Chapter 97: Surveillance

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Hum .

Black energy rippled from Lu Yun, sending the Lu immortals flying backward before they could approach .

Feinie landed and stood calmly before Lu Yun, guarding him with her diminutive body . Her gaze was as steely as the sword throwing off black luminescence in her hand .

“Empyrean immortal?! You can’t really be just an empyrean immortal!” An incredulous Lu Qingxun threw up another mouthful of blood . He was a peak august immortal, half a step from ascending to golden immortal . How could an empyrean immortal knock him to the ground with a single slap?!

“Kill them,” Lu Yun commanded, casting a frosty gaze over the Lu immortals .

Swoosh .

A faint white dragon impression flashed behind Feinie as she readied her sword . Her weapon created seventeen duplicates of itself that lunged at the Lu immortals, brandis.h.i.+ng fangs and claws like dragons .

“Nineteen Cerulean Sword Dragons!!” Lu Qingxun stared blankly at the seventeen dragons of sword energy . “This is a sword technique that was lost for thousands of years . How do you know it?! All of you, move out of the way!” the Lu elder roared as a strange, cyan light emitted from his body . An ancient beast seemed to have awakened within him .

Aghast at the changes in their elder, the Lu immortals hurriedly moved away .

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“The sword technique recorded in the ancient texts consists of nineteen swords . You’re only manifesting seventeen, which means your technique is incomplete . There is a weak point to be found!” Lu Qingxun’s frail, wizened body that looked like it would scatter into a pile of bones at any second suddenly became hearty and strong as bluish-black fur grew out of his shriveled skin .

“Take the woman alive and acquire the method of Nineteen Cerulean Sword Dragons!” Lu Qingxun howled like a beast before pouncing on Feinie with his arms extended . His aura had become more than three times as powerful as before .

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Seventeen rays of sword energy knocked the behemoth away, but failed to leave any visible wounds on the old man’s body . A trace of gravity floated into Feinie’s expression .

Roar!

With a prolonged cry, Lu Qingxun leapt at Feinie, using his giant body as a weapon .

“This is a physical combat art . He’s sacrificed the power of an immortal in exchange for greater physical strength!” Lu Yun stood behind Feinie and whispered, “Don’t fight him head on . ” 

He recalled such combat arts from Xuanxi’s memory . Once activated, the combat art channeled an immortal’s energy to enhance their body, making it invincible against weapons . It was designed to counter immortal and flying swords .

In this state, however, the user wouldn’t be able to use any of their arts .

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Feinie nodded . She turned into a flash of shadow and ran circles around Lu Qingxun, refraining from using the Formation Orb . There were unwanted eyes and minds looking in on their battle, which was why she had quickly put the Formation Orb away after destroying the formation .

There was no lack of keen eyes in the world of immortals . If the Formation Orb was discovered, Lu Yun would likely never be able to leave the province for the rest of his life .

Lacking the treasure, Feinie set up formations with her footsteps, leaving patterns on the ground . She didn’t need spirit stones or crystals; she was the Formation King of the immortal world, after all, a t.i.tle she’d earned with her skill five thousand years ago . For her, anything and everything could be used to set up formations .

Lu Qingxun had turned into a beast with his physical art and was tangling with Feinie, while the other Lu immortals had targeted Lu Yun . They were single-mindedly focused on killing Lu Yun . Only the young man’s blood would cleanse the clan of the humiliation they’d suffered!

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Sword energy drove into the ground before the immortals as Yuying dropped down from the air, her soft hair slightly tousled . Seven swords circled around her, acting as an unbreakable barrier between Lu Yun and harm .

On an exhale, Lu Yun used his death art to connect the realms of yin and yang and a bloodcorpse dashed out of the Gates of the Abyss . One by one, the Lu immortals collapsed with all of their blood and life essence drained, their faces frozen in a state of eternal shock .

“What the h.e.l.l is that?!” Lu Qingxun’s expression twisted when he saw the crimson shadow .

……

Some corner in Dusk City .

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A rippling mirror reflected the image of the situation inside the governor’s manor .

“Can you tell what the crimson shadow is?” asked a middle-aged man clad in a golden outfit, his eyebrows slightly furrowed .

“Sir, I can sense death energy, corpse energy, and a trace of ghost energy from the figure . ” An old man with a goatee considered the mirror closely before concluding with great confidence, “It should be some kind of zombie from an ancient tomb . ”

“A zombie?” The man in gold widened his eyes in disbelief . “The governor can control the zombies in ancient tombs?!”

“Nothing is strange in the world of immortals . This subordinate once saw a strange man in Exalted Major who could manipulate zombies to fight for him . The governor must’ve discovered some unusual heritage . ” The old man made a thoughtful noise . “Moreover, the woman in white next to him is Pill Fairy Yuying, the eighth governor of Dusk from twelve hundred years ago . ”

The man in gold paused . “Pill Fairy Yuying? Isn’t she dead?”

The goateed elder shook his head . “No one knows for sure, but she’s alive now and at the peak of true immortal . She must’ve survived the heavenly tribulations a thousand years ago, but severe injuries forced her to fake her own death to give her time to recover . ”

“That makes sense . ” The man in gold nodded, accepting the explanation . “That also explains why the governor can walk the path of cultivation . ”

“As for the woman in black . . . . ” The old man frowned . “She must be somebody, but I can’t identify her . ”

“That doesn't matter, she’s just an empyrean immortal . ” The man in gold smiled faintly . “So the governor’s trump card is a strange zombie . Determining that is enough, we’ll sell this information to the Lu Clan . It’s high time to be on friendly terms with them .

“They suffered a tremendous blow that almost ended their line a hundred years ago . However, the Lu Clan regained their position at the top of Nephrite Major in only a short century and crushed their enemies in return . The depth of their foundations makes them a worthy ally . ”

“Let’s go,” he said to the goateed old man .

The old man nodded and put away the mirror with a wave of the hand, then the two vanished inside the city, riding two swords .

……

“They’ve put away their surveilling treasure, sir,” Yuying transmitted to Lu Yun .

“We can stop pulling our punches, then,” Lu Yun said coolly .

Feinie nodded and her fingers swiftly flew through three hundred sixty-five hand seals . Beams of black light shot out of the ruins of the manor, tearing the insane Lu Qingxun apart . His beast-like head rolled to Lu Yun’s feet .

“You’ve turned your back on your lineage and forgotten your ancestors!” The spirit within the head continued growling as Lu Qingxun’s eyes bored into Lu Yun . “Traitor!”

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