Chapter 148: A Future Pillar of the Holy Sect!
Chapter 148: A Future Pillar of the Holy Sect!
Northern Borderlands, Divine Martial Gate.
Lv Yang strolled leisurely between pavilions and terraces, pausing to admire the scenery as though he were merely a young scholar on a spring outing.
Yet above his head, unnoticeable to the cultivators below, thick clouds had silently swallowed the entire Divine Martial Gate. Lightning coiled like serpents within the roiling mass, but the disciples remained oblivious, continuing their cultivation, sparring, and conversations as if the ominous sky were an illusion.
The supernatural storm spared every disciple’s life but stripped something intangible from them—Karmic Merit and spiritual fortune. Those touched by the clouds felt sudden heaviness, as though burdened with invisible weights.
Lv Yang tilted his head upward, the Ultimate Heaven Instrument between his brows blazing with light. Through its power, he perceived countless unseen gazes fixed upon the Divine Martial Gate—from Chongguang True Man’s approving stare to a Pure Land Arhat’s sorrowful shake of the head. These figures weren’t physically present but projected their awareness through the karmic web connecting all realms.
With a relaxed smile, Lv Yang extended his hand. The storm receded like tides, condensing into a luminous fruit of pure Karmic Fortune in his palm.
"Pop!"
He bit into it greedily, sharp teeth crunching as he devoured decades of the Divine Martial Gate’s accumulated blessings. Then, striding to the sect’s treasure vault, he casually looted storage bags filled with spirit treasures, cultivation manuals, and rare pills—leaving the storerooms completely empty.
The drastic Fortune shift finally alerted Huan Wu True Man and Xuan Wu True Man.
"The sect... it's been robbed!" Huan Wu roared, activating a magical mirror to witness Lv Yang’s departing figure. His rage nearly burst his immortal core: "It’s Lv Yang! He wasn’t at Skull Mountain—he was here all along?!"
Subduing Dragon Arhat, sensing the calamity, activated his Lifebound Divine Ability to return immediately. But Lv Yang’s Determine Kinship technique blocked his path. This time, Subduing Dragon was prepared, channeling vast spiritual power.
"You can’t stop me!" the Arhat snarled, his Foundation-Building Mid-stage cultivation overpowering Lv Yang’s early-stage might.
Yet Lv Yang’s chuckle echoed back: "Thank you for the gift. Farewell."
Subduing Dragon tore through space, arriving just as Lv Yang vanished toward the Holy Sect’s Sky-Connecting Sea of Clouds. The sect’s eight-hundred-mile Skull Mountain karmic net hadn’t even grazed him.
"Impossible! Impossible!!!" Subduing Dragon’s golden body trembled with fury. He nearly charged into the Holy Sect’s domain but hesitated—attacking there would mean death, even for a Foundation-Building cultivator.
"This was all a diversion!" He finally understood. From the start, Lv Yang had never intended direct combat. Using Zhao Xuhe as bait, triggering earth veins, and unleashing heavenly punishment had been calculated moves. While Subduing Dragon suffered karmic damage, Lv Yang struck the real blow—plundering the Divine Martial Gate’s treasures and escaping unscathed.
The Arhat’s hands clenched. That cunning fox! He’d played the fearless genius for lower-cultivation opponents but became a cautious tortoise against equals or superiors.
"Still", Subduing Dragon mused, "why spare me? He could’ve killed me during my weakened state."
Back at Luofeng Mountain, Lv Yang inventoried his spoils. "Fifty years of peace here", he decided. "Why fight Subduing Dragon when time is my greatest weapon? He’s got thirty years left at most. Once he dies, his lost karmic fortune means reincarnation as livestock—not Foundation-Building again. I’ll just outlive him!"
Primordial Sacred Sect, Sky-Connecting Sea of Clouds.
Chongguang True Man withdrew his karmic sight, gazing toward Luofeng Mountain with admiration. "This young man will surely become a pillar of our Holy Sect one day!"
(End of Chapter)
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