Chapter 352: I Heard Lu Yang Can Cross Three Major Realms to Fight

The Regional Governor took two deep breaths, forcefully suppressing the urge to kick his subordinate away.

To make guests stay in the prison cells, did you think the people arriving were from the Dao Sect?

He glared fiercely at his subordinate: "Go, invite the immortal sect disciples here. There are still a few vacant guest rooms in the manor. Go tidy them up, set up the Spirit Gathering Formations where they are needed, and place the Heart Nourishing Stones where they belong."

"Yes, sir!"

Soon, three immortal sect disciples walked into the government office—two men and one woman, brimming with vitality, their eyes reflecting an innate confidence.

The Regional Governor looked at the three immortal sect disciples and nodded secretly, thinking that they truly lived up to the reputation of immortal sect disciples, looking like dragons and phoenixes among mortals at a single glance.

To achieve the Golden Core stage at such a young age, what terrifying talent.

The Regional Governor could see the realm of the three; they had just formed their cores, and according to the reply sent by the immortal sects, none of them were even eighteen years old yet.

Eighteen-year-old Golden Core cultivators, and all with first-grade cores; this kind of cultivation speed was rare even throughout history.

He feared that in the future struggle for supremacy in the great era, such paragons would be the true protagonists.

"Greetings, Lord Governor. This humble girl is Lan Ting from the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace." Lan Ting was slender and graceful, her white robes fluttering like flight, her watery eyes as bright as brilliant stars, her sash dancing with her steps.

"Bai Ming of the Five Elements Sect." Bai Ming bore his usual cold expression.

"Yan Tianzhi, Prison Guarding Sect." Yan Tianzhi was a man of few words.

"I will have to trouble the three Martial Nephews with the commentary on tomorrow's grand grand ceremony tournament." A smile beamed across the Regional Governor's face; although those participating in tomorrow's tournament were peers of the same age, these three possessed extraordinary insight as immortal sect disciples, more than capable of commenting on tomorrow's grand competition.

"We will certainly do our utmost."

"By the way, have the three Martial Nephews seen the people from the Dao Sect?"

The three shook their heads; they had set out from their respective sects and converged in Qingzhou, never having seen anyone from the Dao Sect.

"That is strange. The Dao Sect replied to me saying they would send two people this time, one named Lu Yang and the other Meng Jingzhou, the two most outstanding geniuses of the Dao Sect's current generation. Counting by the time, they should have arrived by now." The Regional Governor was perplexed, unable to fathom the reason.

Hearing the familiar names, Lan Ting recalled the days of running a barbecue shop in Yanjiang County. She had received a sect mission to find a way to infiltrate the Immortal Sect, but due to a discrepancy in timing, she missed the Immortal Sect's recruitment window, subsequently encountering Lu Yang and the other two, and learning that the three of them had successfully joined the Immortal Sect.

At the very end in Yanjiang County, she and Lu Yang's trio joined forces to eliminate the master of the Yanjiang Helm.

Lu Yang's trio had even gained the appreciation of the Immortal Sect's upper echelons, receiving promotions, while she returned to her sect to report on the mission.

She had been pondering whether to contact Lu Yang to ask if they needed any help, preferably to root out another sub-helm.

Who would have expected that less than two months later, news of the Immortal Sect's annihilation would arrive.

She had been utterly stunned for a long while when she learned the news, thinking she had heard a false rumor.

Only two months had passed!

Although the public announcement claimed that the Dao Sect and the imperial court had joined hands to wipe out the Immortal Sect's lair, Lan Ting was absolutely certain that Lu Yang was definitely involved in this!

Later, when attending a meeting at the Dao Sect, the Eldest Senior Sister of the Dao Sect had actually proposed that she marry Lu Yang, scaring her master into grabbing her and fleeing immediately, terrified of being left behind.

She didn't know why her master feared the Eldest Senior Sister of the Dao Sect so much either.

"Is that so..." The Regional Governor fretted, but quickly felt relieved. Since the Dao Sect's reply stated the two would come, they would definitely come; perhaps they were enjoying the grand ceremony today and would head straight to the judges' bench tomorrow before the grand competition began.

That also made sense.

