Chapter 583: Yangming Zhenren: I will help you, what are you going to do?
Lu Changsheng did not immediately extract the Demon-Breaking Calamity-Crossing Pill from the system space.
After the Golden-Winged Roc rested for ten days, they continued their journey.
As they traversed the border, Lu Changsheng keenly noticed that there were many more induction arrays, restrictions, and patrolling cultivators along the way.
However, the border was vast, making a complete blockade impossible.
Moreover, the patrolling cultivators could only inspect low-level cultivators and small groups; they would have difficulty detecting well-prepared Foundation Establishment cultivators or Core Formation True Persons.
“These arrays, restrictions, and patrolling cultivators should be from the Heavenly Sword Sect and the Four Great Immortal Sects.”
“It seems that not only are the Liang and Yue kingdoms at war, but the situation between the Jiang and Jin kingdoms is also becoming tense.”
Lu Changsheng mused to himself, sensing an undercurrent of activity.
However, this was normal.
If not for the battle at the Heavenly Yuan Secret Realm eighteen years ago, and the Xuanjian True Lord repelling the Heavenly Corpse Sect Master and the Five Poison Sect Master fifty-nine years ago, the Jiang and Jin kingdoms would have likely already gone to war.
Moreover, these were just the conflicts between the two kingdoms that he knew about.
Over the years, the Jin and Jiang kingdoms had probably engaged in many secret contests.
“Now that the Jiang kingdom is opening up the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range with the entire nation, it would be strange if the Jin kingdom didn’t make a move.”
“Furthermore, according to previous information, the Liang kingdom might be engaging in distant alliances and close attacks, using the Jin kingdom to restrain the Jiang kingdom.”
Lu Changsheng murmured to himself, thinking of the Supreme Elder of the Yin-Nether Ghost Sect.
Fifteen years ago, there were rumors that this person was in secluded cultivation to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, with a significant probability of success.
So many years had passed without any related news, and it was unknown whether he had succeeded.
If this old ghost successfully broke through, and the Jin kingdom had another Nascent Soul True Lord, it would likely stir up trouble.
“If this old ghost hasn’t broken through, then I’ll take Quan Zhen to the Yin-Nether Ghost Sect again.”
Previously, Lu Changsheng had demanded compensation from the Yin-Nether Ghost Sect and left directly.
But his son’s feud with Ghost Devil True Person had not been completely settled.
He planned to wait until Lu Quanzhen broke through to Core Formation and let him resolve the grudge himself as his first battle after Core Formation!
Of course, if the Supreme Elder of the Yin-Nether Ghost Sect had broken through to Nascent Soul, then they would talk about it later.
As they continued their journey, Lu Changsheng suddenly sensed a sharp Core Formation spiritual pressure aura flying towards him.
“Hmm?”
Lu Changsheng frowned slightly and immediately activated his magic power, casting the divine ability—Inverted Yin-Yang Glazed Wall!
A layer of Yin-Yang glazed light shone, covering him and the Golden-Winged Roc, and then the Yin and Yang were inverted, and the aura of the man and the roc disappeared, as if they had vanished into the world.
Before long, Lu Changsheng saw a mature and beautiful woman in her thirties, with an elegant face and slightly disheveled dress, flying towards the Jiang kingdom on a sword light.
Behind her, a hideous and terrifying Yaksha Flying Corpse was chasing relentlessly.
The woman was strong enough to not fear this Flying Corpse.
But behind, there was also a rolling gray-black corpse aura, filled with a decaying and foul odor.
On the gray-black corpse aura stood a gaunt strong man with a pale green face and a hunched old woman holding a crutch.
“Heavenly Sword Sect, Flying Snow Sword, Lan Ruoxue, Little Qin’s master.”
“Those two should be Heavenly Corpse Sect cultivators.”
As a Core Formation True Person of the Jiang kingdom and the master of Great Dream Immortal City, Lu Changsheng now had a general understanding of the Core Formation cultivators of the Jiang kingdom.
He recognized the mature and beautiful woman as Lan Ruoxue, a Core Formation cultivator of the Heavenly Sword Sect, and his daughter-in-law, Qin Yi, was the latter’s registered disciple.
