Walking by the Abyss on Thin Ice

Chapter 143 – Heavenly Court Divine Light

In the center of the Lu Family Immortal Residence, there was a quietness, only the sound of shattered glass from the glazed windows and doors.

Because it was too quiet, any sound seemed piercing, making the Immortal Residence even quieter.

Zuo Songyan was originally drinking tea with Lu Zhongliu and Lu Jiangtian, but at the moment, he had just picked up his tea cup and didn't know whether to drink it or put it down. He secretly complained, "Wasn't it just challenging one family a day? Does that mean he's planning to challenge seven families in one day? I've taken money from those aristocratic families..."

The six major aristocratic families' disciples who came to watch Su Yun's supernatural powers all frowned. From Idle Cloud Taoist ringing the bell to Su Yun killing Lu Hanyan, it all happened in an instant, and they didn't have time to observe Su Yun's supernatural powers in detail.

If there was no time to observe, then it was meaningless!

"For revenge on Hanyan!" A Lu Family spiritualist stood up, angrily.

Everyone in the Lu Family, whether they were spiritualists or grandmasters, was full of killing intent. At this moment, the people brought by Zuo Songyan also stepped forward one after another, and the two sides were on the verge of breaking out in a fight!

Lu Jiangtian was about to stand up and kill, but was pressed down by Lu Zhongliu on his shoulder, preventing him from standing up.

Lu Zhongliu said lightly, "Jiangtian, can't our Lu Family afford to lose? You lost a son, but you can have another one."

Lu Jiangtian gritted his teeth and sat back down heavily.

Lu Zhongliu smiled broadly and said, "Left Prefect is really amazing. He is not only the prefect of the Wen Chang Academy but also the old ladle in the Shuo North. You have a place in the officialdom and the underworld."

Zuo Songyan smiled and said, "It's all thanks to my friends on the Dao."

The two men's eyes met, staring at each other, and the atmosphere became extremely tense.

Lu Zhongliu hesitated to make a move. Zuo Songyan was the prefect of the Wen Chang Academy, and was on par with Tian Wuji, Wen Lifang, and Tong Qingyun in terms of surface strength at the level of Tian Xiang.

But the old ladle was different.

The old ladle in Shuo North was a legend in the 108 counties of the 17 states. The Emperor Ping and Emperor Ai had both commanded people to come and suppress the bandits, and even sent strong people at the level of the Saint Realm to challenge them.

The most famous one was during the reign of Emperor Ai, when the three Saint Realm experts from the Eastern Capital came to the Shuo North to challenge the old ladle, and two of them died in battle, with only one survivor.

The reason why Lu Zhongliu hesitated to make a move was that he didn't know how much progress Zuo Songyan had made over the years as the old ladle.

Suddenly, Wu Tong smiled and said, "Senior Brother, why bother going to other families? The disciples of the other aristocratic families are all here."

She was afraid that the world would not be chaotic and said with a smile, "Tong Qiuyu from the Tong Family, Lin Qingsheng from the Lin Family, Zhou Xitai from the Zhou Family, Wen Zhaozhi from the Wen Family, Wu Sheng from the Wu Family, Tian Ying from the Tian Family, the disciples of the six major aristocratic families who came to challenge Su Yun are all gathered here, why bother going to their homes to find them?"

As she spoke, each of the disciples couldn't help but be surprised, "How does she know me? How does she know that I was sent by my family to challenge Su Yun?"

Their eyes all turned to Wu Tong, but their gaze didn't fall on her body, some looked to her left, some to her right, some looked up, and some looked down.No one's gaze could focus on her!

The girl Wu Tong smiled slightly, but suddenly felt a chill in her heart as she sensed several pairs of eyes shift away from her and onto her!

She followed their gazes and saw Su Yun first, then Zuo Songyan, and finally Lu Zhongliu!

The three of them saw through her disguise!

