Chapter 568: Shadow Sect, the Pure Land of Immortal Lotus!
High in the sky, the winds howled fiercely.
Lu Changsheng piloted a quasi-third-tier spirit boat, carrying his wife and daughter, chatting and laughing as they flew towards Bihu Mountain.
Several days later, the three of them left the Dammeng Marsh area and arrived at a continuous stretch of mountains.
“Is it finally time to make a move?”
Lu Changsheng narrowed his eyes slightly.
Through the Taiyi Divine Soul, he could clearly see wisps of faint black gas lingering ten miles away from him.
These black gases were slowly gathering towards him, seemingly trying to surround him.
Lu Changsheng remained calm.
From the moment he released the Rift Sea Whale in Dammeng Marsh and saw his daughter Lu Wangshu, he had noticed a divine sense mark on her body.
This mark was extremely subtle.
If he didn’t possess the Taiyi Divine Soul, even a common early-stage Core Formation cultivator would have difficulty detecting it.
Therefore, Lu Changsheng decided to play along, taking his wife and daughter on the spirit boat, leisurely leaving Dammeng Immortal City to see who was behind it.
Half an hour later.
“Who dares to block this True Person’s path?!”
Seeing that the person was preparing to attack, Lu Changsheng stopped the spirit boat and rebuked loudly, his vast Core Formation first layer mana spreading out.
“Hmm?”
Lu Miaoge and Lu Wangshu were both startled and looked around, but they didn’t see anyone.
“Heh heh heh, I didn’t expect that you could discover me just after breaking through to Core Formation, truly extraordinary?!”
A hoarse and deep voice echoed between heaven and earth.
Then, countless black clouds and mist rolled in from all directions without concealment, accompanied by piercing insect noises.
“Core Formation True Person?”
“Demonic cultivator?!”
Upon seeing this, Lu Miaoge and Lu Wangshu’s expressions changed drastically, realizing that they had been targeted.
The fact that this person dared to track them meant that he must possess extraordinary methods.
Moreover, judging from the voice and movements, he was likely a Demonic Rogue Cultivator!
“Found you!”
Upon hearing the voice, Lu Changsheng’s pupils swirled with yin and yang, erupting with two brilliant and dazzling golden divine lights.
He saw a black-robed figure hiding in the void, the Taiyi Divine Sense locking onto him.
This person indeed had some skills, his aura ethereal and uncertain, as if fused with the void.
If he hadn’t spoken and used his mana, even Lu Changsheng wouldn’t have been able to lock onto him immediately.
“Yin-Yang Diagram!”
“Yin-Yang One Qi Great Capturing Hand!”
With his wife and daughter by his side, Lu Changsheng went all out to end the battle quickly.
“Boom!”
Vast yin-yang mana, like clouds, soared into the sky.
A black and white intertwined ancient diagram flew towards the high heavens, like the sun and moon hanging in the sky, rising and falling, transforming into a hundred-zhang yin-yang divine diagram, sealing the heavens and earth.
“Boom boom boom——”
The sweeping black clouds and mist, under the illumination of the ancient diagram, instantly vanished like smoke, revealing the corpses of many tiny insects.
Immediately after.
From within the yin-yang intertwined ancient diagram, a tangible and colorless, clearly textured towering hand appeared, stirring up the wind and clouds, cutting off the path ahead, and pressing down towards the black-robed figure.
“Changsheng…”
Lu Miaoge and Lu Wangshu, seeing the methods of their husband and father, were both shocked.
They never expected that their husband and father would possess such divine power and mana.
Even though Lu Changsheng protected them with his mana, they still felt a sense of mental suppression, as if they couldn’t breathe.
“Who are you?!”
The black-robed figure in the void looked horrified, utterly dumbfounded.
Wasn’t this Lu Changsheng supposed to have just broken through to Core Formation?
Shouldn’t a cultivator who has just broken through to Core Formation not have fully formed divine abilities and magical treasures?
But what the hell is this!
And this majestic and vast mana aura, it has already far surpassed the early stage of Core Formation, even exceeding the middle stage of Core Formation!
He was bewildered and full of doubts.
But at this moment, he had no time to think, only one thought.
