Chapter 110: Plucking the Stars with One Hand!

Looking at Qin Tianhe and Xu Xin, who were incredibly respectful before him, Lu Yang was stunned for a moment. He then swallowed back the words “Senior Brother” that almost slipped out of his mouth.

At this time, clarifying his identity would only be awkward.

As for being mistaken for a Perfected One, Lu Yang could guess the reason. It was nothing more than his current stature being too high, which caused Qin Tianhe and Xu Xin to misjudge.

After all, he now possessed three Great Divine Abilities, along with [The Sage Steals] and the Nine Transformations Dragon Art. His stature was so high that it was practically just a step away from Foundation Establishment. For people standing at the foot of the mountain, whether it was halfway up or at the peak, there was actually no difference; it was all equally unreachable.

So it was normal to be mistaken.

Therefore, Lu Yang didn’t deny it and said directly, “I was ordered to come here to seek an audience with Perfected One Chong Guang, but I don’t know how to request it. I ask you two Fellow Daoists to teach me.”

Qin Tianhe and Xu Xin immediately looked flattered. After all, it was rare for a “Perfected One” in the Saint Sect to be so polite. They dared not neglect him and hurriedly said, “If the Perfected One has come under orders, the Formation Spirit within Sacred Fire Cliff will inevitably have a record. After the Perfected One announces himself, it will naturally guide the Perfected One.”

“Many thanks.”

Lu Yang nodded. Immediately, he rode up an escaping light and flew straight towards the direction of Sacred Fire Cliff, quickly disappearing from the two’s sight.

“Which Perfected One is this?”

“Not sure…”

Xu Xin and Qin Tianhe looked at each other in dismay, both somewhat puzzled. After all, Lu Yang’s face was truly unfamiliar, and his attitude was truly polite, making them unaccustomed to it.

“It seems our luck is good.”

“If it were any other Perfected One, they might not have asked but directly used Soul Searching…”

“I wonder which battlefield this Perfected One walked down from. The Jiangxi Pure Land, the Jiangdong Dao Court, the Jiangnan Sword Pavilion… none of the regions have been peaceful lately…”

Naturally, Lu Yang didn’t hear the two’s sighs. At this moment, he had already flown into Sacred Fire Cliff. Just as Qin Tianhe had said, as soon as he stepped into Sacred Fire Cliff, streams of flowing light gathered towards him, finally transforming into a woman wearing colorful clothes with peerless beauty, who gracefully landed before his eyes.

Lu Yang hurriedly stopped and cupped his hands. “Lu Yang greets this Senior Sister.”

The woman paused upon hearing this. A strange light flashed in her eyes before vanishing. She said indifferently, “Direct Disciple Lu Yang, please follow me. Do not wander about.”

After speaking, she turned and left on her own.

Lu Yang hurriedly followed closely behind, thinking to himself: This is the Formation Spirit on Sacred Fire Cliff… I’ve heard of it. This place is the seclusion ground for the various Perfected Lords, so the formation must be at least Rank 3 level…

So high-level!

As a Rank 7 Formation Master, Lu Yang inevitably felt an itch in his heart, wanting to dissect the Formation Spirit before him and conduct an in-depth study of its structure.

However, Lu Yang held back in the end.

Soon, under the guidance of the Formation Spirit, Lu Yang arrived at a great hall on the outermost periphery of Sacred Fire Cliff. The skylight above the hall was bright, illuminating the dome of the universe in all directions.

Lu Yang paced into the great hall and immediately saw the figure of Perfected One Chong Guang on the seat of honor. His hands were clasped behind his back, and a vast map was spread out on the palace wall in front of him, encompassing all four directions and extending far overseas. Every location on the map was covered with dense annotations.

“Disciple Lu Yang greets Senior Uncle Chong Guang.”

Lu Yang didn’t say another word. He first performed a Daoist bow, then stood in place without speaking, silently waiting for Perfected One Chong Guang on the seat of honor to respond.

After a long time, Perfected One Chong Guang finally came back to his senses.

He turned around and opened a pair of dazzling, blazing white pupils. His gaze fell like a ball of raging fire, burning Lu Yang inside and out.

Seeing this, Lu Yang held his head high and chest out, not showing a hint of guilt.

A moment later, Perfected One Chong Guang withdrew his gaze, revealing a bit of surprise. “These Great Divine Abilities of yours… were all taught to you by Junior Brother Yin Shan?”

“Exactly.”

At this moment, Lu Yang didn’t hide anything. The Corpse Liberation True Method, the Silkworm Secret, [The Sage Steals]… he openly displayed all the Great Divine Abilities on his body.

Moreover, he could guarantee that the origins of all the Divine Abilities were traceable. They were all passed down to him by Perfected One Yin Shan after he advanced to Direct Disciple at Skull Mountain. It was just that he had mastered all of them on his way back to the Saint Sect. There was nothing suspicious about it.

What? I cultivated too fast?

Can’t be helped. With the stature enhancement of a Foundation Establishment Protector God, cultivating Great Divine Abilities is just like this. If you don’t have one, it’s very hard for me to explain it clearly to you.

