A Disciple's Monstrous Life

[ ding, you have rewarded your disciple "Lian" with the upper-grade profound-tier Cultivation Method "Myriad Forms Body Refining Method" and received a 400-fold apprentice-teaching return: the mid-grade Heaven Stage Cultivation Method "Nine Dragons Body Refining Method".]

[ ding, remaining rewards for today -1.]

Lu Changsheng taught his youngest disciple the Myriad Forms Body Refining Method he had exchanged for at the Scripture Repository, and a copy of the Nine Dragons Body Refining Method appeared in his robes.

The Nine Dragons Body Refining Method had nine levels. Upon reaching the Ninth Layer, one could possess Flood Dragon Strength equal to that of nine flood dragons.

Lu Changsheng then guided Lian in breathing and absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, using it and the medicinal power of various pills to temper her physique.

Lian's Martial King Divine Physique was exceptionally overbearing. It absorbed every drop of the medicinal solution Lu Changsheng had prepared in advance from dozens of first- and second-grade pills.

"Cultivating the Dao and refining the body don't conflict, but you have to put in twice the effort. The benefit is that you'll have both a powerful cultivation and a formidable physique."

As his youngest disciple diligently practiced Body Tempering, Lu Changsheng began leafing through the Nine Dragons Body Refining Method.

Lu Changsheng could cultivate both the martial path and the Dao as well. With the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator, he could receive cultivation in return when he used Transmission Empowerment on a disciple. He cultivated far faster than ordinary people, so even cultivating both paths wouldn't take him much more time.

He could use the excess Spiritual Qi to temper his body, turning himself into a spirit treasure.

The Spiritual Qi accumulated in Lu Changsheng's Dantian and Qi sea was already overflowing, so he used the excess to temper his physique, refining every sinew, bone, and muscle.

"Master, Lian'er has learned the basics."

After cultivating in Lu Changsheng's cave abode for three days, Lian had reached the first level of the Myriad Forms Body Refining Method. Even without using Spiritual Qi, a single punch carried the strength of ten elephants.

If Lian cultivated the Myriad Forms Body Refining Method to the Tenth Layer, a swing of her little fist would carry the strength of ten thousand elephants, enough to blast a mountain apart with her bare hands.

"Very good."

Lu Changsheng opened his eyes. His Nine Dragons Body Refining Method had also reached the first level.

"From now on, I'll often reward you with pills. You can use them to practice Body Tempering."

Lu Changsheng knew that his youngest disciple would need a vast amount of heavenly materials and earthly treasures to bring her Martial King Divine Physique to minor accomplishment.

Fortunately, Lu Changsheng had the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator. As long as he rewarded her with low-grade pills, he could receive all kinds of heavenly materials and earthly treasures in return.

"Next, I'll teach you the Purple Flame Primordial Chaos Art."

Lu Changsheng was in no hurry to teach her martial techniques.

Cultivation and physique were the foundation; martial techniques were merely flowers on the brocade.

If one's cultivation was high enough, every flower and blade of grass could become a weapon.

If one's physique was strong enough, one could kill a great demon with one's bare hands.

[ ding, you have rewarded your disciple "Lian" with the mid-grade profound-tier Cultivation Method "Purple Flame Primordial Chaos Art" and received a 200-fold apprentice-teaching return: the Heavenly-Tier Low-Grade Cultivation Method "Heaven-Burning True Origin Art".]

[ ding, remaining rewards for today -1.]

Lu Changsheng had gained another Heaven Stage Cultivation Method.

However, the lower-grade Heaven Stage Heaven-Burning True Origin Art couldn't compare to the upper-grade Heaven Stage Taiqing Wuji Art.

Once Lian cultivated the Purple Flame Primordial Chaos Art to its highest level and reached the Nascent Soul Realm, she would be able to cultivate a Heaven Stage Cultivation Method.

What would the system return if he rewarded a disciple with a Heaven Stage Cultivation Method?

Could there be Cultivation Methods above the Heaven Stage?

Lu Changsheng couldn't help feeling a little anticipation.

Lu Changsheng briefly explained the difficult points of cultivating the Purple Flame Primordial Chaos Art. As Lian listened, she blinked and looked around, and he didn't know whether she had remembered any of it.

