Chapter 776

I Can See Through Everything – Chapter 776

Chapter 776: Transmitting Sword Dao to the Master, Exchanging Techniques

“What exactly is that mysterious jade fragment?”

With his mind returning to his divine soul, Lu Qing looked toward the vast World Origin before him and fell into deep thought.

Originally, when the Divine Soul Imprint suddenly stirred, he had thought he’d run into some obstruction during the anchoring process.

He hadn’t expected that at the very center of the World Origin, he would see a broken, mysterious jade fragment.

And from the looks of it, the entire World Origin seemed to revolve around that fragment.

It was something he never would have imagined.

Unfortunately, even when he activated his Spiritual Powers, he still couldn’t probe the jade fragment’s true nature.

Worse still, merely observing that fragment consumed a great deal of his mental focus.

One had to know—ever since Lu Qing broke through again and again, his Spiritual Powers had strengthened considerably as well.

At his current realm, even a Dao Artifact, given enough time, should have yielded some information to his probing.

Could it be that this mysterious jade fragment’s rank was even higher than a Dao Artifact?

But Dao Artifacts were already supreme treasures that only a Daoist of Transcendence could refine.

If it surpassed Dao Artifacts, then what kind of treasure was it? What sort of existence could refine something like that?

Even the inheritance he obtained from the Immortal Palace contained no information on such matters.

Yet he had an intuition that this mysterious jade fragment must conceal an astonishing secret.

If he could decipher it, it might even be a heaven-defying opportunity.

“Forget it. Judging by how it looks, this fragment has likely been in the World Origin for who knows how many years already. As long as I have enough time, I’ll have a chance to unravel its mystery eventually.”

Lu Qing pondered for a long time, but with no answers forthcoming, he could only set it aside for now.

In any case, within his home world, aside from him, no one else could enter this origin space.

He had ample time to slowly crack the jade fragment’s secret.

Of course, that would probably have to wait until the Divine Soul Imprint continued to grow to a certain level—or until his realm advanced further and his Spiritual Powers underwent another transformation.

Because he had expended a fair amount of mental strength, Lu Qing didn’t linger in the origin space. He traversed through it and returned his divine soul to his fleshly body, then began to regulate and recover.

Nothing happened through the night. The next morning, Lu Qing arrived at the Half-Mountain Courtyard.

He saw his master drinking tea beneath the plum tree with Wei Shanhai.

“Lu Xiaolangjun, you’ve come out of seclusion?” Wei Shanhai was immediately delighted when he saw him.

“It’s been many years. Senior, your cultivation has improved quite a bit as well. Congratulations,” Lu Qing said with a smile.

Over these twenty-plus years, the fact that he had left his home world was known only to his master and a few others like Xiao Yan.

The villagers, and the Wei Family’s side, didn’t know. They believed he had simply been in closed-door cultivation the whole time.

After all, in their eyes, at Lu Qing’s level, going into seclusion for decades at a time wasn’t strange at all.

“This bit of cultivation of mine is not worth mentioning in front of you, Lu Xiaolangjun. If I can achieve the Golden Core in this life, I’ll be satisfied,” Wei Shanhai chuckled.

Although Lu Qing was now a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, after all these years, Wei Shanhai was still used to calling him Lu Xiaolangjun.

“Senior has accumulated deeply and advanced steadily. Passing the Golden Core tribulation shouldn’t be hard,” Lu Qing said.

Wei Shanhai’s talent, to begin with, was not particularly outstanding.

Back then, Lu Qing had given him a wisp of World Origin Energy, as part of the exchange for the Li Huo Cauldron.

After refining that World Origin Energy, Wei Shanhai underwent a kind of rebirth—his potential rising by no small margin.

And over the years, with his master’s occasional guidance, he had finally reached Foundation Establishment Perfection.

After polishing things a bit more, achieving the Golden Core should be practically assured.

This progress naturally couldn’t compare to Lu Qing and the others, and it was even further from a fate-bearer genius like Hu Zezhi.

But compared to many ordinary cultivators, it was not slow.

After all, in Lu Qing’s home world, the Spiritual Revival had only been going on for a bit over a hundred years.

Across the entire world, Golden Core experts were still rare.

Anyone who stepped into that realm could already be considered a grand sect’s supreme elder-level figure.

The three chatted for a while. Wei Shanhai could tell Lu Qing had business with the old physician, so he tactfully took his leave early.

“Master, this time in the Gui Xu Secret Realm, I obtained some sword dao inheritances and comprehended a few insights. You might find them interesting,” Lu Qing said once Wei Shanhai had gone.

“At your realm, Ah Qing, anything you’ve comprehended must be formidable,” the old physician said at once, his interest piqued.

