Chapter 29: Karma Invites Trouble

Zhao Xuhe’s words made Lu Yang feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

One must know that in this life, he hadn’t even been to [Coiled Dragon Island]. The technique was memorized from the previous two lives. Yet [Coiled Dragon Island] actually disappeared on its own.

Due to so-called karma?

Because he cultivated the [Nine Transformations Dragon Art] in advance, intercepting the karma between it and Zhao Xuhe, [Coiled Dragon Island] disappeared along with it?

Karma of techniques, destiny predetermined.

So this was Zhao Xuhe’s destined opportunity. He couldn’t snatch it, nor could he cultivate it. Otherwise, someone would immediately deduce the karma and follow the vine to find the melon?

After figuring this out, Lu Yang laughed out of extreme anger.

This world is so damn disgusting!

Perfected Ones and mighty figures calculate opportunities in advance to profit their own disciples. If an accident happens, they can calculate the cause and pull the deviated karma back onto the right track.

In this situation, how can an ordinary person ever have a day to rise?

One can only bow their head and be a beast of burden.

Just like now. on the surface, only Zhao Xuhe appeared, but in reality, the one truly making a move was likely the so-called “Master” behind Zhao Xuhe!

Lu Yang was one hundred percent certain that it must be a Foundation Establishment Perfected One!

Raising his head, Lu Yang recalled Daoist Hong Yun from his previous life again. He seemed to see a pair of eyes looking down from the ten thousand zhang high dome of the sky above.

“…Why must you force me?”

Thinking of this, anger rose from his heart, and evil grew from his guts. He looked at Zhao Xuhe, his lips curling into a mocking arc.

Almost simultaneously, a person suddenly stepped out from beside Zhao Xuhe.

“Junior Brother, careful!”

Shhhink!

A flash of sword light, and Zhao Xuhe felt a blur before his eyes. When he saw the scene clearly, his rage was instantly extinguished by a chill.

The person who just stepped out was a disciple who had bowed into the “Master’s” sect just like him. He entered the sect three years earlier than Zhao Xuhe and cultivated the [Ode of Dragon and Tiger Great Bliss] to the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining, the peak of the Middle Stage. His True Qi was polished to the limit of the Fifth Grade. In terms of strength, he was much stronger than Zhao Xuhe.

But now, that Senior Brother had vanished.

His skin, flesh, bones, and blood were all eaten clean by a streak of scarlet Divine Light. In the blink of an eye, only an empty human skin slowly drifted down onto the spot.

In the next second, a spiritual light flew out from the human skin.

“Many thanks to Fellow Daoist for releasing me.”

Inside the spiritual light, an illusory figure emerged. He showed no anger at being slain by Lu Yang’s sword; instead, he carried a hint of the pleasure of release.

Then he looked at Zhao Xuhe.

“Junior Brother, before coming here, Master commented that my foundation was shallow and my merit insufficient. Seeking the Perfection of Qi Refining in this life is hard, and Foundation Establishment is completely hopeless.”

“I begged Master for guidance. Only then did Master order me to come with you, to save your life at a critical moment. You have accumulated merit for three lifetimes, and in the future, you should have a thirty percent hope of achieving Foundation Establishment. Now that I have saved your life, the karma is set. In the future, if you achieve Foundation Establishment, you must help my reincarnated body cultivate and attain the Dao.”

As his voice fell, the spiritual light leaped and flew into the dome of the sky.

Below, Lu Yang’s gaze became colder upon seeing this.

“…Using my hand to set karma for his own disciple, to reincarnate and start over? Is he certain I can’t make big waves, wanting to squeeze the last bit of value out of me?”

Lu Yang shifted his gaze and saw Saint Sect disciples stepping out one by one from beside Zhao Xuhe. Surprisingly, they were all at the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining, the peak of the Middle Stage.

At the same time, Zhao Xuhe finally reacted. Showing a look of excitement, he shouted loudly, “Senior Brothers, as long as you help me take down this thief today and reclaim my opportunity, if I achieve Foundation Establishment in the future, I will definitely do my best to repay you, helping Senior Brothers return from reincarnation to attain the fruit of Qi Refining Perfection!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd nodded one after another.

“Junior Brother, rest assured.”

“Opportunities belong to the destined. This thief seized your opportunity without cause; his crime is unforgivable. With Master above, we will certainly help you capture this thief this time!”

Hearing this, Lu Yang laughed loudly. “Saying a thousand words or ten thousand, isn’t it just robbery by force?”

The leading Saint Sect disciple shook his head and sneered. “My name is Lu Yuanchun. Since you are unwilling to be captured without a fight, then don’t blame me for being ruthless.”

