At the foot of the mountain peak, the three looked at each other, and Ye Tianyi’s face was dark, not knowing what to say.
Lin Po also shook his head helplessly and said, “Changsheng, your Senior Brother has been traveling with your Master for ten years and has only just returned. You should listen more to your Senior Brother’s teachings in the future!”
“Don’t worry, Junior Martial Uncle!”
Lu Changsheng waved his small hand and responded seriously.
Ye Tianyi didn’t know what to say for a moment.
Seeing his attitude, he wasn't completely hopeless, and his expression softened slightly.
After pondering for a moment, he prepared to have a good talk with him.
However, before he could speak, a sound came from within the Sect.
Clang…
A dull bell echoed in all directions, and as soon as Lu Changsheng heard it, his whole demeanor changed.
Without a word, he picked up a sack and rushed down the mountain.
“Senior Brother, I have something to do. I’ll make it up to you later!”
After he finished speaking, he was already gone.
Ye Tianyi frowned and asked, “What is he going to do?”
Lin Po was speechless and sighed, “The Sect is distributing Spiritual Plants to Inner Sect Disciples today…”
“I…”
For a moment, silence fell all around. Ye Tianyi remembered the human-sized sack in his hand just now and fell into deep thought.
“Tianyi, I know you’re in a hurry, but don’t be!”
Lin Po didn’t say much else; he couldn’t help with such matters.
However, before leaving, he remembered something, turned around, and spoke.
“There’s one thing I forgot to tell you: never walk alone at night from now on!”
“Why? Are there ghosts?” Ye Tianyi was puzzled.
“More than that, it’s scarier than ghosts!” Lin Po said, frowning tightly, “About eight or nine years ago, a Black Night Mad Demon appeared in the Sect. He would appear periodically, find someone, and beat them up. At first, he only targeted Inner Sect Disciples, then he went after Personal Disciples, and in recent years, he’s become even more deranged. Not long ago, he set his sights on the masters of each mountain peak…”
The more Lin Po spoke, the more outlandish it became. When he finished, he noticed that it was getting dark and quickly bade farewell and left.
Ye Tianyi didn’t care; his attention was still on Lu Changsheng.
He collected himself, having already decided to properly guide his Junior Brother.
However, the things he saw today made it impossible for him to calm down.
What did “quota Spirit Stone” mean? Protection fees? Or using his status as a Personal Disciple to bully Mortals?
Soon, Lu Changsheng returned, carrying a sack taller than himself on his back. With his Divine Thought, he sensed that it was full of Spiritual Plants.
Inner Sect Disciples could only receive one or two plants a month, but he had carried back a whole sack…
Seeing this, Ye Tianyi’s face grew even uglier. What kind of outrageous things were these? This was purely bringing shame to Qingyun Peak!
Just as he was about to scold him, a graceful figure flew on a sword from behind Qingyun Peak and landed in front of the two.
“Greetings, Senior Sister!”
Ye Tianyi immediately composed himself and bowed to the woman.
Lu Changsheng, on the other hand, smiled and said, “After half a month, Senior Sister has become even more beautiful and ethereal!”
“You’re such a sweet talker!”
The woman chuckled, her fondness for this Junior Brother evident.
The woman’s name was Liu Qingcheng, the Senior Sister of Liuyun Peak. True to her name, she was stunningly beautiful, and every gesture and smile captivated people.
“When did Junior Brother Ye return?” Liu Qingcheng also noticed Ye Tianyi.
Ye Tianyi said, “I just returned today.”
“It must have been hard for you to be away for ten years!”
“It was not hard!” Ye Tianyi was very respectful and said, “Senior Sister, did you come here late at night to find Senior Brother Great Master for something?”
Liu Qingcheng said, “No, I came to find Junior Brother Changsheng. I want him to help me with something!”
“What can he help with?”
“There’s a problem with a Formation. I want him to take a look!”
“Let him look at a Formation problem?”
