"I have three methods to save him."
Within the temple, Lu Yang extended a sliver of spiritual power. It quickly integrated into the body of the "demonized" young man below, finally penetrating deep into his dantian and sea of consciousness.
"First, invite a Perfected Lord."
"Although this dragon seed was enlightened by a bit of wonder from the [Vast Ocean Water], its mighty power is too little. As long as a Perfected Lord makes a move, they can use the wonder of a Dao Fruit to refine the dragon seed."
"In this way, not only will your disciple not have any life-threatening danger, but he might even find fortune in disaster, obtaining some divine wonders unique to True Dragons. In the future, the difficulty of cultivating the Water Element and refining divine abilities will decrease, and the cultivation progress of some dao arts requiring dragon blood will also be very fast."
Hearing this, Perfected One Yu Hua instantly smiled bitterly.
Invite a Perfected Lord? Where would his [Laojun Temple] have such great face! If there was a Perfected Lord, why would they still stay in this broken place where their lives hung by a thread?
Lu Yang also understood this principle, so he simply and crisply continued:
"Second, accept the demonization. I can leave a divine ability in this person's sea of consciousness to help him maintain his self-awareness clear, unaffected by the demonization."
"This..."
Hearing this, Perfected One Yu Hua frowned tightly. Of course, he wouldn't doubt the strength of the [Virtuous Immortal], but the problem was that demonization was somewhat unacceptable to him.
Although his [Laojun Temple] wasn't some major sect, it was still orthodox human lineage. The cultivators in the sect stood upright between heaven and earth, always clean and pure. How could they associate with those born from moisture and eggs, covered in fur and wearing horns? Not to mention this was his direct disciple; it was even more impossible to walk this path.
Otherwise, how could he explain it to the Ancestor?
Thinking of this, Perfected One Yu Hua immediately shook his head and said: "Rather than turn into a beast, it's better to die. This method is absolutely unfeasible. I beg the Immortal to point out another method."
Hearing this, Lu Yang wasn't surprised either.
Having observed him for three years, he naturally knew Perfected One Yu Hua was a standard humanitarian cultivator. By reason and by emotion, it was impossible for him to accept the second option.
This was also his deliberate intention.
Deliberately giving Perfected One Yu Hua three choices, yet in reality, there was no difference between two of them, and the third choice was completely unacceptable.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang continued:
"Then we can only forcefully extract the dragon seed."
"Although this is also doable, the essence, energy, and spirit gnawed away by the dragon seed cannot be returned. Afterwards, your disciple's cultivation base will be completely crippled at best, and he will directly die at worst."
Hearing this, Perfected One Yu Hua gritted his teeth:
"Is this the only way?"
At this moment, Lu Yang finally revealed his true intentions, saying faintly:
"This is the only way, unless you can expand the incense offerings threefold for me. If I advance to Perfected Lord, then I could help you resolve it without him suffering a single hair of harm."
"Then... hm?"
The originally near-despairing Perfected One Yu Hua abruptly froze upon hearing this: "Threefold... As long as the incense offerings expand threefold, you, Immortal, can advance to Perfected Lord...?"
Lu Yang nodded slightly: "Exactly, but you don't have much time. I can suppress the demonization for him for ten days at most. After ten days, I will also be powerless to reverse the situation."
Perfected One Yu Hua jumped up all at once:
"Immortal, wait a moment! I'll go right now!"
Before his words fell, he rushed out of the temple with burning urgency. And Lu Yang silently watched his back, knowing this matter was already settled.
Expanding incense offerings threefold would normally require time, of course.
However, the current [Laojun Temple] was deep in dangerous territory. Almost every day, refugees attempted to enter, only they were previously blocked by Perfected One Yu Hua.
After all, the mountain was only so big; it couldn't hold that many people.
At the same time, there were also Foundation Establishment Perfected Ones among the refugees, and quite a few at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. As long as Perfected One Yu Hua let those people in, the threefold incense offerings would be gathered.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang shifted his gaze.
