Chapter 72 - 64: The Sky Over Luocheng Is About to Change

Chapter 72: Chapter 64: The Sky Over Luocheng Is About to Change

Pinned to the wall by a single slap and unable to move, Zhao Lu stared at Yu Tianqi. A profound sense of crisis swelled in his heart.

"Danger, danger, danger!" he thought.

"This old man must be an existence at or above the Golden Core Stage, just like Lord Guardian!" he realized. "Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible for him to immobilize me with just a slap and a glare! I have to leave, now! If I don’t, it will be too late!"

With that in mind, Zhao Lu immediately tried to sever the connection between his Soul-Devouring Avatar and his true body to prevent Yu Tianqi from tracing it back and finding his real self.

But while he wanted to flee, Yu Tianqi wasn’t about to let him off so easily.

"You, who have been bewitched by the Black Lotus Sect, tell me your true identity and where you came into contact with that coward, Thousand Poisons. If you confess everything, I might just grant you a swift death. Otherwise..."

As he spoke, Yu Tianqi tightened his right hand slightly. Zhao Lu’s face instantly contorted against the wall, his features squeezing together. It was as if an invisible pair of giant hands in the room had clamped down on his head from afar.

Faced with Yu Tianqi’s interrogation, Zhao Lu’s mind was solely focused on severing the connection with his Soul-Devouring Avatar to sacrifice a pawn and save the king.

Yu Tianqi saw his little tricks clearly but didn’t seem panicked in the slightest. The moment he had entered the room, he had sealed the space with a Talisman. The remnant of Zhao Lu’s Divine Soul left in the Soul-Devouring Avatar could only enter; it could not leave!

Because of this, no matter how hard Zhao Lu frantically channeled his Technique, he still couldn’t extract himself from the avatar’s body. He could only watch helplessly as Yu Tianqi walked toward him.

"Boy, I don’t want to repeat myself," Yu Tianqi said. "Tell me who you are and the location of that coward, Thousand Poisons."

Facing Yu Tianqi’s terrifying oppression, Zhao Lu felt not only profound despair but also boundless regret. Had he known he would run into a monster like Yu Tianqi, he never would have chosen Lu Chen as his hunting target.

"Why didn’t Lord Guardian tell me that Lu Chen knows a Great Cultivator at the Golden Core Stage?!" he thought.

Just as Zhao Lu felt he had reached a dead end, he suddenly lost control of his Soul-Devouring Avatar.

His vision went black as he completely lost consciousness.

When he woke up again, his consciousness had returned to his true body.

Zhao Lu stared at the familiar Cultivation Chamber in Third High School, his back already drenched in cold sweat. He glanced at his phone resting nearby, hesitated for a moment, and then tossed it aside.

Gritting his teeth, he decisively left the Cultivation Chamber.

"I have to leave, right now," he thought. "If I stay here, that Golden Core Stage Great Power will definitely find me. I need to find a place to hide first and see if there’s any chance to escape Luocheng. Otherwise, with everything I’ve done over the past few months, if I’m caught... I’m dead for sure."

Pale-faced, Zhao Lu fled the Cultivation Chamber, running wildly in a random direction through Luocheng.

Meanwhile, the phone he had left behind in the chamber was still glowing, displaying a text message that had just arrived.

[Son, Mom has already bought the cake. What time are you coming home today?]

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Meanwhile, in Lu Chen’s bedroom.

"Oh? If it isn’t our dear hairy monkey, Lord Tianqi! I never expected to run into you here.

"How are you? Have your injuries finally healed?

"I still remember how domineering you were back then. You stormed into our sect’s branch altar all by yourself and fought three of our sect’s Protectors alone.

"At the cost of grave injuries, you killed one, severely wounded another, and let the third escape. Even now, your battle record remains fresh in my memory.

"After all, if you hadn’t taken action, I would never have had the chance to step up and be promoted to the position of Protector.

"Speaking of which, you’re actually my benefactor. HAHAHAHA!"

Yu Tianqi looked at the laughing "Zhao Lu." He immediately realized that Thousand Poison Taoist had sensed the situation here, forcefully commandeered Zhao Lu’s Soul-Devouring Avatar, and come over to meet him in person.

As the saying goes, when enemies meet, their eyes blaze with hatred.

Yu Tianqi, who was already deeply at odds with the Black Lotus Sect, completely dropped his restraint. The Might of the Golden Core hidden within his body was fully unleashed in this instant, powerful enough to shake the heavens and earth.

BOOM!

Standing in the hallway, Lu Chen suddenly felt a massive oppressive aura, and his heart trembled. It felt as if something had gripped his heart, making the hairs on his body stand on end.

Centered around his apartment building, total chaos erupted within a one-kilometer radius.

Innumerable birds were startled into flight, fleeing the area. The pet cats and dogs in the neighborhood were instantly spooked, crawling on the ground and shivering uncontrollably. They had all suddenly sensed an indescribable, overwhelming terror.

