Chapter 204: Flawless and Complete Nascent Spirit (1/2)

An even older guy…? Who was this youngster, really?

All sorts of questions filled Lu Yun’s mind. Evidently, this jadeite-robed youth was no ordinary Lu dao immortal. He was at least a forefather.

Sheepish, the Qing dao immortal wasn’t able to muster a response. Suddenly spotting the nearby Qing Han, he reached forward, grabbing the other youth with an incredible, invisible force.

“Stop!” Paling, Lu Yun lunged to interfere. Alas, he could do nothing about a dao immortal’s strength.

“That is Qing Clan family business. It’s not our place to intrude.” The young man in jade robes shook his head, but Lu Yun remained upset.

“I take my leave.” Offering a cupped fist salute before departing, the Qing dao immortal left with Qing Han in tow.

“Senior….” Lu Yun looked at his clansman hesitantly.

“Don’t worry, he won’t dare do anything to Qing Han. As long as the Twin Devils are around, no one will.” His youthful senior flashed a confident smile.

Lu Yun struggled to get out a nod. Qing Buyi and Chen Xiao weren’t in the capital right now, but had gone to the Endless Desert in the west to search for the Ancient Tree of Life.

“Come now, let’s go home.” The jadeite-robed youth beckoned.

“Home….” Lu Yun trembled a little. How foreign the word was to him! “Do I… still have a home?”

“Lu blood flows through your veins. No matter what, the Lu Clan is always your home.” A jade-colored cloud whipped up beneath the youth’s feet, lifting him, Lu Yun, and Ge Long to the sky and slowly floating into the inner city.

……

“Good heavens… the Lu ancestor is still alive!”

“An old monster like him? Seriously?!”

“The man who fought alongside the first Nephrite emperor eighty thousand years ago, defiant of gods and demons alike, one of the founding patriarchs of the celestial court! Lu Daoling!”

Abuzz with gossip after the Lu contingent left, the city bustled with news of the reappearance of someone rumored to have died tens of thousands of years ago.

“His Majesty is about to abdicate to pursue that legendary realm… Nephrite Major needs other experts to hold down the fort!” Some realized the fuller implications of the Lu ancestor’s appearance.

“Master Lu Daoling probably won’t be the only one. The Qing, Feng, Yue, Zhu Clans… nay, every top clan’s personage is likely to make a reappearance as well.”

……

As one of the top clans in Nephrite Major, the Lu Clan naturally possessed a small world of its own. Inside the locale, immortal qi so thick that it was nearly liquid rushed in from all sides into Lu Yun’s body. His mystical force began spinning uncontrollably, absorbing the invigorating qi for its own.

No, no, no… my six strands of nascent spirit aren’t perfected yet. I’m not at the peak of my realm either. I can’t break through now! Suppressing his restless cultivation, he calmed his heart and fed the qi into his nascent spirit, further compressing and refining it.

Beside him, Lu Daoling smiled with warm approval.

It was Lu Yun’s first time inside a small world, called a paradise in Xiankan. In the capital, there were ten greater paradises, thirty-six lesser paradises, and seventy-two blessed lands.