Chapter 125: Heavenward Imperial Inspection!
The Sect Master going on an inspection tour was not, in ordinary times, something that required an especially grand procession.
But if he was representing the Chaotian Sect to visit another sect for an exchange meeting, then it was a different matter entirely.
After receiving Yun Fei and Yun Qi, Lu Qingyang immediately ordered several of the sect’s more outstanding disciples to assemble in formation.
Naturally, this included Tang Xiaolin Gong, the four who were now known as the Four Great True Persons of the Chaotian Sect.
As well as Zhao Layue, whose cultivation had reached the Golden Core Great Perfection.
And when Yang Yu heard about it, he actually shouted that he wanted to come along too.
At this point, from Foundation Establishment to Nascent Soul, all the Chosen Ones currently under Lu Qingyang’s banner were present.
“I originally heard that the Outer Gate had a little fellow named Fang Yuan this year, with decent aptitude and good potential, but he has only just entered Qi Refining, so he is not suited to this sort of occasion.”
Gazing at the five-colored mass of Fate Pattern auras before him, which had almost condensed into a cloud, Lu Qingyang’s eyes flickered.
I hope nothing happens on this trip. This is a pure protagonist squad I’m bringing along.
With that thought, Lu Qingyang’s mind stirred slightly.
Boom!
A tremendous crash.
Four streaks of escape light, bright silver as water, instantly appeared.
Immediately after, several battle puppets three meters tall, comparable to small buildings, slowly flew over.
Their entire bodies were bright silver, their forms as if forged from steel, glinting with cold light.
Their arms even extended two sharp short blades, flickering with a chilling gleam!
Upon their smooth body lines were densely packed intricate and profound patterns, emitting an aura that struck fear into the heart.
Every single one of them was a Tier-Five Battle Puppet comparable to Soul Transformation!
“Sect Master Lu… are these puppets newly refined by your sect?”
“How come we have never seen them before?”
Looking at those battle puppets radiating monstrous ferocity, Yun Fei and Yun Qi could not help but tremble.
Clearly, neither had expected that in merely a few years, the Chaotian Sect would actually produce something new.
And there was also that “dark cloud” they had seen above the Chaotian Sect when rushing from the Seven Stars Sea Region to Tiangong Island.
That was obviously a new product of the Chaotian Sect as well!
“Heh heh, Elder Yun flatters me. These few are my personal guard puppets.”
“In mortal terms, they are the emperor’s Imperial Bodyguard Corps!”
“Though they are only Tier-Five puppets, under a combined formation encirclement, never mind Spirit Transformation Divine Lords — even Void Return True Lords can be fought and slain!”
Lu Qingyang smiled faintly and waved his hand.
Though his words were introducing the puppets, they were filled with a note of warning.
Hearing this, Yun Fei could naturally perceive the deeper meaning hidden within Lu Qingyang’s words.
His face stiffened, and Yun Fei forced himself to remain calm as he said:
“So that is how it is. Sect Master Lu is truly formidable!”
Lu Qingyang smiled without a word.
He called upon Jiangxin, and had it dispatch eight squads, a total of eighty ordinary Tier-Four Battle Puppets.
As well as eight imitation Tier-Four Floating Dharma Ships.
Forming a mighty inspection procession.
“Let’s go, Elder Yun. This trip also marks our Chaotian Sect’s first formal visit to a sect in the Seven Stars Sea Region.”
“In the future, I hope we can have more exchanges with the Thousand Bamboo Sect.”
Lu Qingyang released his goodwill and was the first to step onto the Floating Dharma Ship.
Yun Fei drew a deep breath, then boarded alongside Yun Qi.
Immediately after, Yang Yu, Zhao Layue, Xiao Yan, Gongshu Ban, Lin Budong, Tang San, and the others all boarded.
Finally, Lu Qingyang stepped forward and stood at the very front.
“Buzz~”
As the tip of his foot lightly tapped, the Floating Dharma Ship abruptly emitted a low hum, and in an instant blue tail-flames bloomed.
Transforming into a blue rainbow, it soared into the sky!
