70: Xuanji Sword Master, ranked tenth on the Venerable List!

"Is the property of our Gu Family something that you bunch of stray cats and dogs can covet?"

A bone-chilling voice suddenly came from outside the hall.

This voice seemed to contain endless cold, instantly causing the temperature in the entire hall to plummet to freezing point.

Everyone subconsciously turned to look.

At the entrance, two figures, a man and a woman, stood side by side.

The woman wore a moon-white dress, her temperament cold and noble, like a Nine Heavens fairy descending to earth—it was none other than Gu Qingxue.

Her beautiful eyes were filled with killing intent as she coldly stared at everyone in the hall.

Boom!

The next moment.

A terrifying pressure belonging to the Nascent Soul Stage erupted from her without reservation, sweeping across the entire venue like a landslide and tidal wave.

Thump! Thump!

Under this pressure, the once incredibly arrogant Zhou Yi and Chu Batian felt their knees go weak and fell directly to the ground, their faces filled with terror.

Even Liu Chengfeng, who was at the Late Stage of the Golden Core, had his expression change drastically. He had to circulate all his spiritual power to struggle and support himself, but even so, his legs trembled violently, as if a great mountain were pressing down on his back.

"Nascent... Nascent Soul Stage?!"

Liu Chengfeng lifted his head with difficulty, his eyes full of shock: "How is this possible... How could the Gu Family have a Nascent Soul Cultivator?"

The members of the Gu Family were also stunned, but upon seeing who it was, they immediately burst into earth-shattering cheers.

"It's the Young Miss!"

"The Young Miss is back!"

"Heavens, the Young Miss has had a Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage!"

Gu Changsheng looked at the granddaughter who made him both love and hate her, tears streaming down his old face: "Qingxue..."

Gu Qingxue ignored everyone's reaction. She moved with lotus steps, walking into the hall step by step; with every step she took, that pressure grew stronger.

Until she reached Liu Chengfeng, she looked down at him from above and said coldly: "Just now, you said you wanted our Gu Family to get out of Tianyuan City?"

Cold sweat poured down Liu Chengfeng's forehead, and he couldn't say a word.

Just at this moment.

Liu Ruyan, who had been standing behind Liu Chengfeng, suddenly stepped forward.

Hum!

The jade pendant at her waist suddenly shone brightly, turning into a sword-shaped curtain of light that actually forcibly blocked Gu Qingxue's Nascent Soul pressure.

With this shield, Liu Ruyan's initially panicked expression instantly calmed down, replaced by even more intense jealousy and resentment.

She naturally recognized Gu Qingxue.

Back then in Tianyuan City, Gu Qingxue was a favored daughter of heaven, while she, Liu Ruyan, was just an inconspicuous background character; this disparity had always been buried in her heart.

"Yo, I was wondering who it was; it turns out to be the great Genius Gu from back then."

Liu Ruyan crossed her arms. Although her cultivation was only at the Foundation Establishment Stage, under the protection of the jade pendant, she dared to stare directly at the Nascent Soul Stage Gu Qingxue.

"Gu Qingxue, don't think that just because you've reached the Nascent Soul Stage, you're something special."

She pointed at the jade pendant at her waist, her face full of arrogance: "Look clearly, this is a protective jade pendant bestowed upon me by Xuanji Sword Venerable, and it contains a Seal of the Venerable's Sword Qi."

"My husband is Xuanji Sword Venerable of the Great Luo Sword Sect, ranked tenth on the Eastern Wasteland Venerable Ranking!"

"If you dare to touch a single hair on my head, my husband will surely tear you into ten thousand pieces. By then, not only you, but the entire Gu Family will have to be buried with you!"

Mentioning Xuanji Sword Venerable gave Liu Ruyan more confidence.

In her view, although Gu Qingxue was at the Nascent Soul Stage, she was still just an ant in front of a Peak-Nascent Soul Stage Venerable.

Gu Qingxue frowned slightly.

