Chapter 777

I Can See Through Everything – Chapter 777

Chapter 777: The Path of Karmic Deduction, In the Black-and-White Temple

Up in the skies, Lu Qing—having just left Tianji Tower—was in an especially good mood.

He hadn’t guessed wrong. Tianji Tower really did have what he wanted.

And what he wanted was nothing else but the deduction-path cultivation techniques passed down through Tianji Tower’s generations.

At first, he’d only been holding onto a sliver of hope. He hadn’t expected that a quick look just now would bring him genuine surprises from Tianji Tower’s legacy.

It left Lu Qing almost unable to wait—eager to hurry back and study them properly.

With a thought, space rippled, and Lu Qing’s figure vanished from where he stood.

When he appeared again, he was already outside the village.

His home world was a Small World. The stability of its space was far inferior to those vast Great Worlds. And so, with Lu Qing’s current realm, the distance he could cover with Spatial Transference was absurdly exaggerated.

Even though Zhongzhou lay extremely far from Jiuli Village, he still returned in a single shift.

He didn’t enter the formation directly because his master was currently in secluded cultivation. He didn’t want the spatial fluctuations to affect the formation protecting the village and disturb the old man.

He had only just shifted back when Lu Qing was about to enter the village—when he suddenly sensed a surge in the Heaven and Earth’s Spiritual Energy coming from outside.

“Hm? A Precelestial Realm cultivator is breaking through?”

Lu Qing immediately recognized the signs: someone at the Precelestial Realm was advancing.

Curious, he released his Divine Soul Power and swept his perception toward the source of the spiritual tide.

Very soon, he understood what was happening.

“So that’s it. It’s that County Magistrate breaking through.”

The one advancing was none other than Yan Canghai, the county magistrate who had once had a small connection with Lu Qing.

It was a bit interesting, really. For so many years, the county yamen’s magistrate had never changed—always this same man.

Whether that was the Yan family’s decision or Yan Canghai’s own choice, who knew.

And over the years, Yan Canghai’s cultivation had also improved. Decades ago, he had already stepped into the Precelestial Realm.

Just now, he advanced again, reaching major completion within the Precelestial Realm.

But in Lu Qing’s judgment, this man’s aptitude was limited. The Precelestial Realm was likely his limit.

If he wanted to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, he would need a fortuitous opportunity to help him. Otherwise, it probably wouldn’t happen in this lifetime.

Setting aside that minor interruption, Lu Qing entered the village and descended into his own courtyard.

He had no real friendship with Yan Canghai, so he had no intention of helping him.

“Big brother, you’re back!” Xiao Yan sensed the movement and walked out of the house. “Are the three Holy Lords grandfathers doing well?”

Xiao Yan still had feelings for the three Holy Lords of Sacred Mountain.

After all, she had cultivated at Sacred Mountain for quite a while back then, and the three Holy Lords had always taken very good care of her.

“Very well. The three seniors are cultivating smoothly. I gave them a few golden-core cleansing pills. Reaching late-stage Golden Core shouldn’t be a problem for them in the future.”

As for whether they could achieve the Nascent Soul Realm—that would depend on each person’s luck and opportunities.

“That’s good.” Hearing that, Xiao Yan finally relaxed. “Big brother, are you going to keep visiting friends next?”

“No. I just obtained a few techniques that are pretty interesting. I want to study them, so I’m not planning to go out again.”

This trip out, Lu Qing had already visited everyone he was fairly close to.

As for those he didn’t know well, there was no need to visit personally.

“What techniques?” Xiao Yan grew curious.

With her brother’s foundation—he’d even obtained the legacy of a Daoist of Transcendence—could there really still be techniques in the home world that could interest him?

“Some techniques that aren’t high-level, but are quite interesting.”

Lu Qing smiled mysteriously, deliberately leaving her hanging.

Sitting cross-legged in his quiet chamber, Lu Qing activated his Spiritual Powers. He focused on a technique he had already “downloaded” and simulated, then chose to begin studying it.

In the next instant, a flood of comprehension surged up from the depths of his mind.

Lu Qing carefully absorbed it all.

This time, at Tianji Tower, he had seen several techniques related to the way of deduction.

The one he was studying now was one of Tianji Tower’s core inherited legacies, a deduction technique called the [Five Elements Qi-Divination Technique].

This technique primarily relied on sensing changes in the Heaven and Earth’s five-element qi. Using the principles of mutual generation and mutual restraint among the five elements, it deduced future changes.

