In Two Days, I'll Kill You All!

Chapter 42: In Two Days, I'll Kill You All!

Amid Xu Liniang's puzzled voice, Chu Lu picked up the straight wooden stick and casually swung through several sword forms.

Then his expression turned solemn. His cultivation technique raced at full speed as his waist, abdomen, shoulders, and back exerted force all at once, and he fiercely swung the stick at the desk.

The swing was heavy and powerful, the wooden stick letting out a shrill whistle as it cleaved through the air. Yet just as it was about to strike the desk, Chu Lu exerted himself again. The muscles in his arms and across his body bulged as he forcibly stopped the stick.

But the force generated by the swing could not be stopped. It surged out through his body and struck the desk.

With a burst of crackling, the desk split apart with a roar.

Xu Liniang stared, dumbfounded.

She asked in surprise, "Chu Lu, your injuries have healed?"

Chu Lu said, "More than halfway."

Xu Liniang asked, "How could it be so fast?"

Chu Lu said, "That's an unexpected delight."

As time gradually passed, Chu Lu unexpectedly discovered that this world's restrictions on him were growing looser and looser, while the effects of his blood and qi cultivation technique were improving.

Besides increasing his strength, this blood and qi cultivation technique could also accelerate the recovery of injuries.

Thus, Chu Lu's body recovered faster and faster.

And the better his body recovered, the more blood and qi he could mobilize, which further enhanced the effects of the blood and qi cultivation technique.

With both prongs working together, Chu Lu's injuries were able to recover far beyond expectations.

Naturally, Xu Liniang was delighted to hear this, but she still said cautiously, "But Chu Lu, even so, shouldn't we wait a little longer? Wouldn't it be safer to act after Su Muyun has finished dealing with things too?"

"No more waiting." Chu Lu shook his head. "She's too slow."

Chu Lu had arranged for Su Muyun to purge the Imperial Guards in the first place because he disliked how slowly his own injuries were recovering and wanted them to help him kill people.

But circumstances had changed. His injuries were recovering remarkably quickly, so there was naturally no need to rely on the Imperial Guards anymore. Much less stop and wait for them—wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse?

"The day the Empress selects her adoptive child and holds the adoption ceremony will be the day I act." Chu Lu casually tossed aside the wooden stick. "Before the Empress, who believes victory is already in her grasp, I'll kill every civil official from the Liu Family faction. As for Su Muyun, if she makes it in time, all the better. If she doesn't... I'll clean up the Imperial Guards while I'm at it."

Listening to Chu Lu's simple and brutal plan, Xu Liniang was left utterly stunned. After a long while, not knowing what to say, she could only silently accept it.

The Empress was desperate to depose Xu Liniang, so in merely two days, she had already found a suitable candidate and hurriedly had her sent into the palace.

She examined the adopted daughter before her with great satisfaction. Then a venomous smile appeared on her face as she said, "Come. I'll take you to meet your new mother."

A moment later, they arrived at the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The Empress found Chu Lu and smiled faintly. "Your Majesty, I have already chosen an adopted daughter. I brought her here today for you to have a look."

Chu Lu had no interest in the matter, but he still nodded.

The Empress stepped aside, allowing the adopted daughter behind her to come forward.

Chu Lu had initially looked indifferent, but after one glance at the adopted daughter, his entire body froze.

"This is the adopted daughter you chose?" Chu Lu looked at the Empress with a strange expression.

"That's right," the Empress said.

Standing before Chu Lu at that moment was a cool and aloof nun holding prayer beads. Her features were handsome, her clothing plain, and an air of abstinence surrounded her. She looked two years older than Xu Liniang.

Yet she did not mind in the slightest. She respectfully bowed and said, "Mother Emperor."

Chu Lu said, "..."

He thought, You people... this adopted-daughter custom of yours...

Xu Liniang said, I don't know. Don't ask me. I really don't know!

So Chu Lu looked at the Empress and said, "What was it about her that caught your eye?"

"Everything about her pleases me," the Empress said with a smile.

Chu Lu fell silent, but a moment later, a flicker of joy arose in his heart.

No matter what madness the Empress was up to, this matter was actually quite advantageous for him.

Originally, Chu Lu had been hesitating over whether to spare the adopted daughter chosen by the Empress when he began his slaughter that day. Not killing her would leave him feeling dissatisfied, but killing her would make him feel somewhat reluctant. After all, she was a child.

But now, there was no problem.

This adopted daughter was so old that she should understand the risks involved. If she still dared agree to it, she had surely already prepared herself. If she died, she had only herself to blame.

Thus, Chu Lu said with an easy expression, "Since the Empress is satisfied, I have no objections."

"That could not be better," the Empress said aloud, while thinking, As if you would dare have any objections.

Seeing Chu Lu repeatedly suffer setbacks, the Empress felt thoroughly refreshed.

Then she said, "Now that the adopted daughter has been chosen, better to strike while the iron is hot. I intend to hold the adoption ceremony in two days. Your Majesty, do not miss the appointed time."

"I understand."

"Then I shall not disturb Your Majesty's rest any longer."

The two turned and left. Chu Lu murmured softly, "Two days left?"

"Xiao Lizi!" Chu Lu suddenly called.

"This servant is here."

"Return the sword I gave you before."

"Yes."

Xiao Lizi immediately handed the sword she carried at her side to Chu Lu.

Chu Lu casually swung the sword, then studied its blade, gleaming with a cold light. He looked forward to seeing it stained crimson by countless streams of blood two days later.

At that moment, Xiao Lizi asked, "Should the Imperial Physician be sent back, then?"

Chu Lu's injuries had recovered seventy to eighty percent. He no longer needed to drink medicine.

But after thinking it over, he still said, "No. Let her remain."

At such a crucial time, it was best not to reveal any flaws, lest they startle the snake in the grass.

"Yes."

"Two days..." Chu Lu sheathed his sword and murmured expectantly once more.

Meanwhile, the Empress and the other woman returned to Kunning Palace.

The Empress directly pulled the cool and aloof nun into a side chamber.

The nun halted and said, "Mother Empress, what are you doing?"

"Stop putting on an act. Why I chose you—do you truly have no idea?" The Empress revealed the gaze of a hunter spotting prey.

The nun fell silent.

"Don't think you can rest easy just because you've entered the palace. There are still two days until the adoption ceremony, and I can replace you at any time." The Empress sat at the edge of the bed. "Are you coming or not?"

The nun said, "..."

Night fell.

The Empress said with satisfaction, "You qualify. Just wait peacefully for the adoption ceremony in two days."

The nun gave a soft hum.

"Two days..." the Empress murmured quietly.

—In two days, everything in this country will belong to me!