372: Chapter 92: Sow the Cause, Reap the Fruit 372: Chapter 92: Sow the Cause, Reap the Fruit The sword tip pierced through.
Xie Xuanyi had originally wanted to test the strength of Lord Lu’s “protective Primordial Energy” because he hadn’t expected this strike to be so smooth; he hadn’t aimed at vital spots like the heart or head.
At this moment,
the Taoist, with his body impaled by the flying sword, let out a slight moan of pain from his throat.
Lu Yuzhen slowly turned his body, looking at the young man in black with a sad expression and said softly with a smile, “It seems you really want to kill me…
Why not try infusing the ‘Rule of Destruction’ into my body, perhaps I will then ‘depart’, who knows?”
Unprotected by Primordial Energy and not cultivating the body, the “Taoist” was far different from martial artists.
Lifebound Flying Sword, connected to the cultivator’s will.
Through the intense emotion transmitted from the tip of the sword…
Xie Xuanyi could feel that Lu Yuzhen was a “living” person.
If he released the Rule of Destruction now,
could he truly kill him?
“Unfortunately, you hesitated.”
Lu Yuzhen sighed lightly, “A person with hesitations has no chance of killing me.”
The next moment,
Lu Yuzhen raised his palm, a golden radiance gleamed from the center, and with that palm, he struck his chest where his palm collided with the sword’s tip!
The sword emitted a mournful cry and was sent flying back the way it came, crashing into the Cave Heaven in Xie Xuanyi’s brow!
“Thud, thud…”
Xie Xuanyi staggered back two steps, also grunting, with blood spilling from the corner of his lips and his complexion paled by three shades.
He looked at Lu Yuzhen, unable to comprehend.
This guy, having taken a sword strike for nothing, why so?
The next moment,
he understood what Lu Yuzhen meant.
The flesh pierced by the flying sword healed incredibly quickly; a trail of water caressed Lord Lu’s brow, he was nurturing his wounds with the “Undying Spring.”
Clearly,
even if he had just released the Rule of Destruction, he could not counter the vitality of the Undying Spring to kill Lu Yuzhen!
“Gurgle…”
At this very moment, Lu Yuzhen no longer hid his biggest trump card.
He slightly formed a hand seal and settled his Divine Thought, releasing the Undying Spring from his brow.
This was an extremely full droplet of water, entirely different in essence from the moisture in Xie Xuanyi’s Cave Heaven.
The total vitality in Lu Yuzhen’s “Undying Spring” far surpassed that of Xie Xuanyi!
However…
It seemed, compared to Xie Xuanyi’s Undying Spring, to lack something.
The droplet revolved, releasing a stream of mist onto the chest wound, completely healing the sword injury.
But thereafter,
the stream of mist truly vanished.
“…”
Xie Xuanyi squinted, watching this scene.
If he wasn’t mistaken,
his Undying Spring’s regenerative feature wasn’t possessed by Lu Yuzhen.
Was this why he had targeted him?
“Haven’t you always been curious what I want to do to you?”
Lu Yuzhen turned around to face Xie Xuanyi.
His expression still carried a smile,
but the words that followed sent chills down one’s spine.
“I might as well tell you.”
Lu Yuzhen spoke with a smile, “The causality in this world isn’t naturally occurring from heaven and earth, it can also be rooted by humans.
To plant a cause and reap a fruit…
that is the common principle of the great Tao.
The reason I saved, helped, guided, and persuaded you was all to help you grow faster.”
He extended his palm, touching the sword wound on his chest.
Blood flowed and gradually clotted.
After a few moments, it scabbed over.
Then a few moments later, the scab fell off, leaving the skin as smooth as before.
“The Red Dragon Fortune borne by Xie Sheng is a Root Seed Karma planted by Chong Kan.”
“And your Undying Spring,”
“is the karma I’ve targeted.”
Lu Yuzhen said with a smile, “I couldn’t wait for you to reach the peak of the Yang God.
Before you reach the mountain peak, I wish for your well-being more than anyone else in the world.”
“At last, it’s out.”
Xie Xuanyi wiped the blood from the corner of his lips, chuckled at himself, and said in a soft voice, “My premonition…
was right.”
From the moment he arose from the coffin in Yuzhu Town.
