Chapter 1185: The Venerable Master Has Come Back to Life
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The middle-aged man and the young cultivators naturally did not know what Lu Tiantong looked like in the beginning. However, with someone taking the lead, it was instinctive for humans to follow the crowd. Not to mention the person taking the lead to kneel was a Thousand Realms Whirling expert.
Moreover, they were not blind. They could tell the image formed by the strange patterns on the stone pillar resembled the living person standing in front of it. Now that Lu Zhou had reached the finish line, it was even easier for them to make the comparison. The result was the two really resembled each other.
In the cultivation world, it was indisputable that the dead could not be resurrected. No one could live forever.
At this time, the middle-aged retreated as he muttered to himself, “Impossible… I-Impossible…”
Lu Zhou was rather vexed. Why did they look so alike? He had come here, hoping to investigate the matter in a low-profile manner. What was with the sudden appearance of this image?
In fact, the people present were not idiots. Whether the person in front of them was truly Venerable Master Lu or not, they knew he was not a weakling. How could a weakling easily reach the finish line after the strength of the formation had increased? In any case, there would be no losses flattering the person in front of them.
“It’s our honor to meet senior here!”
“That’s right! It’s our honor!”
Everyone began to sing his praises.
When everyone was still in awe, the huge image moved toward the stone pillar like a sand painting. Following that, the image of the figure pushed its hand out toward the stone pillar.
Ding!
Then, as a ding was heart as though a mechanism had been triggered.
The huge stone pillar burst forth with light as the vortex appeared above it again.
Everyone looked up. Their expressions were one of curiosity, shock, and confusion. Following that, an energy seal began to shoot out toward the young cultivators.
“Block them!”
Bang!
A young cultivator was hit and flew backward in the air.
Following that, three huge energy seals flew out.
“Avatar!”
Their strongest defenses were their avatars.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The three energy seals struck the avatars, sending them flying.
The strange thing was that the energy seals did not hit the same person twice. Instead, they would move on to their next targets.
Lu Qianshan, who had noticed this, hurriedly manifested his astrolabe and held it up in front of himself.
Bang!
Lu Qianshan was pushed backward. His feet slid backward, creating two ditches. His arms were numb. He looked at the shining stone pillar skeptically and muttered to himself, “Is this really the Nine Twist and Turn Formation?”
This seemed more like the Eight Desolate and Six Harmony Flags. Once the flags were inserted into the ground, they would release energy seals to attack the enemy.
At this time, the middle-aged man leaped up and flipped in the air. He brought his astrolabe out and held it in front of himself. With a bang, the energy seal pushed him out of Cold Breeze Valley.
Several young cultivators rushed toward the middle-aged man and supported him.
“Senior, are you okay?”
“I’m fine.” The middle-aged man looked at the huge stone pillar with a hint of unwillingness as he said, “It’s up to him now.”
Everyone’s attention returned to Lu Zhou again.
Lu Zhou did not manifest his avatar. When an energy seal flew toward him, he would strike back with his palm.
Bang!
Lu Zhou thought that would be the end of it. Who knew the stone pillar released another three energy seals aimed at Lu Zhou’s upper, middle, and lower body.
“Senior, look out!”
Everyone cried out in alarm.
Lu Zhou remained calm as he retreated. With a flick of his sleeve, he sent out three palm seals that perfectly blocked the three energy seals.
As though it had gone mad, the huge stone pillar released another ten energy seals.
Lu Zhou struck with another ten palm seals as well, blocking the ten energy seals.
Everyone was still in awe of Lu Zhou’s precise control over his palm seals when the huge stone pillar released a sky full of energy seals in all directions. This move was like a supercharged version of the Buddhist’s Butterfly Love Flower.
“A mere Nine Twist and Turn Formation can’t do anything to me.” Lu Zhou stomped on the ground and flew up to the top of the stone pillar. Then, he sent firework-like palm seals one after another. Their number was not too small nor was it too big.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Just like that, Lu Zhou destroyed the energy seals. The number of palm seals he released was exactly the same as the energy seals, and all of them landed accurately on their targets. His control was at the pinnacle of perfection.
Lu Zhou did not give the huge stone pillar a chance to attack. He raised his hand and struck it with the supreme mystic power.
Bang!
The huge stone pillar remained unshaken.
‘Hmm?’
Lu Zhou was about to withdraw his hand when he felt a suction force from the huge stone pillar. He silently recited the mantra for the Heavenly Writing Power, causing the huge stone pillar to tremble. At the same time, the blue avatar in his Dantian’s sea of Qi became active as well.
‘Is this formation selecting… its targets?’
Earlier, the huge stone pillar had released energy seals directed at the others, but they were mostly directed at him.
“Avatar.”
Lu Zhou manifested his Nine Transformation Yin Yang avatar. Due to the effect of the Concealment Card, his avatar was black.
“Am I seeing things?”