Lu Chen stared in the direction of his room, his expression grim.

"W-what happened?!" he thought.

Although he was curious about the situation inside, he knew his own limits and didn’t rashly go over to investigate.

After all, if something caused Uncle Tian, a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, to uncontrollably unleash his aura, something incredible must have occurred.

And in a situation like this, a lowly Qi Cultivation Stage nobody like him had no business interfering.

After all, he wasn’t in a Dungeon right now.

In reality... he only had one life!

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Inside Lu Chen’s bedroom.

Sensing the terrifying pressure radiating from Yu Tianqi, Thousand Poison Taoist kept a highly punchable, beaming smile on his face, acting as though he didn’t care at all.

Inwardly, however, he was on high alert.

He had assumed that after the severe injuries Yu Tianqi suffered ten years ago, stabilizing his cultivation so he wouldn’t fall out of the Golden Core Stage would have been a blessing, let alone recovering his original power.

But looking at him now, it seemed this former Tianqi Daoist of the Mountain and Sea Bureau had not only fully recovered, but his power hadn’t diminished in the slightest.

If that was the case, what he planned to do was going to be extremely difficult.

After all, stirring up trouble right under the nose of a Great Cultivator at the Golden Core Stage was no easy feat.

Yu Tianqi didn’t care about the little schemes plotting in Thousand Poison Taoist’s mind.

Looking at the Soul-Devouring Avatar controlled by Thousand Poisons, he said coldly, "Little Thousand, a miserable bug like you can only speak to me in that tone when you’re hiding in the gutter.

"You’d better pray I don’t find you. Once I discover your true body, I guarantee I’ll send you to reunite with that fellow, Black Snake.

"Oh, and remember to pass a message to that old hag, Lady White Bone.

"Tell her that unless she hides beyond the Nine Provinces, if she dares to show her face on the Nine Provinces Land, I will rip her bones out and feed them as snacks to the Exotic Beasts of the Mountain and Sea Bureau, even if I have to chase her to the ends of the earth."

Hearing this, Thousand Poison Taoist burst into laughter. "HAHAHA! Don’t worry, don’t worry. Since you’ve spoken, Lord Tianqi, how could I not pass your words on to Lady White Bone?

"After all, she was the one who ruthlessly plunged a knife into your chest all those years ago..."

As soon as his words fell, the Soul-Devouring Avatar pinned against the wall began to wither at an astonishing speed. In a very short time, it disintegrated into a pile of dried insect corpses on the floor.

Staring at the insect corpses on the ground, Yu Tianqi waited for a moment before suddenly coughing twice.

He then suppressed the restless Spiritual Power within his body and frowned. "For them to send a Protector like Thousand Poison Taoist here, it seems there really is someone or something in Luocheng that the Black Lotus Sect is determined to get.

"But I’ve been investigating in Luocheng for so many years and still haven’t figured out what exactly they’re looking for.

"Things are getting a bit tricky...

"Whatever. Since these guys are slowly popping their heads out now, they must have either found traces of it or realized that if they don’t act soon, they won’t get another chance.

"In that case, I just need to wait here patiently.

"Even the most cunning fox will eventually show its tail.

"I just hope I won’t have to wait too long. After all, the time I have left... isn’t much."

With that said, Yu Tianqi turned and walked out of the room.

The moment he turned around, the insect corpses turned into dust and were swept into a pouch at his waist.

With these insects as a guide, even if he couldn’t find Thousand Poison Taoist’s true body, finding the idiot he had bewitched wouldn’t be difficult.

Following the clues from there, he would eventually track down the traces Thousand Poison Taoist had left in Luocheng.

In the hallway, Lu Chen looked at Yu Tianqi coming out of the room and asked earnestly, "Uncle Tian, is it resolved?"

Yu Tianqi nodded, then said, "Lu, the winds of change might soon sweep through Luocheng.

"During this period, you’d better stay at school and avoid wandering around. With that old man Gongsun at the school, ordinary punks wouldn’t dare cause trouble at First High School. Just stay there with peace of mind and don’t worry about anything else."

After saying that, Yu Tianqi turned and left, a heavy weight clearly on his mind.

Lu Chen watched his retreating back. After a moment of thought, he decided to end his short vacation early.

After all, someone had already managed to track him to his doorstep; there was no guarantee similar incidents wouldn’t happen again.

It was always wise to heed good advice.

Since even Yu Tianqi suggested he stay safely at school, he naturally wouldn’t run around anymore.

Before going back, however, Lu Chen planned to pass this news along to Mu Xiaoye and her father.

In all of Luocheng, those two were among the very few people close to him.

Although Father Mu had also warned him to be careful recently, a warning from a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and a warning from a Golden Core Stage Cultivator were two entirely different matters!

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