Chapter 152: Lu Yang is Actually a Pretty Decent Guy
With Arhat Fu Long’s death, a wisp of his soul reincarnated, and his disintegrating Golden Body left behind a round, brilliant golden pill on the spot.
In the next second, the pill was about to break through the air and leave.
“Hmm. Want to leave?”
Lu Yang had quick eyes and nimble hands. He immediately grabbed it with a large hand, bringing down the golden pill: “This is… a Relic? Fellow Daoist Fu Long is too polite!”
Lu Yang’s eyes lit up slightly upon seeing this. Clearly, he also recognized this unique treasure of Buddhist Cultivators. As a Foundation Establishment rare treasure, whether used to assist in Foundation Establishment or for artifact refining, its effect could be called supreme. His Qi-Eating Insects had recently hit a growth bottleneck, so it was perfect to feed them something good as a supplement.
Thinking of this, he immediately stuffed the Relic into his pocket.
Immediately afterward, he searched around again. Finding no other profits, he shook his head disappointedly, lit the cave abode on fire, and then floated away.
Heaven-Connecting Cloud Sea, Heaven-Mending Peak.
“Fu Long… still died, and the Relic was taken by Lu Yang.”
The Heaven-Mending Peak Master gazed into the distance, a trace of regret surfacing in his eyes. immediately afterward, he turned his head to look in the direction of Mount Nether Capital, revealing a look of dread.
In just fifty years, Lu Yang’s name had almost spread throughout the Saint Sect.
Almost all disciples knew there was a rare shrinking turtle in their sect who, to wear down a great enemy to death, forcefully stayed in the sect for fifty years.
Even some Perfected Ones looked down on Lu Yang a bit.
Only the Heaven-Mending Peak Master, who truly knew the inside story, dreaded Lu Yang to the extreme, knowing he had forcefully avoided a great calamity of life and death.
Perhaps other Perfected Ones felt that even if Lu Yang left the Saint Sect, as long as he wholeheartedly fled, Arhat Fu Long couldn’t do anything to him. However, the Heaven-Mending Peak Master understood that Arhat Fu Long truly hated Lu Yang to the bone and had prepared many targeted methods just to eliminate Lu Yang.
If Lu Yang was truly careless and left the Saint Sect alone.
Then the result, even if not death, would inevitably be severe injuries requiring at least a hundred years to recover… Compared to that, what was fifty years?
“This child cannot be offended.”
The Heaven-Mending Peak Master sighed deeply. The only thing to be thankful for was that both times he took action, he hid in the dark. Theoretically, Lu Yang shouldn’t have discovered any clues.
As for the Wind-Avoiding Pills, although losing three made the Heaven-Mending Peak Master feel incredibly pained, and due to Lu Yang’s existence, he didn’t even get the Golden Body Relic after Fu Long’s Sitting Transformation, at least he let Fu Long dual cultivate with his daughter Chen Shuqian once. Now Chen Shuqian had already mastered the Six Paths Phoenix Nirvana Art.
On the other side, his son Chen Xin’an’s growth was also gratifying.
“If it were before, as long as one reached Foundation Establishment, I would dare to take a gamble. But now my merit and qi destiny are both deficient; one Foundation Establishment is not enough…”
Thinking of this, the Heaven-Mending Peak Master felt another burst of heartache.
The trip to Skull Mountain, he truly suffered double loss. Not to mention getting nothing, he ended up in a wretched state with a dirty face.
What made him feel even more stifled was that now Fu Long’s Relic had fallen into Lu Yang’s hands. For his son Chen Xin’an and daughter Chen Shuqian to break through, adding a guarantee for Foundation Establishment, he still had to go find Lu Yang and spend a huge price to buy the Relic back… He actually bid three times for one item!
Simply lost numbly.
The Heaven-Mending Peak Master took a deep breath, then suppressed all negative emotions: “Forget it, forget it… as long as I can break through to the Late Stage, everything is worth it.”
With this thought, he immediately drove an escaping light and flew towards Mount Nether Capital.
When he arrived at Mount Nether Capital, his face was already brimming with an enthusiastic smile, and he said loudly— “Is Fellow Daoist Lu present? Chen Taihe of Heaven-Mending Peak comes to visit.”
In the next second, Lu Yang’s figure appeared on the peak of Mount Nether Capital.
His face likewise wore a brilliant smile. He actively stepped aside, cupping his hands and saying, “Senior is present; sorry for not going out to meet you. Please enter the peak for a talk.”
“No trouble! No trouble!”
The Heaven-Mending Peak Master immediately landed his escaping light. The two entered the grand hall together and sat opposite each other. The Heaven-Mending Peak Master didn’t waste words either, saying crisply:
“Fellow Daoist Lu, have you killed that Fu Long?”
“Correct.”
Lu Yang didn’t hide it either. When he took action, he didn’t obscure the heavenly secrets. As long as one was a Foundation Establishment Perfected One, calculating with fingers would naturally reveal the ins and outs.