He couldn’t see Lu Qing’s true cultivation clearly, but he did know that returning safely from the perilous Gui Xu Secret Realm meant Lu Qing’s cultivation must have advanced greatly over these years.

“Master, please look.”

Lu Qing extended his palm. In his palm, he condensed a small sword qi world, rotating slowly.

“This is…”

The old physician stared at that small sword qi world, and his mind was instantly drawn in.

He only felt that the sword qi world Lu Qing had condensed was filled with countless profound mysteries. Invisibly, it tugged at him, causing a surge of domain true intent to rise within him.

In the blink of an eye, he entered a state of enlightenment.

Seeing this, Lu Qing smiled faintly.

Because of the Immortal Palace’s rules, he could not directly pass on the sword dao inheritance left by Daoist Guixu to his master.

But he could display the sword dao true intent he himself had comprehended.

In any case, his master had already truly walked his own path in the way of the sword. Even without a specific cultivation method, having only sword dao true intent did not prevent him from contemplating it.

And his master’s talent for cultivation was, as always, astonishing.

With just one glance, he had already fallen into enlightenment.

Lu Qing did not disturb his master’s contemplation. He simply maintained the rotation of the small sword qi world in silence.

With his cultivation, this level of consumption was nothing to him. Even if he maintained it constantly, it would be no burden at all.

And so, master and disciple remained in this state.

After about an hour, the old physician finally slowly woke from enlightenment.

“Ah Qing, that’s enough. Disperse this sword qi world,” the old physician said.

“Master, you’re done contemplating it?” Lu Qing’s mind stirred slightly, and the small sword qi world quietly dispersed.

“Mm. I’ve reached my limit. Anything further would exceed the constraints of my realm,” the old physician said, rubbing between his brows. Evidently, that bout of contemplation had cost him no small amount of mental effort.

Still, his mood was joyous.

By sensing the profound subtleties within the sword intent Lu Qing had displayed, he had seized inspiration and further perfected his own Sword Dao Domain.

From this single session alone, though he was still only at the seventh transformation of the Golden Core, he now had no doubts about the road before the Nascent Soul Realm.

He even gained a trace of his own insight into the Nascent Soul Realm itself.

“Master truly has astonishing comprehension,” Lu Qing praised.

“Enough. Don’t flatter your master,” the old physician scolded with a laugh.

After they joked for a moment, Lu Qing’s expression turned a bit more serious.

“Master, in a few days, your disciple will probably head into the starry void again. Would you like to go out with me?”

“Into the starry void?” the old physician murmured, sinking into thought.

He wasn’t surprised that Lu Qing intended to leave his home world again. During yesterday’s meal, Lu Qing had already mentioned it.

He also knew that the cultivation environment of their home world simply could not meet this disciple’s needs.

Not only Lu Qing—even he himself, after stepping into the seventh transformation of the Golden Core, had begun to feel that the Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth was somewhat insufficient, and his cultivation speed had slowed markedly.

Much less someone like Lu Qing, a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.

So if Lu Qing wanted to keep improving, he could only leave his home world and head into the starry void.

Only those vast and dazzling great worlds out there could keep his cultivation from stagnating.

But hearing Lu Qing ask whether he wanted to go as well, the old physician hesitated.

He pondered for a while, then ultimately shook his head. “No need. My cultivation is still proceeding well. Just now, after comprehending the sword dao true intent you displayed, I gained further understanding. This is precisely when I should enter seclusion. It wouldn’t be convenient for me to travel with you.”

“Master doesn’t want to see how splendid the other worlds in the starry void are?” Lu Qing asked.

“Of course I do,” the old physician said with a smile.

As a cultivator, how could he not be curious about the brilliant myriad worlds?

“But not right now. When my cultivation advances further—if I can step into the Nascent Soul Realm—then I’ll think about roaming the starry void. Didn’t you say before that the starry void is boundless, and only those at the Nascent Soul Realm have the ability to cross it?”

“So Master has already made up his mind,” Lu Qing said, understanding at once.

His master planned to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm first, and only then roam the stars.

Lu Qing stopped persuading him.

“However, since you’re going out, take Xiao Yan with you this time. Her talent is good, but her dao heart still needs more tempering. It’ll be good to bring her to travel and broaden her horizons,” the old physician said.

“That’s exactly what your disciple intended,” Lu Qing nodded.

“Since you already have plans, I won’t worry. When do you intend to leave?”

“In a few days. I don’t know how long this trip will take, so I’ll rest at home for a while first.”

“Good. It’s rare for you to be back—take the chance to see the village elders as well. Otherwise, by the time you return next, you may not be able to see them anymore.”

Lu Qing fell silent for a moment.

He naturally understood what his master meant.

In fact, on this return, he had already sensed it—among the older generation in the village, a few more auras had disappeared.

