Chapter 368: This Gu Has a Karmic Affinity with My Sword Pavilion!
Almost at the same time the earthquake occurred, Lu Yang lowered his eyelids and opened his true eye, piercing through the earth’s crust and gazing towards the source of the vibration from afar.
Numerous rock layers couldn’t block his line of sight.
The first thing that entered his view was an array operating slowly, shrouding the area to sever heavenly secrets and obscure karma, with extremely profound and complex changes within.
It wasn’t that he hadn’t scanned this area with his divine sense just now, but he had found nothing. If not for this earthquake causing the originally smoothly operating and perfectly connected array to suffer a slight misalignment, he probably would still be kept in the dark, unable to discover the thing right before his eyes!
Indeed, good stuff…
Lu Yang’s heart moved slightly. His gaze continued to extend, quickly passing through the gradually failing array and seeing the scene hidden within.
—It was a liquid pool.
Moon-white magnificent light flowed in the pool. Lu Yang recognized it almost at a glance: it was the Essence of Taiyin, the Origin of Eight Stones, [Xin Metal].
However, this was merely an embellishment.
As a Heavenly Spirit, the value of [Xin Metal] was unquestionable. Yet at this moment, all its profundities were overshadowed by a single point of golden light in the pool.
Like a crane standing among chickens.
Lu Yang’s gaze fell on that point of golden light. Instantly, he felt as if his divine sense was burning, like staring directly at the sun in the sky with mortal eyes!
[Tribulation Wave]!
With a thought from Lu Yang, under the enhancement of the [Insight] divine wonder, his mind cleared and spirit steadied, finally dispersing the burning sensation of his divine sense and allowing him to see the scene clearly.
It was a silkworm.
Its color was pure gold, like a spark of fire. However, once delving into it, what met the eyes was a boundless prairie fire.
This golden silkworm, seemingly only the size of a finger, was actually covered in complex and dense patterns. Moreover, its light, color, and form changed every second. Each pattern symbolized a type of Gu worm, and the refinement of each Gu worm was a miracle between life and death. Now, they were all stacked together.
In the next second, information naturally surfaced in Lu Yang’s mind:
[Myriad Tribulation Gu]!
After losing the protection of the array, the heavenly secrets of this Gu worm could no longer be concealed. Lu Yang just pinched his fingers to calculate and immediately understood the origin and background of this item.
This is the supreme Gu worm of the Myriad Poison Cult.
[Myriad Tribulation Gu] is just a pseudonym used to cover up heavenly secrets. Its true name is [Myriad Tribulation Indestructible Gilded Silkworm]!
Since the founding of the sect, it has been strictly guarded and never leaked. Cultivated by generations of cultivators, it has finally been bred and emerged today…
As for its function, it was also simple—breakthrough.
This silkworm was a supreme treasure specifically used to break through to Foundation Establishment Perfection! Just this one item could increase the chance of Foundation Establishment Perfection by a full thirty percent!
At Foundation Establishment Late Stage, a Perfected One needs to undergo the [Heavenly Thunder Tribulation], being struck by heavenly thunder to reforge the Dao Foundation.
However, the Three Disasters of Wind, Fire, and Thunder end at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
Logically speaking, this step is the limit of heaven and earth. Even the [Heavenly Thunder Tribulation] hurdle faintly carries a hint of warning.
Warning the cultivator— You can only go this far, no further up.
If a cultivator insists on having their own way and continues to pursue Foundation Establishment Perfection, what they attract will no longer be the Three Disasters, but the Great Tribulation named [Five Decays of Heaven and Man]!
Five Divine Abilities gathered together, intolerable by heaven and earth.
Hence the [Five Decays of Heaven and Man], causing the true body to accumulate filth, the Dao Foundation to be stained with dust, Divine Abilities to wither, spiritual power to fail to recover, and inner demons to breed, until complete perish!
Only by passing this hurdle can one reach Foundation Establishment Perfection.
Only then is there hope to condense Golden Nature, build a Blessed Land, and ascend to seek a Golden Core.
If one fails to pass, they become a pile of yellow earth.
If heaven and earth still had some tolerance for cultivators before, then the [Five Decays of Heaven and Man] is true divine punishment, an extermination method full of killing intent!
So Foundation Establishment Perfection isn’t something that can be falsely held simply by having one more Divine Ability.
