Chapter 953: Bai Ye Took the Initiative

The Sinners' Hall, usually cold and deserted, had recently become extraordinarily bustling. Lanting saw this and felt anxious, yet she was entirely powerless.

She had no reason to stop her senior and junior sisters, as it was perfectly legitimate for them to visit a guest.

Even if their motives were admittedly not entirely pure.

Fortunately, when night fell, the sisters knew their boundaries and refrained from going back to disturb Lu Yang's rest, allowing Lanting to breathe a small sigh of relief.

Though Lu Yang still could not rest even when night arrived.

...

"Master, this is how Lu Yang has been doing lately," the shrunken Jinghong said to the pitch-black ring in her hand.

She did not know what her master was wary of, that he dared not use his divine sense to investigate and could only have her verbally describe Lu Yang's performance in the Celestial Palace.

The consciousness within the pitch-black ancient ring pondered for a moment, then transmitted an old and profound voice: "It seems this youth's constitution is somewhat peculiar; he is born with a body that attracts women. Perhaps what he condenses during the Golden Core stage will be the Harem Golden Core!"

"You must stay away from him and not be influenced by his constitution. Those who can form a Harem Golden Core are often rejected by heaven and earth, and they meet with miserable ends."

"As you command."

Jinghong touched the pitch-black ancient ring, feeling exceptionally reassured.

She had obtained this ring from a secret realm. The existence within the ring was ancient and powerful, omniscient, and guided her cultivation. Following his guidance, she had improved her constitution step by step, learned the art of artifact refining, and advanced to the Deity Transformation stage, achieving what she had today.

Because the existence within the ring had told her to hide her true capabilities, the entire Celestial Palace remained unaware of her full talents.

...

"Senior Brother's experiences are truly splendid." Bai Ye constantly recalled the story Lu Yang had just told in his mind, deeply regretting that he could not be there in person.

"It is a pity that I cannot leave the territory of my main body, otherwise I could have roamed the martial world with you, Senior Brother."

Lu Yang thought to himself that with Bai Ye's Tribulation Transmutation stage cultivation going down the mountain, that wouldn't be roaming the martial world, that would be sweeping the martial world clean.

Just like the Immortal of Time, from the very moment Bai Ye birthed spiritual awareness, he was equivalent to a cultivator of the Tribulation Transmutation stage.

"Right, I can just carry a mountain with me when I leave." Influenced by Lu Yang's stories, Bai Ye's way of thinking unconsciously shifted, becoming increasingly clever.

Anyway, there were so many mountains in the Great Snow Mountain range; moving one away at random mattered little.

"Wouldn't carrying a mountain around as you walk be a bit too conspicuous?" Lu Yang kindly corrected the flaw in this idea, even though he also felt Bai Ye was quite pitiful and wanted to take him out to look around.

The ancestor of the Laurel Tree, tall enough to touch the heavens, moving while carrying a snow mountain—just imagining that scene was terrifying. Anyone who saw it would surely flee for their lives.

Bai Ye had a sudden flash of inspiration, thinking of a compromise: "I can move a mountain to your Ask Virtue Sect."

Although he could no longer accompany Senior Brother Lu Yang to roam the martial world, changing environments sounded quite nice too.

Lu Yang opened his mouth, finding that he seemingly had no reason to refute.

In the mental space, the Immortal of Eternity nodded in great satisfaction. This Immortal knew that little Yangzi was of one mind with her.

"Little Yangzi deliberately pointed out that carrying a mountain would be too conspicuous, thereby using subconscious guidance to make Bai Ye propose moving the snow mountain to the Ask Virtue Sect. This level of scheming is already no weaker than mine."

"Immortal, don't speak nonsense. It was Bai Ye who actively proposed coming to the Ask Virtue Sect." Lu Yang hastily cleared his name, as this made it seem like he had tricked Bai Ye into coming to the Ask Virtue Sect. If Eldest Senior Sister and Senior Brother Dai misunderstood this, it would be disastrous.

"Of course you have to claim it was Bai Ye's initiative." The Immortal of Eternity wore an "I understand completely" expression.

...

