Chapter 83: Happy Cooperation
Inside the Cave Abode, as Lu Yang’s voice fell, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak seemed to truly take this audacious junior seriously and suddenly chuckled: “You are quite good. Interested in becoming my son-in-law?”
Lu Yang raised his eyebrows upon hearing this: “I recall Senior already has a son-in-law.”
“Zhao Xuhe’s Coiled Dragon inheritance was seized by you. I want the successor of Coiled Dragon to become my son-in-law. As for who that successor is, I don’t care.”
The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak didn’t care at all and smiled: “Your proposal is very interesting, but it also exposed your reality. It seems there is no Foundation Establishment Perfected One backing you. How about it? As long as you become my son-in-law, you and I will be family from now on. At that time, it’s not impossible for me to lend you a hand.”
Before his voice fell, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak waved his large hand.
Instantly, heaven spun and earth turned. Lu Yang found the surrounding environment suddenly changed. Overhead were the bright moon and starry sky—he had actually arrived at the summit of Heaven-Mending Peak!
“Qian’er, come out.”
As the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak spoke, Lu Yang saw a flash of spiritual light. A graceful woman walked out from the light, her appearance peerlessly beautiful, with a dot of cinnabar between her brows.
“Father, another one?”
The woman was originally somewhat languid, but upon seeing Yu Suzhen, she was stunned: “Father, although I don’t mind, a woman is still a bit…”
“You… I told you not to slack off usually. If you had mastered that Great Divine Ability of your father’s, how could you not see the tricks on this woman?” The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak looked at the woman helplessly. Then, with a turn of his Divine Sense, he directly projected the causes and consequences of the matter into the woman’s Sea of Consciousness.
Immediately after, he looked at Lu Yang again: “This is my daughter, Chen Shuqian, cultivating the Six Paths Phoenix Nirvana Art. You cultivate the Nine Transformations Dragon Art. You two are a match made in heaven.”
“If the two of you unite, Six and Nine combine into One, the effect is equivalent to a Foundation Establishment Treasure.”
Lu Yang didn’t answer immediately upon hearing this but fell into deep thought.
In all fairness, the condition proposed by the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak moved him greatly. At first glance, if he agreed, it would be an opportunity for both of them.
However, this was the Saint Sect.
How could an opportunity in the Saint Sect be without problems?
But in the end, he nodded readily: “Cooperation benefits both. Junior can agree to this matter, but we must wait until Junior charges at Foundation Establishment.”
“That is natural.” The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak laughed loudly: “After all, the higher your cultivation, the better the effect when cultivating with my daughter. Regarding Hong Yun, I can also help you once. Rest assured, with me obscuring the heavenly secrets for you, I guarantee his bait won’t catch anything this time!”
“…Then many thanks, Senior.”
Lu Yang cupped his hands: “Happy cooperation?”
The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak grinned: “Happy cooperation.”
As the voice fell, Lu Yang decisively withdrew his consciousness. Only after he left did the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak wave his hand, sending Yu Suzhen back to her Cave Abode.
As for everything that just happened, she naturally knew nothing.
The relevant memories were casually erased by the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak.
Only then did the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak’s daughter, Chen Shuqian, open her eyes and say softly: “Father, this person has wolfish ambition. Do we really want to cooperate with him?”
The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak also restrained his smile at this moment, sneering: “Wolfish ambition? Wolfish ambition is correct! Which Saint Sect disciple doesn’t have wolfish ambition? As for cooperation… I just said it casually to stabilize him first, lest he become a startled bird and flee to a place I cannot see.”
Chen Shuqian asked curiously upon hearing this: “So, Father doesn’t intend to help him?”
“No, I intend to help him.”
The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak shook his head: “Hong Yun’s current state isn’t good; otherwise, he wouldn’t need to fish for Qi destiny in the Saint Sect every so often.”
“If not for this, that guy Chong Guang wouldn’t dare covet the ‘Overturned Lamp Fire’.”
