370: Land God! The old emperor has a surprise!

Chapter 364: Land Immortal! The Old Emperor Has a Surprise!

"Save... save me, Crown Prince!"

A mournful wail suddenly pierced the deadly silence.

A white-haired old man, his upper body wrapped in blood-stained light blue rags, was seen.

His single remaining leg dragged a glaring trail of blood across the bluestone slab.

His withered fingers dug desperately into the ground, oblivious to his torn nails, as he struggled to crawl towards Lu Xuan's position.

"You are the Crown Prince of the Wenjing Dynasty!"

In mid-air, an old woman with only half her head remaining floated eerily, her rotting face twisted into a malevolent expression, "The future Son of Heaven... Your Majesty... the Supreme Sovereign, how can you stand by and watch us die?"

"We are your people..."

"Your Majesty, please do not abandon your people; come and bear this darkness with us..."

"I don't want to die... there's something unclean here... Help!"

Countless wails and resentful voices came, as if one were in an inescapable purgatory.

In an instant, the entire Qianfu Town erupted.

Thick black blood seeped from the brick seams of the buildings on both sides, and countless twisted human faces appeared on the window frames.

Those faces, whether crying or laughing, angry or resentful, all stared fixedly at Lu Xuan in the center of the street.

The lanterns under the eaves suddenly ignited, their eerie green flames illuminating the ghostly faces, making them even more grotesque.

"Hoo... hoo hoo..."

Hair-raising laughter came from all directions. Countless withered hands stretched out from the cracks in the bluestone slabs, and terrifying 'townsfolk' crawled out of the shadows at the street corners.

Some had their bellies burst open and intestines spilling out, others were charred all over, yet all approached Lu Xuan with deep-seated malice.

Most terrifying were the buildings—the perfectly intact brick walls began to writhe, revealing dense human-shaped outlines.

It was as if the souls of the entire town had merged into the bricks, stones, and tiles!

Facing this terrifying and awe-inspiring scene, Lu Xuan smiled.

He slowly spread his arms, the golden glow in his eyes as dazzling as the scorching sun.

The more of these ghostly things there were, the more excited Lu Xuan became.

They were not the unclean things people feared, but rather the system points he needed.

In a flash, the void behind Lu Xuan suddenly ripped open, and hundreds of golden dragon phantoms roared out!

Dragon roars shook the nine heavens, and the entire ghost town trembled...

Outside Qianfu Town!

Wei Yuanlang and a host of officials and local soldiers were dumbfounded, staring at the scene before them as if in an absurd dream.

The State Governor's official robe was already soaked with cold sweat, and his legs trembled uncontrollably.

He had personally witnessed the Crown Prince effortlessly eliminate three Imperial Guards.

And then he watched as hundreds of golden dragon phantoms tore through the sky, engulfing the entire Qianfu Town in a sacred golden light.

As for why the Crown Prince would kill the Imperial Guards protecting him, Wei Yuanlang dared not even imagine.

Such matters of the imperial family, even a single leaked word, would mean their deaths without burial.

"This, this..."

Wei Yuanlang's lips trembled, but he couldn't utter a complete sound.

The local soldiers behind him were even paler, some even collapsing to the ground.

That eerie and terrifying ghost town was now purified by the mighty dragon's might, like a fairyland.

Boom—!

Another earth-shattering roar.

Everyone looked up, only to see that the golden dragon phantoms above Qianfu Town had increased to over a thousand.

Each one was lifelike, with scales and claws soaring.

The brilliant golden light illuminated an area of ten miles as if it were daytime, even staining the clouds in the sky golden.

"Crown... Crown Prince's divine might is unsurpassed!"

Someone shouted this first, though no one knew who.

Immediately after, the entire contingent knelt down like a wave of wheat.

Wei Yuanlang prostrated himself heavily, his forehead pressed against the scorching stone slab.

At this moment, all imperial majesty and court laws seemed so ridiculous in the face of such heaven-shaking power.

They could only kneel, tremble, and look up at the figure enveloped in ten thousand feet of golden light...

Because that was no longer a mortal, but... a true dragon!

After half an hour of bloody slaughter, Lu Xuan still stood proudly in the center of Qianfu Town.

Hundreds of golden dragon phantoms encircled him, the dark negative energy clinging to their dragon scales slowly purifying in the golden light.

The entire ghost town was utterly transformed.

The streets were piled high with thick ash, the remnants of the ghosts destroyed by the golden dragon phantoms.

The buildings on both sides were covered in cracks, and countless pained, twisted human faces flickered on the walls.

Yet, strangely, despite having slaughtered thousands of ghosts, the sinister energy in the air did not decrease but increased.

Thick, tangible black mist continuously seeped from underground, subtly showing a tendency to suppress Lu Xuan's terrifying Gale Force.

