Chapter 895: Master Thief Tai Yuebai, Zhang Yu Pushes for Void Refinement
“Immortal Emperor?” Hearing Lie Jinghong’s question, Zhang Yu’s heart skipped a beat, and he couldn’t help but think to himself, “Is he talking about the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor? Or… the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor?”
Because of his previous agreement with Kuang Tianqing, Zhang Yu knew that among this current batch of students, there were others besides him who were secretly in communication with the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor.
This inevitably caused him to look at every student with a trace of suspicion in his eyes.
But Lie Jinghong… Looking at the Rank 8 Sect Staff before him who possessed 3 Dao Seeds, Zhang Yu thought to himself, This is the representative of the Dharma Realm Dao Lineage. If he is also secretly in league with the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor, wouldn’t that mean the Myriad Laws Sect has been infiltrated by the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor until it’s full of holes like a sieve?
That shouldn’t be possible, right?
Zhang Yu quickly rejected his own speculation in his heart, but still spoke up to probe, “It was only through the Immortal Emperor’s continuous promotion that I have the opportunity to participate in the third-generation law establishment today.”
“Since Dao Monarch Lie is the representative appointed by the Dharma Realm Dao Lineage faction, and the Dharma Realm Dao Lineage is the Dao Lineage advocated by the Immortal Emperor, I will naturally give my full support.”
Listening to Zhang Yu’s words, Lie Jinghong nodded as a matter of course, feeling no surprise or ripples in his heart.
In his eyes, as the representative sent by the Dharma Realm Dao Lineage, he was naturally the main character of this law establishment.
With the Dharma Realm Dao Lineage behind him, he represented the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor. Here, he could be considered the Immortal Emperor’s incarnation, and logically, he should receive the unanimous support of most students present.
This was especially true since Lie Jinghong had previously been granted an unprecedented reward by the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor.
The Law Edict template…* Lie Jinghong couldn’t help but puff out his chest at the thought of the astonishing reward bestowed upon him by the Immortal Emperor.
Lie Jinghong knew that although the course content hadn’t reached that point yet, there were bound to be heavy restrictions on the specific creation of Law Edicts. It was impossible to create whatever Law Edict one wanted, not even with the latest third-generation Law Edicts.
And with the Law Edict template rewarded to him by the Immortal Emperor, he absolutely had the highest degree of legislative freedom among everyone present.
Among all the students present, I am definitely the one with the fewest legislative restrictions. I am also the student truly entrusted by the Immortal Emperor to use the third-generation Law Edicts… to further expand the Dharma Realm.
As for Zhang Yu in front of him, he had only managed to squeeze into this legislation team due to his series of contributions in expanding the Dharma Realm in the Former Days Graveyard, so he should be even more dead set on supporting him.
Hmph, everyone thinks Zhang Yu is a rookie strongly supported by the Reformist Faction, believes his multiple promotions are related to the Reformist Faction, and feels that his participation in the third-generation Legislation this time will most likely be to support Tai Yuebai.
But Lie Jinghong knew in his heart: “Zhang Yu is actually Grandpa Immortal Emperor’s man, having been secretly cultivated by Grandpa Immortal Emperor long ago. His being sent to participate in the Law Establishment this time is also inevitably to support me.”
“Even promoting this Zhang Yu all the way before, allowing him to quickly grow to this level in a short time, and ultimately be able to participate in this law establishment…”
Lie Jinghong guessed in his heart: “I’m afraid it’s also so that he can seize the opportunity to support me in this third-generation law establishment.”
The thought that Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor had made so many arrangements and preparations in advance for him to come out on top in this third-generation law establishment made Lie Jinghong slightly excited in his heart: “To cultivate me, Grandpa Immortal Emperor has truly put in a lot of thought!”
However, Lie Jinghong felt somewhat dissatisfied with Zhang Yu’s current cultivation realm, and asked, “Only Spirit Transformation? When can you break through to Void Refinement?”
Zhang Yu said, “The applied time is May 15.”
“Four days left?” Lie Jinghong nodded slightly and said, “Hurry up and break through when the time comes, don’t drag me down during the formal law establishment.”
