Wearing his cloak of invisibility, Lu Ming stood silently, watching the ambitious Xiao Chen beside him!
“Good heavens! This guy actually has some spine!”
He was actually staying here to work hard in secret!
He was planning to show off and get his revenge on Lu Ming after succeeding.
“How could a good person like me stand by and watch someone work so hard only to fail in the end and suffer a heavy psychological blow?”
“Thump...”
Lu Ming stepped behind Xiao Chen.
Without hesitation, he summoned his Weapon Vault. After a brief moment of thought, he transformed the Weapon Vault into the shape of the Tiansheng Sect Leader’s weapon—the Cloud-Piercing Halberd, which shimmered with golden light.
Then, he delivered a heavy blow to the back of Xiao Chen’s head.
“Consider yourself lucky. It’s over before it even began! Now you won’t even have to face disappointment.”
“Damned Lu Ming...”
Xiao Chen, who was still in the middle of his monologue, didn’t even have time to react before he felt a sharp pain in his head.
In his fading vision, he thought he saw the Sect Leader’s Cloud-Piercing Halberd, and then he lost consciousness!
“You’re in the way!”
“Smack!”
Lu Ming muttered a word and kicked the unconscious Xiao Chen to the side.
He couldn't kill the guy yet, as that would be too easy to discover.
Afterward, Lu Ming excitedly began to collect the immortal spirit water from the Immortal Pool.
“Splosh... splosh...”
Streams of immortal spirit water were collected by Lu Ming into the Equality Secret Realm.
Inside the Equality Secret Realm, Zhu Wuneng and Xiao Huihui, who were busy planting spiritual herbs, didn't pay much attention to this scene.
Zhu Wuneng dug a hole, and Xiao Huihui used her beak to drop a spiritual herb seed into it.
Then, Zhu Wuneng covered it with soil.
The pig and the bird worked together in perfect harmony!
“Brother Pig, it seems the Sect Master and the others have gotten some good stuff this time?”
Xiao Huihui looked at the small lake rapidly forming in the distance after dropping a seed.
Zhu Wuneng, who was focused on covering the soil, glanced up and said in a muffled voice, “Perfect. We can use it for watering later!”
Xiao Huihui blinked and looked at Zhu Wuneng. “Brother Pig, won’t that water be too precious?”
Zhu Wuneng grumbled, “No matter how precious it is, it’s meant to be used. We can’t just leave it on a pedestal, can we?”
Xiao Huihui nodded. “Brother Pig, you’re right!”
The pig and the bird then continued planting their spiritual herbs.
...
“Liu Xingyu, this is the token to enter the Immortal Pool for cultivation!”
Du Qianshan, the Second Elder of the Tiansheng Sect, handed a token to his disciple.
“Thank you, Master!”
Liu Xingyu’s face lit up with joy as he reached out to take the token, thanking him repeatedly.
Spots for the Immortal Pool were not easy to obtain.
Previously, they were only given to cultivators who had made significant contributions to the sect or those who had earned the opportunity through the sect tournament.
He guessed that these spots were originally meant to be rewards for the top participants of the Saintess’s husband selection assembly.
Now that the tournament was canceled, the spots were given to their own people!
Sure enough, the Second Elder’s voice rang out.
“These spots were originally intended for the top tournament winners. Since the tournament is gone, these spots are for our own people.”
“However, I had to fight hard to secure this for you. Once you’re inside, you must cultivate diligently and strive to reach the peak of the Soul Transformation stage...”
The Second Elder then gave Liu Xingyu several instructions and warnings.
“Don’t worry, Master. I will definitely cultivate hard!” Liu Xingyu nodded repeatedly in guarantee.
The Second Elder nodded in satisfaction and continued, “When the time comes, you might even become the new Saint!”
“We aren't selecting a Saintess this generation?” Liu Xingyu couldn't help but exclaim, his eyes darting.
“Are you stupid? Since the betrothal contract isn't being fulfilled, there are no more gender restrictions. From this generation onward, the best candidate gets the title. If it’s a man, he’s the Saint; if it’s a woman, she’s the Saintess...”
Liu Xingyu’s eyes shifted as he thought to himself, I’m obviously not stupid. Wasn’t I just giving you a chance to lecture me?