As his voice fell, the man named Lu Yuanchun formed hand seals. His aura was impressively at the Seventh Layer of Qi Refining, the Late Stage. Then he sacrificed a golden light treasure mirror, hanging it high in the sky to replace the sun. Instantly, thousands of golden rays cascaded down, sharper than blades, engulfing Lu Yang like a torrential rainstorm.

Seeing this, Lu Yang knitted his brows, and his figure vanished instantly.

Immediately after, a streak of sword light rose into the air, differentiating into thousands. It charged left and right but couldn’t escape the area covered by the golden rays, forced to resist them head-on.

“Master long calculated that this thief is adept at sword arts. How could he not bestow a solution?”

Lu Yuanchun smiled smugly upon seeing this, then looked at Zhao Xuhe. “Junior Brother Zhao, I have already trapped this thief, making it difficult for him to display the wonders of sword escape.”

“I ask Junior Brother to activate the treasure seal and take down this thief’s flying sword. Then the matter will be settled!”

“Many thanks, Senior Brother!”

Zhao Xuhe cupped his hands, then dared not delay. He immediately took out a glittering golden treasure seal and sacrificed it into the air, falling towards Lu Yang’s sword light.

“This thing again…”

Lu Yang’s eyes moved slightly, recognizing this as the [Metamagnetic Golden Seal] Zhao Xuhe had used in the second life, an Artifact specifically designed to counter flying swords.

With the lesson from his previous life, Lu Yang naturally wouldn’t let Zhao Xuhe do as he pleased. With a thought, the [Blood Sun] Sword Pellet moved with his heart, actually avoiding contact with the [Metamagnetic Golden Seal]. Instead, it turned the sword light, transforming it into sky-filling [Blood-Dissolving Divine Light], brushing down towards Zhao Xuhe’s direction.

Zhao Xuhe was greatly alarmed seeing this. He retreated in a panic, shouting, “Senior Brother!”

“Don’t panic. Just the struggles of a trapped beast.”

On the other side, Lu Yuanchun remained calm and shouted clearly, “Junior Brothers, please take action.”

Just as his voice fell, several more Saint Sect disciples stepped out with strange smiles on their faces. Without waiting for the Divine Light to fall, they took the initiative to commit suicide one after another.

Instantly, streaks of blood light bloomed from their corpses.

These blood lights were like chains, actually temporarily trapping Lu Yang’s [Blood-Dissolving Divine Light] within them, making it difficult to retract. His mental connection felt sluggish.

Zhao Xuhe and Lu Yuanchun clearly came prepared.

Especially Lu Yuanchun. Before coming, he received secret instructions from his Master and learned many details about Lu Yang, thus preparing many countermeasures.

So before the battle, he had set a strategy: first restrict Lu Yang’s speed to ensure he couldn’t escape, then have Zhao Xuhe suppress the Sword Pellet, and finally have the Junior Brothers who came along join hands to suppress the [Blood-Dissolving Divine Light]. No matter how high Lu Yang’s Divine Abilities were, he would be like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

“At your wit’s end. The outcome is set!”

Lu Yuanchun sneered, feeling his chances of winning increase greatly. He immediately shook the golden light treasure mirror. Thousands of golden rays followed one after another, intending to refine Lu Yang to death alive.

Seeing this, Lu Yang could only sigh.

“This is the benefit of having a background…”

With his current strength, even fighting one against many, the likes of Lu Yuanchun and Zhao Xuhe were not his match. But unfortunately, the opponent’s preparations were simply too thorough.

Every move hit his weak points.

And all of this was because of Zhao Xuhe’s mysterious “Master,” who deduced karma and calculated destiny, resulting in such targeted arrangements.

Generally speaking, at this step, he would indeed be powerless to reverse the situation.

“Fortunately… I have cheats!”

The [Blood Sun] Sword Pellet was brought from his previous life by the [Book of a Hundred Lifetimes]. It didn’t enter karma, so naturally, it didn’t fear any deduction.

Even if Zhao Xuhe’s mysterious “Master” could calculate that he was proficient in sword arts and calculate the [Blood-Dissolving Divine Light], he absolutely couldn’t calculate the details of the [Blood Sun] Sword Pellet!

In the next second, Lu Yang had a thought and urged his True Qi again.

Clang clang—!

The [Blood Sun] Sword Pellet let out a long whistle in response. Then, the Formation Patterns on the Sword Pellet exploded abruptly, locking down heaven and earth, sealing the universe, instantly encompassing everyone within!

In the blink of an eye, Lu Yang had laid out the grand formation he had spent twenty years researching in his previous life!

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