"What is this all about?"
Looking at the few Martial Gods at the peak of their cultivation who had been left behind, Lu Tao vaguely guessed their intention in leaving them there.
There were six Martial Gods left behind. They looked at each other, hesitated slightly, and then the white cat spoke up: "Sect Master Lu, to be honest, we came here to comprehend the cultivation technique."
Lu Tao didn't say anything, but gestured to the white cat to continue with his eyes.
"Sect Master Lu, ever since your Immortal Sect was born and became famous throughout the starry sky, there have been rumors that the three divine platforms you obtained in the secret realm can be combined to enable living beings to suddenly comprehend cultivation techniques."
The white cat looked at Lu Tao and said sincerely, "Since Sect Master Lu was able to defeat a God King with his Martial God cultivation, he must have comprehended a technique even higher than the Desolate Rank, so..."
The white cat glanced at the other five Martial Gods at the Perfection stage, then pleaded with Lu Tao, "Therefore, we hope to enter the secret realm and have the opportunity to gain enlightenment on a cultivation technique. Sect Master Lu, rest assured, we will definitely pay you a reward that will satisfy you."
Lu Tao was not surprised to hear this.
He guessed that these powerful figures came to comprehend cultivation techniques, but he didn't expect that among so many planes nearby, there would only be six geniuses with divine-grade aptitude.
certainly.
They probably also have the qualifications to reach the divine level, but they chose not to ask Lu Tao for help.
However, there should be quite a few.
After all, the existence of secret realms has long been known in the starry sky. If they could save thousands of years of time in comprehending cultivation techniques, they would not miss it even at a great cost.
However, stories about the stars are not necessarily true.
Therefore, Lu Tao shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I cannot agree to this."
The white cat hurriedly said, "Sect Master Lu, is there anything you're worried about? Don't worry, if there are any other secrets in the secret realm, we can make martial oaths, heavenly oaths, and even place a soul restriction on you."
None of the six people, including the white cat, doubted Lu Tao's other reasons for refusing.
Lu Tao's generosity was fully demonstrated in the transaction just now.
If there were no other reason, they believed that Lu Tao would not be reluctant to give up just six spots in the secret realm.
"Feel sorry."
Lu Tao shook his head again.
If the secret realm could truly enable them to comprehend a desolate-level cultivation technique, Lu Tao wouldn't mind letting them enter. Unfortunately, it wasn't the secret realm's ability, but Lu Tao's Heavenly Eye.
How could such secrets be revealed to foreign tribes?
Even disciples and mounts are all bound by divine soul restrictions, let alone outsiders.
As for the Enlightenment Platform, it can only help people comprehend Heaven-rank techniques for the time being, not Desolate-rank ones. Otherwise, it could be used by them.
"well!"
The six martial gods, all at the peak of their powers, couldn't help but look disappointed.
However, they also knew that this was probably not because Lu Tao was stingy, but because there was another reason behind it.
Therefore, three very young martial gods immediately took their leave.
The other three stayed behind, but their expressions betrayed a struggle.
Lu Tao remained silent, calmly sipping his spiritual tea, and made no attempt to drive them away.
A moment later.
It was the white cat who spoke first, saying in a deep voice, "Sect Master Lu, may I ask if your Immortal Sect accepts guest elders?"
Lu Tao shook his head, "I won't accept it!"
The white cat paused slightly, then sighed softly.
In other words, if it were any other force, and a pseudo-Marrow Refining Martial God with divine-grade aptitude were to come and join them, they would at least warmly welcome them into the sect, if not sweep their bed in celebration.
But Lu Tao refused without even thinking about it.
The other two martial gods were also greatly disappointed upon hearing this.
One of the Martial Gods at the Perfection level, a female white crane, hesitated and asked, "Then may I ask Sect Master Lu, does your Immortal Sect still accept mounts?"
Upon hearing this, both the other golden monkey and the white cat were shocked.
Guest advisors and mounts are two completely different things.
If one becomes a guest retainer, at least one still has freedom, only occasionally having to obey the sect's orders and do certain things; but a mount has no freedom at all, its life and death are completely controlled by its master.
Such a prodigy actually wanted to become the Immortal Sect's mount, which was simply unbelievable to the white cat and the golden monkey.
only--
When they thought of mounts, they couldn't help but think of the Immortal Sect's true dragon mounts.
Compared to the true dragon, the white crane has higher aptitude, but lower bloodline and status. If it becomes a mount, with the true dragon in front, it will not tarnish its reputation, and naturally it will not be looked down upon by other fellow practitioners.
Thinking this, the white cat and the golden monkey had a sudden thought.
