One day later, Lu Yang pushed aside the fainted Immortal Lord Yuchan beside him, his face filled with the satisfaction of a great battle, silently counting his gains in his heart.
First is the cultivation system of the Celestial Court!
From building the spiritual platform foundation, to wiping the spiritual platform, then to the spiritual platform being dust-free and glowing, undertaking the dao fruit, and using forbidden techniques to reinforce the spiritual platform, making it never damaged...
A quite complete system.
Especially the two forbidden techniques refined by Immortal Lord Yuchan, [Water and Fire Treasure Vase Seal] and [Shaoyin Sealing and Storing Essence], the profound wonder within them opened his eyes.
Unlike true treasures which are refined by extracting concepts from dao fruits and using spirit treasures as carriers—called vessels carrying the Dao— the Celestial Court uses the spiritual platform as the foundation, letting the dao fruit pressure the spiritual platform, then deducing methods to repair the spiritual platform. This method is called the forbidden technique.
The two have their own merits.
The advantage of a true treasure lies in its powerful might, and if damaged, it can be refined again without causing negative impacts on the perfected lord's grotto-heaven.
The disadvantage is being overly reliant on the dao fruit.
Because it is refined after extracting concepts from the dao fruit, once one cannot break free in the end, they will be completely assimilated by the dao fruit.
In comparison, forbidden techniques are relatively more independent.
After all, forbidden techniques are born to resist the oppression of the dao fruit and repair the spiritual platform. Naturally, they won't rely on the dao fruit; essentially, they are even contending against it.
However, correspondingly, the power of forbidden techniques is much worse than true treasures. Moreover, once a forbidden technique is damaged, it will immediately affect the spiritual platform which serves as its foundation.
Just like Immortal Lord Yuchan, after both forbidden techniques were broken by Lu Yang, her spiritual platform also disintegrated under Lu Yang's impact.
Interesting.
Lu Yang flipped through the information found from Immortal Lord Yuchan, pondering in his heart: Unlike the grotto-heaven method, the Celestial Court's spiritual platform method also has its wonder.
Can I imitate it?
He had to admit that the strength of a grotto-heaven is far above a spiritual platform. After all, a spiritual platform is at most used to hold a dao fruit, while a grotto-heaven can directly take charge of a dao fruit.
But in other words:
Since the grotto-heaven has high strength, if using the grotto-heaven as the foundation, the power of the refined forbidden technique should also be far above the forbidden technique based on the spiritual platform.
No, i shouldn't adopt one method alone. I should use both... Since I want to refine a third true treasure, why not use my [Heavenly Pillar Profound Governance Grotto-Heaven] as a material! Use the method of forbidden techniques to refine the grotto-heaven into a true treasure. A true treasure refined in this way can be considered truly belonging to me!
At this moment, Lu Yang's mind was clear.
He found a direction!
Although it's just an idea, and the specific method hadn't been deduced yet, Lu Yang had made up his mind to use his own grotto-heaven to refine a true treasure!
Normally speaking, this is unfeasible.
Because the [Dao-Seeking Immortal Method] is to keep the grotto-heaven from falling, but you refine the grotto-heaven into a true treasure. The grotto-heaven is gone, what the fuck are you talking about not falling?
In this way, even if the true treasure you refined inevitably fits yourself best and is the most perfect [Dao-Seeking Immortal Method], the grotto-heaven is also gone with it.
Then what's the point? It was completely putting the cart before the horse.
However, heaven never bars one's way—
I am different! Because I have the [Book of a Hundred Lifetimes]!
Even if he refined the grotto-heaven into a true treasure, at worst he could restart, then choose to return to the time when the grotto-heaven still existed with the cultivation base. Wouldn't that make everyone happy?
A perfect true treasure that should only exist in theory became possible in reality because of the [Book of a Hundred Lifetimes]!
Just thinking about it, Lu Yang felt excited.
"Hehe..."
