<h4>Chapter 1248: Submission</h4>
“Stalemate?”
“It doesn’t look like a stalemate… The Pir of Impermanence seems frozen,” Kong Wen said, “In any case, Pavilion Master is trying to subdue this infinite-grade object. Otherwise, he could’ve easily destroyed it…”
Everyone nodded. One of them dared to say such confident words, and the others dared to believe it.
Lu Li added, “You have a point. The Pavilion Master is a Venerable Master all. I’m sure he has his ways. Back then…”
Yan Zhenluo coughed and nudged Lu Li. He had grown tired of hearing the words ‘back then’ and ‘my ancestor’. Only a friend like him could endure it. The others would not be able to endure it at all.
…
Back in the sky, a strong vortex churning with vitality energy appeared in Lu Zhou’s palm, stirring up the wind.
The Pir of Impermanence struggled violently as though it wanted to give up.
Lu Zhou probed his blue avatar. It has grown several times again. It did not take long before he heard a crisp sound from his Dantian’s sea of Qi.
“Ding! Upgrade sessful!”
“Ding! Hundreds Tribtion avatar. Next upgrade will require 10,000 years of life.”
Before the Pir of Impermanence could do any damage, it had lost 15,000 years of life. How could it be willing? It began to struggle even more violently.
However, how could Lu Zhou let it act as it pleased? Although the lifespan the pir had absorbed when they were in the ancient formation had been returned, it still held a huge number of years. There were also 5,000 years of life from Ye Wei’s sacred relic and 200 or more Reversal Cards. With the boost from the ancient formation, it should have absorbed at least 100,000 years.
Thinking about his blue avatar, Lu Zhou felt more rxed.
“Don’t even think about leaving…” Lu Zhou said before ignoring it.
…
An hourter…
Lu Zhou felt that the blue avatar had absorbed enough vitality energy.
A ring of light appeared at the waist of the blue avatar and dropped down.
Swoosh!
“???”
Lu Zhou was shocked when he saw a leaf sprouting. It sprouted as soon as one ring of light fell. As someone who had experienced sprouting leaves so many times, he knew it was impossible to sprout a leaf when the circle of light had only dropped once. It seemed since he had evolved his avatar before, the upgrading of the second avatar was just a quick run-through.
Something stirred in his mind at this moment, but he could not quite put his fingers on it.
“Ding! Upgrade sessful!”
“Ding! One Leaf Hundred Tribtions avatar. Sprouting the second leaf will require 10,000 years.”
Fortunately, the years required to upgrade the blue avatar did not increase.
Finally, Lu Zhou nced at the Pir of Impermanence and asked, “Are you convinced?”
At this time, the pir began to peel as though it was shedding ck skin. After the ck ‘skin’ peeled off, it was now bronze and slightly textured.
Lu Zhou frowned.
The ck ‘skin’ floated in the air and turned into glowing ck symbols.
“Its spirituality has vanished!” Kong Wen eximed.
“Then isn’t it useless now?”
“No,” Kong Wen said, “It’s the exact opposite. The spirituality of the Pir of Impermanence was given by its master. As long as the spirituality of its previous master doesn’t vanish, it’d be impossible to subdue it. Now that its spirituality has disappeared, the Pavilion Master only has to inject some of his spirituality into it and subdue it!”
Yan Zhenluo asked, “How do you inject your spirituality?”
“Uh, this…” This question was beyond Kong Wen’s knowledge. However, he had spoken with the air of a wise man that it would be awkward and embarrassing if he said he did not know now.
Fortunately, at this moment, Lu Wu said, “Giving it a basic spirituality only needed a drop of one’s blood. A higher spirituality woulde with more emotions. This requires one to keep it by one’s side all year round and to nurture it with one’s aura…”
Everyone nodded.
Mingshi Yin nced at Lu Wu and said, “To think the knowledge of a group of people is inferior to…”
“What?” Lu Wu lowered its head.
“… to a beast emperor…”
Lu Wu scoffed. “When I was roaming thends, you rep… you weak humans were still your mothers’ wombs…”
No one was able to refute Lu Wu’s words. It was the truth.
…
After the Pir of Impermanence’s spirituality was stripped away, it became still.
Then, Lu Zhou dismissed his blue avatar and did not allow it to continue absorbing the vitality energy. He needed to figure out how many years the Pir of Impermanence contained first. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if the blue avatar absorbed all the years and turned the pir into scrap metal.
Lu Zhou tightened his grip slightly. There was no reaction from the Pir of Impermanence at all.
“Hmm?” Soon after, Lu Zhou recalled the drop of blood earlier. It was probably blocked by the pir’s spirituality earlier. He immediately pricked his finger and let a drop of blood drip onto the Pir of Impermanence.
As soon as the blood dropped on the Pir of Impermanence, it glowed like the setting sun for a moment before the light vanished. Then, it returned to looking like how an inanimate object would look.
“Ding! Subdued the infinite-grade Pir of Impermanence. Ability: Vitality of the Universe.”
“Ding! Vitality of the Universe: gathering the vitality energy from all living things within a radius of 100 miles.”
Lu Zhou was delighted that he finally got what he wanted. He tightened his grip around the Pir of Impermanence before he probed with his consciousness. He was surprised to discover that it held a space that seemed as vast as the ocean deep within it. He could sense a huge amount of vitality energy in the inner space of the Pir of Impermanence.
Lu Zhou withdrew his consciousness after a moment. Now was not the time to study the Pir of Impermanence. With just a thought, the Pir of Impermanence vanished. As it turned out, infinite-grade items like the Pir of Impermanence could be controlled by his thoughts alone just like Unnamed.
Upon seeing this, the people of the Evil Sky Pavilion were overjoyed. They bowed one after another.
“Congrattions, Pavilion Master, for sessfully subduing the Pir of Impermanence!”
“Congrattions, master, for subduing the Pir of Impermanence!”
Lu Zhou flew across theke and looked at everyone before he said, “You’ve all worked hard.”
“It’s our duty,” Kong Wen said.
Lu Zhou pointed at theke and said, “Too many people know about Transient City, and there’s an ancient formation there. However, the environment is good here. We’ll rest somewhere nearby.”
“Yes!” Everyone bowed.
Lu Zhou took the lead and flew toward theke again.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Everyone followed closely behind.
Before long, they arrived at the side of a mountain. The ce was by the mountain and not too far from theke. It was indeed a good ce.
Even with Lu Wu’s huge body, it could find ces to hide here at the foot of the mountain. In fact, this ce made Lu Wu seem like it was normal size while the humans were the size of an ant.
Lu Zhou had indeed chosen a good ce.
At this time, Lu Zhou looked at everyone and asked, “Is there any problem with your lifespans?”
Everyone shook their heads.
“Not only do we not have a problem, but it seems like we’ve gained a little from the Pir of Impermanence as well. I feel very energetic now…” Yan Zhenluo said.
“Alright.” Lu Zhou nodded before he said, “I’ll use this ce to create a new ce for cultivation. I’ll limit the range to a kilometer. Remember to cultivate diligently…”
Everyone was delighted by these words. “Yes!”
Lu Zhou raised his right hand. The golden Pir of Impermanence floated above his palm. Then, he pushed his hand out.
The golden Pir of Impermanence flew out and stabbed into the ground. It thrummed before it began to generate a vortex.
Under Lu Zhou’s control, the pir’s effect was limited to only a kilometer.
With this, a new and small holynd of cultivation had been formed.