On the Road to Immortality, Lu Yang stood with his hands behind his back, feeling thousands of emotions in his heart.
How long has it been? exactly how long has it been since he encountered an opponent he could suppress so easily? He had almost forgotten the style of the Saint Sect!
This is the kind of opponent I should be fighting.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang truly had tears streaming down his face in silence. It wasn't easy to become a Perfected Lord , and with a Supreme Dao Fruit at that. Two happy things overlapping together.
And these two happinesses should have brought me even more happiness.
What I obtained should have been a blissful time like a dream... But why? Why is it that after I seek golden core, the enemies are fiercer one after another?
Why did it turn out like this?
He had originally planned to challenge higher levels after achieving the Golden Core, bully the weak, and oppress lower cultivators to quickly complete the primitive accumulation of cultivation.
But the result?
Damn it, everyone was bullying me.
What [Perfected One Vajra Form Preaching], what Immortal Venerable Taiyin, what World Honored One's distraction, what Immortal Lord Duxuan... Are they on the same level as me?
I am only an Early Stage Golden Core!
Fucking hell!!
Now, finally, the wheel of fortune has turned. It is my turn to bully the weak with Foundation Establishment! Sure enough, a true powerhouse should ruthlessly humiliate the weak!
"Speak."
Lu Yang simply molded a ball of spiritual qi, turning it into a table and chairs, then sat down in front of the Old Soul and smiled: "You have at least three sentences to say."
After speaking, he felt some regret in his heart because he discovered that the Old Soul should have been a Perfected Lord when alive. However, he obviously didn't cultivate the Grotto-Heaven Method, so his soul lacked Golden Nature. In other words, he couldn't be settled by the [Book of a Hundred Lifetimes]. Otherwise, there wouldn't be need for this trouble.
"This Fellow Daoist..."
On the other side, the Old Soul guarded his sea of consciousness while speaking cautiously: "This lowly one is [Long Tu]. May I ask which family Fellow Daoist comes from?"
Lu Yang smiled and shook his head: "Not this."
"..."
Hearing this, Dragon Diagram instantly felt a huge sense of crisis sweeping through his whole body. He hurriedly said: "I can be Fellow Daoist's guide in this place!"
Lu Yang's smile gradually became plain: "Not this either."
He is absolutely a demon from the Immortal Nexus!
Long Tu cursed loudly in his heart, but dared not change the subject again. He said directly: "This place is named [Heavenly Being's Remnant Consciousness]. It is a Dao Lord Inheritance."
"Oh?" Lu Yang narrowed his eyes slightly: "Inheritance left by a Dao Lord?"
Long Tu shook his head: "Inheritance leading to a Dao Lord!"
As his voice fell, a huge wave was instantly set off in Lu Yang's heart. Left by a Dao Lord vs. leading to a Dao Lord—the difference of a few words was actually as far apart as heaven and earth!
Immediately, Dragon Diagram explained:
"As far as I know, this place might have been formed suddenly in the sea of light, or it might have been left by some unimaginable mighty figure. But the specific reason for its formation is no longer something we lower cultivators can trace. This place even has shattered long ago; what remains is actually just some wreckage."
Facing the pressure brought by Lu Yang, Long Tu spoke the truth he had never told Perfected One Subduing-Spirit.
"Shattered?"
"Correct."
Long Tu smiled bitterly: "Did Fellow Daoist not discover it before entering? At first glance, this place looks like a footprint, reflecting reality from the [Sea of Bitterness]..."
"Hiss!"
Hearing this, Lu Yang instantly reacted.
"You mean the footprint here and this place are not one entity? In fact, it is the exact opposite. It was that footprint descending from the sky that destroyed this place?"
After Lu Yang finished speaking, his heart instantly felt horrified.
Previously, he thought the inheritance of the entire Shadow Area was left by the owner of the footprint, and was still wondering why someone would use a footprint to transmit information.
However, the reality was that this place might have been a massive inheritance site in the past, possibly even a Super World Realm not inferior to the Celestial Court. Until one day, a big foot descended from the sky. While landing in the [Sea of Bitterness], it also trampled out everything of this place in reality.
A Dao Lord's big foot!
But if it's like this, then it matches up! Because previously Sisui once said that the methods to break through to Nascent Soul realm were all cut off by the Dao Lords!
This is the evidence!
A big foot... Probably not some incarnation, but a true Dao Lord withdrawing from [Paramita] and descending to reality. Only then could there be such mighty power!
