Chapter 762 The Way of Cause and Effect, the Art of Curse Killing, Changing the Cave Dwelling
Upon seeing the illusory space in Lu Qing's palm, and the Demon Slaughter Mountain's primordial spirit sinking within it, the old Azure Dragon and the others' gazes narrowed slightly.
Only after viewing it up close did they truly appreciate the exquisite nature of the illusionary space in Lu Qing's hands.
Moreover, Lu Qing's cultivation level was only at the fifth stage of the Nascent Soul realm, yet he was able to transform the illusory into the real, condensing a real illusory space that caused Demon Slaughter Mountain to completely fall into its trap.
His mastery of illusion is simply unbelievable.
It should be understood that even if Mo Tu Shan was seriously injured, he was still essentially an Eighth Tribulation Nascent Soul, and his Dao heart had been tempered and refined, making it extremely firm.
However, he still couldn't stay awake in Lu Qing's illusionary space and was completely immersed in countless illusions.
It's easy to imagine just how powerful the illusion space created by Lu Qing is.
"Seniors, what I would like to ask is whether there is any way to completely annihilate this Demon Slaughter Mountain?" Lu Qing asked.
"Completely annihilate?"
“That’s right, completely annihilate them. Not just this primordial spirit, but also any other possible avatars. Annihilate them all together, truly ensuring their complete demise.” Lu Qing nodded.
Lu Qing's reason for trapping Mo Tu Shan in the illusion space was not simply to torture him.
More importantly, he actually wanted to use this primordial spirit to completely annihilate Demon Mountain.
Because he knew that core disciples of such top-tier forces often left a fragment of their soul within the sect.
If the main body outside perishes, the sect can revive it by splitting its soul, at a certain cost.
This is not what Lu Qing wanted to see.
Upon hearing Lu Qing's words, the old Canglong and the others exchanged glances, their expressions becoming somewhat serious.
“Ah Qing, it’s not easy to cross vast distances of time and space and simultaneously annihilate all the divided souls of an eighth-tribulation primordial spirit,” the old Azure Dragon said.
"Even among Dao Integration Realm experts, only those who are skilled in the Dao of Cause and Effect could disregard the distance of time and space, the isolation of the world membrane, and the defense of numerous magical treasures and formations, and completely curse and kill an Eighth Tribulation Primordial Spirit along with all its divided souls."
"Otherwise, even someone like me, who is quite skilled in the Dao of Space and is at the Integration Realm, would not be able to completely annihilate this Demon Slaughter Mountain here."
"It's that difficult?" Lu Qing was somewhat surprised after hearing what the old dragon said.
He originally thought that the three Dao Integration Realm experts would have some solutions, but he didn't expect that it would be so difficult to kill all the divided souls of an Eighth Tribulation Nascent Soul and prevent its resurrection.
"Of course it's difficult. If it were so easy to completely kill someone at the Nascent Soul stage, wouldn't all the major powers be in a state of fear and afraid to send their disciples out for training?"
Lu Qing thought about it and agreed.
A Nascent Soul Realm expert is considered a powerful figure in many great worlds.
If they could be easily and completely wiped out, the cultivation world would probably not be in its current state.
"Senior Azure Dragon, what you said about the Dao of Cause and Effect..."
"You don't even need to think about that," the old dragon shook his head and said. "The Way of Cause and Effect is mysterious and unpredictable, and its difficulty and obscurity are as profound as the Way of Space. Even in ancient times, no one could master it."
As far as we know, the only one who has achieved any real skill in cultivation is a Dao Integration Realm expert known as the Cursed Old Man.
This cursed old man comprehended the laws of curses through the principles of cause and effect, and thus gained extremely powerful curse abilities.
His curse-killing techniques are so powerful that even ghosts and gods are terrified. Although he is only at the Dao Integration Realm, even the Dao Transformation Immortals are wary of him.
If that cursed old man were to make a move, not to mention those at the Nascent Soul Realm, even those at the Dao Integration Realm would either die or be seriously injured if they were to be cursed by him.
However, this cursed old man offended a powerful immortal in ancient times because of his eccentric behavior.
Finally, he was pursued by that Dao-transforming immortal and fled into the Tongtian Demon Abyss, where he disappeared without a trace. It is unknown whether he perished there.
"The Cursed Old Man, the Heavenly Demon Abyss?" Lu Qing's heart stirred.
Old Azure Dragon waved his hand and said, "Ah Qing, you don't need to inquire about the Tongtian Demon Abyss. That place is beyond your reach right now. It's a terrifying forbidden zone that even Dao Integration Realm cultivators dare not approach, and even Transformation Immortals find it difficult to penetrate."
