Tianwu City, [Capital Skies Division] government office.
Called a government office, it was an immortal mountain stretching for thousands of miles. After Lu Yang entered the government office, he soon found the cave abode allocated to him.
"The urgent task is to digest the [Wu Fire] Dao comprehension first."
On this point, the government office also had considerable advantages. Such a heavy place was focused on by the [Immortal Kingdom Dao Laws], and there was even a specialized auxiliary mode for comprehension.
This was also one of the ways the Dao Court distributed stipends.
The Dao Court's stipends generally had three categories, distributed once every hundred years. One could choose one category from spiritual materials, methods, and comprehension.
The first two went without saying. The last one, comprehension, was very subtle. It allowed the [Immortal Kingdom Dao Laws] to directly bless the cultivator, putting them into an unprecedented "heaven-defying comprehension" state. The efficiency of comprehending cultivation methods, refining spirit treasures, and concocting pills would increase tenfold in this state.
As a newly appointed official, Lu Yang came with one chance to claim a stipend.
After choosing to claim "comprehension" and decisively activating it, Lu Yang immediately realized what a heaven-defying ability this was.
It wasn't that he hadn't tried to comprehend [Wu Fire] before.
However, in previous attempts, he always found it obscure and difficult to understand. Perhaps he could understand it by grinding slowly over time, but that would cost decades of hard work.
But it was different now.
Under the blessing of the [Immortal Kingdom Dao Laws], the once obscure knowledge seemed lubricated, becoming smooth all of a sudden, allowing him to drive straight in.
Understanding it now, there was almost no threshold to speak of. Problems were understood with a thought, difficulties resolved with a ponder. The entire process had no bottlenecks at all.
Is this the Patriarch's usual state?
No wonder he was formidable!
He cultivated for countless years. Just as Lu Yang was roaming freely in the ocean of knowledge, suddenly, his originally smooth thinking seemed to hit a wall.
"Ugh... what's happening?"
Lu Yang grunted and opened his eyes. This feeling was like being interrupted suddenly right when about to ejaculate, and not being allowed to continue.
Hard and uncomfortable.
Lu Yang blinked and reviewed the [Wu Fire] knowledge that just made his thoughts flow like a spring, only to find that these things had become obscure and difficult to understand again.
Why did I become stupid?
Lu Yang's eyes were blank. After personally experiencing what "heaven-defying wisdom" was, he found it somewhat hard to accept the fact that he was a fool at this moment.
[Immortal Kingdom Dao Laws]...
Lu Yang glanced at the large golden net above his head and couldn't help swallowing his saliva.
This treasure is fated with me.
According to the progress just now, with at most three more blessings from the [Immortal Kingdom Dao Laws], he could thoroughly digest the [Wu Fire] Dao comprehension and start breaking through!
But the Dao Court's stipend is fucking distributed only once every hundred years. To get the [Immortal Kingdom Dao Laws] blessing again, either wait a hundred years or achieve merit... Good heaven! In the end, it still makes Dao Court cultivators compete. The stipend is just a bait!
So, where can i achieve merit?
Lu Yang fell into brief contemplation. Gradually, his gaze brightened.
...Martial Uncle Chong Guang!
According to the original historical development, to seek [Overturned Lamp Flame], Chong Guang would secretly reincarnate and infiltrate the [Kingdom of Qing], then turn this Dao Court Wonder into resources.
What if I stop him?
I could ambush him in [Kingdom of Qing] beforehand. Wait for Martial Uncle Chong Guang to reincarnate, then grab him, refine him instantly, and thereby resolve the crisis of the [Kingdom of Qing].
Wouldn't that be a great merit?
After all, doing so not only dealt with the Acting Sect Master of the Saint Sect—ptui ptui ptui, the Jiangbei Demon Sect—but also protected the Wonder the Dao Court's Son of Heaven planted in Jiangbei.
It would be an absolute heaven-shaking merit!
As for Martial Uncle Chong Guang... suffer a bit, Martial Uncle. I'll compensate you in the next life. I didn't even hold a grudge against him pitting my Fortune in the ninth life to seek the Golden Core!
Thinking of this, Lu Yang instantly rubbed his fists and palms. If he could really pull this off, let alone one [Immortal Kingdom Dao Laws] blessing, even exchanging for ten or eight times shouldn't be excessive! The only problem was that if something happened to Martial Uncle Chong Guang, no one would attain [Wu You Heaven]...
...Not necessarily.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang suddenly gathered his mind, entered the [Myriad Spirits Banner], reached out and knocked gently, waking up Patriarch Nether Whisper who was still in seclusion.
