Immortal Rebellion: Investing in Cause and Effect, Unexpectedly Hijacking Li Muwan's Deal

The crowd automatically parted to make way for the main hall of the sect leader.

Xu Yuan brought Lu Xuan, Li Muwan, Zhou Yun, Liu Yiyi, and Sun Hai with him.

Together with the elders who accompanied them, they went to the main hall to be questioned by the sect leader.

Lan Ruo sat high on the position of sect leader, revealing little about her true feelings.

Lan Ruo looked at Lu Xuan and asked:

"Lu Qing, your fellow disciples are fighting a bitter battle. At least you can send a warning or discuss the matter with them."

Does this disregard the bond between fellow disciples?

Lu Xuan raised his eyes and replied calmly, "I tried to persuade her, but apart from Senior Sister Li, no one listened to me."

Lan Ruo remained silent for a moment, then asked Li Muwan, "Muwan, are you aware of Lu Qingzhi's scheme?"

Li Muwan bowed gracefully and replied, "Reporting to the Sect Leader, I am aware of Junior Brother Lu's plan."

The arrangement of the formations was also done by the disciples themselves.

The disciple... had no objections.

Zhou Yun trembled upon hearing this.

Lan Ruo's gaze slowly swept over Lu Qing and the other four, and the atmosphere in the hall became somewhat solemn.

After a long silence, Lan Ruo finally spoke slowly:

"This token battle,

Lu Qing's acquisition of the Extraterritorial Battlefield Token is an unprecedented achievement for our Luohe Sect in five hundred years, making an immense contribution to the sect.

This merit deserves to be rewarded.

She paused, her voice slightly lowered, and said, "However, in the arena, seeing fellow disciples struggling in battle, seriously injured and on the verge of death, she did not offer any help or send a single word."

Although the outcome was favorable, his actions were suspected of disregarding his fellow disciples and violating the sect rule of "mutual assistance and support".

This offense must be punished.

"Rewards and punishments must be clearly defined to convince the public and cultivate a good family tradition." Lan Ruo's tone became decisive. "The verdict is as follows—"

"Lu Qing, you have made a great contribution!"

赏：

Three thousand top-grade spirit stones;

One Grade 4 "Infant Condensation Pill";

Sect contribution of 100,000 points;

All supplies were provided according to the standards for a Core Formation Elder.

Furthermore, he is granted special permission to enter the sixth floor of the Sutra Repository once, for a period of three days.

Each time an item was announced, a low gasp was heard in the hall.

Lan Ruo's reward to Lu Xuan was far more generous than that given to ordinary disciples who had made meritorious contributions.

In particular, the "Nascent Soul Pill" and the access to the sixth floor of the Scripture Pavilion are considered the most core resources and knowledge of the sect.

Immediately afterwards, Lan Ruo announced:

"However, Lu Qing also made mistakes!"

You are hereby punished to cultivate in seclusion. You are not allowed to leave seclusion until you break through to the Core Formation stage!

However, considering that you will be entering the extraterritorial battlefield in three days, you will be allowed to return before the punishment is carried out.

The crowd waited for a while, but nothing came of it.

"That's all?" one of the elders asked in surprise.

"Isn't this punishment a bit too lenient...?"

"It's less of a punishment and more of a protection for his breakthrough in seclusion..."

"Alas, the sect leader is still biased after all!"

Lan Ruo pretended not to hear the others' discussion and continued:

"Zhou Yun, Liu Yiyi, and Sun Hai fought fiercely on the arena, living up to the name of their sect. Though defeated, they were still honorable."

Each person will be rewarded with 500 high-grade spirit stones, a bottle of the third-grade healing pill "Jade Marrow Muscle Regeneration Pill", and 5,000 sect contribution points.

Even in the face of death, Sun Hai refused to yield. The sect will spare no resources to help him recover, striving to preserve his foundation.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yun and Liu Yiyi bowed in gratitude, and the pent-up frustration in their hearts finally dissipated considerably.

At least, the sect leader and the sect recognized their efforts.

"Li Muwan has made meritorious contributions in assisting Lu Qing in setting up the formation. She is hereby awarded one thousand high-grade spirit stones, one bottle of third-grade 'Purifying Heart and Enlightenment Pill', and three thousand sect contribution points."

Li Muwan bowed and thanked her.

