My Master Can Tell Fortunes

Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao's squad was led by an inner disciple at the Golden Core Realm Ninth Layer.

The inner disciple had cultivated in Shushan for sixty years. He was no new disciple and had plenty of experience in the jianghu, so he was qualified to lead new disciples down the mountain to gain experience.

Under normal circumstances, a Golden Core Realm Ninth Layer cultivator could walk sideways through Xiazhou, provided he did not run into an elder of the Demon Sects or a great demon.

"The disciples of Shushan's current generation have boundless prospects."

"We shall meet again at Ask Immortal Pavilion in two years."

After the Shushan Disciple Tournament ended, the elders of the Five Great Righteous Sects held another private discussion with Li Changye before flying away on their swords.

"Changsheng, have you noticed? Xia Ningxue, the disciple the Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion recently recruited, is exceptionally talented."

Eldest Senior Brother Li Changye watched the departing crowd and sent a voice transmission to Lu Changsheng.

"She reached the Dao Palace Realm at such a young age. She truly is formidable."

"At the Six Paths Assembly, the Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion may send her to challenge the younger generation of elders in Shushan. Though I'm confident I can defeat her, I've cultivated for five hundred years. There would be no honor in my victory."

"Fifteen hundred years ago, the Six Paths Assembly was held here at Shushan. Ask Immortal Pavilion challenged us for first place, and its pavilion master sparred with our sect master. The pavilion master lost all three matches and all face, and Ask Immortal Pavilion's standing consequently fell to fifth place. I imagine the Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion still remembers that."

"You're the last personal disciple our sect master took in. At this Six Paths Assembly, we can only count on you to defeat Xia Ningxue."

Li Changye patted Lu Changsheng on the shoulder, his words earnest.

Li Changye had stood guard when Lu Changsheng broke through to the Dao Palace Realm. Having seen the phenomenon Lu Changsheng had caused in heaven and earth, he believed Lu Changsheng's aptitude was no worse than his own. Thus, he was counting on Lu Changsheng to stop Xia Ningxue and defend Shushan's honor when the time came.

Fight Xia Ningxue?

"Eldest Senior Brother, if I defeat Xia Ningxue when the time comes, you'll back me up, right?"

Lu Changsheng was not afraid of Xia Ningxue, but of the Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion behind her.

The Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion had finally found a chance to slap the Shushan Sect Master in the face. If Lu Changsheng ruined it, what if the Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion personally came after him with a sword?

"Hahaha, Master and I will both back you up."

Li Changye understood what Lu Changsheng was implying and gave him his assurance.

It seemed his eldest senior brother was also a little afraid the world would be too peaceful.

Before the disciples went down the mountain for their training, Lu Changsheng summoned Lin Qingzhi and performed Transmission Empowerment on him.

[Ding, you transmitted 300 days of cultivation to your disciple "Lin Qingzhi." Lin Qingzhi actually received sixty days of cultivation.]

[Ding, you have received an eightyfold disciple-teaching return reward: 4,800 days of cultivation.]

[Ding, today's remaining Transmission Empowerments -1. You have 1 Transmission Empowerment remaining today.]

Because Lu Changsheng's cultivation realm had risen, Lin Qingzhi's Qi Sea was already filled with Spiritual Qi after receiving just sixty days of his cultivation.

Lu Changsheng received more than ten years of cultivation in return, making his Dao Palace even more stable.

"My disciple, I counted on my fingers and calculated that one year from now, after you complete your training, you will face a tribulation on your way back to Shushan."

"Master, you can tell fortunes?"

Lin Qingzhi's eyes widened.

When it came to divine calculation and divining the secrets of heaven, even the Temple Master of Crouching Dragon Temple would not dare claim he could accurately predict what would happen a year from now.

Yet his own master had stated outright that he would face a tribulation in a year.

"I know a thing or two."

"How should I face this tribulation, Master?"

"When the time comes, there's no need to worry. Deal with it calmly. If you truly can't overcome it, I will appear and help you through the tribulation."

"Thank you, Master. I dare to ask one question."

"Go ahead."

"Master, are you... an immortal?"

"Do I look like an immortal to you?"

"Yes, very much so."

Lin Qingzhi was certain Lu Changsheng was an immortal cultivating in hiding on Shushan.

Otherwise, how could Lu Changsheng perform Transmission Empowerment without limit? How could he foresee the future and predict events like a god?

"In my eyes, immortals are merely cultivators with higher cultivation."

"Before you leave, I'll give you some pills to save your life during your training."

Lu Changsheng casually gave him a bag of pills.

At Lin Qingzhi's realm, pills of the third grade or lower were more than sufficient. With pills of a higher grade, their medicinal power might cause his body to explode and kill him.

