Chapter 879
Selection of Night Guards
"The Chaos Beast's original core is in the hands of Lord Yelan. If you want it, I can find a way to exchange it for you, or you can go to Shuiyuntian yourself."
"Go there in person? Is there some kind of reason for it?"
Tai Xuan Yin Guo Zhen Xian nodded.
"In order to prepare for the great calamity that will come at the end of the era, the vast Nine Heavens are rapidly increasing their power."
"Recently, there is a selection process for the Nightfall Immortal Guards in Shuiyuntian. Priority will be given to cultivators from Shuiyuntian to serve as guards. If you can become the commander of the Immortal Guards, you can make a request to Lord Nightfall, and then you will be able to obtain the Chaos Beast Core."
Wang Yu didn't quite understand.
Because he is not suitable to be a celestial guard at all, he would be better off in seclusion. Logically speaking, his master has plenty of ways to help him obtain the Chaos Beast Core.
There was absolutely no need to recommend him to participate in any Celestial Guard selection.
Unless... there is a deeper meaning.
As a fellow practitioner of the Dao of Cause and Effect, Wang Yu was well aware that the Great Dao of Cause and Effect had more than just the function of concealing one's own cause and effect; he was simply adept at using it.
Cause and effect can be separated by countless years.
The cause that occurred many years ago and the result that occurred many years later is the most typical cause-and-effect relationship, and it is very suitable for those who are good at planning to use it for layout.
Those who comprehend the highest level of understanding may even possess the extraordinary ability to reverse cause and effect.
Yelan Shenjun ranks relatively low among the nine immortals of the human race.
It is possible that they were secretly influenced by the Tai Xuan Karma True Immortal, or rather... apart from the Demon Lord and the Candle Dragon Demon Emperor, any human True Immortal who successfully attained enlightenment must have had their master's approval.
Seeing that Wang Yu was deep in thought.
Tai Xuan, the True Immortal of Karma, continued, "The materials for those Blood Eyes are in the hands of the Demon Lord. He is not in Cangmang now. When he returns, I will exchange them for you. However... you will also need to offer items of equal value in exchange."
That sounds unpleasant.
After all, they were master and disciple, but this item was not part of the collection of the Tai Xuan Karma True Immortal. That was one reason. Secondly, Wang Yu's strength had long since reached the level of completing his apprenticeship, and he should have been self-sufficient long ago.
It is inappropriate to ask one's master for rare celestial treasures.
Unless the other party grants it voluntarily, that's another matter. But Wang Yu always felt from the other party's words that they particularly wanted him to participate in the "Nightfall Immortal Guard Selection".
"Disciple understands. May I ask if Master could reveal the arrangements made here to Yu?"
"It cannot be spoken of."
Tai Xuan, the True Immortal of Karma, shook his head.
"Coincidence creates cause and effect. If you do something with a purpose in mind, your original intention will change, and the final result will tend to be negative."
"This is what is meant by 'heavenly secrets cannot be revealed'."
Wang Yu retorted, unconvinced.
"How does Master know whether revealing something is also part of the heavenly secrets?"
"That is naturally up to me to decide."
Wang Yu was speechless for a moment. After thinking for a long time, he finally decided to give it a try. The problem was, how should he handle the situation? And should he hide his identity?
When Wang Yu asked two questions, his master simply smiled and told him to decide for himself.
He hates riddle tellers!
However, this wasn't entirely fruitless. His master would help him obtain the Blood Eye materials, and as for the equivalent Immortal-grade materials needed for the exchange... they'd deal with that later.
Things will work themselves out in the end; can a person die from holding their pee? Anyway, the Formless Immortal Demon Body has already been successfully upgraded, and all that's left to do is make full use of the advantages that this physique brings.
Then there's the issue of one's own spiritual cultivation.
With the placement slots available, Wang Yu himself doesn't need to worry too much. Instead, he should focus his energy on the second priority, namely the "Yin Body Divine Embryo".
The original "Tai Xuan Wu Shi Jing" can absorb the special power of "Immortal Spirit Qi" through the placement slot, and can successfully cultivate the [Tai Xuan Immortal Embryo] even without using immortal roots and rare treasures!
The Yin body and divine embryo, however, cannot.
Unless Wang Yu's primordial spirit enters the divine embryo, the placement bar will move along with his main consciousness. Unfortunately, absorbing "immortal spiritual energy" to cultivate the "Tai Xuan Wu Shi Jing" takes too long.
Even with the main body placed at ten times the speed for hundreds of years, it has only completed about 80% of the accumulation. It is definitely too late for the Yin Body Divine Embryo to start from scratch.
Therefore, only one immortal root can be selected for absorption and refinement.
Wang Yu was deep in thought.
Suddenly, a strange thought popped into his head: what if his primordial spirit entered the divine embryo and he participated in the selection of the Nightfall Immortal Guard with his yin body? As soon as this thought popped into his head, he quickly dismissed it.
after all.