Lu Xuan suddenly looked in a certain direction, the golden glow in his pupils surging again.

He sensed a chilling aura awakening nearby.

"Finally willing to show yourself?"

As soon as he spoke, Lu Xuan transformed into a brilliant golden light and shot into the sky.

Hundreds of golden dragons roared and ascended with him, weaving into a golden net that covered the sky above the firmament.

Just in this flash of lightning—

Boom!!!

The ground in the center of Qianfu Town suddenly exploded, forming a giant pit a hundred zhang in diameter.

"So you were hiding here!"

Lu Xuan's voice was like a thunderclap from the nine heavens, reverberating across the boundless sky.

He stepped on a golden dragon phantom and slowly descended into a desolate mansion in the center of Qianfu Town.

This once prominent manor was now reduced to ruins, with only the ancient well in the center of the courtyard remaining intact.

The evil-suppressing runes carved on the well's rim had long been corroded beyond recognition by some power.

"Interesting..."

Lu Xuan's gaze swept over the twisted and deformed runes on the well's rim, then the golden dragon phantoms around him circulated wildly.

This seemingly ordinary dry well was, in fact, the source of the entire ghost town's yin energy.

The chilling aura emanating from the bottom of the well caused even his existence, comparable to a Martial Dao Grandmaster, to stir.

This was no ordinary ghost; it should be the culprit responsible for the deaths of all the people in Qianfu Town.

Boom!!!

Suddenly, a dull thud came from the bottom of the well.

The entire ancient well began to tremble violently, the moss on its walls instantly withered, and rubble clattered down.

In an instant, the entire world seemed to freeze.

The sinister energy gushing from the wellhead twisted wildly in the air, finally condensing into a giant ghost face that covered the sky.

The wrinkled old woman's face was a hundred zhang in size, with thick black blood flowing from every wrinkle.

In her hollow eye sockets, eerie green ghost fires burned.

The next moment, hundreds of golden dragon phantoms roared simultaneously, their dragon roars shaking the surrounding buildings into collapse.

Lu Xuan gently raised his hand, and dazzling golden light erupted from his palm, hundreds of golden dragon phantoms, like a celestial river pouring down, surged straight into the sky.

The ground of the entire Qianfu Town trembled violently, and the bluestone slabs cracked inch by inch.

The ghost face let out a piercing shriek, and countless black shadows surged from the well, condensing into various grotesque ghosts in the air.

They roared, they howled, and they charged forward, one after another, towards the golden torrent.

The moment the two forces collided in mid-air—

"Sizzle!" A grating, corrosive sound rang out.

Those ferocious ghosts were like moths to a flame, turning to ashes in the golden light.

The old woman's ghost face let out a mournful wail, her face began to twist and melt, and black blood poured down like a torrential rain.

Lu Xuan's eyebrows subtly twitched, and the golden glow in his palm intensified; he wouldn't give this ghostly thing a chance.

Wah! Wah! Wah...

Piercing infant cries suddenly came from the bottom of the well, the sound so sharp it was inhuman, carrying a hair-raising malice.

Immediately after, four black shadows shot out of the wellhead like lightning... they were four purplish-black ghost infants!

They stared with black pupils devoid of whites, their mouths filled with jagged, saw-like teeth, and their ten fingers had curved, hook-like nails that gleamed with an eerie green light.

The four ghost infants suddenly let out an extremely unpleasant "giggle" and then pounced on Lu Xuan at a strange angle.

Lu Xuan didn't even bother to lift an eyelid, casually waving his purplish-red left sleeve.

Four golden dragon phantoms emerged in response, their dragon mouths wide open as golden light surged.

With a "hiss" like boiling water on snow, the four ghost infants, without even time to scream, turned to ashes in the golden light.

Their grotesque faces were frozen in their final moment of terror.

These ghosts finally seemed to realize—what kind of terrifying existence they had provoked.

No matter how many ants there are... they are still just ants.

Lu Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, stepping into the void, the golden light around him like a rising sun.

With each step he took, a golden ripple spread in the void, like a ladder ascending to the heavens.

Behind him, hundreds of golden dragon phantoms roared in unison, their dragon bodies swelling against the wind, each transforming into a hundred-zhang giant dragon in the blink of an eye.

They coiled and intertwined, golden Gale Force flowing on their scales, their dragon whiskers stirring up gusts of hurricane-force winds as they danced!

Seeing this, the old woman's ghost face immediately let out a shrill shriek, opening its mouth to spew out a torrent of black mist.

Countless grotesque ghost faces appeared in the mist, each carrying deep-seated malice.

However—

"Perish."

Lu Xuan lightly uttered a single word, and hundreds of golden dragon phantoms simultaneously opened their sky-devouring mouths.

Brilliant golden light, like a celestial river pouring down, melted the black mist like snow wherever it passed.

