The autumn air was crisp, and the sun shone brightly.
Near the Qing Su River near White Bell City, patches of pink lotus-like flowers densely covered the entire riverside.
Lu Sheng rode on a tall horse, followed by Crimson Whale Sect's Ning San, Xu Chui, and the others. Behind them were several ox-carts carrying goods.
There were four carriages in the convoy, and they headed towards the Prime Devil Sect at a moderate speed.
Lu Sheng turned to look at the riverside, and his gaze fell on the sightseers.
"How long has it been since I last saw Yunxi?" It had been almost a year since he came to the Central Plains. This time, he came out of the Prime Devil Sect for two reasons. Firstly, he had to prepare some cultivation materials he needed. Secondly, he had to take care of some other matters. Among them, he had sent someone to the Northern Lands to fetch his family.
"Don't worry, Sect Master. The Northern Lands have the old Sect Master and Deputy Sect Masters. Everything is going smoothly, and the Crimson Sun Sect is growing stronger day by day. But …" Ning San hesitated.
"But what?" Lu Sheng asked casually.
"But … Old Master Lu doesn't seem to want to move here. He said they're used to staying in the Northern Lands, and don't want to run around anymore," Ning San answered in a low voice.
Lu Sheng was not surprised.
"That's good. The Lu Family can be the local tyrant in the Northern Lands. It's better than being mediocre in the Central Plains."
"Sir is wise. Old Master Lu said so too," Ning San said respectfully.
"What about Yunxi?" Lu Sheng asked again. "Has she set off?"
"Uh …" Ning San's heart skipped a beat. "Madam Yunxi … she's willing to come, but …"
"Don't beat around the bush. Get to the point!" Lu Sheng said impatiently.
"Yes, Madam Yunxi's father is seriously ill … he's on the verge of death. She really can't leave …" Ning San was exasperated. He had actually encountered such an unexpected situation.
Boss had sent him back to fetch his family, but he had come back empty-handed. It was a wasted trip.
"So you came back without fetching anyone?" Xu Chui couldn't help but feel exasperated.
"Of course not!" Speaking up to here, Ning San hurriedly shook his head to explain, "Since Gang Master has given the order, how could this subordinate not do his best? Although I didn't meet Old Master, Old Madam, or Madam Yunxi, I still met Gang Leader's younger sister! "
“？？ Sister? You mean Lu Yingying or Yiyi? " Lu Sheng thought about his cousins in his mind. Lu Qingqing was unlikely, so the only possibilities were these two.
"Uh … no … it's Zhang Xiuxiu …" Ning San lowered his head guiltily.
Zhang Xiuxiu was Lu Sheng's cousin, and a distant cousin at that. It was said that she had an ambiguous relationship with the younger generation of her family, Lu Tianyang, and a few others. This time, she actually had the courage to take the initiative to come.
Lu Sheng was a little surprised, but when he thought of the impression Zhang Xiuxiu left on him, he felt relieved.
She was basically an opportunist. When she saw someone with great potential, she would take the initiative to get close to them. This time, no one was willing to come all the way to the Central Plains, but she dared to come alone. She abandoned everything and followed them.
Although her private life wasn't very clean, her courage was commendable.
"Where is Zhang Xiuxiu now?" Lu Sheng asked casually.
"She said she's waiting for you in White Bell City. She's staying at White Swallow Inn. You can find her anytime. Uh … we'll provide her with enough food and drink. Don't worry about that. " Ning San was afraid that Lu Sheng wouldn't be satisfied. After all, Zhang Xiuxiu must have a good relationship with Lu Sheng if she could abandon everything and follow him all the way here alone. He had to take good care of her.
"Since she's here, let her stay. Throw her into the academy to study. If she can't graduate, don't come back. Don't embarrass the Lu Family." Lu Sheng casually disposed of Zhang Xiuxiu.
Back in the Northern Lands, he already knew what this distant cousin of his was thinking. It was nothing more than trying to find a financial backer to support her for the rest of her life. But he didn't expect Zhang Xiuxiu to be so bold.
"Yes, I understand." Ning San nodded. He roughly knew what Lu Sheng's attitude towards this distant cousin was.
The journey was silent. Soon, the convoy passed through Qing Su River, crossed a plain, and arrived at the crevice of the Great Canyon.
They walked down the edge of the crevice. On one side was a dangerous mountain path with steep cliffs. The journey made everyone tremble in fear.
Soon, they arrived at the entrance of the Prime Devil Sect. The two disciples guarding the gate immediately came forward to help.
Lu Sheng asked his two junior brothers to help unload the goods from the trucks and move them into the sect's warehouse. He promised that they would come to him in the morning to give him some pointers, which would help them avoid many detours. The two were overjoyed and immediately worked even harder.
Lu Sheng himself brought Ning San and Xu Chui into the Prime Devil Sect.
After all, the Prime Devil Sect was too understaffed. Moreover, there was basically no one he could really use.
All the newly recruited disciples needed time to observe their temperament. Instead of that, he might as well let Xu Chui and Ning San, who were loyal to him, break through first. Raising their strength would also allow them to do more things for him.
Along the way, even though the disciples saw that the two people Lu Sheng brought were ordinary people with no Black Membrane aura, they did not dare to be negligent. Because they were personally brought by Lu Sheng, everyone took the initiative to greet them.