Upon hearing this, Lu Qing immediately understood how terrifying this so-called Heavenly Demon Abyss was.
Even those at the Dao Integration Realm dare not approach this place, and even those at the Dao Transformation Realm are unwilling to explore it deeply. Someone as insignificant as him at the Nascent Soul Realm probably doesn't even have the right to take a second look at it.
"That path of curses..."
"We don't have any secret techniques like curses in our Immortal Palace. Our master said that curse-based techniques are against the natural order, and cultivating them would harm both oneself and others, damaging one's own foundation. Therefore, we did not collect any techniques in this area."
"I see. It seems we can't completely kill this little devil for the time being."
Lu Qing shook his head and put away the illusion space in his hand.
I plan to think about it slowly when I have more time later.
The three old dragons saw this scene but said nothing.
They don't even consider a mere Nascent Soul Realm cultivator a threat.
Even if Lu Qing really crushed them to death on the spot, they wouldn't have any objections.
"Senior Canglong, please take me to the place where the sword path is passed down."
"good."
The old dragon didn't say much. It waved its claws, and a surge of spatial power teleported Lu Qing to the place where the sword path was passed down.
However, after Lu Qing's figure disappeared, the three old dragons looked at each other, their joy no longer able to be contained.
"Old Azure Dragon, we've really struck gold this time!" the black bull exclaimed. "We never expected that Ah Qing would possess such talent not only in array formations but also in other cultivation paths!"
“Aqing’s talent for cultivation is far superior to any of Master’s previous disciples!” Mingfeng nodded in agreement.
“Indeed, I see the shadow of my master in A Qing. Perhaps in the future, A Qing will be able to cultivate to the same level as my master.” The old dragon sighed.
"Master's realm!"
The black bull and the phoenix were both startled.
However, recalling the various talents that Lu Qing had displayed these days, they had to admit that the old Azure Dragon made a lot of sense.
"If Ah Qing can really reach Master's level, I wonder how happy Master will be when he finds out later," the black bull chuckled.
Xiao Li, standing to the side, watched as the three incredibly powerful seniors praised Lu Qing so highly, and couldn't help but proudly raise her head.
Just then, the old Azure Dragon saw it like this and couldn't help but smile: "Little Li, since A Qing has gone to cultivate, let's continue the previous trial."
"Okay~" Xiao Li replied loudly, showing no fear.
The next moment, its figure disappeared from the spot and entered that spatial maze.
"The law of cause and effect, the method of curses..."
Lu Qing, who was in the place where the sword path was passed down, was not in a hurry to accept the inheritance. Instead, he was thinking about what the old Azure Dragon had said earlier.
According to the old Azure Dragon, only an extremely profound curse technique could completely annihilate Demon Mountain.
Unfortunately, he currently does not possess any techniques related to curses.
"It seems I'll have to keep an eye on cultivation techniques related to the Dao of Cause and Effect from now on."
Lu Qing made a decision in her heart.
He didn't want to give a demon like Demon Mountain any chance of resurrection.
He didn't even intend to let go of the other Black and White Sect disciples in the secret realm.
However, it's better to wait until he has received the inheritance here before doing these things.
After setting the matter aside for the time being, Lu Qing then took a look at his surroundings.
Unlike the place where array formations are passed down, the place where swordsmanship is passed down does not have those complicated array patterns.
In the small space, only the gray, white, and gold sword-testing stones stood.
The aura emanating from the gray sword-testing stone was very familiar to Lu Qing.
It was the sword intent of the Yuan Shen chapter of the [Return to the Void Free Sword] that he had comprehended in the Sword Dao Channel.
Lu Qing walked directly to the gray sword-testing stone, activated his supernatural ability, and looked at it.
Three days later, Lu Qing left the place where the sword path was passed down.
In fact, he had already downloaded all the inheritances on the first day.
As he expected, he is currently unable to comprehend the Dao Integration and Dao Transformation chapters of the [Return to the Void Free Sword].
So later he spent time deducing the primordial spirit chapter of the [Return to the Void Free Sword] to see if he could integrate it into his own swordsmanship domain.
Only after they had gained some insight did they leave the place of inheritance.
The old Azure Dragon and the others were not surprised that Lu Qing had only spent three days to emerge from the Land of Inheritance.
They were even somewhat surprised that Lu Qing's inheritance process took longer than they had anticipated.
After all, when Lu Qing received the inheritance of the Dao of Arrays, it only took him less than half a day.
Based on his performance in the Sword Dao Channel, Lu Qing's talent in swordsmanship is clearly superior to that in formations.
As a result, the time required to receive the inheritance of array formations is even longer.
Lu Qing did not offer much explanation for this.
