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Lu Changsheng’s thinking and methods had become much more meticulous and ruthless than they were when he was at Mount Shu.
Although the surface of the Immortal Realm seemed peaceful, undercurrents surged beneath.
The strong were revered, and without decisive and swift methods, one could easily become a victim instead.
Lu Changsheng returned to Mount Shu with Grandmaster Taixu and Jianjia.
The Blood Bat Cave had been reduced to ruins during Lu Changsheng’s fight with the two Emperor-Level assassins, incidentally burying the heretic cultivators within. Mount Shu no longer needed to eliminate this group of heretics.
“Taixu!”
Fairy Qingxia, who was stationed at Mount Shu, rushed into Grandmaster Taixu’s arms with tears streaming down her face like pear blossoms with rain when she saw him return unharmed.
“Hahaha, thanks to Changsheng’s action, I was able to turn peril into safety,” said Grandmaster Taixu.
After Grandmaster Taixu recounted the incidents, Grandmaster Tailin, Daoist Yuxuan, Red-Bearded Daoist, Daoist Mingzhen, and other elders of Mount Shu looked in shock towards the two Emperor-Level assassins Wang Liang and Wang Liang following behind Lu Changsheng.
Two assassins who had reached the first realm of Immortal Emperors had their brains eaten by Marrow-Eating Bugs and turned into puppets controlled by Lu Changsheng?
These were two Emperor-Level assassins!
If Wang Liang and Wang Liang had attacked Mount Shu, then the entire Mount Shu would have had no match for them, not even if they activated the Mountain Protection Array.
“The current Mountain Protection Array of Mount Shu is the Eight Desolation Dragon Fire Divine Formation, formed by the Mirror of True Fire of the Eight Wastes Fire Dragon and the Bahuang Fiery Dragon Law Banners. It is considered top-notch among superior Holy Artifacts. However, when compared to Emperor Soldiers, it still falls short. I will temporarily take back the Mirror of True Fire of the Eight Wastes Fire Dragon and the Bahuang Fiery Dragon Law Banners. When there are better artifacts for the formation, I will re-establish it,” Lu Changsheng said.
With a wave of his hand, Lu Changsheng summoned the Mirror of True Fire of the Eight Wastes Fire Dragon and the Bahuang Fiery Dragon Law Banners surrounding Accumulated Thunder Mountain back into his body.
As Lu Changsheng’s realm advanced, his vision also improved, realizing that Mount Shu’s Mountain Protection Array couldn’t withstand an attack from a Preliminary Immortal Emperor. If a powerful enemy attacked Mount Shu in the future and used its people to threaten him, it would always be a hidden danger.
Lu Changsheng could bestow the Mirror of True Fire of the Eight Wastes Fire Dragon and the Bahuang Fiery Dragon Law Banners on disciples to see if the system would return higher-level artifacts for the formation.
The Treasure Pavilion of Taihua Holy Land also had artifacts for formations that could be exchanged. By bestowing several artifacts on his disciples, he would ultimately get the artifacts he wanted in return.
“Changsheng, my disciple has good aptitude. I wonder if she could be placed under your tutelage for some time?” asked Fairy Qingxia, pushing Jianjia forward. Read the latest on My Virtual Library Empire
Jianjia possessed the Immortal Sword Body, and Fairy Qingxia, fully aware of Lu Changsheng’s extraordinary “Disciple Apprenticeship” ability, believed that her direct disciple would benefit for life if she could cultivate under Lu Changsheng for a period.
“That is possible,” replied Lu Changsheng.
Lu Changsheng actually had no special techniques for mentoring disciples; it was simply that his disciples’ aptitudes were extraordinarily high. Whether it was the Dragon Emperor, the Demon Ancestor, or the Ancient Buddha, coupled with the massive cultivation resources returned by the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator, it was difficult for the disciples’ cultivation not to improve by leaps and bounds.
Jianjia could temporarily cultivate under Lu Changsheng, and Lin Qingzhi’s guidance would be sufficient for her. As for the cultivation resources of various disciples, Lu Changsheng had enough to provide.
Seeing that there was no immediate concern for Mount Shu, Lu Changsheng waved his sleeve, enveloping Jianjia in his True Qi, and performed a spatial teleportation, returning to Taihua Divine Mountain.
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The moment the two Emperor-Level assassins had all their brain marrow swallowed by Marrow-Eating Bugs, the Life Lamps of a forbidden area suddenly extinguished. An old man opened his eyes, his chilling gaze sending shivers down the spine.
“My two disciples are actually dead.”
An extremely terrifying aura emanated from the old man, violently shaking the entire cave dwelling.
These assassins, mostly lone wolves, rarely took on disciples. Once they did, they treated them as if they were their own sons.
And now both of his disciples had met tragic deaths.
The old man’s hands rapidly formed seals, causing a time-space turbulence to appear before him.
The scene millions of miles away unfolded before him—the sight of Lu Changsheng using the Marrow-Eating Bugs to kill Wang Liang and Wang Liang.
“Damn it, he used Marrow-Eating Bugs to kill my two disciples, I will make him pay the price,” the old man vowed in rage, as the time-space turbulence faded away.
“With Lin Xuantong and a group of reclusive old monsters at Taihua Divine Mountain, if I rashly intrude, I will undoubtedly die. I must lie in wait, biding my time,” the old man realized as he calmed down, and his cave dwelling fell into silence once again.
