This Grudge Is One I'll Remember

"Senior Brother Liu? He came to my door!?"

Listening to the voice outside his cave dwelling, Lu Yang's pupils constricted sharply, his face instantly darkening to the extreme. Not only did he not respond, he instead concealed his aura.

".Junior Brother?"

The voice came again, yet Lu Yang still gave no response. Though he had no proof, he was now certain that there was something wrong with the Primordial Dao Scripture he cultivated!

"I was still too inexperienced. I actually never suspected it before."

"Joyous Union Hall and Mending Heaven Peak are closely connected. Their cultivation methods should be related to dual cultivation too, yet the Primordial Dao Scripture had nothing whatsoever to do with dual cultivation."

"He deceived me!"

"But why did he want to harm me? Although the First Saint Sect is a Demonic Sect, it still has sect rules. Formal disciples are strictly forbidden from fighting privately. Once discovered..."

At that thought, Lu Yang suddenly slapped his forehead.

"How could I have believed the evil of a Demonic Sect!"

"Once discovered, once discovered... If it isn't discovered, then it doesn't count as private fighting?"

The more Lu Yang thought about it, the uglier his expression became. At the root of it all, it was still force of habit. Everything Liu Xin had said and done before had fulfilled the duties of a guiding disciple.

Other than introducing the situation within the inner sect, he had also been thorough and unstinting with the benefits inner sect disciples were entitled to—Dharma treasures, pills, Spiritual Beasts, and so on. He had not withheld a single thing from Lu Yang. Especially at Treasure Refining Hall, he had even instructed the steward there to give Lu Yang the very best.

Yet it had all been an illusion!

Everything before that had been for the final step of handing him the "Primordial Dao Scripture," making him lower his guard and completely trust Liu Xin's goodwill!

"Now that I think about it, he might even have intended to swallow everything for himself."

"Once he killed me, the artifacts, pills, and Spiritual Beasts I received would naturally all belong to him. No wonder he specifically asked for the best!"

What a beast!

Just then, a voice came from outside the cave dwelling again.

The next second, with a crack, the formation around Lu Yang's cave dwelling exploded apart, and the doors were forcibly torn open by a Sword Light!

The doors flew open. Liu Xin's robes fluttered as he strolled inside.

Upon seeing Lu Yang, a harvest-like joy surfaced on Liu Xin's face. He nodded in satisfaction. "Junior Brother truly is a talent."

Boom!

Before Liu Xin had finished speaking, Lu Yang exploded into action!

Towering Primordial True Qi swept up the artifact Bone Jade Sword, finally turning into a sharp Sword Light that slashed toward Liu Xin with an unstoppable momentum.

Yet in the next instant, the Sword Light came to an abrupt halt.

".A dying struggle."

Liu Xin neither dodged nor evaded. He merely formed a hand seal, and Lu Yang's body instantly lost control, as though it had become someone else's puppet!

"This Primordial Dao Scripture is truly a fine thing." Seeing this, Liu Xin could not help laughing loudly. "The cultivator turns their fleshly body and Primordial Spirit into a strand of Primordial Qi. It can be used as medicine, refined into a treasure, or even used to increase cultivation. Having obtained this wondrous treasure, Qi Refining Late Stage should now be within reach for me!"

"Since you can help me break through, Junior Brother, your death has not been in vain."

As soon as his words fell, Liu Xin immediately changed his hand seals. Lu Yang instantly discovered that his consciousness was gradually dissipating, as though it were being forcibly erased!

At that moment, enlightenment struck Lu Yang:

"This is the second half of the Primordial Dao Scripture!"

"The first half is a trap for people to cultivate. The second half is the true method, waiting only for someone else to cultivate the first half and make a wedding dress for another!"

Rather than calling it a cultivation method, it was more accurate to call it an Artifact Refining Art.

Only, it did not refine artifacts from objects. It refined artifacts from people—and even had people refine themselves. The true cultivator hid in the shadows, saving both trouble and effort.

Named a Dao Book, but in truth a demonic art!

"You win. I'll give this life to you."

At that thought, Lu Yang simply stopped resisting and allowed his consciousness to dissipate. After the shock and fury, he instead regained his calm composure.

"A fall into the pit, a gain in wit. You may deceive me once, but I still have countless more chances."

"This grudge is one I'll remember!"

The next second, Lu Yang's consciousness sank into darkness.

Within the void, only the rustling sound of turning pages remained.

Your consciousness was refined away by Liu Xin. You completely became a strand of Primordial True Qi and died.

Current remaining pages of the Hundred Lives Book: 98

Restart a life. You may choose one of the following gains from your previous life:

One: Treasure.

Two: Cultivation.

Three: Lifespan.

