Chapter 887: Master, if someone helps you with your Nascent Soul, the price is

Chapter 883: Master, if someone helps you form a Nascent Soul, and the price is to become a concubine or a servant, would you be willing?

True Monarch Jue Jian instantly realized that True Monarch Yang Ming, who had gone to Beast God Mountain, was likely a fake body or an external avatar.

His true self had just ambushed True Monarch Qian Ren with True Monarch Cai Yun.

“Senior Brother might be in danger!”

Although the fake body or external avatar that went to Beast God Mountain must have been extraordinary, otherwise it wouldn’t have deceived True Monarch Jiu Ling and his senior brother.

But True Monarch Jue Jian didn’t believe that the opponent’s fake body also possessed combat power similar to their true body.

He immediately notified his senior brother, True Monarch Xuan Jian, of the news, lest the latter be unaware and fall into danger.

Immediately after.

“True Monarch Yang Ming has slain the Nascent Soul cultivator ‘True Monarch Qian Ren’ of the Seven Kill Sect in Yuan Kingdom at Huarong Immortal City! Now, everyone cast the ‘Swiftness Charm’ and activate the ‘Divine Travel Talisman’, advancing with full force towards Beast God Mountain!”

True Monarch Jue Jian issued the order, commanding the army to speed up, and the warships to operate at full power, attacking Beast God Mountain.

He wanted to reinforce his senior brother as quickly as possible.

“What? True Monarch Yang Ming killed True Monarch Qian Ren!?”

“Hiss, True Monarch Yang Ming actually killed another Nascent Soul True Monarch.”

“Including the previous True Monarch You Yue, True Monarch Tian Can, True Monarch Huang Quan, and True Monarch Fen Mo, there are now five Nascent Soul cultivators who have died at the hands of True Monarch Yang Ming.”

“Five Nascent Soul True Monarchs, ah…”

“Congratulations to True Monarch Yang Ming! Congratulations to Yue Kingdom! Congratulations to Jiang Kingdom!”

The cultivators of the Jiang-Yue army were shocked and excited when they heard True Monarch Jue Jian’s words, then they erupted in enthusiastic discussions and exclamations.

Although they were not clear about True Monarch Qian Ren’s cultivation and combat power,

they knew that five of the eight Nascent Soul cultivators from Liang Yuan had now been dealt with by True Monarch Yang Ming.

How could the remaining three stop their Jiang-Yue army?

Now, victory in the war was within reach!

The warships and spirit boats high in the sky roared and rumbled as they operated at full power, fueled by burning spirit stones.

Spells and talismans for swift travel and speed enhancement were cast upon the warships and spirit boats, forming azure hurricanes that boosted the army’s speed.

Hundreds of miles away from the Crimson Body Sect.

True Monarch Hun Yuan was also shocked when he received the information from Yun Wanshang.

After all, True Monarch Qian Ren’s whereabouts were incredibly mysterious.

No one knew where this Nascent Soul assassin was or when he would suddenly strike.

But now, Yun Wanshang had sent word that True Monarch Qian Ren had been slain by True Monarch Yang Ming.

“True Monarch Yang Ming didn’t go to Beast God Mountain? Instead, he ambushed True Monarch Qian Ren with True Monarch Cai Yun?”

True Monarch Hun Yuan was shocked by True Monarch Yang Ming’s methods and planning.

After all, it was one thing to keep it from them.

It was extremely difficult for True Monarch Yang Ming to deceive True Monarch Jiu Ling and True Monarch Qian Ren.

A Nascent Soul cultivator like True Monarch Qian Ren, who was skilled in assassination, had extremely keen intuition for danger.

Without a top-tier diviner to obscure heavenly secrets and blind spiritual senses, it would be easily seen through.

Moreover, if he didn’t go to Beast God Mountain, True Monarch Jiu Ling would definitely realize something was wrong and notify True Monarch Qian Ren.

“Alas, inviting this True Monarch Yang Ming, the City Lord of Great Dream City, I wonder if it’s a blessing or a curse…”

True Monarch Hun Yuan sighed inwardly.

He was extremely wary of True Monarch Yang Ming, who had repeatedly slain Nascent Soul cultivators.

