The scenery of Lotus Peak was as beautiful as ever.
Lu Qingshan and Lin Yao walked side by side.
"Even in the face of such a situation, you can still be so calm." Lin Yao said softly.
"Even if I panic, it won't change anything, so why can't I be more calm?" Lu Qingshan said with a smile.
Lin Yao couldn't help but chuckle. She blinked her eyes and looked at Lu Qingshan's handsome side profile. She couldn't help but say, "Young Master Lu, you're clearly younger than me, but how can you say that you're about the same as Master and the others?"
"For us cultivators, age doesn't have much of a reference value." Lu Qingshan replied.
In the cultivation world, cultivators who lived for thousands of years but still weren't very smart. It wasn't uncommon to see cultivators who lived like low-intelligence villains.
After joking, Lin Yao's eyes flickered and she said calmly, "Young Master Lu must also understand that the impact of the news of you possessing a Dao Artifact is not limited to the dangers you may encounter in the future …
It's also because of the inevitable jealousy of those cultivators who won't do anything to you. "
Lu Qingshan nodded slowly.
Although he was in the limelight, his strength was far from being "worthy" of a Dao Artifact.
Would those cultivators who were stronger than him be jealous of him? What would they think?
Of course, due to the influence of some rules and strength, as well as the deterrence of the Sword Sect behind him, there were only a few cultivators who dared to do anything to him.
"Even if these cultivators won't do anything to you, they will always start to reject you because of jealousy." Lin Yao said worriedly.
"I don't care about the thoughts of others who have nothing to do with me." Lu Qingshan shook his head and didn't care.
Living in the world, one shouldn't care about the thoughts of those who looked down on or hated you. Instead, one should let those who liked you know that you were really good.
"Cows and sheep form a herd, lions and tigers travel alone." Lin Yao nodded in agreement with this point.
"You think quite highly of me." Lu Qingshan said with a smile.
"You are the strongest Level Four and Level Five in our Tianji Temple. Who would dare to look down on you?" Lin Yao smiled and said, "Perhaps in the future, the strongest Level Six will still be you."
"The cultivators who are truly affected by the Dao Artifact and want to attack you undoubtedly want to act as soon as possible.
After all, you're only at the Spatial Tempering Stage, yet you already possess such strength. They definitely won't be willing to let you advance to the Deity Transformation Stage before attacking you. Otherwise, it'll be far more difficult for them to kill you when the time comes. Lin Yao changed the topic and began to analyze seriously.
Due to the difference between the primordial force and spiritual power, there was a natural chasm between the Divine Transformation Realm and the Void Refinement Realm.
It was hard for her to imagine that Lu Qingshan, who was able to ignore the natural barrier of elemental force when he was in the Void Refining Stage, would be able to improve his combat strength after crossing this threshold and turning his spiritual power into elemental force?
Obviously, she was not the only one who understood this.
Therefore, the time before Lu Qingshan advanced to the Divine Transformation Realm would be the most dangerous time for him.
"This is exactly what I want." Lu Qingshan's eyes were slightly blazing at this moment.
Sword moves had always been a killing technique and an offensive technique.
His second secret sword was currently at a bottleneck.
Building a cart behind closed doors would only yield half the results with twice the effort.
And fighting was undoubtedly the best catalyst for the comprehension of secret swords.
Under high pressure, people could also best unleash their potential.
He had an intuition that his second secret sword would most likely be perfected and comprehended in a fight.
And it would not be long after.
As for the risk?
Why would a sword cultivator be afraid of danger?
Besides, it wasn't as if he didn't have any preparations or trump cards. He didn't just charge in recklessly.
"You sword cultivators really have the same temperament. It's not something that we other cultivators can understand." Lin Yao shook her head helplessly at Lu Qingshan's words.
As a spirit cultivator, especially a Ziwei spirit cultivator who cultivated the Heaven's Secret Spirit Art, seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster was almost an instinct that was branded in her soul.
Lu Qingshan's behavior, which clearly knew that there was a tiger in the mountain, was the most taboo for her.
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In a remote territory of the Western Region, near the Hades headquarters of the Western Region.
The door of the hall was wide open.
There was a huge, exquisitely carved round table in the hall, with many seats around it.
Every seat was shrouded in black mist, making it impossible to see clearly.
"I'm sure you all know why I've gathered everyone here today, right?" Manor Head Yu Lei asked.
"Dao weapon." A gloomy voice came from the other seats.
"Yes, the news that Lu Qingshan has a Dao weapon has spread to everyone, and it is most likely true." Hall master Yu Lei waved his hand, and the black mist formed a light and shadow that changed in the void.
It was the replay of Lu Qingshan using the Dragon Sparrow Break to defeat Zhou Yuan in the Seven Regions Dao Forum.
"He should have relied on the Dao weapon to forcibly break Zhou Yuan's secret technique and ultimately win the championship."
