The ancient giant bear hiding in the world of immortal cultivation

Chapter 543 Is Lu Wuchen still alive?

"it is good!"

Wang Wu agreed without the slightest hesitation. Why not? He liked this kind of life too.

Look at him, he's almost mastered the Way of Sincerity.

However, after he agreed, a subtle change occurred in his heart. It was hard to understand exactly what it was, but he was certain that things would change in the future.

"what happened?"

"The future may change, but I don't have any more specific feeling about it now."

Wang Wu closed his eyes and pondered, trying hard to recall, but it was just like a dream; the more he tried to remember, the fainter the memory became.

Shuangjun watched him quietly until he slumped down, then laughed and said, "It seems your ancient blood is still not pure enough to meet the standards of the Great Priest. I was wondering why that Ancient Bear Da Luo didn't just capture you directly, or summon you with a divine decree. Would you dare to disobey?"

"So that's how it is. You can't even predict the future."

"Which is more difficult, predicting the future or calibrating the direction?" Wang Wu asked curiously.

"Of course, calibrating the direction is more difficult. Predicting the future is not necessarily something that can be done with ancient blood. Some supernatural powers can also do it, like that gray sparrow. But sometimes the predicted future is not accurate and may cause other changes. You should have a personal understanding of this."

“But that shouldn’t be the case. In your Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower, there must be several descendants of the Nine Demons with extremely pure ancient blood. I’ve seen all your loved ones and relatives, and they’re all a dozen or so points short. Even you are a bit short…”

"Then I know who it is!"

Wang Wu suddenly remembered, "However, he seems to be dead. He mysteriously disappeared before Elder Hui accepted me as his disciple. There was another person who disappeared at the same time. I suspect he was kidnapped by the Thieves' Guild."

"Oh, give me your memories." Shuangjun became curious upon hearing this, stepped forward to approach Wang Wu, wrapped her arms around his neck, and pressed her forehead against his brow.

Wang Wu immediately recalled all his past interactions with the Five Poisons and Yue Shan, which naturally included Lu Wuchen and others.

After a long while, Shuangjun sat back down and gave him a disapproving look.

"Both Wudu and Yueshan are likely candidates for high priesthood with pure ancient blood. But I have more doubts about Lu Wuchen; he is more in line with the standards of the human race's astronomical prophets."

"But he's dead."

"You really think he's dead?"

Shuangjun looked at Wang Wu with a half-smile, "You really underestimated the power of Da Luo, and you also underestimated Da Luo's need for the Grand Priest and the Astronomical Observatory Prophet."

"Let me put it this way, now that you can even build a miniature Sin Prison Tower yourself, tell me, how did a group of first-grade cultivators, led by a few third-level Earth Immortals, manage to break through the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower back then?"

“But—those Great Luo Immortals didn’t need to do this at all.” Wang Wu was shocked; this was something he had never considered.

"Why can't we do it this way? Do you think this is buying livestock? You can't just stand outside and say, 'I want this, I want that,' can't you?"

“You yourself are not a standard, qualified, or outstanding pure-blooded Nine Demons, so you naturally cannot understand. What the Great Luo wants is naturalness and innateness, because they need the High Priest and the Observatory Prophet to be extremely loyal to them, and this cannot be achieved through military intimidation. This requires naturally pushing some unexpected events.”

"In your opinion, Lu Wuchen was already dead when he broke through the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower. He was just a corpse that was then used by the Thieves' Sect to impersonate him. But if I'm not mistaken, at that time, Lu Wuchen had already made formal contact with the disciple sent by the Great Luo of the Human Race. Perhaps it was a romantic encounter, or perhaps it was a beauty saving a hero. In short, you can't imagine the treatment he received, let alone envy it."

“I can even bet you that you have worked hard for eight thousand years and have only just reached the tail end of the half-step Great Luo realm, while Lu Wuchen is likely already a core disciple of the Xuan Tian Sect or the Qing Yun Sect and has already reached the half-step Great Luo realm.”

Wang Wu was stunned.

At this moment, Shuangjun said again: "The Great Wilderness Prison Tower that you built back then actually belonged to Gu Xiong Daluo. It doesn't matter what name was used to imprison people there. What matters is the harvest."

"The Human Race's Great Luo obtained Lu Wuchen, while the Ancient Bear Great Luo must have obtained the Five Poisons and Yue Shan. Of course, it's also possible that the two of them were still a bit lacking compared to Lu Wuchen, so the Ancient Bear Great Luo didn't send anyone personally, but instead had the Mangshan Ancient Bear secretly take them away. Of course, there might be other changes in this, but it's highly likely."

"I even suspect there might be other hidden reasons behind this."

"Of course, if you had achieved what you have today, you would have been guided away long ago and wouldn't have had to suffer so much."

"But I have to tell you the truth. Even if you are taken away today and become a high priest, you will not be the chief high priest, let alone the second-in-command. You will not even be eligible for the three high priest positions. These things still depend on one's innate abilities."

"I see."

Wang Wu nodded. It was highly likely that Lu Wuchen was still alive, and living quite arrogantly. That hurt, buddy.