Feeling Lie Jinghong’s gaze looking at him like a little brother, Zhang Yu felt that the relationship between the two of them seemed to have drawn closer.
Lie Jinghong continued, “Do you know about my law establishment goal?”
Zhang Yu shook his head strangely, thinking to himself: You never told me, how would I know such a thing?
Lie Jinghong thought to himself: Did no one tell him? Fine, I’ll just tell him here.
He then heard Lie Jinghong say, “My law establishment goal this time is to establish ‘access to the Dharma Realm’ as a basic right for everyone, allowing everyone to connect to the Dharma Realm and utilize its various services from the moment they are born.”
“To allow people to enjoy the loan services that originally only adults could enjoy from birth, even before they have made any contributions to Kunxu!”
“The first time they feel hungry, they can take medicine! The first time they make a choice, they can gamble! The first time they get sick, they can receive emergency treatment!”
“We just want to ensure that all living beings in the world can enjoy the dividends brought by the development of Immortal Dao Technology from the moment they are born.”
Then the common people of the world should thank you. Hearing this, Zhang Yu criticized inwardly, but he knew that for this kind of thing, the common people of Kunxu might really yearn for it happily.
Lie Jinghong stared at Zhang Yu and asked, “Zhang Yu, what do you think?”
Zhang Yu pursed his lips, right as he was thinking about how to answer the other party while telling the truth, his heart suddenly stirred.
The next moment, the Sect Examination Clone had already controlled Zhang Yu’s body, saying with an excited face, “There’s such a good thing?”
“Making the Dharma Realm spread across the world like air, controlling the common people from birth to death, isn’t this taking charge of the world? This is a great thing! Besides our Grandpa Immortal Emperor of the Myriad Laws Sect, who else has this qualification? Who is more suitable than Grandpa Immortal Emperor to shoulder the burden of the 36 upper and 18 lower layers of Kunxu?”
Hearing this, Lie Jinghong’s eyes also lit up.
He knew that one could not lie in this meeting room. For the other party to say such words, it was obvious that his sect nature was profound.
Lie Jinghong also followed up and said, “That’s right, the common people of the world should all thank… Grandpa Immortal Emperor for allowing them to share the dividends of Immortal Dao Technology.”
Saying that, he cupped his hands in the direction of the ceiling, as if paying his respects to the Immortal Emperor who was separated by an unknown amount of space.
Bang! The Sect Examination Clone directly dropped to its knees, saying towards the Immortal Emperor at the edge of the sky, “The Immortal Emperor is truly too great! This is to seek the welfare of the billions upon billions of living beings throughout Kunxu.”
At this moment, Lie Jinghong’s gaze towards Zhang Yu became much more affectionate. He thought to himself, This Zhang Yu is indeed worthy of receiving such deep imperial grace. He was personally promoted by Grandpa Immortal Emperor to assist me.
To prevent the Sect Examination Clone from doing anything uncontrollable next, Zhang Yu quickly withdrew it.
Then, Zhang Yu spoke up, “However… there must be quite a few conflicts here, right? Being able to take out a loan as soon as one is born, being able to consume Dharma Drugs, gambling, and so on… Will it conflict with some other Law Edicts?”
Zhang Yu immediately thought of the various Law Edicts concerning minors.
“Conflicts between Law Edicts are very normal,” Lie Jinghong said confidently. “I will naturally resolve the specific conflicts. You just need to be responsible for your uplifting mission.”
Zhang Yu asked curiously, “My uplifting mission… what is it?”
Lie Jinghong asked, “What do people need to live?”
Zhang Yu thought for a moment and said, “Eating? Taking medicine?”
Lie Jinghong shook his head and said, “There is also air, but air is often an ignored existence.”
“And the future of the Dharma Realm is to become something that everyone is accustomed to from the moment they are born, just like air.”
“But just like air, you need to hold people underwater from time to time for them to realize its importance.”
Lie Jinghong smiled. “So, I need your Law Edict to be related to banning the use of the Dharma Realm. Do you understand?”