However, he was more than happy to become the Saint. After all, the Saint received much better treatment.
The Second Elder gave Liu Xingyu a thorough explanation.
Then, he cleared his throat and said, “Your biggest rival this time will be the Grand Elder’s grandson, Xiao Chen!”
“His reputation is already that bad, yet he can still run for Saint?”
“So what if his reputation was ruined once? As long as his strength is great enough, there will always be scholars ready to defend him and reinterpret the classics for his sake...”
Hearing the Second Elder’s words, Liu Xingyu nodded.
Indeed, in a world where strength was respected above all else, that was how things worked!
Reputation meant nothing; strength was the only hard truth.
“By the way, Xiao Chen has already headed to the Immortal Pool. You should hurry up as well!”
Upon hearing the Second Elder’s words, Liu Xingyu quickly took his token and rushed toward the Immortal Pool!
On the way, he encountered Luo Xiyan, the Third Elder’s disciple.
Needless to say, she was also heading to the Immortal Pool to cultivate.
When the two greeted each other, it was confirmed.
The two then headed to the Immortal Pool together.
...
After Lu Ming had completely drained the immortal spirit water, he looked at the top-grade spirit stones at the bottom of the pool, which were shimmering with spiritual light and emitting spirit mist. His breath caught in his throat.
They were all top-grade spirit stones! And they were incredibly pure, looking as if they were on the verge of evolving into immortal crystals.
Lu Ming swept the area with his divine sense and discovered that this was actually the intersection of three spirit veins.
Instantly, Lu Ming remembered hearing that the Tiansheng Sect possessed three spirit veins.
He just hadn’t expected the intersection of those three veins to be the formation site of the Immortal Pool.
No wonder the Tiansheng Sect guarded it so carefully and restricted access.
If they didn't limit the number of people, the spirit veins would likely be drained dry, affecting the entire sect’s foundation.
Lu Ming’s eyes flickered. Should he take some of the spirit veins too?
If he messed with the Tiansheng Sect’s spirit veins, would their ancestor notice?
After hesitating for a moment, Lu Ming decided not to touch the spirit veins. He couldn't underestimate the capabilities of a Mahayana cultivator!
Having made up his mind, Lu Ming frowned as he looked at the bare bottom of the pool.
“Splosh...”
He directly released some ordinary river water from the Equality Secret Realm into the pool.
Looking at the refilled Immortal Pool, Lu Ming nodded in satisfaction. It looked much better now.
Immediately, he tossed the unconscious Xiao Chen into the Equality Secret Realm.
He took out the token, activated the teleportation array, and returned to the room he had come from.
Just as he steadied himself, the door creaked open.
Two Soul Transformation cultivators from the Tiansheng Sect walked in.
Lu Ming couldn't help but feel lucky. Fortunately, he hadn't been greedy; otherwise, he would have been caught.
He quickly and carefully hid to one side.
“Senior Brother Liu, why do I feel like the teleportation array was just used?” Luo Xiyan, the Third Elder’s disciple, asked softly with uncertainty.
Liu Xingyu’s brow twitched. “Could it be that Senior Brother Xiao just left?”
“That can’t be right. It’s not easy to enter the Immortal Pool...” Luo Xiyan said, her bright eyes wide.
Anyone who entered the Immortal Pool would stay until the very last second!
“We’ll know once we go in!” Liu Xingyu said, stepping onto the teleportation array first.
Luo Xiyan followed him onto the array.
“Senior Brother Xiao isn’t here!” Luo Xiyan muttered as she looked at the calm Immortal Pool.
Looking at the empty pool, Liu Xingyu said uncertainly, “Did he really leave?”
At the same time, he couldn't help but curse the guy as an idiot in his heart. To waste such a good opportunity like this...
Indeed, the thoughts of someone who had been hung from a pole were just different from normal people.
Gazing at the calm pool again, Liu Xingyu couldn't help but wonder.
Is this the Immortal Pool?
Why is it different from what I imagined?
It doesn't look high-end at all. It feels like the spiritual energy isn't even as abundant as a regular spirit spring?
Could it be that my experience is too shallow to see the wonders of the Immortal Pool?
That must be it!!
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