King of Ten Thousand Years

Luo Tian browsed through the Wuji Saint Qian Skill.

”It’s actually a Celestial Level Upper Grade Supreme Technique!” he said in surprise.

Qi Yuntian looked a little proud. This Supreme Technique was brought from the Outer World.

”You said you would help me complete my Cultivation Technique and fix its flaws. You’d better not be spouting nonsense!” Qi Yuntian said gravely.

Vice President Long and his master both knew that he had revealed the Cultivation Technique to Luo Tian.

”Spouting nonsense?”

Luo Tian scoffed and picked up a pen, immediately starting to write.

”Huh?”

Qi Yuntian was stunned.

’He’s starting already?’

’Didn’t you just finish reading the Wuji Saint Qian Skill? Don’t you need time to think and deliberate?’

In less time than it takes to drink a cup of tea,

Luo Tian handed four pages of paper to Qi Yuntian.

Filled with doubt, Qi Yuntian began to inspect them.

’How could he complete a Celestial Level Upper Grade Supreme Technique so quickly? It’s impossible. He must have just been going through the motions.’

But a few breaths later, Qi Yuntian’s expression turned to one of excitement, his hands trembling slightly.

The content Luo Tian had written perfectly matched the missing parts of the Wuji Saint Qian Skill, eliminating the flaws in his Cultivation Technique!

Luo Tian had actually accomplished something even his own master found difficult!

”Luo Tian, I will remember this debt of gratitude!”

Qi Yuntian said with a firm gaze, filled with immense gratitude.

”Helping you complete your Cultivation Technique was something I promised before.”

Back in the Heritage Treasure Land, when facing the Sea Hunter Race genius Wu Ye, Luo Tian had asked Qi Yuntian to unleash his full power to help him, and in return, he promised to complete his Cultivation Technique.

For Luo Tian, he was simply fulfilling a promise.

The Wuji Saint Qian Skill was missing a small but rather important section. It took a thousand pages of Energy to solve, which translated to twenty thousand Spiritual Essence Coins!

Twenty thousand Spiritual Essence Coins was nothing to him.

After all, back in the Heritage Treasure Land, Luo Tian had come in first and obtained a Martial Venerable’s heritage!

The Celestial Essence Water Condensation Technique he was currently cultivating was a Martial Venerate Level Technique, its value immeasurable!

’I can’t believe a competitor was the one who helped me complete my Cultivation Technique and fix its flaws!’

Qi Yuntian sighed with emotion as he watched Luo Tian leave.

For him, having his Cultivation Technique perfected was an enormous gain.

’I will keep this favor in mind.’

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’From the looks of it, getting someone from the Outer World to give me that precious spot will be relatively simple.’

Luo Tian had discussed a great deal with Qi Yuntian.

Generally speaking, unless it was for their closest kin, loved ones, or someone they completely trusted, people from the Outer World would not easily give away a spot.

First, there was only one spot, making it extremely precious.

Second, frequently leaving the Dongchen Continent could expose this sanctuary.

Third, if the person who received the spot and left Dongchen caused any trouble, the one from the Outer World who gave it would also face severe punishment.

Qi Yuntian had also suggested that if Luo Tian joined the Celestial Ring Alliance and signed certain conditional contracts, he would have a chance to get a spot.

Alternatively, he could purchase a spot for a huge sum.

After all, the Celestial Ring Alliance’s principle was ”profit above all.”

Of course, that huge sum was not something Luo Tian could afford at the moment, so he hadn’t made a choice yet.

Beyond that, Luo Tian had a feeling that he might have another opportunity to leave Dongchen.

Just as he returned to his residence, Luo Tian saw a figure with an ethereal, sage-like bearing standing under the large tree in the courtyard.

”Who are you?”

Luo Tian asked.

”Brat, what are you playing at?”

Mu Yunshi turned and shot Luo Tian a look.

”Heh, Master, you’ve changed so much I didn’t recognize you for a moment!”

Luo Tian said with a laugh.

The old Mu Yunshi had been slovenly and indolent. Now, his hair and beard were trimmed, his clothes neat and clean, and his aura had become profound and solitary. Luo Tian truly found him unfamiliar at first glance.