Immediately following, Lu Yang looked up at the ceiling again. His gaze seemed able to penetrate the obstruction of the white jade hall and the formation, seeing a round of bright moon.
Senior Sister must be watching me, right?
Lu Yang understood in his heart that the other party was most likely assessing him now, trying to figure out his void attainment progress and true intentions, which was why she hadn't taken action all this time.
But she definitely can't imagine... my progress is already full!
Lu Yang sat cross-legged, closed his eyes to regulate his breathing. Infinite dao comprehension flowed in his sea of consciousness... With the shaoyin and taiyin supplements found from Immortal Lord Yuchan, the current him had already gathered the Celestial Court's Six Qi.
Now he could go to the [Sea of Bitterness], attempt to weave concepts, and attain a dao fruit through void attainment!
At the same time, quite a few anomalies arose in him.
As the dao comprehension of the Celestial Court's Six Qi gathered, under the nourishment of the dao comprehension, Lu Yang's divine sense gradually perceived some things that he couldn't perceive before.
To be precise, it was a voice.
Lu Yang frowned, his divine sense becoming subtle. He only felt that the voice which was originally extremely tiny, as if existing in another dimension, gradually became clear.
It said:
"Primordial Saint...!!!"
Instantly, Lu Yang stood up, his heart shaken greatly!
Of course he wouldn't forget; this was the voice of that nameless Dao Lord in the [Dao Opening Diagram], his last shout before dying and opening up the Celestial Court!
How could this be?
The voice by his ear was still echoing, even becoming more complete. Obviously, that one cry of "Primordial Saint" in the [Dao Opening Diagram] was not recorded completely.
"Primordial Saint... you and me are irreconcilable!"
"Despicable and shameless insidious villain... I refuse to accept this!"
"Deity Transformation, Deity Transformation ah!!!"
This was the lingering sound of that nameless Dao Lord's last words before death.
After a brief pause, the voice sounded again, the content exactly the same, like a repeater, echoing inside and outside the nine layers of the Celestial Court.
What is going on?
Lu Yang tried his best to control his expression, thinking madly in his heart: Is the Dao Lord's mighty power too strong, that the voice left countless years ago is still echoing today?
Possible!
However, what is more likely is that the other party didn't die!
I couldn't hear it before because I hadn't gathered the Six Qi dao comprehension, insufficient for void attainment, and the connection with that nameless Dao Lord wasn't close enough.
Now the connection is enough.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang couldn't help gritting his teeth: Previous guess was indeed correct. I can hear the other party's voice before even achieving void attainment. If I really achieve void attainment, wouldn't that nameless Dao Lord resurrect directly on my body? Is this what my Senior Sister wants to facilitate?
She doesn't dare to do this kind of thing herself, so she uses me as a scapegoat?
Bastard!
Lu Yang couldn't help cursing secretly in his heart. However, in the next second, he suddenly raised his head. Intuition told him something seemed wrong.
Looking around, Lu Yang reacted quickly:
Where is the voice?
He heard clearly that the cry of "Primordial Saint" was always echoing inside and outside the Celestial Court. It was still by his ear just now; how did it suddenly disappear?
Fortunately, in the next second, the voice sounded again:
"...You also curse the Primordial Saint?"
The voice originally echoing through heaven and earth collapsed instantly, locking directly onto Lu Yang's body, speaking faintly by his ear with a bit of doubt and curiosity:
"Do you know him?"
The voice was very weak, like the whisper of a dying person, but falling on Lu Yang's ears, it was like a bolt from the blue, making him freeze on the spot.
He is talking to me?
Lu Yang's pupils shrank in disbelief. He just cursed 'bastard' in his heart; how could he be locked onto by the other party?
Isn't this nonsense?
However, things went contrary to wishes.
"Correct, I am talking to you."
By his ear, the voice continued to sound, as if someone was really speaking behind his back. Lu Yang could even feel the breath coming along with the voice:
"Little friend, who are you?"
(End of Chapter)