Proud Goddess Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 147 - 147 146 Foundation Establishment Realm_1

147: Chapter 146 Foundation Establishment Realm_1 147: Chapter 146 Foundation Establishment Realm_1 Zhang Baizhou felt the aura emanating from Lu Chuan and squinted his eyes, “I didn’t expect you to have the guts to come out on your own.

This saves me a lot of trouble.”

Lu Chuan’s face was calm as he spoke to Xiaoqing, “You go rest for a while, leave the rest to me.”

Xiaoqing nodded earnestly, “Big Brother Lu Chuan, you must be careful.”

Lu Chuan didn’t say anything and turned to walk toward Zhang Baizhou.

“You use crooked methods to concoct formations to harm others; I act on behalf of heaven to break your formation, yet you come looking for trouble.

Do you really think that this world is devoid of reason?”

Zhang Baizhou laughed loudly, “Reason?

I’ll tell you, in this world now, strength is the only reason!”

“What’s wrong with crooked methods?

What’s wrong with harming lives?

As long as it enhances strength, any method is a good method.

Haven’t you heard the saying?

‘All roads lead to Rome,’ that’s what it’s about!”

Lu Chuan was speechless, “You’re the first to describe harming others in such a fresh and refined manner.”

Zhang Baizhou snorted coldly, “Kid, I know you have some ability, but you should know, I am at the Celestial Master Realm.

In front of the Celestial Master Realm, you’re nothing but a fart!”

As he finished speaking, violent arcs of electricity flashed around him, and his hair stood on end.

He seemed enveloped in lightning, causing the Tang family members to show fearful expressions and retreat backward.

Back then, facing Wu Daolong and Xiaoqing, he had held back his strength; now, it was time to go all out.

“Kid, my thunder technique is fully developed; let’s see how you’ll deal with this!”

Zhang Baizhou released streaks of lightning, which rapidly shot toward Lu Chuan.

The faces of the Tang family members, as well as Wu Daolong and Xiaoqing, were full of worry.

“His thunder technique is so terrifying, can Lu Chuan handle it?” Tang Yurou’s face was full of concern as she subconsciously clenched her fists.

Tang Shouli sighed, “Let’s hope he can handle it.

At their level, even if we wanted to intervene, we wouldn’t have the chance.”

Xiaoqing stared at the two of them, her expression resolute, “Big Brother Lu Chuan will definitely defeat this villain!”

Just as the lightning was about to envelop Lu Chuan and climb over his body, he gently raised his hand, and an invisible force emerged, halting the lightning in its tracks.

Zhang Baizhou’s face changed dramatically as he exclaimed, “This is impossible!

How could you so easily block my thunder technique!”

Lu Chuan curled his lip, “You call this a thunder technique?

It’s nothing more than a bunch of irritating static electricity.”

“I thought your so-called Celestial Master was formidable given the aura you displayed, but it seems you’re nothing special after all.”

Zhang Baizhou’s face turned livid.

His thunder technique, of which he was so proud, was dismissed by Lu Chuan as irritating static electricity, a tremendous humiliation for him!

Wu Daolong, who had retreated to the side to recover from his injuries, also felt ashamed upon hearing Lu Chuan’s words, muttering to himself, “Irritating static electricity…

To be injured by static electricity like this, isn’t it a bit too embarrassing?”

“Stop pretending here, I don’t believe you can survive my thunder technique!” Zhang Baizhou shouted as lightning gathered in his hands, forming a whip of electricity that he fiercely lashed toward Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan reached out and caught the whip, the arcs of electricity not only failed to harm him but seemed to dim significantly in his grasp.

Zhang Baizhou’s gaze stalled as if he had seen a ghost, he tugged at the whip, but couldn’t pull it back.

Lu Chuan smirked slightly, “Let’s give you a taste of your own thunder technique.”

Having said that, he threw the whip vigorously, and it broke free from Zhang Baizhou’s grip, before brutally lashing across Zhang Baizhou’s body.

Zhang Baizhou’s skin split, and he screamed in agony.

Lu Chuan raised an eyebrow, “It seems the power is quite strong, it’s just a pity it has no effect on me.”

Zhang Baizhou was on the verge of tears; he had no idea why Lu Chuan was so powerful.

He tried to employ other tactics, but in the next second, Lu Chuan was already upon him.

