Chapter 262: Don’t Waste What’s Free!
The Chaotian Sect was like a colossal beast, rampaging through the Central Region.
Countless sects submitted at its feet, laying down their arms and surrendering one after another.
For a time, the entire Central Region fell into chaos.
The Chaotian Sect’s power grew by leaps and bounds with each passing day.
What had originally been just under a million Outer Gate disciples nearly doubled in number.
In less than three months.
The Chaotian Sect’s Outer Gate disciples had already surpassed eight million.
Its subject population had even broken through the hundred-million mark.
And it was still continuing to grow!
Mahayana Venerables also increased at a furious pace.
The original Grand Elder Court had only thirteen Grand Elders.
After three months of conquest, it had actually reached thirty.
But Lu Qingyang still felt it was too slow.
……
The Chaotian Sect’s Outer Gate.
At the summit of the high mountain of the Sect Master’s Hall.
A man in a blue robe stood at the peak with his hands clasped behind his back, looking down below.
“Jiangxin, how much of the Central Region’s process have you taken control of?”
The blue-robed man spoke calmly.
It was Lu Qingyang!
“Reporting to Martial-Uncle, Jiangxin has preliminarily completed the full territorial control of Zhongzhou, but has not yet completed Zhongzhou.”
“Master, the current progress has reached thirty percent. It is estimated that another year will be needed to fully cover the territory of Zhongzhou.”
“A year… too long…”
Lu Qingyang gazed at the clouds on the horizon, his brow furrowed slightly.
During this period, he had been doing his utmost to deduce the feasibility of the Heaven-Concealing Grand Formation.
And the Prison Dragon Heavenly Dao had gone several months without finding a single wisp of Heavenly Dao Essence, and was already growing impatient.
If this were delayed any further and the plan came off its rails, it would be a bad situation.
With that thought, Lu Qingyang spoke at once.
“Jiangxin, speed up the progress! Do not delay any further.”
“Handle the sect’s affairs well. I am going out for a trip.”
As his words fell, Lu Qingyang’s figure vanished.
In heaven and earth.
A long rainbow flashed through the void.
In the blink of an eye, it had crossed several hundred li.
In another blink, Lu Qingyang had appeared in the Land Beyond the Realm filled with violet lightning.
Endless lightning gathered and struck the endless starry meteorites.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
An ancient will’s pressure ran across this land of lightning.
It seemed to be searching for something.
“Whoosh!”
Lu Qingyang’s figure appeared abruptly.
The first thought was to sense that ancient will.
And the other party naturally discovered Lu Qingyang as well.
However, the instant Lu Qingyang appeared, that ancient will actually locked its pressure onto him in an instant.
“Human Race!”
“How dare you deceive me!”
“Boom!”
With a roar, endless Heavenly Dao pressure poured down like a vast torrent.
“Hum~”
“Crack, crack…”
A series of crushing sounds suddenly rang out around Lu Qingyang.
Under the shroud of that Heavenly Dao pressure.
Lu Qingyang felt a violent tremor all around him, as if it could collapse at any moment.
If not for his powerful physical body, an ordinary Mahayana who came would likely have been reduced to flying ash in an instant.
“Damn it!”
Lu Qingyang cursed inwardly, hurriedly retreating.
At the same time, the Immortal Armor within his body activated instantly.
Helping him block that wild pressure.
“What did I deceive you about?”
“Why treat me like this?”
Lu Qingyang steadied himself and roared.
“Where is the Heavenly Dao Essence you spoke of?”
“I have searched here bitterly for three months without seeing a single wisp! And you still say you did not deceive me!”
“I will kill you! Let you suffer ten thousand years of lightning punishment!”
The ancient will’s tone was filled with rage and resentment.
It had searched for so long but had not found a single wisp.
Now that Lu Qingyang had suddenly appeared, it was naturally furious beyond measure.
So this time, it was determined to personally capture this fellow.
To let him know the price of deceiving it.
