Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei, Starting as a Seeker of the Law

"hehe"

Lu Mingfei looked at the four figures behind the fire gate with a cold smile, adopting a posture of watching a good show.

It's normal that the soldiers, blinded by lust, didn't notice, but Lu Mingfei did. What woman would actually run away while speaking in a high-pitched voice and wiggling her hips?

And this sound...

Isn't that Jiang Mingzi?

That bastard immortal is playing tricks on people again by transforming into a woman.

Lu Mingfei's thoughts flashed through his mind, but in reality it was only for a moment. The girl who was being chased stopped, and with a crisp snap of her fingers, she was gone.

Three spherical objects fell to the ground with a thud.

With a "bang," the smoke from the transformation spell spread.

Then, a cold face appeared beside the door, its dark brown eyes meeting the boy's gaze, neither sad nor happy.

Who are you?

Lu Mingfei had just crawled out of the door when he heard this. His eyes widened in an instant, and he rushed to Jiang Mingzi's side, staring at her indifferent face.

"Master, don't you remember me?" Lu Mingfei pointed to himself. "I'm your personally taught disciple!"

"Personal instruction?"

"This Immortal Lord has only three personal disciples." He glanced at Lu Mingfei in front of him, his brows furrowing slightly. "Your Three True Treasures Borrowing Technique is so-so. I wonder who you are..."

Just as he was speaking, an umbrella fell out of his magic box, attracting the attention of the two men.

"Huh?"

Unlike Lu Mingfei, who simply looked at her with his eyes, Jiang Mingzi's eyes narrowed to pinpoints in that instant.

His magic box, which he always carried, contained magical treasures he might use, but something suddenly fell out of it, and he even sensed a familiar magical aura...

It's his supernatural power!?

His future self used his supernatural powers to influence the present!

Why, just for the boy in front of you?

Jiang Mingzi was well aware of the nature of his supernatural powers. Even if he could interfere with the past, he would never choose this time when his supernatural powers had already reached their peak.

After all, if you interfere with the past, it's fine if it doesn't change or become a reality.

But if witnessed, the punishment of causality will arrive in an instant.

Moreover, now that 'he' has reached the point of mastery of his supernatural powers, any slight activation of his powers will be immediately perceived by 'him' at this moment.

Even if it was just for a brief moment, the future "him" has probably already been "punished".

With a wave of his hand, the large umbrella floated up, creating a space beneath it that concealed the two figures and their auras.

He suddenly looked directly at the boy in front of him, his eyes full of seriousness, and spoke in a solemn tone.

"When did you come to be accepted as a disciple by this immortal lord?"

"Uh, the fifth year of the Zheng Guang era of the Northern Dynasty?"

"Zhengguang?" Jiang Mingzi stroked his chin. "Do you know that according to the Northern Dynasty calendar, it is now the first year of Jingming?"

"Jingming?" Lu Mingfei lowered his head upon hearing this and began counting on his fingers: "Zhengguang, Shengui, Xiping... Zhengshi, Jingming. Wow, that's seven reign titles!"

Lu Mingfei's mind was a little fuzzy. Although he had brushed up on his memories of the Northern and Southern Dynasties when he went back, he had only looked at the later reign titles. Even if he remembered the reign titles, he couldn't recall the dates.

"About...20 years?"

"Twenty years? That's not a long time." Jiang Mingzi then asked, "How many years have you been on the path of a seeker of the Dharma?"

"three......"

"Three years? That's not bad."

"Three months."

"........." Jiang Mingzi paused for a moment before saying, "Not bad."

"Thank you for the praise, Master. It's all thanks to your excellent teaching."

"Hmph." Jiang Mingzi shifted her gaze, her voice languid. "Tell me, what is the purpose of this trip?"

Since he was going to be his apprentice, he didn't mind lending a hand. After all...

A true successor of the Three Truths who could transcend time and appear before him.

This is a rare treasure, but my current cultivation level is a bit lacking.

.................

After an unknown amount of time, the two emerged from the void of folds, as if they were rising from the bottom of the water.

"Many thanks to my incredibly powerful and magnanimous master, a genius unparalleled in history, for his help!"

Lu Mingfei lowered his head and solemnly assumed a bowing posture.

At this moment, he truly resembled a dutiful disciple, his tone devoid of any of his usual sarcastic remarks, revealing only heartfelt gratitude towards his cheap master.

He wasn't stupid after all. The master in front of him, who had been looking at him for over twenty years, had initially been incredibly cold, but now his expression had completely changed.

The difference in attitude is far too obvious.

It was clearly something his future cheap master had done to convey some kind of message to "him" at this moment.

However, whenever time is involved, the law of causality inevitably applies.

"No need to thank me." Jiang Mingzi turned her head away, her face still showing a calm and indifferent expression.

"I'll only help a little bit."

...............

But only for a moment, as Jiang Mingzi put away the umbrella.

His entire demeanor turned cold again. With his back to Lu Mingfei, his tone carried an indescribable emotion.

"Since you are to be my disciple in the future, then you'll have to watch."

"What are you looking at?" Lu Mingfei obediently followed behind Jiang Mingzi. "Has our incredibly intelligent master discovered traces of the Nirvana Corpse again?"

In Lu Mingfei's experience, when his cheap master exhibited this behavior, it was usually a reaction to a Nirvana Corpse, but...

Almost the instant he finished speaking, he realized something was wrong.

"Master?" Lu Mingfei hesitated. Jiang Mingzi seemed colder than usual, and his aura was heavier, like a boulder weighing ten thousand tons.

It's making people anxious.

"Is he someone you know?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"Childhood playmates are also fellow travelers."

Jiang Mingzi simply walked forward quietly, and in an open space, lightly snapped his fingers, "Disperse!"

In an instant, a mountain peak appeared before the two of them on the open ground. It was actually a sect that was concealed by an extremely powerful illusion. Lu Mingfei looked at the mountain gate and unconsciously uttered those two words.

"The River of Oblivion? This..." Lu Mingfei turned his gaze to Jiang Mingzi, who did not give him an explanation but instead took to the air.

His calm voice, amplified by magical power, resounded almost throughout the entire mountain peak.

"Listen up, you people inside, this is the purpose of my visit."

"That is to erase the Wangchuan Academy from this world."

"The Forgotten River Academy?"

The boy looked up at Jiang Mingzi, who was suspended in the sky, and then at the mountain gate in front of him.

At that moment, he finally figured out what that inexplicable thing was in his cheap master's tone.

It was sadness, a sadness like the waves of the sea, seemingly surging, yet deep and heavy beneath.

Beneath this sorrow lay his anger towards the corpse.

Although countless years have passed, the hatred etched into his bones remains, and he still travels far and wide to exterminate the Dharma Corpse.

But there was something deeper than anger.

It was a pity for the sect before them, and a mourning for their childhood playmate.