His eldest disciple, Lin Qingzhi, was somewhat slow-witted, but his strength lay in his single-minded focus. He took in everything Lu Changsheng said.

His youngest disciple Lian, on the other hand, was naturally restless, but she possessed the Martial King Divine Physique and was a born martial arts prodigy with extraordinary comprehension.

"Your fate has been full of hardships. You must cultivate diligently and not be so fond of play. Go find your senior brother and let him supervise your cultivation."

When Lu Changsheng finished explaining, he entrusted the troublesome task of supervising his youngest disciple's cultivation to his patient eldest disciple.

"Oh."

Lian's eyes darted around, and she skipped and bounced out again, probably to go torment the immortal cranes and deer on Azure Cloud Peak.

"This disciple probably won't be so easy to look after."

"System, simulate Lian's life."

Curious about his youngest disciple's future achievements, Lu Changsheng simulated her life in advance.

[ ding, you have begun simulating your disciple "Lian's" life.]

[ ding, remaining simulations for today -1.]

[ simulation begins:]

[ age 7: Lian became your disciple. Under your perfunctory instruction, she broke through to the Golden Core Realm the following year.]

[ age 10: Unaware of her own strength, Lian injured a Golden Core Realm Shushan disciple at the Shushan Disciple Tournament, causing a sensation throughout Shushan.]

[ age 11: Her senior brother Lin Qingzhi was killed by a Demon Sects elder. Furious, Lian secretly went down the mountain without your knowledge.]

[ age 12: Lian found the Demon Sects elder, but because she had spent her time playing and her cultivation was insufficient, the elder injured her instead. She fled back to Shushan.]

[ age 15: Under your earnest instruction, Lian cultivated diligently and broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, becoming one of Shushan's elders. She spent six months finding the Demon Sects elder who had killed Lin Qingzhi, then slew him, avenging Lin Qingzhi.]

[ age 16: Before Lin Qingzhi's grave, Lian swore to cultivate even harder from then on and sweep away the Four Great Demonic Sects alongside her master.]

[ age 25: She broke through to the Dao Palace Realm and achieved Minor Accomplishment of the Martial King Divine Physique. She joined you in the great war between the Six Great Orthodox Sects, the Four Great Demonic Sects, and the Demon Race.]

[ age 30: After slaying the Desolate Province Rogue Cultivator Black Tiger Dao Lord despite the gap in their cultivation realms, Lian became famous in a single battle and drew the Demon Race's attention.]

[ age 35: She was defeated by the Demon Race Prince and fled back to Shushan, barely clinging to life. You helped Lian heal her injuries.]

[ age 40: Lian fought the Demon Race Prince again and slew him. Her name shook the Demon Race of the Desolate Province.]

[ age 50: After many years of experience, Lian had become one of Shushan's mainstays. She led a group of Shushan elders and disciples in an assault on a Reincarnation Hall stronghold and killed the son of the Reincarnation Hall master.]

[ age 70: Lian led a group into the Desolate Province with you to suppress the Demon Race.]

[ age 75: Drawing on the insights she had gained over many years, Lian went into seclusion for five years and successfully broke through to the Void Refinement Realm. Under your guidance, she left Xiazhou to gain experience.]

[ ding, because your cultivation is insufficient, you can only simulate one hundred years of your disciple's life.]

[ simulation ended.]

Lu Changsheng carefully read through the system's simulation of his youngest disciple Lian's life, and stormy waves rose in his heart.

Golden Core Realm at eight.

Nascent Soul Realm at fifteen.

Dao Palace Realm and Minor Accomplishment of the Martial King Divine Physique at twenty-five.

Void Refinement Realm at seventy-five.

What a monster his disciple was!

His senior brother Li Changye had cultivated for five hundred years and only reached the Dao Palace Realm Ninth Layer.

Though Lu Changsheng always felt that his senior brother wasn't as simple as he appeared.

"Lin Qingzhi's fate still hasn't changed."

"When Lian was twenty-five, she joined me in the great war between the Six Great Orthodox Sects and the Four Great Demonic Sects and the Demon Race. In other words, the calamity senior brother spoke of will happen eighteen years from now. I still have eighteen years to cultivate."

By simulating his disciples' lives, Lu Changsheng was also peering into the workings of heaven.

After all, Lu Changsheng was their master, and the hand behind his disciples' lives was his own.