And then there are the Five Poisons and Yue Shan. Who would have thought that they mysteriously disappeared back then? He thought they had been captured and used to make elixirs.

But it doesn't matter anymore, he's doing fine now.

"My lord, it's late, you should go to bed."

……

When the sun was high in the sky, Wang Wu and Shuang Jun awoke from their wondrous states, each having benefited greatly from the experience.

Because of the convergence of Yin and Yang, it ranks third among methods used to guide cultivation, a practice that has always been followed. Of course, the effect is significantly reduced; even figures like Wang Wu and Shuang Jun don't achieve a fraction of the effect of being bathed in Yin and Yang energy. This is even less true for ordinary mortals, cultivators, and earth immortals.

Taiyi might be qualified, but that requires meeting various prerequisites.

Meeting the right person is very important.

"It seems that a cultivator is about to undergo tribulation on the eastern shore of the Great Lake today."

Wang Wu glanced into the distance and suddenly spoke.

“That’s right, so we have to avoid it. It would be best to move away from here. Look, the consequences of your activation of the Miniature Prison Tower and the adjustment of the Yin and Yang energies have come. This is already the lowest amount, and it won’t even trigger a Heavenly Law warning. But even that brief exposure to the Yin and Yang energies has greatly improved the cultivation environment within a radius of 100,000 miles.”

"Many cultivators and many mountain demons have entered the Dao because of you. Now, this first-grade cultivator is even more fortunate to have benefited from your influence. If he succeeds in his tribulation this time, this area will probably become a place frequently visited by cultivators."

"Therefore, it is better to move sooner rather than later."

Wang Wu chuckled and said, "It's no big deal. In no time, everything was ready. The two of them transformed into a white cloud and floated away for hundreds of thousands of miles."

However, finding a large lake as naturally endowed as the one before is extremely difficult.

Wang Wu himself didn't really care, but since Shuangjun liked it, he could only continue searching.

But after most of the day had passed and they had traveled millions of miles, they still hadn't found a suitable spot.

"After the twenty-four solar terms were weakened, it was too advantageous for mortals and demons. In just six thousand years, all the convenient places such as plains, lakes and rivers have been occupied by mortals, and most of the dangerous places such as high mountains, dense forests and valleys have been occupied by demons."

"The realms of cultivation are shrinking one after another. Earth Immortals must undergo tribulations to ascend to immortality. But why do I feel that the cultivation world is about to experience a grand period of prosperity?"

Shuangjun seemed to sense something.

"How so? Wasn't the cultivation world prosperous enough in the past?"

"Of course not enough!"

"In the past, the cultivation world was first inhabited by the ancient blood demon race. They were incredibly powerful and could survive and thrive in extremely harsh environments. The twenty-four solar terms at that time were extremely fierce. Through generations of evolution, elimination, and bloodline changes, the human race emerged. Humans were often food, but they gradually learned supernatural powers and techniques and thus began to develop."

"But this evolution over time is extremely long."

"Even in our time, most mortals could only survive in specific environments, requiring various natural or artificially constructed city walls and passes. Whether they could become cultivators was not determined by themselves, but by their protectors."

"But now, they have more choices..."

"Is there any difference between being chosen to cultivate immortality and choosing to cultivate immortality oneself?"

"Isn't it true? In fact, the Way of Gu is everywhere."

"If you don't believe me, just wait and see. After thousands or tens of thousands of years, there will definitely be a group of human cultivators who are extremely amazing. This should be the open scheme of the human race's Grand Luo Immortals. The human race and the demon race actually originate from the same source, but one chose the innate and the other chose the acquired. These two paths are the biggest difference."

"The future looks very promising, let's just wait and see."

"I guess this is the change you're sensing. Well, here it is."

After traveling nearly ten million miles, Shuangjun finally chose a location that even Wang Wu couldn't find fault with.

Because the standard of the Frost Lord is not how the scenery is, how quiet the surroundings are, or how abundant the spiritual energy is, but rather to find a depression where the Yin and Yang energies cannot reach, based on the changes and variables of the twenty-four solar terms.

This is a crucial point, as it refers to a signal blind spot that is not easily detected by the Heavenly Laws' early warning system.

It's like a small valley at the foot of a snow-capped mountain, where the wind is biting cold above, but spring-like weather prevails below.

Wang Wu didn't care about these things because he had level 27 passive stealth and level 9 forgetfulness, so he could go anywhere, but Shuangjun couldn't.

"This place is really nice, but I estimate that in tens of thousands of years, places like this will become increasingly rare. So, we must take this opportunity to cultivate to the ninth level of Taiyi. Otherwise, even our daily cultivation will disturb the Heavenly Laws. These Heavenly Laws will gradually be perfected as the number of cultivators increases."

"Okay, it's all up to you."

Wang Wu wholeheartedly agreed with this.

In terms of strategic vision, planning, and insight, he was amazed by Shuangjun's abilities and had complete faith in him.

"There's another point: for the next tens of thousands of years, we'll also need to find an imperial astrologer to guide us."

"If we still want to live a carefree life."

Shuangjun's words were quite meaningful.

(End of this chapter)