Some experts with stealthy footwork had already circled behind the man and approached him slowly.
The man lifted his chin slightly, allowing the light from the hall to shine on his face. He wore a goat mask with bright red and white patterns.
"Try to stop me … if you can do it …" He lifted his leg slowly and took a step forward.
"Crack!!"
Lightning flashed.
In the gloomy and cold towering dense forest.
Countless wisps of white smoke lingered in the forest like a dense fog, causing the entire forest to become blurry and hazy.
"Bang."
Heavy footsteps came from the depths of the forest. It startled some hidden insects and beasts. Soft rustling sounds came from the bushes. It was the sound of insects crawling in all directions after being startled.
After a while, just as the forest was about to fall silent again.
"Bang."
Another heavy footstep came.
"Bang."
"Bang."
"Bang."
The rhythmic footsteps shook the entire ground as it approached slowly in the white fog.
Soon, a huge gray giant with a mace as thick as a man's waist walked in the forest step by step.
The giant only had a big mouth and one eye on his face. The eye was extremely small, only the size of a walnut. It was surrounded by layers of gray cuticle wrinkles, like a focused lens.
The giant walked forward step by step until he came to a stop in front of two thick trees.
In the white fog, the two trees towered into the sky. The giant canopy covered an area of more than ten meters, blocking out the blue lightning that streaked across the sky.
"Puff."
All of a sudden, two huge red eyes opened in front of the giant.
The eyes were so huge that one of them was almost as tall as the giant.
Two long, narrow, and huge red eyes shone in the white mist, and even a small part of the mist was dyed red.
"Oh …"
A long, deep voice of doubt came from behind the eyes.
"It's you, Chao Hu."
The giant put down the mace on his shoulder and lowered his head slightly to show respect.
"I failed … I let that woman escape …"
The blood-red eyes turned and stared at the giant for a while.
"The fragment, the biggest fragment was taken by her. She can't escape … You still have a chance. "
"Yes, I still have a chance." The giant Chao Hu nodded. "I've already sent my subordinates to release a piece of Nether Broken Jade. In half a month, I will directly locate her. This time, she won't be able to escape. "
"I believe you," the huge eye said slowly.
"I was just careless last time … This time, I won't let my guard down!" Chao Hu said in a low voice. His only eye shone with madness and cruelty.
"Be careful … The more lives she kills, the stronger she becomes. This is a characteristic of the Scarlet Dragon Tribulation, "the huge eye reminded.
"I understand."
…
In the short span of seven days, something big happened in Donglin Manor's Jie Long City.
The leader of one of the two largest gangs in the city, the Green Star Gang, Meat Dragon, had mysteriously died when he was holding a banquet to entertain the gang leaders who were close to him.
He was not the only one. Many of the gang leaders who had participated in the banquet had died as well. In one night, half of the forces in Jie Long City had lost their leader. This gave the other big gang, the White Sand Gang, an advantage.
However, when the White Sand Gang was devouring the Green Star Gang's forces, the White Sand Gang's leader did not show up.
It was said that the Gang Leader had caught a cold that night and was recuperating in his room, unable to take action. But in reality, there was a rumor that on the same night, the White Sand Gang's leader also mysteriously announced his seclusion and handed over all matters to his assistant and subordinates.
The entire Jie Long City was originally a fishing industry, and these gangs controlled the largest number of fishing boats. Now that the gangs were in chaos, the fishing industry was naturally affected as well.
Subsequently, there were more rumors from the pugilistic world that many inner force experts in the city had met with inexplicable accidents. They either announced their seclusion or went missing. No one knew if they were dead or alive.
Some people thought of the Crimson Whale Sect's summons that had been spreading like wildfire. They guessed that Jie Long City had disobeyed the orders and Crimson Whale Sect had sent men to settle the score. The rumors were plausible and convincing.
Lu Sheng slowly closed the letter in his hand. This was intelligence from a spy in Jie Long City, describing the recent changes in Jie Long City.
Actually, there was no need for him to read it, because he was the one who had caused all of these changes. He was the one who killed the people. Those who went into seclusion had their inner Qi sucked dry and had no choice but to go into seclusion to hide the truth of the disappearance of their inner force.
In these seven days, he had traversed hundreds of li between the Crimson Whale and Jie Long City. No one had noticed him at all.
'Forty-three inner force experts have been sucked dry in these seven days. Their inner Qi is too impure and impure. Less than ten percent of their Aquarius Qi remains. All in all, I've gained only three drops of liquefied Qi. ' Lu Sheng shook his head. 'Looks like apart from inner Qi cultivated using top-notch skills, other inner Qi is too impurities. Absorbing it won't yield much benefit.'
On this trip to Jie Long City, eighty percent of the inner Qi he had absorbed had come from the top five experts. The rest of the forty-three experts only managed to get the remaining two floors after adding them up.
'Three drops of liquefied Qi … is equivalent to about three hundred years' worth of inner force. ' Lu Sheng carefully sensed the inner Qi circulating within his Yin Crane Web, in addition to the inner Qi he had absorbed from the Mountain Tiger Sect members. After the conversion, his Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill had reached more than seven drops of liquefied Qi.
This was the result of the simultaneous improvement in the balance of Yin and Yang. Both Aquarius Qi and Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill had reached seven hundred years' worth of cultivation.
'After dealing with Jie Long City, I'll go to Gongye City.' Lu Sheng began calculating the next point.
'If I can absorb three drops of liquefied Qi in Gongye City, I'll reach eight hundred years' worth of cultivation. After that, I'll go to Li Huan City, and then Xichuan Manor … 'His eyes narrowed.
