Chapter 93: Do I Not Look Like a Good Person?

“Hmph!”

Entering the [Hall of Yama] again, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak’s face became increasingly ugly. His body of earth and stone continuously shook off sand and gravel, as if it would collapse in the next second.

“Forcing me to this point.”

The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak exhaled deeply, swallowing many emotions. The “Great Dao Diagram of Yin and Yang” manifested by borrowing Qi in the air also fell back into the space between his brows.

The next second, he opened and closed his lips, exhaling like thunder:

“Geng Metal is the Grand White of Heaven, carrying killing intent yet sturdy and vigorous. Vigorous and obtaining Water, the Qi flows and clears; sturdy and obtaining Fire, the Qi is pure and sharp… This is called Shangzhang!”

The heavenly sound was loud and clear, shaking the universe in an instant. Lu Yang looked up at the sky. His vision was filled with boundless golden light, brilliant and intense, hard to look at directly. Only by probing with spiritual sense could he vaguely see a mighty and majestic fierce tiger, body white in color, sitting on the mountain and occupying the ridge, staring straight at him.

“Roar!”

With a tiger roar, rolling wind and sand fell from the sky. Formless and substanceless, yet heavy as ten thousand catties, like millions of blades slashing instantly onto the [Hall of Yama]!

Outside Skull Mountain, Daoist Great Fortune raised his eyebrows upon seeing this: “It is actually [Sitting Mountain Lord]. For the Heavenly Stem, he cultivated [Shangzhang].”

“It seems that old monster Chen Taihe was truly pushed to the limit. Having hidden his Dao Path for so many years without revealing it, he finally accidentally leaked his foundation!”

Cultivators are considered to truly enter the Dao only after Foundation Establishment. After that comes the long road to proving the Golden Core Dao Fruit. However, heaven and earth have their numbers, and so do Dao Fruits. Each Golden Core Dao Fruit is unique, and the ‘Dao Path’ leading to the Dao Fruit is the same. Once leaked, others can immediately guess it.

Therefore, for cultivators, their own Dao Path is a top secret.

Otherwise, if known by others, the opponent can make targeted arrangements to obstruct your Dao Path. Even worse, if there is already a Perfected Lord on the Dao Fruit the Dao Path points to… The Shaman-Ghost Dao was a lesson from the past.

However, on the other hand, the ‘Dao Path’ itself is also a sharp weapon for Foundation Establishment Perfected Ones in combat, simply because it is achieved by the Perfected One gathering Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.

Heaven is the Stem (Gan); Earth is the Branch (Zhi).

Where Stem and Branch intersect lies the true fruit of the Golden Core.

To complete a ‘Dao Path,’ one needs to gather ten Heavenly Stems and twelve Earthly Branches, taking Yin and Yang from each, totaling four types of Great Medicines.

Obtaining one of the four medicines means the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment. Obtaining three means the Late Stage. With all four medicines complete, it is the Perfection of Foundation Establishment; the Great Dao is accomplished, and one can seek the Golden Core Fruit.

“[Sitting Mountain Lord] belongs to [Shangzhang] among the ten Heavenly Stems. And with a Dao Path starting with [Shangzhang]… It seems the Dao Fruit Chen Taihe intends to prove is nothing more than one of these six: [Wayside Earth], [Jeweled Hairpin Gold], [Ancient Pine & Cypress], [Pomegranate Wood], [White Wax Gold], or [Wall-Top Earth]!”

Daoist Great Fortune’s gaze burned as he calculated silently in his heart.

Just then, a patch of moist water vapor suddenly came from between heaven and earth, accompanied by the sound of surging waves. Finally, it transformed into a red mermaid.

It had a human face and sounded like a mandarin duck. With a flick of its tail in the air, it turned the void into ocean waves, crashing boomingly onto the [Hall of Yama], causing the entire hall to shake violently, almost disintegrating. The Yin Soldiers and Ghost Generals guarding the [Hall of Yama] scattered in large swathes.

“It is [Red Rú Scale]!”

Daoist Great Fortune immediately reached a conclusion upon seeing this: “‘Shen Metal is sturdy and meets the Moon Branch; Water and Earth find longevity in this palace’… For the Earthly Branch, he seeks [Tuntan]?”

“Shangzhang, Tuntan… His intent is on the [Pomegranate Wood] Dao Fruit!”

Boom!

Just then, with a loud noise, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak finally broke through the Hall of Yama again. Riding the Red Rú with a human face and fish body, he instantly disappeared from the spot.

However, his expression at this moment was ashen to the extreme.

“Damn it! Damn it!”

Although his intent was on [Pomegranate Wood], he had always hidden it very well, not revealing his foundation, to avoid being known by those Perfected Ones who chose the same Dao Path as him.

But now everything was exposed. All cultivators in the world seeking [Pomegranate Wood] would henceforth regard him as a thorn in their eye and flesh. If they were ahead of him on the Dao Path, it would be fine. The most fearful thing was if they were also at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment like him—that would truly be an enemy with whom he could not coexist.

Thinking of this, killing intent surged in the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak’s heart.

Meanwhile, Lu Yang also revealed his figure, sighing helplessly: “Falsely holding Foundation Establishment is still a bit short compared to true Foundation Establishment.”

Besides that, the gap between Foundation Establishment cultivators also startled Lu Yang a bit.