In the early morning, True Person Chuiyue stared at Lu Yang with an unfriendly expression: "Kid Lu Yang, it's fine that you have a good relationship with our Celestial Palace disciples, but you even want to trick Little Ye away?"

He had only been in contact with Lu Yang for a few days, and already he had the notion of moving a mountain to the Ask Virtue Sect. If he stayed in contact with Lu Yang for a long time, what would happen?

"Ah Ri, this was my own initiative, it has nothing to do with Senior Brother Lu Yang," Bai Ye said hurriedly.

"Besides, if I go to the Ask Virtue Sect, won't you be able to go to the Ask Virtue Sect as well?" Bai Ye could not leave the territory of his main body, and True Person Chuiyue could not leave either.

True Person Chuiyue hesitated for a moment and did not refute.

Although saying so was a bit unfair to the Celestial Palace she had founded, she did indeed have the notion of changing places to enjoy herself.

As expected of little Yangzi, knowing that as long as he fooled Bai Ye, Bai Ri would follow obediently to our Ask Virtue Sect.

The Immortal of Eternity praised Lu Yang's behavior greatly. If not for the fact that Lu Yang was already at the peak of officialdom with no further titles left to grant, she would have promoted him no matter what.

"Little Yangzi, how about you become the Bean Emperor right now?"

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Lu Yang did not know why the Immortal of Eternity suddenly came up with such a frightening idea.

"Senior Brother Lu Yang, can I also ask you for guidance on swordsmanship questions?" Xuanyuan Tianhen, who lived next door to the next door, shouted.

Seeing his junior brother Xue Shitou gain a lot from Lu Yang's place yesterday, he could no longer hold back.

"It's fine, but could you let Fellow Daoist Xue convey it for you?" Lu Yang kindly suggested. With a Xue Shitou separating the two of them, Xuanyuan Tianhen could only shout, which was too noisy.

"Junior brother, ask Fellow Daoist Lu Yang. Whenever I perform the 'Wild Geese Descending on the Flat Sand' stance, I always feel like something is missing. What exactly is missing?"

Xue Shitou looked at his own senior brother with a strange expression: "I can answer this question myself."

Xuanyuan Tianhen leaned sideways to look at Xue Shitou, as if meeting him for the first time: "You can answer it? Then why didn't you say so before?"

"I thought you were deliberately hiding your true capabilities."

"Hide my ass, this is my actual level!" Xuanyuan Tianhen was furious.

"Keep your voice down, Senior Brother. Shouting like that makes the whole Sinners' Hall know your swordsmanship is no good."

"Hide my ass, this is my actual level." Xuanyuan Tianhen lowered his voice and shouted it once more, so this time only Xue Shitou could hear.

"You don't need to shout it twice, I can hear you clearly," Xue Shitou said helplessly. He often felt like he was the actual senior brother.

"No, if I don't shout it twice, I'll feel frustrated inside." Xuanyuan Tianhen valued a clear and unobstructed mind in everything he did, absolutely refusing to wrong himself.

"Alright then."

Xue Shitou answered the questions raised by Xuanyuan Tianhen one by one, though he did not know everything either, occasionally needing to ask Lu Yang for help with one or two difficult problems.

"I have made a fool of myself before Fellow Daoist Lu Yang," Xue Shitou said embarrassedly.

"Not at all. Swordsmanship exchange is not only helpful to you and Fellow Daoist Xuanyuan, but it also brings great improvement to me."

Just as Xue Shitou was about to say something, his expression suddenly changed drastically. Sweat poured all over his face, and he rolled on the ground, howling in pain.

"So noisy," True Person Chuiyue said from next door to the next door.

She thought about it, feeling that no one would notice her here. She secretly activated the embryonic form of her Dao Fruit and aimed at Xue Shitou. Instantly, Xue Shitou stopped crying out. Although he was still rolling on the ground, he now wore a comfortable and joyful expression, thoroughly enjoying himself.

True Person Chuiyue's small movement bypassed everyone, but it could not bypass the Immortal of Eternity.

"Making Xue Shitou feel that pain is a very comfortable thing, and granting him feelings of joy... Could it be the embryonic form of the Seven Emotions Dao Fruit?"