With such strength, if he harbored ill intentions in the future and was adjacent to his Hunyuan Sect, his sect would have no power to resist.

“However, blessings and misfortunes are intertwined; it’s not entirely a bad thing.”

True Monarch Hun Yuan thought of his remaining hundred years of lifespan and felt that being adjacent to Jiang Kingdom, which True Monarch Yang Ming governed, was not entirely a bad thing.

If he failed to cultivate a third Nascent Soul cultivator, and he passed away, and True Monarch Yuan Qi couldn’t support the Hunyuan Sect, they could choose to become affiliated with Great Dream Immortal City, with True Monarch Yang Ming as a fallback.

“Could it be that True Monarch Yang Ming also understands the art of divination? And possesses a top-tier diviner?”

True Monarch Zi Guang’s expression was solemn, and he was extremely shocked by the news of True Monarch Yang Ming slaying True Monarch Qian Ren.

After all, unlike capturing and killing Saintess You Yue and True Monarch Tian Can, etc.

This was an ambush of an old Nascent Soul cultivator skilled in concealment and assassination.

If the other party had a way to know True Monarch Qian Ren’s whereabouts and ambush him,

then ambushing a Nascent Soul cultivator like himself would be no difficult feat!

Although True Monarch Zi Guang believed that in terms of frontal combat power, he was slightly superior to True Monarch Qian Ren,

in terms of escape and danger perception, he was definitely inferior to True Monarch Qian Ren.

“I must move to Wu Kingdom; I absolutely cannot stay in Yue Kingdom any longer!”

True Monarch Zi Guang’s desire to move to Yue Kingdom grew stronger and stronger.

He absolutely did not want to be adjacent to Jiang Kingdom, which True Monarch Yang Ming would govern in the future.

After moving to Wu Kingdom, not only would resources be more abundant, but he could also establish contact with other Nascent Soul forces in the endless desert.

“What a pity…”

True Monarch Zi Guang felt a little regretful when he thought that he had chosen to come to the Crimson Body Sect to tie down and restrict True Monarch Yun Mei and True Monarch Yan Mu, instead of choosing to lead the army to attack.

If the person leading the army was not True Monarch Cai Yun, but himself, he would have been able to share in some of the immense battle merits from slaying an enemy Nascent Soul.

Afterward, he could legitimately use the battle merits to demand Wu Kingdom.

True Monarch Zi Guang looked at the Crimson Body Sect in front of him and decided to risk serious injury to hold down or defeat one person, in order to gain enough battle merits and influence.

Huarong Immortal City.

After occupying this immortal city, Yun Wanshang did not rush to lead the attack on the Crimson Body Sect like True Monarch Jue Jian.

On the one hand, she had sustained some injuries under True Monarch Qian Ren’s attack.

On the other hand, the Crimson Body Sect was being held back and restricted by True Monarch Hun Yuan and True Monarch Zi Guang, so there was no need to rush.

It was best to wait for news from Lu Changsheng and the Beast God Mountain battlefield.

She made the City Lord’s Mansion her temporary cave dwelling and went to recuperate.

At this moment, Yun Wanshang saw Lu Miaoge and Lu Changsheng, who had gone to rest.

She noticed that Lu Changsheng seemed to lack some spiritual charm at this time.

Her Nascent Soul divine sense probed, and she instantly perceived the situation.

“Is it just an avatar formed by relying on a treasure?”

Although the Three Treasures Avatar looked, appeared, and had the same temperament as Lu Changsheng,

Yun Wanshang was not only a Nascent Soul cultivator, but she had also spent many years together with Lu Changsheng in the Demon Sealing Land.

Therefore, through a bit of spiritual charm and divine sense observation, she discerned the situation of the Lu Changsheng in front of her.

She realized that once his true self was far away, this avatar would be like a puppet, unable to be controlled normally.

It was very likely that it was now being manipulated and controlled by Lu Miaoge.

“Hmph.” Yun Wanshang felt a surge of annoyance when she thought of how she had been avoiding one of Lu Changsheng’s avatars for the past few days, and she snorted softly.

At this moment, Huarong Immortal City was filled with excitement and exhilaration.

Everyone was discussing the war, wishing they could immediately go and kill the Crimson Body Sect.