However—
Thinking of this, Lu Yang looked at Long Tu again: "With the mighty power of a Dao Lord, since he decided to destroy this place, how could he let this place survive until now?"
"Oh, because the one who took action was the World Honored One—that's why there were some oversights."
Lu Yang: "..."
You have some nerve!
Seeing Lu Yang's strange expression,Long Tu laughed: "This place seals karma. Even speaking ill of a Dao Lord to his face doesn't matter; it won't be sensed."
"Moreover, although there are remnants here, this place is relatively special and does not exist in reality. Otherwise, it couldn't have escaped the dharma eye of the World Honored One. So even if the World Honored One descends his dharma body again, he won't be able to discover this place. No karma, no destiny, and even more impossible to enter..."
Speaking of this, Long Tu was also full of doubts in his heart.
He could bring Perfected One Subduing-Spirit in because the power behind him had destiny with the [Heavenly Being's Remnant Consciousness]. But what is going on with this Golden Core Perfected Lord in front of him?
Let alone entering, he even entered with the identity of a Golden Core Perfected Lord, completely violating the rules!
This place should only allow Foundation Establishment Perfected Ones to enter. Once one attain golden core and had a dao fruit, trespassing here should have been erased by the rules.
How did he do it?
Long Tu hadn't figured it out here yet when his soul was grabbed by Lu Yang. He was instantly mixed with shock and anger: "Fellow Daoist, what do you want to do to me?"
"Nothing." Lu Yang chuckled lightly: "It's just that Fellow Daoist hasn't finished the previous words. This place has an inheritance that can lead to a Dao Lord. And then? How to inherit? Cultivation method? Divine ability? Spiritual material? Since Fellow Daoist is so familiar with this place, presumably you must know more details."
"Can speaking out exchange for a life?"
Lu Yang didn't speak, just smiled and increased the force.
Instantly, the severe pain coming from the soul made Long Tu hurriedly continue: "There are a total of seven layers in this place. To obtain the opportunity, one must pass the tests."
"We stayed here, wandering on the first layer."
"However, seven layers was the state of this place in its heyday. Now that it is shattered, whether there are still seven layers is hard to say. It is also possible that only one layer remains."
"But, even if it is only the first layer, there are infinite benefits. Subduing-Spirit only took some scraps, and successfully condensed the fifth divine ability, completed his Dao comprehension, and had hope of attaining [Sword Edge Gold]... If Fellow Daoist ventures forth, perhaps you have hope of claiming this layer's opportunities."
Long Tu explained for quite a while.
Passing tests... who set the tests? Inheritance leading to a Dao Lord, who is worthy of setting so-called tests for a Dao Lord?"
"This..."
Long Tu was speechless upon hearing this, then said helplessly: "Regarding this, my old master's sect also had guesses, but they are just guesses, without evidence."
"Let's hear it."
Long Tu pondered slightly and whispered: "It is said that these tests were formed spontaneously by the [Sea of Bitterness]. Does Fellow Daoist know the roots and origin of the [Sea of Bitterness]?"
"[Sea of Bitterness], the sea of infinite concepts, is the manifestation of reality in a higher stature. In the [Sea of Bitterness], there is no distinction between past, present, and future. All concepts settle within... Therefore, the [Sea of Bitterness] is also a history book, recording all history to date!"
"And the tests in the [Heavenly Being's Remnant Consciousness] originate from this."
"According to the guess of this old man's sect, these trials are actually the records of Dao Lords seeking their Dao and attaining Nascent Soul in the past, extracted to test later generations!"
As his voice fell, Lu Tong felt heavy in his heart.
Speaking to this point, he had actually almost hollowed out the secrets in his heart, just to gain Lu Yang's trust. Only the biggest secret remained untold.
I cannot die.
I am useful to this Golden Core Perfected Lord... If it really doesn't work, abandon that fool Subduing-Spirit and cooperate with this Perfected Lord. Maybe there is hope for success...
Thinking of it, he did it. Long Tu immediately whispered:
"Fellow Daoist, actually you and I have no enmity. I am fairly familiar with this place. If you have the heart, how about you and I explore together? Cooperation benefits both."
Who would have thought that before his voice fell, Lu Yang raised his eyebrows slightly, looking surprised: "Explore? Fellow Daoist, how dare you arrogantly speak of exploring my secret realm?"
Hearing this, Long Tu was instantly stunned: "Ah?"
Boom!
(End of Chapter)