His commanding tone traveled out of the hall and into Sage Su's ears.
Su Sheng forcefully endured the surging blood and Qi in his body, his expression one of discomfort.
This palm strike was enough to make him lie down for a while.
The difference was too great.
It was to the extent that he didn't even have the strength to retaliate.
Su Sheng endured the pain and climbed to his feet with great difficulty. He returned to the great hall.
Liu Ge did not look at him.
Under such circumstances, Su Sheng had no choice but to kneel before Conch.
As soon as she knelt, Conch fled in a flustered manner. She ran behind Mingshi Yin. Mingshi Yin smiled and said, "Little ancestor, you know fear as well?"
"I'm not," Conch said.
"If it were Ninth Junior Sister, she would've kicked him. You're too timid," Mingshi Yin said.
Conch and Little Yuan 'er were on the same level when it came to torturing people. However, Conch seemed to be less courageous.
Before he could speak.
Lu Zhou waved his hand and said, "This is the Evil Sky Pavilion, not your palace. Don't bring the rules of the palace here."
Liu Ge nodded in agreement.
"Saint Su, why aren't you thanking Brother Ji?"
Su Sheng straightened his back and faced Lu Zhou. He said, "Thank you for showing mercy, Senior Ji."
Mingshi Yin rolled his eyes.
"If you had listened to my advice, you wouldn't have ended up like this."
"You're right, Mister Fourth." Su Sheng blushed.
As the saying goes, look at the master before beating the dog.
However, if he were to slap Liu Ge, not only would he not have to give face to Liu Ge, he would also have to ridicule him.
"Brother Ji, why are you so angry?" Liu Ge asked slowly.
"I don't have time to deal with you …"
Lu Zhou looked at Conch and waved at her.
Conch came to his side obediently.
Lu Zhou placed two fingers on her pulse. His eyes widened as he said, "Sense Condensing?"
"Master, have I reached the Sense Condensation Realm?"
Although he found it hard to believe, it was the truth. Lu Zhou nodded and said, "Not bad. You're in the Sense Condensing realm."
Conch looked happy.
Lu Zhou continued to ask, "However, who taught you to control Qi with sound?"
Mingshi Yin hastily said, "Master, I didn't teach her … It's possible that Old Eighth taught her." Everything else was not important. He wanted to shift the blame to someone else first.
Conch said hastily, "That's right.
"Master, I figured it out myself."
Su Sheng: "???"
Gu Yiran: "???"
Just now, Su Sheng had thought that she was a master who had concealed her breath. Now, it seemed that she was a genuine cultivation rookie! He was a great Eight-leaf elite, and yet, he was asking to spar with a newbie cultivator. I can't think about this. The more I think about it, the more embarrassed I feel.
Lu Zhou said, "You mustn't be impatient when cultivating. Focus on cultivating first. We'll talk about controlling Qi with music later."
"I understand, master," Conch replied.
Lu Zhou swept his gaze across the others before his eyes finally fell on Liu Ge. He said, "Old Fourth, bring Conch out."
"Yes."
Mingshi Yin left the great hall with Conch.
Su Sheng and Gu Yiran looked at each other, thinking, 'I'm the commander of the Imperial Army after all, I don't need to go out, right?'
Liu Ge said, "Get out."
"Yes."
Gu Yiran stood up and waved at the guards.
The chests were placed at the side and they all left the hall.
In just a blink of an eye, only Lu Zhou and Liu Ge were left in the hall.
"Speak … What's the matter?" Lu Zhou asked.
Liu Ge let out a long sigh and said, "Time and tide wait for no man. In the blink of an eye, several hundred years have passed … The reason I came here is to ask you a question."
Lu Zhou remained silent.
Liu Ge asked,
"Is Brother Ji really at the Nine-leaf stage?"
When he asked this question, his eyes shone brightly. He stared at Lu Zhou intently with a pair of weathered eyes.
The hall was very quiet.
"Why do you ask?" Lu Zhou asked.
"Brother Ji, do you still remember that mysterious expert?" asked Liu Ge.
Lu Zhou said, "Since you like to keep me guessing, please leave. I don't have time to waste on you."
With that, he stood up.
There were still two more months before the system upgrade could be completed. That palm strike had also used up a portion of his extraordinary power, so he needed time to recover. He did not have the time to waste on this nonsense.
"…"
Liu Ge was a little surprised.
"That mysterious elite came from the northern borders on a coffin. His footprints were all over the Other Tribes and Great Yan …"
Lu Zhou remembered the Roulian, Lanni, who brought the red coffin to the Evil Sky Pavilion.
He stopped in his tracks, placed his hands on his back, and said, "Get to the point."
