Chang 'an City.
Xianglong Residence.
This was originally an empty residence. It was very luxurious and located in the center of Chang 'an. After Prince Qing came to Chang' an, it became his residence.
In the study of the residence, Prince Qing and his trusted subordinate, Jiu Xuan, sat together.
"How is it?"
Jiu Xuan cupped his fists and replied, "Venerable Mystique still needs some time before he can enter."
"He's really slow," Prince Qing said in a low voice. "Xia Hou's investigation speed is very fast. He can't delay for too long."
Jiu Xuan said in a voice that only he and Prince Qing could hear, "After all, he's one of the four Venerables of the Giant Spirit Clan. If Venerable Mystique wants to enter the Human Domain, he naturally needs to be fully prepared."
Prince Qing hid his emotions very well and muttered, "Everything is ready. We're just waiting for the east wind."
"Yes, everything is ready now. We're just waiting for Venerable Mystique to enter." Jiu Xuan's voice grew deeper and deeper. Even though the surroundings were already enveloped by Prince Qing's Law Domain, his voice could not be transmitted out.
"Are there any changes in the Venerable Slayer Formation?" Prince Qing's expressionless face was solemn. He took a deep breath and asked worriedly.
Jiu Xuan continued, "In order to deal with this formation, Prince Qing, you started preparing eight thousand years ago. Everything is already under control."
Only then did Prince Qing nod.
The Venerable Slayer Formation was the first divine formation of the Human Race. It was personally set up by Dao Ancestor Xia. There was no need to say much about its divine power.
However, no matter how strong the formation was, it was still a dead object.
If it was a dead object, it would not be able to resist the plans of a living person.
Not to mention, in order to deal with this formation, he had set up a plan eight thousand years ago. After foreseeing today's scene, he began to plan.
For eight thousand years, Prince Qing was like a hunter hiding in the dark, patiently lying in wait.
Even if he had already prepared everything a thousand years ago, in order to ensure that he could succeed in one go, he spent another thousand years perfecting every detail to ensure that nothing would go wrong.
He racked his brains, and now, everything was going smoothly according to his plan. Only the last step was left.
Even someone as calm as him could not help but feel joy rise in his heart.
However, the closer he was to success, the more worried he became. He was deeply afraid that the slightest mishap would occur, and he became even more anxious in his heart.
Prince Qing rose from his seat and paced around the study. His gaze was sharp. Finally, he muttered, "Although the situation here is urgent, don't rush Lord Xuan for now."
"Why?" Jiu Xuan was shocked and puzzled.
Previously, Prince Qing had been so anxious that he had even offered all sorts of conditions that could be considered as cutting off his own flesh in order to have Zun Xuan enter the Human Realm as soon as possible. Why was it that now that Xia Hou's investigation of the "blood exchange transaction" had begun, he had suddenly calmed down?
Prince Qing said softly, "I have been in contact with Venerable Xuan for many years and know that he is suspicious by nature. Previously, because I was anxious, I neglected this point. That was why I made various concessions in order to invite him to enter the Human Domain as soon as possible."
"Presumably, the reason he hasn't made a move until now is because he has some suspicions in his heart."
"This old fox …" Prince Qing could not help but shake his head. After a moment of silence, he continued, "Fishing requires patience. The more anxious you are, the easier it is for the fish to escape the hook. This is my mistake."
"However, although I have neglected this point, the bait is too big. No matter how suspicious he is, it is impossible for him to resist this temptation. In the end, he will take the bait. It is only a matter of time."
Jiu Xuan's eyes lit up. "I understand."
.....
Green Radish Sect.
Lu Qingshan, who was already prepared for another battle, was silent.
He did not expect that as the first sect master of the Green Radish Sect, Ancestor Green Radish, would be so easy to talk to.
Not only did he not pursue the responsibility of destroying the sect's great formation, he was even willing to cooperate with him and investigate the Green Radish Sect.
Although he did not know what Ancestor Green Radish was thinking, the kindness he revealed was very obvious. Lu Qingshan did not continue to be aggressive. He cupped his fists and said, "Thank you for your understanding, Ancestor Green Radish."
