Volume 1 Chapter 58 Aftermath of the Competition (Middle)
Lu Yun glanced at everyone and said in a low voice, "I think that inviting the other four heads of the sects here now would make Tianjian Institute feel uneasy. Although we won today, after all, the handover ceremony has not been held yet. If we do it now, I'm afraid it's not good. If Master wants to build relationships, it's better to hold the handover ceremony tomorrow and say a few humble words in front of the head of Tianjian Institute. The effect will be better than finding them privately today. As the first major sect, we often need to pay attention to some details. The first major sect must have the demeanor and majesty of the first major sect, cannot be looked down upon, and cannot make people feel resentful. Otherwise, there is no need for this first major sect to continue. Cultivators are mainly focused on cultivation, not fame or fortune, so we must pay attention to this point at all times."
Xuan Yu Zhen Ren looked at Lu Yun with a gaze, and his eyes revealed a hint of shock. Thinking about Lu Yun's words, Xuan Yu Zhen Ren suddenly felt that he was still inferior to Lu Yun at this moment. Lu Yun's thoughts were incredibly clever and meticulous, and from the fact that he had cultivated the Five Thunder Heavenly Technique, no one knew that this point could be seen, his mind far surpassed ordinary people.
"Land Cloud's words are reasonable after careful consideration. If we act impulsively now, we might become the laughing stock of the Heavenly Sword Institute, which would be bad. Let's settle this for now and discuss it again tomorrow. Land Cloud is tired from the competition and needs to rest and recover. You should go rest first. The others can stay and chat with Xu Daoist and Cang Yue. As for me, I need to calm down and think carefully about what to do tomorrow." After finishing speaking, he stood up and left. Once he was gone, everyone went their separate ways, and the cave quickly returned to calmness.
When Lu Yun woke up, he found that outside was already a starry sky, and the night moon was like a mirror. After carefully listening to the movements around him, Lu Yun's mouth hung with a faint smile, and his body silently disappeared into the mountain cave. When he reappeared, Lu Yun was already lying flat on the green cloud hundreds of feet above the ground, gazing at the stars in the distance. From afar, a layer of pale five-colored halo appeared around Lu Yun's body. Under the moonlight, countless tiny spiritual energies, thread by thread, wave by wave, surrounded Lu Yun and rotated like ripples.
At this moment, Lu Yun's eyes were flowing with colorful lights, and the various techniques he had learned were constantly changing into different colors outside his body. The scene was faintly visible, but it vaguely revealed a hint of mystery. In the night sky, a cool breeze gathered around him, forming a cyan-colored light shield that surrounded him, reflecting the moonlight in the sky and emitting beautiful and dynamic colors. At this moment, Lu Yun's body was as light as nothing, his meridians were fully open, and various spiritual energies were rapidly purifying his body.
Just now, Lu Yun was unintentionally discovered that during the operation of treating his injuries, his body, in addition to being severely injured, had originally hidden a large number of spiritual energies within him, which automatically merged with his body and transformed into true yuan, entering his entire meridian system. This caused the many spiritual energies that he had previously been unable to absorb to be refined and converted, nearly one-third of them, during this great battle. As a result, he realized that his cultivation had advanced another stage.
As for what kind of state he had reached, he himself couldn't make it clear. Because he found that since entering the realm of Returning to Immortality, his own cultivation situation had become vague and unclear, with a sense of confusion in his heart. It was as if he were drifting along a great river, constantly flowing eastward. In the past, he still knew roughly where he was, knowing that he was getting closer and closer to the end point. But once he entered this realm of Returning to Immortality, it was as if he had suddenly flowed into the vast ocean, with no bounds or edges in sight, leaving him feeling bewildered, unsure of what to do next or how things would turn out, his entire person completely losing direction.
At this time, Lu Yun finally knew why countless cultivators who entered the Return to Immortal Realm would forever stay there and never make any progress. It was like being a person lost in the vast ocean, with water stretching out endlessly in all directions, without knowing where one's position was. How could one choose or have direction?
Gently relaxing his mind, Lu Yun quietly lay on the cloud's edge, not worrying at all that his body would fall off. His entire body's energy channels were fully open, and Lu Yun let his body automatically operate, rapidly absorbing various different types of spiritual energy. At this moment, he suddenly felt that his own body was like an enormous container, as if it could contain the heavens and earth. In this instant, in his heart, he vaguely grasped something, but unfortunately, in the blink of an eye, he completely forgot.
In the sky, a gray cloud was blurry under the moonlight. On top of that gray cloud, Lu Yun's body was undergoing a huge transformation. At this moment, Lu Yun suddenly popped out a small person from his head, about one foot tall, with no clothes on, and looked exactly like Lu Yun. This little person was shining with a faint five-colored light all over his body, very beautiful. Needless to say, this was naturally Lu Yun's primordial spirit, it was just the first time it came out.
That little person curiously looked around, his body floating in mid-air like a carefree spirit, drifting aimlessly. Just as this little person was playing alone, another small figure about the size of a foot popped out from the top of Lu Yun's head, looking exactly the same as the previous one. The only difference was that this new little person shone with a seven-colored aura all over his body, and on top of his head, a five-colored halo swirled around him. In fact, this one was Lu Yun's true primordial spirit, while the previous one was just his secondary primordial spirit.
Due to Lu Yun's congenital deficiency of one soul and one body, he could only cultivate two yuan gods in this life. At this moment, as soon as the main yuan god appeared, all the spiritual energy around him instantly converged towards it at a hundred times the speed, crazily pouring into his body in just an instant. In that moment, a seven-colored light flashed across the night sky, extremely brief, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Above the blue clouds, two yuan gods played with each other, chasing each other, looking very mysterious. At this moment, Lu Yun looked as if he was in deep thought, but in fact, he was using the two yuan gods to explore the infinite mysteries of the universe.
Suddenly, the two primordial spirits that had been chasing each other stopped and looked east before disappearing without a trace. At the same moment, Lu Yunping's body rose into mid-air, quietly facing east with an unusual glint in his eyes. If one were to carefully observe Lu Yun's gaze, they would notice that his eyes were shrouded in a thin layer of mist, making it impossible to discern the meaning behind them. The faint mist shifted and changed into five-colored lights, mysterious and wondrous.
A streak of light flashed across the sky, and in an instant, it shot past Lu Yun's side. A faint sound of surprise echoed through the air, and then a figure appeared silently three zhang away from Lu Yun, sizing him up. Lu Yun also sized up the person, his eyes revealing a look of extreme shock.
