A master of supernatural powers who started from low martial arts
Chapter 233: Substituting one thing for another, hiding the truth
After hearing the announcement, all the monks in the square looked up, and then they saw several figures stepping on a rainbow across the sky, and then floating down on the open space in the square.
Upon closer inspection, the figure in the lead was majestic and lofty. Who else could it be but Master Huanglong, the Lord of Longshan Fairy City?
Behind him was Immortal Liuyun, as well as a male and a female cultivator, both of whom had deep auras and outstanding temperaments. They were obviously Immortal Huanglong's other two direct disciples.
Seeing the arrival of the Immortal City Master, none of the cultivators present dared to be arrogant, and they all bowed and saluted:
"I have met Master Zhenjun."
Although he had anticipated the arrival of Master Huanglong, Lu Yuan still acted flattered and quickly stepped forward to greet him:
"Greetings, Master Zhenjun. I didn't know that Master Zhenjun was coming here, so I didn't go out to greet him. I hope you will forgive me!"
"Excuse me."
Master Huanglong had a warm smile on his face at the moment. He first gestured to everyone, then looked at Lu Yuan and said:
"I also heard not long ago that a foreign cultivator had made a breakthrough in the Immortal City. This exchange meeting happened to be held, so I came here to take a look. You won't blame me for coming uninvited, right?"
Ordinary cultivators would naturally feel fear and awe when facing a Nascent Soul cultivator, but Lu Yuan, who was in the middle stage of Qi Refining and Spiritual Transformation, naturally did not have any such emotions. Of course, he was still very respectful in front of True Lord Huanglong:
"No, no, it is my honor that you, Master Zhenjun, have condescended to come to visit me. It is also a great honor for this humble place. I am so tired of welcoming you, how dare I blame you? Please take a seat, Master Zhenjun!"
Master Huanglong shook his head and said with a faint smile:
"You are the host of this Dharma Assembly. If I stay here, I will not be the main guest, so I will not stay any longer. Since you have achieved a breakthrough in Longshan Immortal City, it is also a fate. As the lord of this city, I will give you a small gift as a greeting."
As he spoke, he flicked his finger and a jade slip suddenly floated in front of Lu Yuan:
"This is the Shocking Soul Stab, a relatively rare spiritual killing technique. It often works wonders when fighting against an enemy. I will use this technique as a gift to you today."
The art of killing with spiritual consciousness is relatively rare in the world of immortal cultivation. No one present had expected that Master Huanglong would give this art to an outsider cultivator after only meeting him once. Everyone was very surprised, and Lu Yuan even showed an expression of being flattered at the right time:
"I don't deserve this gift without any merit. I am just a newcomer here, so I don't deserve such a gift from you. I hope you can take it back!"
Master Huanglong smiled slightly:
"You know that you can't accept gifts without merit, but do you know that gifts from elders cannot be refused? I don't have the habit of taking back gifts."
Having said that, Lu Yuan could only take the jade slip hesitantly, then bowed and said:
"Thank you, Master Zhenjun, for giving me the secret method."
Master Huanglong waved his hand casually and said casually:
"By the way, I heard from my disciple Liuyun that you were considering whether to join Longshan Immortal City and settle there permanently. Do you have any plans now?"
There was a gift first and then an inquiry. No matter how you look at it, there is a bit of a different meaning. Lu Yuan paused, hesitated for a moment, and then replied in a low voice:
"Thanks to the kindness of Master Zhenjun and all my fellow practitioners, I also think that Longshan Immortal City is an excellent place to live and practice, so I am willing to settle here for a long time and contribute my humble efforts."
"Good good."
Obviously very satisfied with Lu Yuan's answer, Master Huanglong smiled:
"Since you are interested, then the Immortal City will not treat you unfairly. I will let my disciple Liuyun Zhenren discuss the specific matters of joining the Immortal City with you after the ceremony. I will not disturb you too much here. You can communicate as much as you want."
After saying this, he signaled to Lu Yuan and other Jindan real people around him, then he turned into a ray of fairy light and disappeared in an instant, leaving Zizhu Peak.
After the Nascent Soul Master left, the atmosphere in the square suddenly lightened up. Many masters, both big and small, looked slightly surprised, exchanged their spiritual consciousness, and discussed:
"No wonder the True Lord, a Nascent Soul cultivator, would come to Zizhu Peak in person. So he is planning to recruit this person?"
"Of course. With the existence of the Yinshi Mountain Range, Longshan Immortal City has always been under great pressure. We lost three Jindan masters a few days ago. If we can recruit another late Jindan master, we can immediately make up for the gap in combat power."
"But, I heard that this fellow Daoist Lu's identity and origins are quite mysterious. Master Zhenjun, aren't you worried about him?"