After all, not only had they achieved another great victory,

but seeing True Monarch Yang Ming effortlessly slay True Monarch Qian Ren with an invincible posture, how could they not be excited and invigorated?

In addition to discussing True Monarch Yang Ming, Great Dream Immortal City, and whether True Monarch Qian Ren’s Nascent Soul spiritual body had escaped,

the Heavenly Talisman Lu Family and Lu Changsheng were also discussed by many cultivators.

On the one hand, the combined efforts of Lu Changsheng, Lu Miaoge, and Lu Wangshu in casting talisman arrays had demonstrated the combat power of a late Core Formation Grand Cultivator, which was truly astonishing.

On the other hand, there was also the relationship between the Heavenly Talisman Lu Family and Great Dream Immortal City.

“The talisman dao inheritance of the Heavenly Talisman Lu Family is truly extraordinary.”

“With ample preparation, talisman cultivators can naturally defeat stronger opponents and kill those above their cultivation level. This True Person Changsheng is also a top-tier talisman master, and now with the three of them working together, few in the Core Formation stage can probably defeat them.”

“That Lu Wangshu is truly extraordinary. I heard she just broke through to Core Formation, yet she already possesses such profound talisman dao attainments. It’s truly remarkable.”

“I wonder how this True Person Changsheng gave birth to such children. Not only does he have Lu Qingshan, a peerless son in the way of the sword, but also Lu Wangshu, a peerless daughter in the way of talismans.”

“Not only that, True Person Qing Xuan is also True Person Changsheng’s son, and I heard he was born to one of True Person Changsheng’s concubines. He has actually grown to this point and was even favored by the City Lord’s wife of Great Dream Immortal City and taken as a disciple.”

“With this connection to Great Dream Immortal City, the Heavenly Talisman Lu Family is likely to become a top-tier force below the Nascent Soul stage in the future.”

“Yes, and I see that Lu Wangshu and the Young City Lord of Great Dream Immortal City also have an extraordinary relationship. Perhaps they will become Dao companions in the future.”

Many cultivators in the city discussed Lu Changsheng, their faces filled with exclamations, emotions, and envy.

They not only marveled at his Lu family’s talisman dao inheritance,

but also envied him for having three excellent children.

Like Lu Qingshan, Lu Qingxuan, and Lu Wangshu, any one of them, as long as they didn’t die young, would be enough to support the prosperity of a Core Formation family.

But Lu Changsheng actually had three at the same time.

Moreover, all three of them brought reliable connections to the Lu family.

“Qingshan, spend more time with True Person Changsheng these days and see if you can get a chance to meet True Monarch Yang Ming.”

“If you can receive guidance from True Monarch Yang Ming, it will be of great help to your sword dao and the ‘Great Geng Metal Sword Art’.”

True Person Tian Yuan, dressed in a large red skirt and carrying a wine gourd, said earnestly to her disciple, Lu Qingshan.

Previously, when True Monarch Yangming made his move, unleashing the Nine-Leaf Sword Art, and the sword light pierced through heaven and earth, she naturally witnessed it.

Although she wasn’t a sword cultivator and didn’t practice the “Great Geng Metal Sword Art”.

However, to pass down her cultivation method, she still put in a lot of effort to comprehend it.

She noticed that True Monarch Yangming’s sword dao was quite similar to her own “Great Geng Metal Sword Art,” only more overbearing, sharper, and destructive.

And this kind of sword dao happened to be similar and compatible with her disciple Lu Qingshan’s sword intent.

Therefore, she believed that if her disciple Lu Qingshan could receive guidance from True Monarch Yangming, he would undoubtedly benefit greatly.

It was just that in earlier years, she could rely on her status to take Lu Qingshan to the Heavenly Sword Sect and other sects for exchanges and advice.

But for a powerful figure like True Monarch Yangming, she wasn’t qualified and had no connections; Lu Qingshan could only rely on himself.

Fortunately, Lu Qingshan’s father, True Monarch Changsheng, was the vice city lord of Great Dream Immortal City.