Lu Sheng, on the other hand, brought the two of them to the vicinity of the cave where he usually cultivated his secret arts.
They stopped at a place where the Devil Qi was not as rampant and dense.
Previously, the Yin Crane Web had undergone some changes. Now, it was the perfect time for him to upgrade the Yin Crane Web in both of their bodies. This was because his Prime Devil Qi could last for three days and three nights in one go, and he wouldn't be able to use it all up.
Soon, they found a secluded place with thin Devil Qi. It was also very far from where the Prime Devil Sect usually gathered.
Lu Sheng casually dug a hole in the wall before bringing Ning San, Xu Chui, and the others in.
The way to upgrade Yin Crane Web was very simple. They just had to inject Aquarius Qi into it.
Tainted by Devil Qi, Aquarius Qi became colder and had traces of poison. But it was also more beneficial to the body's potential.
After a while, Ning San's inner Qi reached the pinnacle of Intent Proficiency. Xu Chui, on the other hand, chose to let go of everything and let the Aquarius Qi in his body transform him without any resistance.
The modified Xu Chui also gave Lu Sheng and Ning San a huge shock.
"I feel very comfortable now, my Lord." Xu Chui waved his thick left arm, which was covered in dark red scales, with a relaxed smile on his face. His palm had become sharp claws like Lu Sheng's, and there were many spikes growing from the back of his shoulder.
"With this power, as long as I want to, I can strengthen my arm to its fullest at any time."
Lu Sheng looked thoughtfully at his seemingly mutated left arm. Why did Ning San not have such exaggerated changes, but Xu Chui did?
Why were their changes completely different? Since both of them came from him, the changes that were produced should be similar.
"Hit my hand with all your strength. Let me see what level you've reached, "Lu Sheng said casually.
"Yes."
Xu Chui nodded respectfully.
He lowered his head and drew his sword.
"Clang!!!"
In an instant, a silver light appeared like a bolt of lightning, piercing accurately into Lu Sheng's right palm.
There was no sound of impact, because Lu Sheng had casually pinched the tip of the sword. But a powerful force surged into Lu Sheng's body, and was quickly dissolved by an even stronger force.
"Not bad." Lu Sheng was very satisfied with the changes. Although Xu Chui's strength was still that of an ordinary person in his eyes, combined with his hidden trump card, it was basically no problem for him to walk in the wild.
This kind of power could not threaten the middle to high levels of Bind, but when it was fully unleashed, those below Double-Vein Level might not be Xu Chui's match. Because he was using Lu Sheng's power, the sword itself was not scary, but Lu Sheng's Aquarius Qi that it carried was scary. The needle's special effect was indestructible, and it had a perverted polluting effect. This made experts like Xu Chui, who specialized in one point and killed with one hit, even more disgusting.
In comparison, Ning San was much weaker. Only his inner force cultivation had increased under Lu Sheng's Devil Qi Contamination, and with a bit of poisonous properties, his power had increased slightly. That was all.
This was because Yin Crane Web did not have any barriers, and inner force could be continuously accumulated. Ning San's cultivation had also reached its current bottleneck, and should have broken through.
"In other words, my strength transfer is far less useful to Ning San than it is to Xu Chui," Lu Sheng said thoughtfully.
…
A thousand miles away.
The Cave of Ten Thousand Caves.
Desolate, grayish-white caves stood quietly in the depths of the Ten Thousand Mountains near Si Tong City.
There were a total of seventy-two underground caves, which were connected to the former headquarters of the Cave of Ten Thousand Caves, where the Seven Star Wall was located.
Caw caw, caw caw …
A flock of white crows flew past from the side, perching on the bushes not far away, their blood-red eyes staring at the front of the cave.
A man in black stood there quietly. A tall figure covered from head to toe in a black cloak.
"It's already so desolate …" The man in black sighed softly, as if sighing at the former glory of this place.
A thousand years ago, the Cave of Ten Thousand Caves was also a top sect in the upper three grades of the Hundred Meridians, and it was incomparably prosperous. But now … the new sect master of the Cave of Ten Thousand Caves had even ordered all the disciples to move away, abandoning the ancient headquarters that had been passed down by their ancestors.
The man in black stood there for a moment, then took a step forward.
"Hiss …"
His whole body suddenly turned into black smoke, shooting into one of the caves like a flying line.
The black smoke shot out, snaking into the cave, passing through a pitch-black pool, and then passing through a mushroom forest that glowed with blue light. Finally, it rushed into a dilapidated stone hall that was filled with ancient characters.
The black smoke flew towards the largest stone wall of the stone hall. Soon, it actually entered through the gaps in the patterns on the stone wall.
Behind the stone wall was another spacious hall. It was a triangular, messy hall with green marks everywhere.
There was not even an entrance to this place. Apart from the gaps in the hall, there was no other way to enter this hall.
White stone statues stood in the hall. Each statue was of the most powerful and famous patriarch in the history of the Cave of Ten Thousand Caves.
Their eyes were glowing with a faint white light, as if they were still working.
A large number of white stone statues were arranged in two rows, forming a path that led to the depths of the hall.
The black smoke quickly landed on the ground and condensed into the man in black from before.
He raised his head and looked at the end of the path, where a spear was stuck upside-down into the ground. It was an extremely ordinary, but ancient black spear.
"After so many years, it's still working …" The man in black paused, then slowly walked towards the spear.
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