"Another cultivation method needs my help to comprehend?"
As soon as Patriarch Nether Whisper opened his eyes, he skillfully extended his hand.
Lu Yang: "..."
The next second, Lu Yang's expression became indignant: "How can the Patriarch view me like this? Am I the kind of person who only knows to trouble the Patriarch?"
"I came this time to bring good news to the Patriarch!"
"Oh? Tell me about it."
Patriarch Nether Whisper didn't think much of it upon hearing this. He even tortured and killed [Perfected Lord Chengtian Zhengde] in his previous life. Great vengeance avenged, there was no longer joy or sorrow in his heart...
"In this life, I plan to help the Patriarch Seeking Golden Core!"
As soon as these words came out, the originally nonchalant Patriarch Nether Whisper sat up straight abruptly:
"...Tell me in detail!"
Lu Yang smiled instantly upon seeing this and said: "I asked the Patriarch to comprehend [Wu You Heaven] before. Now is the chance... I want the Patriarch to attain it!"
[Wu You Heaven] wasn't that easy to attain. Just the first step, [Essence of Myriad Fragrances], fighting one hundred and eight Heavenly Maidens in a bloody battle, was a threshold countless people couldn't cross.
Besides Chong Guang who had a successful history, Lu Yang thought about it, and only Patriarch Nether Whisper, who had comprehended [Wu You Heaven] before, remained.
This was a good thing for Patriarch Nether Whisper.
"In this life, [Perfected Lord Chengtian Zhengde] is still alive and won't die for a while. Although you are at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, Patriarch, it's very hard to attempt Seeking Golden Core."
Lu Yang said in a deep voice: "Therefore, might as well attain [Wu You Heaven]!"
"Hmm... makes sense."
Patriarch Nether Whisper fell into thought upon hearing this, naturally accepting Lu Yang's phrasing of "In this life" without noticing anything wrong.
But soon, he revealed a look of worry.
"But... if I go to attain [Wu You Heaven], I must go into seclusion together with the world's Perfected Lords. Without me by your side, will you be in danger?"
Lu Yang was stunned.
He was originally calculating how Patriarch Nether Whisper should attain [Wu You Heaven], when to attain it, and how many benefits he could get from it after attainment.
But now, he was completely stuck.
The next second, he revealed a sincere smile again: "No harm. Patriarch attaining [Wu You Heaven] is more important. This is also preparation for the future."
In this wretched place, it was hard to accomplish anything alone.
To achieve something, one must make many friends and few enemies. The value of an absolutely reliable Perfected Lord ally could be imagined.
Moreover, Lu Yang hadn't forgotten there was still a [Wu You Heaven] inside the [Myriad Spirits Banner]!
Although just an embryonic Dao Fruit, wasn't there still [Sky-shrouding]? He said back then he would devour him for a hundred lives. Naturally, he couldn't let him go in this life.
Make Suo Huan suffer a bit, get [Eternal Flowing Water] power from [Sky-shrouding] one more time, nurture the [Wu You Heaven] embryo in my [Myriad Spirits Banner] to perfection. Plus the Patriarch attaining [Wu You Heaven] and refining a Grotto-Heaven in this life, in the next life, I'll have a Perfected Lord protector right from the start!
Just then, a voice suddenly came from outside the cave abode.
"Lord Du Huan?"
Lu Yang walked out of the cave abode in response and saw it was Eunuch An who brought him into the palace before. He hurried to greet: "I wonder what instructions Fellow Daoist An has?"
"Dont call it instructions."
Eunuch An waved his hand, beaming with joy: "Iam here to transmit the decree... Lord Du Huan, His Majesty has given you a big task this time."
Big task?
Seeing Lu Yang's confused face, Eunuch An hurriedly explained: "It's like this... the [Capital Skies Division] recently caught someone cultivating [City Rampart Earth]!"
Hmm?
"Although the other party is only at Qi Refining, strictly speaking not even Foundation Establishment, the cultivation method definitely points to [City Rampart Earth]. His Majesty has personally spoken."
"Lord Du Huan, you're instructer to find a way to interrogate the content of the cultivation method... The other party's cultivation method is very special, bound by karma, unable to be obtained directly through soul searching. His Majesty doesn't want to alert the Pure Land, so we can only use interrogation. If you can interrogate it out, my Lord, it will surely be another great merit!"
Lu Yang: "..."
The person you mentioned, could it be Senior Brother Zhao Xuhe?