“Based on intelligence analysis, True Monarch Changsheng’s relationship with Great Dream Immortal City is not as simple as it appears; there are other connections. If True Monarch Changsheng is willing to step forward and plead, True Monarch Yangming might just guide and teach Qingshan.”

True Monarch Tianyuan thought to herself.

The Golden Sun Sect did not have a Nascent Soul True Monarch overseeing it.

And without a Nascent Soul, cultivating the first Nascent Soul cultivator was extraordinarily difficult.

Over the past few centuries, countless cultivators in the Golden Sun Sect, like her, had strived for the Nascent Soul stage.

Lu Qingshan possessed exceptional talent in the sword dao, and there was great hope for him to break through to the Nascent Soul in the future.

If he could establish a connection with Great Dream Immortal City and True Monarch Yangming, it would greatly assist his future breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage.

So, it wasn’t just True Monarch Tianyuan.

Currently, everyone in the Golden Sun Sect hoped that Lu Qingshan could establish a connection with Great Dream Immortal City and receive guidance from True Monarch Yangming.

“Master, don’t worry. My father has already said that after the war, when Xiaozhu’er and I return to Azure Lake Mountain, he will introduce me to True Monarch Yangming.”

Lu Qingshan naturally understood his master’s and the sect’s thoughts, so he casually made up a story.

After all, if he openly established a connection with Great Dream Immortal City and True Monarch Yangming, not only would he gain a backer, but his status in the Golden Sun Sect would also be further elevated.

“Really?”

Upon hearing this, True Monarch Tianyuan’s eyes immediately lit up, as if countless stars had merged into her beautiful eyes.

She immediately said to Lu Qingshan with a serious expression, “You must seize this opportunity.”

“Now that True Monarch Yuanqi’s Dharma body has been destroyed, after the war, True Monarch Hunyuan will definitely spare no effort and resources to cultivate a third Nascent Soul cultivator. The Nascent Soul opportunity promised earlier might be difficult to fall upon you.”

“As long as you can gain True Monarch Yangming’s favor, breaking through to the Nascent Soul will be much simpler in the future, and you won’t have to busy yourself everywhere like your master.”

True Monarch Tianyuan spoke, then sighed and took a big gulp from her wine gourd.

Cultivating for several hundred years, constantly bustling and striving for Nascent Soul opportunities, she increasingly realized the importance of having a good backer.

Qi Refinement, Foundation Establishment, and even Core Formation could be achieved through talent, effort, and struggle.

But for the Nascent Soul stage, it was simply too difficult without the backing of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Therefore, she greatly envied the direct descendants of those Nascent Soul cultivators.

As long as their talent and disposition weren’t too poor, they basically had no worries about Core Formation.

The probability of breaking through to the Nascent Soul was also many times higher than that of Core Formation cultivators from their Core Formation forces.

“Master, how confident are you in breaking through to the Nascent Soul?”

Lu Qingshan knew that his master had been busy with Nascent Soul opportunities for years, leading to physical and mental exhaustion and constant sighing, so he couldn’t help but ask.

“After the war, relying on war merits, if I can rent a fourth-tier spiritual vein from True Monarch Hunyuan or True Monarch Ziguang, I’ll barely have a thirty percent chance.”

True Monarch Tianyuan sighed and said.

Breaking through to the Nascent Soul, how could it be easy?

Without a Soul Transformation Pill, top-tier Nascent Soul spiritual items, and top-tier heart-calamity spiritual items, relying only on a few ordinary Nascent Soul spiritual items was completely a gamble with one’s life.

Moreover, the thirty percent chance was still based on her cultivation method having some advantages.

And the breakthrough process needed to be undisturbed, with no accidents, and so on.

Even a slight unexpected situation, or if the heart demon tribulation wasn’t as she predicted, could lead to breakthrough failure and death.

So True Monarch Tianyuan was very conflicted about whether or not to attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul.

If she didn’t attempt to break through, she still had over a hundred years of lifespan.

But having worked so hard for the Nascent Soul for so long, not giving it a try would be a great regret and would surely leave her with lifelong remorse.

Lu Qingshan knew that the thirty percent chance his master mentioned was still for a Human Dao Nascent Soul.

At this moment, he paused, then asked his master, “Master, if someone could help you break through to the Nascent Soul, but the price is to become a concubine or a maid, would you be willing?”

