chapter 170 - Sprouting Seed
At this moment, all the eyes in the room were focused on the pair of boys with the girl hanging around him.
The inn’s staff glanced at the mess on the floor, then at the stunningly beautiful girl standing next to their new boss, and for a moment, they didn’t know what to do.
But what really widened the eyes of these employees was the figure that appeared in front of the two.
Wearing imperial robes and a gold phoenix crown on her head, while holding a dark golden sword in her hand—
Isn’t that girl the Empress of their Immortal Nation?
How could she appear here?
Before they could react, they heard the voice of the Empress.
“Who is she? What happened?”
“You… are about to break through?”
…
Luo Wusheng was still in a strange state at this moment.
The moment Little Yuli appeared and called out to him, he clearly felt the seed of luck’s rotation breaking through another level once again.
This time, he was acutely aware of the limit at which this seed could change.
But clearly, the call from Lu Yuliu just now was not enough to trigger any change in the seed of luck.
Just a bit more, just a tiny bit!
Luo Wusheng’s expression soured.
Seeing his own Junior Sister, the Empress, and the Netherqueen gradually looking at him strangely after Little Yuli landed beside him and heard her unfiltered words…
He might as well be struck by lightning!
Feeling a bit resigned to his fate, he took a look at the wooden sword Little Yuli had handed him.
If Little Yuli’s words earlier were correct, the recent incident had something to do with the message her master had given her?
Is that ice beauty master of hers really coming to the royal city?
And «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» did she teach Lu Yuliu a new sword technique through remote messaging?
This technique was likely the same one Little Yuli used to dismantle the inn…
He looked at the young girl in front of him, who seemed completely unaware of her mischievous actions, and who wore an expression that seemed like she was seeking praise.
Then, he decided to take a look at the contents of the wooden sword.
Since it had come to this point, he wanted to die with a clear understanding of what the icy beauty of a master had said and what legendary sword technique she had imparted.
So he scanned the wooden sword, which belonged to Little Yuli.
And then, he cracked open.
More precisely, the seed of luck inside his body completely cracked open at that moment.
His spiritual consciousness, which had been about to examine the contents of the wooden sword, didn’t see a single thing before it was inexplicably drawn back into his dantian.
He saw a small crack opening in the center of that starlight-shimmering seed, and a tiny sprout emerged from it…
‘Oh my, it’s really sprouting!?’
He had thought that when Yue Xuanji mentioned the seed sprouting, it was just a metaphor, considering that the seed of luck inside his body, although it looked like a seed, was actually a product formed by combining the Dragon Fortune and the human race’s luck that had been suppressed beneath the Ascending Immortality Lake, along with a series of bizarre changes.
So he had previously thought that “sprouting” should represent some more profound change.
It looks like he had over-thought it.
Luo Wusheng now had some understanding as well.
‘Sure enough, the protagonist’s group brings about changes. But I never expected that even the communication between Little Yuli and her master, whom I don’t even know, through this method would be seen by me, and it would ultimately add this final twist to the situation…’
Unfortunately, he hadn’t had the chance to see what messages the icy beauty master had sent to her lovely disciple.
Putting aside his thoughts for now, Luo Wusheng first directed his consciousness into his dantian.
Rather than worrying about how to deal with the impending and nerve-wracking reality, he was more curious about what changes his fate would undergo.
His spiritual awareness was fixed on the little seed within his dantian.
After sprouting, this seed of luck no longer revolved around his golden core but instead came to a stop just below it. The pale golden sprout extended gradually, shimmering with a faint starlight.
Under Luo Wusheng’s hopeful gaze, the seed of luck’s sprout gradually lengthened until it reached the surface of his golden core.
It touched the golden core, but didn’t budge.
???
‘What? Is this seed of luck going to occupy the position of my golden core?’
As this absurd thought crossed Luo Wusheng’s mind, the newly sprouted starlight sprout stubbornly delivered several impacts to his golden core as if to prove his point.
Just as he was considering whether to release some spiritual energy from his golden core to intimidate this seed of luck, he witnessed the spiritual energy that Yue Xuanji had previously imparted into his body rapidly dispersing at that moment. The energy, wrapped around something, quickly diminished and flowed into the seed beneath the sprout.
In an instant, the pale golden sprout became somewhat ethereal.
Without hesitation, it directly entered his golden core.
…
The Empress stood in front of Luo Wusheng.
But her gaze occasionally shifted to the girl who had hidden behind the boy when she suddenly appeared, and right now, the girl is showing signs of shyness.
‘When did he gain such an exceptionally beautiful woman by his side? And…’
She tightened her grip on the Human Emperor Sword.
Just a moment ago, she could have intervened to prevent the unexpected events in the inn.
However, what she didn’t anticipate was that even the Human Emperor Sword trembled at that moment.
A Divine grade Artifact has a spirit; so, what kind of person can manipulate someone else’s divine Artifact with a technique?
Especially after sensing a hint of “desire” from the Human Emperor Sword, she, as its current owner, felt her own mental state uncontrollably shaken.
This moment of hesitation caused her to miss the opportunity to take action.
And when she saw that the girl who had caused all this turned out to be a Foundation Establishment cultivator and even showed signs of closeness to the Holy Saint of the Demon Sect, she couldn’t help but doubt the authenticity of what she was witnessing.
But in the next moment, she suddenly had a feeling and instantly snapped back to her senses.
With her cultivation level, she was the first to sense the subtle changes occurring in the world.
Someone nearby was attempting to transcend their tribulation and advance to the Nascent Soul stage!
She quickly locked onto her target.
The Holy Saint of the Demon Sect…
Is he really about to break through this time? How could I not have noticed it before when I met him just today? Is it because of that girl’s influence?’
When Luo Wusheng experienced the anomaly, it was precisely at the moment when the girl handed him a small wooden sword with some unknown properties.
The Empress’s thoughts were somewhat confused.
Yet, despite that, her actions were the most appropriate response at the moment.
The Human Emperor Sword was lifted, and a vast golden radiance enveloped everyone in the inn.
Except for Luo Wusheng, everyone displayed a shimmering glow, indicating that the Human Emperor Sword had isolated these people from the heavenly might.
The tribulation lightning had already appeared, and she couldn’t interfere too much with the person undergoing the tribulation; else it would cause uncontrollable changes in the tribulation lightning.