Chapter 10: Preparing to Break Through!
The Sixth Menial Court.
Lu Qingyang sat cross-legged on the earthen kang in his room.
In his left hand, he held the storage bag he had obtained from the Hemp-Robed Old Thief today.
In his right hand, he was toying with a cyan jade token missing one corner.
Does this… count as an unexpected windfall?
Muttering to himself, a trace of seriousness appeared on Lu Qingyang’s face.
Today had taught him the cruelty of the cultivation world.
Even the Chaotian Market, which seemed extremely safe, was in truth fraught with hidden dangers.
Without some skill, he would right now be a pile of rotten meat outside the mountain.
Thinking of this, Lu Qingyang lowered his head and glanced at his own thin, wiry body, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
If not for the Simulation happening to grant me this body-tempering flesh today, I’m afraid things really would have ended badly later on.
That old thief’s jade slip was too bizarre. It could actually inscribe a formation onto it.
The first time I examined it, I actually failed to notice, and truly fell for his scheme.
Lu Qingyang mused. He did not understand the Dao of Formations, so he could not operate the jade slip either.
For now, he could only put it into his storage bag.
Once he rose to the Outer Gate in the future, perhaps he could learn a trick or two at the Spell Art Bureau.
Afterwards, Lu Qingyang carefully searched through the old thief’s storage bag again.
The old thief’s identity jade token had been taken away by Senior Brother Li of the Law Enforcement Bureau.
However, all the sect contribution on it had been fully transferred to Lu Qingyang.
A total of over three hundred contribution points, which made Lu Qingyang wealthy once again.
Three hundred contribution points was equivalent to two years of income for an ordinary menial!
To Lu Qingyang, this counted as no small harvest.
There was more than just this inside the old thief’s storage bag.
There was also a cultivation technique, a bottle of pills, and a pile of spirit stones and other items.
Blood Demon Art… This must be the technique that old thief cultivated.
It’s just a pity this method is too sinister and doesn’t suit me, but I can take it to the Spell Art Bureau to exchange for some contribution.
Lu Qingyang’s mind stirred, and he put it away.
In the Prison Dragon Realm, techniques were not passed on by word of mouth. Ordinary spell arts could only be cultivated through jade slips.
As long as a jade slip had not been refined, it could be sold.
Qi-Nourishing Pills can also sell for fifty spirit stones. Adding it up… I have over two hundred spirit stones too.
As he tallied up the old thief’s belongings, Lu Qingyang’s heart gradually calmed down.
He did not know the old thief’s background.
But he could also see that this person’s wealth was not considered very rich among mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators.
This is strange. A killer and robber, yet this poor?
Seems off…
Lu Qingyang’s brows furrowed, but after thinking for a long time he could not figure it out, so he had no choice but to let it go.
Never mind. Right now, my priority is still to raise my realm as quickly as possible.
Whether to rise to the Outer Gate or to protect myself, I must reach mid-stage Qi Refining as soon as possible!
Having made his decision, Lu Qingyang took out the pill bottle containing the Stainless Pill.
There were still seven pills in the bottle.
He took one out and swallowed it.
Then he closed his eyes and circulated the Five Elements Formula to cultivate.
What Lu Qingyang did not know was that as the old thief’s identity jade token was brought back to the Law Enforcement Bureau by Li Feng, a massive industrial chain and conspiracy was gradually drawing back its curtain.
…
“Director, this is another identity jade token found from outside the sect.”
Inside the Law Enforcement Bureau, the identity jade token that should have been in Li Feng’s hand appeared in the hand of a purple-robed woman.
If Lu Qingyang were present, he would surely be extremely shocked.
Because in the Chaotian Sect, Foundation Establishment cultivators wore cyan robes.
Only true Golden Core True Monarchs could wear purple robes!
“Hm?”
The purple-robed woman glanced over the identity jade token in her hand, then let out a cold snort.
“Go investigate. Find out which Inner Gate family this jade token leaked from this time.”
“Those fellows are getting uglier and uglier in their eating habits. If I don’t give them a lesson, do they really think my Law Enforcement Bureau is just for show!”
“Yes!”
That disciple accepted the order and left.
After he left, the purple-robed woman slowly stood up.
She did not look old, roughly around Lu Qingyang’s age.
But within those sword-like eyes was a chilling sense of authority.
“I cannot let those fellows continue to run amok. Otherwise, the Chaotian Sect’s foundation of several thousand years will sooner or later be destroyed in a single day!”
The purple-robed woman murmured to herself.
Her figure flashed and vanished within the Law Enforcement Bureau.
In the next instant, she appeared outside the Chaotian Sect’s most mysterious office — the Sect Master Bureau…
Lu Qingyang naturally would not know that the jade token he had brought back had already stirred up waves upon waves, like the flapping of a butterfly’s wings.
At this moment, he was immersed in cultivation.
The medicinal power of the Stainless Pill circulated within his body.
wisps of gray mist swirled around him.
And as these mists coiled around him, his bearing became even more transcendent.
This situation persisted for a period of time.
Until half a month later, a faint sound came from within Lu Qingyang’s room.
He opened his eyes.
Two beams of sharp light shot out.
“Qi Refining… fourth layer.”
Feeling the vast spiritual power within his body, Lu Qingyang grinned.
This Stainless Pill really is domineering.
In merely half a month, relying on one Stainless Pill every five days, he had broken through to the fourth layer of Qi Refining.
Such speed was too astonishing.
If word spread,恐怕 the entire Menial Court would be in an uproar!
Though such a speed of breaking through realms was not unheard of in the Menial Court.
But anyone of such caliber was destined for great things in the future.
Moreover, in this half month, aside from cultivating, Lu Qingyang had also used his newly gained contribution points to exchange for an Object-Commanding Art.
Now the Nightshade Shuttle could be considered his trump card!
Next is to go to the Menial Bureau to exchange for information and rise to the Outer Gate!
Lu Qingyang’s gaze flickered.
He rose and stepped out of his room.
It was early morning. The various menials had all gotten up, preparing to begin a day of labor.
When the crowd saw Lu Qingyang, they all subconsciously prepared to bow and greet him.
However, in the next second, they all froze in place.
The reason was naturally the faint pressure emanating from Lu Qingyang.
In the next instant, everyone present reacted.
All of them, with respectful expressions, cupped their fists toward Lu Qingyang and said.
“Congratulations to Senior Brother Lu on rising to the Outer Gate! May Senior Brother’s Dao Path reach the heavens!”
“Congratulations to Senior Brother Lu on rising to the Outer Gate! May Senior Brother’s Dao Path reach the heavens!”
“Congratulations to Senior Brother Lu…”
“…”
The voices of the assembled menials echoed through the empty Menial Court, lingering for a long time.
Lu Qingyang smiled calmly at these words, grabbed a handful of spirit stones from his storage bag and tossed them to the crowd, saying lightly, “Thank you all.”
With that, he left the Sixth Menial Court without looking back.
Seeing this, the crowd hurriedly picked up the spirit stones.
“Farewell, Senior Brother Lu!”
“Farewell, Senior Brother Lu!”
…
Within the Sixth Menial Court, numerous menials bowed toward Lu Qingyang’s back.
For some reason, looking at Lu Qingyang’s transcendent, thin back, a trace of awe suddenly arose in the hearts of everyone present.
So this is what people call… a g-genius, right?
A disciple thought to himself.
“What do you think, how far will Senior Brother Lu go in the future?”
“I don’t know…”
“Perhaps we may never have a chance to speak with him like this again…”
“…”
At these words, everyone fell silent.
The assembled menials gazed at Lu Qingyang’s receding back, and all lowered their heads…