But when Lu Qingyang heard this, a trace of imperceptible sharpness flashed deep within his eyes.
“When did I deceive you?”
“That day when I led you here, did you not see it too?”
Lu Qingyang’s face showed ‘indignation’ and ‘questioning.’
“But after you left, I did not find a single wisp!”
“Today, if you do not explain clearly, I will grind your bones to ash!”
The ancient consciousness spoke in fury.
Hearing this, Lu Qingyang was not alarmed. Instead, a mocking look appeared on his face. “You are a Heavenly Dao of an entire realm, and you blame me when you cannot find it yourself!”
“Besides, how could Heavenly Dao Essence be so easy to find?”
“Heavenly Dao Essence, how precious… Ah, wait, look! What is that!”
As Lu Qingyang spoke, he suddenly raised his hand and pointed toward the distant north.
That was an area full of starry sky.
A massive meteorite floated in the air, emitting a brilliant golden radiance.
“What?”
The ancient consciousness was stunned.
Not knowing what Lu Qingyang was talking about.
But Lu Qingyang’s figure flashed, and he appeared atop that meteorite.
At the same time, a bolt of violet lightning also appeared at just the right moment, striking that meteorite.
“Boom!”
A heaven-shaking explosion rang out, and that massive meteorite was directly torn apart by the violet lightning.
Revealing a wisp of iridescent radiance.
This wisp of radiance was golden-white throughout, crystal clear and translucent, like the most beautiful diamond.
Emitting a faint spiritual fluctuation that was intoxicating.
“Heavenly Dao Essence, it really is here!”
Lu Qingyang’s face showed joy, and a burning gleam burst from his eyes.
He grabbed the orb in one hand.
“Look! What is this!”
Lu Qingyang turned around and questioned in a loud voice.
He had put on this whole act with such genuine emotion just now precisely to confuse this Prison Dragon Heavenly Dao.
He did not believe the Prison Dragon Heavenly Dao could suspect him.
Even if it could suspect him, under the temptation of this Heavenly Dao Essence, it probably would not be able to extricate itself!
And the facts proved it so.
Lu Qingyang’s action instantly hooked that Prison Dragon Heavenly Dao.
“Swoosh!”
That ancient will’s pressure instantly rushed toward Lu Qingyang’s hand.
“Give it to me quickly!”
The ancient will cried out in delight.
In an instant, it sucked the Heavenly Dao Essence from Lu Qingyang’s hand back.
Refining it on the spot.
“Hmph, do you still say I deceived you now!”
“You slander me so casually, and I even searched for Heavenly Dao Essence for you!”
“Truly, you do not recognize a good person’s heart!”
Lu Qingyang sneered on the surface.
Inwardly, he was actually calculating how to stall even longer.
To make this Prison Dragon Heavenly Dao truly believe that Heavenly Dao Essence existed here.
“I… I wronged you!”
The Prison Dragon Heavenly Dao’s thought fluctuations began to grow sluggish, but its tone remained domineering.
“Since you know you were wrong, then you should compensate me.”
Lu Qingyang’s eyes darted, and a plan came to mind.
“I am willing to compensate you!”
“I can grant you a wisp of Heavenly Dao Rule.”
“If you can find Heavenly Dao Essence, I can grant you another trace of Heavenly Dao Rule.”
The Prison Dragon Heavenly Dao said without the slightest hesitation.
Clearly, at this moment, it had already determined that Heavenly Dao Essence existed here.
“Oh? Heavenly Dao Rule?”
“What is that?”
Lu Qingyang was surprised.
“Heavenly Dao Rule, as the name implies, is a rule only the Heavenly Dao can grasp.”
“But I am willing to grant you a trace, and from then on you can also control part of the rules within the Prison Dragon Realm.”
Hearing this, Lu Qingyang instantly understood.
This Heavenly Dao Rule should be the method of operation that governed the Prison Dragon Realm.
This was an unexpected gain for him.
Following the principle of not refusing what is free, Lu Qingyang immediately nodded in agreement…