Chapter 764

I Can See Through Everything – Chapter 764

Chapter 764: All Manner of Transformations, and I’m Poor Again

“The aura of calamity is gone—Ah Qing succeeded in his tribulation!”

The instant the tribulation qi dispersed and the Great Dao descended with wondrous spiritual rhythm and energy,

Old Canglong and the others outside the cave dwelling immediately sensed it as well, and all of them broke into smiles.

The tribulation’s aura earlier had been far too intense—almost beyond the limit that the Nascent Soul Realm could withstand.

So even though they knew Lu Qing’s foundation was profound, far surpassing cultivators of the same realm, they still couldn’t help but worry.

Thankfully, it had finally passed smoothly.

“I wonder how strong Ah Qing will be after this breakthrough,” the Black Savage Bull said.

Old Canglong and Ming Feng were also quietly expectant.

Back when he was still a Five-Tribulation Nascent Soul, Lu Qing had been able to crush Mo Tushan at will.

Now that he had stepped into the Six-Tribulation Nascent Soul, his strength would certainly surge again.

He probably wouldn’t be inferior even when compared to a true Nine-Tribulation Nascent Soul.

And so, the three great exotic beasts waited outside the cave dwelling for another three days, until they finally sensed the heavenly might of the Great Dao slowly recede and return to calm.

Inside the cave dwelling, Lu Qing sat cross-legged in cultivation.

Behind him, countless phantasmal law shadows welled forth. The most eye-catching and most prominent of them all was the Five Elements Dao, wreathed in five colors.

Lu Qing was feeling out the changes after his breakthrough.

First was the increase in power.

After stepping into the Six-Tribulation Nascent Soul, whether it was his mana, his primordial spirit, or his fleshly body, all of them underwent a fresh round of transformation, becoming even more formidable.

Now, even without using the True Witch Body, he could still blow Mo Tushan apart with a single punch.

Beyond the increase in strength, there were also the laws.

After breaking through to the sixth tribulation, Lu Qing’s perception of the Sea of Laws became clearer.

The laws he had previously comprehended were now grasped with far greater depth.

He had a feeling that if this continued, it wouldn’t take long before he could touch true Law of the Great Dao.

And once he could merge his divine sense into the Great Dao, leverage the power of the Great Dao itself, that would be the moment of stepping into the Dao-Integration realm!

“And there’s also the Yin-Yang Five Elements Gourd.”

Lu Qing’s thoughts stirred, landing on the life-bound artifact within his dantian.

At this moment, the Yin-Yang Five Elements Gourd had changed slightly compared to before.

Within the gourd, a source essence emitting the aura of calamity was brewing.

Its inherent might had also grown by quite a bit, already reaching the level of mid-grade perfection, not far from becoming a high-grade spirit artifact.

“I didn’t expect that refining the law tribulation this time would actually let this life-bound artifact glimpse a chance at advancement.”

To be honest, Lu Qing was a little surprised.

Back when he underwent the Nascent Soul tribulation, the Five Elements Gourd had shattered, then absorbed the yin-yang energy of the heavenly tribulation to recombine and transform.

From a supreme treasure weapon, it jumped two grades straight into the ranks of mid-grade spirit artifacts, transforming into the Yin-Yang Five Elements Gourd.

And this time, as the Yin-Yang Five Elements Gourd helped him refine the law tribulation, it was as if it had added some deeper foundation to itself.

Now it had already advanced to mid-grade perfection, with only a short distance left to high-grade.

That source essence inside it, steeped in calamity aura, was even more terrifying in power.

If it fully erupted, Lu Qing suspected that even the Qingmang Sword without its sword spirit would definitely be comparable.

“As I keep breaking through in the future, and the Yin-Yang Five Elements Gourd continues refining law tribulations for me… perhaps once I reach the Nine-Tribulation Nascent Soul, this life-bound artifact can break through as well.”

As Lu Qing sensed the source essence brewing inside the gourd, a flash of understanding rose in his heart.

A life-bound artifact could advance alongside its master’s breakthroughs.

He was looking forward to what kind of might it would possess once it rose to a high-grade spirit artifact.

After carefully feeling out the changes brought by the breakthrough, Lu Qing finally drew his cultivation to a close.

The many law shadows behind him gradually faded as he reined them in.

“Time to change cave dwellings again.”

Sensing how thin the spiritual qi inside the cave dwelling had become, Lu Qing couldn’t help sighing.

A breakthrough was certainly a good thing, but it also meant his demand for spiritual qi had risen again.

The cave dwelling that once felt unimaginably rich in spiritual qi had become insufficient yet again.

At most, a single immortal mountain cave dwelling could support his cultivation for one month—no, now that he had broken into the Six-Tribulation Nascent Soul, the amount of spiritual qi needed to raise his cultivation was even more massive.

Whether an immortal mountain cave dwelling could even sustain him for ten days was hard to say.

