I Can See Through Everything - Chapter 790

Chapter 789 Top-Grade Spirit Stones, Accumulating Power

The small box in Lu Qing’s hand was found in the Gongshu family’s main treasury.

This small box alone was of the spirit artifact grade.

It had been placed with great care in the very center of the space where spirit stones were stored, which showed how precious its contents were.

And indeed, the contents of the small box were extremely valuable.

Lu Qing opened the box, revealing ten dazzling spirit stones, like stars.

Although they didn’t emanate any spiritual energy, their flowing radiance alone was enough to intoxicate even a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Even Lu Qing felt a tremor in his heart.

Top-grade spirit stones.

Lu Qing had already used his special ability to examine them; these ten star-like spirit stones, with their incredibly restrained spiritual energy, were indeed the legendary top-grade spirit stones.

This was a true treasure.

While high-grade spirit stones were hard to find, some major sects and families still possessed some.

But top-grade spirit stones were different; they were truly treasures that could only be encountered by chance.

Their rarity and preciousness even surpassed some top-grade spiritual herbs.

This is because top-grade spirit stones are only produced in the very core of certain large spirit stone veins.

Furthermore, the yield is extremely low; a large spirit stone vein might not even produce one or two top-grade spirit stones. Given

their rarity, Lu Qing’s joy upon finding ten top-grade spirit stones in the treasure vault was understandable.

“According to some records in the Immortal Palace’s inheritance, a Nascent Soul Realm expert at the peak of the Nine Tribulations stage finds it easier to break through to the Dao Integration Realm with the help of top-grade spirit stones.

For me, the Nine Tribulations of the Nascent Soul Realm might not be the limit, but if I want to break through to a realm beyond the Nine Tribulations in the future, top-grade spirit stones will definitely be of considerable help.”

Before leaving the Immortal Palace, Lu Qing downloaded and copied all the inheritances of the eight passages within the Immortal Palace. This allowed him

to learn many secrets of cultivation

, including the wondrous uses of top-grade spirit stones.

Top-grade spirit stones have another unique use in breaking limits and advancing through realms.

This makes this treasure even more precious.

The reason the Gongshu family kept these top-grade spirit stones was probably for their ancestor to use when he reached the peak of the Ninth Tribulation of the Nascent Soul stage.

However, all of this now benefited Lu Qing.

After taking inventory of the treasure vault, Lu Qing began to consider his next plan.

This attack on Zhou Tian City had yielded great gains, but it would inevitably attract the attention of the Holy Alliance.

They might even have already guessed his identity.

However, Lu Qing didn’t care.

His previous deduction of the whereabouts of the Five Treasures Daoist and Ye Qingzhu had already alarmed the Holy Alliance.

With the Holy Alliance’s intelligence capabilities, they probably immediately guessed that he had returned.

After all, the Five Treasures Daoist and Ye Qingzhu were captured because of him.

The Holy Alliance couldn’t possibly have failed to consider this possibility.

He had previously learned from Nangong Yuanwu that the location of the Holy Alliance’s Heavenly Prison was extremely dangerous.

Not only was it located in the core of the Holy Alliance’s headquarters, protected by powerful formations, but it was

also secretly guarded by many powerful figures. Even a Nascent Soul Ninth Tribulation expert would find it difficult to approach, let alone rescue anyone.

Unless he possesses overwhelming power.

This is why Lu Qing immediately went to Zhou Tian City after bidding farewell to Nangong Yuanwu.

Zhou Tian City has the cultivation resources he needs.

As long as his realm can break through one or two more levels, then there will be no one in the entire Tianyuan Great World he needs to fear.

Even a Dao Integration Realm expert descending with a split soul would be no different.

Thinking of this, Lu Qing said to Xiao Yan and Xiao Li, “Having obtained so many resources this time, it’s a good time to go into seclusion and digest them.”

“Isn’t brother going to save your friends?” Xiao Yan asked.

“It’s not the time yet,” Lu Qing said. “Our most important task right now is to strengthen our own strength.”

As for the safety of the Five Treasures Daoist and Ye Qingzhu, Lu Qing wasn’t too worried.

Since the Holy Alliance had captured and imprisoned them early on, it was obvious that they wanted to use this to threaten and control him.

In that case, as long as he didn’t truly show himself, their lives should be safe.

So, the right thing to do now is for him not to show himself; if the Holy Alliance can’t find him, they naturally have no way to threaten him.

Although Lu Qing wanted to save them, he wouldn’t put himself in danger.

