Chapter 771: Lu Changsheng: Master, why are you here?

Chapter 769: Lu Changsheng: Master… True Person, why are you here?

“Master!”

Qian Zhuyan immediately called out when he saw the figure clad in dark armor and holding a whip, his cold, hoarse voice filled with joy.

Lu Changsheng did not respond to Qian Zhuyan immediately.

Instead, his eyes were filled with surprise and doubt as he looked at the woman in front of him, who held a light gold magic sword and wore a colorful palace dress, her figure tall and graceful.

The woman in the colorful dress also looked at Lu Changsheng.

Her beautiful eyes, reflecting a faint rosy glow, were as full of surprise, doubt, and a hint of disbelief as Lu Changsheng’s.

“Hmm!?”

Even though the Land of Eternal Night was completely dark, Qian Zhuyan still noticed something amiss in the gazes of the two.

Did the Master know this female cultivator?

He examined her closely.

Her beautiful black hair was coiled up, adorned with a hairpin depicting a phoenix spreading its wings.

Her face, with its soft, curved lines, was like a piece of exquisite jade meticulously carved by the heavens, naturally perfect, exuding captivating beauty without any makeup.

Her beautiful eyes, filled with surprise, doubt, and disbelief, reflected a crystal-clear colorful glow, like the clouds reflected in the autumn waters of Dongting Lake, dreamlike and captivating.

These beautiful eyes alone were enough to be described as “stunning,” like the brightest stars in the night sky, making one feel as if a thousand years had passed with a single glance.

Furthermore, in addition to her natural beauty, she possessed an elegant nobility that could only be cultivated through a long period of high status and time.

Even in the darkness of the Land of Eternal Night, she was like a dazzling ray of colorful light.

So… just how many female cultivators did the Master know?

Although she had not followed Lu Changsheng for long.

She usually spent her time either sleeping or crafting and researching puppet techniques.

However, Qian Zhuyan had already noticed that her Master was a bit of a philanderer.

For example, in Great Dream Immortal City, there were Honglian, Ling Zixiao, Meng Xiaochuan, Bai Ling, and others.

When he went to Jin State, there were Ayuduo, Nangong Mili…

Upon arriving at the Starry Sea, he was infatuated with the Third Palace Master of the Goddess Palace.

Not long ago, when he was poisoned, he even forcibly had relations with a Nascent Soul female cultivator with a natural alluring charm, causing her to watch erotica for a whole day.

Now, being drawn into this mysterious place, he seemed to know this stunning woman in front of him…

For a moment, the eerie green soul fire in Qian Zhuyan’s eye sockets seemed to hold a hint of resentment.

“True Person Shi, how could you be here?”

Lu Changsheng looked at the woman in the colorful dress in front of him and asked in great surprise.

This woman in the colorful dress was none other than True Person Caiyun—Yun Wanshang—who had traveled out in her early years to seek opportunities for breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

According to Xiao Xiyue and Chu Qingyi, True Person Caiyun had gone out traveling more than forty years ago and had not been heard from since. Even the Azure Cloud Sect couldn’t contact her, suspecting that something had happened.

He hadn’t expected to meet Yun Wanshang in the Land of Eternal Night.

“Lu Changsheng?”

Hearing Lu Changsheng speak, Yun Wanshang finally dared to confirm that the handsome man in armor in front of her was indeed Lu Changsheng.

Even though she had recognized Lu Changsheng just now, she still didn’t dare to be certain.

Firstly, a top-tier puppet like Qian Zhuyan, which possessed independent consciousness, actually called Lu Changsheng “Master.”

Wasn’t the other party a Nascent Soul cultivator?

Secondly, after more than forty years, Lu Changsheng’s cultivation had improved, his physique had broken through to the fourth stage, and his Chaos Body had undergone a complete transformation from the inside out, causing his appearance and temperament to be even higher than in his early years.

Even in the Land of Eternal Night, where Lu Changsheng’s vital energy, magic power, and divine sense were suppressed, his appearance and temperament were still outstanding, like a banished immortal.

“Yes, it’s me. I heard from True Person Xiyue and Qingyi… that you went out traveling to seek opportunities for breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.”

Although Old Ancestor Lu had killed several Nascent Soul True Monarchs and broken through to that realm.

He still held a certain respect and special affection for this True Person Caiyun in front of him.

Whether it was the shock of meeting True Person Caiyun for the first time, given her identity as a Core Formation True Person, or their subsequent interactions, or even her identity as the master of Xiao Xiyue and Chu Qingyi.

“It’s a long story. How did you end up in the Land of Eternal Night?”

