440: Chapter 434 Eliminating Hidden Dangers!

But now is not the time to consider these things.

"I must first find a place to resolve the hidden danger on my body!"

Lu Ming looked around, his fingers lightly pinching as he tried to calculate a hidden place suitable for seclusion.

However, as soon as his finger incantations began, he frowned.

"The Heavenly Secret here... why is it so chaotic?"

His Divine Sense probed into the void, only to feel a vast expanse of Chaos.

Countless threads of Karma were entangled together, like a ball of tangled hemp that was impossible to sort out.

What was even more bizarre was that this world seemed to form a single entity, faintly isolated from the rules of the outside world, making his calculation techniques feel like they were stuck in a quagmire, unable to move an inch.

"It's simply a huge cesspit!"

Lu Ming couldn't help but complain.

He now finally understood what it felt like for those who wanted to plot against him to have their Karma confused.

However, he soon relaxed his brow.

Chaos is good! Chaos is wonderful!

With such chaotic Heavenly Secret and Karma, he couldn't calculate it, so naturally, others couldn't either.

Those old monsters who were proficient in the Heavenly Secret Arts would also be blind here.

More importantly, the Heavenly Dao seemed unable to interfere with matters here.

For Lu Ming, this was a great thing.

He immediately chose a direction and turned into a streak of light, speeding away.

...

Flying all the way, Lu Ming carefully observed the surrounding terrain.

The Xuanling Secret Realm was vast and boundless, with mountains, rivers, forests, and lakes, possessing everything one could imagine.

But right now, he was only on the periphery; the true core area was still deeper inside.

What he was looking for was a hidden, safe place that was not easily disturbed.

About an incense stick's time later, he stopped in front of a hidden valley.

The sides of the valley were steep cliffs, and the entrance was narrow, allowing only one person to pass through.

The valley was lush with vegetation, and a small lake could be vaguely seen, its water clear to the bottom, reflecting the pale golden sky.

His Divine Sense swept over, and there was no aura of other Cultivators within dozens of miles.

"This will do."

Lu Ming nodded with satisfaction.

His figure flashed as he landed in the valley.

Then, he waved his hand, and a sharp sword light swept past, carving out a simple Immortal Cave on the cliff wall.

Afterward, he took out several Formation Flags and, with the Immortal Cave as the center, set up a third-tier concealment Formation.

The moment the Formation was formed, the aura of the entire Immortal Cave completely disappeared, merging with the surrounding environment.

Even if a Cultivator passed by the valley entrance, they would not discover the secret within.

Having finished all this, Lu Ming stepped into the Immortal Cave and sat cross-legged.

It was time to resolve that greatest hidden danger.

...

In the seclusion room.

Lu Ming took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes.

His mind sank into his body, and he could clearly feel that fortune that did not belong to him, lurking within his Dantian and Qi Sea, like a faint mist, entangled with his cultivation.

This was the "gift" bestowed by the Heavenly Dao.

It looked like it made his cultivation soar, but in reality, it was an invisible shackle.

As long as this power remained, he would always be manipulated by the Heavenly Dao and could be returned to his original state at any time.

"Let's begin."

Lu Ming moved his mind and slowly activated the Asura Tribulation Prison Scripture.

This Cultivation Technique, which devoured all things for its own use, was incomparably overbearing.

It could devour ordinary energy, so naturally, it could also devour this fortune!

As the Cultivation Technique operated, a powerful suction force suddenly erupted within his Dantian and Qi Sea!

That mass of fortune seemed to sense the threat; it trembled violently and actually began to struggle intensely!

However, nothing happened.

No malice from the Heavenly Dao descended, no invisible pressure shrouded him, and there were no warnings or obstructions.

Lu Ming waited for a moment, and confirming there was no abnormality, he was overjoyed!

Indeed!

The Heavenly Dao could not interfere here!

He no longer hesitated and fully activated the Asura Tribulation Prison Scripture!

The suction force instantly soared, like a huge vortex, crazily devouring that mass of fortune!

The fortune struggled and resisted, but under the overbearing devouring of the Asura Tribulation Prison Scripture, it was ultimately futile.

It was torn apart, refined, and absorbed bit by bit, turning into the purest Origin energy, merging into Lu Ming's Dantian and Qi Sea, into his limbs and bones, and into the depths of his Divine Soul!

Lu Ming could clearly feel that his cultivation was undergoing a qualitative change!

It was no longer that floating feeling of "false support," no longer that hanging feeling of potentially being taken back at any time, but true, solid power that belonged to him!

His Dantian and Qi Sea gradually became full.

Within his Meridians, his magical power surged like a river.

Deep in his Divine Soul, his perception became increasingly sharp.

That feeling of being able to command his power like an extension of his arm, without any constraints, made him almost want to groan with pleasure!

This was the power that truly belonged to him!

This was the true Golden Core Perfection!

...

Two days later.

In the Immortal Cave, Lu Ming slowly opened his eyes.

