“The Divine Lightning Sect will not let this go easily, we should leave this place of conflict as soon as possible.”
Lu Changsheng, watching the Divine Lightning Sect’s squad leave, pondered for a moment and then sensed the danger, leading Xiao Fan and Ning Qianqian away from the area.
Lu Changsheng did not forget to erase their traces along the way to prevent the elders of the Divine Lightning Sect from tracking them down using their tracking techniques.
“The Divine Lightning Sect will definitely look for our tracks during this period. To be on the safe side, we must leave the sphere of influence of the Divine Lightning Sect.”
“Master, where shall we go?”
“Cangyu. That place is at the junction of several Immortal Sects, where countless small and medium sects and Demon Sects stand, chaotic and lawless. Even the Divine Lightning Sect can’t reach there.”
Lu Changsheng had a map from the Xiao Family, recording the nearby regions.
On it, a place named Cangyu was marked with hundreds of minor sects and Demon Sects.
Cangyu was a place where Loose Cultivators and Heretic Cultivators, unwilling to affiliate with the major Immortal Sects, congregated, acting as a no-man’s land. Even a powerful sect like the Divine Lightning Sect was helpless regarding this territory.
On the journey, Ning Qianqian, who possessed the Dragon Emperor Bloodline, finally couldn’t resist the allure of the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and acknowledged Lu Changsheng as her master.
Lu Changsheng had saved Ning Qianqian from the Divine Lightning Sect’s squad, thus owing her a favor.
Ning Qianqian knew that as long as she followed Lu Changsheng, she wouldn’t have to tirelessly search for Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in the deep forests and mountains.
“Master, what are you going to do?”
“I will perform the Power-infusing Initiation for you.”
Spiritual Energy poured from Lu Changsheng’s palm into Ning Qianqian’s Heavenly Spirit.
As Ning Qianqian possessed the Dragon Emperor Bloodline, she was born at the Void Refinement Realm and only took three hundred years to reach the fifth layer of the Unity Realm. Her body, that of the Dragon Emperor, was constantly devouring the Spiritual Energy that Lu Changsheng sent over.
“This feels so good…”
Ning Qianqian felt her cultivation improving rapidly, her entire body warm and comfortable.
Just a human master, willing to sacrifice his cultivation to initiate power into her?
Ning Qianqian couldn’t believe it.
Lu Changsheng, too, found the Power-infusing Initiation satisfying.
A disciple at the fifth layer of the Unity Realm could withstand much more Spiritual Energy.
[Ding, you have transmitted 8000 days of Heavenly Cultivation to your disciple Ning Qianqian, and Ning Qianqian has actually gained 1500 days of Heavenly Cultivation. You receive the Hundredfold Return Reward for Teaching a Disciple: 150000 days of Heavenly Cultivation.]
A return of 150,000 days’ worth of cultivation!
Suddenly, an extremely large amount of Spiritual Energy appeared within Lu Changsheng’s body!
150,000 days, that’s like over 400 years of arduous cultivation!
Looking at this, even if it means offending the Divine Lightning Sect, it seems worth it to take on such a disciple.
Some cultivators, in order to rapidly advance their realm, even risk falling into the Demon Sects and cultivating Demonic Cultivation Skills.
With one Power-infusing Initiation, Lu Changsheng could return at least several hundred years’ worth of cultivation. With such a speed of cultivation, Lu Changsheng was willing to offend the Divine Lightning Sect to accept such a disciple.
In the Immortal Realm, although the conditions for taking disciples with the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator became more stringent, the disciples Lu Changsheng recruited were all exceptional geniuses.
Xiao Fan might become a powerful being like the ancestor of the Ancient Xiao Family, and once Ning Qianqian achieves Great Accomplishment, she would be the Dragon Emperor, possibly unbeatable even by Daluo Golden Immortals.
After finishing the Power-infusing Initiation, Lu Changsheng quickly sat in meditation to consolidate his realm.
Having broken through to the second layer of the Earth Immortal Realm and with an additional 150,000 days of cultivation, Lu Changsheng’s realm stabilized.
At this rate, Lu Changsheng might reach the third layer of the Earth Immortal Realm in less than a century.
“Is Master being too good to me? Following Master, I not only get to eat delicious things, but I also receive Power-infusing Initiation… But why is Master so good to me? Could it be that he wants to fatten me up and then eat me?”
While Lu Changsheng was meditating, Ning Qianqian couldn’t help but wonder.
She had never met anyone who was so kind to her.
The only explanation was that Lu Changsheng wanted to nurture her into the Dragon Emperor, and then eat her.
However, Ning Qianqian saw that Lu Changsheng also initiated power into her senior brother Xiao Fan and rewarded him with treasures, treating all disciples equally, not as if he was specifically raising Ning Qianqian to eat her later.
“Let’s continue on our way.”
After refining the 150,000 days of Spiritual Energy, Lu Changsheng, along with his two disciples, continued on towards Cangyu.
Lu Changsheng planned to find a Cave Heaven Blessed Land, rebuild the Mount Shu faction, and calmly cultivate.
The Divine Lightning Sect serves as the leading sect within the Great Qian Dynasty, making it a daunting challenge for any other sect to establish itself within the influence of the Divine Lightning Sect and compete with it.