Ancestor Green Radish waved his hand and said with a smile, "Don't mention it. After all, the Human Domain will still be protected by you young cultivators in the future. Old people like us who are about to rot can only watch you grow and not be your enemy."
Lu Qingshan did not say anything. He bowed and did not say anything else. He released his Divine Sense again.
His Divine Sense of the Middle Stage of the Soul Realm began to spread out like an inescapable net. It followed the territory of the Green Radish Sect and explored inch by inch.
"He shouldn't be lying to me." Lu Qingshan thought to himself.
At that time, Luo Sen must have thought of him as a dead man.
And for a "dead man", the possibility of him giving false information was not high.
But even so, he was still a little worried before he saw Dantai Qingrun.
Just as Lu Qingshan was investigating the Green Radish Sect under the gaze of the Green Radish Sect cultivators, Ancestor Green Radish, who was pretending to be a bystander, suddenly focused his turbid eyes.
"Hmm?"
A hand formed by green light appeared silently and grabbed at the crowd.
In the next moment, a middle-aged cultivator was firmly trapped in the palm of Ancestor Green Radish. He struggled with all his strength but could not move.
"Ancestor, spare me, spare me!" The middle-aged cultivator who was caught by Ancestor Green Radish begged.
Lu Qingshan also noticed this scene. He stopped what he was doing and looked over.
"Cough cough … Why did you hide?" Ancestor Green Radish coughed twice and asked coldly.
"I … I …" The middle-aged cultivator's forehead was covered in cold sweat. He stammered, not knowing how to explain.
"Who is this person?" Ancestor Green Radish asked the Green Radish Sect Vice Sect Master who had a respectful expression.
"Ancestor, this person is an elder of our sect, Elder Murong."
The Green Radish Sect Vice Sect Master seemed to have realized something and replied with a trembling voice, "He is a rogue cultivator who joined our sect a thousand years ago. Since he joined our sect, he has been conscientious and has contributed a lot to our sect. So, a hundred years ago, the Sect Master officially appointed him as an elder of our sect."
"Elder Murong …" Ancestor Green Radish nodded slightly, then asked, "Where is his cave residence?"
The Green Radish Sect Vice Sect Master did not dare to hide anything in front of the Ancestor and quickly pointed out the exact location of Elder Murong's cave residence.
Lu Qingshan had already understood everything. Without hesitation, his divine sense immediately followed the direction pointed out by the Green Radish Sect Vice Sect Master.
But before he could find anything, Elder Murong, who was caught by Ancestor Green Radish, had a look of despair in his eyes. Then, his body began to tremble without warning.
"Not good." Ancestor Green Radish sensed something and her expression changed. Green light surged out of her body and rushed towards Elder Murong, but it was too late.
In just a moment, Elder Murong, who was a Divine Transformation cultivator, lost all signs of life. It was as if he had lost his soul and his body went limp like a puddle of mud.
Lu Qingshan's expression changed slightly and he quickly flew over.
"This is …" He looked at the motionless Elder Murong with a solemn expression.
"He killed himself." Ancestor Green Radish's expression was ugly, "What a strange secret method. This person was clearly completely restrained by me and could not use any of his power. But he could still ignore my power and use the secret method to kill himself."
Lu Qingshan was silent for a moment.
It was too decisive.
Realizing that the situation was not right, he immediately killed himself and did not leave any clues.
With such a flawless way of doing things, Lu Qingshan immediately thought of the cultivator from the Hades.
A moment later, he leaped up and dashed toward Elder Murong's cave residence.
By now, he could basically confirm that Dantai Qingrun should be in this sect.
Ancestor Green Radish's expression changed. After thinking for a while, she finally moved and flew towards Elder Murong's cave. She was prepared to investigate the situation together with Lu Qingshan.
He also noticed that there was something wrong with this matter. Clearly, it was not as simple as' a friend was imprisoned in the Qingluo Sect 'as it could be explained.
Boom!
Outside Elder Murong's cave, there was a formation protecting it. But Lu Qingshan did not hold back. He rode out on his sword and easily shattered the formation.
Lu Qingshan flashed into the cave.