Four: Abandon all gains and randomly awaken a talent based on your experiences from the previous life.

"Those whose names are called, come stand before me."

A familiar voice came from the platform. Lu Yang clenched his teeth to restrain his emotions. He did not look up, instead focusing his thoughts on the panel before him.

Treasure, cultivation, lifespan.

If possible, Lu Yang naturally wanted to choose cultivation. But he worried that others would notice, and then he would have no way to explain where his cultivation had come from.

As for Lifespan, he skipped it outright.

"So I can only choose treasure?"

Lu Yang frowned tightly. As for treasures, the only thing he had that could barely be considered worthwhile was the Bone Jade Sword. Yet without cultivation, he could not wield an artifact even if he had one.

Just then, Lu Yang's gaze suddenly froze.

Because at that very moment, the Hundred Lives Book suddenly gave him a response.

"This... counts as a treasure too?"

Lu Yang was first stunned, then thoughtful. Finally, he gritted his teeth and made his decision: choose one, retain a treasure obtained in his previous life.

The next second, a sudden change arose!

It disturbed no one. All the changes were confined within Lu Yang's dantian. Tracing them to their source, they came from a strand of misty, surging White Qi.

Primordial True Qi!

The Primordial True Qi that Lu Yang had refined in his previous life after dissolving his five organs and six bowels, flesh, skin, sinews, and bones actually counted as a treasure too. It had now been redeemed by him!

"Unbelievable." Lu Yang lowered his eyes, concealing the delight within them.

For he discovered that not only could he manipulate this mass of Primordial True Qi as easily as moving an arm or finger, he could even use it to cast the Spells from his previous life!

"Under normal circumstances, this should have been impossible."

"Because controlling Primordial True Qi requires the secret method from the second half. But I am different, because this strand of Primordial True Qi is myself!"

The two had originally been one. To Lu Yang, it was equivalent to gaining an Avatar at the Qi Refining First Layer.

"Moreover, before I died in my previous life, I heard Liu Xin say that this Primordial True Qi could aid one in breaking through realms after being used as medicine. This strand of True Qi will have great uses in the future!"

After sorting through his gains, Lu Yang began acting in this life.

First, he was once again assigned to Joyous Union Hall.

Then he Transcend Death Yu Suzhen.

However, this time, to avoid drawing attention, Lu Yang did not use Senior Sister Yu's Primordial Yin to break through into the Qi Refining Realm. Instead, he fed all of it to the Primordial True Qi.

"In this life, I need to lie low. No recklessness!"

Sure enough, when Liu Xin, waiting outside the door, saw that Lu Yang had not broken through after Plundering Yu Suzhen, he immediately lost interest in him.

After that, Lu Yang patiently waited.

More than ten days later, a disciple of Joyous Union Hall named "Qin Yu" broke through. When Lu Yang saw Liu Xin rush over upon hearing the news and happily take him away, he understood.

A few days later, Liu Xin announced that he was entering seclusion, and the senior brother responsible for guiding disciples was replaced by another.

Yet Lu Yang still did not make himself known.

"Who knows what kind of person this new senior brother is? What if he is just like Liu Xin... Mm, I'd better not be the bird that sticks its head out."

"To be safe, I'll wait another month."

Thus another half month passed. Only after another outer sect disciple broke through Qi Refining and advanced into the inner sect without incident did Lu Yang choose to break through.

With the Primordial True Qi supporting him, Lu Yang actually did not need dual cultivation to break through.

But in order to avoid suspicion, he still casually found several outer sect disciples to Plunder.

This time, however, the formal disciple responsible for guiding him was far more perfunctory. He was nothing like Liu Xin in his enthusiasm, and there was even a hint of disdain in his expression.

"This is the Library Pavilion."

After Lu Yang received his benefits, the other party brought him before a pavilion and said casually, "Take the Token inside. Exchange Contribution Points for whatever Cultivation Method you want."

After saying that, he turned and left without another word.

Yet Lu Yang felt greatly reassured at the sight. Small figures had the advantages of small figures. The newcomer's disregard for him was actually exactly what Lu Yang wanted.

At that thought, Lu Yang turned and looked toward distant Mending Heaven Peak.

"Liu Xin... Hmph!"

A few days ago, Liu Xin had emerged from seclusion, officially broken through to Qi Refining Late Stage, and even become the personal disciple of Mending Heaven Peak's peak master. He was currently riding high on the spring breeze.

Lu Yang snorted coldly, withdrew his gaze, and strode into the Library Pavilion.

Though he wished to take revenge, he was too weak right now. Without strength, his most urgent task was still to cultivate diligently. Everything could wait until he became stronger.

A gentleman's revenge was never too late, even after ten years.

A temporary expedient—there was no need to rush for the moment!