Chapter 105 - 97: Continuous Copying, Half a Year Later
"Today, I’ll make a trip to the Dark Buddha Demon Sect first."
According to Lu Changfeng’s plan.
This time, he would have to stay at the Dark Buddha Demon Sect for a long time.
Coincidentally, he had just advanced to the Tendon Transformation Realm, giving him a reasonable excuse for a long period of seclusion.
It was common for some Martial Artists who had just advanced to the Tendon Transformation Realm to go into seclusion for three or four years straight to stabilize their current Realm and cultivate Tendon Transformation Martial Arts.
Therefore, Lu Changfeng carefully gave instructions and reminders to everyone at the Martial Arts Hall.
He also made a trip to the Taihong Association beforehand to remove the Taihong Seed from Teng Xiaofan.
During his visit to the Taihong Association, Lu Changfeng learned that Zhao Xingtian had already left Jiangzhou, and that the Taihong Association’s Saintess was now visibly pregnant.
With Teng Xiaofan and Sikong Jue assisting at the Martial Arts Hall, he wasn’t worried about any problems arising.
After arranging everything, Lu Changfeng summoned Zhisha.
The two of them hurried to Jiangzhou Pier and boarded a passenger ship heading toward Jia City.
The small boat in the winter was as chillingly cold as the river water itself.
There were few passengers on the ship. Besides Lu Changfeng and Zhisha, there were just a few out-of-towners hurrying home.
Inside the cabin, Lu Changfeng had already activated his transformation ability, changing into the appearance he had arranged beforehand: a young Demon Dao Saint Master with an imperious, cold face, dressed in a purple robe.
The realism of the transformation made Zhisha, who was at his side, click his tongue in silent amazement.
’The Saint Master’s Disguise and Transformation Talent seems to be just as good as that fellow Teng Xiaofan’s.’
In reality, with the aid of a Talent that could shift bones and skin, the resulting appearance was completely indistinguishable from a real one.
It was merely a matter of shifting the details of his own body’s bones and skin. There was no makeup or cosmetic embellishment; the raw materials were all Lu Changfeng’s own.
Even an expert at the Rebirth Realm standing before him would be absolutely unable to spot anything unusual about Lu Changfeng.
"From now on, this will be my image as the Saint Master," Lu Changfeng said softly.
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The small boat traveled down the river, turning into several tributaries along the way.
「After a good part of the day.」
The small boat docked at a pier outside Jia City.
Lu Changfeng and Zhisha disembarked and, with Zhisha leading the way, headed toward the mountain entrance of the Dark Buddha Demon Sect.
The Dark Buddha Demon Sect’s mountain entrance was located in the remote wilderness, making it very difficult to find.
The two of them used their Lightweight Skill to travel, deliberately sticking to secluded paths.
Along the way, they even had to use their Lightweight Skill to leap up slopes over ten meters high, which an ordinary person could never climb.
Traveling at full speed like this, it took them a full hour to reach the summit of a nameless, wild mountain.
While climbing, the mountain had seemed utterly unremarkable, a place of sheer cliffs on all four sides where they had to forcibly carve a path with their Lightweight Skill.
But upon reaching the summit, Lu Changfeng’s eyes couldn’t help but light up.
The summit of this nameless mountain had been completely flattened, and temples in a grand, red style covered the entire peak.
It was hard to imagine that such a magnificent cluster of temples would exist atop this nameless, wild mountain.
It was large enough to accommodate several thousand Disciples of the Dark Buddha Demon Sect.
"Amitabha Buddha, we pay our respects to the Saint Master."
Xuansha had already led several hundred elite Disciples to bow in greeting to Lu Changfeng.
Lu Changfeng had sent a message via carrier pigeon before his arrival.
"We pay our respects to the Saint Master!" the several hundred Disciples shouted in unison.
Numerous gazes, filled with either curiosity or awe, fell upon the purple-robed young man.
Most of these Disciples were seeing Lu Changfeng’s current form for the first time.
The few who had seen Lu Changfeng’s true appearance, like Xuannu, actually thought this was his real face instead.
"At ease," Lu Changfeng said, raising a hand in his role as the Saint Master.
"Take me to see those Bloodline Human Pigs," Lu Changfeng said.
Xuansha nodded and led Lu Changfeng to a temple on the rear mountain.
Two Disciples at the Bone Refining Realm stood guard in front of this temple.
Xuansha led Lu Changfeng inside, and soon a downward staircase appeared.
Following the stairs down led to the Dark Buddha Demon Sect’s dungeon, where the Human Pigs were imprisoned.
Lu Changfeng inspected the Human Pigs one by one.
He found them all in a half-asleep, half-awake state.
Xuansha had also arranged for servants to care for these Human Pigs, feeding them and cleaning their bodies.
They were indeed well-maintained; no wonder Xuansha had said they would have no problem living for another two or three years.
Because quite a few had been killed by Lu Changfeng and the other contestants during the Martial Arts exchange conference.
Thus, there were not many Human Pigs left in the dungeon, only four in total.
Name: Zhou Yangrui
Root Bone: Upper A
Talent: Middle Grade Talent [Fast Sword]
Bloodline Talent: [Ancient Ba Snake 0.5%]
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Name: Weijing
Root Bone: Middle A Class
Talent: Middle Grade Talent [Swordsmanship]
Bloodline Talent: [Ancient Snow Python 1%]
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Name: ??? (Daliang National Preceptor)
Root Bone: Upper A
Talent: High-Grade Talent [Immortal Palm]
Bloodline Talent: [Ancient Candle Dragon 1%]
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Name: Yi Tian
Root Bone: Upper A
Talent: High-Grade Talent [Saber Saint]
Bloodline Talent: [Ancient Chongming Bird 1%]
Two were Ancient Bloodlines from legendary beasts, while two were from ancient serpents.
If Lu Changfeng were to copy all of them, it would take him at least half a year.
There were also several Martial Talents that Lu Changfeng coveted greatly.
’Next, I’ll just have to cultivate in seclusion at the Dark Buddha Demon Sect for a while...’
Lu Changfeng settled down at the Dark Buddha Demon Sect.
Xuansha specially constructed a Buddha Tower at the mountain entrance for Lu Changfeng to live and cultivate in.
The Buddha Tower had nine layers, and Lu Changfeng cultivated on the Ninth Layer.
The eight layers below were guarded by Disciples.
Gradually, some Disciples discovered that cultivating inside the Nine-Story Buddha Tower seemed to be about thirty percent faster than outside.
At first, they thought it was just a myth being created around Lu Changfeng, but eventually, all the Disciples realized it was true.
This was actually thanks to Lu Changfeng’s Heroic Root Bone, which absorbed and gathered the Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy.
Therefore, cultivating near Lu Changfeng was naturally equivalent to receiving the benefits of the Heroic Root Bone.