Chapter 27: A Thigh to Hold Onto!
“Hiss—”
Looking at the corpse on the ground, Li Wenyuan’s heart pounded wildly.
This…
Was this person really the Yun Commandery Governor?
Was he really that arrogant Golden Core True Monarch?
How could he have been killed just like that over a single disagreement?
And also…
Who were those two people in the pit?
What on earth had happened?
In this moment, he felt as though tonight were a dream.
Lu Qingyang also struggled to rouse himself from the shock.
He first glanced at Yang Yu, who had fallen into a coma.
He could now be completely and absolutely certain that this good brother of his was undoubtedly the legendary Chosen One.
As for the current situation…
“Ahem… you, the one surnamed Li, release them!”
“One cup of tea’s time. If my Junior Brother’s family isn’t out by then, I’ll have… his Master come out and talk to you.”
“Right, exactly. That Heaven Sword Venerable from just now, the one who cuts down Golden Cores like dogs.”
Lu Qingyang’s voice rang out from outside the Bureau of Celestial Observation, and it instantly snapped Li Wenyuan back to his senses.
What followed was Li Wenyuan, his soul nearly fleeing his body in terror, asking Lu Qingyang for the names of Yang Yu’s family members, then frantically ordering his subordinates to carry out the three severely wounded and unconscious people.
“Please, Senior, put in a good word for me!”
“We did not know this Senior’s family was within our bureau!”
“Had we known, we would absolutely never have dared provoke Senior!”
Li Wenyuan’s face was tearful, his tone utterly sincere.
“Get lost.”
Lu Qingyang waved his hand, forcing himself to stay calm as he released the Dharma Ship and loaded the few people onto it one by one.
Then he piloted the flying ship, speeding toward the Chaotian Sect.
Before leaving, he did not forget to take the Commandery Governor Helian’s storage bag.
…
“Commandant… Commandant, that person just now, he couldn’t have been a Nascent Soul Ancestor, could he…”
Outside the Bureau of Celestial Observation, several cultivators exchanged glances, their faces pale, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
“I don’t know either…”
Li Wenyuan’s face was a mixture of uncertainty and turmoil, but in his heart, a stormy sea had already been stirred.
Who was that person?
Why was he so terrifying?
That was a Golden Core True Monarch.
Yet in that person’s hands, he was so utterly helpless?
“No. I undoubtedly kidnapped his family. So why did that Senior truly spare my life?”
“A great cultivator with such kindness… How could that possibly be!”
Li Wenyuan seemed to think of something, and his expression darkened.
Without question, he had offended Yang Yu. Although it was not some irreconcilable hatred.
But how could a tiger be willing to reconcile a grudge with an ant?
And no matter what methods the other party had, it was clear he was currently powerless to act. That was why he had chosen to spare his life, planning to settle accounts later.
The moment this thought arose, Li Wenyuan was startled by himself.
“Everyone! Chase them down for me!”
His face pale as iron, he roared, his voice filled with boundless fury and terror.
He could not die!
Not only could he not die, he also had to seize Yang Yu’s fortune!
So he absolutely had to kill him!
…
On the Dharma Ship, Lu Qingyang looked at the unconscious Yang Yu, somewhat unsettled.
That scene just now was all too familiar to him.
Wasn’t this clearly a case of having an Old Man inside his body?
“This kid… I was wondering how he could always wander around outside and still come back completely unharmed.”
“So he’s the Child of Destiny.”
Lu Qingyang took a deep breath and fished out several Qi-Nourishing Pills, feeding them to Yang Yu and his family.
“But this is good too. With this kid protecting me, no matter what else, at least within the Chaotian Sect I can walk around sideways.”
Lu Qingyang suddenly felt that perhaps he really could latch onto this thigh…
“Hm?”
Just then, his brow furrowed slightly, and he raised his head to look at the heavens above.
There, in a dense mass of clouds in the distance, a figure slowly emerged.
Clad in a black robe, a bloody scent swirling around him.
“Li… Wenyuan!”
Lu Qingyang’s pupils constricted.
“Brat, you can’t escape!”
“Hand over the person beside you, and I’ll spare your life!”
Ignoring his severe injuries, Li Wenyuan hurriedly steered his flying sword, flying toward the Dharma Ship.
As for his Bureau of Celestial Observation subordinates, lacking flying Dharma Artifacts, they had long since been left behind.
“Go!”
A Foundation Establishment cultivator’s speed was clearly much faster than Lu Qingyang’s Dharma Ship.
Seeing himself less than a hundred meters from Lu Qingyang, Li Wenyuan kicked out his flying sword, slashing toward the Dharma Ship!
“You’re courting death!”
Lu Qingyang’s face was dark as water. He released five Nightshade Shuttles, shooting them straight at Li Wenyuan!
Boom!
The flying sword collided with the Nightshade Shuttles, instantly erupting with brilliant spiritual light!
One of the Nightshade Shuttles was even sent flying outright!
But the flying sword was not entirely unmoved either.
After being rammed repeatedly by several Nightshade Shuttles, it actually dimmed somewhat…
“Hmph! A mere late-stage Qi Refining cultivator dares to resist!”
Seeing his strike miss, Li Wenyuan quickly recalled his flying sword, landing steadily atop it.
Then he prepared to form hand seals and attack again.
But just as he moved to act, the jade-green Dharma Ship in the distance suddenly stopped.
And it was turning around!
“Hm? Resigned to their fate?”
“Hmph, fools. Once I seize that brat’s fortune, I’ll cut you down too!”
Watching the jade-green Dharma Ship slowly sail toward him, Li Wenyuan sneered coldly.
However…
“BOOM!”
The instant his words fell, a heaven-shaking explosion erupted from within the Dharma Ship.
Then, a massive sword shadow surfaced in midair, radiating an oppressive might that made the heart tremble.
“This is… again!?”
Li Wenyuan’s eyes widened, his expression becoming truly spectacular.
He could not fathom how that mysterious attack could still be launched!
And he would never have the chance to think further. Accompanied by a sword light that flashed like the blazing sun.
Li Wenyuan felt only a ceaseless ringing in his mind, and the world before his eyes gradually blurred…
“Pfft!”
The sword light swept past, taking Li Wenyuan’s life.
“This… this…”
Lu Qingyang stared at the sword-shaped phantom floating above Yang Yu, his mouth opening and closing.
“Brat, this time This Venerable One will not be able to wake again. The next awakening, who knows when it will be.”
“This Venerable One can tell you are not bad. A dual cultivator of body and law — you could be called a prodigy.”
“While This Venerable One is absent, I will trouble you to look after my beloved disciple.”
“By the way, this bit of Remnant Dao Rhyme shall be your reward.”
A voice came from within the sword-shaped phantom.
Though his voice was soft and ethereal, Lu Qingyang could still hear it clearly.
“Remnant Dao Rhyme?”
Lu Qingyang was somewhat puzzled, not knowing what it was.
At that moment, as the sword-shaped phantom slowly dissipated, a pale cyan radiance flowed from the sword hilt into Lu Qingyang’s body.
As this wisp of radiance entered him, Lu Qingyang’s injuries actually began to recover rapidly.
At the same time, a profound and mysterious aura spread out from within him.
It made his body grow more and more condensed, as though he were a mountain range, an ocean!
A moment later, Lu Qingyang’s aura abruptly surged.
He opened his eyes, his gaze brilliant, like two bright moons.
“Qi Refining, eighth layer!”