A flash of brilliance flickered in his eyes and then vanished.

He raised his hand and lightly clenched his fist.

Without using any magical power, just pure Physical Body strength, the Void Realm around his fist slightly twisted, emitting a faint buzzing sound.

"Finally... it's done."

He muttered to himself, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned.

The fortune within his body had been completely refined by him and transformed into his own cultivation dao foundation.

From now on, this Golden Core Perfection Realm was truly his own, and no one could ever take it back.

He stood up, stretched his limbs, and felt filled with power.

"Time to go out."

He waved his hand, removed the Formation outside the Immortal Cave, and with a flash, appeared in the valley.

...

"Now that the hidden danger has been resolved, it's time to find the traces of Yun Chenzi."

"Of course, if possible, I'll also see if there are any spiritual items or Opportunities suitable for me. If there are, I'll just take them. Since I'm already here, I shouldn't return empty-handed."

Lu Ming stood in the high sky with his hands behind his back, his thoughts flying.

Having clarified his goal, he intended to set off, but just before leaving, he suddenly thought of one thing.

His cultivation was now completely stabilized, and his understanding of the Dao of space had also risen accordingly.

Although he couldn't yet cross the Void Realm or tear space like Yun Chenzi, he should be able to try short-distance Void Realm teleportation.

Thinking of this, Lu Ming's heart itched.

He had always watched others tear the Void Realm with their Physical Body and appear in public in a grand display, which had made him quite envious.

Now that he had the ability, of course, he wanted to try it.

Immediately, Lu Ming took a deep breath, his Divine Sense locking onto an empty space a hundred feet ahead, his magical power surging, and his figure suddenly blurred.

The next instant, he appeared, er... inside a mountain.

To be precise, he was stuck in the middle of the mountain.

Surrounded by hard rock, he was tightly wedged in, with only his head and half a shoulder exposed.

The appearance was as pathetic as it could be.

"..."

Lu Ming was silent.

He had underestimated the difficulty of space teleportation.

He had clearly locked onto an open space a hundred feet away, but when he teleported over, he had deviated by dozens of feet and drilled directly into the mountain.

If it weren't for his now-strong Physical Body, he might have been squeezed into meat paste by this.

"Forget it, just consider it accumulating experience."

He comforted himself, his magical power shaking throughout his body.

Boom!!!

The entire mountain peak instantly exploded!

Countless gravel splashed everywhere, and dust filled the sky! Lu Ming's figure soared into the sky from the rubble, his robes fluttering, completely unharmed!

...

However, this loud noise brought trouble.

"Who is it!"

"There's movement over there!"

"Could it be that a supreme treasure has appeared?"

Several streaks of light sped over from all directions, arriving in the blink of an eye.

There were four people in total, three men and one woman, all of them Golden Core Cultivators.

The leader was a middle-aged man with a sinister face, who was at the Mid-stage Golden Core.

The other three were two Early Golden Core Stage and one Mid-stage Golden Core.

They were obviously also Cultivators who had entered the Secret Realm to explore, but their cultivation was not high, so they didn't dare to go to the core area, intending to scavenge some scraps on the periphery.

Hearing the loud noise here, they thought someone had discovered some treasure and rushed over.

Then, they saw Lu Ming floating in the Void Realm.

And the mountain peak below that had exploded into pieces.

The four exchanged glances, and their minds were immediately made up.

"This Fellow Daoist."

The leading sinister man stepped forward, speaking with a fake smile.

"I wonder what happened here? Could it be that a treasure has appeared?"

Lu Ming glanced at them indifferently: "No treasure, just a slight mishap in my cultivation."

"A mishap in cultivation?"

The sinister man narrowed his eyes, sizing Lu Ming up and down.

This person's aura was restrained, and his specific cultivation could not be seen, but to be able to cause such a big commotion, he must also be a Golden Core Cultivator.

However... since he said it was a "mishap in cultivation," his condition was likely poor at the moment.

If there was a treasure, that would naturally be best.

Even if there was no treasure, a Golden Core Cultivator in a poor state should have some good things on him, right?

He gave a wink to the other three.

The three understood and quietly dispersed, faintly surrounding Lu Ming in the middle.

"Fellow Daoist is joking."

The sinister man's smile deepened.

"In a place like this, who would believe you just had a cultivation mishap? In my opinion, you must have discovered some treasure and want to keep it for yourself, right?"

Lu Ming raised an eyebrow.

"So what?"

"So?"

The sinister man sneered, his magical power surging, and his Mid-stage Golden Core pressure was released without reservation.

"If you're sensible, hand over the treasure! The four of us might spare your life! If you're not sensible..."

He didn't finish, but the meaning was already very clear.

The other three also released their pressure simultaneously, four auras intertwining and pressing towards Lu Ming.

Lu Ming looked at them, and for a moment, he was almost amused to the point of laughing.

Robbery?

Robbing him?

