The Grand Preceptor Probably Can't Be Saved
Prison Peak remains quiet year-round; even the sounds that can be heard are the cries of the prisoners.
The prisoners' cries were usually brief; after a few cries, they all confessed. Those who remained stubborn were directly refined into artifact spirits.
Today is different from the past; this time, the prisoner was extremely loud, shouting for half an hour without stopping.
The prisoner was highly skilled; even though he kept wailing, his voice didn't become hoarse.
So what should we do?
Lu Yang, the Immortal Fairy, and the Senior Sister all looked helplessly at the Imperial Preceptor was still wailing.
Even the eldest sister complained that the Imperial Preceptor was too noisy, so she set up a soundproof array so that he could shout inside without disturbing those outside.
Silence fell instantly.
Lu Yang shook his head, feeling extremely regretful. He had finally managed to capture a key figure in the Great Yu Dynasty, but he hadn't expected the other party to be such a tough nut to crack, preferring to be trapped in Curse rather than reveal any information.
Yun Zhi tried many ways to break the Curse, but none of them worked on the Imperial Preceptor.
Yun Zhi could easily resolve one of the seven calamities and eight sufferings with a little Law Technique, but this Imperial Preceptor suffered not just one, but all of the seven calamities and eight sufferings, plus the fact that his cultivation could not advance further while he was alive, and that his soul would be scattered after his death.
This is an unprecedented Curse, one that even the Imperial Preceptor, who possessed the rudiments of the Dao of Cause and Effect, could not break.
"How about you give him a nascent Dao Fruit, let him self-destruct a hundred or so times to lift the Curse, and then take the nascent Dao Fruit back?"
The owner of a complete Dao Fruit has absolute control over the prototype of the Dao Fruit and can freely give it away or take it back.
The Immortal Fairy shook her head, rejecting Lu Yang's suggestion. "No, he already has a nascent Dao Fruit within him. A person cannot possess two nascent Dao Fruits at the same time."
"Moreover, even if he doesn't have the rudimentary form of the Dao Fruit of Cause and Effect within him, I still can't give it to him."
"The rudimentary form of the Dao Fruit isn't like clothing; you can't just wear it when you want and change it when you don't."
"The prototype of the Dao Fruit represents the rules. The prerequisite for possessing the prototype of the Dao Fruit is that one must have a certain degree of understanding of these rules. This fool knows nothing about my immortal Dao Fruit prototype. I gave it to him directly. His soul cannot withstand the power of the immortal Dao Fruit prototype and will be completely destroyed."
The Imperial Preceptor's repeated misbehavior made the Immortal Fairy doubt whether he was even truly intelligent, and whether he was just a half-immortal who had somehow managed to rise to the position.
"Fairy, wait a minute. I don't even understand the Immortal Dao Fruit, so how can you give me the prototype of the Immortal Dao Fruit?" Lu Yang remembered that the Immortal Fairy was always clamoring to force a prototype of the Immortal Dao Fruit on him.
The Immortal Fairy looked at Lu Yang in surprise. "Second Master, what are you talking about? Under my long-term guidance and subtle influence, your understanding of the Immortal Dao Fruit far surpasses that of the Third Master."
Lu Yang: "..."
When did this happen? How come I don't know?
"Do you think I made you the second-in-command just because you're close to me? How could that be? I'm fair and impartial; the ranking of the Immortal lineage is based on strength!"
Hearing about the opportunity to rise in rank, the third leader quickly approached. "Don't worry, Chief, I will definitely devote myself to comprehending the Immortal Dao Fruit and strive to become the second leader!"
The Immortal Fairy glanced at the Third Leader with disdain and said impatiently, "Go away, what are you doing getting involved? If you dare to become the Second Leader, I will strip you of your nascent Dao Fruit."
The third leader looked at Lu Yang with envy, then slunk away.
