Chapter 969: Boiling Frog Syndrome (1/2)
Tushan refrained from further conversation and deployed the Bell of Chaos to its greatest strength, obliterating that unknown empyrean realm master into oblivion.
The bell recognized Tushan as its master and she was the only one who could refine its final restriction. Just like how Quietus behaved in Lu Yun’s hand, she could release the fullest extent of its capabilities even at her current strength.
In addition, empyrean realm was sufficient to deploy the true might of a connate treasure.
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After demolishing an empyrean master, the Bell of Chaos returned to an upside down bell of light over Tushan’s head. She stood in the void and coolly regarded her surroundings.
The world of immortals trembled. They’d finally truly understood the Dao Academy’s foundations and strength when a great emperor was wiped out of existence without even a chance to fight back.
“It really is her…” Color drained from Silverlight’s face when she sensed the aura emanating from Tushan. She murmured, “Our ancestor, the monster spirit ancestor really has come back…”
“She’s the legendary monster spirit ancestor?” Goldenlight’s jaw dropped. Legends of the almighty ancestor had long abounded among the monster spirits, but most of the race believed that she’d died in the tremendous cataclysm that ended human dao.
Their history was marked by manifold appearances of monster spirits who called themselves the monster spirit ancestor. They’d all tried to unify the monster spirit race, but none of them were met with any hint of a good ending.
The title of the monster spirit ancestor wasn’t something that the ancestor had given herself, but was a title that the entire race revered her with.
When the little fox traveled through time, she’d attempted to use the title to unite the monster spirits so they could battle their enemies, but she’d also failed as well. Her true form sustained injuries during her attempt and she’d lost most of her cultivation by the time she reached the era of immortal dao.
In the end, she’d had no choice but to enter the cycle of reincarnation and become a living being under the immortal dao.
She couldn’t reveal Lu Yun’s existence, but the Corpse Refiner disciples that’d left had brought word of the Quiet Realm to the ascension guides. Many factions in the world of immortals summarily learned of the truth here, so it wasn’t out of the ordinary that the Dao Academy had sent a representative to deal with the threat.
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“What have you discovered?” Back on the main world of the Quiet Realm, Lu Yun looked curiously at Luan Qi.
“This!” The girl recovered from her stunned state and quickly handed over the pure soul force she’d collected.
The little fox sprawled on Lu Yun’s shoulder. She’d appeared in her true form as Tushan earlier, but she was also a bonafide empyrean master. It was the easiest thing for her to hoodwink those with lower cultivation levels.
Lu Yun took out a scarlet bead and examined it closely. “Are you willing to join the Dao Academy?”
“Join the Dao Academy?!” Luan Qi looked blankly before sheer delight filled her face. She rapidly bobbed her head up and down. “I am, I’m willing to join!”
The school of corpse refining within the Dao Academy was the sole work of Corpse Refiner disciples. However, only a select few from the sect possessed qualifications to enter the academy. Those lucky enough to be enrolled were the last hopes of the Corpse Refiners in the cataclysm to come. If Truespirit Major was unfortunate enough to fall in seventy years, then at least a bit of it would live on in the Dao Academy.
Luan Qi didn’t have the choice of entering the academy, she was just an ordinary disciple. With her master dead and lacking further backing in the sect, her future was now one of everything being stripped from her. Someone would claim her battle zombies and she herself would quietly die in a corner, to be surreptitiously refined into a battle zombie by another.
The Corpse Refiner Sect was no faction of kindness and benevolence. How else would it be so infamous throughout the world of immortals otherwise?
“Alright, you should head back to the world of immortals now and tell the four guides about the soul force. After that, tell them that a fox told you to join the academy and be an inner disciple,” Lu Yun said solemnly.
“An inner disciple?!” Elation flashed across Luan Qi’s face.
“It is a deed of great merit to the world that you’ve discovered this soul force. You absolutely have the right to become an inner disciple.” Lu Yun gave the matter some thought and continued, “But don’t go to the school of corpse refining, that’s basically a miniature Corpse Refiner Sect. They’ll ostracize you if you try to join them. Go to… puppetry. That so-called dao of corpse refining is actually a permutation of the art of puppets.”
He’d never been interested in corpse refining since he saw it for what it was, a type of puppet manipulation. It was just an exercise of refining corpses into puppets.
Lu Yun finally breathed out in relief when Luan Qi returned to the world of immortals.