She had naturally heard of the great name of Xuanji Sword Venerable; he was a Soul Transformation powerhouse who had been famous for a long time, and he was indeed somewhat troublesome.

Seeing Gu Qingxue silent, Liu Ruyan thought she was afraid and became even more smug: "Scared, aren't you?"

"If you're scared, hurry up and kneel to kowtow and apologize to me. Also, have your Old Ancestor hand over the land deed. Perhaps if I'm in a good mood, I can intercede for you before my husband and let you be a foot-washing maid..."

"Noisy."

Just as Liu Ruyan was chattering endlessly.

Lu Yuan, who had been standing behind Gu Qingxue like an invisible person, finally spoke.

He slowly walked forward, a faint sneer hanging on the corner of his mouth.

"Xuanji Sword Venerable?"

"What a big tone."

"Those who don't know might think it's some stray cat or dog that popped out of nowhere."

Liu Ruyan was furious: "How bold! Who are you to dare insult a Venerable?"

Lu Yuan didn't even look at her, just casually raised his right hand and grabbed the air towards Liu Ruyan.

"Since you like to bully others by relying on power so much, let him roll over here to see me himself."

Boom!

A terrifying pressure, a hundred or a thousand times stronger than Gu Qingxue's earlier, suddenly descended.

Late Stage Soul Transformation!

Before this pressure, the jade pendant at Liu Ruyan's waist, which had originally been shining brightly, was like fragile glass hitting a hammer.

Crack!

A crisp shattering sound rang out.

That so-called Venerable Sword Qi didn't even have the qualification to be activated; it was directly crushed to pieces by Lu Yuan's pressure.

The jade pendant exploded into powder.

"Ah!"

Liu Ruyan let out a scream, her whole body losing support, and she collapsed to the ground like a puddle of mud.

She looked up at Lu Yuan in terror; that trembling feeling originating from the depths of her Soul made her unable to even speak coherently.

"Soul... Soul Transformation Stage..."

At this moment, the entire Gu Family hall once again fell into a deathly silence.

But this time, everyone's gaze was focused on the man in green, their eyes filled with awe and fanaticism.

Liu Ruyan gritted her teeth and suddenly crushed a jade tablet in her hand; this was a life-saving means bestowed upon her by Xuanji Sword Venerable.

Crack!

As the jade tablet in Liu Ruyan's hand shattered, an illusory yet majestic figure slowly condensed.

"Who dares to bully this Venerable's woman!"

A sharp, unparalleled Sword Intent gushed out, like a bursting flood, instantly submerging the entire hall.

Soul Transformation Divine Might!

The Sword Intent was like frost, biting and chilling to the bone.

It was a middle-aged man wearing black and white Daoist robes, carrying two swords on his back, his body wreathed in Yin and Yang Qi, and as his eyes opened and closed, it seemed as if the sun and moon were revolving within them.

It was precisely a Law Clone of Xuanji Sword Venerable from the Great Luo Sword Sect.

Although it was only a Clone, the fluctuations of the Third-Transformation Law of the Sword made everyone present, including Gu Qingxue who had just broken through to the Nascent Soul Stage, feel a sense of suffocation.

"Husband!"

Seeing her backer arrive, Liu Ruyan, who had been collapsed on the ground, seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and hope and resentment instantly reignited in her eyes.

She scrambled to her feet, pointed at Lu Yuan, and shrieked: "It's him! Husband, it is this person who shattered the protective jade pendant you bestowed upon me, and he even wants to kill me!"

"You must uphold justice for me and cut him into ten thousand pieces!"

Xuanji Sword Venerable's Clone did not immediately pay attention to Liu Ruyan; instead, he stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes like torches, arrogantly scanning the whole scene.

"This Venerable would like to see which blind person dares to touch my concubine."

"Don't you know that to beat a dog, you must first look at its master?"

His voice was loud and resonant, carrying a sense of lofty superiority, as if everyone in this room was nothing but a lamb waiting to be slaughtered in his eyes.