“But for a Half-Step Great Luo like me to follow a Heavenly Immortal in cultivation, and even address them as ‘Master’, isn’t that too shameful?”
“No, Xiaoqi, Xiaoqi, now is the time to diligently cultivate, to strive to raise your cultivation level so that in the future you can help your elder sister, how can you care about losing face?”
The veiled woman hesitated in the forest for a long time, but for the sake of the greater picture, she chose to return to Changqing Cave.
Her movements were like a ghost, and even Lu Qinglian, Xiao Fan, Ning Qianqian, and Dugu Aotian hadn’t detected her presence.
“You’ve come?”
In the depths of the cave, Lu Changsheng, who was meditating, suddenly spoke.
He really could sense my presence, no wonder my previous assassination attempts failed.
The veiled woman was secretly shocked.
Lu Changsheng was one of the very few people who could detect her presence even when his realm was lower than hers.
Since Lu Changsheng had discovered her, she obediently came out of the shadows and sat demurely on the cushion used by disciples in front of Lu Changsheng, trying to ingratiate herself with him, “Master, your disciple has returned.”
Her bright eyes sized up the master she had not seen for thousands of years. Read latest stories on empire
Master really is handsome.
Wait a minute!
She suddenly realized that Lu Changsheng had accomplished the Great Luo Golden Body. After thousands of years, Lu Changsheng had actually transformed from a Heavenly Immortal of great accomplishment into a Daluo Golden Immortal!
If Lu Changsheng’s cultivation has surpassed mine!
That’s impossible, right?
Surprise and curiosity filled her bright eyes.
What exactly is Master’s background?
“Where have you been during this time?”
Lu Changsheng also sized up this mysteriously veiled disciple.
The woman behind the veil was indeed the tenth disciple, Su Xiaoqi.
This unexpected disciple left thousands of years ago, and Lu Changsheng hadn’t expected her to return, but surprisingly Su Xiaoqi did come back.
And Su Xiaoqi’s return was just in time.
She was the disciple with the highest cultivation level, a Half-Step Great Luo. She could be bestowed higher-level treasures. Lu Changsheng wanted to match the power of the King of Chaos within ten thousand years, so he needed to accumulate as many treasures as possible. Bestowing them to Su Xiaoqi could even directly return a Holy Artifact.
If he could bestow a medium-grade Holy Artifact, or even a high-grade one, that would be even better.
Su Xiaoqi’s eyes reddened, and she cried with a runny nose and tears, “My family has had some troubles, now I am homeless, I hope Master will take me in, wuu wuu wuu…”
“…”
Lu Changsheng had not expected this disciple to act so spoiled, and he wasn’t sure if she was being genuine or not since Su Xiaoqi was a ground-level assassin from Eternal Night who might even advance to a heavenly-level assassin in the future. Disguise was also an assassin’s skill.
But as long as this disciple obediently accepted the reward, Lu Changsheng didn’t mind insincerity.
And Su Xiaoqi didn’t seem to be entirely lying; there was some sincerity in her feelings.
If Su Xiaoqi’s family had not run into trouble, she wouldn’t have had to risk becoming an assassin for the Assassin Immortal Sect “Eternal Night”.
One has to know that the remuneration of an assassin is not meager, but so is the high chance of falling because one never knows when one will encounter a tough target.
“Which family are you from?”
“Wuu wuu wuu…”
“What happened to your family?”
“Wuu wuu wuu…”
“…”
Lu Changsheng wanted to uncover this disciple’s background, but Su Xiaoqi continued to cry with pear blossoms with tears, even pulling down her veil. Her delicate hands wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, looking pitiful and sorrowful.
“Alright, as your master, I have decided to take you in. You may stay here and cultivate.”
Having become a Daluo Golden Immortal and with his cultivation surpassing Su Xiaoqi, along with owning treasures like the Heavenly Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and the Dragon Bone Red-gold Armor for defense, Lu Changsheng was truly not worried about Su Xiaoqi betraying him.
“That’s great!”
Su Xiaoqi’s tears turned into laughter.
This guy is really whimsical.
Among Lu Changsheng’s female disciples, Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian were foodies, Mo Huazhi was elegant, Ji Xuan and Chen Yao were dignified and serious, but it was Su Xiaoqi, the assassin from birth, who was whimsical and embroiled in heavy thoughts, not entirely trusting of others.
However, from the perspective of an assassin, Su Xiaoqi had the potential to become a heavenly-level assassin.
Her Body of Nothingness allowed her to dissolve into the void, making her presence extremely hard to detect; almost no one in the same realm could notice her presence, except that Lu Changsheng, with his Innate Taoist Body, could detect Su Xiaoqi within the same realm.
Wait, if Su Xiaoqi is a Half-Step Great Luo, then how much Heavenly Cultivation could be returned by passing on the Power-infusing Initiation to her?
