71: Liu Ruyan's Confession!

When Xuanji Sword Venerable's gaze casually swept over Gu Qingxue and finally landed on the green-robed man standing with his hands behind his back, his expression indifferent.

The originally arrogant Xuanji Sword Venerable's expression froze instantly.

Like a rooster whose neck had been grabbed, the harsh words on the tip of his tongue were forcibly swallowed back.

"Ancestor Qingyun?"

There was a trace of unbelievable trembling in Xuanji Sword Venerable's voice.

He never expected that the person he would encounter here would be this star of disaster!

Long before this, after the Great Luo Sword Sect Sect Leader, Seven Star Sword Venerable, returned from Fallen Demon Valley in a disheveled state, he immediately convened the highest-level Elder meeting of the Sect.

At the meeting, Seven Star Sword Venerable gave repeated instructions, and one could even say he sternly warned all Huashen Venerable:

"Lu Yuan of the Azure Cloud Sect, this person is unfathomable. He has mastered the Four Transformations Sword Law and spatial Divine Ability, and he even killed Blood River Ancestor and Blood God Child single-handedly."

"In the future, when walking in the Eastern Wasteland, if you encounter this person alone, you must give him a wide berth and absolutely must not provoke him lightly!"

When he heard this at the time, Xuanji Sword Venerable was somewhat dismissive, wondering if the Sect Leader had been scared out of his wits.

But at this moment.

When he saw with his own eyes those golden eyes of Lu Yuan without a ripple, and the Sword Intent faintly emanating from the other party that was even more terrifying than his own Sect Leader's, he believed it.

He believed it completely.

A chill instantly shot from the soles of this Clone's feet straight to his crown.

"Misunderstanding... this is all a misunderstanding!"

Xuanji Sword Venerable instantly squeezed out a smile of extreme humility, his originally straight back bent down, and he bowed to Lu Yuan with his hands cupped.

"I did not expect that Fellow Daoist Lu would personally grace us with his presence."

"If I had known earlier that Fellow Daoist Lu was here, even if you gave me ten thousand guts, I would not dare to act presumptuously in front of you."

This sudden reversal left everyone dumbfounded.

Especially Liu Chengfeng and Liu Ruyan, the siblings; their eyes were almost popping out.

Is this the backer they were so proud of?

Is this Xuanji Sword Venerable, who is ranked tenth on the Venerable Rankings?

Why is he acting as cowardly as a grandson in front of this Azure Cloud Sect Old Ancestor?

"Hu... Husband, what are you doing?"

Liu Ruyan grabbed Xuanji Sword Venerable's sleeve in disbelief, "He is the one who just humiliated you and even said you were some random nobody..."

"Shut up!"

Xuanji Sword Venerable turned sharply and backhanded a slap hard across Liu Ruyan's Face.

Slap!

This slap was forceful, directly swelling half of Liu Ruyan's Face, and blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

"Stupid woman! Do you want to get me killed?"

Xuanji Sword Venerable roared, "Why don't you kneel and kowtow to apologize to Fellow Daoist Lu!"

After saying that, he turned his head again and smiled apologetically at Lu Yuan: "Fellow Daoist Lu, this lowly maid has been spoiled by me on normal days and does not understand the rules, offending you."

"For the sake of my Face, can you... spare her little life?"

"I guarantee that I will discipline her strictly in the future and she will never offend again."

Lu Yuan watched this scene before him, his eyes devoid of the slightest fluctuation, only endless indifference.

"Spare her life?"

Lu Yuan chuckled softly, but the laughter was filled with bone-chilling coldness: "Just now, she was saying over and over that she wanted you to tear me to pieces."

"This..." Xuanji Sword Venerable broke out in a cold sweat and forcibly argued, "That was just the ramblings of this stupid woman; it cannot be taken seriously, it cannot be taken seriously..."

"Ruyan! What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and apologize!" He turned his head and roared at Liu Ruyan.

However.

At this moment, Liu Ruyan, covering her red and swollen cheek, her hair disheveled, had eyes filled with more than just fear; there was a kind of hysterical madness.

Relying on Xuanji Sword Venerable's favor, she used to walk sideways in Tianyuan City and even in the affiliated forces of the Great Luo Sword Sect; when had she ever suffered such grievances?

Now, in front of so many people, especially in front of Gu Qingxue, whom she once trampled under her feet, being slapped in public by her own husband was more unbearable than killing her.

"I will not apologize!"

Liu Ruyan screamed: "I am not wrong! It is clearly the Gu Family who doesn't know what's good for them, and it is clearly this guy surnamed Lu who is bullying us too much!"

"I am your woman! If you don't help me, that's fine, but you are actually helping an outsider to hit me?"

"Xuanji, are you even a man!"

Hearing this, Xuanji Sword Venerable's Face instantly turned pale, and he cursed in his heart that this woman was simply crazy.

If you want to seek death, that's fine, but don't drag me into it!

"Good, you have backbone."

Lu Yuan nodded, and the smile on the corner of his mouth grew richer: "Since you are unwilling to apologize, then there is no need to apologize."

"Anyway..."

"For a dead person, whether they apologize or not is no longer important."

Clang!

Before the words fell.

Lu Yuan flicked his fingertip, and an invisible Sword Qi instantly took form.

"No!"

Sensing the killing intent sufficient to destroy heaven and earth, Xuanji Sword Venerable's expression changed drastically.

If he let Lu Yuan kill his concubine, where would he, Xuanji Sword Venerable, put his Face? How would he stand in the Eastern Wasteland in the future?

"Fellow Daoist Lu, show mercy!"

Xuanji Sword Venerable gritted his teeth and suddenly formed seals with both hands.

"Yin and Yang Wuji Sword!"

Boom!

His Clone instantly ignited, black and white Qi swirling crazily around his body, transforming into a huge black and white divine sword. The Law of Yin and Yang and the Law of the Sword intertwined, emitting a terrifying aura that divided heaven and earth and reversed Yin and Yang.

This sword was his trump card ultimate technique. Even if only performed by a Clone, it had sixty percent of the power of his main body, enough to contend with an ordinary Late Stage Soul Transformation expert.

"Overestimating yourself."

Lu Yuan didn't even look at that sword, just lightly stomped his foot.

Hum!

Sword Domain, open.

He did not fully unfurl the Sword Domain like before; just a corner of the Sword Domain trembled slightly.

But just with this slight tremble.

That black and white divine sword, which seemed to have overwhelming power, was like a bubble meeting a steel needle.

Puff!

It instantly shattered, turning into dots of light that dissipated across the sky.

Along with it, Xuanji Sword Venerable's Clone was also directly crushed into nothingness under this terrifying Sword Intent.

"Ah—"

Only a short scream remained in the Void Realm, and then it completely returned to silence.

One move.

Just one move.

The Clone of Xuanji Sword Venerable, ranked tenth on the Great Luo Sword Sect Venerable Rankings, was completely obliterated.

At this moment.

Liu Ruyan was completely panicked.

She looked at the empty air, then at Lu Yuan, who was approaching step by step like a demon god; all her pride and all her madness collapsed in an instant.

"No... don't kill me..."

She fell to her knees with a thud and kowtowed desperately. The sound of her forehead hitting the floor was exceptionally harsh in the silent hall.

"I know I was wrong... Senior, I know I was wrong..."

"Please, spare me, spare this lowly life of mine..."

"It was my eyes that failed to recognize Mount Tai; you are a magnanimous person..."

Lu Yuan walked up to her, looking down condescendingly at this woman who had been so arrogant just a moment ago.

"You don't know you were wrong."

"You just know that you are about to die."