I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 234 - 170: The Nine Pure Lands, Essentially One!

Chapter 234: Chapter 170: The Nine Pure Lands, Essentially One!

In the small courtyard.

Mr. Lu was busy preparing herbal medicine.

Lv Tang squatted in the corner with a complex expression.

After setting down a medicinal ingredient, Mr. Lu couldn’t help himself and raised his head to say, "Why don’t you go back to your room instead of being an eyesore here?"

"It’s too stuffy in the room, makes it easy to get agitated," Lv Tang said sullenly.

"Isn’t it just a loss of some Silver Tael?" Mr. Lu said helplessly, "You’re after all a Martial Artist of the Refining Essence Realm, still fretting over that little money."

"That was for getting a wife," Lv Tang said angrily, "Money is a small matter, but I always feel like it’s the wife that I have lost."

"You agreed to the gamble; you must accept the loss," said Mr. Lu.

"I was winning at first," Lv Tang became even more annoyed.

"Now you’ve lost," Mr. Lu added.

"Don’t you know how to comfort someone?" Lv Tang felt indignant.

"That Phoenix Blood Ancient Jade I gave you earlier, have you used it up yet?" Mr. Lu asked, looking down to arrange the materials on the table.

"Not yet," replied Lv Tang in a muffled tone.

"Why haven’t you used it? Just because Lin Yan has touched it?" Mr. Lu couldn’t help but laugh, "Although you’re distressed, you shouldn’t be to this extent."

"Didn’t you say that using the Phoenix Blood Ancient Jade before reaching the Qi Refining Realm is like trying to help the shoots grow by pulling them up?"

Lv Tang hastily shook his head, "I’ve understood that my talent may not match Lin Yan’s, but his talent has already been acknowledged as number one in the Qifeng Prefecture in this generation! At the very least I should be considered second. I can’t ruin my own future, I must cultivate step by step..."

"Aren’t I trying to clear the dangers for you?"

Mr. Lu pointed to the ingredients on the table, annoyed, "Do you know how much of my money, meant for my retirement, has been spent?"

Lv Tang paused, then asked, "It can eliminate hidden dangers?"

Mr. Lu nodded and said, "The Phoenix Blood Ancient Jade indeed poses risks to someone of the Refining Essence Realm, as it may lead to forced growth, but this danger is not insurmountable."

Lv Tang couldn’t help but lean forward and asked, "These medicinal ingredients, they can resolve it?"

Mr. Lu huffed and said, "The value of these medicinal ingredients is almost comparable to that of a Phoenix Blood Ancient Jade! One of the ingredients even came from the ’Forbidden Land’ of the Residual Prison Mansion by sheer luck..."

He looked up at Lv Tang and said, "It was the Lord of the Residual Prison Mansion who sent it."

"A Phoenix Blood Ancient Jade is already extremely precious! These ingredients don’t assist in cultivation but only serve to nullify risks. Is it like adding another Phoenix Blood Ancient Jade?"

Just then, a voice came from outside the courtyard, saying, "It really is a bit too precious."

"Come in."

Mr. Lu spoke calmly and slowly.

Lin Yan then pushed the door open, closed it behind him after entering the courtyard.

Meanwhile, Lv Tang suddenly glanced at him sideways, his face as dark as coal, before he walked into the room and closed the door behind him.

Lin Yan, somewhat puzzled, asked, "Even though the old brother has lost some money, he shouldn’t be like this. Wasn’t it because he was once besieged by an Evil Spirit? Didn’t you cure him, Mr. Lu?"

"Bullshit!"

Lv Tang burst open the window and angrily said, "It’s you that’s been besieged by an Evil Spirit! I haven’t even cursed you, and you curse me?"

With a snap!

The window was shut again.

"It was my doing."

"What?" Lin Yan was taken aback.

"The Phoenix Blood Ancient Jade helped him reach the peak of the Refining Essence Realm, to Perfection," Mr. Lu said slowly, "The Lord of the Residual Prison Mansion sent the medicine to eliminate hidden dangers. With his foundation, after a few more days of tempering, his roots would be stable..."