Everything eventually comes to an end. When the day comes for it to be concluded, won't Wang Yu's reputation be completely ruined? Pretending to be a woman to deceive another woman is simply outrageous.
soon.
He completely abandoned any distracting thoughts, and his cultivation of his main body was no longer a concern. He didn't even need to go into seclusion, as the placement panel would continuously provide him with insights related to the Dao Fruit.
He only needs to receive and adjust the placed Dao Fruits. He decided to deal with the cultivation of the Yin Body Divine Embryo when he returns. Who knows, besides the Chaos Beast's original core, he might be able to obtain other immortal-grade treasures in Shuiyun Heaven?
After making up my mind.
By combining the enhanced and upgraded version of the "Ten Thousand Eight Thousand Weak Water Realms" with the Four Mysterious Cause and Effect Dao Fruits, Wang Yu possesses the power of four mysterious cause and effect laws: [Concealment/Calculation/Cause/Consequence].
He completely severed his physical appearance from the name "Wang Yu." This was one of the most profound applications of the causal law that he had discovered by chance while painstakingly studying the mysteries of causal concealment.
Once this method is implemented...
Wang Yu's appearance is no longer associated with the name "Wang Yu". It is equivalent to removing his appearance from the causal level. When others see him, they will not associate him with the name "Wang Yu".
In this way...
When it comes time to clean up the mess in the future, he can also have an excuse to say that he has never concealed his identity, and that it can only be the other party's fault for not noticing.
With an excuse, Wang Yu felt much more relaxed.
While doing so, I started gathering information about Shui Yuntian and Ye Lan Shenjun to conduct background checks in advance.
Shuiyuntian is located within the Canghai Grand World.
It was a vast world entirely composed of water, containing countless islands scattered like grains of sand. Lord Yelan was the seventh True Immortal of the human race.
Wang Yu estimated that his strength had reached the second step of the Immortal Realm.
It is said that her early life was quite legendary. She was a pearl diver who accidentally found a "Nine-Colored Spirit Clam" during a pearl diving trip.
The "Nine-Colored Spirit Pearl" inside the clam brought great disaster to her family. They were forcibly taken away and killed by ordinary pearl collectors. She herself survived by chance because she was out selling dried fish.
The so-called "Nine-Colored Spirit Clam" is a sixth-order spiritual object, representing the ultimate quality of rare treasures nurtured in the Lesser Thousand Worlds. Even the remaining shells are rare treasures coveted by low-level cultivators.
The young Lord Yelan was unaware of its usage.
But she could feel that every time she slept while holding the clam shell, her body would become better. When this enhancement reached its limit, she possessed the strength of 100,000 jin even without any cultivation.
After taking revenge, they discovered traces of the cultivation world.
A long story unfolded surrounding the Nine-Colored Spirit Pearl, until the latter ascended to the True Spirit Realm, bringing this well-known legend to a close.
Say something.
In the past, Wang Yu wouldn't have thought much about the stories of such top figures because there was a kind of "survivorship bias" involved.
Many cultivators who rise from the bottom have had their experiences largely influenced by luck; this is not a coincidence, but rather an inevitability.
The early experiences of Lord Yelan gave him a classic script-like feeling, which was why he had this feeling, precisely because he cultivated the Great Dao of Cause and Effect.
If all of this was orchestrated by his master, then his control over the cause and effect of Lord Yelan would reach an extremely terrifying level. This is all woven together by cultivators of cause and effect.
Everything you have is a fabricated cause, so when you reap sweet fruit, you are merely a laborer who waters and fertilizes, and the fruit belongs to the master who "reaped what he sowed".
This harvesting is almost impossible to avoid by any means; from the moment the seed is planted, the outcome of the harvest is predetermined.
However, "almost" is not "certain." Cause and effect can be covered by other causes and effects, or even defeated by more mysterious fates, depending entirely on the level of both parties.
think carefully.
Wang Yu felt that it was unlikely that his master was manipulating the karma of the Nightfall God, since he had already sent him to participate in the Nightfall Immortal Guard selection.
If it were really as they speculated, why would it be so complicated? Unless... the weaver is someone else!
After putting down the intelligence he had gathered, Wang Yu left some resources and cultivation tips for Xiao Chan'er and Xue Yu, telling them not to leave the True Spirit Realm casually, lest they be targeted by enemies secretly watching him.
Only then did he secretly leave the Realm of True Spirits.
Head to the Canghai Realm to participate in the so-called Nightfall Immortal Guard selection.
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That day.
The vast ocean, the boundless sky and clouds.
A group of old men, whose cultivation had reached the Mahayana stage and the Tribulation stage, and whose appearances and physiques were all "young" and "upright," were gathered in front of a huge obelisk.
Needless to say.
This group of cultivators came for the selection of Nightfall Immortal Guards, but their numbers were somewhat outrageous, exceeding one hundred.