However, after Qin Yi passed the Sword Gate Pass test and became a true disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, it seemed like she had become a full disciple?
As for the two people on the rolling corpse aura, Lu Changsheng did not recognize them.
But through the third-order Corpse Demon and their magical aura, he guessed that they were Core Formation True Persons from the Heavenly Corpse Sect of the Jin kingdom.
“This True Person Lan should be able to escape. Should I intervene?”
Lu Changsheng could see that Lan Ruoxue still had energy to spare; as long as she escaped to the border of the Jiang kingdom, someone would meet her.
If he intervened, the news would reach the ears of the Jiang kingdom and the higher-ups of the Jin kingdom, which might bring unnecessary trouble to his trip to the Jin kingdom.
“No, that’s not right. As a righteous loose cultivator like me, Yangming True Person, what’s wrong with disliking demonic cultivators?”
“Moreover, the more Jin kingdom Core Formation cultivators I suppress, the smaller the possibility of the Jiang and Jin kingdoms breaking out into conflict, which can be delayed by a few years.”
Lu Changsheng thought to himself, deciding to take action.
In any case, he was also a Jiang kingdom cultivator.
In the current tense situation, if he suppressed two Core Formation True Persons from the Heavenly Corpse Sect, it would be a significant blow to the Jin kingdom.
As for the consequences, if it really didn’t work out, he would just go home through the Myriad Dust Banner later.
The wealth of two Core Formation True Persons would be enough for a return ticket.
Once he decided, he acted. In order to quickly end the battle and display the power of his persona as Yangming True Person, the Nine Treasures Ruyi Bone on Lu Changsheng’s chest suddenly exploded, with runes intertwined.
“Boom!”
Core Formation Seventh Layer!
Core Formation Eighth Layer!
Core Formation Ninth Layer!
Lu Changsheng’s cultivation aura rose steadily. In his Qi Sea Dantian, the Yin-Yang Great Dao Golden Core trembled, emitting a radiant glow.
“Who! ?”
“Who is it!”
In an instant, Lan Ruoxue and the two demonic Core Formation cultivators felt a tremor in their hearts and suddenly looked up.
Above the clouds, a golden roc, as if cast in gold, was perched, emitting a terrifying and awe-inspiring aura of self-supremacy.
On the roc’s back, a middle-aged man with a refined and heroic face stood with his hands behind his back.
He wore a black brocade robe, and his figure was tall and slender. Just one look at him gave them a sense of a master with a dignified and stable presence like a high mountain, and a vast and boundless presence like an abyss.
However, in the next moment, they felt a majestic and abundant magic power from the clouds.
“Rumble!”
It was as if thunder was rolling in the sky. A hundred-foot-tall hand, intertwined with Yin and Yang and with distinct textures, appeared at some point and pressed down towards the two demonic cultivators, overwhelming the sky and covering the earth.
“Not good!”
The two demonic cultivators both realized that something was wrong, and they shouted, whether quickly or slowly, and their Core Formation-level magic power surged.
From the rolling black mist beneath the strong man’s feet, a bronze coffin rose into the sky, and a third-order Corpse Demon walked out, roaring and howling, like ghosts crying and wolves howling.
The old woman shook her crutch, chanted incantations, and the surrounding black mist swept out, forming black evil blades, cutting through the air and forming a hurricane torrent.
The Flying Corpse fighting with Lan Ruoxue also roared up to the sky, with waves of sound that stirred up a fierce gale.
This terrifying and astonishing power all bombarded the Yin-Yang One Qi Great Capture.
However, the two people’s expressions shook, and their faces were filled with shock.
They saw that the Yin-Yang One Qi Great Capture ignored their divine abilities and corpse demons, and its power did not diminish as it pressed down.
A sense of bewilderment flowed through the two people’s minds.
What the hell is this! ?
Immediately afterwards.
“Escape!”
There was only one thought in the two people’s minds.
Escape quickly, it’s impossible to resist!
But at this moment, the five fingers of the Yin-Yang Great Handprint slightly bent, as if disturbing the void, making the surrounding air somewhat distorted, forming a chaotic aura that enveloped the two people.
The main effect of the Yin-Yang One Qi Great Capture is to capture and confine!
