Eternal Emperor's Path to Ascension
Chapter 308 308: Lu Qingfeng Returns, The Filial Disciple
Slowly, Lu Qingfeng moved forward entering the core area of the Eternal Peak, unnoticed by even Zhao Ye, who had already achieved the Nascent Soul Realm.
Tian Yongheng had already granted him permission to enter the Dao Field, and Lu Qingfeng himself had obtained countless opportunities in his years of wandering and war, so his ability to hide from a Nascent Soul expert was nothing too extraordinary.
One had to know, he had killed Nascent Soul Realm beings in the Righteous-Demonic War and had strength surpassing his Realm, granted the title of a supreme genius for a reason!
He could even slip past the nose of a Tribulation Transcendence level entity if he was careful enough!
Finally, he arrived before the main peak, floating in the air, yet not daring to ascend higher than the peak. This was his respect for his master, and it would remain this way, no matter how much more powerful he became.
After a moment's hesitation, he decided to land on the main peak.
Just as his feet touched the spiritual stone, the stone door of Tian Yongheng's cave abode slowly opened, causing Lu Qingfeng to momentarily pause in his tracks before a bitter feeling rose in his heart.
Of course, master already knows I'm here. If not, how could I have even managed to locate the Eternal Peak?
I can slip past unnoticed before even Tribulation Transcendence Realm powerhouses, but master is far beyond them, possibly a being at the legendary Realm of Immortal Gods.
How can I possibly hide from him?
No longer dwelling on it, he strode towards the cave abode with respectful yet careful steps, as if afraid he would disturb his master's cultivation.
Inside the cave abode, Lu Qingfeng's eyes brimmed with emotion as he looked at the ethereal figure sitting cross-legged before him, with no difference to the figure from centuries ago.
It was as if nothing had changed, like he had returned to all those years ago when he first became a disciple of the Eternal Peak.
His impression of his master was still the same as that time; unparalleled and supreme, the most powerful entity in the entire world.
It's just that his thoughts actually turned out to be true after he witnessed his master forcefully suppress and kill a Immortal Realm powerhouse casually in front of the entire world.
"Master..."
He couldn't help but call out, falling to his knees with a bitter smile on his face.
At that moment, Tian Yongheng slowly opened his eyes, gazing straight ahead at his second disciple who had been gone from home for centuries.
"It's been a while. You have grown stronger since the last time we met. You did not disappoint me."
He spoke slowly, his gaze indifferent, yet the emotion behind his words was genuine.
Lu Qingfeng's heart trembled, and he lowered his head, "This unfilial disciple is not worthy of such praise from master. I have not visited you for centuries, and I won't make any excuses for it either. I'm willing to atone for my sins, master."
Turns our, Lu Qingfeng was afraid that his master would be mad at him for not visiting even once all these years.
He did not say that he was busy leading the righteous path in the war or anything else, he just accepted his mistake naturally.
However, Tian Yongheng's next words surprised him.
"Foolish disciple, do you take me for a mortal old man who gets dissatisfied if you don't visit me every new year? Of course, although it has been a while, your cultivation has not fallen behind, and has even grown to an Eternal Peak's elder level figure. In the path of cultivation, a century is but a blink of an eye. You have to use as much time as possible to improve yourself, or you'll turn into a pile of dust at one point."
Lu Qingfeng looked up in astonishment to see Tian Yongheng's calm face, devoid of emotion, yet he could still feel the warmth emanating from his words.
"Alright, stop acting in such a disheveled manner. It's been a long time since you last appeared in the Eternal Peak, go and show your face to your fellow disciples and the juniors."
Tian Yongheng waved his hand dismissively, as if shooing the other party away.
However, a smile unknowingly appeared on Lu Qingfeng's face at some point as he bowed deeply, "Disciple will obey master's orders."
The next moment, just as he was about to go out, Tian Yongheng suddenly called out to him from behind.
"Wait, where was the last place you came from?"
