Chapter 453: Chapter 16: Seizing Immortal Fate, Probing Providence_2
"Is there such a great opportunity? Quick, give me a copy!"
In just a small tavern, many cultivators are secretly trading the Martial Arts Breathing Technique.
Three months ago, the Fufeng Clan, along with hundreds of loose cultivators aboard the ship, began trading the Martial Arts Breathing Technique.
Just like in the Meteor Islands before, the Martial Arts Breathing Technique rapidly spread throughout the Cultivation Realm of Qing State.
In just three short months, many cultivators in Tunnel City have already started practicing this technique.
In the future, the speed of this technique’s spread will only increase.
Lin Chen estimated that within a year at most, the entire Three Cities of Wendao would practice this technique!
"Let’s just wait and see!"
"The Martial Arts Breathing Technique, it’s a new method; its great trend is unstoppable! Not even Celestial Beings can prevent it..."
From afar, Lin Chen watched this scene.
He took a sip of tea and looked up at the sky.
Through countless distances, Lin Chen seemed to see those high and mighty Celestial Beings.
"The news should have reached your ears by now, right? So... what countermeasures will you take?"
A hint of a smile appeared at the corner of Lin Chen’s mouth.
The rise of the Demon Path, is it an irresistible great trend of Qing State?
Then, is this Martial Arts Breathing Technique the great trend of the world?
Do you Celestial Beings have any way to defy it?
If both great trends develop simultaneously and eventually clash together?
Then... who will be the winner?
Lin Chen was also looking forward to this result.
He thought long and hard but found no way to stop the spread of the Martial Arts Breathing Technique.
Unless he went back ten years, when the Martial Arts Breathing Technique first appeared, and completely blocked it.
But obviously, that time has already passed.
Now the scale of the Martial Arts Breathing Technique is practiced by tens of millions, even hundreds of millions of cultivators and mortals.
It spans several islands in Ying State and has even started to spread in Qing State.
Even those above, can do nothing to stop it...
The quest for the Dao is the innate instinct of cultivators!
Lin Chen turned and left the small tavern.
The seed has been planted, just waiting for it to ferment quietly.
...
Meanwhile, in the Spirit Realm.
The news of the spread of the Martial Arts Breathing Technique has finally reached the ears of those in the Spirit Realm.
In a mysterious space.
Demon Monarch Huiyue is observing the situation in Qing State and preparing to provide new resources to the Nether Realm.
He sorted through the files in his hands, frowning slightly.
"True Man Linglong has fallen... The cause of death unknown, suspected to have been killed by a Nascent Soul Perfection expert, who intercepted and killed him in possibly less than ten moves. Identity unknown..."
Demon Monarch Huiyue irritably rubbed his forehead.
As a True Monarch of Divinity Transformation, he shouldn’t be concerned with a mere Nascent Soul cultivator.
But the matter in Qing State is too significant, and he is the intermediary between the Nether Realm and the Spirit Realm, so he must personally attend to everything.
This True Man Linglong, although his power was ordinary.
But after all, he was a General of the Eastern Expedition. The death of such a person was enough to attract the attention of Demon Monarch Huiyue.
"Nascent Soul Perfection, there aren’t many with such cultivation in the Human Realm... Was it someone from the Wenda Sect or the Demon-Suppressing Temple who acted?"
Demon Monarch Huiyue found it difficult to uncover the truth.
"Half a year ago, the Fufeng Clan arrived from Ying State to Qing State and traded a batch of supplies."
"Among them, a batch of supplies was purchased at a low price by True Man Linglong... The representative of the Fufeng Clan was Fufeng Yong, suspected to be a late-period Nascent Soul cultivator..."
Demon Monarch Huiyue squinted his eyes, trying to find a connection from it.
Fufeng Yong indeed had the motive to assassinate True Man Linglong.
But is his strength enough?
Demon Monarch Huiyue shook his head.
To kill True Man Linglong in a short time, such that Linglong could not even send out a distress signal, required at least Nascent Soul Perfection.
Fufeng Yong’s demonstrated strength was evidently insufficient.
"However, the possibility that Fufeng Yong is hiding his strength cannot be excluded..."
"But the day after the incident, Fufeng Yong was seen in Tunnel City, which is at least a hundred thousand miles from where True Man Linglong died..."
"Traveling a hundred thousand miles in a day, a Nascent Soul cultivator cannot achieve..."
Demon Monarch Huiyue shook his head, crossing out Fufeng Yong’s name from the list.
After considering it over and over, he still felt the possibility of Fufeng Yong carrying out the assassination was small.