In an instant, the two people felt boundless power approaching.
They were Core Formation cultivators, one at the fifth level and one at the sixth level, but they were captured and confined by this power, and no matter how their magic power surged, it was difficult to break free.
“Who is this person! ? When did the Jiang kingdom produce such a Core Formation cultivator, possessing such terrifying divine abilities!”
The two people’s throats were dry, and they both saw shock, despair, and panic in each other’s eyes.
Since breaking through to Core Formation, they had not had this feeling for a long time.
But now, facing Lu Changsheng’s Yin-Yang One Qi Great Capture, there was an unspeakable feeling of despair and powerlessness in their hearts.
“This this this who is this person! ?”
Not only them, but Lan Ruoxue, who was not far away, also looked terrified and frightened when she saw the boundless power of the Yin-Yang One Qi Great Capture.
It was too amazing!
She had only seen such majestic magic power and divine might on the Absolute Sword True Lord, who was about to break through to Nascent Soul.
“Ah! ! !”
“Break it for me!”
The strong man and the old woman roared up to the sky, and their Core Formation-level magic power roared and surged, trying to struggle to break free.
But in the next moment.
“Buzz!”
The Yin-Yang One Qi Great Capture suddenly closed and squeezed gently, and it seemed that the crisp sound of bones and flesh bursting could be heard.
“Ah!”
“Senior, spare me, Senior, spare me!”
The two people wailed in pain and immediately begged Lu Changsheng for mercy.
Although a scholar can be killed but not humiliated, and as Core Formation True Persons, they should have dignity and pride.
But dignity cannot be eaten.
They had cultivated to this level with great difficulty, and they were unwilling to die easily.
“Yin-Yang divine ability, third-order golden roc, you are Yangming True Person! Yangming Senior, spare me, my Heavenly Corpse Sect has never offended Senior!”
At this time, the old woman saw the Golden-Winged Roc under Lu Changsheng’s feet, as if she remembered something, and exclaimed in surprise.
“Yangming True Person! ?”
When Lan Ruoxue heard this, she also looked at Lu Changsheng with a suspicious expression.
Although the matter of Yangming True Person blocking the door of the Yin-Nether Ghost Sect in his early years was only spread among the higher-ups of the Jin kingdom.
But as a Core Formation cultivator of the Heavenly Sword Sect, tasked with venturing to the Jin Kingdom to investigate information, she had heard of this Yangming Zhenren.
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According to Heavenly Sword Sect intelligence, this Yangming Zhenren had even appeared in the Jiang Kingdom and the Myriad Beast Mountains in his early years.
The early years saw a disturbance among the demon kings in the Myriad Beast Mountains, almost triggering a beast tide, which was likely caused by this Yangming Zhenren.
She didn’t expect to encounter this elusive Yangming Zhenren here, and that he would even lend her a helping hand.
Lu Changsheng didn’t pay attention to their pleas for mercy, lightly raising his palm. Yin and Yang circulated, and the clearly textured handprint instantly transformed into rolling mist, enveloping and submerging the two.
Subsequently, the Formless Treasure Wheel appeared in his palm, opening the Formless Realm and suppressing the two people and their corpses inside.
“Thank you, Senior, for your help!”
Seeing the battle resolved so quickly, Lan Ruoxue suppressed the shock in her heart and respectfully bowed.
Although she was also a Core Formation cultivator,
she could tell from the power of Lu Changsheng’s divine abilities that she was not on the same level as him at all, so she directly addressed him as “Senior.”
“Although I dislike this group of demonic brats in the Jin Kingdom, now that I’ve helped you and solved your problem, how do you plan to repay me?”
Lu Changsheng, dressed in a black Daoist robe, with a calm demeanor, looked at Lan Ruoxue and said indifferently.
His current persona should be both righteous and evil; it’s impossible for him to have goodwill towards the Heavenly Sword Sect for no reason.
So, under these circumstances, it’s normal to ask for some reward for helping someone, right?
Moreover, even sages say that one should seek repayment for kindness.
Otherwise, who in the world would be willing to show kindness and help others in the long run?
“Repay…”
Lan Ruoxue’s heart suddenly skipped a beat upon hearing this.