Escape!
If he didn’t escape, he felt that he would surely die!
“Blood Burning Escape Technique! Shadow Grand Art! Shadow Spike! Break for me!”
This black-robed figure only had a third-layer Core Formation cultivation, but by using a secret technique, his aura instantly rose to the middle stage of Core Formation.
However, faced with the suppression and confinement of the yin-yang ancient diagram and the Yin-Yang One Qi Great Capturing Hand, he still couldn’t break free.
He didn’t give up, throwing out several talismans, wanting to detonate his magical treasures and break open the blockade.
As long as he broke open the blockade, he could rely on his secret techniques to escape!
“Still want to self-detonate!”
Lu Changsheng saw through his plan at a glance and immediately snorted coldly.
In the sea of consciousness between his eyebrows, the Taiyi Divine Soul bloomed with golden divine light, as if casting countless invisible chains.
Six Desires Heart Demon Art—Six Senses Locking Heart!
“Puff!”
The black-robed figure swayed, suddenly spitting out blood, his mana, which had just risen, instantly receded, his aura weakened, and then he was tightly grasped by the yin-yang hand, unable to move half an inch.
“Who exactly are you?”
The black-robed figure woke up, looking at Lu Changsheng in front of him, his voice horrified.
The person in front of him could never be Lu Changsheng!
The latter had just broken through to Core Formation, how could he have such strength!
“You came to attack Lu, yet you don’t know who I am?”
Lu Changsheng said coldly, the Yin-Yang One Qi Great Capturing Hand gripping him tightly, unable to struggle no matter how he used his mana.
“You are the new City Lord of Dammeng Immortal City?!”
At this moment, a current surged through the black-robed figure’s mind, thinking that Lu Changsheng had become the Deputy City Lord of Dammeng Immortal City.
He thought that the other party realized something was wrong, so he had asked the new City Lord of Dammeng Immortal City to make a move.
The new City Lord of Dammeng Immortal City had previously suppressed True Person Wanhua with a raise of his hand and foot, his strength beyond doubt.
“Hmm?!”
Lu Changsheng was surprised.
He didn’t expect the other party to know his other identity.
This person must not be left alive!
With a thought, a glazed treasure wheel, like a burning sun, appeared in his mind, exuding a heavy aura of suppressing mountains and rivers.
“Hmph!”
The black-robed figure groaned, his bones shattered, and he passed out, suppressed by Lu Changsheng into the Formless Realm.
Then, Lu Changsheng lightly raised his palm, and the yin-yang ancient diagram bloomed with mysterious light, erasing all traces of battle and mana aura in this area.
“Go!”
After doing this, the Michen Banner appeared in Lu Changsheng’s hand.
Under the surprised, bewildered, and doubtful gazes of his wife Lu Miaoge and daughter Lu Wangshu, the Michen Banner bloomed with colorful light, transforming into a cloud of colorful mist, enveloping the three of them.
Then, it stirred up a ripple of water, teleporting towards Bihu Mountain.
The world spun, and space changed.
A ripple of space appeared on the summit of Biyun Peak.
Lu Changsheng and his family, enveloped by the Michen Banner, appeared.
Although Lu Miaoge had experienced the teleportation of the Michen Banner, she still felt somewhat uncomfortable.
Lu Wangshu was the same, her whole head dizzy, her qi and blood mana disordered.
However, seeing that she had appeared in Bihu Mountain in the blink of an eye, her already bewildered expression became even more bewildered, her face dumbfounded.
What’s going on?
Am I dreaming?
She rubbed her brow and then pinched her fair face.
It hurts, it’s not a dream.
At this time, her father also used mana to calm her tumbling qi and blood, telling her that it was not a dream.
“Dad, have you already broken through to the Nascent Soul…?”
Lu Wangshu looked at her father in front of her, and said blankly.
She knew that her father was very powerful, but this was too amazing!
Suddenly a Core Formation cultivator appeared.
As a result, he was suppressed by her dad in the blink of an eye.
She didn’t know how to describe this battle.
She only remembered the yin-yang divine diagram across the sky and the hundred-zhang towering hand!
It was simply too fierce!
