Chapter 713 - 301: Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment

Chapter 713: Chapter 301: Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment

With the Nascent Soul Ghosts around, Chu Lingguang didn’t think the people from the Cyan Cloud Sect could get inside the palace to find him and Li Qiushui.

Thinking of the stone statues in the plaza earlier, he suddenly turned to look at the entrance. Chu Lingguang realized that perhaps the ghosts in the tomb were welcoming the Cyan Cloud Sect in their own unique way; the sect members just didn’t know it yet.

In any case, being able to earn Favor Points from Nascent Soul Ghosts was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Chu Lingguang couldn’t possibly miss it.

While wiping the spiritual tablets and clearing all the cobwebs in the room, he didn’t forget to check his status panel.

Favor Points: 290,113

Sword Control Technique (381,985 / 800,000)

Immortal Slaying Sword Technique (0 / 1,200,000)

(Remaining Lifespan: 798 years)

Chu Lingguang was surprised to see that the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique required 1.2 million points to max out.

After a moment’s thought, he decided to activate this Divine Ability and spent the 290,113 Favor Points he had on the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique.

The status panel changed.

Favor Points: None

Immortal Slaying Sword Technique (290,113 / 1,200,000)

In an instant, a great deal of insight about the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique flooded Chu Lingguang’s mind. He could now unleash the Sword Technique with a mere thought.

"If we don’t go now, it’ll be too late," Li Qiushui reminded him.

She had originally thought Chu Lingguang was just messing around or acting on a whim, giving the spiritual tablets in the room a casual wipe. She hadn’t expected him to be so meticulous and thorough. After he finished wiping a tablet, he would even blow on it to moisten the surface before finally polishing it with his sleeve.

It was as if she were watching him become a filial son and grandson, sharing some ineffable connection with the owners of these spiritual tablets.

Helping him wipe the tablets made her feel like she had become his wife, as if she were accompanying her husband home to honor their ancestors, offering incense and kowtowing to them.

This strange feeling made her inexplicably awkward.

"Senior Sister, don’t worry. We’re perfectly safe here," Chu Lingguang assured her.

"Don’t tell me one of the guardians of the Immortal King’s Tomb is one of your ancestors!" Li Qiushui said tentatively.

Chu Lingguang froze for a second, then went along with it. "You saw right through me, Senior Sister. Since you’ve figured it out, I won’t hide it from you. According to my family’s records, an ancestor of my Chu Family once followed an Immortal King and disappeared along with him. I don’t know for sure if my ancestor is here, but this place just feels very familiar, which is why I got the urge to clean up."

"I knew it."

"Why didn’t you say so earlier? You had me wondering for so long. Well, hurry up then. The people from the Cyan Cloud Sect are right outside. We need to leave quickly."

Realization dawned on Li Qiushui.

"Alright."

Now that he had successfully fooled Li Qiushui, Chu Lingguang could finish the rest of his work in peace.

「A moment later.」

Two lines of text appeared before Chu Lingguang.

"Helped a group of Nascent Soul Ghosts clean their ancestral hall of spiritual tablets, earning 1,990,243 Favor Points."

"Simultaneously earned the gratitude of multiple Nascent Soul Ghosts, acquiring one volume of the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Technique."

"This..."

Chu Lingguang was dumbfounded.

He couldn’t believe how generous the rewards were.

"Thank you!"

He couldn’t stop himself from kowtowing to the spiritual tablets.

Li Qiushui frowned again.

’This behavior is just baffling. If one of them really was his ancestor, shouldn’t he be saying a whole series of things like, ’Ancestor, your unworthy descendant, Chu Lingguang...’?’

After kowtowing, Chu Lingguang immediately checked his status panel.

Favor Points: 1,990,243

Sword Control Technique (381,985 / 800,000)

Immortal Slaying Sword Technique (290,113 / 1,200,000)

Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment (0 / 3,000,000)

(Remaining Lifespan: 798 years)

Chu Lingguang felt breathless.

He had actually obtained the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Technique. Didn’t that mean that as long as he cultivated the technique to its peak, he could achieve Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment and become a true powerhouse in the Foundation Establishment Realm?

Human Dao Foundation Establishment, Immortal Dao Foundation Establishment, Divine Dao Foundation Establishment, Earth Dao Foundation Establishment, and Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment—these were the five tiers of Foundation Establishment. Human Dao was the weakest, the level of most Foundation Establishment cultivators. Heavenly Dao was the strongest; he wondered if anyone in the Great Qin had ever achieved it.

Chu Lingguang had never imagined the gratitude of the Nascent Soul Ghosts would be so profound as to grant him the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Technique. At this moment, he wished he could renovate the entire room from top to bottom, inside and out.

If possible, he even wanted to repair the entire Immortal King’s Tomb.

’If I could earn Favor Points from the Immortal King, I wonder what that number would be. It would probably be an astronomical figure! The Immortal Technique I’d receive would probably let me ascend in broad daylight.’

He vaguely recalled Li Qiushui saying that whoever obtained the Immortal King’s opportunity could ascend in broad daylight. Even if that was an exaggeration, it showed just how immense the opportunities here were.

Otherwise, why would so many people have died inside the Immortal King’s Tomb?

Why would so many people come here, one after another, rushing to their deaths?

"What’s wrong with you?"

Li Qiushui asked, finding it stranger and stranger as she watched Chu Lingguang stand frozen on the spot.

"I’m fine. I just suddenly remembered something," Chu Lingguang said, shaking his head.

He took this opportunity to raise both the Sword Control Technique and the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique to Perfection.

The status panel changed again.

Favor Points: 662,151

Sword Control Technique (800,000 / 800,000)

Immortal Slaying Sword Technique (1,200,000 / 1,200,000)

Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment (0 / 3,000,000)

(Remaining Lifespan: 798 years)

The Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Technique could only be cultivated after reaching the peak of Qi Refining. Cultivating it too early would be more harmful than beneficial for Chu Lingguang.

Without having perfected his Qi Refining foundation, even if the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Technique allowed him to break through, it wouldn’t necessarily let him become a Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment expert.

To be absolutely foolproof, he had to wait until his Qi Refining reached Perfection.

Therefore, Chu Lingguang didn’t act rashly with his remaining six hundred thousand-odd Favor Points. He planned to wait until his cultivation reached the twelfth level of Qi Refining before spending them on the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Technique.