To achieve immortality, I cultivate using Qi Luck

Thus, the information leaked out was all unimportant peripheral details. The real core content had always been kept secret, never discovered by outsiders.

And Lu Yuan only focused on these cores; he didn’t pay much attention to minor details.

In the Immortal Realm, strength was revered. As long as his Avatars and he himself were handled well, no amount of chaos could overturn the heavens.

With one slap, all disorder would be quelled.

He had no fear.

At the Jiuzhou Immortal Gate, when the undercurrents began stirring over Lu Yuan’s identity,

inside Mi Yun Mountain, the would-be School Leader Lu Yuan was seen sitting on the School Leader’s seat, smilingly watching Yi Dancheng, whose temperament had greatly changed, lavishing praise on him.

"Not bad, not bad. Yi Dancheng, you truly did not disappoint my expectations. You are the first to cultivate the Earth Flower Dao Fruit, becoming my second Earth Immortal Avatar."

Yes, Yi Dancheng standing below had already altered the level of his life, undergoing a transformation and leap to become an Earth Immortal True Person.

Another Earth Immortal had emerged within Taiping Dao.

However, Yi Dancheng was very humble, "This is all thanks to your care, my original self. If you hadn’t entrusted all the Qi Luck of Taiping Dao’s five countries to me over the past two hundred years, I couldn’t have broken through so quickly."

He was speaking the truth.

Since Taiping Dao had obtained Le Mountain and Anyang from two countries, their territory had expanded.

Therefore, Lu Yuan, with a grand gesture, gathered the resources of the five countries to focus on nurturing Yi Dancheng.

Yi Dancheng was already at the late-stage of Human Immortal cultivation, but he hadn’t had enough foundation accumulated to challenge the Earthly Immortal Realm.

But Lu Yuan’s concentration of resources from the five countries had filled that gap.

After accumulating for over a hundred years, Yi Dancheng met the requirements to challenge Earth Immortal fifty years ago.

Then after thirty years of dedicated cultivation, at the very desolate location where Lu Yuan had ascended, Yi Dancheng broke through to Earth Immortal, unnoticed by anyone.

He then spent another twenty years in seclusion to consolidate his new realm.

Inside Taiping Dao, there was now officially another Earth Immortal.

But to the outside world, Yi Dancheng’s breakthrough was kept a tightly guarded secret by Lu Yuan.

The speed at which Taiping Dao was producing Earth Immortals was unnaturally fast.

This fact couldn’t be revealed; otherwise, it would attract attention and potentially lead to deadly dangers.

Though with the current state of the Changqing Domain, essentially no one could kill him.

But even if nobody could kill him, it could still cause others to become wary and hostile.

If Changqing Immortal Sect and Jiuzhou Immortal Gate knew the strength of Taiping Dao, especially their rapid production of Earth Immortals,

these two Immortal Sects would definitely not sit still.

They would likely join forces immediately to suppress Taiping Dao.

Even direct warfare was a possibility.

Especially on the Jiuzhou Immortal Gate side, since they and Lu Yuan were both from the Nine Provinces, the Immortal Realm’s Nine Provinces lineage still held Radiant Immortal Dynasty.

If Yi Dancheng’s matter was exposed, they might be able to deduce through clues that Taiping Dao was cultivating the Way of Qi Luck.

Lu Yuan certainly did not want to experience the embarrassment of being completely exposed.

Moreover, to complete the development plan he had set, he couldn’t afford to be high-profile.

Hence, the details of Yi Dancheng’s breakthrough needed to stay hidden.

Even to prevent discovery by others, he had to create an excuse to resign from the position of School Leader, enter seclusion under the pretense of breaking through Earth Immortal, and completely avoid contact with others.

In this way, since he wouldn’t be seen or interact much with outsiders, the secrets of Taiping Dao would naturally remain undiscovered.

Although Yi Dancheng had to retreat due to his breakthrough, this also greatly assisted Lu Yuan.

At the very least, it gave him a strong foundation of confidence.

With Yi Dancheng, Taiping Dao now had two Earth Immortals.

If Yi Dancheng and Qing Guanzi joined forces, along with the Earth Immortal formation, even Song Xiren, who was gradually gaining popularity as the number one expert in the Changqing Domain, wouldn’t hope to gain any advantage.

Within the Changqing Domain, Lu Yuan now stood in an invincible position.

As long as he wasn’t foolish enough to leave Mi Yun Mountain of his own accord, essentially, no one could kill him unless Heavenly Immortals emerged.

With his safety greatly assured, he also had no need to continue hiding and being an invisible figure in the shadows.

Previously planned actions, such as using his Nine Provinces origins to align with Jiuzhou Immortal Gate, could now be put on the schedule and executed.

Just perfect.

Now that Yi Dancheng had broken through to Earth Immortal and required seclusion to maintain secrecy,

he could step forward, take over the position of School Leader, and proudly announce to the world that he, Lu Yuan, was the new School Leader of Taiping Dao.

This was also a bait, using his identity to lure those with intentions.

For example, those still alive from the Nine Provinces who knew him.

Now that the bait was laid out, he hoped it wouldn’t be long before the fish bit. Lu Yuan was full of anticipation.

"I concentrated resources on you because I wanted you to break through the threshold, and you’ve fulfilled my task. That’s excellent."

While Lu Yuan was contemplating, he kept talking, and after praising Yi Dancheng, he turned to another, Che Shidao: "Now that one has broken through to Earth Immortal, I will direct the Qi Luck resources of these five countries to you.

Your primary task in the next two hundred years is to become the next one to break through to Earth Immortal.

You can do that, right?"

These years, although Yi Dancheng had taken up most of the resources, Lu Yuan had not neglected the nurturing of Che Shidao.

Those disciples had already exchanged the Qi Luck of the remaining two countries with their contributions.

But though the Qi was gone, the Qi Luck remained.

For those practicing the Way of Qi Luck, while skills and techniques were just a bonus, Qi Luck was the foundation of the Great Tao.

Lu Yuan and Yi Dancheng each took the Qi Luck of the remaining country.

Now after two hundred years, Lu Yuan had reached the pinnacle of mid-level Human Immortal, nearly touching the edge of late-stage Human Immortal.

And Che Shidao had gone a step further, already touching the threshold of the Earthly Immortal Realm.

Now all he needed was a massive accumulation of resources to push through this phase change and break through the barrier.

Two hundred years were enough for this third Avatar to achieve the status of Earth Immortal.

"With the resources of five countries, I am certain to become an Earth Immortal within two hundred years," assured Che Shidao, facing the expectations of his original self.

"Good, then I’ll await the day you achieve Earth Immortal," responded Lu Yuan with a laugh.