One of the Great Dao laws Lu Qing understood most deeply was the Five Elements Dao, so naturally he started with this technique.

As for why he had suddenly become interested in the way of deduction—it was because of what Old Canglong had told him in Gui Xu Secret Realm.

To wipe out every last Soul Avatar of a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator across an immeasurable distance—through countless formations and even the protection of the World Membrane—one had to be proficient in the Dao of causality.

Otherwise, even a Dao-Integration realm expert would find it difficult to accomplish something like that.

But the Dao of causality was mysterious and elusive, extremely hard to comprehend. Even in the Sea of Laws, it was difficult to sense where it lay.

So Lu Qing decided to try other approaches—see whether he could grasp even a trace of meaning related to the Dao of causality.

And when it came to causality, the first thing he thought of was the way of deduction.

In the home world, the one most skilled in deduction was undoubtedly Tianji Tower. That was why, taking advantage of this round of visits, he had exchanged for Tianji Tower’s techniques.

These years of experiences in the Great World of Tianyuan and Gui Xu Secret Realm had made Lu Qing realize that, although the home world was only a Small World, some techniques created by its predecessors still had much to offer.

Whether it was the Divine Rune Sect’s legacy or the domain path of the Precelestial Realm, both had helped him greatly.

So he felt Tianji Tower’s inheritance might also bring him inspiration regarding the Dao of causality.

Immersed in a state of enlightenment, Lu Qing absorbed enormous amounts of insight. His understanding of the way of deduction grew at an astonishing speed.

A short while later, Lu Qing had completely mastered the [Five Elements Qi-Divination Technique].

He didn’t stop. He opened another deduction technique from Tianji Tower and began studying it.

This second technique was called the [Qiming Star-Observation Technique], a method that deduced future events by comprehending the trajectories of the stars.

In the time that followed, Lu Qing devoted himself fully to studying Tianji Tower’s several deduction techniques.

Before long, he had thoroughly understood all of them.

But Lu Qing still didn’t stop—he continued to deduce and study further.

He hadn’t exchanged for these techniques just to “know them” and be done with it.

If that were all, then a few techniques that were, at most, Foundation Establishment-level wouldn’t be of much use to him.

His true goal was to use these techniques as bait—sparks of inspiration—then follow that direction and continuously push deeper through repeated deduction.

Time flew. Lu Qing stayed in his room, deducing techniques without pause.

In the blink of an eye, another half month had passed.

That night, Lu Qing’s body suddenly shook, and a profound, wondrous aura spread from him.

He opened his eyes. In the dimness, his gaze shone brilliantly, as if countless star rivers were flowing within them—filled with mysteries.

Only after a long moment did Lu Qing slowly rein in the strange phenomenon.

“At last, I’ve pushed the way of deduction into the Nascent Soul Realm.”

Lu Qing extended his palm and condensed an illusory world. Inside it, countless stars revolved and drifted.

With a thought, he drew out a wisp of Nascent Soul Aura belonging to Mo Tushan from the Li Huo Cauldron and cast it into the illusory world in his hand.

In the next instant, the countless stars within that illusory world began to spin, deducing in response to that wisp of aura.

Finally, when the stars gradually came to a stop, an image manifested.

In that image, within a gloomy great hall, a black-and-white lamp was burning with blood-colored flames.

At the center of the gently swaying flame, a tiny figure was curled up as though asleep.

And the tiny figure’s appearance was identical to Mo Tushan’s.

“So it really can be deduced.” Joy rose in Lu Qing’s heart.

But before he could observe further, the image suddenly wavered and shattered in an instant.

A strand of force even tried to follow the image back—seeking to trace him in return, to find where he was.

Lu Qing wasn’t flustered. He had anticipated this.

He lightly clenched his hand. The illusory space in his palm turned into a black void, erasing that strand of force along with everything else.

After doing this, Lu Qing sighed softly.

He had known it wouldn’t be that easy.

The method he had used just now was a brand-new deduction art he had created—born from inspiration drawn from several deduction methods of Tianji Tower, then pushed further with the marvel of his Spiritual Powers. Relying on his six-tribulation Nascent Soul Realm cultivation, he had repeatedly deduced and refined it into form.

This deduction method fused his illusion techniques. It was exquisitely profound, and its level had reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

Lu Qing was confident: with his current deduction attainment, among Nascent Soul Realm experts, unless someone carried an appropriately powerful exotic treasure, very few could evade his deductions.

Using a wisp of Mo Tushan’s Nascent Soul Aura was merely a small test.