Cangyu is a land of chaos, with countless small and mid-sized sects scattered throughout. Should one discover a Cave Heaven Blessed Land within Cangyu, reconstruction of Mount Shu would be possible.
Along the way, Lu Changsheng bestowed various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures upon Ning Qianqian.
Ning Qianqian, not one to refuse gifts, swallowed all of the bestowed Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in one gulp, leaving Xiao Fan—with his War Heaven Tyrant Body—completely stunned.
His junior sister had such a tyrannical constitution; she was able to digest the terrifying potency of the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures without the need for Refining.
Lu Changsheng bestowed upon Ning Qianqian Heavenly Ginseng of ten thousand years, and in return, she produced Heavenly Ginseng of a million years.
He bestowed a millennium’s worth of Ganoderma, and in return, she produced Ganoderma of ten thousand years.
He bestowed the Golden Peach, and in return, she produced the Pan Peach.
He bestowed Grade Ten Elixir Pills, the Demon Dragon Golden Core, and in return, she produced Grade Eleven Elixir Pills, the Demon Phoenix Immortal Pill.
…
Lu Changsheng, holding a Pan Peach in one hand, took a bite, relishing the incomparable sweetness.
The Pan Peach, a unique treasure of the Immortal Realm, ripens every three thousand, six thousand, or nine thousand years. Eating one can prolong life and increase one’s True Qi.
Of course, the more Pan Peaches one consumes, the lesser the effect. It’s not possible to achieve immortality merely through such external substances.
To Lu Changsheng, however, these precious Pan Peaches were no different from ordinary fruit.
With the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator to return treasures, Lu Changsheng could obtain Pan Peaches whenever he wished.
If the Immortals who cultivate Pan Peaches and Heavenly Ginseng within the Immortal Realm knew that Lu Changsheng could easily enhance the quality of these Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, they would surely cry silently, regardless of their gender.
They devote at least three thousand years to cultivate a Pan Peach tree for just a few fruits.
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Yet, Lu Changsheng easily acquired these Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, treating Pan Peaches like ordinary fruit and Heavenly Ginseng like dried radishes—it was an extravagance beyond measure.
After leaving the mountains, Lu Changsheng encountered a Divine Lightning Sect’s team which joined forces with several other of the sect’s teams.
A few Elders of the Divine Lightning Sect hovered in the air, exuding a terrifying presence.
These Divine Lightning Sect Elders were all powerful beings of the Earth Immortal Realm!
“The Sect Master has decreed that we must bring the Dragon Emperor’s daughter back to the Divine Lightning Palace.”
“Our team finally located the Dragon Emperor’s daughter, but an unknown Loose Immortal took her away. This person is only in the early stages of the Earth Immortal Realm and possesses a mid-grade Ultimate Treasure. I suspect he is from the Lingtian Sect.”
“If it really is one of those madmen from the Lingtian Sect, with the Dragon Emperor’s daughter in their hands, it would be exceedingly difficult for our Divine Lightning Sect to retrieve her.”
“This matter must be reported to the Sect Master.”
The few Elders of the Divine Lightning Sect mistakenly believed Lu Changsheng to be from the Immortal Sect’s Lingtian Sect, turning their faces an ashen hue.
Equally formidable as the Divine Lightning Sect, the Lingtian Sect was even more dreaded due to the fact that although they had fewer members than the Divine Lightning Sect, each member of the Lingtian Sect was a lunatic—both righteous and heretic—causing the Divine Lightning Sect to avoid unnecessary conflicts with them as well.
At this time, Lu Changsheng had already entered Cangyu with his two disciples, stepping outside the sphere of influence of the Divine Lightning Sect.
“There are hundreds of sects in Cangyu with varying longevity. The rise and fall of these major sects are rapid, and records from the Xiao Family that have persisted for years may now be outdated. We must proceed with caution.”
Lu Changsheng knew Cangyu was a place where Loose Cultivators and Heretic Cultivators thrived, where not only were Earth Immortals common, but there might even be Heavenly Immortal level reclusive unmatched experts, thus necessitating careful conduct.
“I need to find a black market to purchase a batch of low-grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Elixir Pills, and magical treasures to replenish what’s been used for apprenticeship.”
Along the journey, Lu Changsheng continually mentored his disciples, converting low-grade materials into high-grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, which he and his two disciples had almost entirely consumed, leading them to a city in Cangyu.
Because Cangyu is a gathering place for Loose Cultivators and Heretic Cultivators, there is little to no order to speak of.
Lu Changsheng concealed his aura, only displaying the cultivation of the Dao Palace Realm.
Ning Qianqian looked around curiously; it was her first visit to a human city.
“This is territory controlled by the Xuan Sha Sect, a Demon Sect… I am only here to buy some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures before I leave; hopefully, I won’t inadvertently offend the Xuan Sha Sect.”
Lu Changsheng wasn’t particularly afraid of the Xuan Sha Sect.
As long as he didn’t cause trouble, these Demon Sects wouldn’t kill on sight, otherwise, the city would have been devoid of Loose Cultivators a long time ago.
Inside the black market, thousands of Loose Cultivators bought and sold various magical treasures, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.