It should be noted that at the same time, the other nine heavens were also expanding their power, offering very generous conditions for recruiting rogue cultivators and alien races.
Unfortunately, the most people came from Lord Yelan's side.
Humans are not only found in the vast Immortal Realm of the Cosmic Sea. As a race with strong vitality and a powerful mortal reproductive ability, they are distributed in various star fields and Immortal Realms.
More or less, Cangmang was only revered as the ancestral court of the human race because of the existence of the Tai Xuan Karma True Immortal and the establishment of the Cangmang Immortal Palace.
It is also the most powerful force among the human race.
The selection of the Celestial Guard has only one condition: one must consider oneself a "human." Whether one passes or not will ultimately be verified by the True Immortal himself.
Therefore, unless there is a cultivator like Wang Yu, it is difficult for alien spies to infiltrate; one only needs to be wary of traitors within one's own race.
The reason why there are so many people in the Nightfall Immortal Guard selection is...
Many of them actually came to see the title "Number One Beauty in the Universe Sea" bestowed upon Yelan Shenjun, though it is impossible to verify who coined that title.
However, the title of the most beautiful woman among humans has been widely spread, and the term "human" refers to all humanoid beings, which is a rather broad term.
It can cover at least 80% of the races in the cosmic ocean.
The final stage of the Immortal Guard selection allows for close contact with the true immortal himself. If these cultivators were to encounter Lord Yelan outside, nine out of ten would only dare to glance at him from afar, and would not dare to offend him in the slightest.
Where else would you find such an opportunity?
After becoming a Celestial Guardian, one can be by their side every day, feasting one's eyes on them, and one might even have thoughts like "being close to the water tower, one gets the moon first."
to be frank.
Wang Yu found it hard to understand the thought process of this group of people. They all "remodeled" themselves to be young and handsome, with better figures than the last, and their clothing was also quite sophisticated, though somewhat cumbersome.
At first glance, it's a colorful mess.
Anyone who didn't know better would think they'd wandered into a rabbit hutch...
On the other hand, Wang Yu, because he used the wondrous law of cause and effect, although he had his original appearance, no one recognized him, and he was dressed in a black robe.
Her black hair fell casually down to her lower back.
It emphasizes a casual approach.
His otherwise ordinary, everyday attire actually stood out among this group of glamorous men.
Not long after.
A white-bearded, short-haired general with a cultivation level of seven tribulations suddenly appeared in front of the obelisk. After his gaze swept around, all the cultivators instantly fell silent.
The divine general spoke: "I, 'Bo Ya,' have followed the Divine Lord for 100,000 years. Today, you have come to participate in the selection of the Immortal Guards. I would like to offer you a piece of advice."
"The Divine Lord is merciful and will not harm those with ill intentions, but neither will I or the other powerful figures of Shuiyuntian. It is safe to retreat now."
The crowd remained silent; no one left.
When the divine general Bo Ya spoke of "having ulterior motives," he was actually referring specifically to a lecherous man. Nine out of ten people present were there for his reputation.
At most, they'll just give him a lesson; what could possibly happen?
Naturally, no one left.
Seeing this, General Bo Ya sneered, "Very well, those who are determined to participate may step forward. Touching this obelisk will teleport you to the trial grounds. Let's begin."
The Celestial Guardian Trial is actually quite simple, consisting of only three steps. After touching the obelisk, participants will be teleported to a sealed room.
First, they check your cultivation level, then they ask about your background and why you came. Almost everyone like Wang Yu, who wants the position of commander of the Immortal Guards and wants to ask for a piece of Lord Yelan's collection, is like that.
of course.
While others used this as an excuse, Wang Yu spoke from the heart. The female cultivator in charge of recording didn't believe him at all and instead gave him a disdainful look.
This made Wang Yu a little uncomfortable.
His "Carefree Demon Heart" was inherently somewhat rebellious, or rather, a "demon mentality." The more you think I have ulterior motives, the more I'll show you what ulterior motives are.
After succeeding, discard the item casually and observe the other party's reaction.
A purely joyful mindset.
Although Wang Yu was unhappy, he still held back.
Nothing out of the ordinary happened.
After the first stage, the second stage is the familiar practical test, where different sea beasts or divine generals are assigned as opponents based on cultivation level.
If you can win the battle, you will enter the third stage.
The Celestial Guards are personally selected by Lord Yelan, who also determines the captains and commanders of the Celestial Guards.
This part requires a bit of luck and a good eye.
Wang Yu reported his cultivation level as a Sixth Tribulation Loose Immortal, which was among the top tier of all participants, and few could rival him.
The highest level of the other cultivators who have transcended tribulation is only the fourth tribulation.
therefore.
He still stands out quite a bit.
After successfully passing the practical test, they officially entered the third stage. Of the original hundred or so participants, only about twenty remained. They gathered in an open square, awaiting the arrival of Lord Yelan for selection. (End of Chapter)