“Don’t bother, if it were a martial artist, they might have stood a chance to spar with me after my breakthrough, but you, a cultivator, are no different from a lamb to the slaughter in front of me.

You think I’d give you the time to use your spells?” Lu Chuan looked at Zhang Baizhou with a mocking smile.

Following that, he gathered the electricity from the whip into a ball, then pried open Zhang Baizhou’s mouth and stuffed the ball of lightning directly into it.

Zhang Baizhou’s eyes bulged, and his body shook violently thereafter.

He turned into a glowing body flickering with electric light, and onlookers could even see his skeleton through the electricity.

The ball of lightning gradually moved to Zhang Baizhou’s abdomen, then exploded within.

Popping sounds came from inside Zhang Baizhou’s body before a loud boom occurred, and he exploded into pieces, with no part of him left intact.

Tang Yurou, frightened by the bloody scene, quickly covered her eyes.

The rest were shocked; they hadn’t expected the formidable Celestial Master to be dispatched so easily by Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan, watching Zhang Baizhou explode, swiftly cast spiritual power to prevent the blood from staining him.

Only after Zhang Baizhou was dead and gone did Lu Chuan begin to seriously feel his own power.

At that time, he had just broken through when he found out Zhang Baizhou was about to obliterate Xiaoqing’s soul, so he hurried out to stop it and failed to feel his power in time.

The feeling the Foundation Establishment Stage gave him was entirely different from the Qi Refinement Realm.

If the Qi Refinement Realm was only laying the foundation, equivalent to a primary school student, then he was now a powerfully built adult, not even on the same level as before.

Before, facing a Transcendent Realm skillful expert like Long Hao, he could only take a beating, but now, if he encountered Long Hao again, Lu Chuan was confident he could kill him in three moves.

As for Long Tianya, Lu Chuan was not so sure; after all, the Transcendent Realm also had its strong and weak points.

He had heard from Su Ming that the Transcendent Realm is divided into nine levels, with Long Hao most likely just having entered the realm, at Level 1; as for which level Long Tianya was on, that was unknown.

But after Foundation Establishment, whether in strength or physique, Lu Chuan had undergone a fundamental change, and his spiritual power had increased tenfold compared to the past—something martial artists would not experience during their breakthroughs.

Furthermore, unlike the Transcendent Realm, which is divided into nine stages, the Foundation Establishment Realm only has three phases: early, middle, and late, with each phase bringing a tremendous transformation in power.

Combined with the dazzling array of martial arts skills, secret techniques, and magic artifacts available to cultivators, their strength is unpredictable and can no longer be distinguished solely by realm.

Therefore, even though Long Tianya has reached Level 9 of the Transcendent Realm, even if Lu Chuan cannot defeat him, he would definitely be able to escape without anyone being able to stop him.

Moreover, having reached Foundation Establishment, Lu Chuan had successfully awakened his Divine Sense and was able to initially control the flying sword inside the Sword Nourishing Gourd.

It is worth mentioning that the Sword Nourishing Gourd obtained by Lu Chuan likely belonged to a Nascent Soul Stage mighty being, so with the element of surprise on his side, the release of a flying sword would be difficult to defend against, even for a peak Foundation Establishment expert.

Of course, given Lu Chuan’s current state, he could at most control a single flying sword for a few seconds before succumbing to weakness and becoming vulnerable.

“After reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage, I can learn many powerful martial arts skills I couldn’t before, and I can also craft many formidable formations.

My strength has increased by several geometric factors.

Currently, unless I encounter someone above the Transcendent Realm, it’s unlikely that anyone could threaten my life,” Lu Chuan said.

“Of course, if a group of Transcendent Realm experts ganged up on me, I would have no choice but to await my fate.

It looks like I’ll need to find a way to craft a formation for self-defense against group attacks,” he added.

Without further thought, Lu Chuan glanced at the pieces of flesh on the ground and couldn’t help but shiver, “That’s truly disgusting.”

He turned his head to look at the Tang family members and saw that they were all staring at him as if he was a monster.

“Family Head Tang, I’m really sorry about this mess.

Could you please have someone clean this up?” Lu Chuan spoke up.

Tang Shouli quickly nodded and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll have it cleaned up right away.”

Lu Chuan then turned to Xiaoqing and said, “Xiaoqing, your soul has been damaged.

You should go back into the jade stone to recuperate.”