Upon hearing this, Lu Tao couldn't help but look at Bai He with curiosity and asked, "Fellow Daoist, you must be quite young, right? With your aptitude and comprehension, becoming a True Marrow Refiner in the future will be a piece of cake. Why bother to wrong yourself?"
Hearing Lu Tao's words, the white cat and the golden monkey were both dumbfounded.
When Baihe chose to become a mount, Lu Tao did not immediately agree, but instead tried to dissuade him.
This is simply incredible.
However, from another perspective, this shows that the Immortal Sect is not lacking in geniuses, even geniuses with divine-grade aptitude like Bai He.
Thinking about it that way.
It's somewhat difficult for them to judge the aptitude of the Immortal Sect's true dragon mounts.
Could it be that some people are qualified to reach the divine level?
Even quite a lot?
This made the white cat and the golden monkey's minds race.
The white crane transformed into a beautiful woman of sixteen. Upon hearing this, she replied, "To be honest, although my aptitude and comprehension are not bad, I pale in comparison to Sect Master Lu."
"If it weren't for Sect Master Lu, it would probably take us countless years to obtain even a single Desolate-Rank cultivation technique. Yet Sect Master Lu can produce hundreds of them in a single go, not to mention his feats such as forging a True Dragon mount and slaying a God King."
At this point, Bai He chuckled and said, "This humble woman also wishes to follow the Immortal Sect and witness Sect Master Lu's future brilliance."
Upon hearing this, the white cat and the golden monkey fell into deep thought.
Lu Tao also pondered.
To be honest, he hadn't considered collecting mounts from other races before. Forging a true dragon would be much simpler, since he had the Dragon Transformation Pill.
but.
Considering that once they ascend to the God Realm, if they need to send disciples and mounts out on business, it would be easy for other powerful figures to suspect the Immortal Sect if they always sent human disciples and true dragon mounts.
They're too easy to spot, so we definitely need to create some foreign mounts to diversify the mount system.
and.
Baihe's sincere words, coupled with its racial characteristics, moved Lu Tao, who considered whether to have it recognize He Yuanshuang as its master and become Shuang'er's mount.
However, we should ask Shuang'er for her opinion on this matter.
Thinking of this, Lu Tao immediately sent a telepathic message to Shuang'er and received a reply: "It's all up to your husband to decide."
Lu Tao chuckled to himself.
Next, just to be on the safe side, Lu Tao had his clone bow to his prayer statue to see if there was any danger in accepting the white crane.
Then.
Lu Tao looked at the white crane and said, "It's not impossible to take you as a mount, but there's something I need to make clear to you beforehand."
Bai He was overjoyed and immediately sat up straight, saying, "Sect Master, please speak!"
"The prerequisite for the Immortal Sect to accept mounts is that a soul imprint must be placed on the mount's soul. This soul imprint is different from ordinary imprints. It can not only control your life and death, but also your thoughts and actions."
Lu Tao stated his conditions, then asked, "In that case, would you still be willing to be my Immortal Sect's mount?"
"..."
The white crane remained silent.
This condition is indeed too demanding.
Having its thoughts and actions controlled is tantamount to selling itself completely to the Immortal Sect. If it were only for the sake of sudden enlightenment of cultivation techniques, it would indeed not be worth it, but its main purpose is to grow together with the Immortal Sect.
Therefore, after a slight silence, Bai He solemnly nodded and said, "I am willing!"
"Okay, then you can stand to the side for now."
Lu Tao nodded, then looked at the other two and asked, "What do you two say?"
Upon hearing this, the white cat and the golden monkey exchanged bewildered glances, their hearts filled with conflicting emotions.
They never expected that the white crane would be so decisive, agreeing to such harsh conditions to become a mount.
"I...I'm willing too."
After some hesitation, the white cat nodded in agreement. Then, before Lu Tao could speak, it hurriedly added, "But there's one thing I need to inform you of beforehand."
Lu Tao asked curiously, "Oh? What is it?"
The white cat replied, "My white cat clan has a mortal enemy in the God Realm. This enemy is extremely powerful and has the backing of the True Dragon Clan. If I were to become the Immortal Sect's mount, it would likely bring trouble to the Immortal Sect."
Lu Tao asked, "Are you talking about the black cat clan?"
"Yes." The white cat nodded.
Lu Tao shook his head and said, "I killed one of their Heavenly Gods and one of their Divine Lords. Even without you, they would not have let the Immortal Sect go."
"yes!"
The white cat also stood respectfully on Lu Tao's other side, then looked at the golden monkey.
The golden monkey was somewhat bewildered.
