My Dreams Connect to Ancient Times-Chapter 191 - 34: Frenzied Creation, 100 Peaches of Immortality Into My Belly
In the Profound Daoist School, Lu Xuan coughed up a mouthful of blood, his expression listless. However, the aura around him grew even heavier, becoming deep and profound.
Just moments ago, by relying on the miraculous nature of this small courtyard and the boundless Thoughts of All Living Beings, he had, with a single word, erased the very cause of existence for the entity with the colossal hand. However, he had suffered a severe toll himself.
For one thing, the Thoughts of All Living Beings surrounding the Sanqing Temple had been depleted by nearly ten percent, and its miraculous power had also weakened by a tenth. But that was still acceptable. After all, following today’s events, the name of the Sanqing Temple would resonate throughout the entire East Continent, and even across the whole Ancestor Star.
The subsequent influx of the Thoughts of All Living Beings would surely be continuous and unending.
It could even be considered a good thing.
RING, RING!
His cell phone rang.
Lu Xuan first reverted his voice to normal before answering the call.
"Uncle Yan."
"You kid..." On the other end of the line, Yan Huang’s voice was extremely complex. "This elder of yours... he’s exceeded my expectations, exceeded everyone’s expectations..."
Lu Xuan chuckled softly, then asked:
"What’s the situation now?"
"Your elder’s Divine Technique is just too outrageous. His voice resounded across the East Continent, inciting the fury of all its people and spirits."
On the other end of the line, a smile Yan Huang hadn’t worn in a long time appeared on his face.
"Sakata Heavy Industries and its related enterprises in all the cities across the East Continent have been hit. I just received news that under the tidal wave of attacks from hundreds of thousands of birds, the Sakata Heavy Industries Headquarters building... has collapsed."
"Collapsed?" Lu Xuan was also a little stunned.
"That’s right. The world has been recovering for so many years now. Although no intelligent Demons have been born on the Ancestor Star, some of the birds and beasts have become quite formidable. Hundreds of thousands of birds taking down a single skyscraper? That’s perfectly normal."
After a pause, the smile on Yan Huang’s face grew even wider as he continued:
"If nothing unexpected happens, Sakata Heavy Industries is completely finished this time. There’s no need for Longque Technology to even get involved. The other conglomerates will be like sharks that have smelled blood; they’ll tear Sakata Heavy Industries to shreds."
"Oh?" Lu Xuan smiled, a playful tone in his voice. "Aren’t they allies?"
"They were before, but not anymore." Yan Huang burst out laughing. "Sakata Heavy Industries might be able to cling to life for a little while longer, but the countdown has already begun. In half a year at most, the name ’Sakata Heavy Industries’ will no longer exist in this world."
As he spoke, he let out a slow breath and added:
"Xiaoxuan, please thank your elder on my behalf. And also... thank you!"
Yan Huang’s voice was extremely sincere.
"There’s really no need for that."
Lu Xuan said softly:
"Sakata Heavy Industries was something I intended to topple anyway... Besides, this matter isn’t over. The Evil Cult and the power behind it—I will definitely uncover them."
Yan Huang fell silent for a moment, then suddenly said:
"You’re right, it’s not over. Sakata Heavy Industries has fallen, but Sakata Shindo is still alive. There’s no telling what he might do. You need to be careful recently. If that guy puts his mind to investigating you, he might just be able to track you down."
Lu Xuan acknowledged this, then, as if remembering something, said:
"Oh, right, Uncle Yan. I’ll probably be training with my elder for the next few days, so I don’t think I’ll be making any public appearances... Hmm, I’ll tell Xiaoyan myself in a bit."
"Alright," Yan Huang agreed readily. "Then I won’t disturb you any longer. We’ll talk more when we see each other again."
"Okay."
After hanging up, Lu Xuan called Xiaoyan and Uncle Wu, repeating what he had just told Yan Huang. After being sweet with Xiaoyan for a few moments, he finally turned off his phone and placed it beside him.
