Chapter 367: Moon Worship Sacred Pool

Long Yue finally submitted.

After all, the reason she could be tough in front of Lu Yang before was ultimately due to her stature as a Great Perfected One, which held absolute suppressive power over him.

However, things were different now.

Although only for an instant, Lu Yang had displayed the aura of a Great Perfected One. He was considered to be in the same realm as her, and being in the same realm was a different story.

Sword cultivators were almost invincible in the same realm!

At least against a small sect like the Myriad Poison Cult, they were definitely invincible. Even if Long Yue believed her cultivation attainment was higher, she only had a few degrees of certainty in preserving her life.

“Fellow Daoist, please.”

Long Yue voluntarily stepped aside and also dispersed the Myriad Poison Cult’s Mountain Protection Array, allowing Lu Yang to ride a streak of sword light and drive straight into its depths.

Just entering the Myriad Poison Cult, Lu Yang immediately spread his divine sense, scanning every inch of the Myriad Poison Cult’s mountain gate unscrupulously. This made the Myriad Poison Cult elders look extremely gloomy, as if their beloved goddess had been defiled. They wished they could rush up and fight Lu Yang to the death.

“What is Fellow Daoist looking for?”

Long Yue flew over on a streak of light, her expression calm… There was one thing Lu Yang wasn’t wrong about— the Myriad Poison Cult indeed had sent people to abduct commoners in Jiangnan.

However, that wasn’t them acting on their own initiative.

Instead, someone inside the Sword Pavilion actively invited them, using those commoners as materials for testing Gu, in exchange for some spiritual materials and medicines unique to the Southern Frontier.

This business had been going on for over a hundred years.

Otherwise, with the Myriad Poison Cult’s strength, they wished they could just stay holed up in the Southern Frontier, as far away from the Sword Pavilion as possible. How could they deliberately go to Jiangnan to trouble the Sword Pavilion?

That being said, Long Yue dared not mention this well-known transaction. After all, she had heard of Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon’s style even in the Myriad Poison Cult. He wasn’t on the same path as other Sword Pavilion Perfected Ones. She could only silently swallow the humiliation in her heart and let Lu Yang investigate wantonly.

Just like this, a long time passed.

Seeing Lu Yang becoming increasingly excessive, searching surface buildings and not even sparing the underground, Long Yue finally couldn’t hold back and suppressed her voice:

“Has Fellow Daoist investigated enough?”

“Of course not!”

Lu Yang looked indifferent. Pressing down his sword light, he walked directly into the Cult Leader’s residence of the Myriad Poison Cult, inside a grand hall: “Fellow Daoist Long Yue, please have a private talk with me.”

Hearing this, Long Yue’s expression changed instantly.

Could it be… exposed?

As a cultivator outside the four major powers, her achievement of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage naturally relied on some methods. The biggest reliance among them was her physique.

Its name was [Kan Li Dao Marvel Jade Body].

This physique possessed the marvels of both water and fire, cold outside and hot inside, extremely suitable for raising Gu worms. After she advanced to a Great Perfected One, she developed it to the extreme.

However, on the other hand, this physique was also very suitable for dual cultivation, most capable of nourishing cultivators who had established Metal Element Dao Foundations, especially the sword cultivators of the Sword Pavilion.

The saying “Water and fire temper the sharp edge” referred to this principle. If a sword cultivator’s Sword Foundation was nourished by her physique, it would be enough to gain an extra thirty percent of sharpness out of thin air.

This had always been her secret.

After all, with such a superior physique, once exposed, given the Sword Pavilion’s style, they would inevitably demand her surrender and make her a furnace cauldron for refining swords for their own sect.

Thinking of this, Long Yue’s pretty face became increasingly icy.

In the end… still can’t escape!

That being said, she dared not refuse. Firstly, because of Lu Yang’s strength. Secondly, because the Myriad Poison Cult’s grand plan had reached a critical moment.

Lack of forbearance in small matters upsets great plans.

As long as the [Myriad Tribulation Gu] is refined, I can use it to achieve Foundation Establishment Perfection. At that time, I can repay the humiliation suffered today a hundredfold!

Just tolerate him for a moment; treat it as being bitten by a dog…

With this thought, a resolute expression appeared on Long Yue’s face. Then, under the gaze of the Myriad Poison Cult members behind her whose eyes were splitting with rage, she walked into the grand hall.

Boom!

The palace doors closed heavily.

“Come here.”

Sitting unceremoniously on the main seat, Lu Yang looked at Long Yue who followed closely behind: “I like initiative. Fellow Daoist had better speak up actively.”

