At Lu Qicang's words,—
Xue Baihua immediately turned toward Lu Qicang, highly vigilant. "Oh? You old thing have always been so confident. Did you prepare a hidden move this time to deal with me? Why don't I believe you?"
"Back when True Jade Great Emperor injured me and I fell to the Third-Rank Origin Emperor realm, you were only a Third-Rank Origin Emperor yourself. I truly hadn't prepared any methods back then.
"Although an accident delayed me for quite some time and allowed you to grow into a Fifth-Rank Origin Emperor, how could I possibly have failed to account for such things?"
Lu Qicang let out a cold laugh. A glass bead the size of a thumb appeared in his hand, with a tiny yet terrifying sword intent sealed inside it.
Li Zhōujūn recognized it at a glance. That sword intent had come from the Thousand Ravine Snow Domain—the sword-intent space left behind after Lin Nanxu and his own ancestor had sparred.
A melancholy expression crossed Lu Qicang's face. "Lin Nanxu, Lin Nanxu. Who would have thought that I, Lu Qicang, would actually have to borrow one of your sword intents to cleanse the sect."
When he finished speaking, Lu Qicang looked at Xue Baihua. "This sword intent came from the sword-intent space left behind when Lin Nanxu and Qin Tianyi sparred. I used this Emperor-grade Heaven-Enclosing Divine Bead, which I originally prepared to give you, to capture it. Though this bead can only contain a single sword intent, it is more than enough to kill you."
At this point, Lu Qicang paused. His expression turned somewhat strange as he looked toward Li Zhōujūn. "I said back then that I would howl in agony if I so much as brushed against one of the sword intents in that sword-intent space.