"By the way, the Hanging Temple asked me to bring a message to Lord Governor. Originally, the Hanging Temple intended to send Senior Brother Shi Chan over, but unfortunately, Senior Brother Shi Chan encountered some mishaps while spreading the Buddhist Dharma and finds it difficult to come. Moreover, the Hanging Temple naturally has few people, making it difficult to dispatch anyone else."

Shi Chan was the current true successor of the Hanging Temple.

"Did he encounter danger? Do I need to send men to assist?"

"It isn't exactly danger, it's just that he has always been unable to comprehend the phrase 'put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot,' so he joined a slaughterhouse to see if he could become a Buddha when he puts down the butcher's knife."

The Regional Governor choked for a long while, utterly at a loss for words, and could only say: "It is getting late, the three young friends should go to the manor to rest."

After the Regional Governor left, Lan Ting suddenly asked: "Senior Brother Bai Ming, when Lord Governor mentioned Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, your expression changed. Do you know these two?"

Bai Ming let out a sigh: "More than just knowing them, I have even exchanged blows with him."

"Senior Sister Lan Ting might not know, but four months ago, my Five Elements Sect went to the Dao Sect for an exchange. During the Foundation Establishment stage matches, Lu Yang successively unleashed five elements spells such as the Samadhi True Fire and the Earth Escaping Art. I consider myself proud enough to look down on my peers regarding five elements spells, yet Lu Yang countered me in every single aspect."

"At the moment of my defeat, I had an epiphany, broke through my bottleneck, and advanced in the midst of battle to the late stage of Foundation Establishment. What I didn't expect was that Lu Yang had not been serious from the very beginning; seeing me break through mid-battle, he seemed to change into a completely different person, his gaze and movements altering entirely. Before I even had a chance to make a move, I was defeated by him in a single strike. Had Master not intervened in time, I would have been killed or crippled."

The five great immortal sects enjoyed harmonious relations, and members of the same generation addressed one another as senior brothers and senior sisters.

"So strong!" Lan Ting was astonished; she knew Lu Yang's talent for spells was astounding, but she had not expected him to be capable of defeating Bai Ming in a single strike.

Yan Tianzhi also widened his eyes, revealing an extremely astonished expression.

He had fought Bai Ming before; the opponent was proficient in spear techniques and five elements spells, making him exceptionally troublesome in both long-range and close-quarters combat, yet he was defeated in a single strike?

"According to what Master said, what Lu Yang unleashed was an ancient grand divine ability that has already been lost to time—the Water Evading Verse. Unless one possesses a specific method to counter it, this move is absolute, capable of draining all moisture from an enemy's body, reducing them to a desiccated corpse." Bai Ming recalled the scene of Lu Yang casually unleashing the Water Evading Verse, feeling a wave of lingering fear.

Looking at his effortless manner with an ancient grand divine ability, he feared that even if he could withstand the Water Evading Verse, there would be other grand divine abilities waiting for him.

"Not only that, the Grand Elder of the Dao Sect also personally admitted that Lu Yang, with a Foundation Establishment body, challenged opponents above his realm."

Yan Tianzhi smiled slightly, not paying it much mind; the three of them could all challenge opponents above their realms, which was nothing worth boasting about.

Bai Ming said in a heavy voice: "It was crossing three major realms consecutively. When he was at the Foundation Establishment stage, he defeated the Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Deity Transformation stages!"

Lan Ting and Yan Tianzhi were shocked into silence; crossing three stages consecutively was simply a fairy tale.

Lan Ting thought back to the battle where she killed the master of the Yanjiang Helm alongside Lu Yang; Lu Yang had maintained an effortless demeanor throughout, meaning he had never exerted his full strength from the start.

"I suspect that when he challenged opponents above his realm, he relied on conditions such as the right time, the right place, formations, and pills." Bai Ming analyzed, otherwise he could not fathom how the Foundation Establishment stage could defeat the Deity Transformation stage.

Even so, being able to fight across three major realms consecutively was an extremely terrifying matter.

At the very least, the three of them could not achieve this.

"What a pity, no one knows where these two have gone."

"Perhaps we will see them during tomorrow's grand competition."

The second update will be at ten-thirty.

(End of this chapter)