Lu Changsheng possessed at least dozens of Pan Peaches; eating too many would diminish their effects, bestowing them on disciples also served as a return, so he didn’t mind sharing one with Shangguan Zhao’er.
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Shangguan Zhao’er initially felt that consuming a nine-thousand-year Pan Peach so casually was somewhat wasteful, but seeing Lu Changsheng polish off a nine-thousand-year Pan Peach in just a few bites, she began to regard the nine-thousand-year Pan Peach as less precious.
Shangguan Zhao’er ate the nine-thousand-year Pan Peach with grace and elegance.
A nine-thousand-year Pan Peach could extend one’s lifespan by nine thousand years.
For cultivators, every moment was a race against time. Gaining an additional nine thousand years of cultivation was invaluable, even for experts at the Heavenly Immortal level.
“Fairy Shangguan, Elder Lu, I’ve finally found you.”
A disciple from Jing Long Immortal Temple descended, retracting the Flying Sword, and used his sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
“What’s the matter?”
“The Temple Master summons Elder Lu, saying she wants to impart divine skills to you.”
The Temple Master of Jing Long Immortal Temple wanted to impart her divine skills?
Lu Changsheng, having taken the Temple Master of Jing Long Immortal Temple as his mentor, had received her guidance only once or twice and had never even seen the Temple Master in person.
Every time the Temple Master gave guidance, it was from behind a screen.
“This is a rare opportunity; you must seize it well. Our master is a Daluo Golden Immortal. She’s proficient in countless immortal techniques. Any divine skill she imparts will be of great benefit to you,” Shangguan Zhao’er reminded Lu Changsheng.
Lu Changsheng nodded.
Although Lu Changsheng had the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator, he was not yet on the same level as the Temple Master of Jing Long Immortal Temple.
The Daluo Golden Immortal’s understanding of the Great Dao far surpassed that of Earth Immortals and Heavenly Immortals.
The Temple Master of Jing Long Immortal Temple had cultivated for a million years, and her comprehension of the Great Dao Laws was unfathomable.
This proactive gesture of the Temple Master to impart divine skills was indeed a rare opportunity.
Thus, Lu Changsheng and Shangguan Zhao’er set off for the main peak of Jinglong Mountain to Zhenlong Temple.
Zhenlong Temple stood atop the main peak of the Jinglong Mountain Range, the most magnificent among the tens of thousands of Daoist Temples in Jing Long Immortal Temple. It was eight hundred and eighty-eight zhang high, adorned with natural and celestial treasures, radiating with dragon light and scattered with flying pavilions and flowing elixir.
“This kid has been summoned by the Temple Master. I must go back and inform my master.”
The movements of Lu Changsheng and Shangguan Zhao’er were noticed by another disciple from Jing Long Immortal Temple who was covertly monitoring them, and this person flew towards Wuwei Temple in the Jinglong Mountain Range on a sword.
This disciple arrived before Protector Han, who was refining a thirteenth-tier Immortal Pill beside a blazing cauldron: “Master, Lu Changsheng has been summoned by the Temple Master. After several hundred years of assessment, the Temple Master might impart a Cultivation Technique to him.”
Protector Han’s eyes narrowed sharply.
He had always been dissatisfied with the frequent interactions between Lu Changsheng and Shangguan Zhao’er, but since Lu Changsheng had been solely cultivating in Jinglong Mountain without leaving, he found no opportunity to take action against Lu Changsheng.
The Jinglong Mountain Range was protected by the Mountain Protection Array, and the fearsome divine sense of Jing Long Immortal Temple’s Temple Master enveloped the entire area, making it difficult for Protector Han to make a move.
The summoning of Lu Changsheng by the Temple Master was plain to see—she intended to personally guide Lu Changsheng in his cultivation.
Once Lu Changsheng reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm, even Protector Han wouldn’t dare claim he could kill Lu Changsheng as easily as squashing an ant.
“Do you have a way to vent this anger for your master?”
“Has Master forgotten? In a short while, it will be the day for our internal sparring in Jing Long Immortal Temple. At that time, I will challenge Lu Changsheng and pretend to be careless, ruining his cultivation, venting Master’s anger. However, I am not entirely sure…”
Protector Han’s disciple rubbed his hands.
This was a perfect opportunity to ask for magical treasures from his master.
If he could vent his master’s anger successfully, his master would be in high spirits, and all sorts of treasures and elixir pills would be at his disposal.
Upon hearing this, Protector Han’s eyes lit up: “I nearly forgot about that. Before the day of the competition arrives, I will teach you even more profound Cultivation Techniques and bestow upon you an Ultimate Treasure. You must at all costs ruin Lu Changsheng’s cultivation at that time. Even if it results in his accidental death, that’s fine.
Even if the Temple Master wishes to punish you afterward, I will protect you. And of course, there will be a hefty reward.”
“Thank you, Master!”
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At this moment, Lu Changsheng arrived at the back courtyard of Zhenlong Temple, and from behind the screen, a slender figure emerged, her eyes bright and clear as if they were starlit.
Unlike what Lu Changsheng had imagined, the Temple Master of Jing Long Immortal Temple was not aloof but dressed in a green Liuxian Skirt, with a slender waist encircled by a jade belt, holding a delicate silk fan in her hand.
Her beauty was on par with that of Shangguan Zhao’er.
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Lu Changsheng had imagined that after hundreds of thousands of years of cultivation, the Temple Master of the Jing Long Immortal Temple would be an eccentric old crone. He was surprised to find that the Temple Master possessed an extraordinary and ethereal temperament and still maintained her youthful appearance.