But what surprised her the most was that her father directly brought her and her mother Lu Miaoge back to Bihu Mountain!
Only a Nascent Soul True Monarch could do this, right?
My dad is a Nascent Soul True Monarch!?
“? ? ?”
Lu Changsheng looked at his daughter, her eyes filled with surprise, admiration, and hope, and smiled, “What are you thinking? Your dad is still far from Nascent Soul.”
“Dad, you’re lying to your precious daughter again!”
“I remember the book said that only Nascent Soul True Monarchs can cross the void!”
Lu Wangshu’s head didn’t hurt anymore, her pink lips slightly pouting, indicating that she was not as easy to fool as she was when she was a child!
“This is just your father using a treasure to do it.”
Lu Changsheng tapped his daughter’s fair and radiant forehead and said with a smile.
But Lu Wangshu still didn’t believe it, thinking that her dad was lying to her again.
“Changsheng, what just happened?”
At this time, Lu Miaoge asked, not knowing why a Core Formation cultivator came to kill them.
However, she was also amazed by Lu Changsheng’s methods.
Or rather, she knew that Lu Changsheng was very strong, but she had never seen him really fight, and felt the Core Formation battle up close.
“I’m not sure either. I saw a divine sense mark on Wangshu’s body before, so I played along and brought you out of the Immortal City to lure the snake out of its hole.”
Lu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a low voice.
“Ah, me?”
Lu Wangshu’s pretty face froze, her pink lips slightly parted.
She didn’t expect that the target of this Core Formation cultivator was actually herself.
Usually, Core Formation cultivators are high above and rarely seen.
Many Foundation Establishment cultivators may never have seen a Core Formation True Person in their entire lives.
Why was she targeted by a Core Formation demonic cultivator when she was a child, and now she is being targeted by a Core Formation cultivator again?
“Well, this person’s methods are extraordinary. It’s normal that you didn’t notice.”
Lu Changsheng stroked his daughter’s black hair and said softly.
Although Lu Wangshu possesses many treasures and has extraordinary divine sense.
But it is too difficult for her, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, to be aware of a Core Formation cultivator hiding in the dark and tracking her.
“Dad, I haven’t done anything in the Immortal City these days, how could I be targeted by a Core Formation cultivator again?”
Lu Wangshu said, feeling somewhat innocent and frightened.
“It’s not necessarily related to you.”
Lu Changsheng suspected that this person was here for him.
After all, a clansman of his suddenly achieved Core Formation, clearly possessing some fortuitous encounter.
And seeing that he had only just broken through to Core Formation, with his supernatural powers and magical treasures still incomplete, it would be reasonable to try and seize his opportunity.
“Alright, you go and rest first, your father will go and see this person’s origin and purpose.”
Lu Changsheng patted his daughter’s head and said with a smile.
He spared the other party’s life, naturally wanting to see the person’s situation, and how they knew he was the new City Lord of Great Dream Immortal City.
Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge came to the Sumeru Grotto Heaven and released the black-robed figure from the Wuxiang Realm.
After cleaning out and confiscating his belongings, spirit pet bag, and storage ring, Lu Changsheng used the Six Desires Heart Demon Art on him.
“Who are you, where do you come from?”
Lu Changsheng’s Taiyi Divine Soul walked out from the sea of consciousness between his eyebrows, transforming into an invisible tentacle, grabbing the black-robed figure’s divine soul, and asking.
“I am called Partridge, I come from… from the Shadow Sect…”
Although this black-robed figure was only in the early stage of Core Formation, and even unconscious and weak, when faced with the Soul-Bewitching methods of the Six Desires Heart Demon Art, a look of struggle still appeared on his face.
“Shadow Sect?”
Lu Changsheng raised his eyebrows.
He had heard of this force.
It seemed to be a Demonic Dao sect from the ‘Yan Kingdom’.
Different from most sects and forces, this sect was quite special, mainly doing business in intelligence gathering, eavesdropping, and assassination.
The ‘Shadow Tower’ where Lu Changsheng inquired about his son Lu Quanzhen’s whereabouts in Jin State was a property under this Shadow Sect.
“Why are you in Jiang State, near Great Dream Immortal City?”
Lu Changsheng continued to ask.