Ultimately, he didn’t owe Wu Bao Daoist and Ye Qingzhu anything.

On the contrary, he had saved their lives multiple times in the past.

If he could save them this time, great; if not, he would simply make the entire Holy Alliance pay with their lives.

In the following time, Lu Qing directly descended into the ground, finding a spacious underground cave.

He then made arrangements, setting up multiple layers of arrays to conceal the cause and effect, preventing anyone from spying.

After completing all this, he began a new round of seclusion.

In a spacious cave, Lu Qing set up a spirit-gathering array with high-grade spirit stones. As the array was activated, a surging and incredibly pure spiritual energy flowed from the spirit stones.

Lu Qing circulated his cultivation technique, absorbing this pure spiritual energy into his body and refining it.

Instantly, his cultivation level, which hadn’t improved for some time, began to slowly rise again.

Just as Lu Qing was deeply immersed in seclusion…

In the Holy Alliance, within a grand hall adorned with numerous thrones, more than a dozen powerful figures sat seated upon them.

If outside cultivators witnessed this scene, they would undoubtedly be astonished.

Many of these powerful figures were top-tier Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, renowned throughout the entire Tianyuan Great World, their fame resounding throughout the land.

It could be said that each of them possessed the strength to establish their own sect and become a powerful figure in their own right.

However, the atmosphere within the hall was heavy.

Everyone stared solemnly at a light screen in the center of the hall.

The light screen displayed the situation in Zhou Tian City.

“Gentlemen, this is what Zhou Tian City looks like now. I used a recording stone to imprint it from high above,” said

the dignified middle-aged man in a lightning-patterned robe who had rushed to Zhou Tian City after receiving the distress call.

In his hand, he held a shimmering crystal, which manifested a light screen in the sky.

“Zhou Tian City was cleaved in two by a mysterious expert from the sky with a single sword strike, destroying all the formations. Subsequently, the Gongshu family, from the patriarch down to ordinary Golden Core Realm experts, all perished at the hands of that mysterious expert.”

Looking at the massive sword mark that traversed the entire Zhou Tian City in the light screen, the eyes of everyone in the hall were filled with shock.

“Lord Lei, are you sure the sword mark was made by a single sword strike?”

a powerful figure asked, somewhat incredulously.

“At first, I also thought it impossible, but after questioning many citizens of Zhou Tiancheng, they all said the same thing, including several Nascent Soul Realm experts. It seems there’s no mistake,” the dignified middle-aged man said solemnly.

Silence fell once more in the hall.

If this were true, it would be a truly momentous event.

No wonder Lord Lei convened a meeting of elders immediately upon his return.

Such a shocking event had occurred.

Zhou Tiancheng had fallen, and the Gongshu family, one of the thirty-six superior clans, had been defeated; their decline was inevitable.

More importantly, to be able to cleave Zhou Tiancheng in two with a single sword strike, leaving a sword mark stretching for thousands of miles

—such earth-shattering power was something even they had never possessed.

When did the Gongshu family offend such an existence?

“Gentlemen, this isn’t the worst of it.” Just then, the dignified middle-aged man spoke again, “I suspect that the mysterious person who destroyed Zhou Tian City is very likely the demon from decades ago!”

“The demon from decades ago? Who?” a figure asked doubtfully.

But another figure’s expression changed drastically, and he asked urgently, “Palace Master Lei, are you sure the one who did this is the demon from decades ago?”

The other figures also trembled upon hearing this.

They thought of that major event from decades ago.

“This is just my speculation.”

The dignified middle-aged man waved his hand, conjuring a phantom in mid-air.

The phantom wore a black bamboo hat and a strange ghost-face mask, its gaze calm and indifferent.

It was a phantom that the dignified middle-aged man had extracted from the minds of those opportunistic cultivators in Zhou Tian City using his soul-searching technique.

“According to the memories of the citizens of Zhou Tian City, this person is the mysterious expert who attacked Zhou Tian City and killed several members of the Gongshu family at the Nascent Soul Realm.

His attire is exactly the same as the assassin who infiltrated Zhou Tian City and killed the seventh son of the Gongshu family.

Based on our investigations over the years, that assassin is very likely one of the identities of that evil spirit from back then.

And didn’t we also find out that that evil spirit and the Gongshu family have a deep grudge?

If it was him who made the move, it would make perfect sense.

Otherwise, where did the Gongshu family provoke such a terrifying enemy?”