If the Temple Master of the Jing Long Immortal Temple knew that Lu Changsheng had thought of her as an old monster, she might be so angry that she would take up her sword and chase after him to kill him.
After all, even with a million years of cultivation, a fairy would never admit to her age.
Or perhaps, from the perspective of a Daluo Golden Immortal, her time spent cultivating was still short.
“What’s the matter? Is there something wrong with me?”
Noticing Lu Changsheng’s daze, the Temple Master of the Jing Long Immortal Temple asked.
“Not at all. Disciple was just stunned because the master is as beautiful as a heavenly fairy,” Lu Changsheng replied, not stinting in his praise.
Being savvy in social dealings, Lu Changsheng was generous with his compliments.
The Temple Master of the Jing Long Immortal Temple was a Daluo Golden Immortal. Winning her favor meant that no one below the level of a Daluo Golden Immortal would dare to touch him.
The Temple Master of the Jing Long Immortal Temple covered her mouth with a small fan, concealing her real reaction, but one thing was clear—no matter how many years one had cultivated, when it came to female cultivators, complimenting their appearance was never wrong!
“Stop with the flattery. Today, I will pass on to you a Sacred Tier superior cultivation technique—’Law of Heaven and Earth’.”
The Temple Master of the Jing Long Immortal Temple still enjoyed Lu Changsheng’s flattery, and finally, as his mentor, she was going to pass on a cultivation technique to him.
Law of Heaven and Earth?!
Shocked waves coursed through Lu Changsheng’s mind.
During the Zhong Zhou conference, when confronting Xuanyin Elder, he used this cultivation technique to drive everyone to the brink of despair.
In the battle over Tianyang City, the Great Demon Heads of the Yellow Springs Sect used the Law of Heaven and Earth to sever the Dragon Veins summoned by the Jing Long Immortal Temple’s Thousand Dragon Killing Formation with their bare hands.
The Temple Master of the Jing Long Immortal Temple was indeed worthy of being a Daluo Golden Immortal, possessing such an extraordinary cultivation technique and even being able to pass it on to her disciple.
“You should know that the Demon Race can transform into human form and, when necessary, revert to their true bodies.”
“Disciple understands,” Lu Changsheng acknowledged.
Not long ago, Lu Changsheng had witnessed Ning Qianqian revert to her Dragon Emperor True Body to contend with the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation.
The Demon Race had two forms: human and true body.
The Temple Master of the Jing Long Immortal Temple continued, “Humans are the most spiritually adept of all beings, and employing Daoist techniques in human form is the most efficient. However, when the Demon Race reverts to its true body, its combat power is only stronger, not weaker.
The drawback is that the massive body consumes more energy and is more susceptible to Daoist attacks, with weak points more easily targeted. Therefore, under normal circumstances, even the Great Powers of the Demon Race would not easily reveal their true forms unless they faced formidable enemies or dangers too great to handle, where they would fight desperately in their true forms.”
“The principle of the Divine Skill ‘Law of Heaven and Earth’ is similar to this.”
“In ancient times, Great Experts of mankind used this technique to acquire bodies capable of contending with the true bodies of the Demon Race. From then on, the strength comparison between humans and the Demon Race was reversed.”
“However, ‘Law of Heaven and Earth’ does not endow human cultivators with a Demon Race true body, but rather emulates the scale of heaven and earth. Emulating heaven to reach towering heights, mimicking earth to span vast breadths, transforming into a colossal divine or demon body as tall as the heavens and earth—this belongs to the Great Divine Power.”
“The drawback of ‘Law of Heaven and Earth’ is similar to that of the Demon Race’s true body. This is why it is usually not deployed lightly unless absolutely necessary.”
“Disciple understands,” Lu Changsheng replied, having a moment of clarity.
With the Temple Master of the Jing Long Immortal Temple’s explanation, Lu Changsheng finally understood why the Divine Skill ‘Law of Heaven and Earth,’ though fearsome, was seldom seen being used by immortals—it was because it consumed too much True Qi, and a huge target like the Law of Heaven and Earth’s manifestation was prone to concentrated attacks.
However, cultivating this Divine Skill could be extremely useful when fighting desperately.
“The stronger your physique, the stronger the colossal body you transform into with ‘Law of Heaven and Earth.’
“The Divine Skill ‘Law of Heaven and Earth’ is a supremely Sacred Tier superior cultivation technique, divided into three stages, corresponding to the Great Perfection of Sacred Tier inferior, Sacred Tier intermediate, and Sacred Tier superior cultivation techniques.”
“I will impart to you the mnemonic verse for the first stage. Make sure you memorize it well.”
The Temple Master of the Jing Long Immortal Temple gently opened her thin lips and secretly transmitted the first part of the mnemonic verse for ‘Law of Heaven and Earth’ to Lu Changsheng.
The Temple Master of the Jing Long Immortal Temple did not believe Lu Changsheng could master the first stage of ‘Law of Heaven and Earth’ so quickly.
In her eyes, even if Lu Changsheng were an unparalleled genius, it would take him at least seven to eight hundred years to master the first stage of ‘Law of Heaven and Earth,’ right?
However, she was unaware that Lu Changsheng had an Innate Taoist Body, and it really wouldn’t take him much time to achieve Great Perfection in the inferior Sacred Tier cultivation techniques.
“Master, could you please demonstrate this technique for your disciple?” Lu Changsheng asked.
“Cough cough, I would rather not use ‘Law of Heaven and Earth’—appearing like a giant is not very elegant… I will find a Supreme Elder to demonstrate it for you…”
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