"What are you worried about? Are you worried that he is an evil cultivator, a robbery cultivator, or a demon cultivator? This is the frontline battlefield, and there are two Nascent Soul cultivators in charge. What kind of trouble can a mere Jindan cultivator cause?"
"Hehe, I think Master Zhenjun seems to have deliberately chosen this time to show up, first show him favor, then force him to express his stance, and then recruit him under his command. This fellow Daoist Lu is still too much in the spotlight, and doesn't know the principle of keeping a low profile."
The secret communication among these cultivators was all through spiritual consciousness. Some were envious while others were gloating. At this moment, True Man Liuyun and two other disciples of True Lord Huanglong came to Lu Yuan and were about to speak when they heard the latter sigh:
"Fellow Daoist Liuyun, why didn't you inform us in advance that the Master was coming to Zizhu Peak? I was unprepared and neglected the Master. This is really a sin."
Master Liuyun smiled apologetically:
"I'm sorry, Fellow Daoist Lu, Master came here on a whim, I didn't know. But he never cares about these red tapes, so you don't have to mind it."
Lu Yuan sighed, nodded, and looked at the two monks beside him, a man and a woman, and asked knowingly, "Who are these two?"
Immortal Liuyun said:
"Xiao Ruxue, whose Taoist name is Luoxue Zhenren, is my master's second disciple; He Zhenyue, whose Taoist name is Zhenyue Zhenren, is my master's third disciple."
Xiao Ruxue and He Zhenyue both had strong cultivation bases and were not ordinary Jindan early stage cultivators. They both bowed slightly to Lu Yuan with curiosity or amusement.
Lu Yuan pretended to be surprised:
"So they are the other two outstanding disciples of Master Zhenjun. I have long admired them."
Master Liuyun smiled and said:
"Since you plan to join the Immortal City, then we are not only fellow Taoists, but also comrades-in-arms. We should support each other. How about you preside over the ceremony first, and then we can discuss it in detail after the ceremony is over?"
"it is good."
Lu Yuan nodded, then stepped out and began to preside over this exchange meeting. Although it was called an exchange, it was actually mainly for him to talk about his experience in the Jindan stage, which was equivalent to preaching.
Although he was not practicing the new method of the Yuan Lingtian immortal world, his [Guidance] at the level of supernatural powers was profound and many of the experiences of cultivation were common. Therefore, not long after he started preaching, dozens of cultivators below him gradually became addicted to it, and even obsessed with it.
After speaking for about an hour and a half, Lu Yuan interrupted in time, but the cultivators below all looked enlightened and still wanted to learn more, and it was obvious that they had gained a lot.
After a brief exchange of ideas, the Dharma Assembly came to an end. While the other cultivators were reluctant to leave Zizhu Peak, they also spoke highly of Lu Yuan's preaching.
Although Su Lingyue also wanted to say something to Lu Yuan, she had to leave first because of the presence of other people.
After most of the other monks in the square left, Immortal Liuyun, who stayed alone, also praised:
"Daoyou Lu's views on the practice of forming a pill are really profound and insightful, and very novel. When I heard it suddenly, it was like an epiphany. It is really admirable."
Lu Yuan shook his head and laughed:
"Fellow Daoist Liuyun, you are really flattering me. You are also a cultivator in the late Jindan stage. Your understanding of the Dao is much deeper than mine. How could you possibly be enlightened? Let's not talk about this. Let's get to the point. Let's go into the cave and talk in detail."
Master Liuyun followed him into the cave and sat down in the living room, then smiled and said:
"Daoyou Lu is a straightforward person, so I won't drag my feet. With Daoyou's cultivation strength, the spiritual contract you sign when joining the Immortal City must be the highest level, and your rights and benefits can be said to be second only to me. The specific contents are all in it, Daoyou can check it out for yourself."
After that, he handed over a spiritual contract that seemed to be written with the fur of some powerful monster. Lu Yuan scanned it with his spiritual sense and then fell into deep thought.
It has to be said that the conditions offered by Longshan Immortal City are quite favorable, including but not limited to an annual salary of 5,000 spirit coins and free allocation of caves. If one wants to establish a family, one can also choose an area in the immortal city to develop as the family residence. In addition, the secret vaults of the immortal city and even the four halls of elixirs, weapons, talismans and arrays are all open to them, and they have the highest priority.
This priority means that as long as you have sufficient materials prepared, you can ask the four masters of elixirs, weapons, talismans and arrays to help you at any time to make elixirs, refine weapons, set up arrays and make talismans, including the second-level foundation-building pills and third-level crystal-condensing pills that countless immortal city cultivators have been striving for.
