Chapter 545: Really See the Death Star This Time
Translator: Subudai11 Editor: Chrissy
Plentiful City's group of immortal tombs was locked by Wang Lu as his next destination.
After months of sorting himself out, Wang Lu finally began to go into action earnestly.
The dream of time travel, besides awakening his past consciousness, made Wang Lu realize that there was a great crisis, thus he could no longer do things as casually and aimlessly as before.
Before the time travel dream, Wang Lu did not have much sense of urgency in cultivation. In Spirit Sword Sect, he had a special position, and even before he had a small success in Non-Phase Method, he was already quite famous. After defeating Qiong Hua in the battle for the five blood spirit crown, Wang Lu had vaguely laid his status as the first among his peers, so the motivation to move forward would naturally be lacking.
At the same time, for a cultivator with the qualification of Void Spirit Root, the highest dream for cultivators, which was to soar to immortality, was a certainty. As long as he carried out his cultivation step by step, the soaring thing was a matter of course. Therefore, Wang Lu had no urgent need for his cultivation. Moreover, with the overall peace and comfortable situation in the Nine Regions, he had always been relatively casual in doing things. Many times he was often pushed by the situation instead of actively seeking for things to do—simply because it was not necessary.
But now, the situation was different. The threat of the fallen immortal hung over his head like a sword. And with his current strength, he was not qualified to participate even as a cannon fodder. During the great war of immortal and demon, all the cultivators with level less than Supreme were just mole crickets and ants, and a mere Jindan didn't even have the qualification to be a 'comfort woman' for the leaders on the frontline.
Therefore, it was necessary to speed up the progress of cultivation. There were two ways of speeding up the progress of cultivation. The first one was the most secure: Return to Spirit Sword Mountain, let the Elders of Heavenly Sword Hall help find a place with strong spiritual energy, do a closed-door training, and then come out decades later after reaching at least Yuanying Stage.
However, there were two problems with this. One was that, although Spirit Sword Sect still had abundant spiritual nodes, there were still many people who needed them for their cultivation. The Elders of Heavenly Sword Hall, successor disciples like Liu Li and Zhu Shiyao, the inner court disciples of Misty Peak, as well as other disciples who had been independent but still cultivated on the mountain… And the second was, reaching Yuanying Stage in several decades was still too slow. Although it was still a lot better than a certain person from Non-Phase Peak who had yet to reach Yuanying Stage even after two hundred years, it was still far from meeting the needs of Wang Lu.
Then there was only the second path: seeking a breakthrough in actual combat. This path had always been regarded by many people as a shortcut for geniuses in cultivation. As long as the qualification was high enough, life big enough, and not afraid of the cause and effect of killing, then the life and death test could really improve people's strength by leaps and bounds. The best example in the history was the first Emperor Immortal Qin and Great Ancestor Desheng who soared to immortality in just twenty years. The most important reason for such a terrifying cultivation speed, apart from the Void Spirit Root, was that they lived in the troubled times. From the moment they set foot on the road of immortal cultivation, they had already been involved in the war. The battle lasted almost continuously for twenty years. By the time the war subsided, they had already soared to immortality...
Unfortunately, the theme for the present Nine Regions was peace and development, so it was difficult to find a huge battlefield to slaughter people for twenty years. Fortunately, a group of immortal tombs was unearthed in the Southern Heaven Region, and the endless instances offered endless battlefields. As long as the state of cultivation was switched to wartime mode, great gains could be made from the battles.
… Of course, in addition to those reasons, Wang Lu also had another purpose.
The news of him being with Liu Li should have been passed back to the mountain. But during this time, there was no movement from Spirit Sword Mountain, so obviously, they had correctly guessed that Wang Lu had some difficulties. Therefore, they just waited for him to return to the mountain on his own initiative.
However… in retrospect, Wang Lu was still not ready to meet with them, especially a reunion with her. Moreover, it was not easy to be ready for that in a short time.
However, always wandering outside was also not a long-term solution. Especially since that leader of Non-Phase Peak was quite impatient. It was estimated that it would not be long before she would come to look for him.
Therefore, he would go to Plentiful City's group of immortal tombs to avoid it. Once he was in one of the independent instances, no matter how great her ability was, it would still be useless. Haha.
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Just as Wang Lu was determined to go to Plentiful City's group of immortal tombs, on the Red Magnificent Mountain of Southern Heaven Region, the master of Reaching Firmament Temple, Xiao Baiya, deeply frowned and his eyes were filled with helplessness.
"Is Xuanying still unwilling to come out?"
In front of Xiao Baiya, a thirty-something girl, with a face filled with flirtatious expressions, gently shook her head.
"Still not. He said before he breaks through this tribulation, he swears he would not go out."
Xiao Baiya was silent for a moment and then asked, "Then did you tell him that it was my order to ask him to go out?"
The girl said, "He said after he passes the hurdle, he would face you while bringing a bramble to ask for punishment."
"Bastard!" Xiao Baiya was furious. In a split second, countless red pine trees outside Reaching Firmament Temple shook, their red scarlet pine needles became sparkling, translucent, and glistening, as if they were weeping blood.
"Bring a bramble and ask for punishment? From me, his Master? Who wants to punish him? What's the use! He is the lead disciple of Reaching Firmament Temple, his words and deeds are examples for the disciples of Reaching Firmament Temple! Now everyone knows that as the temple leader, I carried no weight!"
