You promised yourself to be a caged bird, but you became the supreme young master?

Why?

Lu Qingyan looked in the direction Lu Heng was pointing, but didn't find anything special.

"It's my intuition; I feel that if we head in this direction, we should be able to find something," Lu Heng replied.

Despite the seemingly mystical and superstitious answer, Lu Qingyan immediately chose to believe it.

In this world where cultivators exist, their intuition and whims are an absolutely essential element to appreciate.

Cultivators whose cultivation level is high enough can even achieve a sixth sense, like a cicada sensing the autumn wind before it blows.

Furthermore, those who specialize in this path can even perceive fragments of the future through their own premonitions.

This is called futurism, also known as the seventh sense.

In the simplest and most understandable way, it is prophecy!

"Is your intuition accurate?"

Even though she already believed it in her heart, Lu Qingyan still asked to be on the safe side.

"It's just a strong premonition." Lu Heng didn't give a definite answer to this.

The reason he chose this direction was not because he had made any discovery or had any intuition, but because it was the direction that his destiny as the chosen one was giving him at this moment.

This direction may be the chosen one, the destiny event triggered by fate, that is, the possibility accumulated by fate, and the opportunity triggered by luck!

It is not some other so-called secret realm.

So, if we move in this direction, will we be able to achieve anything?

Lu Heng wouldn't make any definitive statements.

He brought it up because Lu Qingyan didn't have a clear direction.

"Okay, this direction it is." Lu Qingyan didn't say anything more.

The two followed the direction Lu Heng pointed out, which was east of the Changyun Mountains.

The area of ​​30 li in radius may seem small, but in my previous life, it was equivalent to a small country.

Nearly 200 students from other colleges entered, but it was like a drop of water entering the ocean.

………………

The towering trees and lush greenery of the mountain range, perhaps because it is still on the outer edge of the Changyun Mountain Range.

On their journey, the two encountered no monsters other than ordinary beasts.

Outside Qinghe City, the violent and thin spiritual energy of heaven and earth is unbearable even for the demon race.

"Qingyan, besides the surrounding spiritual energy, what other factors contribute to the abnormality of the Heavenly Dao?"

He casually swung his sword, cleaving a venomous snake lurking nearby in two at the waist, and then deftly flicked the blade, spraying blood onto the blade.

Lu Heng inquired.

Even if one's perception of Qi and blood cannot compare to the divine sense of a true cultivator in the Qi Refining Secret Realm, it cannot be as meticulous.

But even those mortals who are close at hand and unaware of their own hidden existence still have nowhere to hide.

"Calamities, the difficulty of cultivation, and lifespan."

Lu Qingyan answered lightly.

"The Three Tribulations of Heaven, Earth, and Man?!"

But isn't it a legend from ancient times that powerful cultivators are subject to calamities?

Lu Heng immediately offered his own interpretation and couldn't help but ask questions.

"I heard from my grandfather that before the Heavenly Dao went awry, there were no calamities for cultivators before they formed their Nascent Soul."

After the Heavenly Dao becomes abnormal, one must undergo a tribulation of lightning to achieve the status of a True Immortal of Refining Spirit.

Lu Heng was speechless for a moment.

He originally thought that the Divine Refining Tribulation recorded in the book had existed since ancient times.

Little did we expect that this was a sin committed by our predecessors, and that we would have to bear the blame for it.

Why not do something else? Why dedicate yourself to the idea that everyone faces hardship and every situation is destined to be struck by lightning?

"And what about lifespan?" he then asked.

"It is said that cultivators in the Qi Refining Secret Realm, where the Heavenly Dao has gone awry, can live for two hundred years..."

Now, their lifespan is no different from that of ordinary people.

Furthermore, it is said that in that era, cultivators started at the Qi Refining Secret Realm.

Of course, the Qi Refining Realm of that era was not as powerful as the Qi Refining Realm of this era.

In that era before the laws of nature became abnormal, there was another realm between the Qi Refining Realm and the Spirit Refining Realm.

Compare it to the current Qi Refining Secret Realm.

After the natural order of things went awry, the body-refining secret realms appeared due to the turbulent spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Lu Qingyan spoke nonchalantly, as if she were talking about something completely unrelated to herself.

The vast majority of cultivators in this world are no different from ordinary people in the face of truly great beings, and cannot change reality at all.

Even if you feel angry at first, you get used to it over time.

The two walked through the mountains, where all was silent for some unknown time.

"Whoosh—" A terrifying sound of air being torn apart rang out.

The middle-aged man in black, who had been lying in wait behind a giant tree and had almost perfectly concealed his presence, suddenly sprang up with a crazed look in his eyes.

Under the influence of a similar intense heat from the previous secret technique used by the young master, the aura of the fourth level of body refinement on his body surged wildly, almost expanding.

The Body Refining Secret Realm has four, five, and six levels, and finally, we arrive at the seventh level…

This is no longer a secret method for unleashing qi and blood.

This technique, the Life-Burning Secret Technique, allows a cultivator in the Body Refinement Realm to unleash a burst of energy sufficient to transcend three realms!

Lu Qingyan, who came from a privileged background and was well-informed, thought calmly to herself.

The middle-aged man in black was targeting her.

Her family didn't prepare any life-saving treasures for her, firstly because she didn't need to go out and take risks.

Secondly, the life-saving methods available to cultivators in the Body Refining Secret Realm are often extremely limited and come at a great cost, making it less desirable to simply have a cultivator in the Qi Refining Secret Realm protect them.

At such close range, even a Qi Refining cultivator with divine sense wouldn't be able to react to a desperate attack from a late-stage Body Refining Realm cultivator.

This has gone beyond the scope of the original plan.

Am I going to die?

It's not entirely unacceptable, but there's still some regret in the end.

He subconsciously looked in Lu Heng's direction and met the boy's calm gaze.

It's come to this.

This guy can stay so calm, that's really impressive!

This guy really got me killed.

I never expected my intuition to be so accurate!

He didn't even know he was dead.

Will this guy have any emotions?

"You dare?!" Lu Guhong, who was in the distance, seemed to have noticed the change in the situation.

An overwhelming surge of divine consciousness spread in this direction, and a terrifying aura suddenly erupted.

This is the aura of the peak of the early stage of Qi Refining.

Lu Guhong has reached the end of his path.

But such a short time was not enough for him to arrive.

Holding a short sword, the middle-aged man in black, who moved like a falling meteor, had already covered a distance of dozens of meters.

The remaining distance was something he, at the late stage of the Body Refinement Realm, could cross in an instant.

A strong aura of death swept over us.

Fear inevitably arises.

So it turns out I can be afraid too. Lu Qingyan smiled bitterly to herself, but she didn't intend to sit idly by and wait for her fate.

Just then, a slender figure stood in front of her.

Lu Qingyan's eyes widened suddenly, then she instinctively closed them.

Some were unwilling to face what was to come.

Why?

She thought to herself, somewhat incredulously.

Why did Lu Heng choose to stand in front of her?

If Lu Heng could hear the girl's inner thoughts, he might choose to answer.

All the regrets stem from insufficient firepower.

Since he possessed sufficient strength, he was unwilling to let a fine young woman become a regret in front of him.