Chapter 355: The Sword Pavilion Is Too Insidious!

“If that’s the case, it all makes sense!”

With the precedent of Patriarch Nether Whisper before him, Perfected Lord Chengtian Zhengde of the Ye Family would definitely guard strictly against any Foundation Establishment cultivator who might threaten him.

Even direct descendants of his own family were no exception.

Maybe Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon is one of them. He achieved success in cultivating [Wall-top Earth], but wasn’t tolerated by the Perfected Lord, so he was forced to switch to cultivating the Rank 1 True Art…

He might not even know it himself.

After all, the Sword Pavilion had secret techniques to erase past lives. If a Perfected Lord personally took action and tampered with things while you were reincarnating, you might even end up thanking him.

The [Sword Dao Fruit]… is indeed a massive pit!

Lu Yang came to a conclusion: So far, this cultivation method is extremely perfect at the Foundation Establishment stage, which is why the cultivators of the Sword Pavilion are very strong at Foundation Establishment.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t dare claim to be number one in the world in combat.

But what about the Perfected Lords?

At least judging from Perfected Lord Chengtian Zhengde’s performance in the previous life, at the Perfected Lord level, the combat power of the Sword Pavilion is obviously not as high as imagined.

This might be because the [Sword Dao Fruit] has not been attained yet, so it cannot enhance combat power at the Perfected Lord level. Therefore, no matter how stunning Sword Pavilion cultivators are at Foundation Establishment, they fall to a normal standard at the Perfected Lord level. But once the [Sword Dao Fruit] is attained, everything will be different.

At that time, the power of the Sword Dao would inevitably surge, potentially even amplifying Perfected Lords.

But in that case, it also means the Perfected Lords of the Sword Pavilion will absolutely not allow the [Sword Dao Fruit] to be enjoyed exclusively by one person, or even form a monopoly.

Just like the [Netherworld] in the past.

Reincarnation was too important; how could it be allowed to be enjoyed exclusively? Therefore, the only fate for the person who attained it was to be besieged to death, leaving only the [Dao Fruit] behind.

In other words… no matter who it is, as long as they cultivate the Sword Lord’s Profound Discourse on Metal Mastery Secret Chapter, they will only have two ends. Either become consumable material to fill the [Dao Fruit], or have outstanding talent, attain the [Sword Dao Fruit] for the Perfected Lords, and then perish like the [Lord of the Netherworld]…

…Too insidious!

Lu Yang was truly impressed by the Sword Pavilion’s operation. What’s more, on the surface, the Sword Pavilion made it look exceptionally good. A Rank 1 True Art! Given away for free just by signing in!

Did the Demonic Path in Jiangbei have such conditions?

This is the Righteous Path!

As for the cultivation method trapping you so you can’t attempt [Seeking Golden Core]… sometimes you have to look for the reason within yourself. After so many years, is your talent enough? Did you cultivate hard enough?

Truly being sold and still counting money for the Sword Pavilion!

However, most people exhausted their entire lives without necessarily reaching the step of [Seeking Golden Core]. And without reaching that step, it was very difficult to discover the problems within.

I was able to discover it also because my talent worked hard enough.

If not for Patriarch Nether Whisper helping to analyze it, Lu Yang probably wouldn’t have seen the insidiousness of this Rank 1 True Art either, and might have even thought he got a bargain!

Fortunately, my main body didn’t cultivate this technique. Sending a clone into the Sword Pavilion was indeed correct… But although the Sword Lord’s Profound Discourse on Metal Mastery Secret Chapter is a huge pit, I didn’t expect the clone to attempt [Seeking Golden Core] anyway. Cultivating it is fine; as long as my main body doesn’t cultivate it, the problem isn’t big.

Moreover, times had changed.

Back then, no matter how strong a sword cultivator was, they were only at Foundation Establishment. A Perfected Lord could slap them to death casually. Even if they cultivated to Foundation Establishment Perfection, they couldn’t escape the fate of certain death.

But now, the Perfected Lords were in seclusion!

Under these circumstances, the effect of this Rank 1 True Art is actually amplified. After all, the combat power it provides to cultivators at the Foundation Establishment level is indeed very strong.

Thinking of this, Lu Yang felt relieved.

Although the pit is huge, this cultivation method can indeed be called perfect at the Foundation Establishment level. It has already formed a complete cultivation system.

Ordinary cultivators used the three realms of Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core.

Sword cultivators were the same, but they called them the [Three Realms of Sword Dao]: [Sword Qi Thunder Sound], [Sword Heart Illuminating Clarity], and [Sword Intent Refining Spirit]!