Once he opened up this gap in absorbing inner Qi using Yin Crane Web, he was like a flood bursting through a dam, unstoppable.
Lu Sheng could feel the expanding liquefied Qi in his body. Even with his current physical strength, he could feel the swelling.
Under the balance of Yin and Yang from Aquarius Qi, he had gained several hundred years' worth of cultivation in a short period of time. Such a speed was comparable to when he had used Yin Qi to enhance his martial arts.
"Sect Master, a letter from the imperial court's Intelligence Department," a guard outside the door said softly.
Lu Sheng snapped out of his daze, his train of thought interrupted.
"Bring it here."
The guard pushed the door open and placed the letter gently on the table. Then, he bowed and retreated slowly.
Lu Sheng waited until the door was shut before he turned around, walked to the table, and picked up the letter. He opened the envelope and pulled out the letter.
On it was an invitation from Taoist Bai Feng, inviting him to discuss Crimson Whale Sect's recent activities.
The words in the letter were somewhat sharp, as if trying to put some pressure on him.
Lu Sheng broke into laughter.
'I've forgotten that they still think I'm only at Three-Vein Level.'
The only thing that was known about his achievements so far was that he had defeated the umbrella girl head-on. As for his killing of the Emissaries and Officiators, those in the know had not spread the news. Therefore, Taoist Bai Feng and Xiao Hongye's understanding of him remained at a very early stage.
In their minds, he was still an unaffiliated Noble Family disciple who joined Shangyang Family with a declining bloodline.
Taoist Bai Feng was only at Three-Vein Level, and so was Xiao Hongye. To the current Lu Sheng, this level was too low.
He placed the letter on the table and pondered for a moment.
'I'd better go take a look. Since I know that Scarlet District Mistress's real target isn't me, it's not a bad idea to gather some intelligence. '
Burning the letter, Lu Sheng settled some sect affairs in his study before coming out for a meal.
Jade Lotus had just arrived to report on recent happenings in various places.
"Jie Long City is in chaos. Green Kui Sect's Sect Master, Meat Dragon, and a group of experts all met with mishaps overnight. This is a summary of the latest intelligence report, "Jade Lotus handed over a detailed dossier.
"Put it aside? What else is there? "Lu Sheng asked without batting an eyelid.
"Also, Young Master Shangyang Ce has left the Northern Lands and boarded a large ship sailing the Frozen Ocean. He's already set off this morning, "Jade Lotus said seriously." Also, Miss Shangyang Jiuli has sent a list of new herbs she needs. Some of them are not in the medicine storehouse and need to be collected … "
"Report," a guard suddenly ran out of the door. "Miss Chen Yunxi has set off for headquarters. Lord Ning San has sent men to protect her. Sect Master, how should we handle this? "
"Yunxi? What's she doing here? " Lu Sheng had been swamped with work recently and had not visited her for a long time. It had always been his men taking care of Chen Yunxi's affairs.
This was a critical period. A war between Scarlet District Mistress and Wandering Heart Society could break out at any time, and he might even be implicated.
In addition, Ashoka Manor's Deputy Manor Lord Ye Moling was also investigating the Officiator's death. He was deeply implicated in the matter and could be exposed if he was not careful.
At such a time, Lu Sheng was not in the mood to flirt with Chen Yunxi.
But she was his fiancée after all. Now that she had come to visit him personally, he could not ignore her.
Lu Sheng pondered for a moment. "Bring her to the Little Garden."
"Yes!"
"She came alone? Is there anyone else? "
"In reply to Sect Master, there's no one else. Miss Yunxi left home in disguise," the guard replied swiftly.
Lu Sheng's face darkened.
Jade Lotus snickered at the side.
"Sect Master, you've been busy lately. I'm afraid you don't know that Miss Yunxi often goes to the temple to burn incense and pray to Buddha. Every time, she would burn a stick of peace incense for Sect Master."
Lu Sheng's expression softened at his words.
"She's considerate. You may take your leave first. You can handle the rest yourself. Also, remember to take care of Deputy Sect Master Chen Ying. Prepare more medicine for his injuries and pay attention to his meals. "
"I know. Don't worry, Sect Master. I'll keep a close watch," Jade Lotus replied respectfully.
Lu Sheng nodded. He trusted Jade Lotus. After giving a few more instructions, he got up and headed for the Little Garden.
The weather was rather gloomy. Lu Sheng waited in the Little Garden for more than an hour. Soon, Chen Yunxi, dressed in men's clothes, walked into the Little Garden hurriedly.
"Lu Sheng! You didn't even come to see me. "
Her expression was innocent, her face beaming with a radiant smile.
"I won't be leaving tonight. I'll stay here with you, alright?"
Lu Sheng looked at her with a smile. He kept looking until Chen Yunxi lowered her head in embarrassment. Only then did he smile and say, "I'd like to, but it's not good for you." He reached out and gently placed his hand on Chen Yunxi's cheek.
A sliver of Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi seeped into Chen Yunxi's body through her cheek.
Because Aquarius Qi originated from a life-force skill, as long as it was controlled, it would not form a Yin Crane Web. From there, it could simply nourish one's vitality. This life-force inner Qi had the effect of prolonging one's life.
Therefore, he decided to try clearing the hidden dangers in his fiancée's body before returning to Lu Quanan and the rest of his family.
But the moment his inner Qi entered Chen Yunxi's body, Lu Sheng's smiling expression changed.
A trace of a strange aura!
From Chen Yunxi's body, he actually sensed an extremely well-concealed trace of an aura similar to Scarlet District Mistress'!
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