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Dugu Aotian followed his master and had also met peerless experts like Lin Xuantong and Lin Qinghan.
The Holy Land of Tai Hua certainly did not lack Immortal Emperor experts.
Dugu Aotian spent years cultivating with Lu Changsheng and learned from Lu Changsheng’s steadiness, normally not taking the initiative to cause trouble.
The origins of the Blood Sea Palace were unclear, and so was the strength of their base, pursuing the base of the Blood Sea Palace was somewhat dangerous.
However, if the Blood Sea Palace continuously attacked the sects affiliated with the Holy Land of Yaochi, and the Holy Land of Yaochi did not respond at all, then the dignity of the Holy Land of Yaochi would be swept away.
“We are just investigating, and once we ascertain their strength, we will decide whether to take action or not. How about that?”
Liu Yiyi’s eyes held a pleading look.
“I really can’t with you.”
Dugu Aotian thought to himself that investigating a base of the Blood Sea Palace was also a kind of training.
Once the Blood Sea Palace had joined forces with the Divine Lightning Sect to attack Mount Shu and had a grudge with Master Lu Changsheng and his disciple, if they could uncover some useful intelligence in cooperation with the Holy Land of Yaochi, it would be a great achievement.
“This…”
The elders and disciples of the Holy Land of Yaochi looked at each other in bewilderment, wondering why the Holy Maiden had no air of superiority in front of this man?
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In the Holy Land of Tai Hua, inside Lin Qinghan’s palace, she was forging artifacts.
A dazzling and brilliant pillar of fire shot up into the sky, stirring the winds and clouds, and attracting the attention of countless people.
If it were not for the stable energy barrier of the Holy Land protecting the mountains, it was likely that the surrounding forests would have been shattered by the oppressive power of the artifact.
“She has finally succeeded in forging the ‘Thousand Mechanism Umbrella.'”
Lu Changsheng was cultivating the ‘Eternal Holy Scripture’ with Lin Xuantong. Noticing the towering pillar of fire and the persistent bright light on Lin Qinghan’s peak, he knew that Lin Qinghan’s forged artifact had finally taken shape.
Lin Qinghan had used a large quantity of sixteenth-grade heavenly materials and earthly treasures “Taiyi Fiery Gold,” seventeenth-grade heavenly materials and earthly treasures “True Gold of Fire Path,” and other top-grade fire attribute materials for refining to forge the embryo of the artifact. After polishing it for tens of thousands of years, the artifact finally became flawless.
With his hands behind his back, Lin Xuantong was very satisfied with the artifact his daughter had forged: “This Thousand Mechanism Umbrella has achieved the quality of a lower-tier Emperor Soldier. Han’er has a great talent for artifact forging.” Continue reading stories on empire
Lu Changsheng nodded in agreement.
Lin Qinghan indeed had an astonishing talent for artifact forging.
Lin Qinghan was able to forge a lower-tier Emperor Soldier while being in the Quasi-Emperor realm; it was hard to imagine what kind of artifacts Lin Qinghan would be able to forge once she reached the Immortal Emperor Realm.
Emperor Soldiers, as the name implies, are weapons for Immortal Emperors.
Artifacts of Emperor Soldiers surpass all Holy Artifacts in quality.
A Holy Artifact was enough to make a group of Daluo Golden Immortals fight over it, whereas Emperor Soldiers were artifacts even Immortal Emperors coveted.
Up until now, the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator had not even returned a single Emperor Soldier.
As the Saint Lord of Tai Hua, Lin Xuantong naturally had more than one Emperor Soldier at his disposal.
But even as Lin Xuantong’s daughter, he did not grant her an Emperor Soldier for protection.
The True Qi consumed by an Emperor Soldier was more than tenfold that of superior Holy Artifacts, meaning that Emperor Soldiers and Holy Artifacts operated on entirely different levels.
Lin Xuantong still hoped that Lin Qinghan could forge her own Emperor Soldier that would suit her.
An artifact personally forged was a better fit for oneself and might even become an artifact to prove one’s Dao.
Lu Changsheng knew Lin Xuantong’s character.
Lin Xuantong preferred his disciples and daughter to acquire artifacts and cultivation resources on their own strength; unless absolutely necessary, he would not directly bestow Emperor Soldiers.
“What do you think of Han’er?”
Lin Xuantong suddenly spoke up, catching Lu Changsheng off guard.
What was Lin Xuantong’s purpose for asking him this question?
Lu Changsheng could only answer vaguely: “Sister Apprentice is a fine person.”
“Hahaha.”
Lin Xuantong laughed in a slightly helpless manner.
In Tai Hua Holy Land, as well as other Holy Lands, numerous young talents wanted to become mighty sons-in-law.
Becoming Lin Xuantong’s son-in-law meant there would be hope to take charge of the Tai Hua Holy Land in the future.
Yet Lu Changsheng was different from the rest, seemingly having no great desire for power.
This made Lin Xuantong decide that he could cultivate Lu Changsheng without reservation.
After his morning lessons were over, Lu Changsheng returned to his cave dwelling to digest what he had learned that day.
Lin Xuantong’s cultivation reached the heavens, and his understanding of the Three Thousand Great Dao was far above Lu Changsheng’s own. With Lin Xuantong’s guidance, Lu Changsheng was confident that he could cultivate the ‘Eternal Holy Scripture’ to the eighth level before his confrontation with Jiang Yu.
