“Your boy sure has the gift of gab. Fine, I can help you cultivate this child. It just so happens that Qinghan also possesses extraordinary talent in artifact refinement. Guiding one person is no different than guiding two.”
“Aotian, aren’t you going to thank the senior?”
“Aotian thanks the senior for your guidance and instruction.”
Dugu Aotian was overjoyed to receive guidance from the sister of the legendary Mount Taihua Goddess.
Although Dugu Aotian’s father is the Demon Marshal Dugu Mietian, Dugu Mietian has not been cultivating for long, and his cultivation level may not be higher than Lin Shiyu’s. This is also why the various Demon Lords do not respect Dugu Mietian.
The various Demon Lords were just giving face to the Old Demon Marshal, and that’s why they supported Dugu Mietian as the new Demon Marshal. In reality, each Demon Lord rules their own territory and may not heed Dugu Mietian’s commands.
If Dugu Aotian succeeds in his cultivation, he has the hope of rescuing his mother.
Therefore, Dugu Aotian studied the art of artifact refining under Lin Shiyu.
Dugu Aotian shuttled between the back mountain and Yuntai Peak.
Lu Changsheng still had to perform power-infusing initiation and teach him other cultivation techniques, as Lin Shiyu could only teach him the method of artifact refining.
Lin Shiyu’s cultivation techniques were not suitable for Dugu Aotian’s Demonic Ancestor Body.
Dugu Aotian still needed to practice the Demon Sect’s cultivation techniques in order not to waste his number one special physique of the Demon Realm, the Demonic Ancestor Body.
According to Lu Changsheng’s estimation, Dugu Aotian’s Demonic Ancestor Body is not much inferior to Emperor Ku’s Supreme Emperor Body.
In the past, when a Demon Lord with a Great Perfection Demonic Ancestor Body led a hundred thousand Demon Generals and a myriad of Demon Soldiers to fight against the Heavenly Emperor with a Great Perfection Supreme Emperor Body, leading a hundred thousand Divine Palaces, Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, they once fought to a standstill, only to be defeated in the end.
From this, one can see that the Demonic Ancestor Body is not much weaker than the Supreme Emperor Body.
Lu Changsheng did not object to his disciples studying various skills under others, as he had too many disciples and could not attend to all of them.
These disciples also had their own special talents, and Lu Changsheng was not omnipotent.
The third disciple Mo Huazhi studies Confucian Dao at Ziyang Academy, following her Master.
The fifth disciple Ji Xuan practices the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan’s Demon Race Skills in the Demon Realm of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox.
The sixth disciple Chen Yao cultivates the Mysterious Lady Skills at the Mysterious Lady Palace in the Heavenly Court.
The seventh disciple Xiao Fan occasionally goes to the Suxin Fairy from Lianshan Holy Land to learn the art of alchemy.
The tenth disciple Su Xiaoqi studies the Ancient Su Family’s techniques with Su Yun.
The thirteenth disciple Dantai Meng is instructed by her father, the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable, in cultivation.
Lu Changsheng continues to find time to award Star River Sand to Dugu Aotian.
Lu Changsheng wanted to see what kind of treasures the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator could return.
Every time Lu Changsheng awards one million jin of Star River Sand, it actually is only the size of a fingernail.
[Ding, your awarding of Eighteenth Grade material “Star River Sand” to disciple Dugu Aotian failed to receive a disciple return reward.]
[Ding, your awarding of Eighteenth Grade material “Star River Sand” to disciple Dugu Aotian failed to receive a disciple return reward.]
…
[Ding, the number of disciple return attempts for today has been exhausted, please try again tomorrow.]
Another day with all failures.
Lu Changsheng was completely dismayed.
If he continues to award like this, he didn’t know if the system would return any treasure after completely awarding twenty billion jin of Star River Sand, or if there would be nothing at all?
Because of Lu Changsheng’s awarding, Dugu Aotian had enough refining materials, and Lin Qinghan also benefited from this.
The refining materials that Dugu Aotian could not use up could be shared with Lin Qinghan.
After all, Lin Qinghan and his Master are related as senior sister and junior brother, and Dugu Aotian still understood common courtesy.
At Changliu Mountain, the Everlasting Immortal received notification from Lin Xuantong that Blood Sea Palace had set up two branches within the territory of Changliu Holy Land.
“The infiltration of Blood Sea Palace is terrifying. Without our knowledge, they have established branches within our territory of Changliu Mountain. We were completely unaware.”
The Everlasting Immortal broke into a cold sweat.
Had it not been for Lin Xuantong’s reminder, he wouldn’t have known about the existence of Blood Sea Palace branches near the territory he presided over, Changliu Holy Land.
Once the Demon Lords launch a massive invasion of the Immortal Realm, with the Blood Sea Palace working both from within and without, Changliu Holy Land might be thoroughly purged.