The Heaven-Mending Peak Master knew the details even better. Seeing this, he immediately said cautiously: “I heard that after death, Arhats of Jiangxi will transform into a Golden Body Relic for future cultivation. Now that Fu Long met with heavenly condemnation and has no hope of reincarnation, that Relic should be in Fellow Daoist’s hands, right?”
Lu Yang raised an eyebrow upon hearing this: “Indeed in my hands.”
In the next second, a brilliantly shining golden pill was taken out by him and placed on the table. Seeing this, the Heaven-Mending Peak Master instantly narrowed his eyes, hiding his greedy look.
“…This humble one wants to trade for this item with Fellow Daoist.”
Speaking of this, a few traces of warmth appeared on the Heaven-Mending Peak Master’s face: “To be honest, my son Xin’an is currently at the juncture of breaking through to Foundation Establishment.”
“As a father, I should lend him a hand.”
Lu Yang listened with a faint smile that wasn’t a smile.
Really?
I don’t believe it.
This appearance made the Heaven-Mending Peak Master somewhat embarrassed too. Knowing Lu Yang wouldn’t release the hawk without seeing the rabbit, he could only sigh: “What does Fellow Daoist want?”
Lu Yang smiled slightly: “What do you have, Senior?”
Bastard!
The Heaven-Mending Peak Master cursed secretly in his heart, then directly took out his trump card: “I have a secret technique I can exchange with Fellow Daoist, which is also useful to Fellow Daoist.”
After speaking, he took out a jade slip and placed it on the table.
Lu Yang swept it with his spiritual consciousness and instantly revealed a look of surprise. Although the content of the secret technique in the jade slip wasn’t complete, he could still deduce the effect of the secret technique.
This was actually a tribulation-substituting technique.
“Initial Stage Foundation Establishment, suffering the bitterness of [Bi Wind], lifespan limited to three hundred… However, every step forward within the Foundation Establishment Realm will trigger the sensing and rejection of the realm.”
“When breaking through from Initial Stage to Middle Stage Foundation Establishment, one needs to accommodate Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends, refining them into Innate Divine Abilities. However, this process of accommodation is extremely dangerous. After the Foundation Establishment Realm generates a reaction, it will send down fierce fire, named [Yin]. Yin Fire burns from the Yongquan acupoint, piercing straight through to the Niwan Palace, burning the five viscera and six bowels.”
This is an opportunity, and also a crisis.
If one can endure it, the Heavenly Spirit and Earthly Fiend burned by the [Yin Fire] will thoroughly transform into an Innate Divine Ability, henceforth indistinguishable from the Perfected One’s soul.
If one cannot endure it, then it is a handful of flying ash.
Similarly, when breaking through from Middle Stage to Late Stage Foundation Establishment, the realm will send down [Heavenly Thunder]. Only by enduring it can one become a Grand Perfected One at the Late Stage.
If one cannot endure it, one still dies and the Dao dissipates.
As for breaking through from Late Stage to Foundation Establishment Perfection, the calamity encountered is somewhat different… at that stage, one can attempt to ascend to the position and seek the Gold.
And the Heaven-Mending Peak Master’s secret technique was specifically used to resist these calamities.
“Using biological offspring as a medium, transfer the karma of the calamity out. let the other party bear the cause and undergo the tribulation, while oneself obtains the fruit, enjoying the transformation after the tribulation…”
In an instant, Lu Yang understood the Heaven-Mending Peak Master’s idea.
He wanted to rely on this secret technique, using his children Chen Shuqian and Chen Xin’an to help him block the [Heavenly Thunder], thereby charging at the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment!
“No wonder…”
Thinking of this, Lu Yang’s expression suddenly became strange.
The reason was simple—Chen Xin’an was fake!
In this life, the real Chen Xin’an had long been killed by him. The one who survived was the Banner Spirit Chen Xin’an, just wearing a layer of the real Chen Xin’an’s karma!
Under these circumstances, if when the Heaven-Mending Peak Master intended to cast this secret technique to transfer the calamity to Chen Xin’an, he suddenly stripped away the real Chen Xin’an’s karma and took back the Banner Spirit…
That fun would be huge!
With this thought, an incomparably sincere smile instantly appeared on Lu Yang’s face: “Since Senior is thinking for your children, how could this junior refuse?”
After speaking, he pushed the Relic out directly.
Seeing this scene, the Heaven-Mending Peak Master, who originally thought he would have to bleed heavily, was stunned. immediately, he cupped his hands gratefully: “Then many thanks to Fellow Daoist…”
Unexpectedly, Lu Yang is actually a pretty decent guy!
Amidst the emotion, the Heaven-Mending Peak Master also inevitably felt excited in his heart, planning to give the Relic to Chen Xin’an immediately after returning, letting him charge at Foundation Establishment as soon as possible!
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