“…”
The black-robed figure’s face twisted, and he did not answer.
Lu Changsheng took out a Soul-Disrupting Talisman and struck it between his eyebrows, further interfering, and continued to ask.
“Pfft!”
The black-robed figure stopped speaking, then his face turned pale, and he spat out blood.
Seeing this, Lu Changsheng knew that this matter involved the ‘Shadow Sect’s’ secrets, and there was a Divine Soul Restriction, making it impossible to reveal.
“Why did you attack Lu Wangshu and Lu Changsheng?”
Lu Changsheng changed the question.
“According to intelligence, Lu Changsheng is less than a hundred years old, and his rise is full of many doubts, he must have a great opportunity…”
The black-robed figure said with empty and lifeless eyes.
“As expected!”
Lu Changsheng said to himself upon hearing this.
This person was in Great Dream Immortal City for some reason.
Seeing his Core Formation, he became greedy.
But having no opportunity to attack him directly, he saw the lone Lu Wangshu, and left a divine sense mark on her.
As for the identity of the new City Lord of Great Dream City, it was purely a misunderstanding, a blind cat encountering a dead mouse.
Immediately, Lu Changsheng indirectly inquired about other information from the other party, including the Shadow Sect’s situation.
He learned that in addition to intelligence and assassination, this Shadow Sect was also involved in infiltration and subversion of other countries’ cultivators.
This person came to Jiang State, most likely for this purpose.
In addition to this, Lu Changsheng obtained shocking news: the Seven Demonic Sects, which once swept across most of the Southern Wilderness, may start another great war!
Many Demonic Dao forces are now in turmoil, preparing for this.
“This!”
Lu Changsheng was surprised, his expression moved.
Wars like the Reclamation War, or the battles between Liang and Yue, were still within his acceptable range.
Nascent Soul True Monarchs would not easily intervene, and he had the ability to protect his family.
But once a war like the Seven Demonic Sects, which swept across the entire Southern Wilderness cultivation world, broke out, those who had not reached Nascent Soul would be ants!
Even the early stage of Nascent Soul would not be enough!
After all, according to some records in ancient books, in that great war, more than dozens of Nascent Soul True Monarchs died, and the number of Core Formation True Persons was even more difficult to count.
In the end, the war was declared over only after the Demonic Witch Sect’s late-stage Nascent Soul ancestor was surrounded and killed by the Righteous Path.
The tragic degree can be imagined!
“Could it be that the war between Liang and Yue, and the current Reclamation War in Jiang State, are all preparing for this great calamity?”
Lu Changsheng pondered in his heart.
This person was only a Core Formation cultivator of the Shadow Sect, and he realized that the Seven Demonic Sects might start another great war.
And the Nascent Soul True Monarchs of top forces like Jiang, Yue, and Liang could not possibly be unaware.
It is very likely that they had already realized that the current situation was all in preparation for dealing with the great calamity, and to improve their strength as much as possible.
At this time, Lu Changsheng also thought of something from his early years.
The Immortal Lotus Sect’s envoy, True Monarch White Lotus, toured the Demonic Dao forces.
His daughter Nangong Yaoyao was even favored by the Immortal Lotus Sect’s True Monarch White Lotus and accepted as a disciple.
Although Nangong Mili and her daughter Nangong Yaoyao did not explain in detail, and it was unknown why the Immortal Lotus Sect came to the Five Poison Sect.
But a force like the Immortal Lotus Sect could not possibly come to the Five Poison Sect for no reason, it was likely that they were laying out a plan!
“It is estimated that the major Nascent Soul forces have already realized that something is wrong through these clues.”
At this moment, a sense of urgency also surged in Lu Changsheng’s heart.
If the Seven Demonic Sects calamity were to rise again, he must have a cultivation base and combat power above Nascent Soul in order to have a foothold!
“I also don’t know how Yaoyao is doing now.”
After flicking his fingers and killing the black-robed figure in front of him, Lu Changsheng thought of his well-behaved, sensible, and very likable daughter.
Counting the time, it has been more than ten years since the other party went to the Immortal Lotus Sect.
Although through the system information, this daughter has made rapid progress and has already broken through to the eighth level of Foundation Establishment.