He, a dignified Golden Core Perfection Great True Lord, was actually surrounded by four small fries, at most Mid-stage Golden Core, and threatened to hand over treasure?

This was simply a great humiliation!

"Are you sure?"

He looked at the four with a half-smile.

The sinister man frowned, feeling a faint sense of unease in his heart.

But then he thought, there were four of them, and the other side only had one. Even if the cultivation was a bit higher than his, what could it do?

"Stop talking nonsense! Are you handing it over or not!"

He shouted sharply, having already summoned a Flying Sword in his hand, the sword light flickering, ready to strike.

Lu Ming sighed.

"Fine, since you want to die..."

He raised his hand and lightly clenched it.

Boom!!!

A vast and incomparable pressure exploded from him like a volcanic eruption!

That was the pressure belonging to Golden Core Perfection!

That was the absolute power that crushed everything!

The sinister smile on the sinister man's face instantly froze!

He opened his mouth wide, his eyes filled with unbelievable terror!

"Gol... Golden Core Perfection! You are a Golden Core Perfection Great True Lord!"

His voice was trembling!

The other three had even softer legs, almost kneeling down!

They could never have dreamed that the "poor condition" Cultivator they had casually chosen was actually a Golden Core Perfection!

A being of this level, crushing them to death, was no harder than crushing a few ants!

"Sen... Senior, spare my life! This Junior has no eyes! This Junior..."

The sinister man fell to his knees with a thud, frantically kowtowing and begging for mercy.

The other three also hurriedly knelt, kowtowing like pounding garlic.

Their hearts were full of regret!

Why were they so blinded by greed!

Casually picking someone, they actually picked a Golden Core Perfection!

What kind of luck was this!

Lu Ming looked at them, his eyes without the slightest ripple.

"Spare your life?"

He repeated softly, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned.

"Too late."

As the words fell, he suddenly clenched his five fingers!

In the Void Realm, an invisible giant hand suddenly formed, tightly clutching the four in its palm!

The giant hand was entirely condensed from pure magical power, emitting a suffocating pressure!

The four struggled desperately, but it was like ants shaking a tree, completely futile!

"No—!"

"Senior, spare my life!"

"I have old parents and young children..."

Bang!

A muffled sound.

The four simultaneously exploded into blood mists, not even having time to scream.

The blood mist filled the air, then was scattered by Lu Ming with a casual wave.

Four Storage Pouches fell from the blood mist and were collected by his hand.

He didn't even look, just casually tucked them into his bosom.

After all, for Cultivators of this level, what good things could be in their Storage Pouches? He would deal with them later when he had time.

He clapped his hands, as if he had just done an insignificant thing.

The gap between Golden Core Perfection and Mid-stage Golden Core was just that big.

...

Having dealt with these short-sighted small fries, Lu Ming looked up into the distance.

There, was the core area of the Xuanling Secret Realm.

Yun Chenzi should be there too.

If he wanted to find Yun Chenzi, he must go in that direction.

"Sigh..."

He sighed.

If only the Heavenly Secret Art could still be used.

With his current attainment in Karma, as long as he locked onto Yun Chenzi's aura, he could calculate his location in minutes.

But now in the Secret Realm, the Heavenly Secret was chaotic, and the techniques of Karma were of no use at all.

However...

Lu Ming was suddenly stunned.

The Heavenly Secret Art couldn't be used, but he had other ways!

He hurriedly pinched finger incantations, his magical power surging, and a wisp of eerie blood-colored silk thread slowly emerged from his fingertips.

Second-tier Curse Technique, Demonic Soul Entangling Blood Silk Curse!

[Using Lifespan as a guide, chanting the curse, turning flesh, blood, bone, and soul into Demonic Soul, using a medium to cast the curse, ignoring any form of defense, and the curse is irreversible.]

This was a curse technique he obtained when he was in the Qi Refining stage in his early years. When he was still very weak, it gave him no small amount of help, and even several times he defeated enemies across Realms relying entirely on this curse technique.

However, as his cultivation Realm improved, this curse technique's help to him became smaller and smaller, and later it gradually became marginalized.

However, this curse technique had a characteristic: it used Karma as a guide and the curse technique as a medium. As long as the target's aura was locked, it could condense a blood silk thread to guide the direction of tracking.

At this time, using it as a tracking technique seemed quite appropriate.

Lu Ming moved his mind, and the karma golden book in his Sea of Consciousness flickered slightly, successfully checking off Yun Chenzi's name on the page.

Then, using this name as a medium, he drew out a wisp of karmic connection from the void and injected it into that blood-colored silk thread.

The blood-colored silk thread trembled slightly, then submerged into the Void Realm, winding away in one direction.

"Done!"

Lu Ming's eyes lit up.

Now that his understanding of space had reached Minor Achievement, he could just take this Opportunity to follow this blood silk thread to track Yun Chenzi.

He no longer delayed; he saw a flash of silver light behind him, a rift suddenly opened, instantly swallowing Lu Ming's figure, and he disappeared!