The old woman's ghost face twisted and deformed, letting out an unwilling wail, but ultimately could not resist this majestic heavenly might.

As a ghost comparable to a Major Achievement Martial Dao Grandmaster, such an encounter was rare, so how could Lu Xuan give it a chance to escape?

Immediately, Lu Xuan's right hand closed into a fist, and the golden dragons in the sky suddenly converged into a towering pillar of light, firmly trapping the old woman's ghost face within it.

Hair-raising roars came from within the light pillar, but soon... they turned into desperate whimpers.

As the last trace of golden light dissipated, there was no longer any trace of the old woman's ghost face in the sky.

Lu Xuan stood suspended in the air, his purplish-red robes fluttering, like a god descended to the world.

He slowly raised his right hand, and in his palm, wisps of golden Gale Force coiled and condensed like swimming dragons.

That brilliant golden light reflected on his indifferent face, staining the entire sky golden.

"Go."

With a soft command, the golden Gale Force in Lu Xuan's palm suddenly branched out.

Countless fine, silken golden rays, like spring rain, sprinkled down.

Each wisp precisely sought out the residual sinister energy in Qianfu Town.

"Sizzle—sizzle sizzle—"

Hair-raising corrosive sounds rose and fell.

The ghosts hiding in the corners of the ruins had nowhere to hide, turning into wisps of green smoke in the golden light.

The accumulated black blood on the streets began to boil and evaporate.

The twisted human faces on the walls, after their final wails, also returned to peace.

Lu Xuan looked down upon this sacred "baptism," his eyes devoid of sorrow or joy.

The golden Gale Force in his palm seemed inexhaustible, continuously purifying this cursed town.

When the last wisp of yin energy dissipated, a miracle occurred.

Clear spring water gushed from the dry well, and tender green shoots emerged among the ruins.

Long-awaited sunlight pierced through the clouds, showering down on this reborn land...

Host: Red Dust Immortal Lu Xuan (Third Incarnation)

Realm: Great Grandmaster (Major Achievement)

Cultivation Method: Nine Dragons Body Protection 8/9 (Can be deduced)

Points: 500800

Please confirm, whether to consume 120,000 system points to deduce Nine Dragons Body Protection.

Gained 500,000 system points.

Lu Xuan indifferently glanced at the kneeling crowd outside the town—Wei Yuanlang and the other state officials were trembling, and the attendants of the Wenjing Imperial Guards were even paler.

A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, then he turned and transformed into a golden stream of light, disappearing into the sky in an instant.

"This... Crown Prince?"

Wei Yuanlang looked up blankly, only to see the empty sky, where Lu Xuan's figure was nowhere to be found.

The luxurious eight-horse carriage still remained in place, and the accompanying palace servants and guards looked at each other, all at a loss.

"My Lord... this..."

An official stammered, "How could the Crown Prince... not even want his carriage?"

Wei Yuanlang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looking in the direction Lu Xuan had left, and suddenly shivered.

He vaguely realized that this Crown Prince, who had suddenly displayed heaven-shaking cultivation, had probably long since transcended the constraints of mortal etiquette...

Meanwhile, on a solitary peak a hundred miles away, in a hidden cave, Lu Xuan sat cross-legged.

A flickering system panel floated before him, and a look of anticipation curved his lips: "It's time... to properly improve."

"Deduce!"

The previously silent cave suddenly erupted with ten thousand feet of golden light, illuminating its interior as if it were cast from gold.

Seven days later, the isolated peak experienced sudden changes in wind and clouds.

The thousand-jin boulder blocking the cave entrance first showed spiderweb-like golden patterns, then blinding golden light radiated from within.

In an instant, an earth-shattering roar came, and the boulder instantly turned to dust.

Amidst the golden brilliance, a figure slowly emerged.

With each step Lu Xuan took, a golden dragon phantom appeared beneath his feet.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh...

His figure flickered in and out of sight; one step, and he was already several miles away.

This was a true sign of transcending the mundane—the realm of a Land Immortal!

Host: Red Dust Immortal Lu Xuan (Third Incarnation)

Realm: Land Immortal (Minor Achievement)

Cultivation Method: Nine Dragons Body Protection 11/9

Points: 30800

Three deductions used 470,000 system points. The last one alone used 200,000 system points.

Lu Xuan stood with his hands behind his back in the clouds, looking down at the vast land.

"Not enough..."

This much power as a Land Immortal was not enough for him to glimpse the fundamental power of this world.

Lu Xuan looked towards the Imperial Palace; there should be an unexpected surprise on that Old Emperor.

As Lu Xuan calculated against that Emperor, the other nine princes also, unusually, gathered together to discuss how to deal with him.

"That old scoundrel Peng Lie has been imprisoned by the Old Emperor's decree."

"Our dear elder brother... now he has truly lost his protection!"