How could these two fellow practitioners make such a difficult choice in such a short time?
The golden monkey looked at the white crane, then at the white cat, its mind filled with the many legends about Lu Tao and everything it had witnessed that day…
final.
After scratching its head in frustration, it decided to join the Immortal Sect and become a mount.
Seeing this, Lu Tao nodded and said, "Alright, don't resist."
"Yes, Sect Master!"
The white crane, white cat, and golden monkey all obeyed orders respectfully.
"The white crane will be given to Shuang'er, and the white cat and golden monkey will be given to the two unborn children as mounts, this..."
As Lu Tao was imprinting his soul marks on his three mounts, he was also deciding in his mind how to allocate them. But as soon as he thought of this, a thought suddenly struck him.
"My child is about to be born, and then these three mounts appear. Is this what they call good fortune?"
Without a doubt, whether it is the white crane, the white cat, or the golden monkey, they are all top-notch geniuses in the lower realm, possessing extremely strong fortune.
Now that they have come to him of their own accord and pose no danger to Lu Tao, there seems to be no other explanation besides luck.
Thinking this way, Lu Tao was quite satisfied.
Next.
Lu Tao put his three mounts into his small world, taught them his teachings, and then casually arranged a secluded place for them to cultivate before leaving them alone.
Then Lu Tao got busy again, adding points, fusing, and upgrading the formation.
It took a whole day to get the formation sorted out.
Then.
Lu Tao deployed the upgraded and powerful formation in the Outer Heavens to protect the entire Qianyu Continent.
Then, Lu Tao, carrying the small world and holding the divination artifact, began searching for spatial nodes in the starry sky.
[Tortoise Shell: 39.1 billion / 1000 trillion (Superior Divine Artifact, made from the shell of a Xuan Turtle and various other materials, specifically for divination.]
However, the outcome of divination is unpredictable.
This tortoise shell is a divine artifact. If used for divination of ordinary objects, its accuracy rate is extremely high. However, if used for divination of something ethereal and intangible, its accuracy rate is extremely low. One should be cautious.
But in any case, divination will provide a result; whether you believe it or not is up to you.
Friendly reminder: When using this tortoise shell divination tool, the accuracy rate will be much higher within a distance of one hundred planes.
"Tsk, believe it or not, just look at myself? I'm really willful."
Lu Tao glanced at the text description of the tortoise shell and was speechless.
Even tortoise shells are considered divine artifacts, and their use for divination cannot be entirely trusted. It is evident that divination using earthly objects would likely be even less reliable.
But countless people still flock to fortune telling.
As for using tortoise shells to divine those special spatial nodes that Lu Tao was completely unaware of, even if Lu Tao had the tortoise shells in hand, searching for them would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Fortunately, he not only had tortoise shells, but also a statue of a deity for prayer.
When used together, the efficiency is increased many times over.
Every time Lu Tao teleported to one hundred planes, he would use a tortoise shell to perform divination, while simultaneously praying to the deity statue, hoping that the divination result would be correct.
If the faith value required for a prayer is too terrifying, then without a doubt, the result of this divination will be wrong. After trying a few more times, one can roughly determine whether there are spatial nodes in the surrounding hundred planes.
that's all.
Lu Tao, along with many disciples of the Immortal Sect, were all carrying tortoise shells, searching for spatial nodes across the starry sky.
Whenever they found a spatial node, the group would set up an upgraded spatial array to completely seal off an entire area of the starry sky.
After the ban.
Just to be on the safe side, Lu Tao used the Prayer Statue again to see how effective the seal was and whether powerful beings from the divine realm could still descend to the mortal world.
And the result...
The amount of faith points required for his prayer is almost negligible.
It is evident that the formation he integrated has an excellent sealing effect.
In this way, as long as all the special spatial nodes in the lower realm are sealed off, Lu Tao will no longer have to worry about powerful beings from the divine realm coming down.
at the same time.
While searching for special spatial nodes, Lu Tao and the disciples of the Immortal Sect were also looking for another special secret realm, or rather, a special space.
That means one can undergo the tribulation of ascension, but after undergoing the tribulation, one can temporarily refrain from ascending.
Lu Tao wanted to improve his cultivation as much as possible in the lower realm, ideally advancing to the Divine Lord level before ascending to immortality.
only……
The search results disappointed Lu Tao.
No such place was found.
This led Lu Tao to another special secret realm.
While searching other dimensions, Lu Tao was also searching for a place where he could undergo tribulation and ascend to the God Realm without danger or facing the God King directly.
Surprisingly, he actually found it.