Yun Wanshang was still a bit dazed, unable to believe that the person in front of her was Lu Changsheng.

Although there was no daylight in the Land of Eternal Night, according to her calculations, only about twenty years should have passed, right?

Including the time she had spent traveling before, it had been a total of over forty years, less than fifty years.

In less than fifty years, Lu Changsheng had broken through to the Nascent Soul stage?

How was that possible!

Could it be that the flow of time in this realm was different from the outside world, and hundreds of years had already passed outside?

Thinking that Lu Changsheng had broken through to the Nascent Soul stage earlier than her, a complex emotion couldn’t help but surge within Yun Wanshang.

After all, when she first met him, he was just a small cultivator at the fourth level of Qi Refining.

“I encountered a ghost ship in the Starry Sea, and then I was swept in here.”

Lu Changsheng explained briefly, then looked at Qian Zhuyan beside him and introduced him, “Xiaoyan, this is True Person Caiyun, the master of my wife.”

“How did you two get into a conflict?”

Lu Changsheng asked Qian Zhuyan, realizing that the ‘middle-upper’ hexagram he had cast earlier, which indicated meeting an old acquaintance, didn’t just refer to Qian Zhuyan, but also Yun Wanshang.

“Earlier, I was teleported to these deep mountains and saw that you, Master, and Golden Peng were not here, so I searched around. Then I saw the ground light surging here and met this True Person Caiyun.”

Qian Zhuyan said in a gloomy and hoarse voice.

Although half of her soul had transformed into a puppet spirit and she didn’t have many emotional responses, she instinctively felt that the relationship between her Master and this woman was not so simple.

“So that’s how it is.”

Lu Changsheng nodded and immediately said to Yun Wanshang, “True Person, this is Qian Zhuyan, my capable friend. Due to certain reasons, he is currently residing in a puppet. There might have been some misunderstanding just now.”

Although they hadn’t seen each other for more than forty years and he was no longer the same as before, Lu Changsheng’s tone was still sincere.

“It was all a misunderstanding. When I saw this fellow Daoist just now, I thought I had encountered a terrifying creature.”

Yun Wanshang was not an unreasonable person and bowed to Qian Zhuyan to express her apology.

Furthermore, during their brief exchange earlier, she had already realized that she was not Qian Zhuyan’s opponent, and if they continued to fight, she would have chosen to retreat.

She just hadn’t expected that such an existence would call Lu Changsheng “Master.”

Immediately, the two sides turned their conflict into friendship and sat down to rest and talk.

“Ghost ship?”

Yun Wanshang was amazed to hear about Lu Changsheng’s process of entering the Land of Eternal Night. She said that she had come to the Starry Sea through a teleportation array.

However, before she could understand the situation, she encountered a vast expanse of gray-black mist and then arrived here.

Now it seemed that the gray-black mist at that time was likely the ghost ship that Lu Changsheng had encountered.

“True Person, you’ve been in the Land of Eternal Night for so long, do you know how to get out?”

Lu Changsheng was slightly taken aback when he heard that Yun Wanshang had been here for twenty years and asked.

“I do.”

Yun Wanshang nodded gently.

“How do I get out?”

Lu Changsheng’s spirit immediately lifted, and his expression was hopeful.

When Chu Qingyi’s son was born earlier, he had wanted to go home and visit.

But he was afraid of attracting misfortune, so he hadn’t returned.

Now that he had fallen into this Land of Eternal Night, he desperately wanted to go back and see his son with Chu Qingyi, as well as Yina’s daughter.

“Daylight.”

Yun Wanshang slightly raised her head, her beautiful eyes gazing at the dark, boundless night sky, and her red lips parted slightly, saying, “You should know that there will be daylight passing through the Land of Eternal Night every once in a while.”

“According to records and legends, as long as you seize the opportunity the moment the daylight appears, you can leave here through the daylight.”

“It’s just that achieving this step is too difficult, too difficult. Only Nascent Soul True Monarchs who have mastered the power of space can do it.”

Yun Wanshang sighed.

Although she had recovered some of her magic power, she was still far from being able to leave the Land of Eternal Night.

She could only slowly accumulate magic power by cultivating the Daybreak Strength and enhancing her physical body, hoping for a large ray of daylight to appear so that she could leave this realm.

However, after speaking, a flicker of hope suddenly surged in her heart when she saw Lu Changsheng in front of her.

If Lu Changsheng had already broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, perhaps he could take her out of here.

“Leave through the daylight?”

Lu Changsheng knew that daylight was a special phenomenon in this realm.

Once daylight descended, it was very likely that treasures would appear and auspicious lands would be born.