More importantly, after the sixth tribulation, the quality of his mana had become condensed to a degree others could hardly imagine.

The grade of spiritual qi in the cave dwelling was also gradually no longer enough for him.

Lu Qing took out a mid-grade spirit stone. With his Technique circulating, the spiritual rhythm within it was swiftly drawn out.

After a dozen breaths, the spiritual rhythm was completely drained. Cracks spread across the spirit stone in his hand, and it shattered into pieces at his fingertips.

Lu Qing carefully sensed the state within his dantian and found that even a mid-grade spirit stone could only condense the tiniest wisp of mana—an increase so small it was almost imperceptible.

With a flick of his finger, another spirit stone appeared in his hand.

But this one looked different—crystal-clear like ice, beautiful beyond compare. It was a high-grade spirit stone, something even Nascent Soul cultivators would scramble for.

Again he circulated his Technique, drawing out the spiritual rhythm within the high-grade spirit stone.

This time, the high-grade spirit stone lasted far longer.

Even with Lu Qing absorbing at full speed, it still took a full two quarters of an hour before the spiritual rhythm was exhausted and it turned to powder.

And the mana converted from a single high-grade spirit stone was far greater than that of a mid-grade one.

Lu Qing could feel his overall cultivation rise by a sliver.

“As expected of a high-grade spirit stone. No wonder in the outside world—even though one high-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for a hundred mid-grade spirit stones—hardly anyone is willing to do it.”

In the past, Lu Qing had been reluctant to use high-grade spirit stones for cultivation. Now that he tried, he was immediately startled.

Unfortunately, he didn’t have many high-grade spirit stones.

Aside from the small amount he obtained from the Nascent Soul cultivators he had slain, the largest stash was the thousand high-grade spirit stones he took from the Gongshu Clan’s treasury in Zhou Tian City.

But even that thousand-plus high-grade spirit stones might not be enough to push his cultivation to the Eight-Tribulation Nascent Soul.

“Still poor…” Lu Qing couldn’t help lamenting.

With the current quality of his mana, mid-grade spirit stones were already of little effect.

Only high-grade spirit stones could quickly raise his cultivation.

But high-grade spirit stones were rare. Even in the Great World of Tianyuan, only the most top-tier sects had the accumulation.

It wouldn’t be easy for Lu Qing to obtain them.

Thinking of the Great World of Tianyuan, Lu Qing’s heart stirred.

“Maybe after things in this Gui Xu Secret Realm are settled, I can spare the time to go back for a trip.”

Ever since he heard some things about Daoist Guixu from Old Canglong,

Lu Qing had already realized that the resources within this Immortal Palace were probably stretched thin by now.

Otherwise, when he previously wanted to exchange for some Nascent Soul–level pills, Old Canglong wouldn’t have been unable to produce them.

Since the Immortal Palace couldn’t supply him with more cultivation resources, he would have to find a way to sustain himself.

And the Great World of Tianyuan was a very good choice.

After all, it was a vast great world brimming with resources.

Even just the treasury of a direct branch of the Gongshu Clan—one of the Thirty-Six High Clans—contained over a thousand high-grade spirit stones.

Then how rich would the main Gongshu Clan’s treasury be?

Moreover, Lu Qing still cared quite a lot about the many strange omens he had seen deep in the void on the way out of the Wu Clan’s trial secret realm.

And besides, there were still some old scores he hadn’t properly settled.

Now that his cultivation had surged, even against a Nine-Tribulation Nascent Soul, he had full confidence in battle.

Perhaps it was also time to go back and conclude the karmic ties from back then.

Once he had a plan in mind, Lu Qing remembered something else.

He checked the storage artifacts he obtained after slaying Mo Tushan and the other two Nascent Soul cultivators.

He found that the collections inside weren’t small. Some treasures would be enough to make many Nascent Soul cultivators fight to the death outside.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of those treasures were useless to him.

Instead, some of the pills and spirit stones were more useful.

Especially in Mo Tushan’s storage artifact—there were actually several hundred high-grade spirit stones.

That counted as an unexpected delight for Lu Qing.

Aside from spirit stones and pills, the most precious gain was naturally the Nine Abyss Demon Tower.

But it was a demonic-path wicked treasure, incompatible with him, and far less handy to use than the Qingmang Sword.

He also didn’t have time to slowly refine it, so he could only seal its artifact spirit and toss it into a corner.

Perhaps when there was a chance in the future, he could see whether it could be put to use.

After finishing his inventory, Lu Qing stretched, preparing to go out for a walk.

After cultivating in seclusion for so long—and just finishing a tribulation—he also needed to relax his mind.

It just so happened there were some matters outside he wanted to take care of.

And Xiao Li had been undergoing Old Canglong Senior’s test; he didn’t know whether it had passed yet.

Opening the cave dwelling’s formation, Lu Qing walked out.

But the moment he stepped out, his body stiffened.

