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"I have an old relationship with Mr. Lu, so I want to go visit him too."
Zhang Chulan understood as soon as he heard it. Hu Xiuwu was reminding him that he could not escape since these two old guys were always keeping an eye on him and coveting the source of his Qi body.
It would be better to take advantage of the fact that they are more restrained in their behavior under the pressure of the old Taoist priest in Longhu Mountain, and make contact with them to see what the attitudes of these two old guys are.
Zhang Chulan immediately changed the subject: "Although I already know about my grandfather, since it is the Ten Lords who invited me, I am flattered. Please lead the way, brothers."
Feng Baobao subconsciously wanted to follow Zhang Chulan, but was stopped by Hu Xiuwu who grabbed her wrist. Zhang Chulan turned around and said to Feng Baobao:
"Sister Baoer, go find Fourth Brother. Don't worry about me. I'm fine."
Feng Baobao stared at Zhang Chulan for a while, then ran away in a hurry.
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In the guest room of the Ten Lords of Longhu Mountain,
Sitting on the main seat opposite the door of the hall were two old men. One of them was leaning on a cane, with a smile that made people feel cold for some reason. The other had a long scar on his face and one of his eyes was blinded. Even though his hair was still full of silver, he could still make people feel fierce.
These two are Wang Ai and Lu Ci among the Ten Lords, and are also the heads of the Wang and Lu families, two of the four famous families in the alien world.
When Zhang Chulan entered the house, the two people who brought him in closed the door and stood outside. Lu Ci asked Zhang Chulan directly for the source of his Qi body. After being politely rejected by Zhang Chulan, he sent his great-grandson Lu Gong, who was also Lu Liang's elder brother, to use the Lu family's inherited soul-clearing technique to detect the truthfulness of Zhang Chulan's words.
Lu Gong looks a lot like Lu Liang, except that he doesn't wear glasses like Lu Liang, and doesn't have that air of a gentlemanly villain. He reached out from behind Zhang Chulan and lightly stroked the back of Zhang Chulan's head, lightly covering the surface of his soul with a layer of soul-brightening magic.
Zhang Chulan cooperated very well: "I have never learned any Qi body origin flow, and my grandfather did not pass on any Qi body origin flow to me."
"He told the truth."
The joy transmitted from the Soul-Ming Technique showed that Zhang Chulan was telling the truth, but at this moment Lu Gong was a little bit unconvinced.
Just when Lu Gong was undecided and was about to give up, Lu Ci suddenly said, "Wait, since you are here, let me ask a few more questions."
Damn, this old guy is so cautious. Why haven’t my uncle and fourth brother come yet?
Zhang Chulan was anxious, and the Qi in his body was already secretly flowing according to the route of the thunder method. If no one came yet, he would have to use the worst strategy and escape first.
crunch,
The antique door was pushed open from the outside, and the sunlight shone into the dim room. A young man as beautiful as a lily and jade tree walked in calmly and generously with his head held high. After taking a quick look around, he spoke:
"Mr. Lu, I am here to greet you."
When Hu Xiuwu walked in, Lu Ci felt that he looked familiar. When Hu Xiuwu revealed his family background, he widened his remaining eye in surprise:
"Hu Xiuwu, it's you! You actually survived."
Lu Ci hardly took the younger generation into consideration. If it weren't for the origin of Qi body, he wouldn't have paid attention to Zhang Chulan, so he really didn't know that Hu Xiuwu was among these Luotian Grand Ceremony.
Hu Xiuwu said: "Yes, thanks to my teacher for not giving up and helping me find a cure in the end."
"pity."
Lu Ci sighed with regret, he was regretting that such a talent was missed by the Lu family.
Wang Ai asked casually, "Hey, does Brother Lu know this new boy?"
"We met once before," Lu Ci was reluctant to say more, because Hu Xiuwu's case also involved Lu Huan, who was suspected to have been killed by Lu Liang. He was very sad.
"Shugo, what are you doing here?"
Although he knew Hu Xiuwu, Lu Ci also knew that Hu Xiuwu's visit this time was most likely not to reminisce about their old friendship.
The people outside the house did not inform anyone, so Hu Xiuwu broke in!
"I'm here to repay a favor. I can't let someone save me and then let his descendants take the blame for me."
Hu Xiuwu said, and pulled Lü Gong, who still maintained the soul-clearing technique, to his side. Lü Gong did not resist at all, nor did he dare to resist. Hu Xiuwu was the childhood shadow of Lü Gong's generation in the Lü family.