Looking at the illusory figure manifested by the dignified middle-aged man and his speculation, the expressions of the group of experts were somewhat shaken.

Especially those who had participated in that battle back then, their eyes gleamed with a terrifying light when they saw the illusory figure’s eyes.

It’s so similar!

The eyes of this illusory figure are truly too similar to those of that evil spirit from back then.

“If it’s even that demon from back then, his strength has increased far too quickly. Could he have already reached the ninth tribulation of the Nascent Soul realm?”

a figure said in disbelief.

According to the information the Holy Alliance had gathered, decades ago, that demon had only just passed the Nascent Soul tribulation and achieved the Nascent Soul realm.

Logically speaking, even if his talent was extraordinary, it was impossible for him to have cultivated from the initial stage of the Nascent Soul realm to the ninth tribulation in just a few decades.

“This demon cannot be judged by ordinary standards. Whether he broke through Zhou Tian City with magic weapons or his own strength, it’s the same for us. We must treat him with utmost caution,” the dignified middle-aged man said.

“Speaking of which, recently this old man has also sensed someone using divination techniques to try to spy on the situation in the Heavenly Prison. Could it be that demon?”

At this moment, an old man with a bald head and only a few strands of hair left suddenly spoke, as if he had remembered something.

“Someone is divination about the situation in the Heavenly Prison, Prison Lord, is what you said true?” the dignified middle-aged man asked hurriedly.

“Indeed, that person’s divination techniques are extremely profound. If it weren’t for the spirit of the Heavenly Prison reminding me, even I would have had difficulty detecting it,” the bald old man nodded.

“That’s it. In recent years, there haven’t been many prisoners in the Heavenly Prison. Just over ten years ago, some people related to that demon were arrested and imprisoned. Before that, no one dared to divinate the Heavenly Prison. It must be related to that demon.”

“So, it really is that demon who has returned?”

“Very likely!”

Hearing this, the hall fell silent again.

If the masked man who broke through Zhou Tian City was indeed that demon from back then,

then for them, there was no worse news than this.

It meant that in just a few decades, that demon had truly grown from the initial stage of the Nascent Soul realm to a level that even they feared.

Although their common sense about cultivation told them that this was unlikely,

the thought that the demon had only recently passed the Nascent Soul tribulation and was already able to escape unscathed from the siege of ten fifth-tribulation Nascent Soul cultivators from both the human and demon races was still unforgettable.

They even managed to kill a fifth-tribulation demon king of the demon race.

They then realized that this might not be entirely impossible.

“So what should we do now?” another figure broke the silence.

“I suggest we inform the demon race first. This demon is extremely cunning. Now that he has returned, he must be very confident. Our Holy Alliance alone might not be enough to deal with him.

The demon race was also involved in what happened back then; we can’t let them remain uninvolved.”

“To unite with the demon race and combine the strength of both races to kill the demon is indeed a solution,” another figure nodded.

Upon hearing about the alliance with the demon race, some of the others showed a hint of unease.

However, after glancing at the sword mark that traversed Zhou Tian City in the light screen in the center of the hall, they

ultimately didn’t object and nodded in agreement.

“And those people in the Heavenly Prison, keep a close eye on them, in case that demon suddenly attacks. According to the intelligence we’ve gathered, that demon is clearly skilled in the art of changing its aura; we can’t afford to be careless about that.”

“Don’t worry, with this old man here, even someone at the ninth tribulation of the Nascent Soul stage won’t be able to easily break through the Heavenly Prison’s defenses,” the bald old man said confidently. “

Also, we can’t just wait around; we have to take the initiative and search for the demon’s tracks…”

One plan after another was proposed and discussed by the powerful figures.

As one of the most powerful forces in the Tianyuan Great World, the Holy Alliance’s power was undoubtedly terrifying.

Before long, a series of vicious plans targeting Lu Qing were quickly finalized, and the entire Holy Alliance began to operate.

A day later, a flying ship flew from the human territory into the demon territory.

Not long after, the demon race also began to stir with undercurrents.

Lu Qing, however, paid no heed to these developments, focusing solely on his secluded cultivation in his underground cave.

He knew, of course, that the Holy Alliance would take action.

But for him, the most important thing right now was to increase his strength.

Before sufficient power, all conspiracies, schemes, and demons were nothing but smoke and mirrors, easily dissipated.

And so, he continued his cultivation hidden underground.

Days passed, and finally, on this day, he sensed another opportunity for breakthrough. (End of Chapter)