’It seems Mu Yunshi must have used the Demon Heart Flower to refine a Demon Transformation Pill and expel his Heart Demon.’

”You want to leave Dongchen?” Mu Yunshi asked.

Luo Tian’s expression immediately turned serious. A suspicion in his heart grew stronger.

”Master, are you from the Outer World?”

Mu Yunshi’s origins were very mysterious; even the Yunxiao Sect’s records had no information on him.

”I can take you with me, but you have to do something for me first!”

Mu Yunshi had indirectly answered Luo Tian’s question.

”Master, please tell me.”

Luo Tian was very curious about this.

’What exactly did Mu Yunshi go through? He’s from the Outer World, yet he came to this sanctuary to live a mundane life.’

”You’ll find out when the time comes.”

Mu Yunshi was being deliberately mysterious.

Luo Tian didn’t press the issue.

”Master, I still have something to take care of. Can we wait for a while?”

Luo Tian remembered that he had not yet fulfilled his agreement with the Sleeping Beast Kun Ga.

Once he left Dongchen, it would be for at least several years, or even decades.

Mu Yunshi nodded slightly, then his figure flickered and he flew away.

Luo Tian packed his things and prepared, then went straight down the mountain.

His agreement with the Sleeping Beast was to give it three thousand catties of heart meat from Earth Level Demon Beasts within three years.

In the Azure Cloud Kingdom, Earth Level Demon Beasts were far too rare.

The Yunxiao Sect was established at the source of the Celestial Extreme Mountain Range, where there were many powerful Demon Beasts nearby. Luo Tian planned to hunt Earth Level Demon Beasts here and then return to the Azure Cloud Kingdom.

’Perfect. The depths of the Celestial Extreme Mountain Range are uninhabited. I can use real combat to practice the Void Yin Sword Technique!’

A faint smile played on Luo Tian’s lips.

The Void Yin Sword Technique was a Martial King Level Sword Technique. It was powerful, terrifying, and profoundly abstruse.

Luo Tian had tried to comprehend it before and found it incredibly difficult and obscure; he could barely grasp the basics of the First Technique.

Soon after, Luo Tian left the safe zone and entered the lands overrun by Demon Beasts.

The number of Demon Beasts at the source of the Celestial Extreme Mountain Range was immense. Soon, Demon Beasts began to seek him out, but they were too weak and Luo Tian dealt with them casually.

Luo Tian’s goal was clear: Earth Level Demon Beasts.

He ventured deep into the mountains and, before long, encountered his first Earth Level Demon Beast.

ROAR!

An imperious, earth-shaking tiger’s roar vibrated through the forest!

A ten-meter-tall, golden giant tiger lunged at him. Its eyes shone with a malevolent golden light, and peculiar whiskers grew from the corners of its mouth.

’A Dragon-Beard Tiger, a Demon Beast at the Second Layer of the Earth Element Realm!’

Luo Tian activated his Celestial Furnace Treasure Body. His entire body swelled, and his skin took on a crystalline silver sheen, like a cold, hard Divine Stone.

Only with the protection of his Celestial Furnace Treasure Body did Luo Tian dare to use the Void Yin Sword Technique, which he hadn’t learned at all.

At first, Luo Tian’s Swordsmanship was extremely slow and weak, and the Dragon-Beard Tiger easily crushed his attacks.

He took several Attacks head-on, but thanks to the powerful Defense of his Celestial Furnace Treasure Body, he was not seriously injured.

The battle lasted for a long time.

After continuous setbacks, Luo Tian suddenly had an epiphany. The Ice Trace Sword in his hand glowed with a dark, ethereal Sword Light. The surroundings instantly turned cold and dim. The strike was slow, yet erratic and hard to track.

SCHLICK!

A wound suddenly appeared on the Dragon-Beard Tiger’s massive, tough claw, and blood gushed out like a spring.

The Dragon-Beard Tiger’s entire paw had almost been sliced off.

ROAR!

The Dragon-Beard Tiger shrieked in pain. Its eyes turned bloodshot, and it shot a blazing golden wave of light from its massive maw.

