Just a Useful Pawn in the Stain Sect

Chapter 267: Chapter 267: The Profoundly Mysterious Dharma Body, an Opportunity at Sea

The Sea of Clouds, Holy Fire Cliff.

As a dazzling Splendid Light flashed, Lü Yang had just stepped out of the Heaven-Reaching Hall when he immediately felt several Divine Senses land on him.

”Yuan Tu, where is Miaoyin?”

When a Perfected Person asked, Lü Yang immediately put on a grief-stricken expression. ”We met with a mishap. The Outer Realm is perilous. My lady died a violent death, and I was too late to save her...”

”Oh!”

The few Divine Senses quickly dispersed. They must have been connections Miaoyin had cultivated in the past, yet now they showed no intention of investigating her death.

Lü Yang wasn’t surprised by this. No one cared about a dead person. Besides, Miaoyin was dead, yet he had emerged unscathed, with no sign of heavenly punishment. This proved his gains this time were immense. At this point, he was no longer someone an ordinary Perfected Person could afford to provoke.

’Once you’re gone, you’re forgotten. It’s always the same...’

Lü Yang shook his head. The Saint Sect Zhenren were too cold-hearted, not at all sentimental like him. He still remembered many things from his past few lives as if they were yesterday.

’Speaking of which, Senior Brother Zhao still hasn’t paid back the Contribution Points he owed me from a few lives ago.’

Too bad the man was already dead.

’I’ll just have to find him in the next life.’

With these thoughts in mind, Lü Yang rode a Flying Light back to Luofeng Mountain. He entered the Quiet Chamber where his main body was in seclusion and then withdrew his consciousness from the Immortal Embryo Avatar.

Losing Lü Yang’s guidance, the avatar immediately froze in place, its eyes vacant and lifeless. Meanwhile, Lü Yang’s main body stretched happily. This was the benefit of not splitting his Divine Sense; the avatar and the main body were essentially one and the same, so there would be no drama about a rebellious avatar.

”All in all, the trip wasn’t for nothing.”

With a single thought, Lü Yang extracted an illusory, three-headed, six-armed figure with a green face and sharp fangs from the Immortal Embryo Avatar and absorbed it into his own body.

The Heavenly Qian Totalizing All Manifestations Dharma Body!

With the Second-Grade Cultivation Skill at Major Mastery, this Dharma Body was considered a preliminary success. It was both an Ability and a Spiritual Treasure, much like the Nine-Child Mother Celestial Demon Exterminating Immortal Sword.

”This Dharma Body has four profound mysteries!”

”All my effort wasn’t in vain. With the enhancement of four profound mysteries, it’s almost on par with an Innate Divine Technique. For a Foundation-Stage Cultivator, the improvement is practically a qualitative leap!”

That’s how it was for Ye Guyue back then.

Even after I drained her Merit and Fortune with Minor Metal and set up a Grand Ward while her mind was clouded by Tribulation Qi, I still had a difficult time defeating her and her Nine-Child Mother Celestial Demon Exterminating Immortal Sword.

If she had been at her peak back then, at Mid-stage Foundation Establishment Perfection and with the Nine-Child Mother Celestial Demon Exterminating Immortal Sword, I definitely would have been no match for her.

”But then again, I wouldn’t have fought her in that case.”

”If you can’t win, can’t you run?”

”After all, I’ve always made a point of only fighting the old, weak, sick, and crippled. That’s the true essence of Cultivation! What’s the point of an evenly matched fight? A complete steamroll is much more satisfying...”

Thinking this, Lü Yang circulated his Divine Sense and examined the Dharma Body again.

”The Heavenly Qian Totalizing All Manifestations Dharma Body... as its name suggests, its four profound mysteries are Qian Heaven, General Overview, All Phenomena, and Dharma Body!”

Qian Heaven has the highest Position. It can twist the Celestial Will within a certain range, making it favor you. Under the Dharma Body’s enhancement, a cultivator’s every move will be accompanied by the Fortune of Heaven and Earth. Your own Mana and Abilities will flow effortlessly, while your opponent could accidentally suffer a cultivation deviation at any moment.

”It sounds domineering, but it’s not actually that useful.”

Lü Yang shook his head. How could the Celestial Will be so easily twisted? This profound mystery was invincible against Qi Refiners, but it wouldn’t work on Foundation-Stage Cultivators.

”At most, it can only affect those in the Early Stage.”

”Against someone also in the Mid-phase, with our Positions being equal, the effect of Qian Heaven is greatly reduced... However, it does match one of my Innate Abilities very well.”

Justification!

