CHAPTER 410: CHAPTER 206 "KILL THE PLAYBOY."_2

This time, Dong Lan replied: "The State Preceptor got teachings from the Sky God, and then promoted this body training method through continuous improvement, don’t you understand?"

"I understand." Lu Jin’an nodded. The older generation of body cultivators had always been studying methods to train the physique, and these methods had long been recorded in books.

Lu Jin’an was more interested in her use of "Sky God’s teachings." Emperor Kong had been dead for many unknown years, so how did he teach?

What did the Eastern National Master conceal?

Lu Jin’an, who was always thinking, watched Dong Lan switch to a different push-up technique and quickly deduced that she would probably do over ten thousand push-ups a day.

And combined with that breathing technique, Lu Jin’an noticed a faintly peculiar vigorous force energy emanating from Dong Lan’s physique, tempering her body.

What kind of breathing technique is this?

While Lu Jin’an continued to deduce, he turned his head to look at the Dao Palace’s training equipment like the Meihua Pile in the cave mansion. In the silence, he felt Dong Lan’s barely noticeable gaze on him.

Lu Jin’an discreetly observed her and quickly understood what she wanted to do.

After training, she wanted to bathe.

A hint of amusement flashed in Lu Jin’an’s eyes, and he pretended to think for a moment longer before turning around and saying, "I’m stepping outside to breathe some air."

’Turns out it’s a woman, but how did she bind her chest...’

’Eh, overthinking, overthinking. Senior Sister genuinely has a chest, but this woman might not have one, so she might not need to bind it.’

Lu Jin’an opened his arms and left the inner fabric-covered cave.

After training, Dong Lan frowned slightly, fresh air?

She "tsk"ed, turned, and headed toward the hot spring, undressing as she walked.

Outside the waterfall.

Lu Jin’an stood on a large rock in the middle of the lake, doing morning exercises while summarizing the information about the Eastern Dynasty he had gotten from Dong Lan.

Then, he compared this information with the intelligence he currently had, quickly reaching a preliminary conclusion.

Emperor Kong had long since passed away, but in the Mist River Cave Heaven, a Divine Soul from the Upper Realm occupied Emperor Kong’s corpse, attempting to find someone to possess.

Why occupy Emperor Kong’s corpse for possession?

Lu Jin’an had been unable to understand this before, but after discovering one of the Three Great Martial Gods of the Eastern Dynasty was Emperor Kong, he grasped a keyword: Incense.

After Emperor Kong became Immortal, countless Emperor Kong Temples were erected among the Human Clan for incense offerings until... all these vanished with Emperor Kong’s mysterious disappearance.

The historical records show that Emperor Kong’s teachings were severed from then on.

But now, in the Eastern Dynasty, Emperor Kong’s teachings were discovered, and they weren’t known to the outside world.

The outside world knew nothing about the Eastern Dynasty’s beliefs, while the Eastern Dynasty seemed to only have a partial understanding of Emperor Kong’s teachings.

Yet, even so, the Eastern Dynasty showed no intention of communicating with the outside world, calling the outsiders ’Fanatics from outside the border.’

What allowed them to maintain the Dynasty’s ’purity’ for so many years?

The only answer Lu Jin’an could think of was: the Upper Realm, Hidden Life Mountain.

Recalling Hidden Life Mountain previously offering half a Jiangshan Map to interfere with the Mist River Cave Heaven, Lu Jin’an thought the current state of the Eastern Dynasty was also the handiwork of one of the three Divine Mountains, Hidden Life Mountain.

As for the reason... it was also related to ’Incense Will.’

Thinking of the identity of a Possessor from the Upper Realm in the Lin Yuan Sword Sect and the unstable situation of the Buddhist Sect swaying between the Upper and Lower Realms...

They could indeed tightly seal information across the Three Great Dynasties.

If you add the East Slope Confucian Academy, it would be easy to conceal information.

Because Lin Yuan Sword Sect and East Slope Confucian Academy are responsible for the stability of the region east of the Eastern Great Realm, and because the main forces of the Wandao Sect are at the frontline in the Central Great Region, because... the Five Sects and Seven Schools share a common branch, and do not easily interfere with Great Domain affairs.

As a result, how could Wandao Sect, only having some offices in the Eastern Great Realm, obtain valuable intelligence?

"Incense Will..."

Lu Jin’an dove into the lake after his morning training session ended, floating to the surface amidst the gradually stable breathing sounds, looking expressionlessly at the morning sky.

If this is true, what experiment is the Upper Realm conducting using the Eastern Dynasty?

’The Jiuli Dynasty excels in Qi, the Shenmiao Dynasty in Soul...’

’Adding the Eastern Dynasty excelling in Force... representing the essence, Qi, and spirit of the three dynasties...’

Lu Jin’an closed his eyes, frowning slightly, but Dong Lan had said before, the Jiuli Dynasty was overthrown by Lin Yuan Sword Sect and East Slope Confucian Academy, so what’s been overturned here?