Yet it actually succeeded—he had deduced where that Soul Avatar was.

But clearly, the other side had defenses. It immediately cut off his deduction and even tried to seize his trail through the deduction itself.

Fortunately, Lu Qing was proficient in the Dao of Illusion. His illusion divine abilities had already reached the level of Major Divine Ability.

His deduction had been carried out within an illusory space—shifting between true and false, wondrous beyond compare.

Not to mention he had many treasures protecting him, as well as the even more mysterious Perfect Divine Soul Transformation that could conceal the secrets of Heaven.

Even if a Dao-Integration realm expert tried to trace his origins through that deduction, what they would ultimately obtain would only be emptiness.

So Lu Qing wasn’t worried the other side could track him down.

Though this deduction had only been half successful—

Even so, it was enough to delight Lu Qing.

He knew he hadn’t chosen the wrong path.

He had only pushed the way of deduction to the initial Nascent Soul Realm level, yet he could already deduce the location of Mo Tushan’s Soul Avatar.

Given time—once he pushed the way of deduction to an even higher realm—then even with the concealment of exotic treasures and formations, no one would be able to truly block his deductions.

“When that day comes, I should be able to grasp a trace of the Dao of causality’s meaning, right?”

Lu Qing had a feeling: as long as he kept comprehending the way of deduction, one day he would touch that mysterious Dao of causality.

And then, Mo Tushan’s true death would arrive.

“This new deduction method… for now, I’ll call it the [Myriad Worlds Deduction Technique].”

After casually naming the method he had just created, Lu Qing began cultivating again.

The current [Myriad Worlds Deduction Technique] had only just been established. There was still vast room to deepen and perfect it.

In any case, he was free right now. It was the perfect time to keep raising its level.

While Lu Qing was deducing his technique, elsewhere—beyond unimaginably distant starfields—within a massive black-and-white Daoist temple—

A rough voice suddenly rang out, “Senior brother, what just happened?”

“Some petty rat tried to use deduction methods to pry into the foundations of our Black-and-White Temple,” an aged voice replied.

“Someone dares deduce our Black-and-White Temple? Who’s that bold?” The rough voice was puzzled.

“I don’t know. I tried to follow the law fluctuations back and trace them in return, but that person seems to be protected by an exotic treasure. Their origins were completely concealed—there was no way to track them,” the aged voice said.

“To deduce our Black-and-White Temple with deduction arts and not suffer backlash… their attainment in deduction is not to be underestimated. Could it be those old fellows?”

“Unlikely. Those old fellows don’t dare offend our Black-and-White Temple, much less be so blatant. I fear some other force is spying on us.”

“Some other force—Heaven-Shattering Sword Sect, or Kongming Sect? Or Netherworld Palace and Enchantress Pavilion?”

“I’m not sure. But I keep feeling uneasy.” The aged voice sounded worried. “This trip to Gui Xu Secret Realm cost the temple dearly—many disciples were lost. And the murderer is mysterious and unfathomable, no one knows their origins.

“And inside that immortal palace, which had been quiet for tens of thousands of years… there was actually a Dao-Integration realm expert hidden within.

“I have this sense that some force is targeting our Black-and-White Temple.”

By instinct, the aged voice felt the mysterious person who had just deduced them was probably not from Heaven-Shattering Sword Sect or Kongming Sect.

Among those righteous sects, there didn’t seem to be any masters who were proficient in the way of deduction.

But if it was Netherworld Palace or Enchantress Pavilion, that was no better news for them.

Once those two sects started playing dirty, they were far harder to deal with than the other two.

“If this venerable one finds out who’s stirring trouble in the dark, then no matter who it is, I will wipe out their entire clan!” The rough voice brimmed with killing intent.

How many years had it been? Their Black-and-White Temple had never suffered such a loss.

Dozens of Nascent Soul Realm true disciples—completely wiped out.

It wasn’t only an enormous loss; it was a humiliating disgrace.

Just thinking about the resources needed to revive so many disciples made even someone at the Dao-Integration realm feel waves of heartache.

“Leave the matter of finding the true culprit for later. Have the arrangements been made for reviving the true disciples?” the aged voice asked.

“Everything has been arranged. But according to Cangtian, Mo Tushan didn’t die. Right now, he can’t be revived. If we nurture his Soul Avatar, it may become troublesome later,” the rough voice said.

“Then it seems Tushan’s divine soul has been suppressed and imprisoned—it hasn’t been annihilated. That’s troublesome.”

The aged voice pondered, also finding it rather thorny.

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