Just a Useful Pawn in the Stain Sect

Chapter 906: Chapter 901: Someone Is Cheating!

Radiant lights flowed and shimmered within Lingxu Pavilion.

Behind the desk in the real world, Lü Yang had already stood up and left his chair, though his face still carried an indescribable, utterly incredulous look of bewilderment.

He thought, ”Did I freaking... lose?”

He had lost for absolutely no logical reason. He simultaneously controlled the Fruit of Divine-Empyrean Thunder, the Dao of Arcane Body, and even the Fruit of Pine-Cedar Wood, yet he actually failed to defeat the Profound Robed Man!

He thought indignantly, ”Is this guy using cheats? How shameless!”

The next second, the Righteous Banner fluttered and purple energy reverberated. Progenitor Tingyou and Demon-Vanquishing Perfected both stepped out from within, asking curiously, ”What happened?”

”Progenitor, Master...” Lü Yang pulled a long face, looking extremely wronged. ”Tell me honestly, how is my Combat skill? It shouldn’t be bad, right?”

Upon hearing this, Progenitor Tingyou and Demon-Vanquishing Perfected were momentarily taken aback. Soon after, a hint of helplessness surfaced in Progenitor Tingyou’s gaze as he looked at Lü Yang. He shook his head decisively and said, ”I’m actually not skilled in Combat, so I can’t really judge anything. It would be more appropriate to ask Fellow Daoist Demon-Vanquisher about this.”

Lü Yang turned to look at Demon-Vanquishing Perfected.

”Hmm...”

Demon-Vanquishing Perfected fell silent for a moment before answering under Lü Yang’s pressing gaze in a low voice, ”How should I put this... Your methods in Combat are very pure.”

”Master, there’s no need to beat around the bush.”

Lü Yang maintained a calm expression. ”Just say it directly. I can take it.”

”...Then I’ll just be straightforward.” Demon-Vanquishing Perfected threw his hands up. ”Your foundation is excellent, but you lack the ability to properly utilize this powerful foundation.

”In short, your Combat level is very Ordinary. I wouldn’t say it’s terrible, but it’s just Ordinary.”

Lü Yang’s face instantly fell.

On the other side, however, Demon-Vanquishing Perfected seemed to have opened a floodgate and continued, ”Take your previous Combat against that World Purger Fei Xue, for example.

”Why was she unwilling to admit defeat? I think her personality is only one aspect. The other reason is that she could tell your Combat skills were actually inferior to hers. You fell short by quite a margin in terms of experience, awareness, and application. Yet, you relied on unadorned methods and simply overwhelmed her head-on with sheer stats.

”This actually goes against common sense.

”If World Purger Fei Xue’s Combat strength is a massive wagon, then you are but a small child. Winning against her is equivalent to a child driving a massive wagon...”

”I get it!”

Lü Yang hurriedly interrupted Demon-Vanquishing Perfected, smiling ingratiatingly. ”Then, Master, do you think there’s any way for me to rapidly improve my Combat level?”

”...It’s very difficult because this heavily relies on Talent Skill.”

Demon-Vanquishing Perfected sighed. ”In truth, there’s no problem with your setup. Your Cultivation, Cultivation, Fruit, and Dharma Body are all quite flawless, and each has its own Profound Mysterious aspects.

”However, you haven’t formed these things on your person into a cohesive system.

”Compared to you, that World Purger Fei Xue is different. Her five True Treasures each have their own merits, encompassing both offense and defense. Her system is nearly perfect.”

Lü Yang was somewhat unconvinced.

He thought, ”What does he mean it relies heavily on Talent Skill? Is my Talent Skill not high enough? I have quite a few rainbow-grade ones! I refuse to believe that I can’t even learn mere Combat!”

Seeing this, Demon-Vanquishing Perfected let out a sigh. ”If you truly want to learn, that’s fine too.

”The method is very simple: fight against experts more often. Since you don’t have the Talent Skill, you should just get beaten up more. Once you’ve been beaten up enough times, as long as you don’t die, you’ll eventually learn Combat.”

After speaking, Demon-Vanquishing Perfected cast another worried glance at Lü Yang.

He was teaching him a foolish method.

The smart method, naturally, relied on Talent Skill—using intuition and inspiration to improve. The more foolish method was to rely on the experience of countless battles to improve.

However, the difficulty and the rewards of the two were entirely different.

Because the latter, after investing the effort and accumulation of countless battles, could only determine one’s lower limit. The former, on the other hand, could effortlessly determine one’s upper limit.

”As long as it can improve me, that’s fine!”

Lü Yang didn’t care about all that. Upon hearing Demon-Vanquishing Perfected propose a method that he could actually execute, his previous dejection immediately gave way to high spirits.

