Chapter 280: Chapter 273: 140 Years of Closed-door Cultivation, Battle with the Ancient Sect Leader of Mount Shu! (4K)_2
“Such terrifying power, Grandmaster Tailin at the fifth level of the Unity Realm can only struggle to survive in the Nirvana Flames, as his True Qi continues to be consumed by the fire. The problem is that the Ultimate Treasure requires so much True Qi, I can’t even unleash its full power.”
After using the twelfth-grade Nirvana Flames Red Lotus, Lu Changsheng suddenly found that wielding the Demon-Suppressing Sword and the Demon Emperor Cauldron, two top-grade Immortal Artifacts, became exceptionally easy, requiring far less True Qi than the Red Lotus.
Lu Changsheng pushed the twelfth-grade Nirvana Flames Red Lotus to its limits, further raising the temperature of the Fire Prison.
Grandmaster Tailin seemed unable to withstand the power of the Ultimate Treasure Red Lotus, attacking Lu Changsheng with his sword. Sword Qi slashed across ten thousand miles, approaching with incredible speed.
Using the Demon-Suppressing Sword, Lu Changsheng launched a Sword Qi strike of his own, colliding with and annihilating Grandmaster Tailin’s Sword Qi.
The Sword Domain of Grandmaster Tailin was disrupted by the Nirvana Flames Red Lotus, and he had to retain True Qi to fend off the endless Nirvana Flames, weakening his attack, which Lu Changsheng managed to block.
Lu Changsheng shifted from defense to offense.
After the time it takes to drink three cups of tea passed, Grandmaster Tailin was defeated by the Nirvana Flames Red Lotus and the Demon-Suppressing Sword, vanishing from the spot.
At this point, Lu Changsheng had also exhausted all his True Qi.
Lu Changsheng felt that by merely utilizing a portion of the Red Lotus’s power, he was already able to defeat Grandmaster Tailin of the Unity Realm’s fifth level.
If he were to fully unleash the Red Lotus’s power, he could easily annihilate the simulated Grandmaster Tailin.
“The most important thing is still to improve my realm.”
Lu Changsheng ended the second simulation and continued to cultivate deeply in the Taiqing Wuji Technique’s twelfth layer and other Cultivation Techniques to enhance his realm.
In the fifty-fifth year of seclusion, Lu Changsheng taught his disciple Lu Qinglian the lower Heaven Rank Martial Technique “Hundredfold Desolate Force.”
[Ding, you have rewarded your disciple Lu Qinglian with the lower Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique “Hundredfold Desolate Force” and received the ten-thousand-fold return reward of an upper Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique “Thousandfold Desolate Force.”]
“Thousandfold Desolate Force.”
Lu Changsheng immediately added this martial technique Cultivation Technique to his training roster.
“Thousandfold Desolate Force,” coupled with the Immortal Divine Art’s Body Refinement Method and other fist and palm Martial Techniques, would have unimaginable power when combined.
Lu Changsheng continued to cultivate.
In the sixtieth year of seclusion, Lu Changsheng advanced to the fourth level of the Unity Realm.
In the eightieth year of seclusion, Lu Changsheng mastered the Divine Sword Commanding Wind Art and began to cultivate the Divine Sword Thunder Commanding Art.
In the hundredth year of seclusion, Lu Changsheng mastered the Divine Sword Thunder Commanding Art and began to cultivate the Divine Sword Fire Commanding Art. At the same time, his Golden Bell Shield reached the seventh layer, and his Immortal Divine Art advanced to the fifth layer.
In the hundred and tenth year of seclusion, Lu Changsheng stepped into the fifth level of the Unity Realm.
In the hundred and fifteenth year, Lu Changsheng mastered the Divine Sword Fire Commanding Art and began to cultivate the Divine Sword Commanding Water Art.
In the hundred and twenty-fifth year, Lu Changsheng mastered the Divine Sword Commanding Water Art.
“My comprehension of the Sword Dao has improved drastically; the four Divine Sword Techniques seem interrelated.”
Having mastered the Divine Sword Commanding Wind Art, Divine Sword Thunder Commanding Art, Divine Sword Fire Commanding Art, and Divine Sword Commanding Water Art, Lu Changsheng’s understanding of the Sword Dao had reached an unprecedented level.
“Perhaps I can fuse the four Divine Arts to create a new Swordsmanship.”
Lu Changsheng’s eyes sparkled with a bright light.
His Innate Taoist Body not only allowed him to quickly comprehend various Cultivation Techniques but also to create his own.
Lu Changsheng had been too lazy to create his own Cultivation Techniques before because his cultivation speed was so swift that even if he could create Earth Rank or Heaven Rank Cultivation Techniques, they wouldn’t compare to the Immortal Rank Techniques returned by the system.
Now, having comprehended four sets of upper Immortal Rank Sword Techniques and finding no Sword Techniques beyond the Immortal Rank, Lu Changsheng embarked on the path of creating his own Cultivation Techniques.
Lu Changsheng planned to merge the Divine Sword Commanding Wind Art, Divine Sword Thunder Commanding Art, Divine Sword Fire Commanding Art, and Divine Sword Commanding Water Art into a new set of Sword Techniques.
In the hundred and fortieth year, Lu Changsheng was disturbed out of his seclusion by his eldest disciple, Lin Qingzhi, and ceased his cultivation.
Occasionally handling the tedious affairs of Mount Shu on behalf of Lu Changsheng, Lin Qingzhi, after years of practice, had attained the air of someone who could stand on his own. His current cultivation had reached the seventh layer of the Void Refinement Realm.
With the utmost respect, Lin Qingzhi performed the disciple’s salute, “Master, Grand Master and Great-Uncle have sent someone to inform us that the Zhong Zhou Conference is about to commence. It’s time for Master to leave seclusion and attend the discourse conference in Zhong Zhou.”
“I am aware,” Lu Changsheng replied.
Lu Changsheng wanted to create a set of Sword Techniques that surpassed the Immortal Rank, and although he only had the prototype and it was not yet complete, the time for the Zhong Zhou Conference had arrived, and he had no time to perfect it. He had to leave for Zhong Zhou immediately.
Before departing for Zhong Zhou, Lu Changsheng made a trip to Ten Thousand Swords Peak.
At Ten Thousand Swords Peak, Situ Kong, Grandmaster Taiyuan, Li Changye, Murong Shi, and other Supreme Elders gathered.
As Lu Changsheng arrived, everyone’s expression subtly changed.
They couldn’t discern Lu Changsheng’s exact level of cultivation, sensing only that it had become even more unfathomable compared to before his journey to Penglai Immortal Island.
“Lu, what realm have you reached now?” Li Changye was curious about the fruits of Lu Changsheng’s one hundred and forty years of seclusion.
During the past one hundred and forty years, apart from Qingyun Peak and Ten Thousand Swords Peak, Lu Changsheng had not gone anywhere else, nor had he bothered with the trivial matters of Mount Shu, leaving everything in the hands of Li Changye and Lin Qingzhi.
Lu Changsheng casually replied, “Just the fifth level of the Unity Realm.”
After all, his combat strength and cultivation level were not aligned, and Lu Changsheng didn’t mind letting others know his realm.
“The fifth level of the Unity Realm!”
Situ Kong, Grandmaster Taiyuan, and all the Supreme Elders of Mount Shu were taken aback, utterly astounded.