Although the Yangming Zhenren before her had taken action against the Yin-Yang Ghost Sect and the Heavenly Corpse Sect cultivators, it didn’t mean that he was some righteous cultivator.
If he had any ill intentions towards her, she would have no power to resist in front of him.
Just as she gritted her teeth, preparing to take off her storage bag, Lu Changsheng’s voice sounded again: “Do you have any Jade Marrow Gold Ganoderma?”
Lan Ruoxue was taken aback and said, “Senior, Jade Marrow Gold Ganoderma is the main ingredient for refining the Core Condensation Pill. It is very rare, and I don’t have such a spiritual herb.”
After saying that, she pondered slightly and cupped her hands, saying, “If Senior needs Jade Marrow Gold Ganoderma, I can apply to the sect to see if we can trade one for Senior.”
Giving Lu Changsheng Jade Marrow Gold Ganoderma wasn’t just to repay him for saving her life.
She also wanted to take this opportunity to get to know this Yangming Zhenren and understand his background.
If she could befriend and win over such a top-tier Core Formation cultivator, it would be well worth the cost of a Jade Marrow Gold Ganoderma.
“Apply to the sect?”
Lu Changsheng narrowed his eyes, naturally guessing the other party’s intentions.
It would be fine to meet with a Core Formation cultivator from the Heavenly Sword Sect, but he would definitely not enter the Heavenly Sword Sect or directly face the Nascent Soul True Lord of the Heavenly Sword Sect.
But now he urgently needed Core Condensation Pills.
If he could obtain a Jade Marrow Gold Ganoderma, he would almost have gathered a set of materials for refining Core Condensation Pills, and he could ask Hong Lian to start the furnace, or wait for himself to draw another wave of skills and raise his alchemy to the third rank.
“In that case, give me a token, and when I have time, I will come to the Heavenly Sword Sect to find you.”
Lu Changsheng pondered slightly, feeling that he could use this woman as a bridge to connect with the Heavenly Sword Sect.
In the future, if he encountered any situations or had any needs, he could also contact the other party through the persona of Yangming Zhenren.
“This is my token. I will be waiting for Senior’s arrival at any time.”
Lan Ruoxue took out a token from her storage bag and flew it to Lu Changsheng with her magic power.
“Good.”
Lu Changsheng put away the token and didn’t look at her again. Under his feet, the Golden-Winged Roc suddenly stirred up a violent gale and disappeared.
“Huff…”
Seeing Lu Changsheng leave, Lan Ruoxue took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, feeling as if she was in a dream.
“Peak Core Formation, late-stage Rank 3 demon king…”
Recalling the power of Lu Changsheng’s divine ability just now, which suppressed two Core Formation Zhenren and two Rank 3 Corpse Kings with one move, she was still shocked.
If this person joined forces with his spiritual pet, perhaps no one could suppress him unless a Nascent Soul True Lord took action.
“The Yin-Yang Ghost Sect actually provoked such a terrifying existence…”
Lan Ruoxue’s thoughts surged for a moment, and she continued to drive her sword light back, thinking of reporting this matter.
After Lu Changsheng rode the Golden-Winged Roc for hundreds of miles, he signaled it to find a place to stop and rest for a few days, and by the way, to deal with the two captives.
“As expected, pretending to be cool comes at a price. If I had directly used the Yin-Yang Diagram and punched them a few times up close, why would I have wasted so much magic power?”
Feeling the slight soreness in his meridians and dantian, Lu Changsheng sighed inwardly.
The best choice in the battle just now should have been to use the dual suppression of the Yin-Yang One Qi Great Capturing Hand and the Yin-Yang Diagram to seal off the world.
Then, he and the Golden-Winged Roc would engage in close combat and quickly end the battle.
But unfortunately, he chose a pretentious fighting style.
Fortunately, he now had a late-stage Rank 3 physique, and using this kind of burst had little impact and few aftereffects.
As long as he didn’t use his full strength within ten and a half months, he would almost recover.
Releasing the two demonic cultivators from the Formless Realm, Lu Changsheng immediately used the Nine Treasures Wishful Bone’s sealing divine light to imprison the magic power in the two people’s dantians, and then used the Six Desires Heart Demon Art to understand some intelligence information from their mouths.