"This is the magical and domineering power of a Dao weapon.
"Everyone should understand the importance of a Dao weapon. If we can obtain the Dao weapon in Lu Qingshan's hands, our strength will increase several times," said hall master Yu Lei coldly.
"Lu Qingshan's rise is too fast. If we don't stop his growth, he will definitely become an almighty cultivator of the human race in the future," someone added.
"Indeed, there are only three known Dao Swords in the entire human race, and they are in the hands of three Sword Immortals. The Dao Sword in Lu Qingshan's hands is the fourth.
"Killing Lu Qingshan is not only to seize the Dao weapon, but also to eradicate a future powerhouse of the human race for us.
This time, we can kill Lu Qingshan regardless of the cost and ensure that we are not exposed. We must seize the Dao weapon from him, "said hall master Yu Lei in a deep voice.
"According to the intelligence, he is now in the Tianji Temple. This is our best chance. Otherwise, if he hides his identity, who will know his whereabouts?"
When Lu Qingshan went to the Tianji Temple, he did not know that the news of him possessing a Dao weapon was spreading rapidly, so he did not deliberately hide his identity.
As a result, when he entered the Tianji Temple, he was noticed by a few people who were aware of his whereabouts.
Hall master Yu Lei nodded in agreement. "We don't dare to barge into the Tianji Temple. This is a Dao Sect, and it would be too obvious to lure him out.
Fortunately, the Tianji Temple is not his sect, and he will leave sooner or later.
"So, we just need to wait for him to come and keep an eye on every cultivator who leaves the Tianji Temple during this period of time."
"Hall master, how should we send people to kill him this time? This brat's Minor Accomplishment Realm is not so easy to deal with. "Another Western Domain Underworld cultivator said worriedly, feeling that it was extremely difficult to deal with him.
"With the help of the Dao weapon, Lu Qingshan has the combat prowess of a top-tier Soul Formation cultivator. There is no doubt about that. The first way to kill him is to send a cultivator of the Seventh Tier," said Hall master Yu Lei.
"He can deal with Soul Formation cultivators, but there is no way he can deal with Body Integration cultivators.
"The problem is that Lu Qingshan has a Dao weapon, so there is a high chance that he has a life-saving trump card from the Sword Sect. Even Body Integration cultivators may be killed if they are unlucky."
"It's not that we can't afford to lose a Body Integration cultivator.
The main thing is that Body Integration cultivators are all people with powerful backgrounds, and they can't appear out of nowhere. They have a lot to do with us, so it's difficult to get rid of them.
If we send a Body Integration cultivator, it is very likely that we will be exposed. "
Sacrificing a few Body Integration cultivators was not a big deal. What they were afraid of was that they would be tracked down and their entire base would be wiped out.
After all, the act of killing someone was a little too blatant, and it was very difficult to clean up the mess.
"What's the other way?" a cultivator from the Western Region Hades asked. He understood what Hall master Yu Lei was implying.
"With his combat prowess, one or two Soul Formation cultivators can't kill him. It's not easy for us to use Body Integration cultivators, so we can increase the number."
"If one Soul Formation cultivator can't deal with him, what about ten, twenty, or thirty?"
"At the end of the day, he is just a sword cultivator with a weak physical body, and he is a Void Refinement cultivator.
As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands. He has three natal swords, so how many Soul Formation cultivators can he deal with at the same time? "Hall master Yu Lei was confident of victory.
According to their intelligence, Lu Qingshan still had three natal swords.
"Send out the Life Demanding Division. This time, we will use one division to exchange."
Hall master Yu Lei was very decisive, and his voice seemed to ring in the hearts of the Hades cultivators. "Move quickly. I think we are not the only ones who are targeting Lu Qingshan. The other Hades must not be left behind. Don't let them get ahead of us."
"Yes, sir," everyone answered respectfully in unison.
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"Kill Lu Qingshan and take the Dao Artifact?"
"Do it as soon as possible, no matter the cost. Wait for the rabbit to come out …"
Similar scenes were playing out in various places in the Human Realm.
Of course, the first to act were the Hades of the various regions.
Some human cultivators or evil cultivators might also have bad intentions, but their intelligence was obviously not as good as the Hades. They couldn't find out Lu Qingshan's whereabouts quickly and needed some time to react.
In short, the Hades of the various regions sent a large number of people to the Middle Heaven Region to seize the Dao Artifact.
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The Middle Heaven Region.
"I can only keep an eye on him. As soon as Lu Qingshan leaves the Heaven Secrets Temple, he won't be able to escape my sight."
In a mountain range thousands of miles away from the Heaven Secrets Temple, a Body Integration cultivator was hiding silently.
He sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.
In his mind, the scene of the Heavenly Secrets Observatory appeared.
