Chapter 238: Chapter 211: Entering the Golden Core Realm_2
A thread of Celestial Dao’s virtue descends upon others when a spell is cast.
The virtue of Heaven’s Dao poses no danger; instead, it can enhance your luck to some extent. Even a Nascent Soul True Monarch may not be able to perceive this change in Heaven’s virtue.
For Lu Yan, the portion of Heaven’s virtue given away can serve as a mark, allowing him to ascertain the enemy’s position.
"Send him to the North Sea to let him linger for three hundred years, watching me from the shadows?
A biting dog is too dangerous, best to kill it early!"
"However, before that, there are more important matters to attend to first."
A trace of an imperceptible golden glint flashed in Lu Yan’s eyes as he looked towards Su Yan beside him.
"Lead the way."
Su Yan, caught in shock, finally regained her senses and hurriedly activated the spell to summon back the flying ship.
The flying ship slowly stopped in front of the two, and Lu Yan stepped back onto the flying ship.
The other direct disciples still stood in place, their expressions quite apprehensive, fearing retribution from Lu Yan.
However, they worried too much. In Lu Yan’s view, these direct disciples did not even have the chance to pose a threat to him, thus holding no value, and naturally, he need not bother with them.
Moreover, True Monarch Wu had just punished the Xiao family members but did not deal with the direct disciples, implicitly indicating their retention. Lu Yan found no reason to offend True Monarch Wu over a few non-threatening Foundation Establishment cultivators.
The flying ship slowly sailed into the distance, and the relieved direct disciples looked at each other, all showing expressions of relief.
"I didn’t expect that behind Lu Yan was the legendary Twilight True Monarch."
"With such unparalleled talent, he’s not even a successor of one of Taiyi Sect’s thirteen main branches. Just how terrifying are the thirteen main branches?"
"Let’s disperse! With this person here, we should give up the idea of the True Successor Position. Instead of dreaming, it’s better to find a way to break through to the Golden Core Stage before turning one hundred."
The crowd slowly dispersed, and the corner of the Qingwu Blessed Land returned to silence once more.
...
Inside the flying ship, after experiencing this event, Su Yan temporarily let go of the thought of attempting to seduce Lu Yan.
Before knowing Lu Yan’s true background, Su Yan could seek benefits for herself without concerns.
But seeing a Nascent Soul True Monarch call Lu Yan "little friend," and two Golden Core Elders, along with a direct disciple being sent to suppress the Sea Eye for plotting against him, Su Yan clearly realized the vast identity gap between them. Her fear of Lu Yan overshadowed her desire.
Lu Yan was rather pleased for the peace of mind and began to focus on pondering about the Chang Chun Skill.
After some flight, the flying ship slowly descended amid a cloud-enshrouded peak.
Before the flying ship approached the peak, Lu Yan felt a second-tier array being activated, with sword intent rushing skywards as if to cleave the flying ship apart.
"Scram!"
A cold shout came from within the peak, yet anyone could hear the hint of weakness in the icy voice.
Lu Yan stepped off the flying ship and spoke towards the peak:
"Senior Sister Ji, it’s I, Lu Yan."
"Lu Yan?" An uncertain voice came from within the peak, lacking much joy.
The array shrouding the peak did not open, and Ji Xingyao’s voice sounded again.
"You’d better leave quickly! If discovered by Xiao Shang and others, many changes could arise."
Lu Yan’s brows furrowed slightly, pondering for a moment before taking three sunstones out of his storage bag, sending them into the array with magical power.
"I have come according to our agreement to deliver the sunstones, Senior Sister Ji."
Unexpectedly, Ji Xingyao did not open the array to allow the three sunstones to enter, and Xiaoyao Peak within remained silent.
After a long pause, her voice slowly emerged again:
"Junior Brother Lu, I appreciate the kindness but my foundation has worsened after several interventions, beyond cures with medicinal stones.
The sunstone is invaluable, worthy as a sacred product for body cultivators. Junior Brother Lu can use it to exchange for a large quantity of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures with body cultivators."
"Foundation worsened?" Upon hearing Ji Xingyao’s explanation, Lu Yan understood why Xiao Shang and others were so rampant.
If Ji Xingyao had retained even a fraction of her cultivation, she would have drawn her sword out of the blessed land to slash them all, rather than being blocked in Qingwu Blessed Land.
Looking at the Sunstone that flew back to him, Lu Yan did not reach out to catch it.
He had a mutually beneficial relationship with Ji Xingyao, but Ji Xingyao had previously wielded her sword to extort resources from the Cave Mansions of various direct disciples to exchange for the Scripture Transmission Order for Lu Yan.