This secret realm is extremely far from the continent of Ganyu, spanning tens of thousands of planes.
This secret realm is called Heavenly Change, and it is extremely strange.
Normally, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is very rich, making it a rare sacred place for cultivation; but when it is not normal, it is extremely strange, and endless resentment will emerge from it. Even if a martial god enters it, he will die and his soul will be destroyed.
Lu Tao found the Heavenly Transformation Secret Realm through the tortoise shell. He discovered through the prayer statue that if he were to undergo tribulation and ascend to the God Realm within the Heavenly Transformation Secret Realm, he would not be in any danger after his ascension.
This made Lu Tao very excited.
With the Heavenly Transformation Secret Realm, he no longer needs to worry about facing the God King directly after transcending the tribulation and ascending to immortality.
As for improving one's cultivation in the lower realm, there is naturally no longer any need for that.
certainly.
The more places like this, the better. Lu Tao didn't stop searching, wanting to find several more and choose the best place to undergo his tribulation.
In the end, there was only one.
Judging from this result, the various races of the God Realm have probably already deployed their forces near many of the Ascension Pools, waiting for Lu Tao to ascend.
"No way, are you crazy? They've deployed people to catch me in every Ascension Pool?"
Lu Tao was speechless.
After searching the entire starry sky, he found that only the Heavenly Transformation Secret Realm could allow him to ascend without worry. Ascending in other places was always dangerous.
After a period of quiet, Lu Tao thought the God Realm had calmed down, but he didn't expect it to be waiting for him here.
But I must say...
The choice made by the various races of the divine realm was correct.
Once these ascension pools are controlled, Lu Tao will face encirclement and suppression by numerous god-kings once he ascends.
Even if Lu Tao is strong, he is only at the Heavenly God realm. He can kill one God King, but can he kill ten or a hundred?
Fortunately, Lu Tao is no ordinary person.
Otherwise, they really wouldn't be able to escape the clutches of these races.
Lu Tao shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
"Prayer."
At this moment, with the concerted efforts of his disciples, Lu Tao sealed off all the special spatial nodes in the entire lower realm starry sky, and he prayed to the statue once again.
Hopefully, powerful beings from the divine realm will no longer be able to descend to the mortal realm through spatial nodes.
As expected, the required faith points were minimal, and Lu Tao's wish was granted directly.
visible.
Lu Tao and his team have searched out and sealed all the spatial nodes in the lower realm without missing a single one.
This operation took more than half a month, and the result naturally satisfied Lu Tao.
Not only were powerful beings from the divine realm prevented from descending to the mortal world, but a secret realm of heavenly transformation where one could safely ascend was also found—truly a double blessing.
after.
Lu Tao led his disciples back to the Outer Heaven.
All the disciples and their mounts went into seclusion again, while Lu Tao began to add points to and integrate various cultivation techniques and martial arts skills.
In the days that followed, the outer heavens were utterly tranquil.
The small world was also peaceful, with some people in seclusion and others grinding for experience.
Lu Tao, who had already reached the peak of Martial Godhood, could not advance any further in his cultivation. After dealing with many matters, he chose to stay with He Yuanshuang and wait for the arrival of the twins.
Lu Tao accompanied He Yuanshuang to play in the miniature world every day.
Lu Tao completely controlled the small world, changing its environment, terrain, weather, and so on every day, taking Lu Heyuan Shuang on trips everywhere.
For example, they could build a colorful garden in mid-air, where spirit birds would dance as the couple strolled; or they could build an island in the clouds, where divine energy would flow like a waterfall, allowing the two to roam freely like celestial beings; or they could build a palace on a moonstone, where white cranes would spread their wings and dance for the couple…
All of this made the two of them extremely happy.
During this time, many disciples and mounts of the Immortal Sect often frolicked around the two of them, bringing smiles to their faces.
Several months have passed since Lu Tao transmigrated here, and this is the first time he has ever lived such a leisurely life.
In the past, I was either cultivating or on the path of cultivation; now I can finally enjoy it in a true sense.
Time slips by quietly in these leisurely and comfortable days.
In the blink of an eye, several months have passed.
After ten months of pregnancy, she finally gave birth to a son.
On this day, He Yuanshuang finally went into labor.
"ah!"
A loud, clear, yet very childlike baby voice suddenly resounded throughout the entire little world.
"It's a daughter!"
Lu Tao, who was outside the room, was immediately excited. But in his excitement, he suddenly realized that the system had also changed at this moment.
"Um?"
Lu Tao was a little confused. Why would the system change after his daughter was born?
Subconsciously, Lu Tao focused his attention on the system panel...
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