Under Lu Gong's soul-clearing technique, Hu Xiuwu said loudly: "Back then, it was Teacher Huaiyi who used the Eight Wonders to heal my body, and he also taught me the method in the Eight Immortals Mountain."
Lu Gong said in shock: "Really, the truth!"
Chapter 319: Sword Qi Rolls on the Wall, Locks the Wind and Extinguishes the Fire
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Lu Ci murmured "No wonder", and Wang Ai's reaction became even more enthusiastic. He directly abandoned Zhang Chulan and his eyes stayed on Hu Xiuwu, as if he was looking at a rare treasure:
"Young man, you are really kind and righteous."
Wang Ai glanced at Lu Ci beside him, and seeing that he was silent, he couldn't guess what Lu Ci was thinking. He didn't know what the relationship between him and Hu Xiuwu was, nor did he know Hu Xiuwu's background, so he didn't act as aggressively as before.
Although the four families of King Lu Gao and the Lu family in the alien world claim to be of the same blood, their private relationships are not as harmonious as those of a family.
The famous Lu family uses the "Rules for Disciples" to teach their descendants and rely on their dignified character to walk the world. The head of the family, Lu Jin, is known to have lived a flawless life and has a very high sense of morals. He disdains to compromise with the Wang family and the Lu family in order to maintain their own reputation and power and compete for money and power.
The Gao family has a close cooperation with Nadutong and seldom goes out, almost fading out of the world of extraordinary people. It is only because Lu Ci is willing to cooperate with Wang Ai for the sake of his family that he will do whatever it takes.
Therefore, Wang Ai was still very concerned about Lu Ci's attitude. Lu Ci did not ask Hu Xiuwu for the source of Qi first, and Wang Ai was not as aggressive as he was to Zhang Chulan just now.
Anyway, I already know where the source of the Qi body is, so I can just plan it secretly later.
However, who on earth is this Hu Xiuwu that could make Lu Ci not even ask for the source of his Qi body?
Wang Ai was curious about Hu Xiuwu's identity, and thought about asking his men at home to check Hu Xiuwu's background later.
Lu Ci stared at Hu Xiuwu silently, not knowing what he was thinking.
The situation suddenly cooled down, no longer as tense as before.
"Wow, it's so lively here."
With Hu Xiuwu's interruption, Xu San and Xu Si, who received a call from Feng Baobao, also rushed over.
Although Xu Si does not have as high seniority and qualifications as the Ten Lords in the world of extraordinary people, he is, after all, a senior executive of Nadutong and the official person in charge of a region.
Anyway, due to Lu Ci's strange attitude, Wang Ai couldn't continue the conversation alone, so he might as well give Xu Si a favor and let him take the person away.
Watching them leave, Wang Ai leaned on his cane and said without turning his head, "Brother, why were you so surprised when you heard Hu Xiuwu's name just now? Why didn't you continue to ask for the origin of the Qi body?"
Lu Ci placed his hand on the armrest of the armchair and remained silent for a long time. He showed a rare hesitation: "He is Wu Dechang's apprentice and has been to our Lu family before."
Wang Ai said: "Wu Dechang, that is Shangqing's disciple. Shangqing shouldn't be something that you are so afraid of, brother."
Lu Ci said slowly: "I am not afraid of Shangqing, I am worried about Hu Xiuwu himself."
"A furry kid?" This answer was far beyond Wang Ai's expectations.
Hu Xiuwu failed to marry into the Lu family, so Lu Ci would naturally not be lenient, but he was wary of Hu Xiuwu.
Lu Ci was very strict in managing his children and grandchildren who had awakened the art of soul-lightening. He would not easily allow Lu family disciples who knew the art of soul-lightening to leave the village. However, twelve years ago, in order to cure Hu Xiuwu, he summoned all the Lu family members who knew the art of soul-lightening in the village. This was because he valued Hu Xiuwu's qualifications and wanted to absorb him into the Lu family.
The child who he once regarded as having the potential to be a heavenly master grew up successfully. Hu Xiuwu, who already possessed the unique skills of Shangqing, even learned the Eight Wonders.
Twelve years is enough time for him to transform his potential into strength.
In those days, Tianshi could defeat Lu Jin, a leader among his peers, with just one move, and Zhang Huaiyi was even defeated miserably by Tianshi even though he gave him special treatment.
Lu Ci really couldn't guess Hu Xiuwu's current strength.
To be honest, if a conflict really broke out today, Lu Ci really doubted whether his side would be able to gain any benefit.
Lu Ci turned around and asked Lu Gong: "Xiao Gong, go check whether Hu Xiuwu also participated in this Luotian Grand Ceremony and when is his next match."