"You mean to say, Mr. Lu plans to let him complete the last step of the Refining Essence Realm, but not to the extent of turning him into this?" Lin Yan was slightly confused.

"The peak of the Refining Essence Realm only grants him the qualification to seize an opportunity."

"An opportunity?"

"An opportunity to achieve the Qi Refining Realm," Mr. Lu said slowly, "It requires a mind of utter purity, but Lv Tang has always been too proud and arrogant... It just so happens that you, with your exceptional talent, have tempered his pride."

"So that’s why he is like this?" Lin Yan said in astonishment.

"Of course, that’s not all. I’ve cleared away his distracting thoughts and sealed his wisdom."

Putting down the medicinal ingredients, Mr. Lu said with emotion, "Transitioning from Refining Essence to Qi Refinement... The first True Qi needs to settle in one’s ancestral orifice, and must be thoroughly pure, how could it be with so many distractions?"

He looked in the direction of the Outer South Bureau and said, "Look at Han Zheng, his talents and innate gifts are not lacking, yet for many years, he has remained just before the Qi Refining Realm."

"Han Zheng is stuck because he hasn’t resolved his inner conflicts, his spirit is dejected, and he’s constantly haunted by dark nightmares, almost cutting off his path forward."

"Your recent victory over Xu Dingye of the Little Divine Sect has allowed him to hold his head high and feel that in some respects, he surpasses the Li Shen Sect."

"His inner conflicts have lessened. Coupled with my secret assistance over the past half a year, he has managed to make the transition from Refining Essence to Qi Refinement."

"If Lv Tang can’t attain inner purity, even if he were to seize an opportunity, it’d be very difficult for him to successfully advance to the Qi Refining Realm."

"Unless he tries to do like Wang Yuan, planning to use a ’Qi-Gathering Treasure Bead’, but that’s a path doomed from the start, as his True Qi from the first whiff won’t be pure enough!"

Upon saying this, Mr. Lu stroked his beard and uttered, "The true Qi Refining Realm, with pure True Qi, this first step of transitioning from Refining Essence to Qi Refinement, is truly exceptionally difficult..."

Lin Yan fell silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Indeed, it isn’t easy."

Mr. Lu’s expression stiffened momentarily, then he remembered that this young man before him had achieved the peak of the Refining Essence Realm and moved on to Qi Refinement in just a few days.

"..."

Mr. Lu glanced at the materials on the table and then at Lin Yan; after a moment, he said, "Not everyone has a divine artifact like you, capable of clearing distracting thoughts."

"If it weren’t for the Nirvana Divine Egg to transfer your distracting thought about marrying eighteen concubines onto that Little White Ape, your Refining Essence Realm meditation would also be affected by such distractions."

"Although with your determination, it wouldn’t lead directly to failure, it certainly wouldn’t be this easy for you to complete the Qi Refinement."

Hearing Mr. Lu’s words, Lin Yan subconsciously wanted to nod his head but hurriedly explained instead.

"The eighteen concubines aren’t my distracting thoughts; they’re that little fellow’s own ideas!"

"I understand," Mr. Lu said, nodding slightly.

"But it’s truly not," Lin Yan said helplessly.

"Certainly not now," Mr. Lu nodded and said.

"..." Lin Yan suddenly sighed, his interest gone, too lazy to explain further.

"In fact, your temperament is indeed extremely pure, having no enemies and cutting off any chaotic entanglements from the past with a single stroke."

Mr. Lu slightly stroked his beard and said, "So as long as you have the sword in your heart, no worries can trouble you, fearless in your mind! This stage of difficulty, for a person like you, is truly not too arduous!"

"I understand."

Realizing this, Lin Yan planned to add this insight to his cultivation experience record book after returning.

Having too many enemies and chaotic entanglements hinders the Refining Essence Realm.

