Destined Connection

"Whew... I always feel like you guys get up to all sorts of trouble when I'm not around." Lu Changsheng sorted through what had happened.

"If you keep going like this, you may very well attract the attention of other Saints." Lu Changsheng looked at the Grand Luo Golden Immortal Puppet and said, "This puppet alone probably can't evade a Saint's scrutiny."

As he spoke, Lu Changsheng raised a hand and summoned the Chaos Bell.

"Use this as the server," Lu Changsheng said.

"This is..." When the Chaos Bell appeared, the Grand Unity Golden Immortal sensed its immense power. It was undoubtedly an extraordinary treasure, far surpassing any treasure he had ever seen.

"The Chaos Bell?" the system said. "You're actually using the Chaos Bell as a server?"

"It would just sit around otherwise, and it's enough to evade a Saint's scrutiny as a server," Lu Changsheng said.

"The Chaos Bell?" The Grand Unity Golden Immortal beside him was completely dumbfounded.

Wasn't that an Innate Supreme Treasure?

And he had actually seen it here?!

It was like seeing a prince in a slum, or finding a golden phoenix in a minor sect.

"That settles the server for now. Your defenses here are a little weak. Even if you've hired Grand Luo Golden Immortals as enforcers, you'll still be no match for a Quasi-Saint." Lu Changsheng rummaged through the Mysterious Yellow Pearl, picking through its contents before taking out a square disk.

"This is the Heaven and Earth Array Disk. It contains a great number of formations. Use it for security..."

Lu Changsheng brought out quite a few good things, intending to make this place impregnable.

However, the series of treasures Lu Changsheng produced left the Grand Unity Golden Immortal utterly stunned.

Not even Quasi-Saints were this wealthy, right?

"M-My lord, all these things?" The Grand Unity Golden Immortal swallowed.

"You've done a good job. What's your name?" Lu Changsheng did not answer, instead asking a question.

"My lord can just call me Xiao Hei," Xiao Hei said.

"Xiao Hei, work hard. Your future is limitless." Lu Changsheng patted Xiao Hei on the shoulder.

"Yes!" Xiao Hei immediately straightened his back.

He had decided long ago to follow Lu Changsheng.

And the more he learned, the more unfathomable the person he followed seemed.

Though Lu Changsheng had claimed to be a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, what he had displayed was far beyond that.

Xiao Hei had a bold thought. Could the one he followed be Hong Huang's Forbidden Saint?

Of course, rationally speaking, that was completely impossible.

But that did not stop Xiao Hei's thoughts from wandering. Perhaps this lord stood behind the Forbidden Saint.

With that thought in mind, Xiao Hei found it increasingly plausible the more he considered it.

"That settles the server and security for now." With the heap of treasures Lu Changsheng had brought out, no one below the level of a Saint could break through.

If a Saint came, Lu Changsheng would sense it immediately and could act at once to stop them.

Next came the matter of the Shang Dynasty.

The forces under his command had now established ties with the Shang Dynasty. They might end up getting hammered in the future too.

Of course, getting hammered was no big deal. They were all Saints—who was afraid of whom?

Besides, most of those Saints relied on the power of merit.

Lu Changsheng pondered it. Originally, the Shang Dynasty had fallen because King Zhou of Shang wrote a poem, enraging Saintess Nuwa, along with a string of other reasons.

But with him here, things had taken a turn.

With the Internet's emergence, he had no idea whether the Shang Dynasty would still follow its original trajectory.

After thinking it over, Lu Changsheng said, "Don't get too deeply involved with the Shang Dynasty. Watch for now and remain neutral. Remember, you are merely a profit-driven force. Make money and invent things that don't exist in Hong Huang."

"Yes, my lord!" Xiao Hei nodded vigorously.

"Oh, right. There's one more thing." Another ray of light entered Xiao Hei's glabella from Lu Changsheng's hand.

"This is..." Xiao Hei froze. "Plasma Immortal Cannon? Immortal Power Bomb? Gatling Explosion Pill..."

"We can't cultivate immortality alone. We need technological cultivation too. Try making these things as well. Mm, you can also improve and innovate based on what I've given you, creating even more powerful ones," Lu Changsheng said.

"Understood, my lord!" Xiao Hei's eyes shone with worship.

After arranging everything, Lu Changsheng took out his phone, found an inn to lie down in, and began looking at it again.

But as he watched, Lu Changsheng suddenly thought of something. The Internet alone might not be enough; he could bring over things like potato chips too.

Transport goods between the two worlds and change Hong Huang.

But after thinking about it, he gave up on the idea. It felt too easy to steer Hong Huang toward the path of shut-in culture.

Just then, his phone notification sounded.

[Great Mountain True Monarch has invited you to join the Cultivation Chat Group.]

"A Chat Group?" Lu Changsheng's expression turned strange.

After some thought, Lu Changsheng chose to accept.

Mad Saber Daoist: Another new Daoist friend, huh~

Lone: Welcome.

White Cloud Fairy: Welcome, welcome!

Heavenly Machine Divine Calculator: Welcome, new Daoist friend. Come, let's continue our earlier topic. Regarding the Shang Dynasty freeing its slaves, I think it's feasible, but the thinking is too far ahead of its time. If they truly do this, I'm afraid it will draw the warlords' suspicion. @Lone, why do you enjoy discussing things like this so much? We cultivators needn't care so deeply about a mere dynasty.

Lone: Hahaha, I'm just bored and thinking about it.

Mad Saber Daoist: To be fair, the Shang Dynasty will definitely be fine for the near future. Its fortune still remains, and the Human Emperor is still there. How could it collapse so easily?

Seeing the topics being discussed in this Cultivation Chat Group, Lu Changsheng found it rather interesting.

A group of cultivators was actually sitting around discussing the Shang Dynasty.

He quietly lurked and observed.

At the same time, Great Mountain True Monarch realized that he seemed to have invited the wrong Daoist friend again...

The last Daoist friend he had mistakenly invited had already blended in with everyone in the group, discussing practically everything.

Military affairs, agricultural development, court politics...

"What's been going on lately? I'm a cultivator, so how could I misjudge people twice and invite the wrong ones?" Great Mountain True Monarch was utterly puzzled. "Could it be that these two are both destined to meet me? Destined to join this Chat Group? Strange. Truly strange."

Elsewhere.

In Marvel, The Ancient One found Stark, introduced herself, and asked him to find a way for her to meet Lu Changsheng.

This was The Ancient One's intuition after cultivating immortality.

Commonly known as [destiny].

Stark was rather confused. Setting aside the matter of arranging a meeting between The Ancient One and Lu Changsheng, when had The Ancient One met Lu Changsheng?

How did he not know anything about it?

Still, Stark had no idea how to get The Ancient One and Lu Changsheng to meet.

After all, Lu Changsheng was in Hong Huang. For the two to meet, either The Ancient One had to go there, or Lu Changsheng had to come over.

But when Stark tagged Lu Changsheng in the group, Lu Changsheng did not reply.

There was nothing else he could do.

Yet The Ancient One firmly told him that he had a way.

Could he really build a travel device on the spot?