“Under these circumstances, I act to plot against Hong Yun once, making his fishing fail this time and causing a loss of Qi destiny. It happens to sell Chong Guang a favor.”
“Why not do it?”
“Moreover, if this person truly intends to use the art of Stealing Heaven’s Mystery to pull a bait-and-switch, I can use the Qi connection to find the location of his main body.”
“Since this person could block me on the great web of karma for a moment earlier, he definitely possesses stature. His material quality is dozens of times better than Zhao Xuhe. Once I find his main body and capture him, you can use the Heaven-Mending True Scripture to drain him dry. It can increase your Foundation Establishment probability by at least thirty percent!”
In his words, he seemed to already regard Lu Yang as fish meat on the chopping block.
Chen Shuqian seemed a bit worried: “But my brother is still in his hands…”
“Relax.” The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak said calmly: “As long as Xin’an appears in my vision, nothing will happen. Even if his soul scatters, I can reassemble it!”
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“The old thing definitely harbors no good intentions!”
Outside the Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm, Lu Yang opened his eyes, his gaze cold: “He definitely plots against me, wanting to find my main body to serve as material for his daughter.”
“As for Chen Xin’an, he isn’t insurance either.”
“After all, that is a Peak Master of the Saint Sect, an absolute standout even among Foundation Establishment Perfected Ones. Can such a person really care about kinship?”
Thinking of this, Lu Yang couldn’t help scratching his head.
This was too difficult. Compared to him, how on earth did others break through to Foundation Establishment?
It couldn’t be that they just casually accumulated one Great Divine Ability, one Foundation Establishment spiritual object, one Foundation Establishment secret technique, and then risked their lives to gamble on a thirty percent hope, right?
“Pity… Things having reached this stage, I can only gamble.”
Lu Yang shifted his gaze to the Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm before him. Although he was hiding very secretly now, one could imagine he couldn’t hide forever.
“Moreover, the art of Stealing Heaven’s Mystery was originally created by the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak. Once I activate it to drain Yu Suzhen dry, it is very likely he will trace the vine to the melon and find me. At that time, only by relying on the Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm will there be a glimmer of opportunity. Maybe I can even use the Golden Core Sword Qi to deal him a vicious blow…”
With the Golden Core Sword Qi present, the Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm was Lu Yang’s natural safe haven.
As long as he hid inside, even if he was discovered then, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak and Daoist Great Fortune might not dare to enter.
At that time, he could cultivate slowly inside the secret realm, gathering [The Mysterious Nether Lord-Commander of the Ghost Wardens], mastering the Severing Thoughts to See Self Silkworm Secret, and refining the Corpse Liberation Immortal stature.
At the very least, he could charge at Foundation Establishment with a sixty percent chance of winning!
As for the issue of the Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm being easy to enter but hard to leave, it naturally didn’t matter to him. As long as he could achieve Foundation Establishment, at worst, he would commit suicide and restart.
If he had to say, the Golden Core Sword Qi was an unstable time bomb.
After all, based on the experience of his previous life, this Golden Core Sword Qi would eventually slaughter the entire Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm. Lu Yang didn’t know the reason behind this.
“The answer to this question probably lies with the Nether Whisper Sect.”
Lu Yang recalled the Nether Whisper Sect Patriarch Statue he had seen before and pondered: “That Patriarch Nether Whisper is ninety percent likely a Foundation Establishment of the Shaman-Ghost Dao who survived.”
“Could it be that he did something that provoked the Golden Core Sword Qi to slaughter the secret realm?”
The more Lu Yang thought about it, the more solemn his expression became: “Looking at it this way, if I want to develop steadily inside the secret realm, I must solve the problem of the Nether Whisper Sect first. Otherwise, sooner or later, I will be killed by the Golden Core Sword Qi.”
Thinking of this, Lu Yang finally made a decision.
True body enters the secret realm!
Give it a gamble!
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