A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 519 Clouds
Duan Rong returned to the Wanxiang Cave and sat cross-legged in a dark corner.

He recalled every detail of the aftermath and after confirming that there were no mistakes, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Now all he needs to do is wait in this Wanxiang Cave.

After Zhu He returned to Yunfu Peak, he dealt with the matters that had piled up over the past few days.

Wu Shidao piled the sorted documents there. Zhu He looked through them, picked out a few that needed to be replied to, and marked a few instructions with a pen.

After Zhu He finished reviewing the paper, he took a few sips of tea with a tired look on his face.

He didn't know why, but he was still worried about Duan Rong's affairs, and his right eyelid was twitching constantly, which made him very upset.

Zhu He rubbed his slightly bloated eye bags and sighed, "We have done what we should do. Whether it is a blessing or a curse, it depends on this kid to wade through it himself!"

Despite this, Zhu He still arrived at Wuliang Cliff two days later. He wanted to ask Xiao Qiwu how Duan Rong was doing in Wanxiang Cave and whether he had woken up.
Zhu He came to Wuliang Cliff this morning. The boy, who used to be quite well-behaved, was lying on a stone chair outside the cave eating fruit. When he saw Zhu He coming, he got up in fright and hid the wooden plate with fruit under the stone chair.

Zhu He walked over slowly and said, "Little boy, please inform me that I want to meet your Master Xiao."

The boy wiped the corner of his mouth and said, "My master...he is not at Wuliang Cliff."

"Not here?" Zhu He looked slightly surprised. As far as he knew, Xiao Qiwu had not been out of Wuliang Cliff for more than ten years, so why was he not here today? "Where did he go?"

The boy shook his head in bewilderment and said, "My lord, he didn't tell me."

Zhu He's eyes flickered slightly. He noticed that the boy's expression was a little strange, so he asked, "When did he leave?"

"Well..." The boy hesitated, "It should be yesterday..."

"Should?!" Zhu He's face was already somewhat gloomy, and he said coldly: "I have something important to discuss with Elder Xiao, you'd better reply clearly, otherwise if you delay things, I will hold you accountable!"

Zhu He showed a hint of anger at this moment, and had a kind of intimidating aura without even getting angry.

The boy was startled and turned pale. He knelt down and said, "Master Zhu, please don't blame me! I don't know when my master left Wuliang Cliff. Yesterday morning, I prepared clean water and a towel and went to the cave to help my master wash. At that time, my master was not in the cave. Since then, he has not returned."

Zhu He asked, "He was gone yesterday morning?"

The boy said, "Yes."

Zhu He asked, "You didn't say where you were going? You didn't say when you would be back?"

The boy said, "No."

After the boy finished speaking, he glanced at Zhu He. Seeing that Zhu He looked unhappy, he immediately kowtowed and said, "Sir! I dare not hide anything!"

Zhu He's eyes flickered, and he turned his head to look at a cliff where clouds and mist were rolling in the valley. He wondered if Xiao Qiwu was in the Wanxiang Cave.

But it has been more than ten hours since yesterday morning. Xiao Qiwu would not have stayed in the Wanxiang Cave all the time.

He had asked Xiao Qiwu to keep an eye on Duan Rong's condition, but he didn't think he would be so concerned about it.

Zhu He thought for a while, turned his head and looked at the boy, and said: "Since your master is not here, I will come again another day. If your master comes back, tell him that I have been here."

"Yes!"

After Zhu He finished speaking, he turned into a black light and left.

Xiao Qiwu was not there, and he could not enter the Wanxiang Cave without a battle card, so he had to come back another day. However, Zhu He was a little nervous, as Xiao Qiwu's behavior seemed a little abnormal.

The boy watched Zhu He transform into a black light and disappear, and finally heaved a long sigh of relief, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. When Zhu He's spiritual pressure was released just now, the boy felt as if a huge stone was pressing on his heart, and his knees felt weak.

When he saw Zhu He flying away and Xiao Qiwu was gone, his carefree and innocent nature came out again. He playfully pulled out a wooden plate filled with fruits from under the stone chair, climbed onto the stone chair holding the wooden plate, and began to eat the fruits while lying there lazily.

After Zhu He returned to Yunfu Peak, the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

When Duan Rong was being tortured, he felt that Xiao Qiwu's reaction was a little strange. Later, Chu Wushang said that it was the ancestor who ordered him to beat Duan Rong three times with the whip. Only then did Zhu He put his doubts to rest.

But now, Duan Rong had just been imprisoned in the Wanxiang Cave when Xiao Qiwu left mysteriously.

How could such a coincidence happen! ?
Zhu He was worried, so he arrived at Wuliang Cliff early the next morning, but Xiao Qiwu was not there.

Next, Zhu He visited Wuliang Cliff every day. Three days passed and Xiao Qiwu was not there every day.

By the third day, Zhu He could no longer sit still, and he went straight to find Chu Qiushan and Yang Sixian.

