417: A dark and windy night

In the time that followed, Lu Xingchen focused all his efforts on Cultivating, trying to improve his strength as much as possible.

He first learned the Four Symbols Spirit Extinguishing Wave from Li Changbai, mastering its release method.

However, the Four Symbols Spirit Extinguishing Wave had a major problem: its cast time was very long, requiring four Eighth-Grade Spirit Formations to be set up first, and then Fused.

Even for Li Changbai, with his Early Heaven Realm Soul Power, setting up this Spirit Formation would take three minutes.

In a Martial Venerable Realm battle, sometimes victory or defeat could be decided in three seconds, making this skill’s cast time a bit too long.

But no matter what, it was still an additional offensive technique.

The power of this Four Symbols Spirit Extinguishing Wave was indeed great; it had once forced Bai Cang, a Two-Star Demon Saint, to retreat three steps. If it could be used against a Martial Venerable, even those exceptionally talented Prodigies would find it extremely difficult to resist.

Of course, all of this was predicated on him being able to raise his Soul Realm to the Early Heaven Realm in the special space.

But he felt it wouldn’t be a big problem; the ninth-grade elixir Peng Yue gave him was for increasing Soul Power, but he didn’t dare to take it immediately.

First, his Soul Power was still relatively weak among those at Spirit Realm Great Perfection, and his accumulation wasn’t enough, so even if he took the ninth-grade elixir, it would be difficult to make a Breakthrough.

Second, even if he miraculously succeeded in breaking through, he might damage his talent, making his Soul unstable and difficult to advance further.

Lu Xingchen had a rather large appetite; his goal was to become a Saint, and he couldn’t let an Early Heaven Realm blind him.

He wouldn’t do something like pulling up seedlings to help them grow.

However, the final Martial Arts Convention match wouldn’t begin for another year. In this year, he was confident he could stabilize his Soul Realm.

Even if he didn’t find any resources, taking the Heavenly Origin Soul Nurturing Pill would allow him to Break through to the Early Heaven Realm!

After learning the Four Symbols Spirit Extinguishing Wave, Lu Xingchen followed Jiang Taishen to learn Word Spirit techniques.

He not only learned Instant Flash but also several other powerful Word Spirit techniques.

When the Martial Arts Convention was held, there should be an opportunity to use them.

Five days before the Martial Arts Convention began, Lu Xingchen continued to Cultivate in the Soul Nurturing Tower, activating the Taiyi Soul Art to enhance his Soul Power.

He only ended his seclusion and emerged from the Soul Nurturing Tower at sunset.

As soon as he stepped out of the Soul Nurturing Tower, he saw Mu Ruxue, who was eagerly awaiting him.

The setting sun, with its orange-red glow, shone on her face, making her appear even more enchanting.

Lu Xingchen sighed softly in his heart.

Damn it, this woman was so sweet.

Not even 20 years old and already so captivating; if she matured in the future, who knew how many scoundrels she would attract.

For a moment, Lu Xingchen felt a paternal worry, fearing that his diligently nurtured Disciple would be taken advantage of by a wild beast.

Lu Xingchen walked towards Mu Ruxue, already guessing her intention.

“How is it? Did you successfully Cultivate the Divine Descent Heavenly Spirit?”

Mu Ruxue nodded slightly and said softly, “Teacher guessed correctly. I heard you are about to leave Lingyun Sect to participate in the Martial Arts Convention, and it will be for a year. I wanted to resolve this matter before you leave, to fulfill a long-held obsession in my heart.”

Lu Xingchen chuckled, “Are you ready? Let’s depart immediately!”

Hearing this, Mu Ruxue was slightly startled.

“Huh? So fast!”

“Dark night, strong winds, a night for murder and arson. Now is quite suitable.”

“But I must remind you. I will not help you deal with the Li Family members and that Martial Ancestor Expert; everything must be done by yourself. I will only take you away if you encounter a life-threatening danger. If you fail, it will be even harder to seek revenge next time.”

Mu Ruxue nodded emphatically, her gaze sharp.

“I understand! Teacher, I will definitely succeed this time and leave no one from the Li Family unharmed.”

“Good! Let’s go!”

Immediately, the two, dressed in black cloaks to conceal their figures and appearances, flew towards Wangshu City, one after the other.

Night fell, and the pure white moonlight shone on the Li Family compound.

However, the Li Family compound was brightly lit, with people coming and going, the clinking of glasses and cheers incessant, as if a banquet was being held.

Li Xiu, the head of the Li Family, sat in the main seat, raising his cup with two other plump middle-aged men.

“Hahaha, thank you both for being willing to form an Alliance with my Li Family. With all of us working together, we will surely secure a place in Wangshu City!”

The two plump middle-aged men could only respond with fawning smiles and raised cups.

“Patriarch Li, you speak too highly. You are a distinguished guest of Luoshen Palace, backed by a great tree. That Luoshen Palace is one of the strongest Sects in the central province, a ninth-grade Sect, and its Saint Luo Chen is one of the eight prodigies of the central province. Now that you request an Alliance, how dare we refuse?”

“Exactly, exactly! To serve Patriarch Li Xiu is the honor of my life!”

Praised in this manner, Li Xiu was overjoyed and drank another cup of wine.

A distinguished guest of Luoshen Palace, was that even possible?

He had merely used half of the Li Family’s assets to exchange for one opportunity for a Luoshen Palace Disciple, who was out on a training excursion, to act and help him eliminate the Mu Family.

Then, relying on the prestige of this Disciple, he intimidated the other two Families, taking the opportunity to annex them.

The so-called Alliance was just pretty words.

All the assets of the remaining two Families would soon fall into his hands as well.

And that Luoshen Palace Disciple was waiting in the room. After the Li Family annexed the other two Families, they would still need to share half of the spoils with him.

He was waiting anxiously.

Li Xiu cursed inwardly, this Luo Yang was truly greedy, demanding half of his Family’s assets for one opportunity to act.

Even after annexing these three Families, after deducting the costs of battle, he wouldn’t gain much profit.

But he was still very pleased; after so many years of open and secret struggles with the other three Families, he had finally annexed all of them. It wasn’t about the steamed buns, it was about pride!

Outside the courtyard, Lu Xingchen frowned.

With his Soul Power, he could already perceive everything happening in the courtyard, including the Martial Ancestor Expert hidden in the room.

He was merely a Five-Star Martial Ancestor, so Xiao Xue should be able to handle him.

But the conversation of the three still caused a hint of unease in his heart.

If he really killed a Disciple of Luoshen Palace, it might leave future troubles.

He had heard from Senior Brother Lin Xu that Luo Chen, the Saint of Luoshen Palace, could defeat Senior Brother Lin Xu, who wielded the immortal slaying sword.

But now that the arrow was on the bowstring, how could he retreat?

Most of the Mu Family’s experts, including Xiao Xue’s parents, were killed by this Luoshen Palace Disciple. This vendetta could not go unavenged.

Lu Xingchen had always been protective of his Disciple.

Let alone being an ordinary Disciple of Luoshen Palace, even if he were Luo Chen’s biological brother, he would have to die today!

Mu Ruxue frowned deeply and said in a low voice, “Teacher, I fled Wangshu City like a stray dog, yet they are holding a grand banquet, enjoying themselves so much. It’s truly infuriating!”

Lu Xingchen said indifferently, “Then kill them!”