169: Self-cultivation for thousands of years

"It is this old man who was blind and failed to recognize a True God. I beg the Holy Son to forgive my offense!" The Old Palace Lord bowed and begged for forgiveness, his entire body trembling uncontrollably.

Zhao Yujing turned his back, his hands clasped behind him, and said softly, "When you do something wrong, you should always pay a price."

Forget about trivial matters like the dignified master of Spring and Autumn Sword Palace kneeling and kowtowing. When he cultivated in the Starry Sky Ancestral Land, there were far more important figures who bowed and saluted before Zhao Yujing.

To be honest, a Sect Leader of a gradually declining place like Azure Underworld, if placed in the universe starry sky, or back in the Dongming Sect Ancestral Land, wouldn't even be qualified to kowtow to Zhao Yujing, and wouldn't even be able to meet him.

If this counts as paying a price, then Zhao Yujing's status is a bit too cheap.

Cheng Daohua, the Great Power who came from the Starry Sky Sword Palace, knelt silently.

The Old Palace Lord of Azure Underworld Sword Palace said with a trembling voice, "This old man... is willing to cripple a thousand years of cultivation to appease the Holy Son's anger!"

This disaster was caused by Azure Underworld's Spring and Autumn Sword Palace. Cheng Daohua could not help the Old Palace Lord, nor did he have the strength or the standing.

The only thing he could do was kneel at Zhao Yujing's feet. The rest depended on the Old Palace Lord himself.

Zhao Yujing slowly paced away, "Granted."

"This old man... thanks the Holy Son for his magnanimity!" The Old Palace Lord trembled as he bowed and stood up. Within his Yang God, a scorching white flame suddenly ignited.

That was his Yang God being burned, his cultivation being burned. In the end, a thousand years of arduous cultivation completely turned into nothingness within the white flame.

The Old Palace Lord's aura also plummeted by a thousand feet. His already wrinkled face gained several more deep lines.

He weakly looked up, but the figures of Zhao Yujing and Lu Chen were already gone.

"Azure Underworld Spring and Autumn Sword Palace, what great ability, what great guts!" Cheng Daohua's face was ashen, still lingering with fear, but more so with shock and anger, and lingering dread. "You dare to provoke even the Holy Son of that Void Immortal Sect, and you don't even put the peerless existence ranked in the top ten of the Ten Thousand Clans Prodigy Ranking in your eyes. In this world, is there anything that your Azure Underworld Spring and Autumn Sword Palace doesn't dare to touch?"

He angrily flicked his sleeve, "After this incident, you shall step down from the position of Sect Leader!"

With that, he flew into the air without looking back, feeling anxious and escaping as quickly as possible.

"Hoo!" The Old Palace Lord, who seemed to have aged several times in an instant, let out a long breath, his spirit lost.

He had intended to use the power of Cheng Daohua, the Great Power from Starry Sky Sword Palace, to vent the frustration for Azure Underworld Spring and Autumn Sword Palace, but in the end, this was the result!

If he were to return to Spring and Autumn Sword Palace now, what would the many Sword Palace Disciples and Elders think?

"Things in the world are indeed hard to predict..."

Who would have thought that a declining Azure Underworld, a South Chu with little reputation, would produce such a terrifying existence?

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'The Sect Leader is actually a Holy Son?!'

But why would the supreme Holy Son, whose might suppressed the Universe's eight directions, appear in Azure Underworld and hide in a Dongming Sect in South Chu to become the Sect Leader?

To be fair, not only that Old Palace Lord of Spring and Autumn Sword Palace, but even Lu Chen couldn't figure it out!

The key is, this Sect Leader of theirs has a really, really low sense of presence. Let alone external cultivators, even among the Dongming Sect Disciples, there are countless who have never met this Sect Leader.

If not for being recently persuaded by a few Elders and Protectors in the Sect, the Sect Leader would not have come out for this trip at all.

Nor would he have been recognized by Cheng Daohua, the Great Power from Starry Sky Sword Palace, revealing that the Young Sect Leader of Dongming Sect was actually a Holy Son who came from the Void Immortal Sect!

