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After acquiring both the Zixiao Immortal Sword and the Qingxiao Immortal Sword as attack magical treasures, Lu Changsheng didn’t feel a strong need for additional attack treasures. However, he could never have too many defensive treasures such as the Heavenly Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, the Void Mirror, and the Dragon Bone Red-gold Armor.
Speaking of the Heavenly Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, Lu Changsheng suddenly thought of this merit treasure.
Since the battle with the Green Ox King in Unparalleled City, the Heavenly Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda had only grown by one level, that is, it had become a twenty-story golden tower.
Indeed, cultivating at the Zhengsheng Sect was safe, but it also meant losing opportunities to perform good deeds and accumulate merit, which in turn hindered the growth of the Heavenly Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda. It was only in the Nether Sea, when Lu Changsheng annihilated an elder of the Blood Sea Palace, that he had managed to accumulate a significant amount of merit.
Perhaps it was time to let his disciples descend the mountain to slay demons and eliminate evil, for as their master, he could also share in the merit they accumulated.
The Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator could simulate the lives of disciples, so Lu Changsheng could ensure that nothing would happen to them while they were out on their righteous quests.
Apart from Su Xiaoqi, Lu Qinglian, Ning Qianqian, Xiao Fan, and Dugu Aotian were still in the Heavenly Immortal Realm, far from reaching the Half-Step Great Luo Golden Immortal level, and they too needed to go down the mountain for training.
Thanks to the system’s battle simulation opportunities, Lu Changsheng could gain experiences without leaving the mountain, but his several disciples could not.
With Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm disciples, the disciple apprenticeship cap was unlocked, and Lu Changsheng was eager to explore various possibilities of taking disciples.
Lu Changsheng took out a fist-sized piece of Sunflame Essence Gold, a fifteenth-grade material for refining artifacts.
Although Lu Changsheng himself didn’t need these refining materials, they could be given to others to forge relationships.
Lu Changsheng had gained significant favor from the Tai Hua Holy Land initially because the Holy Maiden, Lin Qinghan, had traded refining materials with him.
[Ding, you have bestowed “Sunflame Essence Gold” to your disciple Su Xiaoqi, receiving a hundredfold disciple apprenticeship reward: sixteenth-grade refining material “Taiyi Fiery Gold.”]
Taiyi Fiery Gold, a rare refining material from the Primordial Ancient Mine, was primarily used for crafting holy artifacts.
The main material used in Lin Qinghan’s magical treasure was the Taiyi Fiery Gold she obtained from Lu Changsheng.
Lu Changsheng was still not satisfied; he wanted to know what materials he could get beyond the Taiyi Fiery Gold.
Thus, Lu Changsheng took out another piece of Sunflame Essence Gold and continued to bestow it upon Su Xiaoqi.
Su Xiaoqi murmured to herself that her master had started to bestow various things again, without considering whether she could actually use them.
The Sunflame Essence Gold, a fifteenth-grade material from the Primordial Ancient Mine, could be exchanged for other treasures even if Su Xiaoqi didn’t know how to refine it.
This one piece of Sunflame Essence Gold could be traded for many treasures from the Zhengsheng Sect’s Treasure Pavilion.
[Ding, you have bestowed “Sunflame Essence Gold” to your disciple Su Xiaoqi, receiving a hundredfold disciple apprenticeship reward: sixteenth-grade refining material “Taiyi Fiery Gold.”]
Hmm?
Lu Changsheng furrowed his brows, why was the return still Taiyi Fiery Gold?
Lu Changsheng was no longer interested in Taiyi Fiery Gold.
While the Taiyi Fiery Gold could be used to forge relationships with individuals like Lin Qinghan, who were Great Luo Golden Immortals, to engage with higher beings, those existences might not value Taiyi Fiery Gold. They would have their own means to obtain it, or they might use other materials instead.
Lu Changsheng bestowed another two pieces of Sunflame Essence Gold, but the return was still Taiyi Fiery Gold.
“Could it be that Taiyi Fiery Gold is the limit? No, I’ll try a few more times.”
Lu Changsheng wasn’t in a hurry, given that the practice at Zhengsheng Sect was long, and he had plenty of time to take disciples.
[Ding, you have bestowed “Sunflame Essence Gold” to your disciple Su Xiaoqi, receiving a ten thousandfold disciple apprenticeship reward: seventeenth-grade refining material “True Gold of Fire Path.”]
Finally, after bestowing another piece of Sunflame Essence Gold, Lu Changsheng triggered a ten thousandfold return, receiving a stone the size of a fingertip, which contained the Great Dao Laws of heavenly fire.
“This object might not only be used to forge magical treasures but might even aid in the comprehension of the Great Dao.”
Lu Changsheng realized that whether it was the Zixiao Immortal Sword or the obtained True Gold of Fire Path, they both contained fragments of the Great Dao Laws to some extent. These magical treasures and heavenly materials and treasures were nearing the origin of the Great Dao.
If one practiced a unique cultivation technique, they could even absorb the fragments of the Great Dao Laws from the True Gold of Fire Path, bolstering their fire attribute True Qi.
