176: Blocked by Meng Yanxing

Lu Ze clicked his tongue. He couldn't use this thing, so why keep it?

Lu Ze exerted a little force in his hand and crushed the copper coin into dust.

The woman's murmuring on the other side stopped abruptly. She stared at Lu Ze with wide eyes and said in disbelief, "Do you know what you're doing?"

Lu Ze couldn't be bothered to talk to her any longer. Looking at the time, Meng Yanxing should have already started looking for people to ambush him. He still needed to go back and complete the final step of this scheme.

"What kind of price can you offer? If there's nothing that catches my eye, I'm leaving."

Seeing Lu Ze about to leave, the woman gritted her teeth and stamped her foot, regretting that she had rushed out this time and really hadn't brought anything good with her.

Helpless, the woman took out another copper coin and threw it to Lu Ze. "Don't crush this one! I was in such a hurry this time and didn't have anything with me. Since we couldn't complete a transaction, let's just be friends today! I am Xuan Yuan Dao Yi of the Fuxi Xuan Yuan Family!"

Lu Ze looked at the copper coin in his hand. This copper coin was not like the previous one, which contained powerful energy; instead, it was unremarkable, with only a Daoist rune engraved on it.

This Daoist text was very superficial and had no practical use. Near the Daoist text, the characters "Xuanyuan" were also carved, which should only be a symbol of the Daoist Xuan Yuan Family's item.

On the other side, Xuan Yuan Dao Yi's voice continued, "Young man, with your talent, I believe we will meet again in the future. By then, I will surely be able to offer something to exchange with you!"

Lu Ze accepted the copper coin and said, "Lu Ze, Xuanyuan City."

Xuan Yuan Dao Yi grinned, "Good! We'll meet again next time!"

Lu Ze nodded and then got up to leave.

Xuan Yuan Dao Yi watched Lu Ze leave, and the smile on her face also disappeared. She slowly walked to the rhinoceros-snake-tailed demon and reached out, tapping it a few times.

Its mountain-like body actually began to rapidly collapse, its flesh and skin shrinking, quickly turning into a dried corpse!

After doing all this, Xuan Yuan Dao Yi looked at a distant mountain peak, narrowing her eyes.

"Big sister, your pet, being greedy for profit, took advantage of your closed-door cultivation to come out on its own, wanting to devour the ksitigarbha demon-warding flower. This is a violation of family rules. That young man dealt with it for you, which is reasonable, so you don't need to dwell on it too much."

Responding to Xuan Yuan Dao Yi was a gust of wind.

"Alright, alright."

Xuan Yuan Dao Yi patted the dried corpse next to her. "Do as you wish, but you must hurry. In a while, both of us will enter the Heavenly Soldier Project. By then, it won't be easy to find him."

This time, there was no response at all.

Xuan Yuan Dao Yi smiled, sat down cross-legged on the spot, and several Daoist texts appeared in the air, guarding her left and right. Xuan Yuan Dao Yi also entered a state of cultivation... Lu Ze returned outside the Xuanyuan City barrier, stepping on strong Spiritual Qi, and took out a special Spiritual Qi cluster from his Storage Ring, crushing it!

"Buzz!"

With a slight sound, Lu Ze's surroundings changed, and he returned to the Xuanyuan City buffer zone.

"Master, many people, many people are watching you!"

Zhe Lei's voice appeared faintly.

Lu Ze had already sensed it the moment he landed.

Inside the city, over a hundred people from the Demon Subduing Division were staring intently at him!

It must have been arranged by Meng Yanxing.

Lu Ze pretended not to know and continued walking inside. As soon as he opened the innermost barrier and stepped halfway into the base, Due stood in front of Lu Ze.

His face was gloomy, and his cultivation power spread out again, suppressing Lu Ze!

The other Demon Subduing Division personnel were also fully armed, holding weapons, and watching Lu Ze's every move.

Lu Ze feigned innocence and asked in confusion, "Little Commander Du, what is this?"

Due actually didn't know why Deputy Director Meng had given such an order, but since Boss Meng had instructed it, he had to carry it out.

"Heh, kid, you shouldn't go in now. Just stay here and wait. We've already notified the boss, and he'll be here soon."

Lu Ze didn't struggle, took out a small folding stool, sat down on the spot, and waited patiently.

Soon after, a powerful pressure suddenly descended, making everyone present feel their shoulders sink.

The newcomer wore a suit jacket and had white hair; it was Meng Yanxing!

Meng Yanxing walked in front of Lu Ze, his expression as deep as water, with a hint of extreme suppressed anger.

Lu Ze stood up, called out, "Deputy Director Meng," and then said, "May I ask, Deputy Director Meng, why are you blocking me here?"

Meng Yanxing sneered, "Lu Ze, stop pretending? At this critical juncture, you insist on leaving Xuanyuan City and going out. What good thing could you possibly be doing? Do you think I'm blind?"

Lu Ze frowned in confusion, "Deputy Director Meng, what are you talking about? I don't understand."

Meng Yanxing didn't bother to waste words with Lu Ze and said directly, "Since you won't shed tears until you see the coffin, then take out all your Storage Spiritual Artifacts!"

Lu Ze's expression froze, revealing a hint of hesitation and panic.

It was this unnatural expression that made Meng Yanxing even more certain that the ice coffin and the corpse were indeed Lu Ze's doing!

Although he didn't know how Lu Ze did it, this kid's mind was so deep!

He easily set up a scheme that trapped him and several family heads of the aristocratic families.

It's a pity he was still too young. If he had been more composed and waited three to five months, or even a year, before retrieving the ice coffin and the corpse, Meng Yanxing would probably have found it very difficult to suspect Lu Ze!

Hearing Meng Yanxing say to take out his Spiritual Artifact, Lu Ze frowned even more, "Deputy Director Meng, isn't it inappropriate to check my Storage Spiritual Artifact in public like this?"

"If you don't take it out, is it because you have something to hide?"

"It's not that I have something to hide, it's just... there are things in my Storage Spiritual Artifact that cannot be exposed in public."

Hearing this, Meng Yanxing was absolutely certain in his heart.

Lu Ze was just stalling for time now!

"If Deputy Director Meng insists on checking, could we return to the Demon Subduing Division for the inspection?"

Lu Ze made a concession.

Meng Yanxing's mind was also clearer now. That ice coffin and corpse were indeed not suitable to appear in public for these Demon Subduing Division personnel to see.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have cooperated with the other aristocratic families, letting their clansmen retrieve the ice coffin and the corpse.

"Alright."

Meng Yanxing readily agreed. Now Lu Ze was right in front of him, firmly locked down by him. No matter how great Lu Ze's abilities were, he couldn't escape!

"Deputy Director Meng, I'd like to invite my teacher over. If the items in my Storage Spiritual Artifact are seen and taken by you, my loss would be great. This request isn't excessive, is it?"

Lu Ze's words were spoken lightly, but they sounded like a complete provocation in Meng Yanxing's ears.

Could it be that Cheng Ran told Lu Ze to snatch the ice coffin?!

Impossible!

"Alright, I'll call your teacher to the Demon Subduing Division right now. You, come with me now!"