Of course, Lu Chen probably already guessed that the supreme Void Immortal Sect was most likely the Ancestral Land behind Dongming Sect.

But the question is, Big Brother, you are the Holy Son of the Ancestral Land!

The pillar of the young generation, the face of the Sect. While he might not be so busy he can't rest his feet, he shouldn't be so idle as to run to Azure Underworld and become the Sect Leader of a Dongming Sect, right?

Lu Chen racked his brain but couldn't figure it out!

It wasn't until a flash of inspiration struck that he suddenly had a bold guess.

'So, is there a possibility that being a Holy Son in the Ancestral Land is too much trouble, so this Sect Leader of ours ran away?'

It was absurd, ridiculous, but Lu Chen knew that this Sect Leader of his could do it, because Lu Chen had always thought his Sect Leader was unreliable.

"Are you thinking about this Sect's Holy Son identity?" Zhao Yujing suddenly spoke, "Acknowledge me as your master, this Sect will first pass the Sect Leader position to you. When your cultivation reaches a certain level, this Sect will then take you to the Ancestral Land and pass the Holy Son position to you. How about it?"

Good idea, truly a good idea.

Not only could he Throw out the Sect Leader position, but at that time, he could even relinquish the Holy Son position together, letting Lu Chen, this resentful Disciple, bear it all.

By then, he could cultivate in seclusion for as long as he wanted, and no one could disturb his great undertaking of becoming an Immortal.

As for the Holy Son position, the leader of the young generation, they were all just fleeting clouds. Only cultivating in seclusion, only Ascension Realm and becoming an Immortal, could bring eternal life.

Furthermore, didn't Lu Chen want to go to the Starry Sky Ancestral Land?

You look down on the identity of Dongming Sect's Sect Leader, but surely you wouldn't look down on the position of the Ancestral Land's Holy Son?

Of course, the Holy Son position cannot be given away just because he wants to, nor is it up to Zhao Yujing alone, but Lu Chen knows nothing, so he might as well trick him into acknowledging him as his master first.

'As expected, this Sect Leader of mine is still as unreliable as ever!'

He even casually said things like passing the Holy Son position to him!

He's so good at drawing cakes, why doesn't he just say he'll let him be the Holy Master of the Void Immortal Sect?

Lu Chen chuckled, no longer replying, lest his Sect Leader try to reclaim the Monster Corpse from him again.

"Void Immortal Sect's Holy Son, are you not tempted?" Zhao Yujing coaxed, "The universe starry sky is boundless, far from what this small Dongming Sect in Azure Underworld can compare to. If you can preside over the Holy Son position, its energy will be greater than you can imagine.

"You can easily control dozens or even hundreds of cultivation realms like Azure Underworld, and all their resources will be yours. What Monster Corpse wouldn't you have then?

"You only need to give an order, and whether it's the so-called divine 'Long-lived Species', the naturally born Sacred Spirit Race, or even the 'Dao Seed' born from the Dao, the Ancestral Land can help you slay them."

No matter how Zhao Yujing talked incessantly, Lu Chen just chuckled without saying a word.

Finally, just before returning to the Sect, the Young Sect Leader completely lost his temper, "Impervious to reason, a rotten piece of wood that cannot be carved." With that, he left angrily.

As for the matter of helping Lu Chen ask the Third Elder for that Yang God Monster Corpse, it was completely forgotten.

In fact, if Lu Chen wasn't someone with an extremely thick skin, the Sect Leader would have wanted to reclaim all the Monster Corpses he gave Lu Chen, not even giving them to a dog.

'The Young Holy Son is still too young!'

Lu Chen returned to the Sect with a smile, and reported in detail everything he encountered and did in Spring and Autumn Sword Palace to the Elders, and also handed the compensation from Spring and Autumn Sword Palace to the Third Elder.

Finally, after the Elders vented their anger, they were all satisfied.

Lu Chen then scurried back to his cave dwelling on Doujian Peak. This time, he gained too much!

Especially that Sword Lord and his accompanying immortal sword, Lu Chen was very envious of it. It was time to study it properly!