Chapter 23: No Fate
Chapter 23: No Fate
With a flicker, Lin Yuan’s figure quietly vanished from the room.
This time, from listening to the Dao discourse, Lin Yuan did not gain any extraordinary arts. However, his innate foundation had become incredibly solid. Those Innate Divine Demons had been discussing precisely the foundation.
At this moment, Lin Yuan felt that the many profound mysteries of his Spiritual Root talent were finally beginning to manifest.
In the Shilang Tomb, within the vast stone tomb hall, seven or eight figures in Daoist robes were now standing.
Rumble!
With a tremendous roar, under Liu Ling’s delighted gaze, streaks of golden thunder materialized out of thin air. Amidst several radiant auras, they violently shattered, reducing large boulders to dust.
This earth-shattering scene left Liu Ling both stunned and ecstatic.
After obtaining this Celestial Book, he might very well be able to cultivate some powerful supernatural abilities, just like these cultivators.
“What powerful Evil-Warding Golden Thunder! Among the senior uncles of the various Dharma Lineages who cultivate the Evil-Warding Golden Thunder, there shouldn’t be many, right?”
A pale red streak of light fell into her hand, transforming into a golden hairpin. The leading female Daoist wore a serious expression, a trace of doubt flickering in her willow-leaf eyebrows.
The other Daoists from the Longze Dao Academy all wore thoughtful looks.
The Daoists dispatched by the Longze Dao Academy to guard various Daoist temples all had some experience. There were originally few who cultivated thunder arts among the major Dharma Lineages, and even fewer who could refine a special thunder technique like the Evil-Warding Golden Thunder. The names of several masters flashed through their minds. The Daoists looked strangely at Liu Ling. This person must have offended someone, who set up a thunder circle to teach him a lesson.
Buzz buzz buzz!!
As the thunder circle dissolved, a dazzling golden light erupted from the stone wall, revealing a line of golden characters.
“The divine object conceals its light, bestowed upon the predestined. The Liu clan gentleman who obtains this treasure must diligently cultivate virtue, refine the Dao to subdue demons, and not forfeit his immortal fate!”
Seeing this, the Daoists from the Longze Dao Academy had looks of understanding in their eyes. They glanced at Liu Ling beside them, their gazes turning peculiar.
To obtain the Heavenly Mansion Jade Book, what a tremendous opportunity this was.
One of the Daoists couldn’t hold back and sent a voice transmission to the leading female Daoist. “Junior Sister Yuan, now that the Celestial Book has appeared, should we later…”
Hearing this, the leading female Daoist’s expression remained unchanged as she transmitted back. “Senior Brother Wang, you may not know. This volume of the Celestial Book is difficult for the un-predestined to take. Moreover, Liu Ling has profound fortune and exceptional innate talent. He has already been accepted into the academy. He will certainly be a fellow Daoist in the future. If Senior Brother is interested, you can seek guidance from him later!”
Hearing the female Daoist’s words, that Daoist extinguished the thought in his heart.
“Good, good!!!”
Liu Ling looked at the scene on the stone wall, radiant with golden light and myriad immortal rays, and excitedly repeated “good” several times.
“Young Master Liu, you can now go and try your chance!”
The female Daoist quietly reminded him upon seeing this.
Liu Ling nodded firmly. He strode towards the stone hall tomb chamber, but a thick strand of malevolence lingered between his brows. Seeing this, the female Daoist secretly shook her head. Once this Celestial Book was in his hands, a killing calamity would likely soon arise around him.
At that very instant, a speck of spiritual light suddenly appeared out of thin air in the bright stone chamber.
“Not good!”
The expressions of the several Longze Dao Academy Daoists in the hall changed. Instinctively, they prepared to activate their Magical Artifacts.
But changes had already occurred mid-air. A faint golden stream of light quietly appeared within the firelight, transforming into an ancient-looking primal treasure lamp. Its treasure light shone forth, and the several Daoists instantly felt their spiritual senses stagnate. They collapsed silently and abruptly to the ground.
With a flash of light, Lin Yuan’s figure walked out from the earth.
In his palm, a golden lamp emitted a soft glow.
