I Have A Disciple Simulator Chapter 1292 - 797: Five Types of Qilin Blood
Previously on I Have A Disciple Simulator...
Within the vast plaza of East Sea Academy, Saint Duanmu along with numerous esteemed Confucian scholars and their disciples anxiously watch the upheavals originating from the tomb's profound fissure.
The repeated massive tremors emanating from Cang King Tomb fill Saint Duanmu and his fellow great Confucians with deep worry.
Multiple occasions have seen Saint Duanmu yearning to plunge downward and probe the chaos inside Cang King Tomb, yet he held back each time.
As the sole formidable authority at East Sea Academy tasked with upholding the barrier from outside, any mishap befalling him could spell imminent devastation for the entire academy.
While Saint Duanmu lingered in indecision, potent auras suddenly erupted from the abyssal depths of the sea.
"Palace Master!"
Spotting Palace Master Yan Ruxue unscathed, Saint Duanmu exhales a heavy breath of relief.
Those potent auras bursting forth from Cang King Tomb belong to none other than Yan Ruxue, Saint Zou, Saint Zeng, Lu Changsheng, Yuexi, and their companions.
"It's simply inconceivable that Saint Zheng conspired with the Demon Sect."
Shock and sorrow grip the members of East Sea Academy as they discover that Saint Zheng, one of the four Upper Doctors, has defected from the institution, even launching an assault on the Palace Master to assist the Corpse Control Old Ghost in seizing the remains of Cang King and Merak Swordswoman.
At present, East Sea Academy retains only Yan Ruxue and three saints, amounting to four experts in the Immortal Realm.
"The ambitions of Evil Extreme Sect do not target individuals from our East Sea Academy; I myself fall short of their interest." Yan Ruxue's voice rings out melodiously, though laced with gravity, "What they seek is the Cang King Tomb under our East Sea Academy's protection. With the tomb's defensive formation now utterly shattered and Evil Extreme Sect lurking nearby, even the Qiongxiao Sword Maiden from Mysterious Lady Palace fell to their ambush en route. Should Evil Extreme Sect dispatch additional powerhouses, I fear our East Sea Academy will be unable to hold out. Thus, as Palace Master, I decree the rallying of our academy's worldwide forces to ignite the Void Array, propelling Cang King Tomb into the uncharted voids to escape Evil Extreme Sect's grasp."
The East Sea Academy members express their approval with nods.
Protecting Cang King Tomb stands as the core purpose of East Sea Academy's existence.
Should Cang King's corpse and artifacts end up in Demon Sect hands, the fallout would defy imagination. Far wiser to dispatch Cang King Tomb elsewhere and safeguard the remains of Cang King and Merak Swordswoman.
Yan Ruxue's luminous, serene gaze shifts to Lu Changsheng, Yuexi, and the rest: "Our forebears unearthed the Void Array as an arcane ancient formation capable of tearing open a spatial rift to the profound void, hurling Cang King Tomb within. Upon the Three Realms' restoration to tranquility, efforts will be made to retrieve it. Yet, igniting the Void Array demands vast resources, requiring our East Sea Academy months of preparation. Furthermore, a cadre of mighty individuals must collaborate to power the array. I beseech you all, for the Three Realms' security, to extend your aid to East Sea Academy."
"When it comes to the Three Realms' affairs, I, Lu Changsheng, stand ready without a second thought."
Lu Changsheng consents swiftly, showing little delay.
After all, it demands merely a minor exertion on his part.
Failing that, if Cang King and Merak Swordswoman's bodies were claimed by the Demon Sect, they could be forged into sentient armaments, threatening to upend the Three Realms' delicate balance.
"Our Mysterious Lady Palace journeyed here to support your East Sea Academy, so we shall not decline."
Yuexi concurs with a nod, though a flicker of disquiet shadows her exquisite eyes.
Her mentor, Qiongxiao Sword Maiden—the third among Mysterious Lady Palace's Twelve Swordswomen, whose cultivation has crested at its zenith—was waylaid and slain by Evil Extreme Sect's Deputy Sect Master during transit, leaving her fate uncertain as she never reached East Sea Island.
Precisely who is this Deputy Sect Master of Evil Extreme Sect capable of thwarting Qiongxiao Sword Maiden?
"I am deeply grateful."
Yan Ruxue murmurs a soft sigh.
In less dire straits, she would never turn to this final measure.