He sensed that under the empowerment of the vast Thoughts of All Living Beings, the Sanqing Temple had undergone many profound and mysterious changes, as if...
...as if it had become something like the ancient Mountain God temples described in parts of the Daoist Collection and other classic texts, but its station was far, far higher.
Similarly, when he sat within the Sanqing Temple, he himself also seemed to have changed.
He silently assessed himself. The endless Thoughts of All Living Beings were being converted into terrifying power by the Daoist School, and his own strength was soaring.
According to Lu Xuan’s calculations, his strength was now almost comparable to when he channeled the power of the Keeper of the Records... In other words, as long as he was inside the Sanqing Temple, he was on par with a Great Grade True Immortal!
And if he were to disregard the consumption of the Thoughts of All Living Beings, risking a drop in the Sanqing Temple’s tier, and used his full power to unleash Great Divine Techniques on the level of [Dao Generating One] and [Slaying Sword Form], killing a Grand Grade wouldn’t be difficult.
But the prerequisite was that the Grand Grade expert had to be inside the Sanqing Temple.
"Interesting..." Lu Xuan murmured to himself, a sharp glint in his eyes. "At this rate, as time goes on and the Thoughts of All Living Beings accumulate, the Sanqing Temple will only become more and more terrifying..."
’Will there come a day when, even if my own Cultivation is low, I can fight against an Existence above the Grand Grade as long as I am within the Daoist School?’
’And if everyone were to piously chant my three names, just how terrifying would the Sanqing Temple become? How profound?’
Lu Xuan grew excited. Even now, the Sanqing Temple was already capable of detaching itself from reality.
As long as he willed it, even a Grand Grade expert standing on that bustling street right outside the Daoist School’s gates could only be like an ordinary person—they could ’see’ the Sanqing Temple, but they would never be able to find it.
So what about the future?
In the future, just how absurdly powerful would the Sanqing Temple become?
’And what can I do right now, relying on the Sanqing Temple?’
Lu Xuan fell into deep thought.
’I only receive the empowerment when I’m inside the Daoist School, and the power fades rapidly once it leaves the temple grounds.’
’Before, I had to use a trick, relying on a profound connection of Cause and Effect and an instantaneous, immense burst of the Thoughts of All Living Beings just to make my voice resonate in the hearts and minds of all living beings in the East Continent...’
’So, on a normal day, what can I use the Sanqing Temple for...?’
’Wait!’
His eyes suddenly lit up. A guess surfaced in his mind, and his heart began to pound.
Acting on the thought, Lu Xuan held out his palm. A Jade Box materialized before him, floating silently.
Looking at the Jade Box, his expression dimmed slightly. He sighed and murmured to himself:
"Senior Brother Zhang..."
As he spoke, Lu Xuan opened the Jade Box. A terrifying surge of Immortal Spiritual Qi erupted, instantly filling the entire Daoist School!
A Peach of Immortality.
He carefully examined the Peach of Immortality in the Jade Box. It wasn’t large—in fact, it was quite small—but it was crystal-clear and translucent. A profound, treasured light flowed across its surface, accompanied by faint wisps of a vast Dao Rhyme.
Without hesitation, Lu Xuan picked up the Peach of Immortality and swallowed it in one gulp.
An utterly terrifying amount of Immortal Spiritual Qi erupted. In an instant, his entire body was flooded with vast Immortal Light, almost turning him into a humanoid sun!
Under the boundless Immortal Light, Lu Xuan felt his lifespan skyrocket. Although the improvements to his Physique and spirit were far from matching the increase in his lifespan, they still experienced a terrifying boost!
In just a few moments, the Fourth Level Supreme Jade Steps solidified completely!
"This effect..." Lu Xuan was stunned. The moment he opened his mouth, he sprayed out what looked like liquid Divine Essence.
