399: Chapter 402 Helpless!

"However, this woman's encounter is somewhat interesting." Lu Ming stroked his chin as he sized up Lin Qingge.

Just now, he had feigned being hit, but in reality, he had secretly captured a wisp of Lin Qingge's Qi. Using Karma derivation, he had calculated most of the cause and effect surrounding her.

How should he put it? The story was a bit cliché and melodramatic!

It was nothing more than the classic drama of 'possessing a treasure is a crime,' being coveted by demonic sects, the destruction of a Family, and an orphaned girl on the run.

But in the cruel Cultivation World where the strong prey on the weak and sects are destroyed at every turn, such things happened almost every day and were nothing extraordinary.

Walking the Great Dao alone, who didn't have a history of blood and tears?

Lu Ming didn't feel much pity; having seen so much, his heart had naturally hardened.

What truly piqued Lu Ming's interest were two things.

One was the Legacy Cultivation Technique Lin Qingge practiced, the "Great Ode of Intertwined Yin and Yang," and the other was the strange Seven Emotions Sub-Gu deep within her Divine Soul.

"Seven Emotions Sub-Gu... Six Desires Demonic Sect..."

Lu Ming's eyes held a hint of amusement.

"Heh, what a coincidence, isn't it?"

He suddenly felt that he and this Six Desires Demonic Sect seemed quite destined to cross paths.

After arriving in the Profound Spirit Domain, he thought he would encounter the Soul Devouring Demonic Sect first.

As it turned out, the Six Desires Demonic Sect was appearing quite frequently now.

One of the main reasons Lu Ming paid extra attention to the Six Desires Demonic Sect was his "number one lackey," Murong Jingyang.

He had long known that those who Cultivate the "Six Desires Heavenly Demon Art," regardless of how fast they progressed in the early stages, were like carefully nurtured fruit, ultimately unable to escape the fate of becoming "resources" for higher-level Cultivators of the Six Desires Demonic Sect.

Yet, Lu Ming had still allowed Murong Jingyang to Cultivate this technique.

His purpose was to "raise fish" and "go fishing."

Raising, naturally, referred to raising Murong Jingyang.

While others coveted his cultivation, Lu Ming was similarly interested in his body.

If he could harvest a Golden Core Perfection Murong Jingyang when the time came, it would be of great benefit to advancing his own cultivation.

Fishing, naturally, was for the big fish that was the Six Desires Demonic Sect!

Lu Ming wasn't afraid of provoking enemies; he was only afraid of not having enemies of sufficient weight coming forward.

The golden book in his Sea of Consciousness was still waiting to record more high-quality talents!

Especially Fellow Daoists at the Golden Core Perfection level; they were key resources for his subsequent planning of the [Heavenly Fate Path to Dao].

And now, Murong Jingyang had reached the Late Golden Core Stage.

In a previous message, Murong Jingyang had vaguely mentioned that he occasionally felt a faint sense of being summoned from the void.

Lu Ming understood that the people from the Six Desires Demonic Sect had already locked onto this fat sheep; he just didn't know when they would officially harvest him.

And when the other party made their move, it would be the moment for Lu Ming to play the oriole behind the mantis.

Stepping in to save Murong Jingyang would, in a sense, be obstructing the Dao of the Six Desires Demonic Sect Cultivators.

Wasn't this "Dao-obstructing achievement" just delivering itself to his door?

However, the Six Desires Demonic Sect was, after all, a major grotto-heaven sect with a Nascent Soul True Monarch presiding over it.

Its Foundation was deep, and its methods were strange and unpredictable.

Although Lu Ming was confident in his strength, he never dared to be blindly arrogant.

It was always good to prepare more targeted methods now.

Thus, Lin Qingge's Family Cultivation Technique, the "Great Ode of Intertwined Yin and Yang," seemed to Lu Ming like a handy tool.

Lin Qingge might have always believed that the root cause of her Family's destruction lay in their technique's exquisite control over emotions, making them the "perfectly compatible material" for the Six Desires Demonic Sect to refine Seven Emotions Gu.

But after a deep derivation, Lu Ming caught a glimpse of a deeper layer of inside information that even Lin Qingge herself was completely unaware of.

That was, the Six Desires Demonic Sect's extermination of the Lin Family of Sky Sound Valley was not as simple as "resource compatibility."

The reason lay precisely in a certain characteristic inherent in the "Great Ode of Intertwined Yin and Yang" technique itself.

The grade of this Cultivation Technique wasn't top-tier; at most, it was at the peak of the third rank.

But the problem was that its core mystery was the reversal of Yin and Yang!

For the Six Desires Demonic Sect, which was based on the "Seven Emotions and Six Desires" and pursued pure and extreme experiences of desire, this was practically "poison" in a sense.

Gender reversal meant a fundamental change in "affinity."

Once the Yin and Yang within the body were disordered and unbalanced, the "Seven Emotions and Six Desires" attached to the essence of life would also become chaotic, turbulent, or even twisted.

High-level Cultivators might pursue the essence of the Great Dao, transcending the shackles of appearance and not caring about gender differences.

The Foundation of the Six Desires Demonic Sect's techniques, however, was closely related to pure desire.

Yet here you were, constantly causing "gender identity disorders" and confusing people's sexual orientations, causing their cultivation Foundations to become unstable.

Wasn't this equivalent to smashing someone's rice bowl and cutting off their path to the Dao!

With such a targeted threat existing, how could the Six Desires Demonic Sect tolerate its presence?

Perhaps a Nascent Soul Demonic Lord wouldn't care at all, but those Golden Core Devil Heads wouldn't just sit by and watch.

Naturally, they would want to completely erase it before it could grow, to eliminate future troubles.

"However..." A sharp light flashed in Lu Ming's eyes, and a slight curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"This also proves that this Cultivation Technique might be a special method specifically targeted at Cultivators of the Six Desires Demonic Sect."

If he could master its essence and apply it, it might produce unexpected effects when facing people from the Six Desires Demonic Sect in the future.

Even if it couldn't defeat the enemy, it would surely be more than enough to cause some trouble.

Looking at Lin Qingge, who was still under the effect of [A Leaf Obscuring the Vision], conscious-less and muddled, Lu Ming already had a plan in mind.

If he didn't make good use of this Opportunity delivered to his door, wouldn't he be failing the cold Fairy's hospitality?

"Don't blame me; I'm also acting beyond my control!"

Lu Ming chuckled, returning the words Lin Qingge had said earlier verbatim, though his tone held more of a teasing quality.

After speaking, Lu Ming flicked his sleeve, and several small Formation Flags engraved with complex runes emerged in succession.

With a flash of spiritual light, they accurately sank into the walls and floor around the private room. An invisible barrier rose instantly, completely isolating the internal and external space.

All sounds, auras, and mana fluctuations within would be shielded, not leaking out in the slightest!

Having done all this, Lu Ming looked up, his gaze falling upon the still-dazed Lin Qingge.

Then, mana surged forth, transforming into an invisible giant hand that gently lifted her, guiding her toward the Cloud-brocade bed draped with light gauze.

The red candles cast a warm glow; the spring scenery was boundless.

Three days later... Lu Ming slowly rose, looking at Lin Qingge, who was already asleep beside him, her face still flushed with an enticing red. He let out a long breath.

"It really wasn't easy..."

Lu Ming whispered to himself, his tone carrying a hint of satisfaction at having achieved his goal.

Clearly, after three days of fierce battle, he had already obtained what he wanted most.

That was the Legacy Cultivation Technique of the Lin Family of Sky Sound Valley—the "Great Ode of Intertwined Yin and Yang."