In its enraged state, the Dragon-Beard Tiger’s combat power surged. Luo Tian stopped practicing the Void Yin Sword Technique and used his well-practiced Nine Heavens Sword Technique to slay it!

The Dragon-Beard Tiger was enormous, and its heart meat alone weighed over five hundred catties.

Luo Tian estimated that he would be done after killing seven or eight Earth Level Demon Beasts.

「Two days later.」

Luo Tian had hunted a total of five Earth Level Demon Beasts. He still needed two or three more.

”Hm?”

Just as Luo Tian was preparing to find the next Earth Level Demon Beast, his Creation Technique suddenly sent him a strong sense of impending crisis.

’Am I about to run into a Demon Beast I can’t possibly fight?’

He immediately sat down cross-legged, activated his Void Celestial Eye, and formed a hand seal to perform a calculation!

This sense of crisis was difficult to probe clearly. It felt both very close to Luo Tian and very far away, making it hard to pinpoint.

The only thing he could be sure of was that the danger was extremely intense—it could even be fatal.

’What on earth is going on?’

Luo Tian didn’t dare to gamble with his own life.

Logically, the safest course of action was to return to the Yunxiao Sect immediately.

’No, if I just give up like this, what about my agreement with the Sleeping Beast?’

Luo Tian already planned to leave Dongchen with Mu Yunshi and wouldn’t be staying here for much longer.

’If I can find the source of the crisis, maybe there’s a way to resolve it!’

Luo Tian’s gaze darkened. He activated his Creation Technique and entered a state of Cultivation.

His Creation Technique was already at Second-Layer Perfection. If he could break through to the Third-Layer, his Celestial Eye’s ability would be enhanced, and he might be able to glimpse more clues.

VMMMM!

Wisps of wondrous spiritual fluctuation emanated from Luo Tian’s body, forming an invisible pressure that caused the surroundings to stagnate and feel oppressive.

When the occasional Demon Beast drew near, it was immediately intimidated by the powerful spiritual pressure and fled in a panic.

In Luo Tian’s mind, ripples of faint blue spread across the surface of a formless, cyan-colored ball of light.

「Three hours later.」

The formless, cyan ball of light seemed to be permeated by the blue ripples, and it began to transform, starting from the outside and moving inward.

The Cultivation of his Creation Technique was going smoothly, as if it were a natural progression.

「Half a day later.」

In his mind, the light-cyan, formless ball of light had completely transformed into a light-blue cloud, its surface now rippling with a layer of blue patterns.

At that moment, Luo Tian’s Spiritual Power underwent a transformation.

His aura became deeper, more abstruse and mysterious, giving him an unfathomable air.

’The Creation Technique has broken through to the Third-Layer!’

Luo Tian opened his eyes, and a layer of mysterious, light-blue light patterns emerged.

A powerful spiritual pressure surged from the void, enough to make a Middle Tier Earth Element Realm expert’s face change.

Of course, breaking through to the Third-Layer of the Creation Technique wasn’t just an increase in Spiritual Power.

Luo Tian formed a hand seal and once again used his Calculation Technique.

Between his brows, the originally formless, light-cyan outline of his Celestial Eye now solidified into a clear image, as if Luo Tian had truly grown a third eye!

From the pupil of the cyan Celestial Eye, a profound blue light emanated, releasing countless transparent, light-blue ripples that merged into the long river of Heaven and Earth’s Destiny.

After the Creation Technique broke through to the Third-Layer, Luo Tian’s Celestial Eye fully manifested, and his ability for calculation and Divination also improved.

This time, through his Divination, he quickly obtained many clues!

A moment later, Luo Tian finished his calculation. The drain on his Spiritual Power was significant, and his breathing was slightly ragged.

The Celestial Eye’s ability was powerful and could not be activated for long periods.

However, Luo Tian wasn’t a jinx, so he didn’t run into so many major disasters that he had to use his Celestial Eye often.

’This crisis is going to be difficult to handle...’

With this Inference, Luo Tian found the source of the crisis and even deduced some of the details.

His expression turned grave as he fell deep in thought.

The best way to avoid this calamity was to return to the Yunxiao Sect and leave Dongchen with Mu Yunshi.

But if he did that, Luo Tian would have to break his promise to the Sleeping Beast.