If not for this, Ji Xingyao’s injuries would not have worsened to such an extent in just two short years.
Whether out of personal feelings or the pursuit of celestial traces, Lu Yan should not abandon Ji Xingyao at this moment.
Lu Yan earnestly asked Ji Xingyao:
"Does this Sunstone still have any effect on Senior Sister Ji’s injuries?"
Ji Xingyao fell silent, and after a long pause, a feeble voice finally responded.
"The Sunstone can purify Magical Power and indeed still has an effect, but it can only barely suppress the injuries to prevent further deterioration.
To completely restore the foundation requires a vast amount of Sunstones, such Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures are not something easily obtained, so don’t...
Before she finished, Lu Yan lightly waved his right hand, and a huge wooden box appeared outside the array.
The box opened, and a multitude of Sunstones flew out, piling up into a small mountain, roughly estimated to be over a thousand in number.
The mass of Sunstones gathered in one place, with the scattering Taiyang Spiritual Qi resembling a small sun descending to earth. Just standing there, Su Yan felt as though she was bathing in sunlight, as impurities within her Magical Power were gradually burned away by the sunlight.
This miraculous treasure instantly made her eyes widen, with a hint of desire flashing in her gaze.
"Are these Sunstones enough?"
Lu Yan asked Ji Xingyao.
Silence fell once again within the Cave Mansion, and after a moment Ji Xingyao’s voice quietly echoed.
"These Sunstones are definitely enough, but to restore me to my peak state, at least half of them would have to be consumed.
If these thousand Sunstones were sold, they could at least exchange for several Golden Core Treasures and Top-Grade Spirit Pills. Junior Brother Lu, are you truly willing to give them to someone as half-crippled as me?"
Lu Yan smiled indifferently and waved, sending over a thousand Sunstones into the array.
"Senior Sister Ji needs them, feel free to take them!"
In the Xianxia world version, Sunstones are rare treasures, but they mean little to Lu Yan, as there are tens of thousands more Sunstones in his Storage Ring.
Lu Yan almost possesses the entire Apocalypse Version; once he solves the threat of the supreme will, Sunstones would be inexhaustible and unending.
This time Ji Xingyao did not refuse further. The moment the Sunstones were sent into the array, she also relinquished control of the array.
Lu Yan entered the array and finally saw Ji Xingyao.
At this moment, she was sitting upright in a courtyard atop a mountain peak. Most of the pavilions and towers built of Spirit Wood had already collapsed, covered with shattered sword marks and indescribable decay.
Ji Xingyao, once as cold and aloof as a jade goddess, had lost her former beauty. Her Magic Robe was mottled with blemishes reminiscent of a setting sun, and her whole body was enveloped in a foul and decayed aura.
As the Sunstones were placed before Ji Xingyao, the amassed Great Sun Spiritual Qi dissipated the original foul and decayed aura, slightly restoring Ji Xingyao’s ashen complexion.
Ji Xingyao smiled at Lu Yan and said softly:
"Xingyao is in such a sorry state, I must have given Junior Brother Lu a laugh."
Lu Yan was not concerned about this at all; he calmly shook his head and said:
"Senior Sister Ji can use the Sunstones to purify your Magical Power and restore your foundation. I will guard you here."
Ji Xingyao was not someone who was indecisive. She immediately picked up the Sunstones in front of her.
One by one, the rhombus-shaped crystals emitting sunlight rapidly dimmed as Ji Xingyao absorbed and circulated her Magical Power. The pure Great Sun Spiritual Qi within them followed Ji Xingyao’s Magical Power Circulation of Heaven to cleanse herself.
One, ten, a hundred... As the Great Sun Spiritual Qi continued to ebb and flow, Ji Xingyao’s body seemed to transform into a Great Sun Melting Furnace capable of refining all things, swiftly dissolving the decayed Muddy Spiritual Qi within.
This elimination of the Muddy Spiritual Qi took an entire day and night. As the last remnant of the Muddy Spiritual Qi within her Magical Power was incinerated by the Great Sun Melting Furnace, Ji Xingyao’s aura suddenly surged to its peak.
However, such a long period of Magical Power operation to burn away the Muddy Spiritual Qi, while successfully restoring her Magical Power cultivation to its peak, had depleted her Divine Soul to its limit.
A sense of fatigue continuously surged up Ji Xingyao’s heart, seeming to whisper invisible urges for her to quickly relax and rest.
Ji Xingyao’s mind relaxed, but in the next moment, Lu Yan’s voice sounded in her ears.
"Break and then stand, today should enter the Golden Core Realm!"