“Why should that wench Su Yun be given to your Helian Family? Then, who shall our Huangfu Family seek for our vengeance?”
“I heard that Su Yun has a younger sister whose beauty is not inferior to hers. Let her be given to your Huangfu Family.”
“Agreed.”
“This place falls under the domain of the Immortal Dragon Emperor, and the power of the Immortal Dynasty is no less than any of our families. Try not to take action here to avoid provoking the Dragon Emperor’s displeasure, otherwise we will all be unable to bear the consequences.”
“Indeed, especially since the Immortal Dragon Emperor is a clansman of the Heavenly Emperor’s ancient tribe, possessing the Supreme Emperor Body bloodline. With the Heavenly Court behind him, angering the Dragon Emperor would be more trouble than it’s worth.”
“Let’s wait for Lu Changsheng to leave the Imperial City. We’ll follow him for some time, then make our move.”
“Let it be so.”
The two ancient families agreed on the timing to deal with Lu Changsheng, then lay in wait for the opportunity.
Lu Changsheng stayed in the Immortal Dynasty for a few more days before preparing to return home.
He specifically went to Ziyang Academy to see Mo Huazhi once more and pass on his skills to her.
“The Master is a Confucian Sage; cultivating under him will be greatly beneficial to you. When you have time, you may visit your fellow disciples on Mount Taihua.”
Lu Changsheng walked with Mo Huazhi among the bamboo groves, ultimately deciding to let Mo Huazhi stay at Ziyang Academy for cultivation.
Each disciple has their own path, and Lu Changsheng cannot attend to all aspects personally.
The Master is a Saint who has survived from ancient times; if Mo Huazhi learns his life-preserving abilities, she could easily traverse the Three Realms.
One must know, the Master lived through the darkest period of the human race and participated in two ancient wars, surviving the encirclement and attacks by the Eight Desolation Fire Dragons, World-Ending Black Dragon, Ancient Thunder Dragons, and Candle Dragon. Even the Demon Lords were disinclined to trouble him. If Mo Huazhi learns his life-preserving skills, she will become the disciple with the strongest survival ability under Lu Changsheng’s guidance, obviating the need for Lu Changsheng to frequently rescue her.
Moreover, Mo Huazhi practices the Confucian Dao. The Master’s understanding of the Confucian Dao far surpasses that of Lu Changsheng, and Mo Huazhi will be able to attain sainthood at Ziyang Academy.
After Mo Huazhi refines the cultivation level passed on to her by Lu Changsheng, she can then go to Mount Taihua for further skill transmission and usually cultivate at the Ziyang Academy.
“Hmm.”
Mo Huazhi nodded, content with being able to meet her former Master, senior brothers, senior sisters, and junior brothers again.
Furthermore, now that Mo Huazhi knew where her Master was, she could visit him often.
Mo Huazhi remained at Ziyang Academy for her cultivation, while the Princess Yao Yusheng decided to go to Mount Taihua to cultivate for a while, to grow closer to Lu Changsheng.
“Lu Changsheng, sister Yusheng, we are fated to meet again in the future.”
Yuexi bid farewell to the two.
“By the way, this is a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure unique to the Heavenly Court; it tastes quite good. Here, take some for yourself.”
Yuexi shared some of the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures with Lu Qinglian.
Knowing Lu Changsheng’s fondness for his disciple, and that Lu Qinglian loved delicacies, Yuexi gave some of the treasures to Lu Qinglian.
Lu Qinglian looked at her Master and seeing him nod, she accepted the gifts.
She also knew the significance of the Heavenly Court; accepting Yuexi’s gifts amounted to owing the other party a small favor: “Thank you, sister.”
“Hmm.”
Yuexi smiled sweetly, her dimples blooming like flowers.
“Chen Yao from your Mysterious Lady Palace is my disciple, as well as my eldest disciple’s Dao partner. I hope Miss Yue will take good care of her. I will be sure to repay this kindness in the future.”
“Does that mean we can be considered friends?”
“It seems so.”
Seeing the Sword Maidens of the Mysterious Lady Palace as cold beauties who kept others at a great distance, Yuexi, on the other hand, was like a sweet-tempered girl-next-door. It was a good thing for Lu Changsheng to befriend her and thereby establish a connection with the Mysterious Lady Palace.
As one of the Eight Great Divine Palaces, the Mysterious Lady Palace had an unfathomable foundation. Even if they could not get help from the Mysterious Lady Palace, it was at least essential not to become enemies.
Lu Changsheng led the delegation from Mount Taihua Sacred Land, along with the Princess, back to Mount Taihua.
The Taihua Sacred Land is located in the northern part of the Immortal Realm, while the Immortal Dynasty is in the central region. Even with Sword Flight, the journey from Immortal Imperial City to Mount Taihua would take quite some time.
“Lu Changsheng, that scoundrel, has finally left the Immortal Imperial City.”