As for the others, even experts like Lu Jiangtian in the Tianxiang realm couldn't see her true form.

Except for Su Yun, Zuo Songyan, and the immortal Lu Zhongliu, everyone who "saw" the girl Wu Tong had the same thought in their mind.

"So it was him (her)."

They were all familiar with Wu Tong's appearance, but in reality, they didn't know her at all.

Their memories had been tampered with, and even the image of Wu Tong they saw was a mixture of the most familiar person in their hearts. Everyone saw a different image.

As soon as they looked away, they would immediately forget what Wu Tong looked like.

Only when they "saw" Wu Tong again, would they feel that she was the person they were most familiar and trusted with.

This is how strange humans and demons are.

Su Yun stopped and looked towards Tong Qiuyu and the others, with a gentle expression, he said, "Since we are visiting the Seven Great Families, we should visit each of your homes. How can we disturb the funeral arrangements of the Lu family?"

He bowed to Lu Jiangtian and put a Qinghong coin on the ground, saying, "I'll offer this first as a tribute and won't disturb the Lu family's funeral arrangements."

Lu Jiangtian clenched his fists tightly.

Su Yun walked away, and the girl Wu Tong, Li Zhuxian, and others had to follow, leaving the Lu family.

Zuo Songyan also stood up and led his group to the Tong family, thinking to himself, "This kid probably wants to visit seven families today and another seven tomorrow!"

He gritted his teeth, "The old gourd can't control him anymore!"

Tong Qiuyu, Zhou Xitai, and others left the Lu family's immortal residence with solemn expressions, heading straight for the Tong family.

"Young man from the Tong family, please wait."

Tong Qiuyu stopped in her tracks as Lu Zhongliu approached her and walked alongside her, saying, "I'll take you back to the Tong family. The young men and women from the other families can also come with me in my carriage."

Tong Qiuyu, Lin Qingsheng, Zhou Xitai, Wen Zhaozhi, Wu Sheng, and Tian Ying all got on the Tong family's Xuanwu carriage. Although it was named after the divine beast Xuanwu, the carriage was carried by a giant turtle demon and was known for being slow and steady.

The immortal Lu Zhongliu sat in the carriage and said to the six of them, "My carriage is slow, but it can delay you for a while. You are all outstanding children selected by the Seven Great Families, and your aptitude and comprehension are extraordinary. You should have all seen the various chapters of the True Dragon Technique."

Lin Qingsheng bowed and said, "Immortal, I have only seen scattered records of the True Dragon Technique, not the actual technique."

The other five nodded in agreement.

Tian Ying said, "My family's records include more than ten chapters of the True Dragon Technique, which detail the process of the True Dragon's enlightenment."

Wen Zhaozhi said, "When my family's immortal taught me, he had me observe the records of the True Dragon Technique and comprehend the divine skills from them!"Lu Zhongliu said: "That was before. Before, you had to comprehend it on your own, and what you understood from it was your own thing. But now it's different. Su Yun is a scholar of the Tian Dao Academy. Scholars of the Tian Dao Academy are all geniuses. You can't hope to defeat him in just a few days of comprehension. Therefore, there is a shortcut."

The six people were greatly encouraged.

Lu Zhongliu said: "His divine power has a weakness, which is that the time between two attacks is less than a moment, and it will break through the defense of the big clock."

Lin Qingsheng said in a deep voice: "I have fought him before, and his divine power defense does have this momentary flaw."

Lu Zhongliu glanced at him in surprise and said, "To be able to see his flaws, Lin's talent is extraordinary."

Wu Sheng said: "Brother Lin was the first in the entrance exam two years ago. That year, I ranked second, two points behind Brother Lin."

Lu Zhongliu smiled and said, "It's even more rare to have fought against him. The chance of winning has increased by one point."