“Think about it yourself first. After the training course ends and before the formal Law Establishment begins, report the Law Edict you plan to establish to me, and I will help you see if there are any problems.”
During their subsequent exchange, Lie Jinghong made various demands of Zhang Yu, as if he were treating his own subordinate.
Zhang Yu answered the questions he could, and for the ones he couldn’t, he switched to the Sect Examination Clone, causing Lie Jinghong’s gaze toward him to change more and more.
When the exchange ended, Zhang Yu sensed the other party’s chest, where one of the three Dao Seed marks was flashing faster and faster, ultimately revealing the name of the first Dao Seed: [Spiritual Pivot Heavenly Knowledge].
Zhang Yu thought to himself, I didn’t expect the distance between me and this Lie Jinghong to close so quickly. But this guy’s Law Establishment goal…
To be honest, Zhang Yu wasn’t very willing to support the other party’s goal.
Immortal Slayer said, “If the Dharma Realm is truly meant to integrate into the entire world like air, allowing people to invoke the Dharma Realm from the moment they are born, I’m afraid the whole world will fall under the control of the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor, and the common people will never see the light of day.”
The Sect Examination Clone said, “Come to think of it, this is a good thing! In the future of Kunxu, someone has to rule the world, and who is more suitable than the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor?”
Fu Ji said, “It’s not like we can’t support it. Anyway, even if they forcefully push the Dharma Realm, it will be obstructed by many factions, right? Who knows how long it will take before it can spread throughout Kunxu like air, and it might not even be accomplished in the end.”
Desolate Ox said, “This Law Establishment goal… is too grand and too hollow. Perhaps it isn’t the true goal of the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor.”
After finishing his exchanges with two more trainees, Zhang Yu followed the instructions and continued to attend the training courses.
An Immortal in the instructional video could be seen saying, “The content of a Law Edict is just content, and execution is execution. Only a Law Edict that can be executed is a true Law Edict.”
As the other party spoke, the contents of a cultivation art regarding immortal aura technology floated before Zhang Yu’s eyes.
To take the immortal aura route to complete the third-generation Law Edict, one naturally had to first master various immortal aura technologies.
Since the first day of training, every day in the course, the trainees had been learning various kinds of immortal aura technology.
It was just that depending on each person’s cultivation route, the directions they each studied gradually showed greater and greater differences.
Some took the martial arts direction, some took the daoist arts direction, and there were also magical artifacts, Bionics, medicinal pills… using techniques from various different directions to achieve interference with the immortal aura.
The direction Zhang Yu chose was naturally the high-quality and inexpensive martial dao techniques, which only required his own diligent cultivation.
And besides the copyright for one martial dao technique granted yesterday, today Zhang Yu was granted another martial art; both martial arts were actually Immortal Sect-level true inheritance techniques.
“One cultivation art is for observing hidden Immortal Qi, and the other cultivation art is for refining hidden Immortal Qi…”
“This can be considered a hidden benefit of participating in the Law Establishment training, saving me a lot of money.”
Zhang Yu looked at the contents of the cultivation arts and thought to himself, “Moreover, these two cultivation arts both belong to the same Chain Formation Diagram… [Myriad Phenomena].”
Zhang Yu recalled the previous Formless Martial Art and thought, “Perhaps the Immortal Sect Techniques granted next will also belong to the same series, ultimately allowing one to complete this set of the Myriad Phenomena Chain Formation Diagram. What a pity…”
As a Spirit Transformation Cultivator, Zhang Yu still had no way to cultivate these two Immortal Sect true inheritance cultivation arts that required Void Refinement to practice.
Before the class ended, potential assessments emerged above everyone’s heads.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, “This determines the students’ ability to interfere with the immortal aura by testing the activity of the hidden Immortal Qi, thereby assessing the upper limit of their potential for establishing laws later on.”
Zhang Yu looked at the word “None” projected above his own head, knowing this meant he had absolutely no immortal aura interference ability.
Zhang Yu then looked in Bu Yingshu’s direction, only to see “Grade 81” above her head.