Ye Tianyi looked distractedly at Lu Changsheng, who was still carrying the sack.
Liu Qingcheng gently raised her jade hand and directly led Lu Changsheng towards the back.
This action left people in a daze.
After a while, Liu Qingcheng slowly walked back, a faint smile on her face.
“Senior Sister, is the Formation problem resolved?” Ye Tianyi asked tentatively.
“Yes, it’s resolved!”
“My Junior Brother solved it?”
“That’s right!”
“But he…”
Ye Tianyi wanted to say something, but Liu Qingcheng said, “It seems you’ve also heard some rumors in the Sect and have misunderstood Junior Brother Changsheng. He’s not what you think!”
“Does Senior Sister have a different opinion?”
“Get along with him well, and you’ll slowly understand in the future. Be good to him; it won’t be a loss!” Liu Qingcheng didn’t say much more.
Ye Tianyi said, puzzled, “I’ll go talk to him!”
Liu Qingcheng said, “Another day. He went to Cultivate!”
At this point, Ye Tianyi’s expression softened slightly. It seemed he wasn’t completely hopeless after all; at least he still knew how to Cultivate.
However, as soon as he turned around, he saw Lu Changsheng rushing out from behind the mountain in a hurry.
Without a word, he rushed directly to the old pine tree at the foot of the mountain.
“Is he done Cultivating?” Ye Tianyi asked his Senior Sister.
Liu Qingcheng, however, ignored him and instead called out to Lu Changsheng, “Junior Brother, run slower, don’t fall!”
“???”
Ye Tianyi was stunned. From the moment his Senior Sister came out and said he started Cultivating until now, it had only been a few sentences. He was already done Cultivating?
This speed, even going to the toilet takes longer than this.
Liu Qingcheng, however, was used to it. Instead, she looked at Lu Changsheng, a smile appearing between her brows.
“Junior Brother Changsheng should be almost fully developed!”
“Hmm?”
Ye Tianyi was taken aback. What did that mean?
At the same time, Lu Changsheng arrived at the old pine tree. His brows were tightly furrowed, his face full of solemnity, and his body trembled involuntarily, as if enduring immense pain.
His forehead was already covered in large beads of sweat, soaking his clothes.
A gentle breeze passed by in the distance, rustling the treetops, and specks of starlight scattered from the old pine tree. Only then did his expression slightly ease.
“Can I not have this Myriad Tribulation Immortal Body? Every time I Cultivate and Breakthrough, it feels like it’s going to kill me. How can there be such a disgusting Physique…”
Lu Changsheng was helpless. Before Cultivating, he thought his bones were extraordinary, and he was bound to be a peerless Cultivation genius.
The truth was as he thought: he was indeed the one-in-a-million Myriad Tribulation Immortal Body.
Others Cultivate by drawing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi into their bodies, circulating it through their heavenly circuits, and transforming it into their cultivation base, repeating this process.
But his Cultivation was like swallowing razor blades, smashing a rock on his chest, and putting his bare hands into a pot of hot oil!
Every Cultivation session was torture, and Breakthrough was even more life-threatening. His whole body endured endless pain, just like his Physique, as if he truly had to experience myriad tribulations.
Not only that, the Spiritual Qi he needed for Cultivation was several, or even more than ten, times more than others. As his cultivation base continuously improved, he needed more and more.
However, his magical power was also several times stronger than those at the same Realm.
He had been Cultivating for ten years now.
And the path of Cultivation begins with Qi Refining, with Gathering Spiritual Qi as the foundation, followed by Ning Yuan Realm, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Transformation Void, and so on.
He had also reached Core Formation eighth layer.
Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but glance at a mountain peak in the distance, that was Cangyun Peak, where the Sect Master resided.
“I heard that after the Sect Master broke through to Core Formation eighth layer, he started to slack off in his Cultivation. I wonder if I can beat him now!”
Lu Changsheng pondered, changed into a black outfit, and with a single step into the void, he soared into the sky.
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