Three pairs of huge eyes were in the sky above, staring at him brightly.

“Greetings, three seniors.”

Lu Qing hurriedly saluted, while also marveling—worthy of existences in the Dao-Integration realm.

Inside the cave dwelling, he hadn’t sensed the slightest trace of their auras.

In that instant, the slightly swollen confidence he’d gained from breaking through immediately cooled down.

Maybe with his current strength, he could rampage within the Nascent Soul Realm, and even fear no Nine-Tribulation Nascent Soul.

But before Dao-Integration, he was still extremely small.

The waters of this world were still deep.

Crouching tigers and hidden dragons—some ancient old monsters who had cultivated for who knew how many years were not the kind of beings he could casually provoke.

“Ah Qing, congratulations on breaking through again and stepping into the Six-Tribulation Nascent Soul.”

Old Canglong and the other two looked Lu Qing over.

When they confirmed his aura had indeed entered the Six-Tribulation Nascent Soul, they couldn’t help showing delight.

The delight was that they hadn’t guessed wrong—Lu Qing really had broken through.

The shock, however, was Lu Qing’s cultivation speed.

Too fast!

Lu Qing’s cultivation speed was simply far too fast.

Even though they were mentally prepared, once they truly sensed Lu Qing’s realm, they still couldn’t help but feel shaken.

Even in the ancient era, they had never seen a Nascent Soul cultivator cultivate this quickly.

Their master’s personal disciples had all been extraordinary geniuses.

A few had even become famous across the starry skies, able to suppress their contemporaries and stand above countless talents as peerless prodigies.

Yet even those few seemed dim and colorless next to Lu Qing.

After all, in just a few short years, he had gone from the Four-Tribulation Nascent Soul to breaking through two tribulations in a row, stepping into the sixth.

With that speed, even their master, back when he was in the Nascent Soul Realm, had not achieved such a feat.

Not to mention that Lu Qing was cultivating multiple paths at once, and all of them had reached extremely high realms—high enough to trigger the descent of a law tribulation.

All of it together made Old Canglong and the others more alarmed the more they thought about it.

“It was luck, that’s all. If not for the immortal mountain cave dwellings in this second layer of space, this junior couldn’t have broken through so quickly. Right—three seniors, due to cultivation needs, this junior took it upon himself to open several other immortal mountain cave dwellings as well. I haven’t yet come to you to ask forgiveness.”

Lu Qing understood that the commotion of him opening other immortal mountain cave dwellings could not possibly be hidden from three Dao-Integration existences.

But whether they knew or not, the proper attitude still had to be shown.

Sure enough, hearing this, Old Canglong immediately waved a claw.

Laughing, it said, “No matter. These are small matters. In any case, these immortal mountain cave dwellings have been sealed for who knows how many years—left there, they’re useless.

You putting them to use is simply making use of wasted things. Besides, didn’t I already say before? The cave dwellings here—you can live in whichever you want. There’s no need to ask us.”

“That’s right!” the Black Savage Bull boomed. “Keeping those cave dwellings around is just leaving them idle. If you can turn that spiritual qi into your own cultivation, that’s what gives them value.”

“You’re originally the master’s personal disciple. Using the resources here is only natural.”

As for Ming Feng, it nodded at Lu Qing in approval and, rarely, spoke.

“Many thanks, three seniors.” Only then did Lu Qing relax, and then he asked, “Right, Senior Canglong—how did Xiao Li’s test go?”

“Xiao Li…” Old Canglong’s face couldn’t help showing a smile.

“That little fellow is very good. Its talent in the Dao of Space is outstanding. Not long ago it already broke through the test I set. Right now it’s cultivating in seclusion.”

“Outstanding? It’s way more than that!” the Black Savage Bull roared. “Ah Qing, you don’t know—this Old Canglong is practically glowing with happiness. The secret arts of its clan finally have someone to inherit them!”

As it said this, the Black Savage Bull’s eyes were full of undisguised envy.

This old fellow’s luck was just too good—actually finding a suitable successor.

“For Xiao Li to catch your eye is its good fortune.”

Hearing that Xiao Li had passed the test, Lu Qing was just as happy.

“Right, Ah Qing—did Xiao Li cultivate our dragon clan’s Techniques before? I discovered that within its body, it seems to have dragon clan bloodline.”

At this moment, Old Canglong suddenly asked.

“That’s right. Back when Xiao Li cultivated with me in that Wu Clan secret realm, it was fortunate enough to obtain a legacy called Nine Transformations of the True Dragon. It also refined a strand of dragon clan bloodline before, merging it into itself,” Lu Qing said without concealment.

After all, since Xiao Li was going to inherit their legacy, it was better to be candid about certain things.

But unexpectedly, when Old Canglong heard this, its eyes widened sharply.

“Nine Transformations of the True Dragon! Ah Qing, are you sure it’s that Technique?!”

Next Chapter >