At this Hundred Cauldrons Meeting, Luo Jiujiang first comprehended the source of Yin and Yang, then widened his meridians and formed a golden elixir. He even overcame the golden elixir tribulation smoothly, and was unique along the way.
Compared to Zhen Shuangliu's original intention of wanting him to show up, Luo Jiujiang this time not only made a name for himself, but also became famous.
Even though Luo Jiujiang acted in public, he made such a big noise that Zhen Shuangliu had to clean up some of his messes to prevent him from attracting too much attention and becoming the target of public criticism in the Holy Land.
Even though he knew that Luo Jiujiang was very capable, and now he had Daoyuan to rely on, and the young man named Han to assist him, Zhen Shuangliu was still worried.
Even if Zhen Shuangliu had the heart to send Luo Jiujiang to the holy land for three years to train him, he would never let him be destroyed for such a foolish reason.
If Jiujiang suffered because of this, it would clearly be due to his incompetence as a master.
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Before the Hundred Cauldrons Meeting was over, another tribulation of thunder appeared in the Spirit Serpent Hall. This time, it was a true, inky black Jindan tribulation. There were three thunderbolts, each intercepted mid-strike, weakening their power to near-zero. Rumors were circulating that the Spirit Serpent Master himself had struck this time.
However, the Spirit Snake Lord is aloof and indifferent by nature, and is one of the few Mahayana cultivators in the world. If someone could invite him, the cost would be enormous. How could he do it just to block a few thunder tribulations for a Jindan cultivator?
The rumors then shifted again, and for a while the streets were full of rumors that "Young Master Lingshe actually only formed his golden elixir after the Hundred Cauldrons Conference, and that Master Lingshe took action just to protect him."
But if that's the case, then what about the miracle of Luo Jiujiang overcoming the thunder tribulation in public at the Hundred Cauldrons Conference, where his spiritual energy condensed and transformed into a golden elixir in public?
——Since the young master of the Spirit Snake had just undergone a thunder tribulation when he returned to the Spirit Snake Palace, then what he experienced in public was naturally not a thunder tribulation, and what he formed was probably not a golden elixir.
There are three thousand worlds in the world, and within them countless rare treasures. Most cultivators' knowledge is limited to their own worlds, so how could they possibly recognize the world's treasures? However, as a Mahayana cultivator, the Spirit Snake Realm Master naturally has a rich family background. He might have publicly made a fool of himself for his disciple at the Hundred Tripods Conference, bluffing and creating some shocking spectacle, even to carry his beloved disciple's sedan chair.
After all, nearly everyone in the Spirit Serpent Realm knew that despite his eccentric personality, the Spirit Serpent Realm Master doted on his disciple. Even before his disciple even existed, he had recruited skilled craftsmen from all over the world to forge knives for him, and even held the Hundred Tripods Conference specifically to promote him. Given so many precedents, it wasn't surprising that he'd create this kind of spectacle for his disciple to please everyone.
Suddenly, the streets were abuzz with rumors about the young master of the Spirit Snake, Luo Jiujiang. Born in the Seven Islands Small World, his information was easy to find. After piecing together the facts, it became clear that Luo Jiujiang wasn't necessarily a genius. Although the Spirit Snake Realm Master claimed he was only fifteen, he was actually over twenty, simply because he wasn't very tall, which was why he could pass himself off as such.
At the age of twenty, he was considered a rare young talent in the world, but it was not as astonishing as at the age of fifteen.
Someone else found out from the pile of old papers the reason why the young master of the Spirit Snake behaved abnormally that day.
Legend has it that in ancient times, there existed a fruit containing soul and condensed light. A thousand years ago, someone unearthed the last one from the Holy Land, and it became extinct. Consuming this fruit can radiate holy light from the body, surge spiritual power, and even trigger strange phenomena in the heavens and the earth—all of this seems to fit the bill.
I'd heard this fruit was enough to guarantee a Jindan cultivator the Nascent Soul stage, yet it only allowed the Spirit Snake Master, a Qi Refiner, to reach a pseudo-Jindan stage. He even overcame his Jindan tribulation after the first day of the Hundred Cauldrons Conference, returning to the Spirit Snake Hall, and who knows what other treasures he used to overcome it. So, Luo Jiujiang wasn't a genius at all, but rather a complete mediocrity. The Spirit Snake Master was truly exaggerating.
This set of rumors has its own cause and effect, and is closely linked to each other. It also fits in with the public's jealous and unwilling psychology, so it became very popular once it was spread, and so far it has almost spawned seven different directions.
"It's just that your reputation has been temporarily ruined." While Luo Jiujiang was resting, Zhen Shuangliu described the current situation to him indifferently.
Luo Jiujiang waved his hand casually, clearly not taking this as a big deal, just like his master. "They can believe such rumors if they want. I think it's a good deed for me to give everyone more topics to talk about after dinner... But please don't involve my Luo family and you, Master."
Zhen Shuangliu smiled slightly and did not tell Luo Jiujiang that someone had spread an outrageous rumor in recent days, implying that the Lord of the Spirit Snake doted on this young master so much because the two of them had a red tent relationship and a curtain of love.
——So before the next day, this man had his tongue chopped off and died in a dark alley.
He's such a grown man, but he doesn't even know what words are safe to say, and what words can kill him. He deserves to die. Zhen Shuangliu gestured for Luo Jiujiang to return to the field to continue training, but a hint of sarcasm and coldness flashed in his eyes: Like the guy who secretly spread the news that "the young master of the Spirit Snake is actually the illegitimate son of the Spirit Snake Master in his early years", didn't he let them see the sun the next day safely?
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After a training that almost exhausted Luo Jiujiang, Luo Jiujiang actually had a long-awaited liberal arts class.
However, this time, Zhen Shuangliu didn't ask him to memorize those heavy volumes, nor did he read to him verbatim. Instead, he used himself as an example in great detail: "There are three types of thunder tribulations for cultivators in the world. Did you know that?"
"Only three times?" Luo Jiujiang asked suspiciously, "Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Out-of-Body, Integral Dao, Spiritual Division, Mahayana... three thunder tribulations aren't enough, right?"
"Only the Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Mahayana stages experience thunder tribulations. Out-of-body experiences are still okay, with boundaries that can be discerned. As for the Dao Integration and Spirit Division stages, those are practically just random boasts by the cultivators themselves..." Zhen Shuangliu sneered at this, "In this world, cultivators who don't even know where they stand are more likely to have lustful thoughts than the bald monks in Buddhist temples."
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