Suddenly, a hoarse but domineering voice came from inside the box, "Ah...how long has it been since I was sealed here? A hundred thousand years? Or two hundred thousand years? You did a good job, my descendent.
Although the blood of the Hidden Lu Immortal Family running through your veins is scarce, you’re still a descendent of my family. I won’t be able to do much in this form of mine, so you need to quickly step onto the path of Immortal Cultivation and help me restore my physical body."
The voice spoke up, startling Lu Sheng quite a bit before he could compose himself again.
A couple of years ago, Lu Sheng had accidently stumbled upon this black box buried under his family’s estate when he fell into a small cave because of his third brother’s mischief.
At that time, the voice of his ancestor, Lu Feng, inside of the box was very weak, but he still guided Lu Sheng and taught him a few Martial Arts he knew about from his younger days when he wandered the mortal world.
Now, Lu Sheng had finally reached the peak of First-Rate Martial Arts, which allowed Lu Feng to recover slightly quickly by absorbing his Internal Energy.
Just like how Immortal Cultivators had Spiritual Energy, Martial Artists had Internal Energy inside of their dantains. But Internal Energy was far inferior to that of Spiritual Energy, and even a cultivator at the Tenth Level of Acupoint Opening Stage could easily defeat multiple Martial Grandmasters, who were considered the peak of Martial Arts.
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This was one of the main reasons why Lu Feng still could only communicate with Lu Sheng via a sliver of his consciousness and not condense his Nascent Soul. He was urging Lu Sheng to quickly abandon the path of Martial Arts to re-cultivate the path of Immortal Cultivation.
"Can’t I just directly step onto the path to immortality without needing to cripple my Martial Arts?
You said that the Martial Path was only equivalent to the Acupoint Opening Stage of Immortal Cultivation, and since I’m almost a Martial Master, won’t I be able to directly breakthrough to the first realm of Immortal Cultivation after becoming a Martial Grandmaster?" Lu Sheng asked, his brows furrowing at the thought of re-cultivating.
"You’re truly a fool! What you practice are Martial Arts, and they won’t be able to help you surpass the Martial Grandmaster if you continue! You’ll have to cripple your Martial Arts at that time if you want to become an Immortal Cultivator! It is best to switch to a Cultivation Technique after crippling your Martial Arts.
I only taught you those Martial Arts at that time because I had no other choice, alright?"
Lu Feng spoke angrily, his tone calming down by the end.
"Ancestor, I can’t simply do as I wish! I’ll be beaten to death by my father if I cripple my Martial Arts right now! Please wait till a few more decades till someone else takes over the position of the family head after me. A few decades of time must be like taking a nap for you, right?"
"You..insolent brat! Fine! But remember, I only have a couple hundred years of time before this sliver of my consciousness fades if I don’t recover my Nascent Soul. And don’t forget, if I die, you’ll also have no chance of coming into contact with Immortal Cultivation."
"...Yes, I understand."
With that, Lu Sheng snapped back to reality, gritting his teeth.
As long as there is hope for immortality...
...
After bidding farewell to the disciples of the Sword Seeking Sect, Yan Jingfei went back straight to the Eternal Peak with Lu Qingfeng.
This fellow here definitely has some sort of special Providence, and if even I can’t guess what is it, then only master can!
She thought, speeding up.
Some time later, they finally arrived at the Eternal Peak.
At the same moment, a system notification popped up in front of Tian Yongheng.
[Ding! A Chosen One has been detected in the System’s range!]
"Hm? Another Chosen One?" Tian Yongheng opened his eyes and muttered under his breath before sighing.
Aren’t Chosen Ones supposed to be rare existences?
He couldn’t help but think before his gaze landed on the Chosen One’s information.
[Lu Qingfeng: No Cultivation.
Providence Bearer of Heaven’s Will. Son of the Heavenly Dao. True Yang Body. Former servant of the Lu Martial Family of the mortal world. His parents were killed and he was expelled from the Lu Family after he unintentionally collided with another Chosen One. He possesses the True Yang Body, a top-notch Constitution from the Upper Realm.]
Three top-notch Connate Providences!?
Tian Yongheng was quite surprised to find someone who had more than a single Connate Providence other than him. After all, the only Chosen Ones he had encountered up till now only had a single Connate Providence including Yan Jingfei and Zhu Dong.
"But, where is this fellow right n-"
Just as he was about to continue, he suddenly felt the presence of Yan Jingfei outside of the Dao Field. He used his Divine Sense to peek outside and found Yan Jingfei along with another unfamiliar person.
He quickly checked his information only to be dumbfounded.
Lu Qingfeng? How did Yan Jingfei find him?
He pulled them inside of the Dao Field, directly into his cave abode.
Lu Qingfeng was stunned for a moment before his eyes turned to look at Tian Yongheng in front of him.
This person...too handsome!
Even that fairy pales in comparison to this person!
He couldn’t help but think.
Yan Jingfei bowed as soon as she saw Tian Yongheng.
"This is..?" Tian Yongheng asked, looking at Yan Jingfei.
"Master, he’s Lu Qingfeng, a mortal. He’s an orphan with no parents, but I can sense that he’s someone extraordinary. That’s why I decided to bring him to you. Should we accept him into the Eternal Peak?" She answered truthfully, glancing at Lu Qingfeng.
Lu Qingfeng quickly bowed to Tian Yongheng, "Greetings, Exalted Immortal!"
Tian Yongheng looked at Lu Qingfeng with a deep gaze for a moment before saying, "Why do you wish to cultivate?"
Lu Qingfeng was into deep thought for a moment, before speaking in a unusually calm tone of voice, "I...do not wish to be oppressed anymore. I want to be able to control my own fate, and not succumb to destiny anymore. I wish for eternal life. To be able to stand up against Gods and ask them the same question."
Tian Yongheng nodded, smiling inwardly.
"Then, do you accept me as your master?"
Lu Qingfeng’s eyes glistened with unprecedented reverence and hope before he replied firmly and kowtowed,
"This disciple greets master!"
...
"Hm? Why do I suddenly have a bad feeling?" Lu Sheng thought, standing up from his position.
"Huh? Did you feel it too?" Lu Feng spoke up from inside of the black box.
"Ancestor, you too?"
"Yeah. A cultivator’s intuition is never wrong, specially a powerful one’s. There is definitely something wrong with the karma and providence of heaven and earth. You have to quickly step onto the path of Immortal Cultivation, otherwise, I’m sure that something will go wrong if you delay it." Lu Feng said in a serious tone of voice.
"Yeah, yeah." Lu Sheng, on the other hand, shrugged him off.