Chapter 58: The Lucky-Star Disciple!
Lu Qingyang had taken a disciple.
The Chaotian Sect’s first Sect Master Core Disciple had appeared.
The twenty thousand Outer Gate disciples of the Chaotian Sect were in an uproar.
Before this, nobody had known who Zhao Layue was.
After this, everyone knew her name.
“Layue, do you know where your family is from? Are your parents still alive?”
In the Chaotian Peak Great Hall, Lu Qingyang looked warmly at the silver-short-haired girl beside him.
Zhao Layue fell silent for a long while at these words, then shook her head. “Reporting to Master, Layue does not remember. As for my parents, they died long ago…”
“So that’s how it is…”
Lu Qingyang sighed, his feelings somewhat complicated.
This is a pure, textbook Chosen One template.
I just wonder whether my disciple has an Old Man inside her body, or is a mighty figure reincarnated.
“Layue, ah… your Master has observed that you possess the Ice, Wind and Water Mutated Three Spiritual Roots. A rare talent indeed.”
“So take this Ice Spirit Supreme Formula for now. No need to cultivate the Five Elements Formula handed out by the Outer Gate any longer.”
Lu Qingyang took a jade talisman from his Storage Ring and tossed it to Zhao Layue.
“Thank you for your grace, Master.”
Zhao Layue reached out and caught the jade talisman, answering respectfully.
“No need to thank me. Since you are your Master’s disciple, you must naturally strive for yourself.”
“Bring glory to the sect as soon as you can…”
Lu Qingyang said with a chuckle. But before he could finish speaking—
The Zhao Layue who had just received the item suddenly emanated a profoundly mysterious aura.
This aura pointed straight at Lu Qingyang!
“This… this is…”
Lu Qingyang was astonished. Looking at Zhao Layue, his face was full of shock and doubt.
Before he could react, he detected that this aura seemed to carry no harm…
“Mm~”
The instant that aura touched Lu Qingyang’s body, it suddenly burrowed into him.
Immediately after, Lu Qingyang felt a warm current spread through his entire body.
Within that warm current seemed to reside a certain peculiar power, making his whole body feel at ease, even giving him a somewhat ethereal, floating sensation.
But in the blink of an eye, everything returned to normal, as if nothing had happened at all.
What’s going on here…
Lu Qingyang circulated his spiritual power through his body once, but found no abnormality whatsoever.
He only felt refreshed in body and mind, and in some indistinct way, it seemed he was different somehow.
As if… as if he had received some kind of BUFF.
Could it really be a BUFF?
The kind that gives a hundredfold feedback for being good to your disciple?
Did I pick up a treasure?
Lu Qingyang was secretly delighted. He was certain that Zhao Layue’s constitution or talent was absolutely extraordinary.
Thinking of this, Lu Qingyang raised his hand and pulled out another ring from his robes.
“Layue, this Storage Ring was refined by your Master himself. Inside are all the resources you need from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment. Take it.”
“Consider it a meeting gift from your Master.”
Lu Qingyang spoke with a smile.
“Master!”
“How could I accept this?”
Zhao Layue’s pretty face flushed red at these words, and she looked extremely flustered.
It was the first time she had met someone who treated her so well.
“You are your Master’s disciple. Isn’t it perfectly normal for your Master to give you some resources?”
“Moreover, you will be following your Master in cultivation all this way. In the future, you will inevitably have to serve your Master. Naturally, your Master must treat you a little better.”
“Just accept it with peace of mind.”
With that, not waiting for Zhao Layue to refuse, he forcibly placed the ring onto her finger.
And the very moment the ring slid on.
That profoundly mysterious aura once again surged up from within Zhao Layue’s body.
Sure enough!
Lu Qingyang was delighted.
He felt comfortable once more.
Though he did not know what this aura actually was, he had more or less guessed a thing or two.
Perhaps this is the legendary fortune!
Real, tangible fortune in the real world!
If that’s the case, this girl’s talent is likely even stronger than I predicted.
Lu Qingyang pondered secretly.
But everything must have its limits. He did not wish for her to suffer harm on his account.
“Alright, Layue, you may withdraw. You can find any residence you like on this mountain.”
“If you have problems in cultivation, you may come find your Master at any time.”
“Also, leave this Storage Ring with me for now. When your Master has time, I will refine a few Dharma Artifacts suited to you.”
Lu Qingyang waved his hand, signaling Zhao Layue to withdraw.
“Thank you, Master.”
Zhao Layue bowed and gave her thanks, then turned and walked out.
Once she had left the great hall, Lu Qingyang could not wait and flashed into the underground palace.
Long before this, aside from refining puppets, he had been researching several Dharma Artifacts.
Unfortunately, he had never succeeded.
But today he had gained a BUFF. Lu Qingyang felt he could strike while the iron was hot and give it a try.
Within the underground palace.
A suit of armor wreathed in flickering,幽-blue spiritual light floated in mid-air.
“Traditional Spirit Armor of the Prison Dragon Realm. Its power is not small; it can not only resist techniques and face enemies.”
“It can even move mountains and shift rivers… but it is still too traditional.”
Lu Qingyang fished a blueprint out of his Storage Ring.
It was the cultivation-world version of Spirit Armor he had been developing all along.
A Spirit Armor battle suit that looked exactly like Iron Man from his past life.
“I have already solved the power problem. High-grade spirit stones are hardly weaker than nuclear power.”
“It’s just that a full suit of Spirit Armor requires many Dharma Artifact components working together, and the application of spirit stones is always somewhat troublesome…”
Lu Qingyang frowned in thought.
The greatest flaw of Spirit Armor lay in its instability. It required consuming a massive amount of spirit stones to activate.
“Spirit-Gathering Formation. As long as I can successfully inscribe a Third-Tier Spirit-Gathering Formation on the surface of the armor, then a Second-Tier Spirit Armor can be used perfectly!”
“By the same logic, a Third-Tier Spirit Armor would need a Fourth-Tier Spirit-Gathering Formation inscribed!”
Lu Qingyang calculated ceaselessly in his mind.
Then he wasted no more time, pulling out a Dharma Artifact carving knife and beginning to engrave.
The Spirit-Gathering Formation was a common yet high-end formation. The higher the tier, the harder it was to carve.
A First-Tier Spirit-Gathering Formation was only twelve pattern lines. A Second-Tier Spirit-Gathering Formation doubled to twenty-four pattern lines.
A Third-Tier Spirit-Gathering Formation required a full forty-eight formation lines.
And what Lu Qingyang was carving right now was actually a Fourth-Tier Spirit-Gathering Formation with ninety-six formation lines!
Lu Qingyang’s carving knife danced. Spiritual power surged out, and streams of spirit patterns flew from the blade’s tip, falling onto the armor’s surface.
Whether or not it was due to the inexplicable BUFF’s enhancement.
Lu Qingyang always felt that today, when carving this Spirit-Gathering Formation, his speed was extraordinarily fast.
And the precision of his cuts was the greatest in all recorded history!
The radiance on the Spirit Armor grew brighter and brighter.
The幽-blue light illuminated the entire underground palace.
And it also illuminated the rows upon rows of black metal rods placed in the corner of the underground palace…