330: Clumsy and ridiculous!

After arranging everything, Lu Ming began to patiently wait deep within the Jiling Wasteland while he continued to Cultivate.

In any case, his dharma body was monitoring the situation with Murong Jingyang at all times; every move of the Duan Family was within his grasp.

Time passed minute by minute in this state of waiting.

One week later.

Lu Ming, who had been meditating with his eyes closed to adjust his breathing, suddenly snapped them open!

A sharp light burst from his eyes, and a flash of irrepressible joy flickered past.

"They're here!"

His perspective instantly switched to the dharma body that was far away by Murong Jingyang's side.

At this moment, the dharma body had long since left the Yuanhu Mountain cave and was standing high in the sky, gazing toward the direction of the Duan Family Ancestral Land from afar.

In the sky above that territory, which should have been peaceful and filled with rows of pavilions, the deafening sounds of Spell explosions were currently echoing, clearly perceptible even from such a great distance.

The sky was a riot of colors, with blazing fire dragons and green wind blades entangling and biting at each other, while heavy giant rocks and sharp Sword Qi collided violently.

At least three powerful auras belonging to the Golden Core Stage were clashing and fighting frantically in that airspace!

The violent aftershocks of the magical battle were like an invisible tsunami, sweeping downward and causing the light screen of the Duan Family Ancestral Land's protective formation to shake violently.

Many peripheral buildings were even directly collapsed by the aftershocks, sending dust and smoke everywhere.

Countless low-level Cultivators in the surrounding immortal markets were running in panic, and even those Great Foundation Establishment Cultivators were staying far away, fearing they would be caught in the terrifying aftershocks.

"This aura... Golden Core Perfection! They really did come!" Lu Ming thought to himself, a smile appearing on his face.

It worked!

The Zhuge Family and the Li Family had truly been lured to the Duan Family!

"It seems the golden book's ability is far more than just transferring the side effects of cultivation!"

In the past, his use of the golden book had remained on a relatively superficial level, mainly utilizing its characteristic of "transferring cultivation side effects" to avoid risks.

Although he knew it involved "Karma," his understanding of it had not been deep.

But looking at it now, the essence of the golden book was far more powerful and mysterious than he had imagined!

It seemed capable of overriding, grafting, or even replacing the Karma between himself and a selected target on a karmic level!

This meant that the "cause" Lu Ming planted and the resulting "effect" could both be forcibly transferred through the golden book onto the "target" he had marked!

From a karmic perspective, Duan Tianxiong had, to some extent, temporarily "replaced" the "fate" that Lu Ming was supposed to endure!

And this, naturally, included being locked on by heavenly secret divination!

In this way, it made sense why Zhuge Mingyi would seek out the Duan Family.

After all, they were looking for Duan Tianxiong; what did that have to do with him, Lu Ming!

Having figured this out, a great weight finally lifted from Lu Ming's heart, and an unprecedented sense of security welled up within him.

Although he was steady and cautious, striving for thoroughness in his actions, what he feared most deep down were those unpredictable and mysterious calculation-type methods in the Cultivation World.

The previous experience of having his background easily calculated by the Zhuge Family, which led to being hunted for thousands of miles by the Li Family, had served as a wake-up call.

The "Karma Grafting" ability now shown by the golden book undoubtedly provided him with an extremely powerful protective talisman!

As long as it was used properly, he could largely remain "invisible" on the karmic level, leaving those who could calculate and predict helpless against him.

Of course, this didn't mean he could be completely carefree!

Lu Ming quickly calmed down, his eyes flashing. This kind of grafting could deceive a Heavenly Secret Master at the Golden Core Stage, but could it deceive a Nascent Soul True Monarch? Or even higher-level existences?

As for where the limit of the golden book lay? All of this would need to be slowly tested in the future!

"The path of cultivation is long and fraught with obstacles; when it's time to keep a low profile, one must still keep a low profile!"

He cautioned himself that having a new trump card was a good thing, but he must never become arrogant because of it.

Steadiness was the foundation for longevity!

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Lu Ming refocused his attention on the battlefield above the Duan Family.

A hint of doubt also rose in his mind.

"But... they just started fighting like that? Didn't they have even a single doubt?"

Logically, Li Daoxuan had fought him face-to-face and should have some impression of his magic power.

Not to mention Zhuge Mingyi, who as a Heavenly Secret Master was most sensitive to aura sensing; could it be that even he couldn't tell the difference?

However, what Lu Ming didn't know was that Zhuge Mingyi really hadn't doubted it!

One could also say that precisely because Zhuge Mingyi was a Heavenly Secret Master, he believed in it without a doubt!

Time traced back to half an hour ago.

In the sky above the Duan Family Ancestral Land, an area was cleverly concealed by the heavenly secret technique "A Leaf Obscuring the Vision."

Two figures floated quietly; they were Zhuge Mingyi and Li Daoxuan, who had tracked their way here.

After crushing the body of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator—who had already become an idiot with hollow eyes and drool at the corners of his mouth—into powder, Li Daoxuan looked at the scene below with a tight frown.

"Brother Zhuge, something is a bit off. Could we have made a mistake?"

This was already the fifth Cultivator they had soul-searched after arriving at the outskirts of the Duan Family.

From the scattered memory fragments of these low-level Cultivators, they had pieced together basic information about the Duan Family and its head, Duan Tianxiong.

This was a Golden Core family subordinate to one of the blessed lands, the Qingming Immortal Sect.

Its head, Duan Tianxiong, was at the Middle Golden Core Stage, but had recently been overwhelmed with trouble due to the scandal involving his son, Duan Hong.

And this was what Li Daoxuan found most difficult to understand!

Logically, the fellow who could escape from him with such bizarre and treacherous means shouldn't have this kind of image, but should instead be more like a bold lone wolf.

This completely overturned his previous character profile of the person; it felt like it didn't match up at all.

Regarding this, Zhuge Mingyi did not think so, and he even felt a bit displeased in his heart.

In fact, after hearing Li Daoxuan's doubt, a faint trace of displeasure and contempt flickered almost imperceptibly deep in his eyes.

"Country bumpkin, no vision!"

Zhuge Mingyi grumbled inwardly: "How can the heavenly secret secret techniques of my Zhuge Family be something you can recklessly speculate about?"

In his unique "Heavenly Secret Vision," an extremely conspicuous and blazing pillar of light was currently soaring into the sky above that massive complex of buildings in the Duan Family Ancestral Land!

This pillar of light had a high degree of consistency at its "source" with the vague Karma he had captured when he previously divined Lu Ming. Although the external aura manifestation was different, its core karmic direction was crystal clear in his eyes, just like a candle flame in the dark of night!

It was very obvious that the person they were looking for was right there!

As for the different aura?

In Zhuge Mingyi's view, this precisely proved the other party's identity!

"Hmph, he does have some means!"

Zhuge Mingyi stood in the clouds with his hands behind his back, his robes fluttering, his face full of pride and the confidence that everything was within his control.

"To actually know how to alter one's own external appearance... is this an attempt to pass off fish eyes as pearls and cross the sea under camouflage?"

"Such small tricks might deceive others, but under this old man's Dharma Eye, it is nothing more than burying one's head in the sand. It is ridiculously clumsy!"