NOVGO.NET Chapter 2213 - Lu Zhanxuan
Chapter 2213 – Lu Zhanxuan
Boom!
Within his immortal cave, Su Yi’s qi rumbled and boomed, emanating a chaos-like rain of the light of the Grand Dao.
He sat cross-legged, every inch of his skin flowing with the dense, mysterious charm of the Dao, holy and transcendent.
Within his body, his Sea of Chaos churned, and the Epoch Spark swayed, its surface covered in chaos fire.
His body, soul, and cultivation base burned like a blazing furnace, burning and progressing!
Mysterious phenomena of the Grand Dao appeared reflected around him. Sometimes, they appeared as visions of reincarnation. Other times, they were unfathomably deep abysses. Still other times, they manifested the endless wonders of the Grand Dao.
In the end, all of these strange phenomena manifested different types of sword intent, accompanied by clanging sword hums reminiscent of the cries of a phoenix!
Su Yi had placed formations around the immortal cave to prevent anyone from spying on him, and he’d put the Umbrella of Tribulations into play. This Mystery of Chaos could direct the minutiae of fate, obscuring all attempts to glean insight into the workings of destiny and fortune.
Furthermore, this was Little Pine Peak, Ninth Elder Tie Wenjing’s territory, and the Human-Faced Bluebird Hui Qing was already dead. Su Yi no longer needed to worry about others spying on his cultivation.
Thus, he relaxed and let loose, unleashing the full extent of his powers of the Grand Dao and tempering them continuously.
Now that he no longer needed to hold back, his cultivation progressed far faster than before.
After just three short days, he’d refined a batch of divine recovery medicine, and his wounds were about seventy percent recovered! And his cultivation base was sixty percent restored!
A while passed before Su Yi awakened from his meditation and let out a long breath. He murmured to himself, Recovering my cultivation base is a great feeling…
It’s just a pity that I can’t use the ambient spiritual energy on Little Pine Peak. If I could, I’m sure I’d recover even quicker!
If he circulated his cultivation base with all his might, he could refine all of the spiritual energy on the peak. Others would have no hope of competing with him over it!
But that would surely startle his sectmates and invite unnecessary trouble.
Before long, Su Yi tossed a bunch of Undying Divine Gold to the Divine Replenishment Furnace and resumed meditation.
He still had a considerable quantity of divine medicine left. He estimated that by the time he’d finished refining it, his wounds would be eighty percent healed, and his cultivation base about seventy percent restored!
Time slipped by. Before long, four days had passed.
At dawn, a group of experts from the Severed Heavens Demon Court arrived. Their leader was the Blue Rose Demon Master, a long-secluded, legendary figure.
She was a legend not just within the Southern Flame Divine Continent, but throughout the God Domain, as well as an expert at the pinnacle of the Divine Dao!
She’d come here today leading thirty-three core disciples of the Severed Heavens Demon Court, including unparalleled divine children who’d already achieved divinity and prominent elites who’d reached the pinnacle of the Great Profound Realm.
This lineup immediately startled the entire sect. Everyone in Qingwu Divine Court was paying attention.
Sect Leader Liang Lingxu, Grand Elder Wei Zhong, and Second Hai Elder Bai Liyun waited outside the gates to personally welcome their guests.
Mo Yong, the vice palace master demoted to greeter, got to witness this grand occasion with his own eyes. He felt deeply conflicted about it all.
He couldn’t help but wonder if Deacon Xiao would participate in the upcoming sparring matches. After all, he was now the most eye-catching figure in the sect, and his strength was obvious to everyone; he’d proven it in his duels over Spirit Bamboo Peak.
But Mo Yong quickly shook his head and rejected the idea. It hadn’t been long since Mo Yong had achieved an enormous act of merit, only for the sect leader and third elder to suppress him and deny him a promotion.
How could Xiao Jian possibly fight on the sect’s behalf now?
He’d spent the past few days deep in seclusion, and no one had laid eyes on him since. Everyone took this as proof of his dejection.
Meanwhile, in the River of Stars Ritual Grounds.
This was the most ancient arena in the Qingwu Divine Court, and it was big enough to hold thirty thousand people.
The sparring matches between the disciples of Qingwu Divine Court and the Severed Heavens Demon Court would take place here.
Second High Elder Bai Liyun, Sect Leader Liang Lingxu, Grand Elder Wei Zhong, and the other prominent higher-ups were seated in the stands.
Lu Qingmei, the Blue Rose Demon Master, sat beside Bai Liyun.
The thirty-three disciples who’d come with her to participate in the matches stood on one side of the ritual grounds.
The disciples of Qingwu Divine Court stood on the other side. All of them were Creation Realm Lesser Gods and Great Profound Stage cultivators, and their ranks included no small number of prominent elites.
Li Xiaoyun, one of the people Su Yi had defeated not long ago, was among them.
That aside, the area around the arena was crowded with people: the disciples, deacons, Dao protectors, and servants of Qingwu Divine Court.
All of them had come running when they heard the news.
The sparring was due to begin in about ten minutes.
“Forgive my boldness, but might I ask why you decided to lead this expedition personally, Fellow Daoist?” Bai Liyun asked suddenly from the VIP seats.
The sect leader and the other higher-ups instantly pricked up their ears. All of them found it strange, too. This was a sparring match between disciples. What need was there for the Blue Rose Demon Master to lead the expedition personally?
Lu Qingmei said casually, “I’ve spent the past eight thousand years deep in seclusion, heedless of worldly affairs. It’s only now that I’ve emerged that I’ve discovered how much the world has changed in my absence. Thus, I decided to take this opportunity to visit your sect.