The cave was very spacious and bright. It was filled with Spirit Qi. It was divided into stone rooms and everything was orderly.
It was obvious that the owner of the cave had put in a lot of effort in managing it. It was not like the cave of a sword cultivator, which was usually empty and plain.
At first glance, Lu Qingshan did not find anything unusual. But he was not surprised.
How could there be such a thing as an open secret?
He released his Divine Sense to search the cave. Soon, he found something strange on one of the stone walls.
Lu Qingshan flicked his finger and a wisp of Sword Qi shot out. It instantly blasted open the stone wall, and a deep passage appeared behind the stone wall.
He stepped into the passage and walked for a short distance. Suddenly, he saw a wide open space.
At this moment, a secret room appeared in front of him. There was a chilly aura emitting from the room. It was filled with an eerie feeling.
Lu Qingshan frowned and walked into the secret room.
What he saw was a blurry figure of a woman shrouded in black Demon Qi.
He did not hesitate. The Origin Energy in his body surged and instantly dispelled all the Demon Qi in the secret room.
The face of the woman hidden in the fog gradually became clear.
It was Dantai Qingrun.
She did not have any obvious injuries on her body, but her face was extremely pale. Her eyes were tightly shut, and her spirit was weak. She looked like she had been tortured.
The chains formed by the black Demon Qi had completely shackled Dantai Qingrun's limbs, making her unable to move.
At this moment, Ancestor Qing Luo, who had followed closely behind, saw this scene and her pupils shrank.
"This is … Demon Qi?"
Lu Qingshan nodded and did not speak.
The Dragon Sparrow appeared in his hand. Lu Qingshan took a step forward and slashed with his sword.
The chains condensed from demonic Qi immediately collapsed, turning into billowing black mist that scattered in all directions.
Ancestor Qing Luo frowned. She reached out her hand and grabbed all the Demon Qi. She formed a black ball in her hand and looked at it carefully.
On the other side, after severing the Demon Qi, Dantai Qingrun's body immediately fell from the sky.
Lu Qingshan reached out and caught Dantai Qingrun. Not only was her aura weak, but she was also not moving at all. She had already completely fainted. He hurriedly took out a few healing pills from his mustard seed and fed them to Dantai Qingrun.
These pills were all given to him by his master Xia Daoyun. Even though he did not have many opportunities to use them, they were all excellent quality pills.
It was clear that the pills quickly took effect. A trace of color appeared on Dantai Qingrun's pale face.
A moment later, her fingers moved slightly.
Lu Qingshan knew that Dantai Qingrun was about to wake up. He looked at her face and waited silently.
Finally, Dantai Qingrun's eyelashes trembled slightly, as if she was gathering strength. A moment later, her tightly shut eyes slowly opened.
The instant she opened her eyes, Dantai Qingrun's eyes were filled with confusion, as if she still hadn't recovered from the previous torment. Only after a long while did the confusion gradually disappear and become clear again.
Then, she saw Lu Qingshan.
"You really came …" Dantai Qingrun stared blankly. She didn't know what to say, and could only force out these words from her mouth.
"You've suffered." Lu Qingshan let out a long sigh. He didn't hide the truth and said apologetically, "They came for me. It's only because you and I are familiar with each other that you were dragged into this."
Dantai Qingrun shook her head. "It's nothing."
"Cough …" Just as she finished speaking, Dantai Qingrun coughed lightly. Her beautiful eyebrows furrowed, and traces of blood seeped out from the corner of her mouth.
Lu Qingshan's expression turned cold. He hurriedly checked on Dantai Qingrun's situation carefully.
He found that the medicinal effect of the pill that he had just fed her had somehow been contaminated in her body. The originally pure life force had turned into a black poisonous substance. It was rampaging through Dantai Qingrun's meridians, causing her injuries to worsen.
He frowned. Although he didn't understand the specific situation, Dantai Qingrun's body was currently extremely weak. She couldn't withstand the torment.
He didn't dare to hesitate any longer. He hurriedly channeled his Origin Power into Dantai Qingrun's body and quickly eliminated the contaminated medicinal effect.
However, at this time, Dantai Qingrun's life force had already become increasingly weak.
