251: I'll pay, you pay!

Within the jade talisman were messages and segments of images sent by Ji Ruge.

Lu Ming looked at the desolate, lifeless cities filled with corpses in the images, his brows deeply furrowed.

"Mu Han, what is he doing?"

He didn't even need to guess to know that no one else but Mu Han could commit such deranged acts.

After all, what kind of bottom line could one expect from a guy who would even refine his fellow disciples into Banner Spirits?

He was absolutely capable of doing such a thing!

But what was the reason?

He already monopolized the Tier 3 Spiritual Vein of Ji Imperial City, so why the rush?

"Not necessarily..."

Lu Ming suddenly felt that he was a bit too lacking in crisis awareness.

He had always planned to deal with Senior Brother Mu Han only after being fully prepared, but he had overlooked that the other party was also progressing rapidly, even much faster than himself!

After all, he needed to Cultivate step by step, while the other party was merely recovering his cultivation!

No matter how fully prepared he was, could he possibly possess means comparable to the Late Golden Core Stage?

Clearly not!

And once Mu Han fully recovered, he would be a true Late Golden Core Stage grand cultivator, and coupled with his background from a Nascent Soul Sect, his foundation would be far beyond what Lu Ming could compare to!

Therefore, only two paths lay before Lu Ming now.

One was to flee directly, leaving the Southern Wilderness Region.

But this was clearly unrealistic; he knew nothing about the outside world, and running around like a headless fly would only lead to a quicker death.

Just look at Mu Han; a dignified Late Golden Core Stage Immortal Master was heavily injured, so how dangerous must it be outside!

So now his only choice was... to strike first!

And it had to be done early, the sooner the better! He couldn't give Mu Han any more time to recover!

"But if I confront him head-on, I'm definitely not his match, even if he is injured!"

Lu Ming was very self-aware; in the past, he might have been a bit more arrogant, but ever since encountering Shen Yuan, he had come to understand the meaning of 'there are always people better than you, and heavens beyond the heavens!'

"Since I can't beat him fair and square, then I'll play dirty!"

When he rose from obscurity back then, he also liked to scheme from the shadows.

It was only as his cultivation gradually grew that he slowly forgot his original intention.

After all, the Cultivation World isn't just about fighting and killing... there are also curses!

Hmm, let's just consider the golden book a curse for now!

But there's another problem!

Lu Ming flipped his wrist, and a Jade Slip immediately appeared in his hand.

"Source Tracing and Returning to Truth Method"

As the name suggests, this method can trace all damage and negative statuses back to the 'True Self'.

The so-called tracing back is not reversing time, but rather transferring the damage and negative statuses to another person.

Thereby achieving the effect of "I pay the bill, you pay the money."

And the origin of this Cultivation Technique was precisely from Shen Yuan!

When he fought with him back then, this Cultivation Technique truly rendered great service!

He used the golden book to transfer many negative statuses to Shen Yuan, and Shen Yuan, in turn, used the Source Tracing and Returning to Truth Method to transfer the received negative statuses to the Banner Spirit in the soul devouring banner, which is why he was able to endure for so long!

Speaking of which, this method and the karma golden book indeed have a similar effect; both can transfer negative statuses.

Of course, saying that actually overpraises the Source Tracing and Returning to Truth Method.

Lu Ming's use of the golden book had no side effects and required no cost!

But the Source Tracing and Returning to Truth Method was different; it could only transfer some negative statuses, and the consumption when activated was not magical power or vital Qi, but one's own 'Luck'!

That's right, Luck!

If you make others bear Karma for you, you must pay a corresponding price; this is a rule of heaven and earth, a great principle of the Dao!

Therefore, after using it, the caster would be plagued by misfortune for a period of time.

Lu Ming felt that the reason Shen Yuan was refined into a Banner Spirit was probably also due to this.

If it were normally, knowing that his Senior Brother was not a benevolent person, how could he, in a remnant soul state, rush to his death?

Only when one's Luck declines and misfortune obscures one's Dao Heart is it possible to be so muddled.

Of course, Lu Ming didn't care about Shen Yuan's life or death; he was considering whether Mu Han knew this Cultivation Technique.

Lu Ming wasn't sure, but he would assume Mu Han did!

But so what?

You can block it for a while, but not forever!

What's more, things aren't that simple!

Lu Ming clutched the Jade Slip, and a plan gradually formed in his mind, after which he began to laugh

"Jie jie jie."

"Isn't True Person Tianxing just heavily injured?"

Why not use the Source Tracing and Returning to Truth Method to heal True Person Tianxing while simultaneously transferring his own perfect state to him?

And the injuries he suffered and the Luck consumed would all be transferred to Mu Han through the golden book, which would greatly interfere with Mu Han's recovery process!

As his perspective broadened, Lu Ming's thoughts flowed like a spring.

Yes, why always think about transferring injuries to others?

Doing the opposite is also feasible!

"I'm a damn Genius!"

This way, he would not only gain True Person Tianxing as a complete Middle Stage Golden Core combat force, but also weaken Mu Han's strength.

As one grows and the other diminishes, the gap will only get smaller.

If he could also enlist the help of the other two Golden Core True Persons, he would gather five Golden Core Cultivators!

This would be equivalent to gathering all the Golden Core power of the Southern Wilderness Region to besiege an injured Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator!

It no longer seemed like a wild fantasy!

He acted as soon as he thought of it; he couldn't stay in the Scripture Pavilion any longer.

He moved his body to the outside of the Scripture Pavilion, and while activating the tianxing token, he sped towards the summit of Tianxing Peak!