Hearing this, Long Yue’s face became even uglier.

Still want her to take the initiative? Bullying people too much!

However, Long Yue quickly reacted. After all, she was a Great Perfected One, not a stupid person. It was just that her thoughts were chaotic, causing her to lose her composure momentarily.

Wait… could it be this person’s target isn’t me?

Did he learn about the existence of the [Myriad Tribulation Gu] from Long Wu and Hui Gu? Impossible. How easy is it to soul search a Foundation Establishment Perfected One…

Thinking of this, Long Yue felt somewhat helpless. The [Myriad Tribulation Gu] was where her Dao path lay, and it was the supreme treasure on which the entire Myriad Poison Cult placed high hopes. It was absolutely impossible to let others take it away. To put it bluntly, compared to the [Myriad Tribulation Gu], it would be better if Lu Yang really wanted her body!

Long Yue just remained silent for a moment.

However, on the other side, Lu Yang, who was constantly monitoring the changes in her expression, narrowed his eyes. Although his face remained motionless, doubts surfaced in his heart:

This reaction… isn’t quite right.

Although my target for this trip is [Xin Metal], on the surface, as a sword cultivator, I have no use for this item. This woman shouldn’t be so cautious.

Why is she hesitating?

Ultimately, based on common sense, the Myriad Poison Cult has nothing worth my demand. She should act openly and aboveboard, cooperating with my investigation.

Thinking of this, a conclusion naturally emerged:

Unless… besides [Xin Metal], there are other good things in this Myriad Poison Cult that make her feel that even with my current cultivation, I would definitely become greedy?

Didn’t expect an unexpected harvest!

Lu Yang had already spawned eight hundred thoughts here when Long Yue just sorted out her thoughts and whispered, “Long Yue doesn’t know what Fellow Daoist wants me to say?”

Lu Yang pondered for a moment upon hearing this, then raised his eyebrows and chuckled lightly:

“Naturally, it’s that Moon Worship Pool of yours.”

“…That is merely a secret realm of this Cult, used to condense Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends. It shouldn’t be of much use to a sword cultivator of Fellow Daoist’s cultivation, right?”

Long Yue’s tone was very calm, showing no joy or anger.

Lu Yang nodded upon seeing this, deliberately showing a look of mockery on his face: “This humble one is fond of admiring the moon and has admired your Cult’s Moon Worship Pool for a long time.”

“Why doesn’t Fellow Daoist lead me there for a tour?”

“I promise, just look from outside, won’t go in.”

“This…”

What kind of person was Lu Yang? Long Yue only wavered for an instant, showing a bit of hesitation, and he captured it precisely, reaching a conclusion:

Whether it’s [Xin Metal] or the hidden good stuff, they are all inside that Moon Worship Pool!

Thinking of this, he had another thought.

[Divining Luck Drawing Lots]!

[Event: Explore the hidden opportunity and secrets of the Myriad Poison Cult.]

[Great Ominous: Your dominance and arrogance finally angered Perfected One Long Yue. She would rather destroy the divine object herself than hand it over to you. She also exhausted the entire strength of the Myriad Poison Cult and fought you to a mutual destruction. Although you won in the end, you ended up with severe injuries for nothing.]

[Small Ominous: You paid the price of severe injuries and obtained the “Xin Metal,” but still missed the supreme treasure.]

[End Auspice: You used both hard and soft tactics, first managing to stabilize Perfected One Long Yue until the “Xin Metal” was in hand before turning hostile. Whether you can obtain the divine object still has variables.]

“…”

With this lot fortune, the luck Lu Yang extracted from the entire [Divine Martial Sect] was almost exhausted. The result, however, surprised him quite a bit.

This Myriad Poison Cult really has some tricks!

After all, with the combat power of his clone, Long Yue could actually fight him to a mutual destruction. It showed that even a small sect should absolutely not be underestimated.

After all, the Shaman Ghost Dao could produce a Patriarch Nether Whisper…

With this thought, Lu Yang drew the [End Auspice] lot fortune, planning to see how things went. If things were truly impossible, he wouldn’t force them recklessly.

However, in the next second—

Rumble!

A violent tremor came from underground at the Myriad Poison Cult’s mountain gate. It couldn’t be concealed at all, causing the originally somewhat composed Long Yue to lose color in her pretty face.

Lu Yang looked over, only to see her expression looking both shocked and joyful.

Shocked naturally because Lu Yang saw the clues.

As for joyful, it was because…

The [Myriad Tribulation Gu]… was actually refined at this time and has emerged!?

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