Of course, it was also possible that people or beasts would fall into this realm.

Now, hearing Yun Wanshang’s words, this kind of daylight was very likely a kind of spatial rift.

“True Person, doesn’t this realm suppress vital energy, magic power, and divine sense? Without vital energy, magic power, and divine sense, how can we leave?”

Lu Changsheng asked with some confusion.

Although he was not a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

His Chaos Body possessed the effect of [Ethereal Body], which allowed him to barely grasp the power of space.

With full power, and with the help of the Misty Banner, he was enough to rival many Nascent Soul cultivators.

But the problem was that his vital energy and magic power were suppressed now.

He was only able to take out a few things from his storage ring by relying on the little magic power provided by his children and descendants at home.

“After entering the Land of Eternal Night, magic power and divine abilities are lost, but this situation is not without a solution. You can use some secret techniques and rare spiritual products of this realm to gradually adapt your physical body and recover some magic power.”

Yun Wanshang had been in the Land of Eternal Night for many years and had even become a city lord, so she naturally knew many secrets.

And how to leave this realm was something every foreign cultivator cared about.

After speaking, she asked with some surprise, “How long have you been in the Land of Eternal Night?”

Seeing that Lu Changsheng was not only wearing armor and holding a top-tier magic treasure, but also carrying three puppets, she subconsciously felt that the latter had been in the Land of Eternal Night for a certain period of time and had taken them out from his storage ring after recovering his magic power.

But having been in the Land of Eternal Night for so long, he shouldn’t be unaware of these things.

“About three months.”

Lu Changsheng said frankly.

“Three months?”

Yun Wanshang was stunned and very surprised.

When she first fell into the Land of Eternal Night, she had to cultivate the Daybreak Strength and possess a certain level of strength before she could slowly search for natural treasures and recover some magic power.

Lu Changsheng had only been in the Land of Eternal Night for three months and had already reached this point?

Or perhaps, the other party had landed next to some natural treasure?

“What’s wrong?”

Lu Changsheng was a little puzzled by Yun Wanshang’s surprised expression.

“You recovered your magic power after being in the Land of Eternal Night for three months?”

Yun Wanshang said in disbelief.

“No, I just have a special physique that allows me to awaken some of the suppressed magic power.”

Lu Changsheng immediately knew that Yun Wanshang had misunderstood and explained with a smile, then continued to ask her about recovering magic power.

If he could recover his magic power, he was confident that he could leave.

“Physique?”

Yun Wanshang had speculated in her early years that Lu Changsheng might possess some kind of peerless Dao Body.

Hearing this now, she didn’t doubt it.

After all, the fact that she could recover so much magic power, in addition to relying on the Daybreak Strength and spiritual products, was also related to her Jade Phoenix Marrow Body.

Thinking of her Jade Phoenix Marrow Body, she looked at Lu Changsheng’s handsome face in front of her, and her heart suddenly fluttered.

Then she lightly pursed her red lips, suppressing the flutter, and said, “There is no specific type of such rare spiritual object; you need to see it to know if it’s useful. I came out this time because I heard that there was daylight appearing here, which might produce such a rare spiritual object.”

“If you don’t mind, we can travel together from now on. We can split the gains equally, or you can take seventy percent and I can take thirty percent.”

Although Yun Wanshang was very disgusted and unhappy with Lu Changsheng’s promiscuous behavior.

However, the two of them knew each other well and had a level of trust that far exceeded that of ordinary people.

“Of course I don’t mind.”

Lu Changsheng readily agreed.

Not to mention that the two of them knew each other well and had a close relationship.

Even if it was a cultivator he didn’t know, Lu Changsheng was willing to cooperate now to understand the situation in the Land of Eternal Night through the other party.

Furthermore, in addition to Qian Zhuyan, he also needed to find the Golden Winged Great Peng.

If he could get help from a force in the Land of Eternal Night, it would be much easier to find Golden Peng.

Moreover, the Six Paths Demonic Concubine was also in this realm.

Now that his cultivation and magic power were suppressed, if he could get Yun Wanshang’s help, he would have a better chance of dealing with this Demonic Concubine if he encountered her.

“Hmm, Xiyue… how is she doing now?”

Yun Wanshang looked at Lu Changsheng in front of her and asked.

When she first went out traveling, she hadn’t planned to be away for so long. She just encountered an accident and then fell into this realm. She was also very concerned about the Azure Cloud Sect and her disciples Chu Qingyi and Xiao Xiyue.

“Xiyue is doing very well and has already broken through to the Core Formation stage.”

When Lu Changsheng heard about Xiao Xiyue, a wave of longing also surged in his heart.