But thinking that the other party was alone in such a Demonic Dao sect, Lu Changsheng couldn’t help but sigh.
He once comforted Nangong Mili, saying that he could visit his daughter in the future.
But he himself also knew that this day was far away.
Unless he breaks through to Nascent Soul, otherwise, he simply has no time.
He also does not dare to easily set foot in such a Demonic Sect territory.
Immortal Lotus Sect.
In a magnificent and beautiful palace filled with a sacred atmosphere.
“Being able to give the Immortal Bone to Miss Yaoyao is this little one’s blessing.”
Under the white jade steps of the main hall, a man with an androgynous and handsome appearance looked at the beautiful woman sitting cross-legged on the lotus throne, with a pious and obsessed expression, as if he were worshipping.
Between words, a magic sword appeared in his hand, and he was about to directly chop off the hand bone of his left hand, without the slightest hesitation, simply and neatly.
However, at this moment, a beautiful woman with bloodshot eyes, and an expression full of anxiety, worry, and tension rushed into the palace, shouting loudly: “Hao’er, don’t!”
She looked at the woman in a white lotus dress, wearing a white veil, as if bathing in the hazy holy light on the lotus throne, knelt down, and said in a trembling voice, begging: “Miss Yaoyao, no matter what Hao’er is, he is also a disciple of the White Lotus lineage.”
“If the Immortal Bone is cut off, then the foundation of the Dao will be completely destroyed, and the future will be reduced to a useless person! Miss Yaoyao, please, please let Hao’er go.”
This beautiful woman possessed a Core Formation cultivation base, but she was extremely respectful in the face of Nangong Yaoyao, who was in the Foundation Establishment stage.
However, before the beautiful woman on the lotus throne could speak, the androgynous man immediately stepped forward and said: “Mother, I am willing to give the Immortal Bone to Miss Yaoyao.”
After speaking, as if he had thought of something, he ignored the blood gurgling from his palm, and said with excitement: “Mother, if Miss Yaoyao refines the Immortal Bone, a rejection effect may occur.”
“You and I are flesh and blood, and our bloodlines are connected, why don’t you and I use our essence blood to irrigate this bone for Miss Yaoyao and help Miss Yaoyao refine it.”
Hearing this, the beautiful woman looked at her son’s fanatical appearance, her body trembled suddenly, as if struck by lightning.
Knowing that her son’s current situation was very wrong, a look of panic appeared on her face.
The mortal world is like hell, all beings are suffering… The Immortal Lotus descends, freeing people from the sea of suffering, and enjoying eternal happiness.
The Immortal Lotus Sect’s supreme technique - the Lotus Wonderful Method of Delivering the World, can open up a Pure Land.
Entering the Pure Land, one will no longer suffer in this life, and enjoy eternal happiness.
Even if one dies, their soul will return to the Pure Land, and enjoy infinite blessings!
“Immortal Lotus Pure Land, Nangong Yaoyao, I didn’t expect that you just at the Foundation Establishment stage, you opened up the Immortal Lotus Pure Land!”
“But you actually ferried my son into the Pure Land, I want to kill you! Kill you!”
The beautiful woman’s bloodshot eyes suddenly looked at the woman on the lotus throne, full of hatred and killing intent.
Then the Core Formation level mana aura surged, about to kill the woman on the high lotus throne.
“Mother!”
The androgynous man immediately stood in front of his mother, glaring angrily, believing that how could she attack Miss Yaoyao.
The corners of Nangong Yaoyao’s lips under the veil outlined an arc of cold sarcasm.
Then an invisible figure appeared, suddenly rushing towards the beautiful woman, blasting her whole person away.
“Yuji, you broke into my palace, questioned the Immortal Sect’s supernatural powers, and even wanted to kill me, what should be your punishment!”
At this time, Nangong Yaoyao, who was leaning back on the lotus platform with her legs crossed, slowly said.
Her voice was very pleasant, as if it was filled with an indescribable magic, enough to make countless people intoxicated, forgetting the restlessness and noise in their hearts.
But this voice fell into the beautiful woman’s ears, but it was like the bewitching voice of a demon, suffocating her whole person.