The two followed Zhu He to Wuliang Cliff. Yang Sixian questioned the boy and the guards of Wuliang Cliff, and was also very confused.

Yang Sixian said: "Xiao Qiwu is the law enforcement elder of Wuliang Cliff. Duan Rong is still imprisoned in Wanxiang Cave. He has not been seen for several days. This is dereliction of duty!"

Zhu He said: "Whether he has neglected his duties or not, I don't care at all. But my disciple is still in the Wanxiang Cave, and I doubt his safety at this moment."

Chu Qiushan and Yang Sixian were shocked when they heard this. Zhu He was implying that Xiao Qiwu might have harmed Duan Rong and then fled for fear of punishment.

Zhu He said, "Master Chu, do you have the tablet of the Wanxiang Cave Talisman Formation? I need to go into the cave and see my disciple with my own eyes before I can feel at ease."

Chu Qiushan said: "There is only one formation card in Wanxiang Cave."

Zhu He's face twitched.

Chu Qiushan said: "This formation card was given to me by the ancestor after he completely fixed the formation of Wanxiang Cave. The ancestor should have other formation cards."

“Why didn’t you say so earlier?!” Upon hearing that, Zhu He transformed into a beam of black light and flew away through the air.

Duan Rong had nothing to do in the Wanxiang Cave. He knew that it would take several days for someone to notice something was wrong and take another formation card to open the Wanxiang Cave.

He took this opportunity to begin studying the clear glass body within his sea of consciousness.

Ever since he formed the clear glass body, Duan Rong had never studied it much. At that time, he was still in a killing situation and could be killed by Xiao Qiwu at any time. How could he have the mind to study this?

However, the crisis was over now, and this clear glass body was the origin of his soul, so he naturally had to study it carefully.

Duan Rong sat cross-legged, urged his mind to enter his own spiritual sea of consciousness.

He stood in the middle of the black earth and looked up at the sky.

In the center of the sky, there was a clear glass body, like an immortal or Buddha, sitting cross-legged in the air. Its entire body was transparent, and five-colored fluorescent light was faintly flowing on its surface. There were thirteen stars surrounding it, slowly rotating.

Duan Rong's mind moved, and he appeared next to the clear glass body in the sky.

He sat cross-legged opposite the clear glass body.

Duan Rong and the clear glass body were connected in mind. At this moment, the glass eyes of the clear glass body looked at him with a familiar look.

Duan Rong couldn't help but smile. Although the appearance of the clear glass body was like that of an immortal Buddha, which was very intimidating, its expression and eyes were exactly the same as his own. The moment he glanced at him, Duan Rong suddenly had the illusion of looking in a mirror.

Duan Rong looked carefully at the clear glass body opposite him.

Although the surface of this clear glass body appears to be transparent and flashing with five-colored fluorescence, like an immortal or Buddha appearing on earth, its interior still contains gray shadows swirling and floating.

Duan Rong smiled slightly and said, "Is this just a case of all show and no substance?"

His tone was somewhat self-deprecating.

The origin of this soul is naturally much stronger, which can be seen from the changes in the sword light.

However, this appears to be just the beginning.

Duan Rong felt that since the origin of his soul could become so transparent on the surface and flash with five-color fluorescence, then his internal organs could also be slowly tempered into the same appearance as his body surface.

The inside and outside are one, and the whole body is transparent, becoming a solid piece of clear glass.

Duan Rong didn't know at this time that the realm he was thinking of was the realm that could only be achieved after reaching the great perfection in the late Dongming realm.

Once you reach that level, the next step is the Nascent Soul stage.

Duan Rong stared at the center of the eyebrows of the clear glass body, only to see a blurry and rolling cloud there.

Duan Rong knew that this fuzzy and rolling cloud was related to his artistic conception. When he used the artistic conception sword light to kill Xiao Qiwu, his mind was connected with the clear and pure glass body. He clearly felt that at that moment, the fuzzy and rolling cloud at the center of the eyebrows of the clear and pure glass body had a bright light hidden and flickering inside.

The original gray shadow had a knife shadow at the center of its eyebrows.

At this time, the origin of the soul was refined into a clear glass body, and the area between the eyebrows turned into a blurry rolling cloud.

Duan Rong suddenly thought of what Zhu He told him in the prison of the Zongzhengsi.

The sect's ancestor, Lu Yinlin, said that only in the Wanxiang Cave did he have the opportunity to integrate hundreds of complex artistic conceptions into one.

Could it be that the blurry, rolling clouds were the hundreds of complex artistic conceptions that he had swallowed, which were tempered and merged into one in the Wanxiang Cave?
Duan Rong suddenly focused his mind and went deep into the blurry and rolling cloud between the eyebrows of his clear glass body.

The moment his divine sense penetrated deeply, the blurry and rolling cloud began to churn violently, and as it churned, bright rays of light flickered within it...

After Zhu He left Wuliang Cliff, he found Chu Wushang and explained the situation.

