Spirit Dust Realm, Capital of Li Shui.
“Andrew, this is what Mr. Lu asked me to bring you before he left.”
Mark Gu pushed the wooden box on the table over and smiled.
Behind him, Christopher Tong and Leonard Lin stood with beaming smiles, their moods exceptionally good.
The heavenly treasures bestowed upon them by Mr. Lu were simply astonishing, treasures that the Spirit Dust Realm could never possess!
At this rate, once their Master ascended, they too could ascend without much delay.
Mr. Lu was truly a benefactor on their path to immortality!
“Mr. Lu… has left?”
Andrew Chen didn’t pay attention to the wooden box but asked in a trembling voice.
That figure in cyan cloth had just left… never to be seen again.
Currently, Andrew Chen held a significant position in the capital. Caleb Dong, knowing Andrew had some connection with Ambrose Lu, took good care of him.
He was bestowed the title of Prince Chen, given a grand mansion, and countless maids and servants to attend to him.
But Andrew Chen was not happy.
Now, his wife and the old butler were both gone.
He missed the days in the small border town, but time couldn’t turn back.
Mark Gu fell silent, nodded, and sighed, “Yes, Mr. Lu has left, he’s gone to the Immortal Realm.”
“The Immortal Realm?” Andrew Chen murmured, but thinking of that cyan figure, he quickly understood.
“Open it and see.” Mark Gu nodded towards the box.
Andrew Chen took the wooden box, gently caressed it, and then opened it.
Immediately, a dizzying medicinal fragrance quickly spread, soon enveloping the entire courtyard.
Fortunately, Mark Gu had set up an array in advance to prevent the fragrance from leaking out.
Andrew Chen stared blankly at the snow-white lotus inside the box, its entire form emitting a faint white glow.
Just by smelling a bit of the fragrance, Andrew Chen felt his blood and energy surging violently, his face turning red.
“Immortal Gu, this… this is…”
Andrew Chen asked in a hoarse voice.
“Mr. Lu said this herb is called the Heavenly Lotus. We’ve never seen it before, but as the name suggests and since it was given by Mr. Lu, its effect should be to help someone without spiritual roots gain them, thus stepping onto the path of cultivation.”
Mark Gu exclaimed.
If this Heavenly Lotus was truly as its name suggested, then it was indeed defying the heavens…
To forcibly pull an ordinary person onto the path of immortality, what else could it be but defying the heavens?
It was absolutely a miraculous change of fate.
Christopher and Leonard were equally astonished.
Andrew Chen stood there, his eyes moist and blurry…
“Andrew, let me ask you again, do you still want to cultivate?”
“Mr. Lu, this immortality… I won’t pursue it…”
The scene of his last conversation with Ambrose Lu on the day the old butler passed away was still vivid in his mind.
That was also their last meeting.
“Immortal Gu, please keep this lotus… I’m too old to waste such a treasure.”
Andrew Chen forced a smile and pushed the wooden box back.
Mark Gu frowned, his voice deepening, “Just keep it as instructed. Stop being so indecisive. I must carry out Mr. Lu’s orders!”
With that, he used a bit of spiritual power to suppress the dazed Andrew Chen and shouted at Christopher and Leonard, “What are you two standing there for? Grind the Heavenly Lotus into powder and make tea for him!”
“Yes, Master!”
Christopher and Leonard hurried into action, quickly grinding the Heavenly Lotus into powder, then mixing it with tea. They pried open Andrew Chen’s mouth and poured it all in, their movements smooth and swift.
The next moment,
A surge of heat rose from Andrew Chen’s dantian, making him feel like his whole body was on fire, his blood and energy surging violently.
At this moment, Mark Gu placed his palm on Andrew Chen’s back.
Soon, the powder of the Heavenly Lotus dissolved completely in Andrew Chen’s abdomen, causing a dramatic transformation in his internal organs, muscles, and bones!
Christopher and Leonard saw countless dirty and foul-smelling impurities seeping out from Andrew Chen’s skin.
His white hair miraculously turned black at that moment.
The wrinkles on his face smoothed out, and his skin became as smooth and tender as a newborn’s.
Andrew Chen opened his eyes, which were now pure black, with a newfound clarity.
He stared at his palms, lost in thought for a long time.
Andrew Chen could clearly feel that he… had completely changed.
Moreover, there were now several strands of energy flowing in his dantian…
“Mr. Lu is truly a divine being.”
Mark Gu stood before Andrew Chen, his face filled with incredulous admiration.
In the Spirit Dust Realm, such a thing had never happened before, an ordinary person without spiritual roots suddenly gaining them.
Calling it a miraculous change of fate, turning decay into magic, was no exaggeration!
The value of that Heavenly Lotus was immeasurable…
Christopher and Leonard nodded fervently like pecking chickens, fully agreeing with Mark Gu’s words.
Next, Mark Gu cast a cleansing spell on Andrew Chen.
Instantly, all the dirty and foul-smelling impurities were washed away.
Mark Gu then placed a finger on Andrew Chen’s forehead and exclaimed, “Top-grade Wood Spiritual Root…”
“Andrew, come back to the Cyan Cloud Sect with me to cultivate and become my disciple, how about it?”
Mark Gu asked immediately.
Andrew Chen didn’t hesitate any longer, stood up, and bowed, “Master.”
Mark Gu was taken aback, then stroked his beard and laughed, “Haha, good!!”
Boom!!
At that moment, the sky changed!
Clouds churned, and thunder rolled!
“Hmm?”
Mark Gu and the others looked up in astonishment, their expressions grave!
Indeed, defying the heavens would inevitably bring destruction…
Meanwhile, under the mighty heavenly power, the capital fell into panic, everyone could feel that this was different from usual thunderstorms.
How could it be that one moment the sky was clear, and the next it was filled with thunder, such a sight had never been seen before.
Could it be a demon attack?
The people of Li Shui, who had suffered many disasters, were extremely sensitive.
“I understand!!”
In the Royal Palace, Caleb Dong exclaimed.
“Your Majesty, what do you understand this time?”
The officials looked at Caleb Dong curiously, their faces full of curiosity, though inwardly speechless.
They were used to it. Ever since Caleb Dong ascended the throne, he had been saying he understood this and that every day.
The most outrageous thing was, he was often right.
“Haha, my dear officials, you may not know, this thunder is not caused by any demon, but is related to Mr. Lu!”
Caleb Dong said confidently.
The officials: “?”
Caleb Dong smiled mysteriously, “Don’t look at me like that, I can only tell you, it’s a hunch!”
Boom!!
At that moment, the thunder in the sky suddenly struck towards Andrew Chen’s mansion!
“That direction, it seems to be Prince Chen’s mansion!” The officials exclaimed in shock.
In the Chen mansion, Mark Gu watched in horror, recalling the scene at the Nameless Tavern in the Tianyun Chamber of Commerce where Old Turtle cursed the heavens, he gritted his teeth and shouted,
“How dare you!! This is Mr. Lu’s matter, and you dare to interfere!!”
These words echoed throughout the capital.
The next moment,
The thunder, which was halfway down, retracted back into the clouds with a hiss, and the sky quickly cleared.
Everyone stared blankly, the heavenly power just now seemed like a dream.
In the Royal Palace, ignoring the stunned officials, Caleb Dong shouted excitedly, “Did you see that? I knew it had to do with Mr. Lu!!”
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