“It is said that the Princess of the Immortal Dynasty is also among the team from Mount Taihua Sacred Land, which could be tricky,”
“What is the strength of the Immortal Dynasty’s Princess?”
“Based on her performance during a recent confrontation with someone from the Demon Realm, she should be around the level of a fifth-grade Divine King Realm,”
“With the experts that our two families have brought this time, we will have more than enough to deal with Lu Changsheng and the Princess.”
“When we make our move later, the goal is to capture Lu Changsheng and his disciple alive, they must not be killed. As for the Princess, do not harm her, or else the wrath of the Immortal Dragon Emperor will be upon us, and it won’t be easy to explain to the Family Head upon our return.”
“Let’s set off, we cannot let them get away.”
Within the Immortal Imperial City, the masters from the Ancient Huangfu Clan and the Ancient Helian Clan immediately followed after Lu Changsheng and his party left the city.
Lu Changsheng led the team to the border between the Immortal Dynasty and Taiyi Holy Land, resting in an old Daoist Temple.
“Ahead lies the territory of Tai Shi Holy Land, which possesses special pupil skills and is unparalleled in the world; we must not stir up trouble within the range of Tai Shi Holy Land,”
Lu Changsheng was aware that these Sacred Lands, Immortal Dynasties, Confucian Sects, and Prestigious Families all have their own heritage to some extent.
Even the Ancient Han Family, which is considered a second-rate cultivator clan, has the Clan’s Treasure, the Mountain and Rivers Chart. The heritage of a first-rate ancient family or Sacred Land would only be more substantial.
Tai Shi Sacred Land, along with Primordial Sacred Land and Kunlun Holy Land, rank even higher than Mount Taihua Sacred Land and are among the most powerful Sacred Lands.
As the Holy Son of Mount Taihua, Lu Changsheng would also not cause trouble within the sphere of influence of Tai Shi Holy Land.
Suddenly, Lu Changsheng and the Princess exchanged glances, seeing a look of shock in each other’s eyes.
“We are being followed.”
Lu Changsheng and the Princess had previously been followed by Grand Preceptor Xu and the Third Prince when they were in the Green Emperor’s Mausoleum and thus became vigilant; now, they have finally noticed the presence of the Ancient Family’s people who have been tracking them for a while.
“Could it be that my luck has been bad lately, always being tracked by someone?”
Lu Changsheng felt deeply frustrated.
He had always been chivalrous and avoided creating trouble, so why did he have so many enemies?
“Do you have any clue who it might be?”
The Princess realized that following Lu Changsheng is genuinely thrilling, with enemies coming to the door at any moment.
She usually cultivated in the Immortal Dynasty and, as the darling daughter of the Immortal Dragon Emperor, should not have many enemies. Even if there were any, they wouldn’t dare to make a move at the border of the Immortal Dynasty.
Therefore, it could only be enemies related to Lu Changsheng.
“The Blood Sea Palace? Or the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable? Or perhaps, the Ancient Feng Family? Emperor Ku? Grand Freedom Buddha? The Kui Phoenix Clan? Or is it, the Ancient Helian Clan, the Ancient Huangfu Clan?”
Lu Changsheng went through his list of enemies but could not reach a conclusion for the moment.
“…”
The Princess was stunned.
How could Lu Changsheng have offended so many significant forces?
The Blood Sea Palace is currently the number one Demon Sect in the Immortal Realm; the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable is one of the Demon Realm’s most powerful Demon Lords; the Ancient Feng Family, Ancient Helian Clan, and Ancient Huangfu Clan are all top ancient cultivator clans, and the Kui Phoenix Clan is one of the leading clans in the Demon Realm. Behind Grand Freedom Buddha is the Buddhist Holy Land, Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, and Emperor Ku is even more formidable, being the son of the Heavenly Emperor.
Any one of these forces would be difficult for even the Immortal Dynasty to handle, yet Lu Changsheng has offended so many of them.
“Let it be, we will meet the enemy head-on, we’ll adapt accordingly.”
A glint of murderous intent flashed in Lu Changsheng’s eyes.
He possesses two Treasured Items, the Mountain and Rivers Chart and the Human Sovereign Cauldron, which makes his actual combat power far exceed the apparent level of the eighth-grade Divine King Realm.
In addition, his disciple Lu Qinglian accepted the inheritance of one of the ancient Human Emperors, the Green Emperor, and achieved Great Accomplishment with the Martial King Divine Physique, with combat power approaching that of a Divine King Realm martial cultivator.
The apparent cultivation levels of both master and disciple are deceptive, enough to lead the enemy to make a misjudgment.
If the enemy underestimates the combat power of Lu Changsheng and Lu Qinglian, they will surely suffer a great loss.
Before the fight, Lu Changsheng uses up today’s teaching opportunities and rewards Lu Qinglian with a dozen Elixir Pills in one go.