Lu Gong accepted the order: "Yes."
On the other side, after leaving the yard, Zhang Chulan said to Hu Xiuwu: "Uncle, thank you for coming to help me out, that..."
Zhang Chulan expressed his thanks fluently, but what he wanted to ask more was whether what Hu Xiuwu had just said was true or false.
"No, I lied to them. The teacher only taught me the Golden Light Mantra in the Eight Immortals Mountain. I don't know the origin of the Qi body." Hu Xiuwu said generously.
"If I didn't help you take it, how could Wang Ai let you go so easily? I said I would repay the teacher's kindness."
"I never lie."
To be honest, during this period of time, he had seen all kinds of people trying to get close to him in order to get the source of their Qi and use all kinds of means to take advantage of him. Suddenly, there was someone willing to take the risk and take the matter over. Zhang Chulan, who had grown up on his own and whose heart had long since become cold, was indeed a little moved.
Zhang Chulan was quite touched and said: "But, in this case, what about your family, uncle?"
"I've thought about it a long time ago."
Hu Xiuwu was quite relaxed: "I am not a hapless person like you. No one in my family is easy to deal with. You can't use those petty tricks on my family members."
Xu San still didn't know what had just happened, but he could guess roughly. He pushed his glasses and said, "Xiu Wu's brother is also our colleague. Even if he is one of the Ten Lords, he can't use dirty tricks to deal with Nadutong's family members at will."
"There are more important things to do right now. There are still four matches left in the Luotian Grand Ceremony today. They are not easy to deal with, especially Zhuge Qing from the Zhuge family."
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Despite the incident, the group still went to watch Zhuge Qing's match as planned. However, due to the delay, the match between Zhuge Qing and Little Vulcan had already begun.
The competition between the two sides has entered a fierce stage, and the scene is very hot.
The stadium was filled with flying flames and rolling heat waves, and the surrounding area seemed to have changed from the originally cool and pleasant Longhu Mountain to a hot and dry desert.
Hong Bin used Qi to transform into fire, and Zhuge Qing released his Qimen magic, and both sides used fire magic. But incredibly, Zhuge Qing's fire magic gradually suppressed Hong Bin's flames.
Zhuge Qing used his own position as the center and set up a strange formation. He secretly adjusted his own position so that the little fire god Hong Bin was in the water position, weakening his flames.
Hong Bin was also a proud man. When he saw that his fire skills, which he was so proud of, were suppressed by a sorcerer who did not specialize in fire magic, he became furious and dispersed his own flames, wanting to be buried in the flames he loved.
Fortunately, Zhuge Qing saw that something was wrong and adjusted the direction of the fire flow, allowing the high-temperature flames to fly past Hong Bin and land on the wall of the stadium.
The arena at Mount Longhu was a wooden building. It was ignited by the flames from Hong Bin and Zhuge Qing, which were much hotter than ordinary flames.
The entire arena seemed to have turned into a piece of honeycomb coal, with black smoke rising into the sky. Portable fire extinguishers were completely ineffective in the face of such a huge fire.
The Taoists of Mount Longhu could only use the Golden Light Mantra to open a passage in the fire scene and move the spectators away first.
Seeing the fire getting more and more intense, Hu Xiuwu stood at the entrance of the outer field. A void passage appeared on his right hand, and a Tang sword with a blade as cold as a moon stretched out from it and was grabbed by Hu Xiuwu.
Waving the sword, a mighty sword wind like a polar storm swept along the wall. Wherever it went, the wind stopped and the fire was extinguished.
This uncontrolled flame still has to obey the laws of physics. Without any of the three elements of material combustion, it cannot continue to burn. Hu Xiuwu's sword energy cuts off the burning part of the wall, preventing the flame from spreading further.
As the fire was not extinguished fast enough, the Qionglong bracelet on Hu Xiuwu's left wrist came to life, hovering on Hu Xiuwu's wrist, raising its head high, the gem under its jaw shining brightly, and its dragon mouth opened wide, spitting out a sword energy and dragon breath that was equally powerful as the sword energy wielded by Hu Xiuwu.
One on the left and one on the right, two sword qi, like mad dragons, crushed everything into powder wherever they passed, but they only moved along the burning flames, not hurting innocent people. This kind of spiritual sword qi fully demonstrated the superb control of the sword holder.
The two sword energies chased each other, stirring up a mighty gale that covered the sky and the sun, whistling non-stop.
When the wind died down and the dust settled, the stands were intact and no one in the audience was injured.
Under the stands, however, it was as if a typhoon had passed through, ravaged by natural disasters, and the ground was in ruins.