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Lu Changsheng stored it away, whether for his own use, for Lu Qinglian or Xiao Fan, or even to build relations with certain powers in the Immortal Realm, this item was invaluable.
Upon learning that the fifteenth-grade refining material Sunflame Essence Gold could be exchanged for Taiyi Fiery Gold and True Gold of Fire Path, the next day, Lu Changsheng called Su Xiaoqi over to continue mentoring.
This time, Lu Changsheng was to impart a Cultivation Technique.
“Today, your teacher will pass on to you a set of incomplete Swordsmanship. Although the technique is incomplete, it is of Quasi-Emperor tier,” said Lu Changsheng. Continue your adventure at empire
Lu Changsheng imparted the “Sword Scripture of the Divine King Fragment,” a Cultivation Technique, to Su Xiaoqi.
Having inherited the Slaying Immortal Sword Formation, and with her cultivation also focused on the Sword Dao, Su Xiaoqi could make full use of this Cultivation Technique.
Being at the realm of the Daluo Golden Immortal was also sufficient to begin cultivating Quasi-Emperor tier skills.
As for Lu Changsheng, thanks to his Innate Taoist Body, he had already begun cultivating Quasi-Emperor tier techniques when he was at the Heavenly Immortal Realm. He had almost fully grasped the “Sword Scripture of the Divine King Fragment.”
“The disciple will study diligently,” Su Xiaoqi responded earnestly.
She knew she had found an excellent mentor. The sword techniques recorded in the “Sword Scripture of the Divine King Fragment” were profound, and as long as one comprehended them, they would stand out among general Daluo Golden Immortals.
Under Lu Changsheng’s guidance, it took Su Xiaoqi several years to even begin to grasp the technique.
[Ding, you have awarded your disciple Su Xiaoqi the Quasi-Emperor tier technique “Sword Scripture of the Divine King Fragment” and received an 800-fold return reward from mentoring: the Emperor Tier low-grade Cultivation Technique “Sword Scripture of the Divine King” (automatically completed by the system from the fragment).]
[“Sword Scripture of the Divine King”: The complete early-years manuscript of the sword scripture by the Nameless Divine King in the Immortal Realm.]
Emperor Tier technique?!
The complete “Sword Scripture of the Divine King” was twenty times thicker than the fragment, divided into nine layers of understanding, with later techniques recorded being even more profound and obscure.
It seemed that the “Sword Scripture of the Divine King Fragment” he had obtained before was just an introduction to this technique…
Lu Changsheng’s comprehension of the Sword Dao was already very profound, but even he was befuddled by the sword techniques recorded in the “Sword Scripture of the Divine King,” as if he was reading something heavenly and inscrutable.
“My own contemplation speed is too slow. Daoist Yuxuan is a Sword Dao genius and also trustworthy. If I let him join in the contemplation, perhaps he can enlighten me in my cultivation,” he thought.
Lu Changsheng previously benefited greatly from Qingyue Fairy’s guidance to comprehend “Sword Scripture of the Divine King Fragment” more rapidly. Now that Zhengsheng Sect also had Daoist Yuxuan, collaborating to grasp this technique, the rate of cultivation would increase by at least twenty percent, to say the least.
After guiding Su Xiaoqi in the practices of “Sword Scripture of the Divine King Fragment,” Lu Changsheng sent a message to Daoist Yuxuan.
On Jingyun Peak, within Enlightenment Cave, Daoist Yuxuan’s place of cultivation, he had lately been troubled by his inability to further his Swordsmanship.
What seemed like “lately” was, in fact, several hundred years for a Daluo Golden Immortal.
The highest level of Swordmanship at Zhengsheng Sect was a Quasi-Emperor tier sword technique, and Daoist Yuxuan had already cultivated it to Great Perfection, beyond which he found no further progress.
Right at this moment, Lu Changsheng sent a transmission: “Senior, do you know of the Emperor Tier techniques?”
Daoist Yuxuan replied, “Emperor Tier techniques are extraordinary. They are the Supreme Skills that Immortal Emperors cultivate. Only Holy Lands possess such high-level techniques. They are not easily disseminated, and Daluo Golden Immortals in the outside world don’t even have a chance to glance at them. Our Zhengsheng Sect possesses several Quasi-Emperor tier techniques, which are already treasures of our mountain. To be honest, senior, after I cultivated the Quasi-Emperor tier sword technique to Great Perfection, my Swordsmanship has stagnated. I can only try to elevate my own cultivation level.”
“This junior has obtained a sword technique by chance and would like to ask senior to join in contemplation. All senior needs to do is to clarify some doubts for this junior,” said Lu Changsheng.
“No problem. Regardless of what the sword technique is, I can grasp it with ease. What tier is your sword technique?” he inquired.
“Emperor Tier low-grade.”
“Oh, Emperor Tier… what?! Emperor Tier?!”
Upon hearing this, Daoist Yuxuan sprang up from his meditation cushion, his eyes widened incredulously.
He must have misheard, right?
This disciple of Mount Shu actually had an Emperor Tier technique that Golden Immortals dream of?!
With a technique of such level, even as a Sword Dao genius, he couldn’t make such boastful claims.