Zhang Yu understood that this meant after these two days of study, the Immortal Dao interference ability Bu Yingshu had acquired allowed her, in theory… to establish a Law Edict with a potential assessment of grade 81.
Of course, this was only in theory. The true grade of the Law Edict still needed to be determined after testing, in conjunction with the content of the Law Edict.
Besides that, this was also just the result of Bu Yingshu’s two days of study. After subsequent learning and cultivation, there would inevitably be a huge improvement.
Zhang Yu knew that the potential grades of Law Edicts were divided into a total of 108 grades. Only the top 36 grades had hope of becoming a Dao Lineage in the future, while the latter 72 grades would forever only be Law Edicts, destined to just be materials that prop up a Dao Lineage.
And the most eye-catching person in the classroom was naturally the representative of the Dharma Realm Dao Lineage, Lie Jinghong.
Looking at the grade 36 above the other party’s head, Zhang Yu thought to himself, “Grade 36 represents the potential of a Law Edict that can advance to a Dao Lineage in the future. Did this guy really only cultivate for two days to reach this level?”
Zhang Yu thought to himself, “Bu Yingshu’s martial arts innate talent is definitely not weak, but after cultivating for two days, she is only at grade 81… The gap between them is definitely not just a matter of cultivation arts.”
Zhang Yu looked at the traces of the three Dao Seeds flashing on Lie Jinghong’s body and thought to himself, “Is it related to the Dao Seeds?”
Apart from Lie Jinghong, the second-ranked was Di Xuan at grade 37.
Looking at this representative of the Innate Dao Lineage who carried two Dao Seeds, Zhang Yu thought, “I remember this guy took the artifact refinement route, using his own Bionics to achieve immortal qi interference.”
Immortal Slayer commented, “To be able to achieve this step through Bionic modification in just two days, this Di Xuan is probably even stronger than Lie Jinghong in terms of Immortal Dao Technology.”
Just as this training session ended, Bu Yingshu found that Zhang Yu had disappeared again.
“He slipped away through the Immortal Grotto-Heaven again?”
Bu Yingshu angrily sent him a message: “Where are you? Come here immediately and help me break down the cultivation art!”
In Bu Yingshu’s view, since both she and Zhang Yu were taking the martial dao direction, taking apart this True Inheritance-Tier martial dao technique together was a good opportunity to stimulate and elevate her potential.
Zhang Yu: “Sorry Dao Monarch Bu, I had an emergency so I left first. I’ll accompany you next time.”
Looking at Zhang Yu’s reply, Bu Yingshu felt even more indignant: “I hate people apologizing after the fact the most!”
Meanwhile, Zhang Yu chased after Tai Yuebai all the way, wanting to try to close the distance between them and see if he could copy the Dao Seed.
As for Bu Yingshu, Zhang Yu preferred to wait until he broke through to Void Refinement and was able to practice the relevant cultivation arts before dismantling it together with her. That would be the most efficient approach.
“Dao Monarch Tai.”
This time, Tai Yuebai didn’t dodge. Zhang Yu smoothly arrived by his side and asked, “What do we do about Kuang Zhiqian next? Do we still need to trick him? What should we do if we encounter him during the pairings in the conference room?”
Tai Yuebai replied, “There’s no need to care about him anymore. I’ve thought it over carefully; it is ultimately impossible for us to cooperate with him.”
Zhang Yu looked at the [Myriad Transformations] flashing on the other party’s chest again and thought to himself, You successfully stole someone else’s Dao Seed, so you’re just too lazy to keep acting, right?
But if it really is stealing a Dao Seed, didn’t Kuang Zhiqian notice? Why hasn’t there been any reaction at all up to now?
For the rest of the time, apart from attending classes and socializing, Zhang Yu took the initiative to hover by Tai Yuebai’s side and discuss the Reformist Faction’s Law Edict goal of distributing money.
Zhang Yu said with a look of emotion, “This matter of distributing money, I think it makes absolute sense.”
If it were anyone else saying this, Tai Yuebai would definitely have doubted whether they were telling the truth.
