Chapter 276: Chapter 271: 30 Years of Teaching (5K)_3
Lu Changsheng was speechless.
Daoist Earth Hound addicted to guarding the gate of Mount Shu?
“Let’s talk about future matters in the future. You go down and cultivate. Remember to register at the Record Keeping Pavilion and become a Supreme Elder.”
“Yes.”
Daoist Earth Hound put away the precious Elixir Pills and continued to guard the mountain gate while cultivating.
“This is outrageous, the big yellow dog that guards Qingyun Peak has transcended tribulation to become a Supreme Elder of the Void Refinement Realm!”
Elder Zhang from the Record Keeping Pavilion, who was responsible for managing the records of Mount Shu’s Elders and disciples, was shocked.
The Sect Leader’s ability to teach disciples is too strong, isn’t it?
The Sect Leader casually instructs one mountain-guarding divine beast, and even that beast becomes a powerhouse of the Void Refinement Realm.
Elder Zhang couldn’t believe it.
Now even he wanted to guard Mount Shu’s gate.
If guarding the gate could turn one into a strong entity of the Void Refinement Realm, then surely many cultivators would flock to it.
Another ten years passed, and Chen Yao, the last disciple of Qingyun Peak, successfully transcended tribulation and stepped into the Void Refinement Realm.
Chen Yao, with her Thunder Spiritual Root and the cultivation of thunder-attribute techniques, found the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder to be nothing troublesome. Among the disciples, she was the one who transcended tribulation most easily.
[Ding, your disciple Chen Yao has advanced from Dao Palace Realm to Void Refinement Realm. You receive the disciple advancement reward: Human Race Treasured Fragment x1.]
The fifth Human Race Treasured Fragment.
Lu Changsheng silently collected this fragment, waiting for the day he could synthesize the Human Race’s Ultimate Treasure.
[Ding, you reward your disciple Chen Yao with a lower-quality Immortal Artifact “Thunder Sword,” and obtain a reward of hundredfold return: a middle-quality Immortal Artifact “Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Sword.”]
[Ding, you reward your disciple Chen Yao with a lower-level Immortal Cultivation Technique “Thunder Mysterious Sword Art” and obtain a disciple teaching return reward of ten-thousand-fold: a higher-level Immortal Cultivation Technique “Divine Sword Thunder Commanding Art.”]
Another high-grade Immortal Cultivation Technique?!
Lu Changsheng, after granting Shen Xiaoyao the “Penglai Wind-Riding True Skills,” received the high-grade Immortal Cultivation Technique “Divine Sword Commanding Wind Art,” and now he has obtained another, “Divine Sword Thunder Commanding Art.” Could these two sets of techniques have something in common?
Lu Changsheng was about to cultivate the high-grade Immortal Sword Techniques. He could practice both the “Divine Sword Commanding Wind Art” and the “Divine Sword Thunder Commanding Art,” which were Supreme Sword Skills.
Lu Changsheng also taught Chen Yao the Grand Thousand Sword Formation so that in the future, using the sword formations cultivated by Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao, he could continue to reward them with Immortal Swords, and in return, receive even higher grade Immortal Swords.
Lu Changsheng periodically rewarded Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao with Immortal Swords.
Five years later, one day.
[Ding, you reward your disciple Chen Yao with a lower-quality Immortal Artifact “Against the Current Cold,” and obtain a reward of hundredfold return: a middle-quality Immortal Artifact “Tian Shu Sword.”]
After Chen Yao left, Lu Changsheng conjured seven middle-quality Immortal Swords, namely Tian Shu, Tian Xuan, Tian Ji, Tian Quan, Yu Heng, Opening Sun, and Yao Guang.
These seven Immortal Swords were arranged in the shape of a dipper, much like the Big Dipper Seven Stars; each Immortal Sword gleamed resplendently, its sharpness fully revealed.
For thirty years, Lu Changsheng persevered in mentoring, gradually assembling the seven middle-quality Immortal Swords needed to form the Seven Star Sword Formation.