"Could the power of national destiny break the Curse?" Lu Yang recalled that Meng Jingzhou, the holy son of the sect, was harmed by villains and trapped in Curse, unable to come into contact with women. In the end, he was able to break the curse by relying on the power of national destiny.
The eldest sister nodded. "That is one method."
She beckoned with her index finger, and the Imperial Preceptor went from rolling around on the ground in pain to rolling around in the air.
"I'm going to the palace. Wait for me at Prison Peak."
Since we are using the power of national destiny, it is naturally most convenient to seek it at the source of that power.
After leaving those words, the eldest sister got up and hurried to the palace.
The prisoners held at Prison Peak are all extremely vicious and ruthless individuals; even the most timid person would tremble just standing there.
Lu Yang wasn't afraid; both the newcomers and veterans of Prison Peak knew him.
He was the one who brought the newcomer in, and the old man watched as Lu Yang brought the newcomer in.
If anyone should be afraid, it's the prisoners at Prison Peak who are afraid of Lu Yang.
The prisoners on Prison Peak whispered among themselves, afraid that Lu Yang would hear them.
The prisoners are now only souls, and their Law Power and Divine Sense have been sealed. They have their own methods for discussing things without being discovered by Lu Yang.
The cells in Prison Peak are made from refined stone ore, specifically designed to seal souls, and are indestructible.
The prisoners would talk to the iron bars, transmitting their voices through the vibrations of the bars, which they would then perceive with their keen senses.
"My god, did you see the battle just now? A half-immortal level expert attacked Lu Yang, and Lu Yang didn't even fight back. He just collapsed like that."
"This Lu Yang is unfathomable. He looks like he's only at the Golden Core stage, but his true strength is definitely much more than that."
"Have you noticed that ever since this Lu Yang joined the Ask Dao Sect, the number of people on our Prison Peak has been increasing? At first, they were only at the Body Integration Realm, then they were at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, and now we've even captured a Half-Immortal. Is this something Golden Core Stage cultivator can do?"
"I've never seen a fortune teller in my entire life, I never expected to see one here."
"Is this what a great struggle is like? Even a powerful demigod can become a prisoner."
The more the prisoners discussed it, the more terrified they became, feeling that Lu Yang was unfathomable and absolutely could not be offended.
Lu Yang had no idea what these vicious criminals were discussing. Taking advantage of his senior sister's absence, he quickly continued his high-level discussion with the Immortal Fairy.
"Fairy, since immortals need to sever causality to advance further, wouldn't the Imperial Preceptor's nascent form of causal Dao fruit have a significant advantage?"
"It's not that immortals need to sever karmic ties to advance further, but rather that Ying Tianxian and the others believe that they need to sever karmic ties to advance further," the Immortal Fairy emphasized.
"Alright, that's what Ying Tianxian and the others think. If the Imperial Preceptor can form the rudimentary form of the Dao Fruit of Cause and Effect, and then take it a step further to form the full Dao Fruit of Cause and Effect, wouldn't he be able to sever cause and effect at will and become an existence above the immortals?"
The Immortal Fairy shook her head. "That's not how it's understood. The moment the Imperial Preceptor condensed the rudimentary form of the Dao Fruit of Cause and Effect, he himself became inextricably linked with the concept of 'cause and effect.' The formation of the Dao Fruit of Cause and Effect further strengthened his bond with the concept of 'cause and effect,' making him one with it."
"Since it's integrated with the concept of 'cause and effect,' how can we sever cause and effect?"
"He must have heard from somewhere that immortals value cause and effect, which is why he tried to condense the rudimentary form of the Dao Fruit of Cause and Effect. Little did he know that he was going down the wrong path, making the most basic mistake."
There are no shortcuts to becoming an immortal; taking shortcuts is impossible.
"That being said, although there may indeed be realms above immortals, none of the five of us took them seriously."
Why?
"Because there's no need. We've all become immortals, with unlimited lifespans, invincible to all, and living quite well. Why bother pursuing a higher realm?"
Lu Yang thought the fairy's words made a lot of sense.
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