Firstly, Fufeng Yong is not from Qing State. Knowing that the Nether Realm is powerful, he would not enter the fray at this crucial moment.
Secondly, True Man Linglong spent fifty million Spirit Stones acquiring that batch of supplies, although below the market price by one or two percent. But mere millions of Spirit Stones are not enough to turn the Fufeng Clan hostile.
Furthermore, the Fufeng Clan is affiliated with the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, and its status is not low. If relations became too strained, Huiyue would not be able to answer to those above in the alliance.
"It seems that the most likely one to have acted is the abbot of the Demon-Suppressing Temple..."
Demon Monarch Huiyue silently thought.
While he was pondering, a figure appeared behind him.
Demon Monarch Huiyue suddenly sensed something.
He turned, but quickly lowered his head.
"My Lord... Why have you come here?"
The visitor was none other than the one who, twelve years ago, traversed countless distances, using the Space Shifting Technique to save the Blood Pupil Elder Demon.
The Integrated Great Power — Jade Phoenix Celestial Being!
Even in the Spirit Realm, this Jade Phoenix Celestial Being is a person of status above all others.
He and Demon Monarch Huiyue are not directly connected.
Accurately speaking, Demon Monarch Huiyue’s superior is a subordinate of the Jade Phoenix Celestial Being.
Jade Phoenix Celestial Being stood before Demon Monarch Huiyue, with an unfathomable gaze.
The air suddenly grew silent, and Demon Monarch Huiyue swallowed, feeling nervous.
After a while, Jade Phoenix Celestial Being spoke:
"Something big has happened in the Lower Realm; do you know?"
Demon Monarch Huiyue was momentarily stunned, glanced at the files in his hands.
"My Lord, is it the death of True Man Linglong..."
Demon Monarch Huiyue was somewhat surprised, is the death of a mere Nascent Soul cultivator enough to reach this esteemed one’s ears?
Jade Phoenix Celestial Being paused, "Who is True Man Linglong?"
"That’s not what I’m talking about... Do you know about the matter with the Martial Arts Palace, that ancient sect?"
Demon Monarch Huiyue hurriedly nodded and said:
"I’ve heard of it, is it that Body Refining sect? I’ve also heard a cultivation technique has been leaked, which is very useful to cultivators..."
Jade Phoenix Celestial Being nodded and asked:
"This technique began spreading months ago in Qing State. Why haven’t you reported such a significant event sooner?"
Upon hearing this, Demon Monarch Huiyue’s heart skipped a beat.
He knew about this matter and was aware that the technique spread to Qing State with merchant ships from Ying State.
But the issue was, he didn’t realize this was such a big event!
Techniques from other states often spread to Qing State.
How much impact can a mere cultivation technique have?
Jade Phoenix Celestial Being glanced deeply at Huiyue; his gaze was calm, making it impossible to guess his thoughts.
But his tone was somewhat cold as he said:
"This technique, known as the Martial Arts Breathing Technique, was excavated from a relic."
"A few years ago, it appeared in the Meteor Islands of Ying State. Within a few short years, it swept through a significant part of Ying State, becoming very popular."
Demon Monarch Huiyue nodded, but in his heart, he couldn’t help but feel some resentment.
"What does Jade Phoenix Celestial Being want to say? A mere cultivation technique, even if very popular... what can it ultimately do?"
Demon Monarch Huiyue dared not speak directly; he simply lowered his head and thought quietly.
Jade Phoenix Celestial Being maintained his calm tone, saying:
"The Martial Arts Breathing Technique has an extremely low entry threshold; even those with Inferior Spirit Root can cultivate it..."
"A cultivator of this technique can rival a Qi Refining cultivator in half a month. Within a year, they can contend with Foundation Establishment, and in three years, compare to Golden Core..."
"More than a year ago, in Ying State, a mortal practicing the Martial Arts Breathing Technique for only two years killed a Core Formation cultivator..."
Upon hearing this, Demon Monarch Huiyue suddenly lifted his head, having an expression of disbelief in his eyes.
A mortal practicing for two years could kill a Core Formation cultivator?
This... But how is that possible?
Demon Monarch Huiyue knew very well that even for the Celestial Spirit Root prodigies, reaching the Core Formation Stage in three years isn’t easy.
And according to Jade Phoenix Celestial Being’s account, cultivating this technique doesn’t require superior talent, seemingly just average-to-good talent could reach Core Formation in a few years?
Demon Monarch Huiyue is not a fool.
He immediately considered many things.
If this technique is promoted in Qing State, then the great trend of the rise of the Demon Sect... what should be done?
If, years or decades later, a large number of mortals comparable to Golden Core appear, what should be done?
