stage and was about to enter the second.
But how could it be that fast?
Old Canglong and the others wore expressions of disbelief.
They suddenly had a premonition—could it be that the three of them were about to witness, once again, Lu Qing’s dazzling performance from the Formation passage?
…
“I didn’t expect the Sword Dao trial to be even simpler than the Formation trial.”
Appearing in the second stage of the Sword Dao passage, Lu Qing thought to himself.
He hadn’t expected the Sword Dao passage’s trial to be so straightforward.
All he had to do was comprehend sword intent from that Sword-Testing Stone, then simulate it and leave a sufficiently deep sword mark on the Sword-Testing Stone to pass.
Compared to the Formation passage—with layer upon layer of Formation Barrier to break—it truly was much simpler.
Of course, that was also because Lu Qing had Spiritual Powers.
So-called comprehending sword intent and simulating sword intent posed no difficulty for him at all.
On top of that, he already possessed profound sword dao accumulation.
So his clearing speed was even faster than it had been in the Formation passage.
“As expected, this Sword Dao passage also contains a complete sword dao inheritance.”
Looking at the sword intent emanating from the Sword-Testing Stone before him—sharing the same lineage and flavor as the first stage—Lu Qing knew his guess had been correct.
He immediately activated his Spiritual Powers and began downloading the inheritance within.
Because he needed to clear stages quickly and catch up to Mo Tushan and the others.
This time, Lu Qing no longer relied on his own sword dao foundation to comprehend it step by step. He directly used his Spiritual Powers.
Very soon, his Spiritual Powers finished downloading and simulating the inheritance inside the Sword-Testing Stone, and Lu Qing chose to learn it.
A moment later, when Lu Qing opened his eyes again, he formed his fingers like a sword and suddenly slashed out a sword qi, which landed on the Sword-Testing Stone in front of him.
Pff!
With a light sound, a sword mark instantly appeared on the Sword-Testing Stone.
Its depth was exactly three inches—no more, no less.
A pillar of light appeared, enveloping Lu Qing and sending him to the third stage.
“It only took a quarter of an hour to clear the second stage?!”
Inside the Immortal Palace, Old Canglong and the others couldn’t help drawing in a sharp breath at the sight.
Because Lu Qing’s clearing speed in the Sword Dao passage was far faster than it had been in the Formation passage back then.
Could it be that his talent in Sword Dao was even more astonishing than his talent in formations?
Old Canglong and the others couldn’t believe it, but they found themselves holding their breath anyway, staring intently at the light screen, afraid of missing even the tiniest detail.
Whoosh!
Under the pillar of light’s transmission, Lu Qing’s figure suddenly appeared in the third stage of the Sword Dao passage.
At the same time, it drew the attention of the other cultivators in this stage.
“There are still people in the third stage?”
Lu Qing was a bit surprised.
He hadn’t seen anyone in the first two stages. He didn’t expect there to be cultivators attempting to clear the third stage.
But since each stage of the trial passage had a time limit, if they were still in the third stage now, these cultivators were likely those who had failed in other passages and had come to the Sword Dao passage to try their luck.
“It’s that five-tribulation brat!”
There weren’t many cultivators in the third stage. When they saw the newcomer was actually Lu Qing, all of them were shocked.
This was the five-tribulation cultivator who had dared to toy with and curse at Mo Tushan back then—how could they not remember him?
Some even stared wide-eyed when they saw Lu Qing. “Why did this one come to the Sword Dao passage again? Shouldn’t he be in the Formation passage?”
One Nascent Soul Realm expert—someone who had failed in the Formation passage and had come to the Sword Dao passage hoping for better luck—looked at Lu Qing in stunned disbelief.
He remembered clearly how dazzling this person’s performance had been in the Formation passage.
By all logic, with his formation attainments, he should have been clearing stages in the Formation passage. Why would he come here?
Could it be that even this person couldn’t pass the later stages of the Formation passage and had failed out?
Lu Qing ignored everyone’s gaze and walked straight up to the Sword-Testing Stone, preparing to comprehend it.
But that kind of behavior naturally sparked dissatisfaction among the others.
One expert, recalling the extreme speed Lu Qing had displayed when he toyed with Mo Tushan, flashed a strange look in his eyes.
Then he condensed a sheet of Spiritual Power Hand light in his palm and reached for Lu Qing’s shoulder.
“Brat, do you even know what ‘first come, first served’ means? With your mere five-tribulation cultivation, you dare stand in front of us—”
“Get lost!”
Before he could finish shouting, a dazzling sword light suddenly burst forth, slicing toward that Nascent Soul Realm cultivator at an unimaginable speed.
The next instant, a scream rang out.
The arm of that Nascent Soul Realm cultivator—still gathering its spell light—was severed and fell to the ground.
Not only that, under the terrifying erosion of sword intent, the cultivator felt as if countless tiny sword qi were coursing through his meridians. He collapsed and rolled on the ground, screaming in agony.
This sudden scene instantly stunned all the other cultivators in the third stage.
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