Lu Changsheng thought of this and felt a surge of excitement, already somewhat impatient.
Thousands of years ago, when Lu Changsheng was still at the pinnacle of being a Heavenly Immortal, he didn’t dare initiate a Power-infusing Initiation for the Half-Step Great Luo Golden Immortal Su Xiaoqi, because he feared the return of cultivation level from the system would inflate him until he burst, which would have been a truly grievous way to die.
But now Lu Changsheng was a Daluo Golden Immortal. Initiating a Power-infusing Initiation for a Half-Step Great Luo Golden Immortal disciple shouldn’t result in bursting and death, right?
“Come here,”
Lu Changsheng waved his hand.
Su Xiaoqi, puzzled, still moved closer.
What was Master going to do?
Could it be that he was about to bestow another treasure upon her?
“Sit down.”
Lu Changsheng had Su Xiaoqi sit face to face in front of him and then he extended one hand.
“Master, what, what are you going to do?”
Su Xiaoqi suddenly became nervous.
Master wouldn’t be trying to take advantage, would he?
But this time she had come to him willingly, and besides, Lu Changsheng’s cultivation level was now higher than hers. If Lu Changsheng truly had any malicious intent, she would have no power to fight back.
Su Xiaoqi closed her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling, her Dao heart in disarray.
She felt a hand placed on the top of her head.
A warm flow entered through her Heavenly Spirit.
Hmm?
Su Xiaoqi was somewhat surprised.
Things didn’t seem to be unfolding as she had imagined.
“Circulate your technique, accept the Power-infusing Initiation from your master.”
Lu Changsheng was already prepared for the initiation.
“Power-infusing Initiation?!”
Su Xiaoqi exclaimed in shock!
She was from a Cultivator Clan and was also an Earth Level assassin from Eternal Night; she certainly knew what a Power-infusing Initiation was.
But she was a Half-Step Great Luo Golden Immortal!
For a Daluo Golden Immortal to transfer power to a Half-Step Great Luo Golden Immortal, there would be an energy loss. A cultivation of 1000 years from a Daluo Golden Immortal could only be converted to about 150 years of cultivation for a Half-Step Great Luo Golden Immortal.
Therefore, unless a Daluo Golden Immortal reached the end of his lifespan, no one would willingly sacrifice their own cultivation to initiate a Power-infusing Initiation for a Half-Step Great Luo Golden Immortal.
Could it be that Master isn’t afraid of damaging his own cultivation?
“Master, this isn’t right…”
Although Su Xiaoqi had returned this time hoping to benefit from Lu Changsheng, she didn’t want to hurt his foundation.
In her wildest dreams, she never imagined that Lu Changsheng would transfer his cultivation to her.
“Less nonsense, focus on accepting the Power-infusing Initiation to avoid deviating and entering into demonhood.”
Lu Changsheng couldn’t wait to transfer power to this disciple.
Even though he had the Gathering Spirit Colorful Lotus, it was still the direct return of cultivation from the system that provided the quickest boost to Lu Changsheng, with the Gathering Spirit Colorful Lotus mainly used to attract the Hongmeng Purple Qi. Lu Changsheng was refining the Hongmeng Purple Qi and the Fragments of the Great Dao contained within.
Streams of majestic pure Spiritual Energy flowed through the Heavenly Spirit and into Su Xiaoqi’s body, warming her up and making her feel as comfortable as if she were soaking in a hot spring.
Su Xiaoqi circulated her cultivation technique, converting the Spiritual Energy into her own True Qi and storing it in her Dantian Qi Sea.
“This is…”
Su Xiaoqi felt the change in the Spiritual Energy within her Dantian Qi Sea and realized, amazed, that among the Spiritual Energy transferred by Lu Changsheng, there was a wisp of Hongmeng Purple Qi she had never seen before.
The existence of the Hongmeng Purple Qi strengthened her own True Qi.
What was her master’s true background?
Su Xiaoqi felt as though she might have latched onto a big leg.
The Half-Step Great Luo Golden Immortal Su Xiaoqi continued to absorb the power sent by Lu Changsheng, while Lu Changsheng’s aura rapidly declined.
Soon, Lu Changsheng had lost two thousand years of cultivation, almost dropping a minor realm.
At that moment, Su Xiaoqi’s face flushed red with effort as she too reached her limit.
[Ding, you’ve transferred 700,000 years of Heavenly Cultivation to your disciple Su Xiaoqi. Su Xiaoqi actually obtained 100,000 years of Heavenly Cultivation. You’ve received an eightyfold return reward for mentoring: 8,000,000 years of Heavenly Cultivation.]
[Ding, you’ve transferred 0.1 wisp of Hongmeng Purple Qi to your disciple Su Xiaoqi. You’ve received an eightyfold return reward for mentoring: 8 wisps of Hongmeng Purple Qi.]