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[Ding, your disciple Dugu Aotian has killed Elder Blood Bat and saved the Valley of Thousand Medicines, obtaining 40 million merit points. You have received 8 million merit points in return.]
A notification appeared in the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator.
The disciples accumulated merit through trials and tribulations off the mountain, while the Heavenly Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda continued to grow.
“Master, I have returned.”
After descending the mountain not long ago, Su Xiaoqi hurried back to Yuntai Peak.
“What has happened?”
Lu Changsheng was somewhat surprised.
This disciple was out for experiential training, so why did he suddenly come back?
“Master, there’s big trouble. Listen to me.”
Su Xiaoqi related the news of a Heavenly Level assassin “Chi Mei” planning to assassinate Lu Changsheng.
“I’m actually worth 64.8 billion Immortal Stones?”
Lu Changsheng stroked his chin, feeling quite proud and not worried in the slightest.
Since he had no plans to leave the Holy Land Tai Hua recently anyway, even a Heavenly Level assassin from Eternal Night wouldn’t dare to infiltrate Tai Hua to assassinate him.
With Lin Xuantong’s cultivation level, any outsider entering Tai Hua would be detected by him.
A Heavenly Level assassin?
In Lin Xuantong’s eyes, they were not much different from an ant.
Only an Emperor Level assassin from the legends could possibly threaten Lin Xuantong.
“I will not leave the Holy Land until I have become a Quasi-Emperor. You can rest assured and continue your experiential training down the mountain,” said Lu Changsheng as he saw in Su Xiaoqi a disciple that had grown from a former Earth Level assassin who tried to kill him, to now being concerned about his safety. It seemed that his efforts in mentoring had not been in vain.
“Mmm-hmm.”
“Wait, since you’ve returned, take these magical items with you for protection.”
Lu Changsheng never missed any opportunity to mentor his disciples and casually bestowed several magical items upon Su Xiaoqi.
“Master, you’ve been too good to me.”
Su Xiaoqi hadn’t expected that returning this once would result in receiving Holy Artifacts and Ultimate Treasures.
[Ding, you have bestowed your disciple Su Xiaoqi with the high-grade Ultimate Treasure “Wanhua Golden Light Sword” and received a hundredfold return reward for mentoring: a low-grade Holy Artifact “Wanhua Heavenly Saint Sword.”]
[Ding, you have bestowed your disciple Su Xiaoqi with the low-grade Holy Artifact “Seven-Colored Rainbow Attire” and received a hundredfold return reward for mentoring: a mid-grade Holy Artifact “Purple Mist Feather Garment.”]
[Ding, you have bestowed your disciple Su Xiaoqi with the mid-grade Ultimate Treasure “Soul Startling Bell” and received a hundredfold return reward for mentoring: a high-grade Ultimate Treasure “Netherworld Bell.”]
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[Ding, you have bestowed your disciple Su Xiaoqi with the low-grade Holy Artifact “Jade Dragon Holy Seal” and received a millionfold return reward for mentoring: a low-grade Emperor Soldier “Dragon Tiger Emperor Seal.”]
Lu Changsheng, who had only intended to bestow magical items as usual, had never expected the system to return an Emperor Soldier!
An Emperor Soldier obtained so easily?
Lin Qinghan had used a large number of rare refining materials and spent tens of thousands of years crafting the Emperor Soldier “Thousand Mechanism Umbrella,” whereas he had easily obtained one himself.
Boom!
A disturbance shook the Inner World within Lu Changsheng’s body, nearly causing it to collapse.
A god seal with a mix of cyan and white hues hovered mid-air, its four sides carved with True Dragons and mystical tigers intertwining, creating an intricate pattern. On the bottom of the god seal, there were densely packed seal characters, amounting to tens of thousands of tiny words.
Although the Dragon Tiger Emperor Seal looked no bigger than a fist and could easily fit in the palm, Lu Changsheng knew that once activated by True Qi, it could transform into an entire world and suppress all beings.
The value of this one magical item was beyond imagination.
Even the sixteenth level of the Treasure Pavilion in Tai Hua did not house an Emperor Soldier.
After Su Xiaoqi left the mountain, Lu Changsheng picked up the Dragon Tiger Emperor Seal, feeling a cool sensation in his palm.
“The main material used in this magical item’s refinement is mixed cyan and white, extremely special; it must be the seventeenth-grade refining material ‘Heavenly Cyan Divine Stone’.”
Having exchanged a vast amount of scriptures, Lu Changsheng knew well about various treasures; he had become Baixiaosheng of the Immortal Realm.
Lu Changsheng infused a strand of True Qi into the Dragon Tiger Emperor Seal, but it disappeared without a trace, like throwing a pebble into the sea.
“True to its reputation as an Emperor Soldier, such a small amount of True Qi is incapable of refining it. I’ll have to take it slow. As long as I refine the Dragon Tiger Emperor Seal before the battle with Jiang Yu, I’ll have an ace up my sleeve.”
With more than two thousand years to go, there was enough time for Lu Changsheng to refine the Dragon Tiger Emperor Seal.
When the competition for the Holy Son arrives, Lu Changsheng was determined to give Jiang Yu a little shock.