Chapter 154: The Peak Master's Wife
Chapter 154: The Peak Master's Wife
Inside Luofeng Mountain's Meditation Chamber, Lv Yang sat cross-legged, silently channeling a secret technique to contact Chen Xin’an, the spirit flag guardian within Heaven-Mending Peak. Soon, he perceived Chen Xin’an’s current state.
The once-fragile flag guardian had transformed entirely. Over the years, Heaven-Mending Peak Master had lavished him with treasures and resources, forging a physical body and elevating his cultivation. Now, having reached the pinnacle of Refining Qi, Chen Xin’an stood at the threshold of Foundation Building.
“This is indeed a rare opportunity for you,” Lv Yang mused. Most flag guardians within the Ten-Thousand Spirit Banner couldn’t progress further—being technically deceased—but exceptions existed. Su Nu, Yanluo Patriarch, the Heaven-Mending Peak Master’s avatar, Chen Xin’an, and the recently absorbed Yun Clan Patriarch’s soul had all entered the banner while still alive. For them, the banner was less a prison than a binding contract forbidding harm to Lv Yang, yet it allowed their cultivation to flourish.
Among these, Chen Xin’an remained the weakest. Others possessed Foundation Building foundations, but he lacked this until Heaven-Mending Peak Master’s relentless investments of spiritual treasures and rare materials finally elevated him.
“Your favor made this possible, my lord,” Chen Xin’an said, promptly offering the Golden Body Relic bestowed by Heaven-Mending Peak Master.
Lv Yang approved. While the relic itself mattered little, the gesture did—Chen Xin’an’s submission ensured harmony. “Keep it,” he replied. “Seize this chance. If you succeed in Foundation Building, you’ll become a true asset.”
“Understood, my lord!” Chen Xin’an bowed, grateful. Had Lv Yang not personally selected him, he might still languish as an ordinary flag guardian. Now, with Foundation Building within reach, his horizons expanded immeasurably.
Lv Yang nodded, then intoned a divine decree: “Ten-Thousand Spirit Banner—I decree Chen Xin’an’s Foundation Building shall prosper!” The Supreme Divine Ability Clarify Right and Wrong surged forth, a radiant aura enveloping the flag guardian. Previously, this ability had boosted Zhao Xuhe’s Foundation Building success rate by ten percent. Now, combined with Chen Xin’an’s specially-crafted body (another ten percent), the Golden Body Relic, and three-tiered prenatal energy, his chances climbed to fifty percent—a formidable advantage among disciples.
Yet Lv Yang couldn’t suppress a wry thought. He’d merely spoken a decree, while Heaven-Mending Peak Master had spent fortunes and sleepless nights nurturing this potential ally. Was this a bit unfair to him?
As if answering his thought, a fragrant breeze swept in, accompanying a graceful figure. A woman draped in crimson silk strode in, her beauty rivaled only by her regal poise. She curtsied. “This humble one, Ruoxiang, greets Yuan Tu (Slaughter).”
Lv Yang’s brows lifted. Another Foundation Building True Man from Heaven-Mending Peak? He calculated her fate, but Ruoxiang, sensing his surprise, smiled. “I’ve cultivated quietly for centuries. My anonymity is deliberate.”
Her candor revealed hidden truths. Lv Yang’s gaze sharpened. “You’ve concealed yourself from Heaven-Mending Peak Master?”
Ruoxiang shrugged. “That old fool’s preoccupied with guarding his disciple. He’ll notice nothing.” So saying, she unfurled a crimson veil that cloaked the hall, shrouding their karmic ties.
“Why reveal yourself to me?” Lv Yang asked.
Her voice chilled. “I intend to kill Chen Taihe.”
Lv Yang paused. “And how does this concern me?”
“You despise him too,” Ruoxiang countered. “I know of your bargain with the Holy Sect. Why gift a relic unless you plot against him?”
The subterranean explosion’s aftermath had indeed sown distrust. Yet Lv Yang remained wary.
“We share goals,” Ruoxiang sighed. “Though Chen Taihe and I are cultivator spouses, our union served only cultivation. Our children exist to serve our paths. Now he denies my needs—I must act.”
Lv Yang leaned forward. “Your needs?”
“Time presses,” she admitted. “This life’s thread ends in thirty years. My second reincarnation already risks prenatal amnesia. Without aid, my third life will erase all I am.”
Foundation Building True Men could reincarnate five times in theory, but reality favored only the first rebirth. Second chances required mid-stage cultivation; third, late-stage. Only at Foundation Building’s apex could one survive five lifetimes, like Yanluo Patriarch in the Secret Realm. Ruoxiang, lacking even a Life-Bound Divine Ability, faced dire odds.
“To survive,” she continued, “I sought the Holy Sect’s Dual-Soul Unity Cultivation—a ritual binding my soul to a blood heir. Through it, shared cultivation insights would pierce reincarnation’s veil.”
Lv Yang understood. Chen Taihe sought to sacrifice their children for his own survival. Ruoxiang aimed to preserve them, ensuring her rebirth’s continuity.
A war of paths.
Thus, Ruoxiang’s opening gambit—to kill Heaven-Mending Peak Master before he killed her.
(End of Chapter)
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