Struggling to Survive with Regression Power in the Primordial Saint Sect

Chapter 5: I Will Remember This Grudge

"Senior Brother Liu? He came looking for me!?"

Hearing the voice coming from outside the cave residence, Lü Yang’s pupils suddenly contracted, and his expression instantly turned extremely gloomy.

Not only did he not respond, but he also restrained his aura.

"..Junior Brother?"

The voice rang out again, but Lü Yang still did not respond.

Although there was no evidence, he had already firmly believed that there was a problem with the contents of the 【Innate Dao Book】 he had been cultivating!

"I really suffered due to lack of experience, I didn’t even suspect it before."

"The Pleasure Hall and Mending Heaven Peak are closely related, so the cultivation methods should also involve dual cultivation, yet the 【Innate Dao Book】 had nothing to do with dual cultivation."

"He tricked me!"

"But why would he harm me?"

"Although the Primordial Saint Sect follows the demonic path, it still has sect rules."

"Formal disciples are strictly forbidden from private fighting, once discovered..."

At this thought, Lü Yang suddenly slapped his forehead.

"How could I have trusted the wickedness of the Demon Sect!"

"Once discovered, once discovered... if not discovered, then it’s not considered private fighting?"

The more Lü Yang thought about it, the uglier his expression became.

Ultimately, it was due to inertia.

Liu Xin’s previous words and actions had all faithfully fulfilled the duties of welcoming new disciples.

Not only had he introduced the internal affairs of the Inner Sect, but he had also explained the benefits disciples should receive: magical tools, pills, spirit beasts, and more.

He seemed to have done everything wholeheartedly without hiding anything, ensuring that Lü Yang lacked nothing.

Especially at the Treasure Refinement Hall, Liu Xin had even instructed the stewards there to give Lü Yang the best items.

But all of it was an illusion!

Everything before had been to set the stage for finally handing over the 【Innate Dao Book】, making Lü Yang completely drop his guard and wholeheartedly trust his goodwill!

"Thinking back now, he probably even intended to embezzle."

"After all, if he killed me, the magical tools, pills, and spirit beasts I had received would naturally become his... no wonder he specially emphasized taking the best!"

Beast!

At this moment, another voice rang out from outside the cave residence.

The next second, with a "crack", the defensive formation of Lü Yang’s cave residence exploded with a thunderous roar, and the door was forcibly torn apart by a flash of sword light!

With the door wide open, Liu Xin, with fluttering sleeves, strolled in.

Upon seeing Lü Yang, Liu Xin’s face immediately showed a harvest-like joy, and he nodded in satisfaction.

"Junior Brother is indeed a talent."

Boom!

Before Liu Xin’s words even finished, Lü Yang erupted!

A surge of overwhelming innate true qi wrapped around the 【Bone Jade Sword】, transforming into a sharp sword light, slashing fiercely toward Liu Xin with unstoppable momentum.

However, the next second, the sword light froze abruptly.

"A dying struggle."

Liu Xin neither dodged nor evaded, simply formed a hand seal, and Lü Yang’s body instantly lost all control, as if he had become a puppet manipulated by another!

"This 【Innate Dao Book】 is truly a treasure."

Seeing this scene, Liu Xin could not help but laugh heartily.

"The cultivator refines his body and primordial spirit into a strand of innate qi, which can be used as medicine, refined into a treasure, or even to boost cultivation."

"With this miraculous treasure, reaching the late stage of Qi Refining should be within my grasp!"

"Being able to assist me in breaking through, Junior Brother, you can consider your death worthwhile."

As his words fell, Liu Xin immediately began changing his hand seals.

Lü Yang suddenly felt his consciousness gradually fading, as if it was being forcibly wiped out!

At this moment, Lü Yang was struck with a sudden epiphany.

"This is the second half of the 【Innate Dao Book】!"

"The first half was a trap for cultivation, while the second half was the true method, waiting for others to cultivate the first half and then become offerings!"

Rather than calling it a cultivation method, it would be more accurate to call it a method of refining.

Only, it was not refining objects, but refining people, and it made the person refine themselves, with the real cultivator hiding behind the scenes, saving effort and trouble.

It was called a Dao Book, but in truth, it was a demonic technique!

"You are truly capable, this lifetime, I’ll let you have it."

Thinking thus, Lü Yang no longer resisted.

He let his consciousness dissipate, and after the initial shock and anger, he instead regained a calm and indifferent demeanor.

"A setback now will be wisdom later."

"You can trick me once, but I still have countless chances."

"I will remember this grudge!"

The next second, Lü Yang’s consciousness sank into darkness.

In the void, only the sound of flipping pages remained, rustling softly.

【You were refined by Liu Xin, your consciousness completely transformed into a strand of innate true qi, and you died.】

【Current remaining pages of the Book of a Hundred Lifetimes: 98】

【Upon restarting a new lifetime, you can choose one of the following rewards from your previous life:  

One: Treasure.  