He had studied other Cultivation Skills at the Climbing the Divine Ladder stage before. The difficulty of condensing a single Supreme Jade Step was nearly a hundred times that of a normal Divine Ladder step, yet he had just formed one in an instant!
The key was that Lu Xuan could feel that ninety-nine percent of the power from the [Peach of Immortality] had gone toward increasing his lifespan!
He smacked his lips and said with a hint of regret:
"It’s a shame I only have this one Peach of Immortality as a physical reference. My comprehension of the Mediation of Creation is still lacking, so I can only create the peels of Innate Peaches of Immortality and Innate Bodhi Fruits from thin air, not the complete fruits."
As he spoke, another huge plume of Immortal Spiritual Qi and Divine Essence billowed out.
Shaking his head, Lu Xuan began to circulate the terrifying power within his body while simultaneously putting his theory to the test.
He stretched out his hand, focused his mind, and declared:
"Mediation... of Creation!"
This time, he wasn’t creating an Innate object from nothing. Even if he had enough power, his comprehension of the Mediation of Creation was still insufficient to create complete Innate Divine Fruits or Celestial Medicines.
But...
But if it was just a matter of reconfiguring ordinary air into a copy of the Peach of Immortality he just ate—without involving the concept of being ’Completely Innate’—his comprehension of the Mediation of Creation was sufficient. The only thing he lacked was enough Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
But right now, he was in the Daoist School!
In an instant, Lu Xuan’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit were completely drained. But immediately after, the terrifying power converted from the Thoughts of All Living Beings poured down from the Daoist School, elevating his entire being to the Grand Grade Stage and restoring his Essence, Qi, and Spirit in the process!
With a sufficient supply of power, a Peach of Immortality identical to the one he had just swallowed successfully formed in his palm, right before his excited eyes!
"It worked!!"
He briefly sensed the cost. The Daoist School had lost some of the Thoughts of All Living Beings, but it was far, far less than what was consumed by the causality-killing move from before. The loss was insignificant.
Lu Xuan gulped, then swallowed the Peach of Immortality in his hand. Once again, his entire body was enveloped in terrifying Immortal Light, illuminating the Daoist School in a brilliant glow!
Even though this was only a Postnatal Peach, and only one percent of the terrifying substance within it went to tempering his Physique and spirit, the fifth Supreme Jade Step instantly condensed into a phantom image, on the verge of becoming solid!
"Again!"
"Mediation of Creation!"
The third Peach of Immortality went down, and the fifth Supreme Jade Step was complete!
Then the fourth, the fifth, the sixth...
Although the difficulty of condensing the Supreme Jade Steps increased exponentially with each advancement in his realm, still...
...he could overwhelm it with sheer quantity!
Time passed, bit by bit. In the blink of an eye, a week had gone by.
「During this time.」
The thirty-seventh, the thirty-eighth... the eighty-fourth... the ninety-ninth!
「On the eighth day of his secluded meditation in the Daoist School.」
Lu Xuan was completely enveloped in terrifying Immortal Spiritual Qi and Divine Essence. Every single one of his pores was gushing a sea of divine splendor. He was over-nourished to an absurd degree!
He couldn’t stop burping. As his lifespan soared, terrifying Dao patterns appeared on his skin!
"And now..."
The moment Lu Xuan opened his mouth, an incredibly dense torrent of Spiritual Qi and Divine Essence surged out, forming a massive storm!
Outside the small hut, in the Daoist School, the once-dry pond was now filled to the brim. But what flowed within it was not water.
It was liquefied Divine Essence, concentrated to the absolute extreme!!
Even the very soil of the Daoist School was saturated with substances like Divine Essence and Immortal Spiritual Qi, emitting a lustrous, treasured glow that was almost blinding to look at!
"This is... the one-hundredth!"
He performed the Mediation of Creation and swallowed the one-hundredth Postnatal Peach.
The small peach went down, his pores relaxed, and Lu Xuan closed his eyes, letting out another full burp.
He couldn’t eat another bite.