He was excited and said, "When you fight him, don't let him take the initiative. Attack him as soon as possible with your divine power. Use two fast divine powers to break his defense! And I have comprehended the fastest divine power from the True Dragon technique, called Dragon Scale Illumination! I will teach you this divine power, and with just one dragon scale, you can cut him in half!"

He visualized the dragon scales and taught the six people on the Xuanwu carriage.

Ahead was Ye Luo's Jiaolong carriage, with a fat and slow-moving Jiaolong.

Su Yun sat in the Jiaolong carriage, meditating with his eyes closed. Ying Ying surrounded his spiritual energy and said, "You have solved the problem of the size of your divine power. Now, start solving the problem of the power of your divine power. I have selected the six best foundation-building techniques from the Tian Dao Academy's Wen Yuan Pavilion to complete the bottom layer of your divine power."

Su Yun's heart moved and asked, "Which techniques?"

"The first one is the Chick Phoenix Pavilion Qi Cultivation Technique."

Ying Ying waved her hand lightly, and thousands of words and patterns appeared in front of Su Yun's spiritual energy. The words were radiant, and the patterns were of phoenixes and Wu Tong Pavilions, with phoenixes flying and Wu Tong Pavilions constantly changing.

"This is the foundation-building Qi Cultivation Technique of the previous generation of the Tian Dao Academy, which is good for building a foundation in childhood."

Ying Ying said, "The Chick Phoenix Pavilion has six levels, and there are six moves in the martial arts. Only when you comprehend the three great subtleties of the six moves can you truly master this technique."

She waved her hand lightly, and countless words and patterns flew out again, saying, "The second one is the Dragon Qilin Coiling Sky Qi Cultivation Technique. This is the foundation-building Qi Cultivation Technique of Qiu Shuijing's generation, which is strong in absorbing Qing Ming Qi."

"The third one is the Night Wolf Howling at the Moon Qi Cultivation Technique, which needs to be practiced at night and absorb the moon's essence. This technique is a foundation-building technique from the outskirts, preserved by the Tian Dao Academy, and has its own unique features. The fourth one is a foundation-building technique from overseas, which Qiu Shuijing learned when he studied abroad. It is called the Heavenly Court Divine Illumination Guidance Technique and was collected by the Tian Dao Academy. The fifth one is a foundation-building technique of the demonic path, which was collected during the time of Qu Jin and Qu Tai Chang..."She listed the six foundational cultivation methods that she had chosen, each one different from the others, some from the borders of the country, some from overseas, some from the righteous path, and some from the demonic path.

The book spirit Ying Ying said, "When it comes to visualizing the cultivation methods, they can be divided into two types: beasts and dragons. Kirins belong to the beast category, while birds, dragons, and other creatures belong to the dragon category. Combined with the righteous and demonic paths, as well as overseas and borderland methods, your foundation can be considered stable."

Su Yun carefully observed and comprehended with his spiritual sense. His Honglu was able to directly activate these martial arts, but he did not do so. Instead, he carefully comprehended each of the six foundational cultivation methods, understanding their meanings.

Among them, the Heavenly Palace Divine Illumination Guiding Chapter was the most peculiar and unique, completely different from Yuan Shuo's cultivation methods.

Yuan Shuo's cultivation methods were often focused on cultivating qi, absorbing the qi of heaven and earth to strengthen one's own qi.

But the Heavenly Palace Divine Illumination Guiding Chapter, which was practiced by foreign cultivators across the ocean, involved visualizing the Heavenly Palace. Countless deities stood in the Heavenly Palace, their divine light shining down on the practitioner's forehead.

The cultivator refined this divine light, turning it into their own cultivation.

Over time, a Heavenly Palace imprint would appear on their forehead!

This kind of cultivation method was extremely rare!

"What level have the overseas cultivation methods and techniques reached?" Su Yun was lost in thought. "Water Mirror, Left Protector, and even Lou Ban Tan's friends have all crossed the ocean to study overseas. Are their cultivation methods and techniques really stronger than Yuan Shuo's?"