Although it was their first meeting, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had already developed a great fondness for the Vast Sea Daoist Lord.

This is the bearing of a senior.

When the Vast Sea Daoist Lord offered to protect the two of them once, Yun Zhi originally wanted to persuade him otherwise, but Lu Yang and his companion were so polite and quick to express their gratitude that she found it inappropriate to interject.

Daoist Xiantian decided to stay with the Vast Sea Daoist Lord for the time being, and Yun Zhi, along with the two ancestors, said their farewells and took Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou back to their respective mountains.

"You two focus on your cultivation."

"As you command."

...

Four months had passed, and there was less than a month left until the second day of the second lunar month.

The disciples who had been sent on missions were returning one after another. Dai Bufan, looking at the piles of mission reports, nodded frequently, very satisfied, which proved that most of the mortals he had selected were of good character.

On the Sword Stone, Lu Yang assumed the Five Centers Toward Heaven posture, his Sword Qi restrained; the two swords, Green Peak and Dark Moon, the Seven-star Sword formation, and the particularly conspicuous Sword Washing Pool, all floated around Lu Yang, protecting him.

With each breath, a fresh essence circulated through his body, breaking through the acupuncture points and the locked chains of his body, making Lu Yang seem like a Flood Dragon that had been slumbering in the abyss, soaring to the sky, spreading his wings across the nine heavens!

Hu——

Lu Yang exhaled a breath of turbid air, the pollution within his body. The turbid breath turned into a streak of Sword Qi and zipped out, followed by countless giant trees being sliced in half and tumbling down in succession.

A breath that devours mountains and rivers, a mouth that spits out Sword Qi.

Lu Yang’s understanding of swordsmanship had ascended to a new level!

In today’s Cultivation World, apart from Daoist Buyu, no one has been heard of achieving this at the Nascent Soul Stage!

"Mid-stage Nascent Soul now."

Lu Yang felt the changes after his promotion carefully. Although it was not as earth-shattering as when he broke core to reach Nascent, there were indeed changes, and they were significantly enhanced!

Now, he could defeat an Invincible Nascent Soul at the Nascent Soul Early Stage!

"Invincible Nascent Soul, come fight!"

Empowered with great strength, Lu Yang sought to challenge the Invincible Nascent Soul. Soon enough, the Invincible Nascent Soul made him realize the reality.

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After all, the Invincible Nascent Soul was also at the Mid-stage Nascent Soul level.

Lu Yang was in pain and reestablished the connection with the Invincible Nascent Soul, which then calmed down and returned to the Dantian.

After a brief exchange with the Invincible Nascent Soul, Lu Yang indeed discovered his shortcomings.

"Though my strength and speed are equal to that of the Invincible Nascent Soul, its techniques are clearly more sophisticated. In theory, I should be able to do the same."

Lu Yang calmed down, repeatedly recalling the experience of the beating he’d just taken, and gained much from it.

"Perhaps this is the true use of the Invincible Nascent Soul, to help me find my shortcomings."

He then excitedly manipulated the nine long swords, activating the Sword Array.

"Destroy Immortal Sword Array!"

The nine long swords hung high above his head, their tips pointing downwards, exerting a tremendous sense of oppression.

Especially that Sword Washing Pool, the sense of oppression was the greatest.

Thud, Lu Yang knelt on the ground, unable to stand up.

"Doesn’t this damned Sword Array distinguish friend from foe, affecting even the master!" Lu Yang raged.

Fairy Eternity pouted, "Have you forgotten what this Sword Array was originally for?"

This was the Sword Array that the Qilin Immortal had set up for himself. Since its creation, it was meant to be used against the master of the Sword Array.

...

At the entrance of Meng Jingzhou’s abode.

The stone door boomed open, and Meng Jingzhou retracted the Yang Yang Tai Chi Diagram, stepping out of the abode to bask in the sunlight, comfortably stretching himself.

"It feels great to finally reach the mid-stage Nascent Soul," Lu Yang said contentedly.

"Hm? Old Ma, what are you doing?" Meng Jingzhou noticed Old Ma sitting outside the entrance to his abode, sitting on the ground with his hind legs crossed and his front legs resting on his knees, continuously exhaling and inhaling white breath from his nostrils.