Over the past three years, Lu Changsheng had diligently fleeced the system every day, accumulating hundreds of high-grade pills of various kinds. His highest return had been ten thousandfold, yielding an eighth-grade pill.

Even someone in the Dao Palace Realm could not withstand the medicinal power of an eighth-grade pill.

Lu Changsheng only had to take out a few Fifth-Grade Medicinal Pills to exchange them for a pile of pills of the third grade or lower at Shushan's Spirit Pill Pavilion. He did not have to worry about running out of pills to give his disciples.

As for the high-grade pills, Lu Changsheng used them to temper his own body and his youngest disciple's.

The higher a pill's grade, the better its body-tempering effect and the stronger the physique it produced.

Of course, if a pill's medicinal power was too strong, it could easily cause one's body to explode and kill them.

"Thank you, Master. Qingzhi will be away from Shushan for a year and unable to serve at your side. I hope you will forgive me, Master."

Lin Qingzhi kowtowed, then respectfully took his leave.

"Master, Lian wants to go down the mountain and play too! Please~?"

Lian clung to Lu Changsheng's arm and kept pleading coquettishly. All she wanted was to go down the mountain and gain experience.

"No. Here in Shushan, you have me, the sect master, Eldest Senior Brother, and the Grand Supreme Elders to protect you. If you go down the mountain, the Four Great Demonic Sects and the great demons of the Desolate Province will all be alerted. Do you want to be eaten by a great demon?"

"All right..."

Remembering how she had been hunted by Black Tiger Dao Lord and the Reincarnation Hall three years ago, Lian had no choice but to abandon the thought of leaving the mountain.

"Then when can Lian leave the mountain?"

"At the very least, you'll need to reach the Dao Palace Realm and the Minor Accomplishment of the Martial King Divine Physique."

Lu Changsheng thought it over. Given his youngest disciple's monstrous talent, once she reached the Minor Accomplishment of the Martial King Divine Physique, she would be able to smash a great demon on Black Tiger Dao Lord's level to pieces with her bare hands.

"That's too long."

Lian pouted, but continued cultivating under Lu Changsheng.

In truth, for a peerless genius like Lian, who could reach the Dao Palace Realm in her twenties, that amount of cultivation time was nothing.

Qi Condensation Realm: a lifespan of one hundred and fifty years.

Golden Core Realm: a lifespan of three hundred years.

Nascent Soul Realm: a lifespan of five hundred years.

Dao Palace Realm: a lifespan of one thousand years.

Ten or twenty years to a Dao Palace Realm cultivator was only equivalent to a year or two for a mortal in the secular world.

Lu Changsheng wanted to lie low in Shushan a while longer.

As long as he was not invincible, Lu Changsheng felt that the immortal cultivation world was fraught with danger.

Staying in Shushan was wonderful. Not only did he have the protection of the sect master and the Grand Supreme Elders, but he also had an abundant supply of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to use when breaking through. It was practically a sacred land for cultivation.

Only if Shushan's Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was no longer enough would Lu Changsheng consider moving elsewhere.

Lian continued cultivating with Lu Changsheng on Azure Cloud Peak, while his eldest disciple, Lin Qingzhi, began his year of disciple training.

Lin Qingzhi's squad was led by a veteran disciple at the Golden Core Realm Ninth Layer. It also included Chen Yao at the Golden Core Realm Third Layer, a disciple at the Qi Condensation Realm Ninth Layer, one at the Qi Condensation Realm Sixth Layer, and one at the fourth level, making six people in total.

Master calculated that I'll face a tribulation in a year. I must be extra careful.

Lin Qingzhi trusted his master, Lu Changsheng, completely and did not have the slightest doubt.

"Dummy, what are you thinking about?"

With the Heavenly Azure Sword on her back, Chen Yao noticed Lin Qingzhi frowning in thought and came over.

"My master said that in a year, our squad will face a calamity. You should be careful too."

"I thought you were honest and simple, but you're trying to trick me. Do you think your master is the master of Crouching Dragon Temple, who's famous for his divine calculations?"

Chen Yao did not quite believe him.

The Time Principle was the most difficult Principle in heaven and earth.

Divining the secrets of heaven could even bring a backlash.

Even the master of Crouching Dragon Temple might not be able to calculate what would happen a year from now.

Lin Qingzhi declared with absolute certainty, "I swear, my master can't be wrong."

"Why don't we make a bet? Whoever loses has to agree to do one thing for the other."

"Master said the jianghu is full of dangers, and I shouldn't casually make bets with people."

"Then you're not confident in your master's calculation?"

"Master can't be wrong... All right, I'll bet with you."

Lin Qingzhi scratched his head.

What a dummy. I led him right into it.

Chen Yao simply thought it was amusing. What she did not know was that Lu Changsheng had already used the system to simulate Lin Qingzhi's life in advance, and she was the one who had really been led into a trap.