My Dreams Connect to Ancient Times-Chapter 247 - 72: To Seek Office and Wield Power, to Dispense Reward and Punishment, and to Administer the World’s Dharma

Lu Xuan put down his phone, calmly looked up at the others in the small building, and smiled.

"Elder Chu, you once helped me avert a calamity, so I will help you eliminate one in return. This is repaying a kindness, and also settling a matter of Cause and Effect."

Chu Shuangtian shuddered, his gaze trembling slightly as he looked at the young man before him.

After a long moment of silence, he suppressed all his wild speculations and asked softly,

"Lu Xiaoyou, are... are you a Celestial Human?"

The moment he spoke, the three Grandmasters to the side shot to their feet in shock. Chen Xue and Chen Mountain's eyes also widened, their hearts unconsciously accelerating with a terrifying jolt.

'A... a Celestial Human?'

A Celestial Human possessed the power to move mountains and overturn seas. They could traverse the void beyond the heavens with their physical body, influence reality with their will alone, and even transform into a glorious Great Sun!

They all stared at the young man in horror, but he simply smiled and shook his head.

"I am not a Celestial Human."

'Phew...'

Everyone let out a sigh of relief. Chen Xue managed to force a very strained smile.

"Brother Lu is probably a peerless prodigy, a monster on the level of Wang Zhiyao and the others. I'd imagine he has a great chance of becoming a Celestial Human before graduation..."

Beside them, Chen Wang coughed twice and added with an awkward laugh,

"In that case, with Lu Xiaoyou here, perhaps we can reason with that important figure. If Old Chu can smoothly enter the Climbing the Divine Ladder stage, then..."

They had automatically filtered out that phone call. That level of existence was simply too remote, too difficult to even comprehend. It was completely outside their scope of consideration.

A Celestial Human was already an incredible existence. An Earth Immortal was someone you could only look up to in reverence; a single encounter was a heaven-sent opportunity. The Federation Grand Speaker... Forget it.

At this, Lu Xuan couldn't help but chuckle. He shook his head gently, not giving them a chance to continue their discussion, and said,

"I am already an Earth Immortal."

"Oh, so Lu Xiaoyou has already entered the Earth Immortal realm... An Earth Immortal??" Chu Shuangtian, who had been stroking his beard with a smile, froze.

The others in the small building, who had been trying to relax and chat, fell silent, staring at each other blankly.

After a long moment, Chu Shuangtian forced a terribly ugly smile.

"Lu Xiaoyou, that's a pretty funny joke... Ha, hahaha..."

No one responded.

Lu Xuan's expression didn't change. He simply pointed a finger at a teacup on the table. Before everyone's horrified eyes, the clear tea slowly solidified, changing and restructuring at a fundamental level...

The tea turned into a pool of gleaming gold.

Stone-to-Gold, the restructuring of matter—an Immortal Divine Technique.

THUD!

Grandmaster Wu was the first to react. He dropped to his knees in a deep bow, his voice high and trembling.

"Junior Wu Huan, pays respect to the Upper Immortal!"

Chu Shuangtian and the others snapped back to their senses in terror. Their scalps tingled, and a high-frequency tremor ran from their spines to the tips of their hair. They all wanted to kneel.

But just as their knees bent and their backs bowed, an invisible, intangible force held them in place, preventing them from bowing or kneeling.

"Why must you do this?" Lu Xuan sighed softly. With a slight shift of his Nian, a sliver of his vast True Spirit, immense as a great river, branched off and forcibly lifted Grandmaster Wu from his prostrate position.

Now, everyone in the building was breathing rapidly, their hearts pounding. Cold sweat drenched their backs. No one dared to speak, and all kept their heads lowered!

The most terrified of all was Chen Xue. She had been laughing and joking with this Upper Immortal just moments before, even teasing him several times. Although it was all in jest, still... but...

Chen Xue's legs felt weak, and she was dazed from the immense shock.

Even though she knew he was extremely kind, she... she just couldn't treat him the same way as before.

The gap was too vast. Far too vast.

Lu Xuan let out another soft sigh and shook his head.

"Elder Chu, can you tell me now?"

Chu Shuangtian snapped out of his daze and haltingly recounted the entire sequence of events.

"It should be... it should be Councillor Du's son... The councillor's full name is Du Hongfu. He's on good terms with Celestial God Pharmaceutical, Aotao Organism, and others."

"Du Hongfu?" Lu Xuan's thoughts turned. 'Hmm... never heard of him.'

He gave a thoughtful smile.

"I'll handle it."

Chu Shuangtian lowered his head, preparing to offer a deep bow of thanks, but Lu Xuan stepped aside to avoid it.

"I am not bestowing a favor, but repaying one. Elder Chu, there is no need for this."

As he spoke, he raised his eyelids slightly. Under the terrified gazes of the others, specks of starlight began to flood his eyes, accompanied by profound and mysterious Truths of Heaven and Earth, with streams of Chaos Qi flowing within.

Just by looking, they were all drawn deep inside, captivated by the profundity in the young man's eyes, and became gradually entranced.

Lu Xuan did not wake them. He silently activated [Dao Generating One]. Under the resonance of Cause and Effect, a sliver of the Mysteries of Heaven and Earth manifested physically. This could be considered a fateful opportunity for those in the building; how much they could comprehend depended on themselves.

A moment later, Lu Xuan's True Spirit transformed into a magnificent giant, plucking at the threads of Cause and Effect. Following the name 'Du Hongfu,' it traced back and forth through time, overlooking his entire life!

"Hmm... Performed seventy-two acts of Virtue, and accumulated eight hundred and forty evil deeds."

Like a venerable god who wields reward and punishment and holds dominion over good and evil, he tallied the good and evil deeds of Du Hongfu's life and came to a conclusion.

'A man who deserves to die... No wonder he raised such an arrogant and domineering son.'

A grim look flashed across Lu Xuan's face, quickly replaced by a faint, thoughtful smile. He had made a decision. He would use this as a breakthrough point, a fuse, to clean up the Federation.

Before the Immortal Gods returned, if nothing else, he had to at least uproot a few of the Super Conglomerates and return the people's livelihood to the people.

With that thought, Lu Xuan maintained the profound mystery in his eyes, brazenly revealing his divine power. He was gifting everyone in the building a fateful opportunity, allowing them to directly face the Truths of Heaven and Earth.