"Are you cultivating?" Meng Jingzhou was seeing Old Ma cultivate for the first time and wasn’t quite sure.

Old Ma glanced at Meng Jingzhou. He had previously thought that being at the Body Integration Realm was quite satisfactory; as long as those who had passed the tribulation did not appear, he was an invincible existence.

But now he realized he was wrong. Since he had dragged Meng Jingzhou away from the Meng Family, three years had passed, and all the enemies they had encountered were beyond his capabilities.

They were either too numerous or had higher cultivation levels.

In any case, none of them were ones he could handle.

It was only the encounter with the clay statue not long ago that had given him a bit of reassurance, letting him know he was indeed a great power of the Body Integration Realm who commanded the horizon.

If he didn’t put more effort into cultivation now, it was uncertain who would be the protector of whom in the future.

...

"What a bustling street." Daoist Xiantian and Vast Sea Daoist Lord arrived at the street market. Considering their unfamiliar presence in Seek Dao Sect, which stood out too much, Vast Sea Daoist Lord cast a spell to conceal their presence.

Vast Sea Daoist Lord thought he had finally found a place the grandmaster had never been to.

He had just visited Captive Peak to confirm that Nightmare Supreme and Void Venerate were indeed captured, and then he listened to the incessant complaints of the child teacher Tang Shengyi about how there were too many semi-immortals and those at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage imprisoned in Captive Peak, keeping him busy, who was just at the Transcendance tribulation stage himself.

After several detours, the two of them finally came to the street market.

They moved through the bustling street like passers-by of the world, unnoticed by both the disciples of the Seek Dao Sect and the great powers hiding in the market street.

"Mutton kebabs here, fresh and authentic mutton kebabs!"

Smelling the sizzling fragrance of mutton fat dripping onto true fire, Daoist Xiantian sniffed.

"It smells wonderful."

If he were in the Body Integration Realm, having long passed the stage of satisfying culinary desires, he wouldn’t be tempted by mere mutton kebabs.

But now, as a mortal, he needed to eat.

"Grandmaster, would you like some?" Vast Sea Daoist Lord asked considerately.

"Dear customers, would you like to come in for some mutton kebabs?" The person calling out at the entrance of the barbecue shop asked with a smile.

"Yes... wait, can you see us?" Vast Sea Daoist Lord instinctively replied on behalf of Daoist Xiantian, then suddenly realized something was amiss.

They were supposed to be in a state of concealed presence through their dao techniques and shouldn’t have been noticed.

Unless the other person was at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage!

Where did Seek Dao Sect get a third person at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage!

Vast Sea Daoist Lord suddenly looked up, staring at the crier, a soul entity with the fluctuations of a Dao Fruit Outline, "Semi-immortal?"

"Who are you?" he demanded.

"Me? I used to be Immortal Eternity. Now I’m the owner of this barbecue shop and the slaughterhouse," replied the figure.

"Immortal Eternity? You’re from the Eternity Sect!" Vast Sea Daoist Lord grew more cautious, as the Eternity Sect actually had a semi-immortal in their midst, and they had infiltrated their Seek Dao Sect.

This meant that among the Four Great Devil Sects, the Eternity Sect was the strongest!

Vast Sea Daoist Lord urged his Dao Fruit Outline, ready for action.

"Wait, wait, you’ve misunderstood. I was captured and brought here to Seek Dao Sect," Immortal Eternity hastily explained, recognizing the Vast Sea Daoist Lord at a glance, who looked identical to a statue.

"What’s going on?" Vast Sea Daoist Lord frowned, withdrawing his Dao Fruit Outline. He had been in retreat for three hundred years, but it felt like he’d been away for tens of thousands of years, with Seek Dao Sect undergoing earth-shattering changes he knew nothing about.

If he looked closely at when the changes happened, he would discover that they hadn’t occurred over those three hundred years, but rather within the last three.

Immortal Eternity invited the two grandmasters into the barbecue shop and instructed Master Liu and Master Gao to bring out their special skills and serve their best dishes.

"To tell you how I came to your Seek Dao Sect, I’d have to start from the beginning. It all began when Seek Dao Sect disciples were carrying out a mission, tasked with eliminating a Tiger Demon..."