Chu Wushang was also very surprised. He also knew that the ancestor's arrangement for Duan Rong was quite meaningful. When Duan Rong was imprisoned in the Wanxiang Cave, Xiao Qiwu suddenly left without saying goodbye... There might be something fishy going on here.

Chu Wushang then entered the valley and got another formation plate of Wanxiang Cave from Lu Yinlin.

Chu Wushang took the formation card and returned to Wuliang Cliff with Zhu He.

Chu Qiushan and Yang Sixian were already waiting there.

Four figures were suspended on the cliff, with clouds and mist swirling around them...

Chu Wushang's face was cold. He held the formation plate in his hand and pointed it in front of his eyes. He saw a blurry change on the cliff wall, and then a cave appeared.

The four of them turned into black light and rushed in!

They were standing in a ten-foot-square space. Zhu He immediately noticed that the divine whip in the shrine was gone. His heart skipped a beat and he said, "The divine whip is not there either!?"

When he saw that the divine whip was gone, Zhu He became even more worried about Duan Rong's safety.

It was already very strange that Xiao Qiwu had not been in Wuliang Cliff for several days. Now he saw that the Divine Whip was also gone, and he thought that Xiao Qiwu might have escaped with the treasure.

So why did he run away? Could it be...?
Zhu He glanced in the direction of Wanxiang Cave, and thinking of all the abnormalities that Xiao Qiwu had shown before, he had a very bad premonition in his heart.

Chu Wushang's expression also turned very ugly.

He was already holding the formation card and pointed it at the entrance of the Wanxiang Cave. The darkness before his eyes rippled like water waves, and then a piece of light and shadow emerged.

Chu Wushang and Zhu He immediately stepped into the light and shadow, and Chu Qiushan and Yang Sixiang followed closely behind and stepped into the Wanxiang Cave.

When the four people entered the Wanxiang Cave, they saw a figure not far away, sitting cross-legged near the entrance of the Wanxiang Cave.

The ghostly eye light reflected on his face.

The moment the four people looked over, the man suddenly opened his eyes.

At this moment, Duan Rong's eyes were as bright as stars. He did not expect that these people had discovered the abnormality so early and entered the Wanxiang Cave. He did not expect that the lineup of people coming in would be so powerful.

"Master! Mr. Chu!" Duan Rong called out with surprise.

He ignored Chu Qiushan and Yang Sixian, who had given him a hard time on the day he was tortured.

When Chu Qiushan saw that Duan Rong had violated the sect's iron rule, he just wanted to punish him severely to serve as a warning to others. How could he be nice to Duan Rong?

Yang Sixian was Chu Qiushan's confidant, so naturally he knew everything and put pressure on Duan Rong on the Wuliang Cliff execution platform on Chu Qiushan's behalf.

Zhu He saw that Duan Rong was fine, and the heavy stone in his heart finally fell. As for why Xiao Qiwu escaped and the whereabouts of the divine whip, he didn't care at all. That was Chu Qiushan and Yang Sixuan's business.

"Duan, are you okay?" Zhu He asked Duan Rong as he glanced at him. He could see that Duan Rong's breathing was steady and his face was warm, so it was obvious that he was fine.

"Master, I'm fine! I'm your disciple Meng Lang, thank you for your concern!" Duan Rong smiled harmlessly and continued, "I have walked out of the Wanxiang Cave and have been waiting at the edge for two days. No one has come to let me out!"

"Waiting... for two days!?"

Everyone present was stunned when they heard this, and Chu Qiushan's expression was even more ugly.

Today is only the fifth day that Duan Rong has been imprisoned in the Wanxiang Cave, and he has actually been waiting at the edge for two days.

Doesn't that mean that he only took three days to get out of the Wanxiang Cave? !
How can this be? !
Even for a cultivator who has reached the great perfection of the Cyclone Realm, it would take at least several months of exploration to get out of the turbulent artistic conception of the countless ghost eyes and light spots in the Wanxiang Cave. It is common to be trapped in it for years!
Chu Qiushan took one and a half months to get out of the Wanxiang Cave. He had always been proud of his talent and devoted himself to Xuan cultivation. How could he not be shocked when he heard that Duan Rong had walked out of the Wanxiang Cave in three days? !

When the vortex formed, it triggered the tide of heaven and earth's vitality! ? He walked out of the Wanxiang Cave in three days! ? Is this boy really the next spiritual master?

Chu Qiushan looked at Duan Rong solemnly, his heart churning like a tide.

Yang Sixian stood beside Chu Qiushan, and suddenly looked at Duan Rong and asked, "Duan Rong, let me ask you, during the five days you were imprisoned in Wanxiang Cave, did Xiao Qiwu come in?"

Xiao Qiwu and Dashenbian disappeared, so the case naturally fell on the head of the Zongzhengsi.

Duan Rong pretended to be stunned, then said, "No! No one has entered Wanxiang Cave in the past five days."

Upon hearing this, Yang Sixian lowered his head and pondered for a while.

(End of this chapter)