"The Mansion Master has assigned me to monitor the situation in the Heaven's Secrets Temple. As soon as Lu Qingshan leaves the Heaven's Secrets Temple, I'm to immediately send a message to the Life Demanding Division cultivators and cooperate with them to kill him …" Marquis Bloodwing mumbled.
The Hall Master did not dare to casually send a Body Integration cultivator to participate in the assassination, but it was not a big problem for him to assist from the side.
As long as he did not expose himself, it would be fine.
When he thought of the terrifying achievements Lu Qingshan had achieved in a short time, the Bloody Wing Marquis could not help but tremble.
He was just a grassroots cultivator from a remote province, but in the end, he defeated Zhou Yuan, who was at the early Nascent Soul stage, at the young age of eighteen and at the Golden Core stage, and became the champion of the first Seven Regions Dao Exchange.
After that, he rose at an unimaginable speed. Today, he was in the limelight.
It was unbelievable.
He felt jealous and his eyes turned red.
"It's all because of the Dao Artifact. As I said, no matter how talented this Lu Qingshan is, he shouldn't have been able to rise at such a heaven-defying speed …
"If I have this Dao Artifact, I should have a chance of advancing to Level Eight, right? If I have this Dao Artifact, why would I join the Hades? "
When he thought of this, his eyes turned even redder, and his ferocity grew.
He was waiting silently for Lu Qingshan to appear and leave the Heaven Secrets Temple.
"They're making such a big fuss over a Level Five cultivator like you …"
The Bloody Wing Marquis was a cultivator from the Western Hades. He had long guessed that other than the Western Hades, the other Western Hades had made their move as well.
As for who would obtain the Dao Artifact, it would depend on who was more ruthless.
The truth was just as he had guessed. The various Regions of Hades had received orders from their higher-ups to send corresponding people to kill Lu Qingshan.
Moreover, their thoughts were surprisingly unanimous. They had decided to use their advantage in numbers to kill Lu Qingshan.
However, it was not surprising.
After all, the situations of the various Regions of Hades were shockingly similar. Even their own concerns were not different.
None of them were fools. After some consideration, they all made the most reasonable decision at the same time.
However, the various Regions of Hades were independent of each other.
This was because they belonged to different Demons to begin with.
For example, the Eastern Hades belonged to the Soldier Demon Clan, while the Middle Heaven Hades belonged to the Giant Spirit Clan.
The Eight Great Holy Demons were vaguely hostile to each other. Their relationship was not very harmonious.
If the masters were like this, how good could the relationship between dogs be?
Therefore, the various Regions of Hades did not usually participate in each other's actions.
Moreover, the Regions of Hades were unimaginably greedy for Doctrine Artifacts. They were determined to obtain them, so they all sent people to try to kill Lu Qingshan and seize the Doctrine Artifact.
Under an unconscious tacit understanding, the current situation of being besieged and ambushed on all sides was unexpectedly formed. Countless Hades cultivators were secretly eyeing Lu Qingshan covetously.
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In the undulating Tianluo Mountains, a sword light broke through the clouds and penetrated the huge sect-protecting formation of the Tianji Temple.
"Lu Qingshan is out!"
"He actually appeared so openly. Is he not afraid of death, or does he still not know that the news of him possessing a Doctrine Artifact has been exposed?" The Bloodwing Marquis was somewhat puzzled.
In his expectation, Lu Qingshan should have carefully hidden his identity and changed his appearance to leave the Tianji Temple. Therefore, he had prepared many methods to verify his identity, but he did not expect that he would not use any of them.
— — He did not want to pretend at all. You are overthinking it.
This caused the cultivators of the Underworld, who were secretly observing, to feel extremely astonished.
However, this was not something they should be concerned about.
Their top priority was to immediately convey the news to the Hades cultivators in charge of the interception operation.
In another dark place.
After receiving the news from the Bloodwing Marquis that Lu Qingshan had left the sect, a fierce glint flashed in the eyes of the Western Hades cultivators who had been secretly lurking for a long time. Their killing intent instantly reached its peak.
"Don't be hasty. This place is too close to the Tianji Temple. It's not a good time to make a move. Wait until this Lu Qingshan is further away.
In any case, our spies are already watching him closely. We won't lose his position. "The leader of these Hades cultivators, Hei Wu, who was in charge of this interception operation, ordered.
"They did not hesitate to mobilize and even risk losing the entire Life Demanding Division. Dozens of Divine Transformation cultivators are just to deal with you, a Void Refinement cultivator. You should be proud, Lu Qingshan," Hei Wu said secretly.
Similar situations were playing out in many dark places around the Tianji Temple.
If one counted carefully, one would find that there were a total of six similar groups.
These were all cultivators from the Hades.
Six of the Seven Hades sects had mobilized. Their goal was to kill Lu Qingshan and seize his Doctrine Artifact!
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