But since it was Zhang Yu — a Sect Staff who held the salary raising authority and had given raises to countless Soul Cultivators — saying this, Tai Yuebai couldn’t help but choose to believe him, and even felt a faint sense of resonance.
He only heard Zhang Yu say, “All the problems in Kunxu stem from the fact that the lower and middle-layer cultivators bear too heavy a burden and have too little income. To sum it up, they are just too poor…”
In Zhang Yu’s mind, Immortal Slayer was talking with assurance, “…through a strict set of procedures, distributing money into their hands is the only way to change Kunxu!”
Zhang Yu followed Immortal Slayer’s words and repeated the content.
Tai Yuebai’s eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhang Yu, saying, “You… understand?”
Zhang Yu said, “I’ve figured it out. Distributing money is indeed the best way to solve Kunxu’s current problems and change Kunxu’s structure. If Master Ying… Senior Ying were here, he would definitely support you too!”
Tai Yuebai’s gaze shifted, and he asked, “How much do you know about Senior Ying Xintian?”
Immortal Slayer spoke in Zhang Yu’s mind, “Master Ying gave up his cultivation and assets just to fight for a future for the world. He is the greatest person in Kunxu that I know of…”
Listening to Zhang Yu’s recounting, a thought increasingly surfaced in Tai Yuebai’s mind: “As expected of the successor chosen by Senior Ying, this Zhang Yu is truly suited to be the vanguard general of my Reformist Faction.”
Moreover, the more he listened to the other party speak, the more familiar Tai Yuebai felt it sounded.
Sensing the change in Tai Yuebai’s gaze, Zhang Yu couldn’t help but ask, “Dao Monarch Tai? What’s wrong?”
Tai Yuebai sighed. “It’s nothing, I just feel that when you speak, you resemble an old friend.”
Zhang Yu asked, “An old friend? Who?”
Tai Yuebai shook his head. “He is no longer here, so there’s no need to mention him.”
In Zhang Yu’s mind, Fu Ji asked, “Immortal Slayer, is the old friend he mentioned you?”
Immortal Slayer replied, “Perhaps, who knows?”
Immortal Slayer thought to himself, Was the Tai Yuebai I knew back then the real you? I never knew you also possessed the ability to steal Dao Seeds.
Although Zhang Yu felt that with Immortal Slayer’s assistance, his relationship with Tai Yuebai was growing closer, he could still sense that Tai Yuebai seemed to be secretly plotting something, as there were often times when he couldn’t be contacted or found.
And just as their relationship continued to grow closer, and the [Myriad Transformations] on Tai Yuebai’s chest began to display for long periods of time…
On the fourth day of the Law Establishment training, when Zhang Yu saw Tai Yuebai again, he found that the Dao Seed on the other party’s chest had completely vanished, never to appear again.
What is going on? Why did it completely disappear?
Zhang Yu wanted to get closer to Tai Yuebai to observe carefully, but he found that the other party disappeared again as soon as class ended.
When the time came to the 14th, the fifth day of the Law Establishment training, Zhang Yu saw him again, only to be shocked to find that the Dao Seed on Tai Yuebai’s chest had changed to: [Tranquil Heavenly Palace].
What is going on?
Zhang Yu frowned slightly and carefully observed the others. He immediately discovered that among the trainees present, besides Kuang Zhiqian, the Dao Seed trace on another person’s body was also gone.
He stole… a second one? When? Was it when he avoided me yesterday?
At this moment, Zhang Yu deeply felt his own lack of strength.
The cultivation art in the course required him to break through to the Void Refinement Realm, and comprehending the cultivation art together with Bu Yingshu also required him to enter the Void Refinement Realm. Furthermore, keeping up with Tai Yuebai to further explore the secrets on him also required him to complete his breakthrough.
Fortunately, on the sixth day of the Law Establishment training, the day Zhang Yu applied to break through to Void Refinement finally arrived.
That day, inside the Law-Knowing Abode located on the 15th Layer, thousands of Immortal Dao Elements were delivered in front of Zhang Yu.
The path to the Void Refinement Realm finally unfolded before him.