Even if enough meritorious contributions are accumulated and enough materials are collected, the Immortal City can help the cultivators who have signed the spiritual contract to contact the Immortal Alliance and ask the alchemy masters in the Immortal Alliance to help them refine the fourth-level Nengying Pill!
Of course, the price to pay is extremely shocking.
Even so, compared to the rootless and drifting independent cultivators, the benefits and conveniences gained after signing a special spiritual contract are numerous.
Seeing Lu Yuan lost in thought, Master Liuyun waited for a while and then said:
"How about Brother Lu? We have shown great sincerity. Are you dissatisfied with anything?"
Lu Yuan smiled:
"Of course not. The conditions are excellent and very tempting. I am just considering the content of the oath."
Immortal Liuyun had no doubts:
"The content of the oath is very simple. We must obey the arrangements and dispatches of the Immortal City, not to fight against each other, not to betray, not to do anything that is detrimental to Longshan Immortal City and the Immortal Alliance.
These are the most basic contents. Unless they are those with evil intentions, they are not a big restriction for normal cultivators. What do you think, Fellow Daoist Lu?"
Lu Yuan nodded slightly and smiled, "Fellow Daoist Liuyun is right. Let's do this."
After saying this, he spread the spiritual contract on the dining table, and then cut open his index finger to sign his name on the spiritual contract, and then pinched the magic formula with his hand and took the oath:
"I, Lu Yuan, swear here that I will join Longshan Immortal City today and devote myself to it and do my best."
The sound of his oath seemed to contain some amazing magical power, causing waves in the surrounding void, as if something in the dark was bearing witness.
Taoist Master Liuyun, who was witnessed by the whole city, was suddenly in a trance. He felt that the sound of Lu Yuan's oath became more and more ethereal and grand, as if it was ringing directly in his heart.
"If you break this oath, your path to enlightenment will be cut off and you will be punished by heaven and earth!"
However, under the influence of some unknown powerful force, his eyes were blank and unfocused, as if he had not noticed anything. He came back to his senses only after Lu Yuan finished uttering the last sentence of the oath.
He felt that he was just stunned for a moment, and at this moment, the spiritual contract was shining, indicating that the oath, or the oath of the Dao heart, had begun to take effect. Lu Yuan smiled and handed the spiritual contract bamboo slip to him:
"Daoyou Liuyun, is this all right?"
Not knowing what had just happened, Master Liuyun couldn't help but smile with satisfaction:
"That's enough. Fellow Daoist Lu has made a wise choice. From now on, we are true comrades who trust each other!"
Lu Yuan nodded and said:
"Now I am also a member of the Immortal City. I wonder what responsibilities the True Lord is going to assign to me?"
Immortal Liuyun said:
"The frontline position is a little tight right now, so we may need Fellow Daoist Lu to go over and provide support for a while. Of course, Fellow Daoist has just made a breakthrough, so if you have other ideas, you can bring them up now, and Master will definitely consider them as appropriate."
Now everything is going as planned. Lu Yuan shook his head and said seriously:
"No need for that. I have just joined the Immortal City and I am afraid that I will leave a bad impression on the True Lord if I bargain. Let's support the front line. It just so happens that I also want to see how rampant the zombie tide there is."
"Daoyou Lu is very understanding of justice. Master will surely be pleased when he knows this."
Master Liuyun stood up, said goodbye with a smile:
"In that case, I will return to Linglong Peak to report to Master first. I will send someone to inform you if there are any subsequent arrangements or transfers."
Lu Yuan nodded, then stood up to see him off, walked him out of the cave and watched him go away.
It was not until the immortal light it transformed into completely disappeared from his sight that he suddenly sneered:
"You want to control me with a spiritual contract and a magic oath. That's a nice thought."
The spiritual contract he had just signed was signed by him using his fetal transformation and shape-changing magical power to change his bloodline. As long as he wanted, the spiritual contract would have no binding force on him:
As for the so-called oath of law or oath of Tao heart, he did not follow the one written in the spiritual contract at all. Instead, he made a random and insignificant oath of law, and directly used the magical power of nightmare prayer to secretly influence Master Liuyun, making him think that he had sworn an oath to be loyal to the Immortal City.
After being promoted to the middle stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation, his spiritual awareness and magical power improved greatly, comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, and the power of the various magical powers he had mastered increased significantly.
Before Lu Yuan's breakthrough, his spiritual consciousness did not have an overwhelming advantage over Master Liuyun, and his use of the Nightmare Prayer magic might have been noticed by the opponent. But now that his spiritual consciousness has reached the Nascent Soul level, he can use his magic power to deceive the opponent without any effort.
This also means that the special spiritual contract that Master Liuyun took back was ostensibly his indenture, which had considerable binding force, but in reality it was just a piece of waste paper, and had no binding force or influence on him at all! (End of this chapter)
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