Among the four profound mysteries of Lü Yang’s Innate Ability, Justification was the one he used least. It was a god-tier tool for crushing weaker opponents, but it couldn’t be used against those in the same Realm.

But now, things were different.

”Under the enhancement of the Dharma Body’s Qian Heaven, I might be able to drastically increase the effectiveness of Justification, making it truly useful against those in the same Realm!”

”The combination of the two creates a qualitative change...”

Despite this, Lü Yang’s face showed no joy. Instead, his expression gradually grew solemn as he continued to examine the other three profound mysteries of the Dharma Body.

”General Overview, as the name implies, can remotely seize a Soul and read its memories. It’s exceptionally useful against cultivators with resilient Dharma Bodies, allowing one to bypass their physical advantages and snatch their Souls right out... Damn, they might as well have just spelled out ’Pure Land Buddhist Cultivators’! This is clearly designed to counter them!”

”All Phenomena is the same as before; it can smelt external objects to temper the Dharma Body.”

”The last one, Dharma Body, is an enhancement-type mystery. The strength of the enhancement is determined by the degree of damage taken—the more severe the damage, the greater the boost.”

”It can even double my power at its peak!”

”In other words, as long as I have this Dharma Body’s enhancement, the more injuries I sustain, the stronger my Divine Power becomes. The moment I’m on the verge of death will be the moment I’m at my strongest!”

After a moment of silence, Lü Yang put away the Dharma Body.

”I have to admit, this Second-Grade Cultivation Skill is a perfect match for the Fruit of Rampart Earth... Was this Cultivation Technique deliberately delivered into my hands?”

Lü Yang couldn’t help but be suspicious.

After all, it was too much of a coincidence. He had lived for nine lives in this godforsaken Stain Sect, and he had long understood one thing: behind every opportunity in the Stain Sect, there was always someone fishing with a hook and line!

”Chong Guang definitely knew about this, since he was the one who personally delivered the Cultivation Technique... But he’s dead now, so I can’t ask him. Could it be the Zouyu Descendants in the Stain Sect?”

After all, he had obtained this Dharma Body. If he could succeed at Qi Collection in the future and pull the Fruit from the Ten Thousand Martial Realm into the main world, he could use it to prove his claim to the Fruit of Rampart Earth. If the Fruit of Rampart Earth then assimilated it, its power would surge, and it might no longer be constrained by the Pure Land. If the Stain Sect also provided a distraction...

”...could there be a glimmer of hope?”

Thinking of this, Lü Yang felt that the Zouyu Descendants might really be behind this. After all, reclaiming the Fruit of Rampart Earth had always been their long-cherished wish.

However, while he had already taken the benefits, it didn’t mean he actually had to do the job!

He would have to consider this matter more carefully.

Next, Lü Yang took out a sachet.

This was Miaoyin’s Storage Bag. She had given it to him before she died. He had already ransacked it once, and only one item had barely caught his eye.

It was an Elixir Pill that glowed with a faint light.

An ordinary Perfected Person would have poor judgment and would likely mistake this item for a real Qi Pill. Only someone like Lü Yang, with his considerable skill in Arrays, could see through the illusion.

”What an impressive Array!”

”Sumeru into a Mustard Seed... what’s trapped inside?”

Lü Yang sent his Divine Sense inside and immediately saw a lake with churning, monstrous waves, and an imposing True Dragon whose face was filled with despair, as if it had already given up.

Lü Yang froze. ”...Sui Ying?”

Almost simultaneously, Sui Ying sensed him and roared in fury, ”Summon! If you’re going to kill me, then kill me! What do you possibly want, trapping me here to die?”

’This True Dragon King was captured by Summon?’

Lü Yang’s expression turned strange. ’A True Dragon! Dragon Horns, dragon claws, dragon scales... its entire body is a treasure trove. It would be perfect for refining the Heavenly Qian Totalizing All Manifestations Dharma Body!’

Just then, Lü Yang’s heart skipped a beat.

Because he had brought back a large amount of essence from the Ten Thousand Martial Realm this time, he had not only compensated for the deficit from Master Miaoyin and the Earth Evil Qi, but had even come out with a profit.

Therefore, Heaven and Earth had truly rewarded him with a great deal of Merit and Fortune. It was enough to replenish the one-third that Perfected Chong Guang had previously drained from him, with plenty to spare. This also meant he had reached the Critical Point to seek out the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. And at this moment, prompted by his Fortune, an understanding dawned on him:

”My opportunity has come!”

”The second of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches I need to break through to Mid-stage Perfection... is related to this Dragon King, and it’s also Overseas?”