However, both of them were mid-stage Core Formation cultivators, and even if Lu Changsheng wanted to obtain news from them, it was somewhat difficult and very strenuous.
After a moment, Lu Changsheng determined that the two were Core Formation Zhenren from the Heavenly Corpse Sect.
The reason for chasing Lan Ruoxue was that the Heavenly Corpse Sect had discovered the hidden agent in the Jiang Kingdom.
Then, they set up an ambush through the hidden agent, waiting for the people from the Heavenly Sword Sect to come, and finally waited for Lan Ruoxue.
“It seems that not only do other countries plant hidden agents in the Jiang Kingdom, but the four immortal sects, led by the Heavenly Sword Sect, also plant hidden agents and cultivate forces in the Jin Kingdom, Yue Kingdom, and even Liang Kingdom.”
Lu Changsheng pondered in his heart, and then asked the two, has the Supreme Elder of the Yin-Yang Ghost Sect broken through to Nascent Soul? Did they know any news about the Seven Demonic Sects?
The two also did not know the situation of the Supreme Elder of the Yin-Yang Ghost Sect.
As for the Seven Demonic Sects, they only talked about the simple situation of the seven sects, and there was no mention of a Demonic Dao war.
“Huff!”
Lu Changsheng rubbed his somewhat swollen and painful brow, shot out two Soul-Suppressing Talismans, suppressed the two people’s souls and consciousness, and put them into the Formless Realm.
If he killed the two, the Heavenly Corpse Sect would immediately know, which might affect his trip to the Jin Kingdom, so it was better not to do so.
Although there was also a risk in doing so, the Heavenly Corpse Sect could infer the general situation and location through the two people’s soul lamps or sect tokens.
But Lu Changsheng possessed the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Imperial Lotus and had the family tree to suppress the secrets of heaven, so he was not afraid of divination and deduction at all.
“It’s a pity that the Heavenly Corpse Sect has a Nascent Soul True Lord sitting in town, otherwise, selling these two people to the Heavenly Corpse Sect could sell for two or three Core Condensation Pills.”
Lu Changsheng cleaned up the two people’s storage bags and storage rings.
He didn’t know if the two of them had spent all their resources on refining corpses or what, but they were very poor.
Apart from five Demonic Dao magic weapons, two Rank 3 Yin corpses, and seven Rank 2 Yin corpses, the other pills, talismans, and natural treasures were estimated to be worth only about a million spirit stones.
“Hmm, what is this! ?”
At this time, Lu Changsheng opened a jade box in the old woman’s storage ring and saw a section of withered and yellow vine root.
This root was somewhat similar to the Profound Heaven Spiritual Vine.
But the whole body was withered and yellow, and the vitality was渺茫, which was completely different from his own vibrant and Dao rhyme-flowing Profound Heaven Spiritual Vine.
But upon closer inspection, not only the appearance, but also the fine lines on this root seemed to be some kind of Dao pattern, revealing extraordinary things, at least it was some kind of vine wood close to Rank 4.
“Could it be a weakened version of the Profound Heaven Spiritual Vine?”
Lu Changsheng looked at it for a moment, put away this section of root vine, and planned to go back and ask Hong Lian if she recognized it.
After resting for a few more days, he went to the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Imperial Lotus to meet his wife Meng Xiaochun and his daughter Lu Mengchan, and relaxed his mind. Lu Changsheng continued to ride the Golden-Winged Roc and continued on his way.
Gradually approaching the border of the Jin Kingdom, it could be seen that there were also many sensing formations and restrictions in the Jin Kingdom.
It seemed that not only was the Jiang Kingdom worried about Jin Kingdom cultivators sneaking into the Jiang Kingdom, but the Jin Kingdom was also worried about Jiang Kingdom cultivators sneaking in.
However, Lu Changsheng signaled the Golden-Winged Roc to slow down. As long as he didn’t encounter top-tier Core Formation cultivators or Nascent Soul True Lords head-on, there would be basically no problem.
Half a month later, Lu Changsheng came to hundreds of miles outside the Five Poison Sect and activated his sensory talisman with Nangong Mili.