Merit Golden Lamp. The lamp’s light specially captures the Primordial Spirit and inner demons!
“It’s you? You are actually a cultivator?”
Liu Ling turned around and had already seen Lin Yuan. His face changed drastically.
Looking at the Daoists lying collapsed on the ground, Liu Ling’s body trembled. He knew of these Daoists’ supernatural abilities. According to their own boasts, they were all cultivators who had practiced at the Longze Dao Academy for over a decade.
These cultivators with over a decade of practice couldn’t even last one round against the fifth young master of the Lin Manor.
Forcing down his panic, Liu Ling struggled to maintain his composure. Pressing his thin lips together, he looked calmly at Lin Yuan and said with a slight tremor in his voice.
“You cannot kill me. I have been noticed by a Sword Immortal master from a Dharma Lineage, who wishes to take me as a disciple. If you kill me, that Sword Immortal master will absolutely not let you off!”
Lin Yuan’s gaze flickered slightly. One who could be called a Sword Immortal master was certainly a cultivator of the Jade Mysterious Realm. These cultivators were all renowned in the cultivation world, being great cultivators.
Some might even be Primordial Spirit Realized Ones, or even Scattered Immortals famous across a region.
Seeing Lin Yuan deep in thought, Liu Ling secretly gnashed his teeth in his heart.
The world was truly too unfair. Why were these people born high and mighty? Why was he always overpowered by the other?
In the imperial exams, this person’s rank was above his. That Miss Yang, beautiful as a Celestial Immortal, was also his fiancée. Now, just as he had finally found a Celestial Book, the other had already stepped onto the Dao path!
A wave of hatred surged in Liu Ling’s heart.
He hated even more that the other had taken away his beloved.
He completely failed to consider that Yang Miaozhen was originally Lin Yuan’s fiancée. The one who had his beloved taken was Lin Yuan.
Seething with hatred, Liu Ling resolved that once he mastered his skills in the future, he would definitely repay today’s humiliation!
Liu Ling did not believe he would die today. Many cultivators he had met had told him he had profound fortune and would certainly achieve great things in the future.
“Strike the snake but fail to kill it, and you’ll be bitten by the snake later!”
Lin Yuan raised his head and gave a cold laugh.
Rumble!
A golden thunderbolt, cold in Lin Yuan’s eyes, crashed down.
“Ah… Lin Yuan…”
Accompanied by Liu Ling’s despairing, unwilling roar, even until his death, Liu Ling still could hardly believe it. According to hints given by several cultivators, his rise had only just begun.
His figure would appear in many major events in the future!
Rumble!!
After the terrifying thunderclap, only a charred corpse remained on the spot!
The moment Liu Ling fell.
In that splendid fox tomb, the old woman suddenly opened her eyes. Countless green flames burned around her body, and a mixture of shock and anger flashed in her eyes.
“Liu Ling is dead?”
In the Xinyi Ward, within the Yang Manor, the young woman in white light gauze was also startled from her spirit journey. A trace of surprise was in her beautiful eyes.
Just moments ago, she actually felt the aura Liu Ling left behind suddenly extinguish!
Liu Ling died? Just like that?
This was something that simply should not have happened. At this time, Liu Ling’s fortune was flourishing, and the causal mission on him was far from being resolved!
“Could it be that the one who set the layout failed?” The young woman in white gauze tightly knitted her brows, pondering inwardly.
Liu Ling bore an important mission!
Liu Ling was the seed chosen by that Dharma Lineage to revive it!
Now that Liu Ling was killed, it was likely that the entire Jiangnan Circuit would soon experience a major upheaval.
The situation would change accordingly!
What the young woman in white gauze wanted to know more at this moment was, who on earth had the power to forcibly kill Liu Ling while his fortune was at its peak?
This demanded serious attention.
Buzz buzz buzz!!
The moment Liu Ling died, the treasure light on the stone wall suddenly blazed with intense radiance!
Boom!
A huge brilliance was about to soar into the sky. A golden light within pierced through the stone wall, attempting to flee.
“It truly has no fate with me. However, today, regardless of fate, I have decided to take this volume of the Celestial Book!”