Cultivation: Fortune by Lots-Chapter 439 - 241. The Seventh Heavenly Layer, Connecting Heaven! (Two-in-One Chapter)

"I’ve never seen anyone meditate in closed-door training and still manage to chat with me."

Lei Jun glanced around at the dark thunderclouds that resembled Xuantian glaciers.

However, he believed that his senior sect sister was indeed in closed-door training, and in a particularly crucial life-or-death stage that could not be interrupted.

Her method of cultivation during seclusion was somewhat unique, but it was consistent with her usual approach.

Xu Yuanzhen likewise sized up Lei Jun. "Your Mana is condensed, and your Tao Containment is internalized... Have you reached the Sixth Layer of Heaven Dao Seal Realm? And your foundation appears solid, quicker than I expected. It seems in these past few years, in addition to diligent cultivation, you’ve had other gains?"

Lei Jun picked out the most important events of these years to briefly update Xu Yuanzhen, concluding, "Two years ago, the Celestial Master Seal shone brightly, and my comprehension successfully reached the Tranquil Level. Besides that, I benefited from Chu’s favor, gaining an Immortal Spirit Primordial Seed."

Xu Yuanzhen said, "Not bad, keep up the good effort."

When she heard other news, including the return of the Celestial Master’s Sword to Dragon Tiger Mountain, she generally showed an expression of being intrigued by the story. However, when she heard about the recent Li-Wai major battle, she shook her head slightly. "All of the Li Clan’s high-level experts have perished. Although it’s their own doing, it is somewhat beyond my expectations."

Compared to the power games between the Tang Imperial Court and the Noble Clans and Renowned Families, as well as the situation with Wei Ancheng and the chaos in the Southern Wilderness, the woman in the black robe seemed much more interested in the mysterious expert who attacked Li Hongyu and caused the loss of the Celestial Master Robe.

Then, Xu Yuanzhen said calmly, "Xiaotang has finally gotten her wish. Good. In addition to her moving from Tao Boy to Celestial Master, we’ll soon witness the shortest-reigning Celestial Master in history."

Lei Jun looked up at the sky.

Of course, Xu Yuanzhen didn’t mean she was going to fight Tang Xiaotang for the position of Celestial Master once she was out of seclusion.

Rather, given Tang Xiaotang’s character, she would gradually get tired of it as time went by.

This trip, running out of the mountain as if on a lark, was just the beginning.

From this perspective, his junior sect sister was also a master of creating a spectacle; no wonder their senior sect sister looked forward to her ’performances’...

"Senior Sect Sister, what is this place?" Lei Jun looked around.

Xu Yuanzhen’s mouth curved up slightly. "It is a bit rough, but it’s an interesting place." 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

She seemed to ask abruptly about something unrelated, "Have you ever been to the southern part of the Grand River in Zhongzhou?"

Lei Jun replied, "I passed through there on my way north, but I didn’t have a chance to explore in detail."

Xu Yuanzhen said, "When you have time later, you might want to take a look."

Lei Jun’s heart stirred. He began to suspect something about the current world, but he wasn’t certain. "Senior Sect Sister," he said, "I haven’t really explored the Central State, but I haven’t heard about such a major change there..."

The battle that led to the destruction of Bodhi Temple had widespread effects, true, but it didn’t mention a missing piece of the Central State of the Mortal World this large! And the ruins of the Confucian Sect and the oppressively wild Martial Tao True Meaning found here were also unfamiliar.

"That’s why it’s interesting." Xu Yuanzhen showed a rare hint of a smile.

Lei Jun pondered upon hearing this.

Xu Yuanzhen asked, "What do you think of this place?"

Lei Jun replied, "It was a battle between the Confucian and Martial paths, with Martial prevailing. This Martial Tao is particularly effective against the Confucian Orthodoxy. However, regardless of which, both are quite different from the current Confucian and Martial Tao traditions of Great Tang. This place’s Martial Tao is also capable of restraining Great Tang’s current Confucian traditions. Though the effect is not as strong as it is on the local Confucian heritage here, there are many aspects to ponder."

Xu Yuanzhen said, "After I killed Lin Feng in the chaotic void, I ended up here by mistake. At that time, this place was far more chaotic than it is now, and it took me quite a while to calm the Spiritual Energy turbulence here.

"Back then, due to the tangled Spiritual Energy within this world, all the ruins were completely hidden, leaving only violent and chaotic torrents.

"Lin Che drifted even longer in the chaotic void outside of this realm. When he finally arrived here, it was just as I was quelling the disorder. He was struck head-on and gravely injured.

"But it also inadvertently allowed Lin Che to stumble back into the Great Tang Realm.

"However, the violent upheaval of this world left Lin Che with lingering injuries. Upon his return to Jiangzhou, he had to lie low and recuperate for a long time and has only recently begun to recover.

"Lin Che was unaware of the actual situation here. However, after I calmed the chaos of this world, I noticed the remnant Confucian and Martial Dharma Essences in some ruins and began refining them.

"But this place was cut off from communication with the Great Tang Realm, and even my abilities could not reestablish contact with the Sect."

Although, she wasn’t particularly troubled by this.

Lei Jun nodded slightly.

He kept studying the Heaven’s Sight Earth’s Hearing Talisman and the Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission Talisman, but currently, he was also cut off from the outside, unable to inform Tang Xiaotang about the situation here.

The Spatial Domain here was indeed quite peculiar.

Xu Yuanzhen said nonchalantly, "Lin Che was initially clueless, but by now he might have some awareness. If he doesn’t realize it, someone else will remind him."

Lei Jun asked, "Ye Moquan, or Chu Xiuyuan?"

Ye Moquan, the old clan head of the Jinzhou Ye Clan.

Chu Xiuyuan, former clan head of the Suzhou Chu Clan, father of Chu Yu and Chu Zhe, once an Elder Chu with great influence in the Great Tang political landscape who later retired back home, residing in seclusion in the South for many years.

Both were Great Scholars of the Nine Heavens Realm, renowned for many years.

"It could be one of them, or someone else. With the current Surge of Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi, it’s hard to tell if someone else might emerge," Xu Yuanzhen spoke casually. "But recently, a Confucian Cultivator at the Ninth Heavenly Layer tried to enter and was rejected by this world."

Lei Jun said, "No wonder Lin Che and the others are only considering blocking or destroying the portal, rather than gathering forces to come in and trouble you, Senior Sect Sister."