“Holy crap, there’s such a good thing?”

True Monarch Tianyuan’s eyes widened, and she immediately blurted out a vulgarity.

Then she pouted her red lips and said with a look of disdain, “Forget about being a concubine or a maid; I’d even be willing to be a slave, a servant, or a beast of burden.”

“???”

Although Lu Qingshan knew his master had no integrity.

He didn’t expect her to have no hesitation whatsoever.

“Master, you have no integrity at all. Where is your dignity as a great Core Formation cultivator?”

Lu Qingshan said, somewhat speechless.

“Integrity? Dignity? Can they be eaten?”

True Monarch Tianyuan took a sip from her wine gourd, speaking in a lazy and casual manner.

Then she patted her disciple’s shoulder and said earnestly, “Qingshan, you are still young and don’t know the difficulties and temptations of the Nascent Soul.”

“With these conditions, I don’t know how many people would be scrambling for it.”

“In the future, if you are favored by a female Nascent Soul True Monarch, never cling to your dignity. Be a grandson first, then a grandpa; struggling for a hundred fewer years is the true path.”

“If you encounter the daughter of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, you must also seize the opportunity and never miss it like Shen Yu did previously.”

True Monarch Tianyuan earnestly advised Lu Qingshan.

She deeply regretted Lu Qingshan’s past refusal of True Monarch Wuji’s daughter.

Although True Monarch Wuji unfortunately perished in the Liangyue War.

Her connections and network still remained.

If Lu Qingshan had become a Dao companion with Shen Yu, he would have undoubtedly gained further favor and cultivation from True Monarch Hunyuan.

“Holy crap, how can you teach a disciple like that? I’m not as shameless as you.”

Lu Qingshan said, utterly speechless.

He, Lu Qingshan, a dignified and upright future first sword immortal of the Southern Wilderness, would he ever be willing to live off a woman?

After speaking, he immediately said with a wary expression, “Yanyuan, it’s fine for you to say such things to me, but please, absolutely do not instill your set of beliefs in Xiaozhu’er.”

True Monarch Tianyuan looked at Lu Qingshan before her, let out a disdainful “Tsk,” and pouted, “Don’t I know whether you, brat, have any integrity?”

“Xiaozhu’er is not like you.”

Although she had a carefree and uninhibited personality.

When she joked with Lu Qingshan like this, she naturally understood her disciple’s nature.

Although he appeared extremely aloof on the surface, he was also very arrogant and extremely confident deep down, looking down on others.

However, when faced with dangerous situations, as long as it didn’t cross his bottom line, he knew how to act according to circumstances, adapt, and put aside his integrity and dignity.

This was completely different from the quiet-natured Lu Qingzhu.

In front of Lu Qingzhu, she still maintained a relatively proper demeanor as a master, not being too informal.

“Don’t think everyone is like you.”

Lu Qingshan said with a look of disdain, unwilling to admit that he had integrity, but not much.

True Monarch Tianyuan was too lazy to argue with him, so she picked up her wine gourd and left in a carefree manner.

Just as she walked out of the courtyard, True Monarch Tianyuan’s figure suddenly paused, and she turned to Lu Qingshan and said, “Qingshan, if you encounter such a good thing, you must remember your master and tell me, it wouldn’t be in vain for me to have raised you from infancy.”

“Scram, scram, scram.”

Lu Qingshan looked disgusted and was utterly speechless at his master.

Earlier, he had been thinking that since his father had captured and killed so many Nascent Soul cultivators this time, he must have gained many Nascent Soul spiritual items.

He possessed insights into the Nascent Soul stage and secret methods to increase the probability of breaking through to the Nascent Soul.

Considering their long-standing master-disciple relationship, he could introduce his master to his father and see if he could help her.

But seeing his master’s utterly shameless demeanor, he felt too embarrassed to speak, fearing she might latch onto his family.

Although he didn’t mind his master becoming an aunt.

But the thought of his master becoming an aunt made him shiver involuntarily.

“Forget it, forget it.”

Lu Qingshan shook his head, pushing his master’s matter to the back of his mind, and went to find his sister Lu Qingzhu to go see their father and aunt together.