“It’s… a Nine Transformation Yin Yang avatar…”
“Don’t speculate blindly. It’s obvious that the senior is deliberately suppressing his cultivation.”
Everyone nodded. Those words made sense. Lu Zhou’s actions earlier had proven his strength. How could an ordinary cultivator repel so many energy seals with such precision?
Bang!
An energy seal landed on the Nine Transformation Yin Yang avatar.
Just as Lu Zhou expected, the huge stone pillar stopped releasing energy seals. Instead, it began to tremble violently.
Following that, Cold Breeze Valley began to tremble as well as though there was an earthquake.
Ten circles on the ground lit up becoming rings of light before they surrounded the huge stone pillar. Then, one after another azure pillars of light began to rise from the ground.
At this time, the inscriptions on the huge stone pillar moved and formed the four words, which flew toward the sky: Nine Twist Illusionary Formation.
“The Nine Twist Illusionary Formation?” Lu Qianshan’s eyelids kept twitching when he saw these words.
“It’s said that 30,000 years ago, Venerable Master Lu passed by this place and left the Nine Twist and Turn Formation and the Nine Twist Illusionary Formation here. However, the later generations searched for nearly 10,000 years, but they only found the Nine Twist and Turn Formation. I didn’t expect that the two formations are one and the same… It explains the changes in the formation today,” the middle-aged man said.
A young man asked in confusion, “Then, why did it suddenly change today?”
“That’s right. So many people came to this place but no one has ever triggered the illusory formation.”
Lu Qianshan remained silent.
At this moment, the middle-aged man cried out, “The Venerable Master!”
“…”
The person in front of them resembled the figure formed by the huge stone pillar in front of them.
“Is… Is he really Venerable Master Lu?”
The cultivators fell to their knees again to show their respect. After all, Venerable Master Lu was someone that commanded everyone’s respect. 30,000 years ago. Lu Tiantong, the powerful figure who shook the black lotus domain 30,000 years ago, had returned!
Lu Zhou looked at the pillars of light, perplexed.
The clouds were rolling in the sky, and the surroundings looked like they had changed.
The azure pillars of light shot into the sky at this moment.
Rumble!
Thunder began to ring and lightning began to flash.
“Something’s wrong.”
If this continued, it would definitely attract attention.
Lu Zhou hurriedly flew up into the sky.
Under everyone’s watchful eyes, he held up his astrolabe against the sky.
“A golden astrolabe!”
Everyone held their breath. Although they were shocked, they did not blindly speculate when they recalled the black Nine Transformation Yin Yang avatar.
Lu Zhou increased the size of the astrolabe until it covered a radius of 1,000 meters.
Lu Zhou expanded the astrolabe and covered a radius of one thousand meters.
A sizzling sound rang in the air as the blue pillars were blocked by the astrolabe.
The blue light pillars were blocked by the astrolabe with sizzling sounds!
“Down!” Lu Zhou said in a deep voice.
Then, the golden astrolabe pressed down, looking as though the sky was falling. It blocked and suppressed all the blue pillars of light.
Boom!
More than ten pillars of light vanished immediately.
At the same time, the ground around the huge stone pillar turned translucent.
“An illusion! It’s an illusion!”
Everyone hurriedly retreated. As it turned out, the Cold Breeze Valley that they often frequented was just an illusion!
When the ground completely vanished, a cliff shrouded by dense fog appeared before everyone’s eyes.
“…”
What kind of formation could deceive so many cultivators for so many years?
After putting away his astrolabe, Lu Zhou descended.
The ground had now turned into the air.
Lu Zhou turned around and faced the crowd.
Everyone kneeled in unison.
“Greetings, Venerable Master Lu!”
Lu Zhou frowned. “I’m not Venerable Master Lu!”
“Uh…”
It was difficult for them to accept these words. After all, the formation was so easily broken after 30,000 years, and most importantly, the image was too similar to the person before them.
At this moment, a butterfly-like seal flew out.
Lu Zhou immediately brought this avatar out.
Buzz!
An 800-foot golden avatar rose up from the ground and pierced through the clouds, blocking the energy seal.
Everyone raised their heads and saw an avatar that resembled an old and sprightly old man. Its golden robe gave it a sage-like appearance. They knew the avatar was a reflection of one’s appearance so everyone exclaimed in admiration.
“It’s a disguise!”
Seeing Lu Zhou was seemingly trying to establish his identity, Lu Qianshan said, “This is the Pavilion Master of the Evil Sky Pavilion!”
“The Pavilion Master of the Evil Sky Pavilion?”
“The person responsible for the collective demotion of the Black Tower Council?”
“Senior… He’s Senior Lu who killed the two elders of the White Tower Council and the Black Tower Council in the red lotus domain’s southern Land of Chaos?”
“It’s him!? The one who killed the Black Emperor and fought Lu Wu off in Jianbei Circuit’s Northern Sword Canyon?”
Without another word, all of them fell to their knees again.
“Greetings, Senior Lu!”
