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“You said you encountered the Grand Freedom Buddha from Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple?”
In the back mountain of Tai Hua Holy Land, where birds chirped and flowers filled the air, a clear spring made melodies, and Immortal Cranes drank at the edge of the clear pool beneath the waterfall.
Lin Xuantong and Lin Qinghan listened to Lu Changsheng recount his experiences since leaving the Holy Land.
“Will Master back me up?”
Lu Changsheng secretly observed Lin Xuantong’s reaction to gauge his attitude towards Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.
After all, he had barely left before attracting a powerful enemy, and the strength of Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple was no less than that of Tai Hua Holy Land.
“That so-called Grand Freedom Buddha, the next time you meet him, just mention your teacher’s name, and he won’t dare touch a single hair on you unless he never leaves Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple for the rest of his life.”
Lin Xuantong snorted coldly, showing utter disdain for the Grand Freedom Buddha.
His own Master was indeed formidable; to Lin Xuantong, even a terrifying figure like the Grand Freedom Buddha seemed insignificant.
When Lin Xuantong ruled Tai Hua Holy Land, the Grand Freedom Buddha was still playing with mud.
If he had known that merely mentioning Lin Xuantong’s name would make the Grand Freedom Buddha back down, Lu Changsheng wouldn’t have needed to use the Taiyin Goddess Talisman.
The Taiyin Goddess Talisman had exhausted the spiritual energy accumulated by the Mysterious Ancient Cauldron over tens of thousands of years, causing the recently repaired cracks to reappear, and now it had to share the cultivation returned by the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator.
The Taiyin Goddess Talisman was arguably Lu Changsheng’s biggest trump card, but the price of using it even once was too great.
Fortunately, with the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator returning a vast amount of cultivation, Lu Changsheng could spare some cultivation for the Mysterious Ancient Cauldron to repair itself and accumulate True Qi for using the Taiyin Goddess Talisman. This amounted to a special life-saving method.
As long as he could kill his enemies, he could preserve his own life.
Lu Changsheng wasn’t a person who created trouble without cause, and he wouldn’t easily mention Lin Xuantong’s name when inciting powerful enemies outside.
But since Lin Xuantong favored his own, Lu Changsheng would not hold back in the future.
“Your senior brother Qingyang, after becoming an Immortal Emperor, once clashed with the Grand Freedom Buddha.”
Lin Xuantong, reminiscing about the past, sounded somewhat wistful.
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“What was the outcome?”
Lu Changsheng had heard about the deeds of his senior brother Qingyang, the Immortal Emperor, more than once in Tai Hua Holy Land.
Millions of years ago, the young generation of Tai Hua Holy Land lived in the era of Qingyang, the Immortal Emperor. All the geniuses of the Holy Land were overshadowed by his brilliance.
Qingyang, the Immortal Emperor, became the Holy Son with ease and even married his senior sister, Lin Xuantong’s eldest daughter.
At that time, everyone believed that if Qingyang, the Immortal Emperor, continued to grow, he would surely succeed Lin Xuantong as the next Saint Lord of Tai Hua Holy Land.
However, four million years ago, Qingyang, the Immortal Emperor, disappeared abruptly, never to be heard from again.
It was precisely because of Qingyang’s disappearance that the young talents of Tai Hua Holy Land later vied for the position of Holy Son. Despite several changes, no one could match Qingyang, the Immortal Emperor, in talent.
The current Holy Son, Jiang Yu, is the most talented candidate since the disappearance of Qingyang, the Immortal Emperor, but Lin Xuantong still doesn’t think Jiang Yu matches up to Qingyang and has not taken him as a disciple.
Lin Xuantong proudly said, “My eldest disciple is a rare genius in tens of millions of years. Naturally, he gave the Grand Freedom Buddha a good beating, almost causing his resolve to collapse. However…”
Lin Xuantong, thinking of Lu Changsheng’s defiance of the heavens, always felt that this younger disciple’s talent seemed even more monstrous than that of his senior disciple Qingyang, the Immortal Emperor.
“Disciple has found out that the seven Great Demon Kings are backed by this Grand Freedom Buddha, and Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple has gathered a bunch of Great Demons and Demon Chiefs to carry out heinous acts on their behalf, doing dirty deeds that can’t see the light of day.”
“I too have heard about Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple covertly manipulating Demon Kings and Demon Chiefs,” said the Master.
“Why doesn’t Master take action despite knowing this?”
“Many things are not as simple as you think. I can eliminate the seven Great Demons, and Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple would simply support other Demon Kings. If I take action, it will inevitably lead to conflict between Tai Hua Holy Land and Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, and the repercussions could affect dozens, even hundreds, of Immortal Domains. If you younger generations fight, as long as there’s a justifiable reason, the situation can still be controlled.”
Lin Xuantong shook his head. He represented Tai Hua Holy Land, and there were many things he couldn’t do impulsively unless there was a justifiable reason, and he also had to consider the reactions of other forces.
“I’ve heard you’ve switched to cultivating the ‘Eternal Holy Scripture.’ If you have any doubts in the future, your Master can give you guidance.”
“Yes.”
With Lin Xuantong’s guidance in cultivating the ‘Eternal Holy Scripture,’ Lu Changsheng made twice the progress with half the effort.
Lu Changsheng was also training his own disciples.
After Ning Qianqian refined the Demon Core of the Divine Ape King and absorbed a massive amount of demonic power, she returned to Tai Hua Holy Land and broke through to the Half-Step Great Luo Realm, and the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator rewarded her with the Jiangxiao Immortal Sword.
The Divine Ape King was a Golden Immortal Realm Great Demon King, and one Demon Core was enough for Ning Qianqian to refine for a long time, absorbing the Demon Race laws from the Demon Core.
Lu Changsheng began to train his newly accepted disciple, Chen Yi.
Upon his return, Lu Changsheng imparted power into Chen Yi through initiation.
With the level of Lu Changsheng’s current cultivation, merely sharing a fraction of True Qi nearly caused Chen Yi to explode and die.
Taking advantage of the transferred power, Chen Yi directly broke through from the ninth level of the Golden Core Realm to the first level of the Nascent Soul Realm.
Nascent Soul Realm disciples are rewarded with fifth-grade and below Elixir Pills, Talismans, Earth Rank Cultivation Technique, and Acquired Spirit Treasure by the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator.
The Earth Rank Cultivation Technique was just a temporary solution that Lu Changsheng could easily exchange in the Scripture Pavilion.
Lu Changsheng selected an upper-grade Earth Rank Cultivation Technique from Tai Hua Holy Land’s Scripture Pavilion—the ‘Great Compassion Mantra.’
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