Xie Xuanyi felt.
Someone was “watching” him.
The death of Xie Sheng was indeed a warning to him, even if today Lu Yuzhen continued to obscure the truth with riddles, Xie Xuanyi could guess the Taoist’s true intentions.
In his heart.
The truth was already clear.
He was most likely being treated as that important “Promotion Feeding.”
“Your premonitions are always accurate.”
Lu Yuzhen smiled faintly, and said, “I assume being honest with each other at this moment, our interactions will be easier.”
Xie Xuanyi’s smile gradually faded.
He placed two fingers on the center of his brows, and above his head, a Sword Qi Lotus slowly emerged.
This Sword Qi Lotus was missing a petal.
But it still emitted a dazzling, soul-capturing light.
“…”
Lu Yuzhen silently glanced at the Sword Qi Lotus and said with emotion, “Actually, you’re quite lucky to have a fiercely protective master—something many people wish for.”
This Sword Qi Lotus.
Was the most powerful ace Xie Xuanyi could reveal.
The Sword Intent left behind by Zhao Chunyang was enough to put cultivators in the Yang God Realm at a disadvantage!
“My master is the best master in the entire world.”
Xie Xuanyi stated calmly, “If I die, he will avenge me.”
“What are you saying?
Put that lotus away.”
Lu Yuzhen said with a headache, “How could I let you die?
Didn’t we clear things up before, that you need to cultivate well, become a Yang God, and wait for me to take your ‘Path’…”
His voice paused slightly.
The lotus began to revolve in reverse, Sword Intent spilling out, but not toward Lu Yuzhen; instead, it enclosed Xie Xuanyi.
The sword tips turned, actually aiming at himself.
Lord Lu saw through Xie Xuanyi’s intentions.
He said with a mournful tone: “Stop acting, you don’t want to die…
Besides, with the Undying Spring, suicide is impossible for you.”
“…”
In fact, Xie Xuanyi wasn’t seeking death; he was using this method to see if, under “near-death circumstances,” he could stir his Master into leaving seclusion.
Unfortunately.
Perhaps due to his Master’s seclusion, the lotus did not bring the response that Xie Xuanyi had hoped for.
“Xie Xuanyi, put away the lotus, and let us return to the original topic…”
Lu Yuzhen sighed again and said slowly, “If I give you a Divine Fruit under the circumstances of making our relationship clear, would you accept it?”
Xie Xuanyi would not have accepted previously.
Because he knew Lu Yuzhen was no good.
But now.
Lu Yuzhen had revealed his shortcoming, making it clear he saw Xie Xuanyi as a tool for “Root Seed Karma.”
Under these circumstances, the Divine Fruit was even less acceptable.
It wasn’t an issue of fate.
But of dignity.
Amid the whirlwind, only the howling noise prevailed, with no other sound present.
Xie Xuanyi just coldly watched Lu Yuzhen.
“Very good.”
Lord Lu was quite pleased with Xie Xuanyi’s reaction.
Although the lotus remained aloft, the situation had finally returned to his control…
And he had finally reached the most thrilling moment of this hard-set stage.
“I said before, the most interesting thing is the human heart.”
Lu Yuzhen slowly stood up.
The sound of the vast sands was covered by snowstorms.
Or rather, not snowstorms, but scraps of paper.
Under the control of the Tao Rules of Lu Yuzhen’s White Paper Cave Heaven, these paper scraps made a sound like swirling snowstorms, nearly indistinguishable from the real thing.
“Now, you have two choices.”
Lu Yuzhen said in a calm voice: “First, watch as I refine the entire Great Yue Kingdom and incorporate all nine million souls of Great Yue into the White Paper Cave Heaven.
With this fate assisting me, it won’t take long to reach the Heavenly Human Realm, and then I can truly ‘do as I please.'”
These words were wildly arrogant.
But Lu Yuzhen indeed had the confidence to be arrogant.
“Second.”
Lu Yuzhen, with his hands behind his back, smiled and said, “These nine million souls will be consumed by you, refined by you.
I will watch you incorporate them into the Sword Qi Cave Heaven…
Your Undying Spring is growing too slowly; if you can refine them, you will likely advance much quicker.
This great leap in advancement, I, Lu, don’t want it.
I’ll give it all to you.”