”Actually, I don’t need my Combat level to reach the absolute pinnacle. As long as it’s excellent, or even just above average, that’s completely fine. Pursuing it excessively would be putting the cart before the horse. Otherwise, what would be the point of my bitter cultivation over a dozen lifetimes, and the Dharma Body, Fruit, and True Treasures I worked so hard to cultivate?”

Demon-Vanquishing Perfected paused upon hearing this, then suddenly chuckled.

He thought, ”That’s true. This child has never been the stubbornly rigid type. Knowing how to adapt is his advantage. Instead, it was I who backed into a dead end and overthought things.”

Thinking of this, Demon-Vanquishing Perfected nodded slightly.

”Good luck.”

Lü Yang waved his hand. ”Got it!”

...

[Emperor Ying]

Lü Yang once again returned to the Dark Land. Afterward, as usual, he sensed the Fruit of Divine-Empyrean Thunder. Before long, he saw the Profound Robed Man step out from the darkness once more.

”Why is it you again?”

The Profound Robed Man chuckled softly. ”I told you, your Dharma Body is sturdy but lacks technique, your Fruit is mysterious but lacks the Profound Mysterious, and your True Treasures are scattered and unconsolidated. Not a single one of your methods is decent.

”And with just that, you want to engage in Combat with me?

”Even if your foundation is better than mine and you have more methods, you still aren’t my match. I advise you to go back, cultivate properly for a few more years, and then come back.”

Lü Yang smiled upon hearing this.

Then, he took a deep breath, formed a Daoist Hand Seal, and once again summoned his lightning. ”Be that as it may, weren’t you also beaten to the point of exhaustion by me just now?”

In their previous Combat, it was certainly true that he had lost in the end. However, the Profound Robed Man hadn’t fared much better—half of his body had been smashed to a pulp by Lü Yang’s fists. If the man hadn’t played a trick at a critical moment, throwing out a feint to deceive him before landing a fatal sneak attack, Lü Yang firmly believed that the one to lose would have been his opponent.

Of course, that was already incredibly exaggerated.

After all, with his current mechanism of pure stats, not even World Purger Fei Xue had pushed him to such an extent. Yet, the Profound Robed Man had managed to do just that, which was truly unimaginable.

”Before we fight, let me ask one last question.”

Saying this, Lü Yang cupped his hands and asked solemnly, ”Since you possess such Cultivation and preside over [Emperor Ying], Fellow Daoist, you must have been incredibly famous back in the day.

”Might I ask for your Honorary Title?”

The Profound Robed Man shook his head. ”I’ll tell you if you win...”

”BOOM!”

Before the Profound Robed Man could finish speaking, Lü Yang struck first. What a joke! Why would he waste his free time chatting with someone? He had just been doing that to charge up his power!

In an instant, the long-accumulated Three-Nine Thunder Tribulation burst forth from his palm, transforming into twenty-seven bolts of lightning that cascaded out like a breached dam. Relying on the Profound Mysterious aspect of freely sensing the Fruit of Divine-Empyrean Thunder, and taking advantage of a sneak attack while the other party was speaking, Lü Yang was confident that no one could react in time!

However, in the very next second, another deafening ”BOOM!” erupted.

Almost simultaneously, the Profound Robed Man actually extended his palm as well. Within his palm was also a Three-Nine Thunder Tribulation, and an identical twenty-seven bolts of lightning struck toward Lü Yang.

”You animal!” Lü Yang cursed aloud.

This was definitely not an on-the-spot reaction. The other party had also been plotting this for a long time, deliberately speaking to distract his attention before launching a sudden sneak attack!

But relying on the toughness of his Dharma Body, he could easily withstand this strike head-on.

In contrast, although the Profound Robed Man couldn’t face it head-on, by the time the lightning dimmed and Lü Yang emerged completely unscathed, half of the Profound Robed Man’s body had been charred black.

But soon, he lightly flicked his sleeves and nudged the Daoist Crown on his head. Immediately, streams of clear Qi and flowing light cascaded down, washing over his entire body like water. It wiped away the charred color and completely erased all of his injuries. Lü Yang could tell that this was the Profound Mysterious aspect of modifying imagery belonging to the Cataclysm Launcher.

He thought, ”Did he alter the imagery of being severely injured?”

He thought again, ”It doesn’t matter. Doing so still expends his Profound Mysterious power. As long as I do this a few more times, he definitely won’t be able to keep it up. After all, I hold the absolute advantage in terms of foundation!”

Lü Yang’s gaze was very calm.

To put it bluntly, he hadn’t come here to win this time.

He had come here to get beaten up.

He thought, ”With others as a mirror, one can see their own flaws. I can use this person’s hands to uncover my current shortcomings, and then find a way to make up for them. Either way, I won’t lose out!”