“Master, let us lead a team to exterminate these sub-temples,” they said.
The White Immortal Emperor, Li Changye and other direct disciples, knowing that these two sub-temples of the Blood Sea Palace posed a threat to Changliu Mountain, decided to lead the disciples of Changliu to eradicate the sub-temples of the Blood Sea Palace.
“Going there would be tantamount to courting death. When Lu Changsheng led a team to eradicate the sub-temple of the Blood Sea Palace on Meteorite Island, they encountered a siege by protector Lin Beichen, Song Tianfang, and three others, narrowly escaping with their lives. If you encounter such a situation, can you be confident of getting away?”
“This…”
The White Immortal Emperor and Li Changye were at a loss for words.
Now that the White Immortal Emperor is a Ninth Grade Divine King, and Li Changye has reached Great Accomplishment as an Immortal Emperor, they still couldn’t contend with the four protectors of the Blood Sea Palace.
The protectors of the Blood Sea Palace are all Divine King-level masters from the Demon Sect. Lin Beichen and Song Tianfang were not ordinary protectors, especially Lin Beichen, who is ranked ninety-third on the Divine King Ranking.
In front of Lin Beichen, the White Immortal Emperor and Li Changye were like ants.
“You two have the right attitude, but to exterminate these two sub-temples, we still need to ask the Ancestor to take action. Moreover, to avoid alarming the enemy, we must divide our troops into two groups and act simultaneously to level both sub-temples without letting anyone escape.”
The Everlasting Immortal went to the back mountain to request the Old Sword Saint to make a move.
The Old Sword Saint, along with Yang Qing and Qiongxiao Fairy, had slain the Devouring Demon Worm. As long as the elderly master is willing to take action, even if Lin Beichen is encountered, he could be defeated.
“Blood Sea Palace…”
Li Changye thought of his former disciple Xiao Xiangdao who had joined the Blood Sea Palace, and felt heavy-hearted.
On Yuntai Peak, Lu Changsheng was preparing to refine Body Tempering Elixir, aiming for the Great Perfection of the “Eternal Indestructible Art” tenth layer.
The “Eternal Indestructible Art” lacked only the last layer. Once the final layer is mastered, Lu Changsheng’s physique would be comparable to a Second Grade Taoist Instrument, making it exceedingly difficult for even a Divine King Realm expert to obliterate him.
In addition, upon mastering the tenth layer of the “Eternal Indestructible Art,” Lu Changsheng would also be able to start practicing the “Heaven Overbearing Body Art,” becoming invincible within the Divine King Realm.
While Lu Changsheng was preparing to refine the elixir, he still did not forget to reward Dugu Aotian with Star River Sand.
He refused to believe that he couldn’t trigger the System’s return ratio.
[Ding, you have rewarded your disciple Dugu Aotian with Eighteenth Grade material “Star River Sand,” and the disciple return reward has failed.]
[Ding, you have rewarded your disciple Dugu Aotian with Eighteenth Grade material “Star River Sand,” and the disciple return reward has failed.]
…
Sigh, another day of complete failure.
Lu Changsheng was becoming frustrated.
Why is the System not being helpful this time?
[Ding, you have rewarded your disciple Dugu Aotian with Eighteenth Grade material “Star River Sand,” and you have triggered a return of nine hundred and ninety-nine million times: Jade Balance Star Core.]
Just when Lu Changsheng thought he was going to fail again, the last disciple reward of the day finally triggered the corresponding ratio.
Goodness, it needed to trigger a ratio of nine hundred and ninety-nine million times to receive a reward!
No wonder the System had been signaling failures these days.
Lu Changsheng had awarded a piece of Star River Sand the size of a fingernail, and the System’s return was also a star core of the same size, along with information displayed.
[Jade Balance Star Core: A piece of the core of the ancient Yu Heng Star, containing the original starforce of the Yu Heng Ancient Star, one of the materials of the highest quality for refining.]
“Hiss…”
Refining material of the highest quality.
Lu Changsheng’s scalp tingled.
In other words, with this piece of material, one could refine the highest-tier magical treasure.
However, a Yu Heng Star Core of the size of a fingernail is quite insufficient to craft a complete magical treasure. At most, it could be crafted into concealed weapons like the Sun God Needle or the Storm Pear Flower Needles.
Better to wait and collect more Yu Heng Star Cores to forge a magical treasure.
Wait, with such a high-level crafting material, does the Immortal Realm possess a Refinement Grandmaster of the corresponding level to use it to forge a magical treasure?
If there is no Refinement Grandmaster capable of refining the Jade Balance Star Core, that would be troublesome.
Forget it, if it comes to it, amassing star cores the size of bricks and using them as such wouldn’t be too bad—each strike would be weighty.