Chapter 105: Third Visit to the Shaman-Ghost Realm
Although he had decided to go back to the novice village to show off, Lu Yang still intended to make his preparations the best they could be. Before leaving, he wanted to achieve at least three small goals.
“First is the Direct Disciple status of the Saint Sect. This is the simplest.”
“As long as I replicate the actions of the life before last, proceed step by step, reveal a cultivation base at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and cultivate another Great Divine Ability, I should be qualified.”
“Second is the Earth Vein of Skull Mountain.”
“Although I successfully inherited the [Yama Hall] after restarting with the Myriad Spirits Banner, I lost the Earth Vein enhancement from Skull Mountain.”
“I have to think of a way for this.”
“Otherwise, without the Skull Mountain Earth Vein enhancement, given Su Nü’s current state, the power of the [Yama Hall] won’t even be half of what it was at its peak in the previous life.”
“Finally… is the Ancestor of the Yun Family.”
“That Heavenly Secret Supreme Treasure in his hands is extremely useful to me. Perhaps it can help me calculate karma in advance and eliminate variables to the greatest extent.”
Three small goals. The first provided status and position; the second guaranteed his own combat power; the third prevented unexpected situations. Coupled with Zhao Xuhe as a shield—four layers of insurance—he didn’t believe he couldn’t deal with Arhat Fu Long.
In fact, Lu Yang’s thoughts went even further than that.
Arhat Fu Long was a cultivator at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, after all. Even if he broke through, being constantly targeted by such a powerful expert would undoubtedly be a huge hidden danger.
If possible, he wouldn’t mind luring Arhat Fu Long over and then directly entrapping and killing him!
Only that would be a once-and-for-all solution.
Lu Yang secretly set his goals in his heart. The world was vast, and danger was everywhere. Only by achieving the stature of a Perfected One would he have the qualifications to overlook the universe and the four seas.
With goals in place, the remaining matters were familiar territory for Lu Yang. He simply needed to replicate the actions of the life before last; there was no need to do much else.
Speculate on Substitute Death Yin Puppets, earn tens of thousands of Contribution Points in blood profit, and then publicly announce seclusion.
Lu Yang was very patient and not in a rush at all.
In the blink of an eye, ten years passed.
Within these ten years, Lu Yang successively re-cultivated the Great Divine Abilities from his previous life, perfected his True Qi, and once again arrived at the peak state where he could charge at Foundation Establishment at any time.
Ten years later, Lu Yang came out of seclusion and successfully “broke through” to the Late Stage of Qi Refining.
Soon, everything fell into place naturally. Fairy Feixia, representing the Three Rivers Society, came to recruit him. Lu Yang agreed decisively and incidentally got another Great Divine Ability for free.
The Great Divine Ability Lu Yang chose this time was called the Twelve Celestial Fiend Secret Demon Tribulation Light.
As the name suggested, this Great Divine Ability was completely different from the Corpse Liberation True Method and the Silkworm Secret. Compared to increasing the chances of Foundation Establishment, its function leaned more towards combat.
“To master this Divine Ability, one must refine a treasure, fly it up to the dome of heaven, enter the thirty-six layers of Astral Clouds, and use the spiritual treasure to gather the immeasurable baleful qi from beyond the heavens. Accumulating it over days and months, it is finally condensed into a beam of tribulation light. When needed, it is drawn down from the dome of heaven. Wherever the tribulation light passes, humans and livestock are utterly exterminated!”
“Moreover, the longer the accumulation time, the greater the power!”
“However, just flying a spiritual treasure up to the thirty-six layers of Astral Clouds is almost impossible for a Qi Refining cultivator; the difficulty is ridiculously high.”
Of course, this was only a minor issue for Lu Yang.
“Let Su Nü suffer a bit more.”
Lu Yang summoned Su Nü, then handed the Blood Sun Sword Pellet to her, having her fly into the thirty-six layers of Astral Clouds to cultivate this Great Divine Ability for him.
“With this Great Divine Ability, I’ll have an extra trump card in future combat.”
“If preparations are complete afterwards, my odds of breaking through to Foundation Establishment can even be raised to ninety percent. The War between the Righteous and Demonic paths can be used to fill in the last ten percent.”
Perfect Foundation Establishment!
Although Lu Yang didn’t intentionally pursue this achievement at the very beginning, if he wanted to be absolutely safe in this life, he would likely have to take this step.
Perfect Foundation Establishment meant that as soon as he broke through, he would be at the peak of the Initial Stage of Foundation Establishment!