After listening to Xiao Baiya's roar, the woman suddenly raised her eyebrows in anger. "Aren't you the one that usually spoils him that he becomes undisciplined and out of control? Usually, you don't even show the least bit of prestige as a Master, even the most valuable treasure of Reaching Firmament Temple, Red Pine Crystal, you had shared it with him. You even wish you could announce that he would inherit the temple leader position, so much that when you are with him, you're not even yourself. Now you expect your words to carry some weight, how could it be possible? Humph, previously, Master had made his judgment about you. He said that although you are a competent person to lead Reaching Firmament Temple, you are actually not a qualified teacher. These words are true!"
Being refuted right in the face, Xiao Baiya's face immediately turned red. After being rendered speechless for quite some time, he stood up and said, "I'm going to drag him out!"
"Forget it!" The woman pulled Xiao Baiya. "He is now in the middle of closed-door training, trying to pass through this emotional hurdle. If you drag him out now, you would only pull a walking corpse… Otherwise, do you think I would leave him alone? Alas, tell me, do you think this emotional hurdle is really difficult?"
"That's nonsense!" Xiao Baiya glared at her. "You also cultivated the method of Reaching Firmament Temple, so in regard to cultivator of Reaching Firmament temple, how could you not know about the emotional hurdle?"
The woman shrugged her shoulder. "I don't think it was hard. After my romantic love was broken up by the Elders, I was forced to marry you, and it took me only half a month to adjust to such a setback."
"You!" Xiao Baiya suddenly became angrier. It was just that, looking at his wife who was indifferent to his feeling, for a long time, he didn't know what to say. Finally, he became frustrated.
"In short, toward this rebellious disciple, what are you going to do?"
"I just can't leave him alone. Xuanying's aptitude and temperament are too extreme, it's impossible for him to pass the hurdle alone." Xiao Baiya muttered irresolutely to himself for a long time, "Therefore, I have to take action."
"You want to take action? Don't tell me you want to…"
"Yes, right now, the matter that gnaws at his mind lies in the fact that he is very tempted to pursue a person, but before the battle even begins, he already lost, the relationship is already over even before it begins, which makes his heart unwilling. Xuanying is not a narrow-minded person, if he loses in a fair competition, it would only make his heart mature. But now that he is walking into a dead end, I want to pull him out."
"How?"
Xiao Baiya was silent for a moment and then said, "Help him create a level playing field."
"... Don't tell me you want to use the marriage chart? Are you mad? Do you know how big the blowback would be if you try to interfere with cultivators, especially the marriage of other sect's cultivator? Moreover, that person is the successor disciple of Spirit Sword Sect. Even if her cultivation base is still shallow, she represents the Five Uniques of the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals, if your interference is to be discovered, don't… don't you want your life anymore?"
Xiao Baiya said, "Of course I will not forcefully interfere with other people's marriage. As a matter of fact, I can't… But what if on a certain thing, I just push the boat with the current 1 ?"
While speaking, Xiao Baiya picked up a thick book from the bookshelf. That book, the entirety of it was red in color. It was actually woven by countless red pine needles. There was no word in the book. Xiao Baiya picked up a writing brush, and after hesitating for a long time, wrote down two words on it.
Wang Lu.
"Wang Lu?" The woman said in surprise, "How come it's him? Isn't Liu Li a Lily…"
Xiao Baiya coldly said, "Do you really believe the nonsense from that kid Wang Lu? Lily… That's just his nonsense! Liu Li has already fallen in love with him for a long time, and toward Liu Li, he also treats her very differently from the others."
"But Xuanying didn't see a true love line between the two."
"Humph, what can he see with his tiny skill? But indeed the two of them have yet to officially establish their relationship. So the love line between them can only be regarded as a potential line, which is very difficult to observe… At the same time, even if it's destroyed, it has a very little consequence with the cause and effect. Of course, for insurance purposes, I will not do it directly."
As Xiao Baiya spoke, he slowly and painstakingly wrote on the marriage chart.
"Ruining others' marriages is absolutely taboo for cultivators of Reaching Firmament Temple. And such a spell must not easily be cast if not necessary. But for thousands of years, cultivators of Reaching Firmament Temple have been meticulously studying the way of marriage, so if we want to do something, there will always be a way…"
As he spoke, Xiao Baiyia's hand began to tremble slightly and sweat oozed out from his forehead. For a Supreme level cultivator, such magical power consumption could be considered as earth-shaking. What kind of effect would happen when such a terrifying force fell on a mere Jindan Stage cultivator?
"W-What are you doing? To deal with a small character of Jindan Stage, you even use your true yuan. Do you want him to live a lonely life?"
Xiao Baiya finally finished writing the last word and immediately closed the marriage chart, and then tiredly smiled at his wife.
"On the contrary, the chapter that I just wrote is called…"
" Sura Field! 2 "
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At the same time, on Spirit Sword Mountain, Wang Wu looked at Daoist Master Fengyin in front of her with great astonishment.
"What? There is a new immortal dream land in the group of immortal tombs? And only beautiful girls at the level of Jindan and below can enter? So you want me to go with Yao'Er, Shixuan, Xinyao, and that stupid cat to Plentiful City? What? Little Ling'Er too? Isn't she… Very well, I have no differing opinion. As long as the budget is generous, for me, it doesn't matter how many people will go, hahaha."
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