The old dragons didn't ask any further questions; in the path of cultivation, some unexpected events are quite normal.
Perhaps Aqing gained a deeper understanding in the place where swordsmanship was passed down, which is why it took some time.
After leaving the place of inheritance, Lu Qing inquired about Xiao Li's situation.
Knowing that it was undergoing a test by the old Azure Dragon, it did not disturb it, offered some encouragement, and then returned to Lingxu Peak.
Sitting cross-legged in his cave dwelling on Lingxu Peak, Lu Qing was about to begin his cultivation when he suddenly felt something was amiss.
The spiritual energy in the cave was much thinner at this moment, completely incomparable to when he first entered.
"Has the spiritual energy in the cave not recovered after all this time?" Lu Qing frowned.
He had cultivated in this cave for several years, raising his cultivation level to the Great Perfection of the Fifth Tribulation.
The spiritual energy in the cave had depleted a significant portion of his energy.
Unexpectedly, several days have passed, and the spiritual energy in the cave has not yet recovered.
"It seems that the spiritual energy of each immortal mountain cave has its limits. It will probably take some time for this cave to fully recover."
As Lu Qing sensed the speed at which the spiritual energy within the cave was recovering, he began to understand.
These celestial mountains and caves within the celestial palace float in mid-air, without any support from the earth.
The reason why he was still able to continuously generate spiritual energy was because of his master, Guixu Daoren.
With unimaginable supernatural powers, they summoned spiritual veins from other places and sealed them deep within each immortal mountain.
Then, using these spiritual veins as the foundation, they set up an ingenious array to continuously draw energy from the depths of the void and transform it into spiritual energy.
However, it now appears that this transformation also has its limits.
At least for now, the spiritual energy conversion speed of this Lingxu Peak cave is not keeping up with his cultivation needs.
Lu Qing checked the spirit stones he had left and found that he didn't have many left.
After thinking for a moment, he turned around and left the Lingxu Peak cave, arriving at another immortal mountain nearby.
"Senior Azure Dragon said that I can choose to live in any of these caves, so there shouldn't be any problem, right?"
Lu Qing hesitated for a moment, then finally took out the Guixu Token and imprinted it on the entrance to the cave of this new immortal mountain.
Soon, he activated the immortal mountain called Lingming Peak and opened the cave.
Lu Qing flew into the cave, closed it, and began a new round of seclusion.
The activation of Lingming Peak naturally attracted the attention of the old Azure Dragon immediately.
"Old Azure Dragon, what's wrong?"
The black bull, who was watching Xiao Li solve the spatial maze, noticed its expression and asked.
A strange look appeared on the old dragon's face: "Aqing has activated Lingming Peak and entered the cave inside for seclusion?"
The black bull was taken aback: "Why did you suddenly go to Lingming Peak? Isn't Lingxu Peak good enough?"
Mingfeng also cast an inquiring glance.
"Let me check it first."
The old dragon closed its eyes and began to sense things carefully.
A few breaths later, he opened his eyes again, a hint of surprise in them.
"The spiritual energy on Lingxu Peak has weakened considerably, to less than one-tenth of its usual level."
"The spiritual energy on Lingxu Peak is weakening. How could this be? Could it be that there's a problem with the formation?" the black bull asked.
"Impossible!" Mingfeng immediately retorted, "The arrays within the numerous immortal mountains on the second level were personally set up by the master, how could they possibly malfunction!"
"The formation on Lingxu Peak is functioning without any problems," the old Azure Dragon shook his head and said. "Its spiritual energy is slowly recovering, but the recovery speed is a bit slow. It will probably take some time to fully recover."
"So that's why Aqing moved to Lingming Peak to cultivate?" The black bull suddenly realized, but then it became puzzled again, "But why did the spiritual energy on Lingxu Peak suddenly weaken so much?"
"I'm afraid this will happen to Aqing as well."
The old dragon recalled how Lu Qing had refined almost all the pills it had given him in one go.
This is combined with the sudden and significant reduction in spiritual energy at Lingxu Peak.
A guess slowly began to form in its mind.
"If I'm not mistaken, it's because the spiritual energy of Lingxu Peak can't fully supply Aqing's cultivation needs, which is why it suddenly dropped."
"How is this possible? The spiritual energy of Lingxu Peak is more than enough to support even a ninth-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. Ah Qing is only a fifth-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, how could this be..."
The black bull instinctively opened its mouth to refute, but then suddenly stopped.
It was because it remembered the strength Lu Qing had displayed in the battle at Demon Slaughter Mountain, as well as his enormous True Witch body.
It suddenly understood why the old Azure Dragon had said that.
(End of this chapter)
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