Perhaps only then would he truly count as having some power to protect himself.
One month later, following the plan, Lu Yang accepted Fairy Feixia’s invitation and went with her, Zhao Xuhe, and Lu Yuanchun to guard the Skull Mountain market.
However, compared to the life before last, there was an additional variable in this life—Zhao Xuhe.
In the life before last, Zhao Xuhe was incredibly destitute because he had lost the Coiled Dragon opportunity. He could only take a Stealing Heaven’s Mystery technique to the Skull Mountain market for a final gamble.
However, in this life, Zhao Xuhe was much more high-spirited. As the reincarnation of “Perfected One Coiled Dragon,” his cultivation progress could simply be described as godspeed. Coupled with Lu Yang secretly sponsoring him, he had reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining within ten years, also arriving at the critical juncture of charging at Foundation Establishment.
But this fit Lu Yang’s intentions perfectly.
After all, Perfected One Yin Shan needed a Saint Sect disciple to open the secret realm, and Lu Yang certainly wouldn’t cooperate. It just so happened that he could let Zhao Xuhe go over and take the fall.
Northern Frontier, Skull Mountain.
“I’m back again…”
Quietly leaving the crowd, Lu Yang quickly returned to the entrance of the Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm, preparing to let the [Yama Hall] re-establish its connection with the Skull Mountain Earth Vein.
However, in the next second, he froze.
“The Skull Mountain Earth Vein has an owner!?”
As he urged the [Yama Hall], intending to connect with the Earth Vein, he discovered that a towering palace hall was already standing at the center of the Earth Vein!
It was shockingly also a Yama Hall!
“This is… Patriarch Nether Whisper!?” Lu Yang frowned tightly. Experiences from his previous few lives flashed through his mind, and then a look of realization appeared on his face.
In the life before last, news of the Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm first spread from the Divine Martial Sect, and it was also discovered by Divine Martial Sect disciples. At that time, he hadn’t noticed anything.
But thinking about it now, if he hadn’t appeared, and several Divine Martial Sect disciples entered the secret realm, would Patriarch Nether Whisper, who was on the verge of death, really not notice? How could he sit by and ignore it? Besides, the price for him to cast the Possession Secret Art was to kill everyone inside the entire Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm.
And in the life before last, the Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm was empty!
In a flash of lightning, Lu Yang reached a conclusion: “At this point in time, Patriarch Nether Whisper has probably already possessed a Divine Martial Sect disciple and lived out a fifth life!”
In that case, the Patriarch Nether Whisper of the life before last had actually won.
Because at the end of the life before last, Perfected One Yin Shan solved the Golden Core Sword Qi and reopened the Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm, but in the end, he only took away a [Heavenly Corpse Baleful Qi]…
The Earth Vein was still there!
Seeking his Dao path, Perfected One Yin Shan fished away the Heavenly Corpse Baleful Qi, unaware that he had also become Patriarch Nether Whisper’s bait, used to fish away that Golden Core Sword Qi!
“…Amazing!”
If Patriarch Nether Whisper was really still alive, then his schemes had actually succeeded! On the contrary, it was in the previous life that Lu Yang’s own appearance caused his success to fall short at the last moment.
After figuring everything out, even Lu Yang couldn’t help but marvel.
Because without himself as a variable, Patriarch Nether Whisper was a miracle who had escaped from the hands of a Golden Core Perfected Lord with a Foundation Establishment body across a thousand years of time!
Just then, a consciousness abruptly transmitted from the center of the Earth Vein:
“Who are you!?”
The voice was full of surprise, doubt, and even a bit of confusion. It was shockingly Patriarch Nether Whisper. Seeing this, Lu Yang rolled his eyes and immediately reacted.
Because he was currently using the [Yama Hall] to connect with the Earth Vein!
And the [Yama Hall] was a supreme Divine Ability created by Patriarch Nether Whisper, a secret not to be passed down. In his view, he should be the only person capable of casting it.
How could there be a second one?
Thinking of this, Lu Yang’s expression changed rapidly to one of wild joy and shock, his tone even carrying a bit of a sob: “Patriarch Nether Whisper, is it Patriarch Nether Whisper?”
“You are really still alive!”
“Heaven above, Heaven does not wish for my Shaman Ghost Dao to perish!”
After speaking, Lu Yang bowed deeply without another word, performing a grand salute. “Disciple of the 376th generation of the Shaman Ghost Dao, Lu Yang, greets the Patriarch!”
Patriarch Nether Whisper: “…?”
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