The pill was useless. It might even have the opposite effect.
Lu Qingshan's heart moved. The River of Forgetfulness flew out from his body and landed on his hand.
Under Grandmaster Qingluo's astonished gaze, a dazzling sword light flashed and slashed towards Dantai Qingrun.
River of Forgetfulness: Bi Luo.
Sword of Life.
Rich life force flowed along this sword light. It was like a clear spring, and it flowed into Dantai Qingrun's body.
Dantai Qingrun's weak body was now like a sponge. It greedily absorbed this clear spring formed by life force.
After this sword, Dantai Qingrun's life force was no longer a candle in the wind. It could be extinguished at any time. Instead, it stabilized. Her face also became a little more rosy.
"It's not completely healed yet."
Lu Qingshan's heart wasn't completely at ease.
This was because he found that Dantai Qingrun's body was like a funnel. Although it was replenished with life force, the life force was flowing away at a constant speed.
Treating the symptoms but not the root cause.
Lu Qingshan's consciousness carefully searched every corner of Dantai Qingrun's body. He still couldn't find the problem.
"I have to return to Tianji Temple again." He secretly said in his heart.
If he didn't treat the root cause, it didn't matter how much life force there was.
But there were specializations. As a sword cultivator, Lu Qingshan didn't know any other healing methods other than pills and the River of Forgetfulness's Sky Sword.
And healing was the domain and specialty of spirit cultivators.
He didn't dare to delay any longer. He turned back and looked deeply at Grandmaster Qingluo. "Thank you for your help this time. Her injuries are serious. I need to bring her back for treatment. I'll take my leave first. As for your sect's Qingluo Great Formation, I can only say sorry."
Grandmaster Qingluo nodded, expressing his understanding. "Saving her is more important."
"As for the sect's Great Formation," he looked at the mist-like ball formed by Devil Qi in his hand, and said in a deep voice, "In our sect, there was a cultivator with Hades. This is also our sect's negligence. Just treat it as a lesson. Little friend, don't take it to heart."
Although Lu Qingshan was surprised by Grandmaster Qingluo's attitude and wanted to investigate Elder Murong's deeds in the Qingluo Sect, Dantai Qingrun's situation wasn't optimistic. He didn't think too much about it.
Dantai Qingrun's life was the most important thing.
.....
Lu Qingshan quickly left with Dantai Qingrun. Their figures disappeared without a trace. Only the Qingluo Sect that had experienced a "great battle" and the Qingluo Sect disciples who were completely shocked by Lu Qingshan were left behind.
Qingluo Sect. In this incident, due to Lu Qingshan's mercy, other than Elder Murong, there wasn't a single casualty.
However, their sect's Great Qingluo Formation was broken. More than half of it had collapsed and was severely damaged. This was definitely a huge loss.
It could even be said that since the establishment of the Qingluo Sect, this was the first time they had experienced such a huge blow.
Even with their foundation, if they wanted to recover their vitality and repair the formation, it would be impossible for them to do so without hundreds of years.
However, at this moment, in Elder Murong's cave, Grandmaster Qingluo who had just woken up from his deep sleep lowered his head. His expression was extremely respectful.
In front of him, a strange figure had appeared out of nowhere.
The figure was burly and had four arms.
"You did well." The strange figure's voice was extremely hoarse.
"I dare not claim credit." Grandmaster Qingluo said fearfully.
The strange figure didn't respond. The secret room was completely silent.
After a while, Grandmaster Qingluo thought that the lord had left. Only then did he carefully raise his head to check the situation. However, he found that the strange figure was still in the same spot. His head was also lowered and his face was hidden in the shadows. He didn't know what he was thinking.
"Lu Qingshan, oh Lu Qingshan … I have already given you the information. Don't disappoint me …" The strange figure murmured. Then, he raised his head and coincidentally exchanged glances with Grandmaster Qingluo who had just raised his head to check the situation.
Grandmaster Qingluo was shocked. His pupils shook.
In his turbid eyes, the face of the strange figure was clearly reflected.
It was an extremely ferocious face. The four large green eyes flashed with a dim light. One could vaguely see the figure of a human.
… Rahu!
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