“For one thing, after a prolonged rest, one craves boredom. Also, I hoped to meet with Ancestor Hongzhen. I didn’t realize that he wouldn’t be here.”
Lu Qingmei sighed.
Everyone knew that Lu Qingmei and Hua Hongzhen had known each other for a long time, and that they were dear friends in their pursuit of the Grand Dao. When they heard that Lu Qingmei had come to see Hua Hongzhen, the crowd was much less confused.
“Sect Leader, we’ve finished making arrangements for the sparring matches,” reported an elder.
Liang Lingxu nodded, then looked at Lu Qingmei. “Do you have any requests before the matches begin, Senior?”
“Just do everything in accordance with the usual rules,” said Lu Qingmei. “That said, I do have a small request.”
“Please, speak directly,” said Liang Lingxu with a smile.
Lu Qingmei whispered, “The disciples I brought here are determined to seek victory. Unless you defeat them one by one, they’ll fight until they’ve defeated every last Great Profound and Creation Realm core disciple in your sect.”
Many of the onlookers’ eyelids rose. Such competitions weren’t unheard of, but under ordinary circumstances, they were rare.
The reason was simple. Doing so could sow discord between the two sects!
After all, if the experts of the Severed Heavens Demon Court swept through everyone of the same level in Qingwu Divine Court and word got out, what would become of Qingwu Divine Court’s reputation?
“It seems you’re quite confident in those disciples, Fellow Daoist,” laughed Bai Liyun.
They were in another’s territory, yet Lu Qingmei still dared speak with such confidence. The Severed Heavens Demon Court had obviously come prepared!
“No matter how confident I am, we won’t know the outcome until after the disciples have sparred,” laughed Lu Qingmei. “Don’t you think, Fellow Daoist?”
Bai Liyun inclined her head. “Then it shall be as you say, Fellow Daoist.”
Sect Leader Liang Lingxu promptly ordered the sparring to commence.
……
The Great Profound Stage disciples were the first to spar.
The outcome proved that the Severed Heavens Demon Court had indeed come prepared!
Twenty-two Great Profound Stage disciples of the Severed Heavens Demon Court fought. Nineteen were defeated, but the twentieth lasted to the very end.
Conversely, on Qingwu Divine Court’s side, ninety-nine disciples went into battle, only for all of them to be defeated!
This triggered a round of uproar throughout the venue. Countless people were dejected, astonished, and enraged.
It wasn’t that the Great Profound Stage experts of Qingwu Divine Court were lacking, but that the Severed Heavens Demon Court had a heaven-defying figure to hold down the fort.
His name was Lu Zhanxuan, and he was terrifyingly strong. He could even contend with Lesser Gods!
Throughout the entire God Domain, only a tiny handful of Great Profound cultivators were capable of such a feat!
The vast majority of the Qingwu Divine Court’s combatants had lost to Lu Zhanxuan.
Over in the VIP stands, the experts of Qingwu Divine Court had dark looks on their faces.
How could they possibly miss that the Severed Heavens Divine Court had crushed them during the Great Profound sparring matches because they had an unparalleled monster like Lu Zhanxuan in their ranks?
Lu Zhanxuan was extremely confident. After several victories in a row, he lost interest and said he wasn’t willing to waste any more time. He said that anyone capable of defeating him was welcome to step forth, but that no such person existed, he was just going to leave.
In the end… there really wasn’t anyone capable of fighting him.
In the end, Lu Zhanxuan left everyone else in the dust. None of Qingwu Divine Court’s Great Profound Stage cultivators could suppress him!
“Strange. Why didn’t I know that your sect had a heaven-defying monster like Lu Zhanxuan?” Bai Liyin couldn’t help but ask.
The others were curious too. None of them had heard of Lu Zhanxuan. The name was entirely unfamiliar, and he wasn’t the least bit famous in the Southern Flame Divine Continent.
Lu Qingmei’s eyes shifted slightly, and she said gently, “He’s my adopted son, and he’s been cultivating by my side from a young age. He’s never made any public appearances before. This is his first time participating in a sparring competition between sects.”
The Blue Rose Demon Master’s adopted son!
The crowd couldn’t help but be impressed when they learned of Lu Zhanxuan’s background. He’d cultivated alongside a legendary figure like the Blue Rose Demon Master from a young age, and he was even her adopted son! This was naturally no ordinary unparalleled genius!
“I finally understand why you’re here, Fellow Daoist. You want to use Qingwu Divine Court to help your adopted son show off his strength,” Bai Liyun said with a sigh. “After this, the name Lu Zhanxuan is sure to dazzle the entire Southern Flame Divine Continent and resound throughout the God Domain!”
The crowd had complicated looks on their faces. They were all a bit dejected, and they felt like they’d been used.
Lu Zhanxuan was using their disciples as stepping stones to establish his reputation!
Lu Qingmei shook her head. “You’ve misunderstood, Fellow Daoist. This is a spar between juniors, that’s all. Even if my adoptive son’s name spreads throughout the God Domain, what of it? This world has never lacked for heaven-defying, unparalleled monsters.”
As she spoke, she looked at the distant Lu Zhanxuan.
Lu Zhanxuan, meanwhile, returned to his seat.
He was dressed in long, plain robes, and he wore his hair in a Daoist topknot. His skin was as smooth and fair and jade, and his features were youthful, handsome, angular, and clearly defined.
Even just sitting there, he seemed as tranquil as still water and as immovable as a mountain.
The light of the heavens bathed his profile, lending him an air of extraordinary elegance, as if he’d risen out of the dust of mundanity.
It was almost imperceptibly subtle, but for a moment, Lu Qingmei looked dazed. It seemed she’d recalled a certain someone.