Chapter 703 - 387: The Star Master Attains Da Luo, Sect Hierarch Seals the Palace
Chapter 703: Chapter 387: The Star Master Attains Da Luo, Sect Hierarch Seals the Palace
Returning to Biyou Palace, Su Yu directly took a nap inside the Hall of Inquiry.
Upon waking, he found that Sect Master Tongtian had already arrived and was sitting on a cloud bed, drinking leisurely by himself.
Su Yu hurriedly bowed down:
"Disciple pays respects to Master and wishes you a good morning!"
Sect Master Tongtian waved his broad sleeve and said:
"Today, we will continue the Dao lecture."
Su Yu quickly sat down on the cushion in front, and bowed again:
"Master, I have a Dao companion whose cultivation and potential are on par with mine. I wonder if she could listen to the lecture too?"
Sect Master Tongtian looked up, his gaze seemingly piercing through time and space, witnessing the world within the Chaos Pearl, then nodded slightly:
"Very well, this palace is indeed quite lonely."
Su Yu was overjoyed, and quickly thanked him, then opened the gate to the Chaos World, from which Chao Hai emerged. Having already learned of the Saint’s status from him, she, like Su Yu, bowed down:
"Chao Hai pays respects to Grandmaster."
Sect Master Tongtian appraised her and nodded:
"Indeed extraordinary. You may listen from the side in the future."
"By the way, several others possess good talent as well; you may bring them to listen too."
Su Yu immediately communicated with Xuan Yue’s four girls and the Star Master to let them out. As for Xuan Yue’s four girls, it was alright. They were just players before and hadn’t ventured beyond Blue Mountain even when trapped, so they lacked experience and had little concept of a Saint. But the Star Master was different.
He was a Golden Immortal who had trained outside, and the title of Saint was something he had often heard.
When he emerged from the Chaos Pearl and faced the Saint, his face alight with excitement and piety, he knelt down:
"Fang Hong pays respects to the Shangqing Saint, may the Saint’s Grand Dao be eternal."
Sect Master Tongtian nodded slightly, and spoke:
"Your cultivation is quite good; with further accumulation, you may attain the Da Luo level as well to guard my disciple’s path."
Fang Hong solemnly swore like an oath:
"Unless I fall, I will surely protect the young master completely."
"Very well!"
Sect Master Tongtian waved his broad sleeve, and six new cushions flew out and landed before them.
His was a purple-gold cushion, Chao Hai’s was a purple cushion, while Xuan Yue’s four girls and Star Master Fang Hong received blue cushions.
The distinction in status and treatment was clear, but Fang Hong felt no resentment, only great joy.
An Innate Saint giving a Dao lecture, what a great fortune! Who cares where one sits, just listening already surpasses almost all Golden Immortals in the world. What more could one ask for?
"The Grand Dao is within reach!"
Previously unsure of when he might achieve Da Luo, despite being at the peak of Golden Immortal, he had no clue how to attain the Dao, waiting only for an opportunity.
But now, listening to a Saint’s lecture, achieving Da Luo was assured.
At this moment, Sect Master Tongtian turned to Su Yu again and said:
"Go and strike the golden bell; those fated on the island may come to listen."
Su Yu nodded, got up and left the hall, came to the side of the Hall of Inquiry, lifted the bell hammer, and struck heavily down.
"Clang!"
The deep bell sound spread, sound waves layering over one another, in a blink reaching the entire Jin’ao Island.
The large island fell silent, a jade-green qilin resting between the spiritual springs raised its head in excitement:
"A Saint is giving a lecture?"
The flock of azure luan circling the island turned their heads, seeing the purple barrier above Biyou Palace that hadn’t changed in a million years beginning to disappear.
Under the phoenix tree, beneath the jade walls, atop the Immortal Wood, at the bottom of the spiritual lake, numerous immortal beasts, upon hearing the bell, rose and flew towards Biyou Palace.
Standing on the nine thousand jade steps, Su Yu saw one Golden Immortal level immortal beast after another flying in from all directions, all landing at the base of the jade steps, transforming into human form, and obediently ascending step by step.
Quickly reaching the top of the nine thousand-step jade platform, upon seeing the youth standing on the platform, they all bowed down and called out:
"Wilderness cultivators pay respects to the young master of Biyou Palace!"
Su Yu smiled slightly and said:
"By order of the Sect Master, today the Dao will be lectured, all may listen outside the hall."
All the immortal beasts bowed in unison:
"May the Saint’s Grand Dao be eternal!"
Su Yu nodded, flicked his sleeve, and turned to enter the hall.
In a moment, with the crisp sound of a jade chime, the profound words of the Dao emerged, as the Saint’s Dao essence combined with innate pure energy formed golden lotuses, which combined with starlight to become heavenly flowers, countless golden lights floated in the air, the golden lotuses and heavenly flowers drifted out of the hall with the ethereal golden mist, descending upon the numerous listening immortal beasts outside.
The Saint’s lecture not only enhances cultivation but also includes the logic of cultivation.
Listening together, the benefits gained vary according to one’s cultivation level.
For example, Su Yu, now at the Profound Immortal cultivation, by listening, not only greatly enhances his attributes, but gains cultivation insights related to the complete harmonization of the physical body, mana, primordial spirit, and the Grand Dao in the late stage of Profound Immortal.
And how to gather the five energies within the chest, the three flowers atop the head, and how to condense golden nature.
Without a proper Golden Immortal legacy, it is impossible to gather golden nature by oneself out of thin air.
If one were at the Golden Immortal level, it teaches how to refine the Dao fruit, a legacy possessed by only a few forces in the entire Earth Immortal world.
The Star Master was previously stuck here mainly because, though he possessed the methods to gather Dao fruits, without the experiences of predecessors, he had to rely on himself to explore.
If undisturbed, perhaps one day a flash of inspiration might bring success, yet one might also struggle for millions of years without progress.
But listening to a Saint’s lecture grants the most authentic method of refining the Dao fruit of the Profound Sect, likely achieving Da Luo soon enough.
In the days that followed, Sect Master Tongtian lectured daily, with Chao Hai and others listening from the side, each session initiated by Su Yu striking the golden bell, which lifted the restrictions of Biyou Palace, allowing the island’s numerous immortal beasts to enter the Dao venue to listen.
As time went on, the immortal beasts came to know Su Yu’s identity and respectfully referred to him as the young master.
The first month had lectures daily, starting the second month, once a week, until... in the seventh month, as Su Yu was fully engrossed in listening, the lecture suddenly and abruptly stopped, sensing the change of energy behind him, he immediately turned around, seeing the Star Master sitting cross-legged on the cushion, his aura becoming ethereal, surrounded by a river of stars, the manifestation of his Star Dao.