Hearing this unexpected question, Lu Qingfeng contemplated for a moment before answering, "Master, I directly came back from the Blue Cloud City on the outskirts of the Qingyun Region."
"And what events did you experience there?"
Hearing such a strange question, Lu Qingfeng was a little confused.
But the next second, as if remembering something, Lu Qingfeng's expression changed slightly.
As expected, nothing can be hidden from master's all seeing eyes.
Exhaling a long breath, Lu Qingfeng carefully recounted every little detail of the events that took place ever since he stepped into the Qingyun Region, from him encountering Lu Sheng to forcefully suppressing him.
As he listened more and more, Tian Yongheng's expression in his heart gradually became strange.
Damn it, that guy actually possibly has the soul of an old monster on him?
Must eliminate, can't leave any trace behind!
In his mind, he had already sentenced the old monster to death.
An old monster's remnant soul who couldn't even allow that Lu Sheng fellow to escape from his disciple, it meant that old monster was definitely not an Immortal Realm existence when he or she was alive, and was even weaker than a usual Nascent Soul cultivator right now.
And even if the other party had some Immortal Realm method, he still possessed the Primal Dao Sword, capable of slaying Immortals and Gods.
"Take me to that place where you burned the body, let's end this karma for you once and for all."
As he spoke, Tian Yongheng slowly stood up, his long hair fluttering without wind, like a True Immortal from the heavens, exuding a sense of grandeur and majesty that mortals couldn't help but pray to.
Lu Qingfeng couldn't help but blink several times to suppress the awe in his heart before turning away to lead the way.
Master is becoming more and more sacred and godlike as time passes, will I also become like this if my cultivation one day reaches the same level as master?
Lu Qingfeng secretly swore in his heart to one day look as cool as his master usually did.
...
Some time later.
In an inconspicuous mountain range, Lu Feng's remnant soul lingered here quietly, in a deep slumber for having nearly exhausted his soul power, waiting for any living being to pass by.
Just then, as if feeling something ominous, Lu Feng suddenly woke up.
His heart stirred, his vigilance at its peak.
One had to know that this was a former Half Immortal Realm expert.
The intuition of such a powerful being was almost always correct unless a higher tier, that was, a real Immortal Realm supreme entity used some methods to fabricate karma and obscure fate.
*Swoosh!*
Just as Lu Feng was contemplating why he had such a bad premonition, a terrifying, heaven reaching aura suddenly spread out from a certain direction, instantly covering tens of thousands of miles.
This was the Divine Sense of an extremely terrifying existence!
And this terrifying existence in Lu Feng's eyes was, of course, none other than Tian Yongheng!
As soon as this Divine Sense sweeped over everything in the surrounding tens of thousands of miles, Lu Feng immediately felt an immense pressure wash over him, like the sky itself had collapsed or the heavens themselves were pressing down on him.
It was not just Lu Feng who felt this way.
All cultivators at or above the Golden Core Realm, who had more or less comprehended some of the mysteries of the worldly laws and natural elements, were able to feel the very natural elements and worldly laws pressing down on them like a divine mountain, unable to raise their heads in the slightest.
This was the unique power belonging to beings who had already stepped half a foot into the Immortal Domain, and that was, the 3 realms of Tribulation Transcendence, Immortal Ascension, and Half Immortal.
It was because these beings had already achieved considerable success in comprehending and cultivating the heavenly rules that they could manipulate the worldly laws and natural elements, making cultivators below these realms nothing more than ants compared to a towering mountain.
Under normal circumstances, only heavenly rules could resist heavenly rules!
Of course, this applied to ordinary cultivators, not those heaven defying prodigies who could cross realms to counter kill their opponents.
Like Lu Qingfeng or Tian Yongheng.
At this moment, feeling this earth shattering pressure descend, many cultivators' face turned ashen, and they didn't even dare to think the realm of such a being who could unleash such power.
Lu Feng, on the other hand, was even more horrified, as he found that this peculiar and extremely powerful Divine Sense, which far surpassed even him at his peak, had actually locked onto him!