He began to seriously size up the dragon seed inside the young man's body. Although he didn't have much Light of Wisdom, his foundation was good after all; he could still understand many wonders.
The cultivation method of the Dragon Lords.
Perhaps it can be called the Ancestral Dragon Method. Its essence is actually not cultivation, but nurturing. This is a cultivation method specifically for Natural Immortal Spirits!
It perfectly befit the Ancestral Dragon's status as an Innate Dao God.
There was no need for arduous cultivation, no need for deliberate tempering—everything was entrusted to heaven and earth. One might remain unseen, but once manifested, all divine abilities and wondrous arts would arrive in a state of near-instant perfection.
The only problem was that the nurturing time was a bit long.
Easily tens of millions of years.
Using this kind of method to govern Dao Fruits is basically equivalent to directly becoming the spirituality of the Dao Fruit, indistinguishable from each other. That is why the Lord of Heaven wants to seize the bodies of the Immortal Spirits!
Lu Yang was clear in his heart:
Every Immortal Spirit that becomes the master of a Dao Fruit can theoretically represent the Dao Fruit itself. For the Lord of Heaven to seize their bodies is to indirectly take back the Dao Fruits.
Then, is there a way to speed up this process?
Of course there is.
As long as one condenses enough Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends to nurture it... It's just that normally, the authority over Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends lies in the hands of the Lord of Heaven.
To usurp this authority, there are two methods.
The first is to overtake the Lord of Heaven.
Lu Yang had done similar operations in his previous lifetimes. After all, he had cultivated Bu Tianque's [Penetrating the Void and Pacifying Karma Jade Scripture], so he was very experienced in this area.
What a pity, the Lord of Heaven in the false history is very clear-headed.
That foolish and ignorant Lord of Heaven in the orthodox history wouldn't resist; facing his heaven-mending actions, it would only submit to adversity. However, this one in the false history was clearly more intense.
Therefore, this plan probably wouldn't work.
So Lu Yang planned to use the second plan, which was to use the heaven-and-earth-changing method of [Divine Offering] to create a small heaven and earth for himself!
Boom!
With a slight thought from Lu Yang, streaks of divine ability light were instantly lit up on the small mountain where the entire [Laojun Temple] was located. Moreover, as time passed, the number of divine abilities resonating with him also increased. The intersecting light and colors were like sharp blades, step by step slicing this small mountain out from the Immortal Nexus.
Boom!
Instantly, from above the heavenly dome, deafening sounds of thunderous agitation instantly transmitted down. A dazzling white light struck into the temple in the blink of an eye.
The Lord of Heaven was angry!
Almost simultaneously, the demonic miasama originally surrounding the [Laojun Temple] also instantly rioted. Like crashing waves, it surged over crazily, wanting to swallow Lu Yang.
Crack, crack...
Under such heavenly might, Lu Yang quickly discovered the jade stone around him was cracking. The aura that originally embraced unity gradually showed a trend of loosening.
Lu Yang knew perfectly well that this was the Lord of Heaven wanting to forcefully compel him to appear in the world. And as an Immortal Spirit, once this body appeared in the world, lacking that aura of natural nurturing by heaven and earth, its cultivation base would never progress again. If it truly fell to that point, his trip to the false history would also come to an end.
"What a pity, you discovered it too late."
Within the jade stone, Lu Yang grinned. If it were three years ago when he had just entered the false history and the Lord of Heaven pulled this move, he truly wouldn't have had any solution.
However now, it was already too late!
The next second, inside and outside the small mountain where the [Laojun Temple] was located, the lit-up divine ability lights connected into a single expanse, finally transforming into a bright single spark.
To the Immortal Nexus, to the Light Sea, it was incredibly tiny.
Yet it was still bright.
Wherever the spark passed, all interference from the Lord of Heaven was completely erased. The thunder dissipated, the demonic aura ceased to exist, and only a vast and righteous voice echoed:
"From now on, heaven and earth belong to you; this mountain belongs to me!"
(Author's Note: End of chapter)