"In the meantime, I kindly request Palace Master Yan to offer further instruction to my disciple."
Lu Changsheng's assistance comes with a condition.
As East Sea Academy's Palace Master and a Confucian Sect luminary descended from Jiuyuan Taoist, Yan Ruxue possesses cultivation methods that diverge markedly from those of Ziyang Academy's leader.
Should Mo Huazhi blend the merits of diverse traditions, she could carve out her unique Confucian Dao.
"Very well."
Yan Ruxue assents.
Though her forebear Jiuyuan Taoist lacks the fame of the Master, the cultivation arts he devised rival and diversify those of the Master's school.
With East Sea Academy needing months to ready the Void Array's activation, Lu Changsheng turns his attention during this interval to body refinement, advancing toward the Fourth Layer of Invincible Divine Skills.
Su Wudi devised the Invincible Divine Skills across six tiers; he himself mastered the sixth, whereas Lu Changsheng, having ascended to the Immortal Realm, has fortified his body to the third layer, shielded by invincible Gang Qi.
Upon mastering the Fourth Layer, this invincible Gang Qi will fortify his meridians and physique entirely, allowing familiar martial arts to erupt with manifold their prior might.
Lu Changsheng deliberates over the ideal heavenly materials and earthly treasures for his body tempering.
From his Purple Gold Bagua Gourd, Lu Changsheng extracts a reservoir of Fire Qilin Blood.
This reserve of Fire Qilin Blood qualifies as a nineteen-grade heavenly material and earthly treasure.
Relying solely on this treasure yields but scant aid for body tempering.
Lu Changsheng's constitution has already evolved into something extraordinarily robust.
"Ah, there it is."
Lu Changsheng uncovers several droplets of Thunder Qilin Blood within the personal spatial domain he has cultivated inside himself.
These droplets of Thunder Qilin Blood derive from a Thunder Qilin of staggering potency, returned by the system as premium heavenly materials and earthly treasures when granting disciple Chen Yao the sixteenth-grade treasure "Thunder Yak Blood."
In an ancient tome Lu Changsheng once perused, tales abound of primordial powerhouses merging the essences of five Qilin divine beasts—Fire Qilin, Water Qilin, Wind Qilin, Thunder Qilin, and Earth Qilin—for body tempering, infusing demon blood into their forms to rival the Qilin divine beasts in physical prowess.
Through years of mentoring disciples, Lu Changsheng has amassed Fire Qilin Blood, Thunder Qilin Blood, Wind Qilin Blood, and Earth Qilin Blood, with only Water Qilin Blood eluding him.
After contemplation, Lu Changsheng resolves to bestow upon his disciple the "Ice Crystal Water Lily" in hopes the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator might yield Water Qilin Blood.
The Ice Crystal Water Lily, a seventeenth-grade heavenly material and earthly treasure, manifests as a lotus blooming in frigid pond abysses, its petals crystalline and sheer like ice, boasting miraculous properties for soothing the spirit, aiding Dao insight, and purging toxins, rendering it priceless.
The choice to gift this item stems from its origins: a pristine Water Lily transformed into Ice Crystal Water Lily through Water Qilin's demon blood corrosion.
In principle, bestowing the Ice Crystal Water Lily on a disciple bears a slim chance of procuring Water Qilin Blood in return.
Lu Changsheng possesses ninety-nine Ice Crystal Water Lilies in total.
[Ding, you have rewarded disciple Mo Huazhi with the seventeenth-grade heavenly material and earthly treasure "Ice Crystal Water Lily," and the disciple’s return reward has failed.]
[Ding, you have rewarded disciple Mo Huazhi with the seventeenth-grade heavenly material and earthly treasure "Ice Crystal Water Lily," and the disciple’s return reward has failed.]
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Undeterred, Lu Changsheng persists, knowing disciple rewards often falter, yet triumph requires but a single success.
Some days afterward, as Lu Changsheng bestows the eighty-eighth Ice Crystal Water Lily, the system's chime catches him off guard.
[Ding, you have rewarded disciple Mo Huazhi with the seventeenth-grade heavenly material and earthly treasure "Ice Crystal Water Lily," receiving a ten thousand times return reward: nineteen-grade heavenly material and earthly treasure "Water Qilin Blood."]
At last, he has gathered all five varieties of Qilin blood essential for his body tempering!