Without any fuss, Xiaoqing turned into a wisp of smoke and entered the jade stone Lu Chuan carried with him.

Lu Chuan then approached Wu Daolong and said, “Thank you for risking your life to stop that damned Heavenly Master for me today; I’ll remember this favor.”

Wu Daolong laughed heartily and said, “Since I promised to protect you, naturally I had to keep my word.”

Lu Chuan was not coy and promptly asked Tang Shouli for some medicinal herbs, from which he immediately rubbed together some healing elixir pills.

After reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage, his pill concocting level had improved greatly, and he could now refine simple elixir pills on the spot.

He gave those elixir pills to Wu Daolong and said, “Take one; it will alleviate your injuries.”

Wu Daolong, smiling, said, “No need, I have my own healing pills.

For injuries of this magnitude, healing pills are simply ineffective; proper rest and recuperation are needed.”

Lu Chuan insisted with a smile, “My healing pills are not the same as yours; try taking one first.”

Reluctantly, Wu Daolong consumed one.

The pill dissolved as soon as it hit his mouth, and it immediately began repairing his injuries.

In just a few breaths’ time, Wu Daolong’s injuries had recovered by eighty to ninety percent.

Wu Daolong looked at Lu Chuan in disbelief, stammering, “This…

this elixir pill is incredible!”

Lu Chuan simply replied with a smile, “Consider the rest as compensation.”

Looking at the dozen or so remaining elixir pills in his hand, Wu Daolong felt a rush of excitement.

Elixir pills like these were treasures that money couldn’t buy.

Lu Chuan had just gifted him more than a dozen – he had struck it rich!

In order to express his gratitude to Wu Daolong, Lu Chuan also taught him a quite powerful technique.

After Wu Daolong had witnessed the technique, he was speechless for a long time.

Finally, he knelt down, wishing to take Lu Chuan as his master.

Only after Lu Chuan repeatedly refused did Wu Daolong give up.

However, he declared that even if Lu Chuan did not accept him, he would still regard Lu Chuan as his master.

After seeing Wu Daolong off, Lu Chuan planned to return to his room and figure out how to help Xiaoqing recover her soul.

Just then, Sun Guoxing and his son Sun Shao’an arrived at the Tang Residence, taking pleasure in the misfortune.

“Is that guy named Lu Chuan dead yet?

Where is Master Zhang?

Let us meet Master Zhang.

We need to bow to him properly to thank him for ridding us of a nuisance!” Sun Shao’an yelled loudly.

At that moment, Tang Shouli had just finished cleaning up Zhang Baizhou’s “remains,” placing them in a black plastic bag, intending to dispose of them.

Seeing the father and son, Sun Guoxing and Sun Shao’an, coming to taunt, he couldn’t help but show a cold smile, then walked up to them and said, “You’ve come at the right time; Master Zhang is right here, you take him back with you.”

With that, he stuffed the bag into Sun Shao’an’s hands.

Sun Shao’an looked puzzled, “What nonsense are you talking about?

How can Master Zhang be in this plastic bag?

What have you got in there?”

After saying this, he opened the bag to take a look and immediately his face turned a sickly green, as he began to throw up.

Seeing this, Sun Guoxing said, “What is that?

Is there really something that gruesome?

Let me have a look.”

He took the bag, peeked inside, and soon began to vomit as well.

Tang Shouli said with a smile, “There’s no such person as Master Zhang anymore.

From now on, the Sun family had better keep things in line.

Otherwise, the next ones to suffer might just be you two.”

Sun Guoxing and Sun Shao’an looked at each other and both thought of a chilling outcome.

They promptly tossed aside the plastic bag and fled in a panic.

Tang Shouli, lost for words, said, “If you’re going to leave, at least take this stuff with you.

Now I have to clean it up myself.”

Watching this scene, Lu Chuan chuckled and then returned to his room.

“Xiaoqing.”

A very weak Xiaoqing appeared before Lu Chuan.

Her figure became extremely translucent, as if she could dissipate at any moment.

“Big Brother Lu Chuan, Xiaoqing might really be at the end, unable to reincarnate.

If that happens, I won’t be able to repay your kindness,” Xiaoqing said sadly.

Lu Chuan was silent for a moment and then said, “Don’t worry; I have a way to save you.”

Xiaoqing’s eyes brightened, and she said somewhat shyly, “Big Brother Lu Chuan, could it be that you want to use that method…”