Lu Yang had always been quite assured when it came to Zhao Xuhe.
"Senior Brother Zhao possessed the Merit of three lifetimes and abundant Fortune. Even without my help, he had previously attempted Foundation Establishment once. With my assistance now, his odds of success should be even higher."
It was merely a matter of time.
Lu Yang withdrew his gaze, turned, and returned to his cave abode. He then summoned Guardian Deity Su Nu and began cultivating the Corpse Severing Method and the Heavenly Silkworm Secret anew using his Foundation Establishment Divine Rank.
And so, time came to a dark and windy night ten days later.
"Junior Brother Lu, are you there?"
Liu Xin had come calling.
Lu Yang answered and opened the cave abode, flashing Liu Xin a grin. "You're here. I've been waiting for you for ages, Senior Brother. You must have had a hard time delivering it from so far away in the dead of night."
Liu Xin froze. ".Delivering what?"
Since he had done this in the life before last, Lu Yang's movements were utterly familiar. Before Liu Xin had even finished speaking, he directly reached out with a massive hand of true qi.
Liu Xin, who had been brimming with confidence and preparing to refine this newly initiated disciple in order to break through to Qi Refining Late Stage, had not even reacted before Lu Yang's great hand of true qi seized him. In an instant, he was refined into flying ash, leaving only a Ten Thousand Spirit Banner that fell to the ground with a clang.
Seeing this, Lu Yang felt somewhat wistful.
By now, Senior Brother Liu, whom he had once hated to the bone yet been helpless against, had become a dependable source of goods that he visited in nearly every lifetime.