So far, only the Dao Court could falsely hold Foundation Establishment Perfection. And even in the Dao Court, the [Official Position] for Foundation Establishment Perfection was cherished to the extreme.
From this, one could see the preciousness of Foundation Establishment Perfection.
By the same logic, how precious a rare treasure capable of helping someone break through to Foundation Establishment Perfection was… needless to say. Thinking of this, magnificent light suddenly burst from Lu Yang’s eyes.
[Myriad Tribulation Indestructible Gilded Silkworm]!
The function of this Gu worm was to help one survive the [Five Decays of Heaven and Man]!
Once this worm is refined, it can only be used once. It can form a golden cocoon for the Gu owner. While the Gu owner is inside, all their states will be locked by the golden cocoon.
Even the [Five Decays of Heaven and Man] can hardly affect it.
In this way, the Gu owner can patiently wait out the [Five Decays of Heaven and Man] inside the golden cocoon, then break out of the cocoon after the tribulation passes, and success is achieved!
Undoubtedly, this was an irresistible temptation for any Great Perfected One.
But Lu Yang held back.
Facing the suddenly emerged [Myriad Tribulation Indestructible Gilded Silkworm], he remained as steady as Mount Tai. He only frowned slightly on his face, then smiled disdainfully:
“I wondered what it was.”
“Covered so tightly, I thought it was a superior spiritual sword… turns out it’s just such an external object. Small sects are just like this, having little knowledge.”
His words were filled with extreme contempt.
However, after hearing these words, Long Yue actually breathed a sigh of relief. The Divine Ability she had poised to unleash the moment Lu Yang made a move also slowed down.
He doesn’t want it.
That’s a supreme treasure to help one reach Foundation Establishment Perfection… he actually doesn’t want it? But it’s good that he really didn’t snatch it. His arrogance is actually a good thing for me.
That being said, Long Yue still couldn’t help but sneer in her heart.
So what if it’s an external object?
In this world, realm ultimately reigned supreme. Even if relying on external objects made one slightly weaker than others in the same realm, beating lower realms was still a sure hit every time!
On the surface, however, she put on an ingratiating smile and said, “Fellow Daoist makes fun of us.” Then she beckoned to the air, impatiently collecting the [Myriad Tribulation Indestructible Gilded Silkworm]. Seeing that Lu Yang didn’t stop her from beginning to end, she finally felt relieved.
They are the Righteous Path after all…
Long Yue felt she had some misunderstandings about the Sword Pavilion. She thought they were birds of a feather with the Saint Sect, but now it seemed there were differences.
In the next second, Lu Yang spoke—
“This pool of [Emperor’s Fluid] is quite nice.”
His gaze was bright, showing some interest: “I intend to refine a spiritual sword and need a Heavenly Spirit. I wonder if Fellow Daoist is willing to part with it?”
“Why would I be unwilling?”
Having saved the [Myriad Tribulation Indestructible Gilded Silkworm], Long Yue naturally didn’t care about mere [Xin Metal]. She waved her delicate hand immediately: “Fellow Daoist, just take it!”
“Many thanks.”
Lu Yang smiled faintly, then reached out taking the pool of [Emperor’s Fluid] into his hand. Closing his five fingers, he instantly refined it into a ray of light and Qi.
[Xin Metal]!
Without any hesitation, Lu Yang directly collected this [Xin Metal] into his sea of consciousness. Then, following the same pattern, he transmitted it directly to his main body via the dharma body connection.
Seeing this, Lu Yang’s main body instantly showed excitement.
With this item, my Immortal Spirit main body can gather three Divine Abilities and reach Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Perfection. Adding [Law Upholder], I am also a Great Perfected One!
Although there was only one [Law Upholder] and it couldn’t enhance both the clone and main body simultaneously, as long as used well, it could completely display the effect of two Great Perfected Ones.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang’s expression changed instantly.
Southern Frontier, inside the Myriad Poison Cult.
Lu Yang’s consciousness returned to the incarnation. He lowered his eyelids, concealing the expression on his face… with only one Great Perfected One, the Myriad Poison Cult was a dragon’s pool and tiger’s den for me.
But with two Great Perfected Ones?
[Myriad Tribulation Indestructible Gilded Silkworm]… this Gu is destined for my Sword Pavilion!
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