Looking at the self-assured Lu Yang, the light in Perfected One Chong Guang’s eyes gradually brightened. Perfected One Yin Shan had already told him the intelligence regarding Lu Yang.

And just now, he had personally deduced the karma once and checked inside and out again. He could basically confirm there were no problems. As for the verification of a Direct Disciple, reaching this step was his limit. In the end, he was just a Qi Refining disciple; even if he caused a heaven-shaking commotion, it was impossible to alarm a Golden Core Perfected Lord.

“You are very good.”

Thinking of this, Perfected One Chong Guang’s tone became inexplicable. “With your cultivation, you could actually charge at Foundation Establishment right now, and you would have at least an eighty percent chance of winning.”

However, he quickly changed the subject. “But I hope you won’t be in a rush to reach Foundation Establishment.”

“Now that the Righteous and Demonic Dao Seizing War is about to begin again, if you can join it and help the Saint Sect win this war, it will also be of great benefit to you after Foundation Establishment.”

Perfected One Chong Guang’s attitude could simply be described as gentle.

Lu Yang could tell that even if he refused, there was an eighty percent chance Perfected One Chong Guang wouldn’t blame him. But in that case, he would lose the opportunity to earn merit.

Without earning merit, how could he progress in the Saint Sect?

Therefore, Lu Yang didn’t hesitate and said immediately, “Disciple is willing to participate in the Dao Seizing War.”

“Good!” Perfected One Chong Guang laughed lightly upon hearing this, and his gaze towards Lu Yang became a bit more affectionate. “Starting today, you are a Direct Disciple of my Saint Sect.”

“Your generation is the ‘Yuan’ generation.”

“You inherited the Shaman Ghost Dao lineage, so the killing sins on your body are likely not few. I will choose the character ‘Tu’ (Slaughter) for you. From now on, your Daoist title will be Yuan Tu. How about it?”

As soon as Perfected One Chong Guang said this, Lu Yang immediately understood that the other party was basically making it explicit that he wanted to rope him in; otherwise, it would be impossible for him to personally choose a Daoist title for him.

Thinking of this, Lu Yang hurriedly cupped his hands. “Yuan Tu greets Senior Uncle.”

Perfected One Chong Guang laughed loudly and beckoned to Lu Yang. “Come here. When the Dao Seizing War begins in a moment, this will be the best place to observe.”

“Place to observe?”

“Correct. The various Perfected Lords are about to establish the battlefield for the Dao Seizing War.”

Lu Yang was puzzled in his heart but didn’t show it on his face, obediently walking to Perfected One Chong Guang’s side. Not long after, a soft cry came to his ears:

“Here it comes!”

Almost simultaneously, Lu Yang looked up at the sky.

At this moment, the ceiling of the entire great hall suddenly changed appearance, seemingly transforming into a round mirror that shone through falsehoods, revealing a vast scene.

It was the endless dome of heaven.

And at this moment, the entire Saint Sect and the Heaven-Connecting Cloud Sea were vibrating slightly. The cloud sea rolled, and turbid waves emptied into the sky. A Dharma Body was slowly rising from the cloud sea.

With just this one movement, the top of that Dharma Body blasted open the thirty-six layers of Astral Clouds. Circles of round light rippled from the back of its head like waves, resembling mountains encircled by fine ripples or snow surging from flying ends. It stood with its hands behind its back; the vast Heaven-Connecting Cloud Sea of the Saint Sect seemed like nothing more than a chessboard to it.

Its figure was even continuing to grow larger.

Its eyes merged with the sun and moon in the sky just like that. Sunlight and moonlight became its vision overlooking the earth, calmly sweeping over the sentient beings below.

Gradually, Lu Yang couldn’t even see the complete appearance of that Dharma Body anymore.

Everything about Him overlapped with the square heaven and earth in Lu Yang’s vision. It was difficult to glimpse His full appearance; only an indescribable shock swept through his heart.

Rivers and mountains as the body! The dome of heaven as the head!

Currents as veins! The sun and moon as pupils!

In the next second, Lu Yang’s vision changed again. He saw that on the distant horizon, two similar magnificent Dharma Bodies were also slowly standing up.

One was always smiling, harboring compassion.

One wore official robes, with dragons and phoenixes paying homage.

Three Dharma Bodies, each encompassing thousands upon thousands of miles of territory, interacted with one another, drawing a circle on the vast earth and fixing the Earth Veins within the circle.

“Golden Core Perfected Lord… Is this a Perfected Lord!?”

Lu Yang widened his eyes, almost shedding two lines of bloody tears, before he barely managed to see the movements of the three Golden Core Perfected Lords clearly—They slowly raised their hands.

Three palms aimed simultaneously at a star above the dome of heaven.

Then, they closed their palms.

In the next second, Lu Yang saw that dazzling star above the dome of heaven being grasped by the three Perfected Lords, dragged, and finally crashing down towards the earth with a boom!

Plucking the stars with one hand!

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