Chapter 858: The Astrolabe’s Power

Lu Zhou, who was hovering in the air above the main hall, felt a little awkward when he saw the hole. At the same time, he was puzzled as well.

“The life heart’s attributes correspond to the beast it belongs to. The Yong should provide defensive power, right? What’s with this offensive power?”

Lu Zhou looked at his avatar again. The golden color of his avatar had grown incredibly vivid.

“Since the power of the Birth Chart depends on the Birth Chart Heart, have my avatar’s defenses increased?” He tried to sense his avatar’s defenses and discovered it had indeed increased tremendously.

Normally, activating a Birth Chart itself would give one basic boost in power. However, placed in the right position, the life heart should grant one with a specific ability that corresponded to the beast it belonged to.

Soon enough, another thought appeared in Lu Zhou’s mind. The destructive power of the Birth Chart was so strong, how many times would he be able to use it?

He looked away from the hole in the main hall as he shook his head. There was no helping it. He could only let Nie Qingyun repair it again.

Finally, Lu Zhou withdrew his avatar. He flashed twice away from Cloud Mountain. When he turned back, only the top of Cloud Mountain could be seen. The distance between the flashes was three to four times wider compared to when he had the Hundred Tribulations Insight avatar. He also discovered the energy consumption was about the same. In any case, he was not particularly bothered. Although this was a skill that could have an unexpected effect in a fight, in a close combat fight, the distance of the flashes was not very significant. It was more effective to use it during a sneak attack or dodging attacks. For him, it was useful to travel or run away.

Previously, Lu Zhou needed the effect of the Peak Trial Card in order to catch up to Lu Li, who had activated five Birth Charts, and his Thousand Realms Whirling avatar. It was clear to him that a Birth Chart improved one’s strength greatly.

At this moment, Lu Zhou manifested his avatar again.

Buzz!

The sound of energy surging and resonating rang in the air.

A 300-foot avatar appeared behind Lu Zhou. Its golden color and its lotus were both impressive.

Meanwhile, the huge astrolabe hovering at the avatar’s back was connected to the Birth Disk in his Birth Palace on the lotus seat.

“Karmic fire.”

Swoosh!

Golden karmic fire began to surge immediately. The golden karmic fire burned around the Ten-leaf lotus as well. Soon enough, his avatar was bathed in the golden karmic fire.

“Lu Li doesn’t have the karmic fire. In this aspect, I’m better than him.” Lu Zhou nodded to himself in satisfaction.

It was easy for him to control the karmic fire now. He channeled his vitality energy, and the karmic fire disappeared immediately. He had to keep a low profile.

Lu Zhou surveyed his surroundings before he looked down. Then, he looked at a mountain not far away and said, “I guess it has to be you…”

Lu Zhou had learned from his previous mistake. He had intentionally come here to test his new strength.

Lu Zhou moved to his avatar’s dantian. Then, a golden beam of energy light shot out from the Birth Chart on the astrolabe.

Boom!

The beam of energy light landed on the mountain, causing huge rocks to roll down.

“Again.”

A beam of energy light shot out again.

More and more rocks rolled down before the mountain collapsed.

“This…” Lu Zhou was surprised by the Birth Chart’s power. This power was from the life heart of a defensive-type Birth Chart Beast. The strength of his attack would probably be even more exaggerated if activated a Birth Chart with the life heart of an offensive-type beast, right?

All of a sudden, he recalled Yu Chenshu. No wonder Yu Chenshu was not afraid even if Lu Zhou was a Birth Chart master. After all, even if he and the puppet were injured, they could recover by absorbing others’ lives and vitality energy. Moreover, he had the flood-grade Confinement Seal at that time.

Nonetheless, even without the Birth Chart, just the power from the Thousand Realms Whirling was still amazing!

Lu Zhou unleashed the power from the Birth Chart again. This time, its strength was much weaker. With this, he confirmed he could only use the Birth Chart’s power three or four times. This was acceptable to him.

An idea appeared in his head now that he had verified the power of the astrolabe.

It consumed a lot of Primal Qi to control the Thousand Realms Whirling avatar.

“Hundred Tribulations Insight!”

Lu Zhou’s Thousand Realms Whirling avatar really shrank! The astrolabe vanished into thin air as well. Soon enough, it resumed the appearance of a Hundred Tribulations Insight avatar.

“…” Lu Zhou felt like a frog in the well. It was similar to when he first realized the difference in strength between having nine leaves and ten leaves. At this time, he really felt the Hundred Tribulations Insight avatar was really ugly compared to the Thousand Realms Whirling avatar.

Following that, Lu Zhou withdrew his avatar. He planned to fly back to Cloud Mountain instead of flashing back.

As soon as he left, a cultivator with disheveled hair and a dirty face flew out of the rubble of the collapsed mountain. His body trembled as he looked around his surroundings. A frightened expression could be seen on his face as he said, “God, I won’t swear in your name anymore! Please stop striking me! I know I was wrong!”

…

On Cloud Mountain.

The weather had returned to normal.

Nie Qingyun and Li Yunzheng looked at the hole in the main hall blankly as their hearts raced in their chests.

“Your Majesty, since you’re Senior Lu’s grand disciple, can you put in a good word for me later?” Nie Qingyun asked in slight embarrassment as he looked at the main hall.

“It’s too late! It seems like grandmaster has been dissatisfied with this place for a long time now. To be honest, although the palace is boring and my freedom is restricted, the conditions are a lot better than this palace,” Li Yunzheng said. Then, he hurriedly added, “I’m not belittling this place. I like Cloud Mountain a lot!”