The seven middle-quality Immortal Swords, combined with the Seven Star Sword Formation, were even more powerful than the high-quality Immortal Sword, the Demon-Suppressing Sword.
“If I were to encounter the Demon Lord from back then, I wouldn’t need to join forces with Xia Ningxue. I could use this Seven Star Sword Formation to kill the Demon Lord by myself.”
Lu Changsheng’s thirty years of seclusion not only resulted in gathering the seven middle-quality Immortal Swords but also led to his cultivation advancing to the third layer of the Unity Realm, which was equivalent to the realm of the Demon Lord during Mount Shu’s catastrophe.
However, Lu Changsheng was nearly invincible within the same realm.
Lu Changsheng’s current goal was to secure a respectable ranking for the declining Mount Shu at the Zhong Zhou assembly. In this way, more geniuses from various states might be inclined to join Mount Shu.
During the era of Mount Shu’s Ancestral Master, the sect had been extremely prosperous, its reputation rivaling that of Star Pavilion, the number one sect in Zhong Zhou.
Unfortunately, after the Ancestral Master, Mount Shu gradually declined, and fewer peerless geniuses ascended to the Immortal Realm. At this point, its reputation was far inferior to that of Star Pavilion.
If not for Lu Changsheng, Mount Shu would only have two Unity Realm strong entities by now, not even taken seriously by any of the Void Refinement Realm Elders of Star Pavilion.
As the twenty-eighth Sect Leader of Mount Shu, it was his bounden duty to restore Mount Shu’s glory.
“Before the Zhong Zhou assembly, I need to master the twelfth layer of the Taiqing Wuji Technique and these two sets of swordsmanship.”
In front of Lu Changsheng lay two high-grade Immortal Sword Techniques—”Divine Sword Commanding Wind Art” and “Divine Sword Thunder Commanding Art.”
These two high-grade Immortal Sword Techniques were Supreme Sword Skills from the Immortal Realm.
If brought to Great Perfection, even when facing powerhouses of the Immortal Realm, he might have a chance of winning, provided the difference in realms was not too great.
At Qingyun Peak, Shen Xiaoyao was sitting on the mountaintop, meditating and cultivating.
He had learned from his master Lu Changsheng that the Tang Ling’er and the lady in green he had met in the Immortal Ruins were from Star Pavilion, and he couldn’t help feeling excited about the forthcoming Zhong Zhou assembly.
“I still owe them a favor. If I want to repay it, I will need considerable cultivation. I must diligently cultivate to achieve it.”
Shen Xiaoyao’s Pure Yang Body could attract the power of the sun for cultivation. The incessant inflow of solar energy was being refined by Shen Xiaoyao into Pure Yang True Qi.
In Zhong Zhou, a colossal towering pavilion pierced the sky, enveloped by clouds and mist.
When night fell, a woman sat on the pavilion’s topmost floor, using the power of the bright moon’s Taiyin Energy to cultivate, exceptionally detached from the mundane, honing her Taiyin True Energy.
“Shen Xiaoyao… I wonder how his cultivation is progressing now? Strange, why should I be thinking of him?” she mused to herself.
Tang Ling’er was speaking to herself.
She and Aunt Zhu had gone to investigate the Immortal Ruins in Huang State and obtained a legacy in Star Tower; decades had passed since then.
Yet, Tang Ling’er would find herself thinking of Shen Xiaoyao from time to time.
Deep within Star Pavilion, a middle-aged man was discussing with an exceptionally beautiful woman: “With Ling’er’s talents, having inherited the Pure Yin Body, she is destined to ascend to the Immortal Realm. Ling’er’s dao companion must also possess a comparable talent, so they can ascend to the Immortal Realm together. Therefore, before ascending, which is to say, at the Zhong Zhou assembly, I plan to find a suitable match for her, betroth Ling’er to that person, and then I can ascend to the Immortal Realm with peace of mind.”
“I will heed my husband’s wishes.”
“This time at the Zhong Zhou assembly, our Star Pavilion is determined to prevail. I will trample all the strong entities from the various major sects underfoot as a stepping stone for my ascent to the Immortal Realm.”