When he went to the Azure Cloud Sect to visit Xiao Xiyue earlier, he learned from the Azure Cloud Sect Master that she had gone to the war in Yue State.

So many years had passed now, and he didn’t know how the war was going or if Xiyue had encountered any danger.

Hearing that her disciple Xiao Xiyue had broken through to the Core Formation stage, Yun Wanshang’s expression was delighted and relieved. She also asked about the situation of the Azure Cloud Sect.

“True Person, you may not know this since you’ve been traveling, but Liang State launched a war against Yue State earlier. Currently, the Liang-Yue war is in a stalemate, and Yuan State is infiltrating Wu State. Therefore, the Heavenly Sword Sect has summoned the Core Formation cultivators from the four major immortal sects to help Yue State relieve the pressure…”

Lu Changsheng told her about the current situation in Jiang State and the Azure Cloud Sect.

“Liang-Yue War.”

As a high-level member of the Azure Cloud Sect, Yun Wanshang had anticipated that a war would break out when she left, but she hadn’t expected the fighting to be so intense.

Thinking of this, she suddenly asked, “Lu Changsheng, now that the war between Jiang State and Yue State is fierce, why are you in the Starry Sea?”

If Lu Changsheng had broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, he should have been able to influence the war situation at this time. Why would he inexplicably appear in the Land of Eternal Night?

“Like True Person, after cultivating to the peak of Core Formation, I had a vague feeling that my opportunity to break through to the Nascent Soul stage was in the Starry Sea.”

Lu Changsheng said frankly, without concealing his cultivation status.

On the one hand, Yun Wanshang already knew about his breakthrough to the Core Formation stage.

On the other hand, both of them had fallen into this realm and had to work together to leave.

In this situation, he definitely couldn’t be secretive and had to show some strength and means.

“Peak of Core Formation? You haven’t broken through to the Nascent Soul stage?”

Yun Wanshang was stunned.

Although it was very impressive for Lu Changsheng to cultivate to the peak of Core Formation at his age, it was still much more normal compared to breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

After all, a Nascent Soul cultivator over a hundred years old could not be found in the entire history of cultivation in Jiang State.

Even looking at the entire Southern Wasteland cultivation world, such individuals were rare and belonged to the realm of legendary cultivators, worthy of being recorded in history.

“Yes, I haven’t.”

Lu Changsheng looked at Yun Wanshang’s expression and smiled, knowing that the latter had thought he had broken through to the Nascent Soul stage.

But thinking about it, it was normal.

He not only had a fourth-stage puppet like Qian Zhuyan, but also held a spiritual treasure and carried three top-tier third-stage puppets.

Hearing that Lu Changsheng had not yet broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, Yun Wanshang breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little disappointed.

According to legends, only Nascent Soul cultivators who had mastered the power of space could leave.

Now that Lu Changsheng had not broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, the difficulty for the two of them to leave had increased significantly.

“True Person, don’t worry, I have some opportunities. As long as I can recover my magic power, I will have a way to leave this realm!”

Now that he knew how to leave, Lu Changsheng was confident in leaving the Land of Eternal Night.

“Mmm.”

Yun Wanshang looked at Lu Changsheng’s confident eyebrows and lightly responded, continuing to tell him about the situation in the Land of Eternal Night.

Although Lu Changsheng knew a lot about the Land of Eternal Night from Yuan Yi’an and others, their understanding was limited, far less than Yun Wanshang’s.

“By the way, True Person, have you noticed any daylight appearing or a golden peng bird around two months ago? I was swept into this place by the ghost ship this time, along with one of my spirit pets.”

At this time, Lu Changsheng asked Yun Wanshang.

Since Golden Peng had fallen into this realm, he definitely had to find it.

Furthermore, as a true spirit-level demon king, the Golden Winged Great Peng possessed extreme speed in the world. If he found it, not only would it increase his combat power, but it might also help him escape from here.

“Two months ago, daylight, golden peng bird?”

Yun Wanshang thought for a moment and then shook her head, saying that she needed to go back and ask.

As a city lord, she rarely went out unless there were treasures appearing with the daylight.

The two of them talked like old friends who hadn’t seen each other for many years.

Although Lu Changsheng had said at Caiyun Peak that he would one day reach the peak of Azure Cloud and embrace Caiyun, which caused their relationship to be a bit awkward, they didn’t mention this matter when they met after decades.

After a long time, the two of them got up and, accompanied by Qian Zhuyan, the three puppets, and Yun Wanshang’s golden armored guards, searched for spiritual objects in the deep mountains.