“Fine! We’ll change it. I’ll give up the courtyard in the main peak! I’ll arrange for ten female disciples to serve Senior Lu all the time! Your Majesty, do you think this is satisfactory?” Nie Qingyun asked.

“It’s not bad. However, I have a dozen palace maids serving me in the palace,” Li Yunzheng said, “Master is older than me; he’s elderly. You’ll have to double the number of disciples serving him.”

“Alright.” With that, Nie Qingyun quickly ordered his men to tidy up the courtyard in the main peak.

Following that, Nie Qingyun selected the most beautiful female disciples in Cloud Mountain and gathered them in the main hall of the second peak.

Hearing the commotion , Xia Changqiu, Meng Changdong, and the others rushed over curiously.

At this moment, Little Yuan ‘er’s voice rang in the air. “Eldest Senior Brother! Second Senior Brother! You’ve returned!”

Yu Shangrong and Yu Zhenghai descended from the sky. Both of them greeted Little Yuan’er and Conch. “Greetings, Ninth Junior Sister, Little Junior Sister.”

Conch quickly responded to her senior brothers’ greetings.

At this moment, everyone bowed and greeted Yu Zhenghai and Yu Shangrong. “Mister First. Mister Second.”

Yu Zhenghai asked in confusion, “Where’s master?”

A guilty expression appeared on Nie Qingyun’s face as he said, “It’s all my fault. The conditions of this place are too poor. I’ve already ordered people to speed up the repairs. Moreover, I have vacated the main peak and selected more than twenty of the most beautiful female disciples on Cloud Mountain to serve Senior Lu!”

Yu Zhenghai briefly glanced at the row of female disciples with a confused expression before he finally said, “You’re too kind…”

“It’s a small matter. It’s not worth mentioning.”

While everyone was chatting, Lu Zho finally returned.

Little Yuan ‘er hurriedly ran up and called out, “Master!”

Yu Shangrong, Yu Zhenghai, and the others greeted Lu Zhou as well.

After landing, Lu Zhou looked at the scene in front of him and asked, “What’s this for? What’s happening?”

Li Yunzheng said, “Grandmaster, these are the female disciples that Sect Leader Nie has personally chosen to serve you. They will serve you well from now on. Moreover, the main hall in the third peak is being repaired, and the main peak has been vacated for grandmaster.”

Nie Qingyun thought to himself, ‘This time, Senior Lu should be happy, right?’

Lu Zhou’s expression turned stern immediately. “B*stard, if you have so much energy and free time, wouldn’t it be better to cultivate? Everyone, scram!”

Li Yunzheng and Nie Qingyun. “…”

Everyone hurriedly left.

Lu Zhou said, “Yu Zhenghai, Yu Shangrong, both of you stay back.”

“Yes, master.”

After everyone left, Lu Zhou asked about the situation in the Sky Martial Court while they were there.

The duo recounted everything to their master, including the things they had seen and heard in the capital. At the same time, they also reported that they had completed the mission as their master had instructed them to.

Then, Yu Zhenghai asked curiously, “Master, there’s a rumor that you killed Yu Chenshu. Is it true?”

There was no need for Lu Zhou to deny this so he said, “That’s right. I killed Yu Chenshu.”

“…”

A nosy expression appeared on Yu Zhenghai’s face as he continued to ask, “I also heard that the Sky Wheel Range Mountain collapsed, a black lotus cultivator appeared, and disaster is about to fall. Are all these also true?”

“A black lotus cultivator did appear, but there will be no disaster because of that. Both of you have completed the mission well…” Lu Zhou said.

“Thank you for your praise, master.”

Following that, Lu Zhou looked at Yu Shangrong and said, “Show me your avatar.”

Although Yu Shangrong was confused, he still manifested his avatar. A miniature Nine-leaf golden avatar without a lotus appeared on his palm.

Lu Zhou studied Yu Shangrong’s avatar carefully. The absence of a lotus made the avatar look less cluttered. However, without a lotus and a lotus seat, how was Yu Shangrong going to activate his Birth Chart?

Prior to coming to the red lotus domain, Lu Zhou was not aware of the existence of Birth Charts, after all.

Upon seeing the contemplative expression on his master’s face, Yu Shangrong asked curiously, “Master, is something the matter?”

“I’m just checking your cultivation. Both of you have to work harder.”

“I’ll definitely work hard. I won’t disappoint you.”

Lu Zhou nodded. “After two days, follow me to the Sky Martial Court.”

…

Meanwhile, in the southern pavilion of the Evil Sky Pavilion in the golden lotus domain.

Zhou Jifeng looked at the flying letter in his hand and said, “Another two Nine-leaf cultivators have appeared in the Divine Capital. The Island Master of Penglai Island has also sprouted the ninth leaf. The cities in the nine provinces have already completed the new Formations. Currently, in Great Yan, apart from some insignificant sea beasts, it’s relatively peaceful.”

‘Sea beasts?’ Si Wuya was puzzled. However, he did not dwell on it. He nodded and said, “I called you here today to discuss an important matter.”

At this moment, Mingshi Yin who was leaning against a chair said lazily, “What do you want to discuss? You can make the decisions…”

Woof! Woof!

Qiong Qi barked twice and pawed Mingshi Yin’s leg.

“See… Even my dog agrees.”

“…” Si Wuya ignored Mingshi Yin and said straightforwardly, “We have dealt with Great Yan’s Nine Provinces… However, master is still in danger. Now that the red lotus domain’s Sky Shuttle had been repaired, and we have even built a few more…”

“Wait!” Mingshi Yin interjected and rose to his feet immediately. “Don’t tell me you want to go to the red lotus domain?”