Chapter 57: Zhao Layue!
“You… you’ve condensed your Golden Core?”
Jun Moyan sensed Lu Qingyang’s cultivation and was somewhat shocked.
“Mm, it’s been some days since I broke through.”
“What grade of Golden Core did you condense?”
“Barely managed a top-grade Golden Core.”
Lu Qingyang said with a smile.
Hearing this, Jun Moyan sighed inwardly.
He naturally knew Lu Qingyang’s words were just modesty. What did he mean, barely?
This Martial-Nephew of his not only had heaven-defying Comprehension, but alchemy, artifact refining, formations, and spells — there was simply nothing he was not proficient in.
It had only been a few years since he took charge of the Chaotian Sect, yet the sect’s strength was already catching up to the Chaotian Sect of old.
If Senior Brother could see this, he would surely be gratified.
Jun Moyan thought to himself.
Seeing this, Lu Qingyang also returned to a serious expression and looked at Jun Moyan.
“Martial-Uncle, how much longer until you can form your Nascent Soul?”
“Me? Nascent Soul?”
“I don’t know. Though the spiritual qi in the Central Region far surpasses the Great Zhou, shattering the core to form a Nascent Soul is hardly so easy.”
Hearing this, Lu Qingyang’s eyes flickered, then he smiled. “Wait until Old Huang returns from this trip. Have him buy the materials for the Nascent Soul Pill.”
“I’ll refine a batch for Alchemist Martial-Uncle. Within ten years, I guarantee Martial-Uncle will break through.”
At these words, Jun Moyan’s eyes instantly lit up.
“You mean, you have a method for refining the Nascent Soul Pill?”
Lu Qingyang nodded. “I do have a pill formula for refining the Nascent Soul Pill, but the required heavenly treasures and earthly materials are quite numerous.”
“Then what is Martial-Nephew still lacking? I’ll go find them right now.”
Jun Moyan, hearing he had hope of forming his Nascent Soul, was instantly overjoyed, eager to go search for resources this very moment.
“Fourth-tier spirit herbs are not commonly seen on Tiangong Island…”
“If Martial-Uncle truly wishes to go, you could search the Seven Stars Sea Region, and see if you can find the Glazed Seed and the Nascent Dragon Fruit.”
“These two are considered the two main ingredients of the Nascent Soul Pill.”
“Glazed Seed… Nascent Dragon Fruit?”
Hearing these, Jun Moyan murmured to himself, and in an instant made his decision.
“In that case, I’ll go search right now.”
With that, he prepared to fly off on his sword.
Seeing this, Lu Qingyang reached out to stop him.
“Martial-Uncle, don’t rush. The Seven Stars Sea Region is extremely dangerous. If you’re going to sea, you should naturally be fully prepared.”
“This ring contains ten experimental third-tier puppets. You can bring them for protection.”
With that, Lu Qingyang took out a white jade ring and tossed it to Jun Moyan.
This was a spatial ring he had refined himself in his spare time.
Though the internal space was a bit small, it was still lower in cost than one bought outside.
“Th—third-tier puppets?”
Jun Moyan was somewhat stunned. He knew well that a third-tier puppet corresponded exactly to a Golden Core True Monarch.
He hadn’t expected that Lu Qingyang, having just broken through to Golden Core, could already refine third-tier puppets.
“Mm, these third-tier puppets are still experimental. On this trip, when you encounter enemies, you can use the puppets to fight.”
“After you return, tell me their flaws. I expect it won’t be long before our Chaotian Sect possesses true third-tier puppets.”
“Hiss…”
Hearing this, Jun Moyan drew a sharp breath, feeling more and more that he could not see through this Martial-Nephew of his.
“Thank you… Sect Master.”
Jun Moyan changed his form of address. Lu Qingyang’s displayed talent was truly too stunning now, enough to warrant calling him Sect Master.
After all, Lu Qingyang’s potential had already completely surpassed his own.
If he didn’t change how he addressed him now, and one day Lu Qingyang formed his Nascent Soul before him, how could he have the nerve to keep calling him Martial-Nephew?
