86: Chapter 86: The Trouble Brought by the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo!

Miraculous Medicinal Pills that could enhance the cultivation of the Core Formation Stage were rare, even for someone like Venerable Tian Yun, despite him being a renowned Alchemy Great Master.

He could only produce five bottles. Although Zhao Changsheng was slightly disappointed, he understood that this was likely his limit.

Asking for more would be crossing the line.

“Thank you, Senior!”

Zhao Changsheng immediately expressed his gratitude to Venerable Tian Yun.

“If there is nothing else, this Junior will take his leave to Cultivate. Should anything arise, Senior may notify me at any time, and I will do my utmost to assist you.”

“Very well, go and Cultivate. If you encounter any issues, you may also inform the two of us.”

Layman Qingyi, his nominal Revered Master, also made a promise.

“Yes, Disciple obeys.”

Zhao Changsheng then promptly made his escape.

At this moment, Zhao Changsheng even felt like returning to the Tiannan Cultivation World.

However, that was a final retreat. As long as he had that escape route, nothing else was a major concern.

This was the primary reason why Zhao Changsheng had been so fearless as to directly take a Revered Master.

As long as his retreat was secure, his life was guaranteed.

With his life safe, the remaining matters were naturally nothing to fear.

After Zhao Changsheng left, Venerable Tian Yun directly questioned Layman Qingyi.

“This Disciple of yours is not simple. Is he truly a Loose Cultivator?”

After all, Venerable Tian Yun found it impossible to believe that a Loose Cultivator, even one with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, could advance to the Core Formation Stage in less than a hundred years—perhaps not even fifty.

One must know that even Heavenly Spiritual Root Cultivators backed by powerful Schools might not be able to achieve this.

The difficulty of reaching the Core Formation Stage before the age of a hundred was immense.

“He has already sworn a heart demon oath. Unless he has no intention of advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage, he would never dare to violate it. Furthermore, even if there truly is some power behind him that we don't know about, there is no need for excessive worry. With our status as Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators, how many powers would be willing to offend us? There is no need to dwell on it. As long as the boy is willing to help, there will be no problem.”

Layman Qingyi's tone was exceptionally calm.

“Could it be that you really intend to take this boy as your Successor?”

Hearing Layman Qingyi speak this way, Venerable Tian Yun, who had hundreds of years of friendship with him, became even more curious.

“If we can successfully obtain the treasures from Venerable Tian Jing's Legacy, and if he hands all those treasures over to us and survives, then taking him as my Successor is not out of the question. With his Spiritual Root Aptitude and cultivation speed, he is more than qualified to be a Successor for either of us. There is no need to worry about that.”

Layman Qingyi continued.

“You certainly are open-minded, but you're right. With his current cultivation speed and Heavenly Spiritual Root Aptitude, he is definitely suitable to be our Disciple. I just wonder why he's unwilling to join those Cultivation Schools or islands. With his Spiritual Root Aptitude, he would be highly valued by any Cultivation School, island, or Family he joined. Why insist on being a Loose Cultivator?”

Venerable Tian Yun nodded in agreement while raising another point of confusion.

“Didn't the boy say it himself? He dislikes being restricted. If he joined those Cultivation Schools, islands, or families, he would inevitably face great constraints, perhaps even being forced to take a woman he doesn't like as a Dao Companion to strengthen ties between parties. In fact, I had considered marrying one of my female Disciples to him, but after he spoke, I dropped the idea.”

“So it seems this boy guessed your intentions long ago and spoke up in advance to prevent you from bringing it up, avoiding an awkward situation between Revered Master and Disciple.”

Venerable Tian Yun couldn't help but laugh.

“He has some schemes, but that is far from enough. I hope he can truly help us obtain Venerable Tian Jing's Legacy items. If we succeed and find longevity-extending Medicinal Pills among them, then you and I can live a bit longer.”

“Indeed. With the help of your golden cloud pills, he should be able to smoothly Breakthrough to the Middle Core Formation Stage within three to five years. By then, it should be enough.”

“You are right, it is indeed enough.”

Venerable Tian Yun agreed.

While the two Nascent Soul Cultivators were discussing the specifics of their plan, Zhao Changsheng had already met with Zhou Yuan again.

She had brought good news.

“The heavenly thunder bamboo has been found?”

Although Zhao Changsheng knew well that the heavenly thunder bamboo in the original plot was indeed found by the Wonderful Sound Sect—even if it was only a thousand-year-old specimen—it was sufficient for him.

Because he had the ability to transform it into ten-thousand-year-old golden thunder bamboo.

“Yes, news has been gathered, but it is only a thousand-year heavenly thunder bamboo. Furthermore, the conditions proposed by the other party are somewhat harsh.”

Zhou Yuan said with a troubled expression.

“Oh? I wonder what conditions they proposed?”

Hearing this, Zhao Changsheng showed a look of curiosity.

He remembered that the other party seemed to be a declining Family.

“The other party is a Family, and not long ago, their only Core Formation Stage Cultivator passed away. Originally, this news was well-hidden, but unfortunately, a Direct Descendant leaked it in a slip of the tongue. This led the Family powers and Schools that were their enemies to want to carve up their entire Family. Thus, their condition is for us to help them resolve this crisis.”

When Zhou Yuan reached this point, her expression became even more unsightly.

“This shouldn't be difficult for you, right? Can't you just publicly declare an Alliance with their Family? With your Core Formation Stage cultivation and the Wonderful Sound Sect behind you, ordinary families wouldn't dare provoke you.”

Seeing Zhou Yuan's expression, Zhao Changsheng grew more curious and pressed for details.

“Because among those Schools is an Elder of the Qingyang Sect. Our Wonderful Sound Sect is at most a second-rate power in the entire Chaotic Star Sea; how could we possibly make an enemy of the Qingyang Sect? Therefore, we simply cannot make such a public declaration. If it weren't for the fact that the Qingyang Sect Elder was tied up with other matters and couldn't appear in person, their Family probably would have been lost long ago.”

Zhou Yuan gave a bitter laugh and explained.

“So that's how it is. To think I'd cross paths with the Qingyang Sect; what a coincidence.”

After hearing the explanation, Zhao Changsheng came to a realization and nodded with a smile.

Seeing Zhao Changsheng's nonchalant manner, Zhou Yuan couldn't help but ask.

“Could it be that the Elder has a solution?”

“If it were before, it might have been difficult, but now, it's a trivial matter. Don't worry, just leave this to me.”

Zhao Changsheng nodded, his face full of ease and relaxation, not taking the matter seriously at all.