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At Taihua Divine Mountain, Yuntai Peak, inside Lu Changsheng’s dwelling, Lu Changsheng was performing a Power-infusing Initiation on Jianjia.
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Although transferring power to Jianjia did not result in a system refund, after all, Jianjia was only an Earth Immortal, and the power consumed in the transfer was but a drop in the ocean for Lu Changsheng.
Jianjia found it hard to believe. How could anyone willingly transfer their hard-earned cultivation power to someone else?
Directly promoted from the third level of Earth Immortals to the fourth level, Jianjia experienced a breakthrough.
After unconditionally transferring a small amount of his power to Jianjia, Lu Changsheng summoned his second disciple, Lu Qinglian, and transferred power to her, who had recently broken through to the Quasi-Emperor realm.
[Ding, you have transferred 18 million units of Heavenly Cultivation to your disciple Lu Qinglian; Lu Qinglian actually received 3.5 million units. You obtain a seventy-fold return reward for mentoring: 245 million units of Heavenly Cultivation.]
A massive return of cultivation almost overwhelmed Lu Changsheng.
Ah, exhilarating!
Indeed, transferring power to a Direct Disciple is more thrilling.
Part of the returned cultivation was absorbed by the Earth Book and the Nameless Ancient Cauldron; the True Qi refined by the Nameless Ancient Cauldron could activate the Taiyin Goddess Talisman. As for the Earth Book, Lu Changsheng had yet to discover its mysterious uses.
Another part of the cultivation was used to nourish the Ancient Thunder Dragon Soul.
The Ancient Thunder Dragon Soul was also considered a growth-type treasure.
Once the Ancient Thunder Dragon Soul reached its peak, it would surpass Emperor Soldiers.
“I will impart to you the ‘Heavenly Phoenix Holy Fire True Scripture,’ a cultivation technique created by an ancient human powerhouse inspired by the Heavenly Phoenix clan,” said the master.
Lu Changsheng’s palm opened, revealing a clump of divine fire in the shape of a phoenix.
Now that Lu Qinglian had reached the Quasi-Emperor realm, she possessed the strength to cultivate a lower-grade Emperor Tier cultivation technique.
Under Lu Changsheng’s guidance, Lu Qinglian successfully mastered the basics.
[Ding, you have taught your disciple Lu Qinglian the lower-grade Emperor Tier Cultivation Technique ‘Heavenly Phoenix Holy Fire True Scripture’ and have obtained a ten-thousand-fold return reward: the upper-grade Emperor Tier Cultivation Technique ‘Limitless True Fire Spell’.]
The system rewarded him with an upper-grade Emperor Tier cultivation technique.
Such a level of cultivation technique, if made known, would surely provoke a frenzy among countless Daluo Golden Immortals, Quasi-Emperors, and Immortal Emperors.
However, ‘Limitless True Fire Spell’ still couldn’t compare with the sect-defining ultimate art of Taihua Sacred Land, ‘Ziwei Celestial Flame True Art’.
After all, ‘Ziwei Celestial Flame True Art’, being a sect-defining ultimate art, had transcended the category of Emperor Tier cultivation techniques.
In addition to internal power, Lu Changsheng also taught Lu Qinglian new martial techniques—’Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Net Palm’ and ‘Divine Thunder Leg’.
[Ding, you have taught your disciple Lu Qinglian the lower-grade Emperor Tier Martial Technique ‘Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Net Palm’ and have obtained a ten-thousand-fold return reward: the upper-grade Emperor Tier Martial Technique ‘Severing Dragon Palm’.]
[Ding, you have taught your disciple Lu Qinglian the lower-grade Emperor Tier Martial Technique ‘Divine Thunder Leg’ and have obtained a hundred-fold return reward: the mid-grade Emperor Tier Martial Technique ‘True Thunder Rapid Wind Leg’.]
Lu Changsheng could cultivate both martial technique rewards returned by the system, which were quite satisfactory rewards.
Lu Changsheng took out a lower-grade Emperor Soldier spear.
This treasure was identical to the one used by Feng Chen.
The Liaori Gold Spear was not unique; as long as one had the corresponding materials and refining method, the Liaori Gold Spear could be produced.
[Ding, you have bestowed the lower-grade Emperor Soldier ‘Liaori Gold Spear’ on your disciple Lu Qinglian and obtained a hundred-thousand-fold return reward: Fragment of a Dao Artifact ×1.]
A fragment of a Dao Artifact?
Lu Changsheng was taken aback.
This was the first time the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator had rewarded a fragment of a Dao Artifact.
A Dao Artifact is a testament treasure used by beings at the level of Holy Mother of Yaochi, which could dominate a Holy Land, showing its formidable power.
Lu Changsheng wondered how many pieces of a Dao Artifact it would take to assemble a complete one.
Certification treasures were scarce even in a Holy Land, mostly relics left by the ancestors.
Of course, Dao Artifacts varied in strength and were classified into nine grades.
If one could assemble a testament treasure of the level of Yaochi’s ‘Plain Colored Cloud Realm Banner’, that would be extraordinary.
With someone issuing a bounty for his assassination in Eternal Night, Lu Changsheng needed some life-saving measures indeed.