One must know that he was dealing with the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak—whose strength wasn’t even one-tenth of his peak due to the Golden Core Sword Qi—while in his prime state. Describing it as beating a drowning dog wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

Even so, he surprisingly hadn’t killed the opponent.

He thought the outcome was set, but the [Sitting Mountain Lord] and [Red Rú Scale] suddenly displayed by the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak truly opened Lu Yang’s eyes.

“But I can’t just let him escape like this.”

With a thought, the fragmented Hall of Yama expanded again. The gates opened and closed, intending to recapture the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak who had just fled far away.

This was the wondrous use of the [Hall of Yama].

Within the eight hundred miles of Skull Mountain, no soul could escape its capture. If the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak had a physical body, capturing him might have been very troublesome.

But remaining only as a soul?

Catches every time!

Boom!

The sound of the gates opening and closing was like exploding thunder rolling through the sky. Seeing this, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak immediately turned back, his face revealing an indescribable look of humiliation.

The next second, he didn’t hesitate to point his fingers together and slash.

Rip—!

A sharp explosion sounded from the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak’s soul. Subsequently, amidst flying fire and flowing electricity, his soul actually split into two just like that!

Lu Yang was stunned seeing this: “This is… Severing Thoughts to See Self Silkworm Secret?”

But thinking about it, it made sense. The Severing Thoughts to See Self Silkworm Secret was a Great Divine Ability mastered by Chen Xin’an. It was very normal for his father, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak, to know it.

After the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak split in two, one part threw itself towards the [Hall of Yama] without turning back, actually using its body as a shield to block Lu Yang’s pursuit. Meanwhile, his true body rode the large human-faced fish transformed from [Red Rú Scale], escaping the boundary of the eight-hundred-mile Skull Mountain in a few flashes.

“Severing the tail to survive? So decisive, worthy of being a Saint Sect Perfected One…”

Lu Yang frowned slightly, but his actions weren’t sluggish. Circulating the Hall of Yama, he suppressed directly downwards, happily accepting that Divided Spirit of the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak which had thrown itself into the net.

Immediately after, he collected it into the Myriad Spirits Banner.

Refining it instantly!

“Pfft!”

The next second, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak, who had just escaped with his life and planned to cast a spell to recall his Divided Spirit, suddenly spat out a mouthful of soul essence, looking back with resentment.

Lu Yang didn’t care at all. He landed back on the head seat of the [Hall of Yama] and pinched a hand seal with one hand. The earth veins of the eight-hundred-mile Skull Mountain immediately urged rolling Yin Qi to surge over. Like sweet dew pouring down, wherever it passed, the scars on the [Hall of Yama] disappeared. It looked like it would be as good as new in a few months at most!

This was also the superiority of the [Hall of Yama].

Because falsely holding Foundation Establishment was based on the Skull Mountain earth veins, with the nourishment of the earth veins, the recovery speed of injuries was much faster than ordinary Foundation Establishment.

Compared to him, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak was miserable.

First, his physical body was destroyed, then he fought a great battle with Lu Yang, damaging his Dao Foundation and splitting his soul. It would be impossible to recover without thirty or forty years.

“The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak is a Saint Sect Perfected One after all. Killing him won’t bring me any good… Beating him to heavy injuries and that finger from earlier can be considered collecting interest.”

Wait until I truly break through to Foundation Establishment, then I’ll settle the total account with him!

Thinking of this, Lu Yang calmed down. Backed by the [Hall of Yama], he looked coldly at the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak and Daoist Great Fortune outside Skull Mountain.

However, he soon discovered that Daoist Great Fortune’s expression wasn’t right.

He looked solemn, gazing up at the sky, completely unlike the calm and composed demeanor Lu Yang had seen before. Between his furrowed brows, intense hatred was even revealed.

Someone is coming?

The next second, Lu Yang saw a mass of rosy light rolling through the sky from the horizon. Wherever it passed, it illuminated colorful clouds, reflecting a heroic man clad in armor and holding a sharp weapon.

The man’s appearance wasn’t handsome, yet he possessed a certain bearing. His brows flew high; although middle-aged in appearance, he carried the sharpness of a youth. A streak of Profound Light shot up from the crown of his head—it was the manifestation of his ‘Dao Path.’ Moreover, without any concealment, the four types of Great Medicines within the Profound Light were clearly visible.

“Chong Guang…!!!”

Daoist Great Fortune gritted his teeth. The opponent was his greatest rival within the Saint Sect, simply because the [Overturned Lamp Fire] he wished to prove was once Daoist Great Fortune’s Dao Fruit.

The hatred of contending for the Dao cannot be shared under the same sky!

However, what angered him even more was that with the passage of time, he had long fallen from the Dao Fruit, and in a real fight, he was actually not the opponent of this junior before him.

“…Hmph!”

With a cold snort, Daoist Great Fortune disappeared directly from the spot, clearly unwilling to see the other party. And the heroic man in the sky similarly ignored him.

His gaze fell, first sweeping over the wretched Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak, then looking at Lu Yang, revealing a trace of a satisfied smile.

The next second, a voice sounded in Lu Yang’s ear:

“May I ask Fellow Daoist, which Perfected One of my Saint Sect has returned from reincarnation?”

Lu Yang: “…”

No, why does everyone think I am a Saint Sect disciple? Do I not look like a good person?

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