Two: Cultivation.  

Three: Lifespan.  

Four: Abandon all rewards and randomly awaken a talent based on your previous life’s experiences.】

"Those whose names are called, step forward."

A familiar voice came from the stage.

Lü Yang gritted his teeth to suppress his emotions, did not lift his head, and focused his attention on the panel before him.

Treasure, cultivation, lifespan.

If possible, Lü Yang of course wished to choose cultivation.

But he worried that it would be too suspicious and he would not be able to explain where his cultivation came from.

As for lifespan, he skipped over it directly.

"Can only choose treasure then…"

Lü Yang frowned deeply.

Speaking of treasure, he barely had the 【Bone Jade Sword】 to show for it, but without cultivation, he could not even activate it.

Just at this moment, Lü Yang’s eyes suddenly paused.

Because just now, the Book of a Hundred Lifetimes gave him a sudden feedback.

"This... can also count as a treasure?"

Lü Yang was first stunned, then showed a thoughtful look, and finally gritted his teeth and made a decision: choose one, preserve one treasure obtained from the previous life.

The next second, an unexpected change erupted!

Without alerting anyone, all the anomalies were confined within Lü Yang’s dantian.

Tracing the source, it was astonishingly a misty, surging mass of white qi.

Innate true qi!

In his previous life, Lü Yang had refined away his five internal organs, flesh, skin, tendons, and bones, finally forging innate true qi, and it actually counted as a treasure, now redeemed by him!

"Incredible."

Lü Yang lowered his eyelids, covering the delight flashing in his eyes.

Because he discovered that he could not only manipulate this mass of innate true qi like moving his own limbs, but also use it to cast spells from his previous life!

"Normally, this should have been impossible."

"Because to control innate true qi, one must know the secret method from the second half of the 【Innate Dao Book】."

"But I am different, because this strand of innate true qi is myself!"

The two were originally one.

To Lü Yang, it was equivalent to gaining an extra clone at the first layer of Qi Refining.

"Moreover, before I died last lifetime, I even heard Liu Xin say that this innate true qi, when used as medicine, could assist in breaking through realms... this strand of true qi will have great use in the future!"

After sorting out his gains, Lü Yang began his actions for this new lifetime.

First, he was again assigned to the Pleasure Hall.

Then, he drained Yu Suzhen to death.

But this time, to avoid attracting attention, Lü Yang did not use Senior Sister Yu’s yuan yin to break through the Qi Refining Realm.

Instead, he fed it all to the innate true qi.

"This lifetime, I must survive, no reckless moves!"

Sure enough, when Liu Xin, who was waiting outside the door, saw that Lü Yang had not broken through after draining Yu Suzhen, he immediately lost interest in Lü Yang.

Next, Lü Yang patiently waited.

A dozen days later, a disciple from the Pleasure Hall named Qin Yu broke through.

Lü Yang saw Liu Xin rush over in excitement and happily take Qin Yu away.

A few more days later, Liu Xin announced that he would enter seclusion, and the Senior Brother responsible for welcoming disciples was replaced by someone new.

However, Lü Yang still did not show himself.

"Who knows what kind of person this new Senior Brother is... what if he is just like Liu Xin... hmm, better not be the one who sticks out."

"To be safe, I’ll wait another month."

Thus, another half month passed.

Until another outer disciple successfully broke through to become an inner disciple, and remained safe and sound, Lü Yang finally chose to break through.

With the aid of innate true qi, Lü Yang actually did not need dual cultivation to break through.

However, to cover his tracks, he casually drained a few outer disciples.

This time, the formal disciple responsible for welcoming him was much more perfunctory, nowhere near as passionate as Liu Xin, and even showed a trace of disdain in his expression.

"This is the Library Pavilion."

After receiving his benefits, the Senior Brother casually brought him to a building and said, "Take the token, go in yourself, and exchange contribution points for whatever cultivation method you want."

After speaking, the Senior Brother turned and left without another word.

Seeing this, Lü Yang actually felt much more at ease.

Small figures had their own advantages — not being valued meant he could move unnoticed, exactly what he wanted.

Thinking of this, Lü Yang turned to look at the distant Mending Heaven Peak.

"Liu Xin... hmph!"

A few days ago, Liu Xin had exited seclusion, officially reaching the late stage of Qi Refining, and had even become a personal disciple of the Mending Heaven Peak’s Peak Master, riding high on success.

Lü Yang snorted coldly and withdrew his gaze, striding into the Library Pavilion.

Although he harbored thoughts of revenge, he was still too weak now, without enough power.

Thus, his top priority was still to cultivate diligently.

Everything would be decided after he grew strong.

A gentleman’s revenge, even after ten years, is not too late.

Temporary patience was no loss!