’If it was Hidden Life Mountain, would there also be methods of Body Refinement outside of the Dao Palace Nine Stars?’

Lu Jin’an thought there probably were, after all, there are so many branches of Spiritual Power, and there are likely other branches of Body Refinement as well.

’It is the Upper Realm indeed.’

Lu Jin’an sighed internally. The inherited teachings that the Upper Realm managed and sealed are still too numerous... even the Changqing Immortal Clan can’t compare to this.

Although the history of the Changqing Immortal Clan is older than the Upper Realm’s three Divine Mountains, the Changqing Immortal Clan wasn’t strong from the beginning to the present, and when their power was weak, they couldn’t even protect themselves, let alone gather intelligence.

But it was different in the Upper Realm.

Since Emperor Kong became Immortal and established Hidden City, the three Divine Mountains have remained atop the dome, still powerful to this day.

’No wonder after I successfully opened the Dao Palace Nine Stars, and some Junior Brothers also succeeded, the Upper Realm showed no urgency...’

Lu Jin’an opened his eyes and went ashore, casting a spell to evaporate the moisture from his body, then changed into a brand-new brocade robe, tying his hair while turning to look at the waterfall.

The Eastern Dynasty, it’s a place that must be visited.

However, before that, enough intelligence must be gathered.

I haven’t been the Saint Heir of the Wandao Sect for long, and during this period, I haven’t used the Saint Heir’s identity to access much intelligence that I previously wasn’t qualified to see.

Now it’s time to carefully review the Wandao Sect’s materials on the Three Great Dynasties to assess how much the Eastern Dynasty has blocked outside information.

Lu Jin’an retrieved the Saint Son Token from the storage space, a flash of helplessness in his eyes. If the token was left at the sect, it would have been entrusted to Senior Sister or Second Junior Brother for help.

However, although I can’t rush back to the Wandao Sect immediately, there’s one thing I can do, which is to initially break the outdated inherent beliefs in Dong Lan’s heart.

As for the method to use... it’s to take her to see the Ten Domains Martial Arts Competition hosted by Sumeru Mountain.

If the Buddhist Sect is also one of the behind-the-scenes forces that block outside information, then letting Dong Lan personally see the rhetoric of the Buddhist leaders will plant seeds of doubt in her heart.

Lu Jin’an never expected that Dong Lan would wake up all at once. After all, the beliefs established from childhood aren’t so easily broken?

Lu Jin’an withdrew his gaze, clasped his hands, and it was because he first wanted to take Dong Lan to see the outside world that now, with his Late-stage Harmonization Realm strength, it isn’t enough to support his journey to the Eastern Dynasty.

If the Eastern Dynasty is truly infiltrated so severely, going there would be futile.

Dong Lan mentioned having no peers to rival, but obviously, there are still more formidable body cultivators among the elder generation in the Eastern Dynasty.

Moreover, adding in the royal lineage ruling the Eastern Dynasty and those Three Martial Gods...

’Can I inform my Master or Sect Master about this first?’

’Everything spoken will be known... Does this apply to the Eastern Dynasty?’

Looking at the rippling lake surface, Lu Jin’an’s eyes were somewhat gloomy. Not to mention the ’inside man’ that might exist in the East Slope Confucian Academy, but the ’Possessor’ already identified within the Lin Yuan Sword Sect is also challenging to deal with.

That person’s position in the Lin Yuan Sword Sect is very high.

High enough to indeed have the power to utilize all resources of the Lin Yuan Sword Sect to block information about the Three Great Dynasties.

The consequence of alarming them would probably be an internal conflict among the Five Sects and Seven Schools.

Therefore, to uncover the truth, surprise is the only option.

And to achieve a surprise, one must first plant a seed of doubt within the Eastern Dynasty.

’Who knows what position she holds in the Eastern Dynasty, where being first among peers correlates with being first. If not even the Imperial Capital Shengjing, her role can’t be effective...’

Lu Jin’an put away the Saint Son Token, thinking that Dong Lan’s strength might be comparable to five Dao Palaces, she should indeed be working in the Imperial Capital Shengjing of the Eastern Dynasty...

Thinking so, the rustling sound of the trees in the east suddenly echoed with several sounds of breaking wind. Lu Jin’an turned around, and shortly, nine men and women emerged from the forest.

Each of them had surging vitality, clearly all body cultivators.

The woman leading them wore a gold crown, a python robe embroidered with Nine Chapter Patterns, which highlighted her noble aura. Her gaze carried innate majesty.

Lu Jin’an thoughtfully looked at this woman.

Could she be a princess of the Eastern Dynasty?

The leading woman paused, carefully observing Lu Jin’an, then glanced at the waterfall.

She knew there was someone inside, and this stranger stood outside...

She spoke lightly.

"Kill this playboy."

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