Sword Qi, Sword Heart, Sword Intent!

Among them, Sword Intent is obviously intended to benchmark against Golden Core Perfected Lords. However, since the [Sword Dao Fruit] has not yet been attained, Sword Intent is difficult to compare to a Perfected Lord.

At most, it’s like Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon, significantly increasing combat power.

Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon’s combat power was the strongest among the Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivators Lu Yang had seen. Even Martial Uncle Chong Guang in the past was slightly inferior to him.

But Martial Uncle Chong Guang sought the Dao.

Pursuing combat power too much was actually putting the cart before the horse… After all, no matter how strong one’s combat power was in the same realm, if cultivation didn’t keep up, it was ultimately like the moon in the water or a flower in the mirror.

“Hm? This is…”

Suddenly, Lu Yang’s gaze shifted slightly, landing on a page in the Daoist book:

“Sword Cultivator’s Cultivation Method, Sword Case Secret Technique?”

As everyone knew, Foundation Establishment cultivation was a step-by-step process. Gathering Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends required following prescribed procedures. However, this was cultivation in the general sense.

Sword cultivators were completely different.

In the records of the Sword Lord’s Profound Discourse on Metal Mastery Secret Chapter, after a sword cultivator reached Foundation Establishment, the first thing to do was to collect various External Alchemical Ingredients to forge a Sword Case.

The so-called Sword Case was essentially a secret treasure. The cultivator carried it with them, and through fighting others, collected the qi of weapons and slaughter into the case. Then, by nurturing and refining it, over time, a [Sword Divine Ability] could be formed. Upon fusion, one could immediately break through to the next realm!

Lu Yang revealed a look of amazement: Incredible!

What breakthrough secret method is this? It’s clearly attempting to replace the uniqueness of Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends. I’m afraid this is also one of the links in [Void Attainment]!

After all, if the [Sword Dao Fruit] were truly attained, it would inevitably be independent of heaven and earth.

Since that was the case, how could it use “Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends” to break through again? This point could be seen from the [Netherworld] and [Wu You Heaven].

However, the drawbacks of doing this were also huge.

Fighting with people, deciding life and death… how could there be no risk? The result is either killing or being killed, which completely doesn’t match my style…

But as the saying goes, difficulties are meant to be overcome.

Where there are difficulties, there are shortcuts. The Sword Lord’s Profound Discourse on Metal Mastery Secret Chapter also recorded a secret technique— using the Sword Case to transform the Innate Divine Abilities refined in the past life.

After all, once an Innate Divine Ability was attained, it was attained forever. After the past life’s Dao Foundation was transformed, the remaining Divine Abilities would be incompatible with the new Dao Foundation, so they also needed to be transformed.

As long as the Innate Divine Abilities refined in the past life are sent into the Sword Case, supplemented with External Alchemical Ingredients, even without fighting people to the death, one can condense a [Sword Divine Ability].

This actually suits me!

Of course, Lu Yang couldn’t possibly take his Immortal Spirit main body’s Divine Abilities for transformation.

What he wanted to transform were the two Great Void Divine Abilities, [Essence of Myriad Fragrances] and [Sea of Sorrow]. Anyway, they were obtained by the clone, so he wouldn’t feel heartache transforming them.

And unlike Great Void Divine Abilities, [Sword Divine Abilities] had stature!

The Life-Bound Divine Ability inherent to the Dao Foundation, two [Sword Divine Abilities], plus the [Law Upholder] profundity… at that time, I can still make the clone fake the position of a Great Perfected One!

And without hidden dangers!

Using Great Void Divine Abilities to connect to the [Myriad Spirits Banner] to fake the Great Perfected One stature not only causes backlash but also isn’t lasting. Switching to [Sword Divine Abilities] is actually more beneficial to me!

…

Jiangnan, [Hidden Sword Villa].

Lu Yang’s main body opened his eyes. The Dharma Body immediately walked out, stretching its limbs to its heart’s content in the sunlight, while simultaneously beginning to formulate the subsequent plan.

The clone is already on the right track.

But the clone is only eight years old this year. Whether it’s refining the Sword Case, transforming [Sword Divine Abilities], or returning to Foundation Establishment, it all takes time. It can’t be rushed for now.

“Calculating the time, it’s about time.”

Lu Yang pinched his fingers to calculate, then revealed a smile.

[Skull Mountain]!

Based on the experience of previous lives, at this point in time, Patriarch Nether Whisper, who was still struggling to survive in the [Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm] in this life, should be breaking out soon!

“It’s time to add bricks and tiles to my talent!”

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