“Boom!”
Wherever the blue rainbow passed, wind and thunder surged!
In the blink of an eye, it vanished from sight.
…
The Thousand Bamboo Sect was located on Myriad Forest Island in the Seven Stars Sea Region.
It was neither far nor close from the Chaotian Sect.
At the speed of a Tier-Four Floating Dharma Ship, it still required a full half month to arrive.
During this time, everyone chatted and discussed the Dao.
Lu Qingyang, meanwhile, took stock of his gains from these years of Simulation within the cabin’s sleeping quarters.
Ten years, over a hundred Simulations. Not only have the gains been plentiful, even my cultivation has reached late-stage Soul Transformation.
If I want to break through to Great Perfection right now, it would only take a single period of secluded cultivation.
But in order to rank among the Supreme in the future, I should first consolidate my realm a while longer.
Once my cultivation is perfectly stabilized, then I will consider attacking Great Perfection.
As he pondered, Lu Qingyang cast his gaze toward a talisman between his fingers.
The Myriad-Mile Earth-Shrinking Talisman… Three years ago, in a Simulation, I relied on this talisman to escape a Supreme’s pursuit.
This talisman is extremely useful for running away, but… how exactly was the meaning of space within it inscribed?
Looking at that profound talisman in his hand, faintly rippling with spatial fluctuations, Lu Qingyang could not help but fall into deep thought.
But if he wanted to understand the principle of its spatial crossing, the only way was to destroy this talisman.
Yet he was somewhat reluctant to part with it.
“Hoo~”
After a long while, Lu Qingyang exhaled a turbid breath and raised his head to look out the window.
It was exactly noon, the blazing sun hanging in the sky.
And in the extreme distance, a towering mountain spanned the void.
Its mountain form was steep and precipitous, like a giant pillar propping up the heavens, piercing straight into the nine heavens!
“Enough. When I return from this trip, I will destroy this treasure. As long as I can fathom the secret of spatial teleportation, it will not be a loss.”
Lu Qingyang shook his head and stuffed the talisman paper into his storage ring.
Then he called upon the remote formation on his body, bringing up the live broadcast feed from Chaotian Heavy Industries in the Demon Domain.
There, within the dusky Demon Domain.
On a perfectly ordinary sand dune.
A black snake thick with demonic qi abruptly drilled out.
“Sss sss sss!”
The black snake raised its head, its forked tongue flicking as it emitted a strange hiss, as if warning its surroundings.
Then, after swallowing a thorn rabbit that seemed to have wandered in unintentionally in one gulp, it swiftly darted into the depths of the sand dune and vanished.
“Hm?”
Observing this, Lu Qingyang’s brows furrowed.
That thorn rabbit, though only Tier-One, has quite high intelligence. By rights, it would not wander in at random…
Could that little demon have a problem?
With that thought, Lu Qingyang’s brows furrowed even more.
And in the scene, after the black snake darted several hundred meters beneath the sand dune, the surrounding scenery abruptly changed.
A vast underground base appeared in Lu Qingyang’s view.
A massive ore-alloy platform stood within the cavern.
All sorts of puppets bustled ceaselessly.
For a single instant, Lu Qingyang was somewhat dazed.
As if he had arrived in some futuristic film.
As for that black snake, after wandering to a resource recycling point, it quietly stopped.
“Click click!”
“Clack clack clack!”
Immediately after, a series of mechanical sounds rang out.
The black snake was actually transforming rapidly; in the blink of an eye, it opened its abdomen like a puppet.
It took out the demon beast corpse, already separated into skin, flesh, bone, and blood within its body, and placed it within that resource recycling point…
“Hm, with the Supercomputing Platform’s assistance, the first-generation Bionic Puppets can actually achieve such meticulous control. That saves quite a bit of trouble.”
“And with the increase in Jiangxin’s computing power, I can now bring up the visual feed from every single puppet of Chaotian Heavy Industries.”
“This feeling is like… watching surveillance?”
As Lu Qingyang thought this, he slowly swiped his palm across the formation.
Bringing the view to a demon race tribe outside the base…