"Elders Xu Yuan, Gu Yuan, and Yan Feng have each been rewarded for their meritorious service in escorting the prisoners."

Only Foundation Establishment stage disciples can enter the third-level cultivation kingdom, and they cannot go deep into it; they can only operate on the edge of the battlefield.

Lan Ruo glanced at the several Core Formation elders in the hall, pondered for a moment, and said, "Sun Hai's injuries are too severe, and he will not be able to recover in the short term."

This journey is perilous and requires an experienced disciple to accompany and protect you, and to handle any unforeseen circumstances.

This spot... will be filled by Li Qiqing.

All eyes turned to Li Qiqing.

Li Qiqing himself was also taken aback, clearly not expecting this opportunity to fall into his lap.

But the opportunity is rare.

He reacted quickly, took a deep breath, stepped forward, bowed, and clasped his hands in greeting:

"Disciple Li Qiqing obeys! I will do my utmost to protect my fellow disciples and live up to the sect leader's expectations!"

But more importantly, Li Qiqing is Li Muwan's older brother.

Li Muwan and Lu Xuan were on good terms.

Unlike Zhou Yun, he and Lu Xuan will not have an adversarial relationship.

The intention to protect this is obvious to everyone else.

With the decision made, everyone dispersed.

After receiving his reward, Lu Xuan headed straight for the Scripture Pavilion.

The sixth floor is much smaller.

It was only about three zhang square, and the four walls were engraved with intricate formations.

The room has no windows, only a few luminous pearls embedded in the ceiling emit a soft, clear light.

Six antique bookshelves stood against the wall, each with three tiers, sparsely displaying no more than a hundred jade slips.

From the sixth floor to the ninth floor,

The collection here,

That is the true foundation of the Luohe Sect; those who have not achieved great merit or reached the mid-stage of the single-entry stage are not allowed to enter.

Lu Xuan released his divine sense and scanned the jade slips.

He is currently pretending to have both fire and wood spiritual roots.

The combat style primarily uses wood-attribute techniques for control and fire-attribute techniques for attack.

So he went first to the bookshelf labeled "Fire".

A reddish-gold jade slip caught Lu Xuan's attention.

"Heart Fire Forging Divine Technique" is a rare auxiliary secret technique that uses fire to refine the spirit.

By visualizing and guiding the "heart fire" within the body, one can temper the soul and enhance its strength and resistance to inner demons.

The cultivation process is somewhat painful and carries the risk of going astray or becoming possessed by evil spirits.

However, once mastered, it greatly improves the precision of fire control during alchemy and the reaction speed during combat.

Lu Xuan's heart stirred, and he thought to himself, "'Using fire as a medium to temper the soul'... could it also be used to temper impurities within karma?"

Lu Xuan thought it was worth a try, so he imprinted the contents of the "Heart Fire Forging Divine Technique" into his mind.

With Lu Xuan's powerful divine sense, which was at the half-step Nascent Soul stage, memorizing all the contents of this secret technique was quite easy.

So he continued to probe with his divine sense, preparing to look for offensive spells.

Soon, he discovered a deep red jade slip with flame patterns on its surface, which contained the "Fragment of the True Explanation of the Flaming Dragon".

This is a fragment of an ancient fire-based cultivation technique.

It records two extremely powerful fire manipulation techniques and a killing move called "Flame Dragon Break".

This technique requires the condensation of a flaming dragon using pure fire elemental power, and its power increases with cultivation level.

During the Foundation Establishment stage, it can transform into a fire dragon over ten feet long.

However, if it is a Nascent Soul cultivator, the Flaming Dragon can grow to ten zhang in length, capable of burning mountains and boiling seas.

The downside is that it consumes a lot of energy and requires extremely high purity of the fire elemental root.

Imprint!

Then,

Lu Xuan then successively inscribed the advanced healing spell "Yi Wood Transformation Technique" and the control spell "Thorn Cage".

Only then did he realize that his mental energy was somewhat depleted, and he had no choice but to leave the Sutra Repository.

He wasn't in a hurry to practice the newly acquired spells.

Instead, they brought out all the medicinal materials needed to refine the "Infant-Establishing Pill."

I plan to find an opportunity to refine the medicine after entering the extraterritorial battlefield.

100 days in the extraterritorial battlefield is equivalent to 1 day in the real world.

There, he had ample time to refine elixirs and practice new spells.