Better to change it early, so his heart could be more at ease.
“Mm. Take care, Martial-Uncle. I have matters to attend to, so I’ll go on ahead.”
With that, Lu Qingyang’s figure vanished.
“Sigh…”
Jun Moyan shook his head and sighed. His figure gradually faded and dissipated into the horizon.
…
Tiangong Island, the Outer Gate.
Several boys and girls around fifteen or sixteen years old gathered in a courtyard.
“Did you all see that? The Sect Master’s method just now was simply too incredible. Even a Golden Core demon beast was easily suppressed!”
A handsome-looking youth had a face full of admiration.
Beside him, a girl with short silver hair wore a cold expression.
But when she heard the other mention Lu Qingyang, she could not help but reveal a look of admiration.
“Mm, I saw the Sect Master cast the ‘Law of Heaven and Earth’ with my own eyes just now!”
Another youth spoke up.
“Law of Heaven and Earth?”
“Isn’t that a divine ability only Spirit Transformation great cultivators possess?”
The rest of the boys and girls all widened their eyes, faces full of disbelief.
“Could the Sect Master’s strength be comparable to Soul Transformation?!”
“Absolutely!”
“I think so too.”
“…”
In the shadows, after hearing these boys and girls talking, Lu Qingyang’s face could not help but flush slightly.
What Law of Heaven and Earth had he cast?
If one really wanted to argue it, that Giant Spirit Art had indeed been created in imitation of the Law of Heaven and Earth.
But there was still a difference between it and the true Law of Heaven and Earth.
As for why he had suddenly appeared here, it was because among the batch of disciples Old Huang had recruited, there were a few good seedlings.
They had made even him feel tempted at a glance, so he had come to take a look.
To see if there was a chance to take on a disciple or something.
After all, if he could take on a disciple with talent in artifact refining, it would help share his burdens in the future.
That one called Zhao Layue seems somewhat different from ordinary people.
Lu Qingyang looked at the silver-haired girl in the crowd and thought to himself.
Zhao Layue was dressed in white as pure as snow, with a blade-like face and ice-phoenix eyebrows, an air of cold pride rising naturally from her.
But after watching for a while, Lu Qingyang found it more and more off.
Strange… why do I always get a sense of déjà vu when I look at her?
Lu Qingyang rubbed his head, unable to figure it out.
But at that very moment, Zhao Layue suddenly raised her head, her gaze like a torch looking straight at the spot where Lu Qingyang stood.
“Hm?”
“What sharp perception.”
Seeing this, Lu Qingyang could not help but praise her.
Though he had not deliberately hidden his aura, to discover him by feeling alone was already extremely extraordinary.
“Wait… this girl couldn’t be…”
Could she share the same Fate Pattern as Junior Brother Yang?
A flash of insight struck Lu Qingyang’s mind. He felt the more he looked at Zhao Layue, the more unfathomable she seemed.
No way… how have Chosen Ones become as common as cabbages?
I run into one wherever I go?
Lu Qingyang muttered to himself, somewhat unable to grasp it…
“Everyone look, the Sect Master!”
At that moment, someone suddenly cried out in surprise.
Hearing this, everyone looked outside the courtyard.
That one look was all it took to make many of them widen their eyes.
They saw Lu Qingyang slowly walking toward Zhao Layue.
With every step he took, Zhao Layue’s heartbeat quickened.
Not just hers — even Lu Qingyang was the same.
He always felt there was an indescribable something shrouding the top of his head.
He could now be certain. This girl was absolutely a cheat!
But since she was a cheat, besides staying far away, the only option was to befriend her.
Beyond that, he had no other way.
Expel her from the sect?
Wasn’t that just pure cannon-fodder villain behavior?
He was even afraid that if he drove her out of the sect, this girl might suddenly blurt out: Thirty years on the east of the river, thirty years on the west, do not look down on a youth being poor. Three years from now, I’ll ascend Chaotian Peak!