Being kind to others, having no enemies and no burdens, with clear and thorough thoughts, assists the Refining Essence Realm.

Thinking this way, he calculated in his heart; Deputy City Governor Xu had become a real enemy.

To keep his thoughts clear and maintain the smooth path of the Qi Refining Realm, he’d have to find an opportunity to eliminate him!

"Alright, you didn’t come today just to ask about Lv Tang, did you?" Mr. Lu waved his hand and asked.

"There is indeed an urgent matter," Lin Yan nodded and responded.

He then heard a displeased grunt from the room.

Then Lin Yan coughed and said, "Mainly I’m concerned about Brother Lv’s recent condition, and then there are some matters to ask."

"When can you prepare your brother’s exorcism?" Mr. Lu asked lightly.

"No, it’s about the Pure Land outside the city, which has completely disappeared," Lin Yan said seriously.

"Isn’t that the same thing?" Mr. Lu asked nonchalantly.

"..." Lin Yan was astonished.

"The Yin energy command is in your hands, but it was transformed by the Nirvana Divine Egg into ’Yin energy’," Mr. Lu said slowly. "Originally, I could have restored it, but the deity of Feng City granted you divine light, balancing Yin and Yang... I can’t break this balance."

"It’s related to the Pure Land outside the city?" Lin Yan couldn’t help asking.

"Yes, next, you can gather sufficient Yin energy there; I’ll give you a Spirit Talisman, which can bring out the Yin command and restore it to its original form," Mr. Lu explained.

"And then?" Lin Yan asked.

"Capture the Evil Spirit, preferably a ’ghostly’ one!" Mr. Lu exhaled and said. "The Pure Land outside the city will have a suitable one."

"What exactly is at stake with the Pure Land outside the city?" Lin Yan took a deep breath and asked. "Han Commander doesn’t want to say it outright and told me not to get involved! Previously, you seemed unwilling to involve me, therefore did not disclose... why tell me now?"

"I indeed did not know what the situation would be after those three steps," Mr. Lu said calmly. "Inside High Willow City, only four people are aware."

"The Commander, Great Temple Priest, Great City Guard?" Lin Yan said softly. "Plus Han Commander?"

"That’s right, Lu Changsheng, that traitor, planned to keep it from me," Mr. Lu laughed. "But I can always look up ancient texts and deduce the likely transformations based on past events."

"..." Lin Yan didn’t respond, only his expression turned grave.

"These nine destroyed Pure Lands were chosen deliberately."

Mr. Lu pointed to the herbs on the table.

Lin Yan looked down and realized that Mr. Lu had, during their conversation, unconsciously assembled nine types of herbs together.

The arrangement of these nine herbs seemed all too familiar to Lin Yan.

"This is..."

Lin Yan slowly said, "The arrangement of the nine Sacrificial Towers beneath the slaughterhouse, that’s basically the same... They chose the nine Pure Lands according to the positions of the Sacrificial Towers?"

"No, those nine Sacrificial Towers were originally modeled after the positions of these nine Pure Lands," Mr. Lu said as he stood up. "If I’m not mistaken, these nine Pure Lands were once connected as one!"

Lin Yan was inwardly shaken by the revelation.

Mr. Lu sighed.

"Over the years, many powerful individuals from the Tribulation Ash have emerged."

"A large portion of them are from the Human Clan in the city who have become part of the Tribulation Ash."

"Another part hides within the city, holding high positions, using the city’s resources to grow stronger."

"And yet another part roams the Pure Lands outside the city, still able to rapidly advance their cultivation, which I could not understand before."

"But in the last two days, understanding the layout of the nine Pure Lands and the nine Sacrificial Towers below the slaughterhouse, along with some records in ancient texts..."

Mr. Lu chuckled softly and said, "I finally understand, the Tribulation Ash possesses a great secret... No wonder, within Qifeng Prefecture, amongst the six cities, only High Willow City has the strongest Tribulation Ash force!"

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