The Spiritual Revival in his home world had already lasted more than a hundred years.

Back then, most of the villagers he knew had no aptitude for cultivation.

Even though the village’s Spiritual Energy and Life Force could nourish them and extend their years, a mortal’s lifespan was still limited. Without breaking into the Precelestial Realm, it was difficult to pass the threshold of one hundred and fifty years.

So by now, very few were still alive.

Lu Qing’s next trip out might take who knew how long.

At his current realm, perhaps a single seclusion would mean decades slipping by.

When he returned again, it was very possible that the villagers he was familiar with would no longer be in this world.

After a stretch of silence, Lu Qing nodded slightly. “Your disciple understands.”

In the days that followed, Lu Qing once again became leisurely.

The Spiritual Energy of his home world could not raise his cultivation any further.

So by day, he guided Xiao Yan and the others in cultivation, and also helped the village elders regulate their bodies.

At night, he would let his divine soul leave his body, enter the World Origin Space, and contemplate the dao-imbued subtleties of how the World Origin’s great principles circulated.

Of course, he also used this opportunity to visit some old acquaintances.

He visited the Three Holy Lords of Sacred Mountain, Lin Zhirui of Tianji Tower and the Tianji Tower Master, and others as well.

Lu Qing’s visit naturally delighted everyone.

Especially the master and disciple of Tianji Tower—they felt deeply honored.

After all, Lu Qing’s status was exalted now; he was the true number one under heaven.

For such a great figure to still remember old ties and come to visit them left the Tianji Tower Master and disciple feeling both astonished and flattered.

“Senior Tower Master, I’ve come this time to visit, but also to ask a favor,” Lu Qing said politely inside Tianji Tower.

“I wouldn’t dare, I wouldn’t dare. Your Excellency, you’re truly making too much of me,” the Tianji Tower Master hurriedly said. “What matter do you require us to handle?”

He no longer dared, as he had in the past, to call Lu Qing “little friend.”

“I would like to take a look at your sect’s divination techniques. Would that be convenient? Of course, I will exchange with treasures of corresponding value,” Lu Qing stated his purpose.

“So that’s all. The crude techniques of Tianji Tower being worthy of Your Excellency’s attention is their honor. I only fear they are too shallow to catch Your Excellency’s eye.”

The Tianji Tower Master immediately instructed Lin Zhirui to bring all of Tianji Tower’s stored inheritances and techniques.

“Your Excellency, everything Tianji Tower has collected is here. Which would you like to read?” the Tianji Tower Master asked respectfully, holding a stack of jade slips and manuals.

“I’ll look at them all.”

“Then please do as you wish, Your Excellency. We will wait outside. If there is anything you need, please command us at any time.”

The Tianji Tower Master left with Lin Zhirui, leaving Lu Qing alone in the quiet chamber.

Lu Qing didn’t mind. He picked up a jade slip and began reading.

Most of Tianji Tower’s stored inheritances were postnatal and precelestial techniques. There were very few for Foundation Establishment, and even those were incomplete.

At Lu Qing’s current realm, he could fully grasp their profundities with a single glance.

He flipped through them quickly, and before long, a faint smile appeared on his face.

Sure enough—Tianji Tower had what he needed.

After he finished reading every jade slip and manual, he stood and left the quiet chamber.

The Tianji Tower Master, waiting outside, immediately saluted. “Your Excellency.”

“I’ve found what I wanted. Many thanks, Senior. Here are a few techniques as a token of gratitude. I still have other matters to attend to, so I’ll take my leave.”

Lu Qing handed several jade slips to the Tianji Tower Master and drifted away.

Only the master and disciple were left standing there, staring at one another.

“Master… what technique could Tianji Tower possibly have that was worthy of Lu Qing’s regard?” After a while, Lin Zhirui—already in the Golden Core Realm—couldn’t help asking.

“I don’t know either,” the Tianji Tower Master said, equally baffled.

Within Tianji Tower, the deepest technique they had could only cultivate to the Golden Core Realm.

And that technique had been obtained from Sacred Mountain—said to have been passed down by Lu Qing himself.

As for the rest, the most profound among them were only at the Foundation Establishment level, and even those were incomplete.

By all logic, it shouldn’t have attracted the notice of a Nascent Soul Realm great expert like Lu Qing.

Could it be that among the techniques the tower collected, there were hidden wonders they had never comprehended?

The Tianji Tower Master thought for a while, still unable to figure it out, and then turned his attention to the jade slips Lu Qing had just given him.

When he probed their contents with his mind, he couldn’t help but tremble violently.

“Master, what is it?” Lin Zhirui asked.

“The techniques Lu Qing left behind… every single one of them is Nascent Soul–level.”

The Tianji Tower Master stared in the direction Lu Qing had departed, murmuring under his breath.

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