"The reason Great Yan's Imperial family is still standing is due to this mysterious elite's help … He once left behind a warning. He said don't try to attain the Nine-leaf stage, or the consequences will be unimaginable."
Lu Zhou's interest was piqued. He looked at Liu Ge again.
He asked, "Where's this person?"
Liu Ge shook his head and said, "He stayed in the Divine Capital for some time. He left some things behind before he left. The Imperial family has been looking for him all these years. Alas, there's no news of him."
"You seem to believe in this mysterious elite," Lu Zhou said.
"From the beginning until the end, I've never doubted him." Liu Ge enunciated each word clearly, "There must be a reason why the heavens set a taboo for humans. Those who try to break the taboo will have to pay a corresponding price. It's only cultivation and obeying the heavens. Isn't 1,000 years enough to satisfy the greed of humans? "
"I don't think so," Lu Zhou said.
"What's your opinion, Brother Ji? I'm all ears. "
Lu Zhou paused for a moment before he continued to say, "In your opinion, we should be satisfied with 1,000 years, but mortals can live for 100 years. It's unfair between cultivators and mortals to begin with. Aren't cultivators breaking the taboo of mortals?" Lu Zhou paused for a moment before he continued to say, "Moreover, cultivation is a defiance of the heavens."
"Defy the heavens?" Liu Ge said, "It's just the opinion of a minority."
"The Confucians fear the mandate of heaven, so they cultivate their bodies in anticipation of it. The Buddhists fear karma, so they can't escape from their karma. The Daoists desire to live forever, so they return to heaven and earth … Is there anything a cultivator does not defy heaven?" Lu Zhou asked.
"…"
Liu Ge was speechless.
How could he not have thought of this problem?
In the long river of history, many cultivators had offered their opinions on cultivation. Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism, a hundred schools of thought contended for supremacy. Everyone had different viewpoints, but they all reached the same goal. But no matter what, the cultivators were constantly breaking through the original restrictions.
Liu Ge said,
"We all have different opinions … Brother Ji has his own way of thinking, and I have mine."
Lu Zhou stroked his beard and said,
"So, you're using your thoughts to force them on this old man?"
Liu Ge was speechless again.
Then, he turned around and studied Lu Zhou.
"Since when did you become so eloquent, Brother Ji?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Zhou rose to his feet slowly.
His expression was indifferent as he said, "Send our guest off."
Liu Ge said again, "I came to the Evil Sky Pavilion to confirm if you're at the Nine-leaf stage, Brother Ji. If you're truly at the Nine-leaf stage, please consider the bigger picture and conceal your cultivation base, Brother Ji. "
Lu Zhou suddenly turned around and struck with his palm.
A shining golden palm seal sailed toward Liu Ge.
Liu Ge crossed his arms. A burst of Primal Qi burst out of his wizened body and blocked the palm seal.
"That palm seal is controlled to the finest detail. Indeed, your cultivation base has improved greatly, Brother Ji."
He had used his own cultivation base to launch this palm seal. Naturally, his cultivation base was only at the Two-leaf Nascent Divinity realm. It was not surprising that Liu Ge was able to block it.
Liu Ge continued to speak.
"If the Nine-leaf stage manifests, there'll surely be a great calamity. I hope you'll be careful, Brother Ji."
Lu Zhou was amused. "What calamity? Will the sky collapse and the earth crumble? Or will the rivers, lakes, and seas pour into the mortal realm? "
"I don't know what calamity it will be, but I believe the mysterious elite …" Liu Ge said, "There are many things that can't be explained. However, time will prove everything. Please believe me, Brother Ji. "
Lu Zhou remembered the coffin.
He also remembered the diary behind the secret tome that was delivered with the coffin.
The Formation veins on the coffin and the armor that the Crown Prince, Liu Zhi, gave to Lin Xin were proof of the mysterious elite's existence.
Alas, he was not a true Nine-leaf cultivator. He could not verify all of this.
The shackles of the heavens and earth, the great limit of one's life.
Everything was predestined.
After pondering on it for a moment, Lu Zhou said, "The cultivation world will give us an answer in two months."
In truth, he did not know how long it would take for someone to reach the Nine-leaf stage by severing their lotuses. He was merely making up a story based on the system's cooldown time. Once the cooldown period is over, who cares what his answer is? Who can do anything to me?
"Two months?"
"The lotus-severing era has begun … I won't be the last Nine-leaf cultivator," Lu Zhou said.
Upon hearing this, Liu Ge was taken aback.
If severing one's lotuses could send many people to the Nine-leaf stage, then, there was no stopping this trend.
Moreover, his son, Liu Gu, was attempting the Nine-leaf stage as well.
In that case, what was the point of pursuing the Evil Sky Pavilion?
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