Preparing for Qingling Star Travel

Having figured everything out, Lu Yuan summoned the Lu Changming and Lu Changyue siblings.

Their injuries were only superficial; a single pill could heal them, and after this short while, their wounds had already recovered by seventy or eighty percent.

"Brother Yuan."

The Lu Changming siblings arrived, looking at Lu Yuan, awaiting his next instructions.

Lu Yuan gazed at the two before him and asked, "Where are the rest of the clan members?"

"In a canyon, very secluded, but there are only about ten thousand people. As for where the other clan members are now, I don't know either." Lu Changming shook his head.

"Didn't you use the clan token to contact them?" Lu Yuan said.

Lu Changming smiled bitterly. "Given the current situation, who would dare to make contact? If a strong cultivator intercepts it, we'd all die."

"True." Lu Yuan sighed. For the once-great Lu family to have fallen to such a state was truly lamentable.

Then, Lu Yuan said, "I plan to go to Qingling Star Travel and see if they can shelter my Lu clan members. You and Changyue go back, tell the others I've returned, and keep them steady. At the same time, if you have the chance, try to find the other scattered clan members, then wait for my message."

Hearing this, Lu Changming's eyes dimmed with an inexplicable sorrow. Deep down, he didn't want to live under someone else's roof; he wanted Lu Yuan to lead them. But he also knew that wasn't realistic.

"Alright, I understand."

"Mm."

Lu Yuan gave a soft hum, then stood up. "Let's go. I'll see you out."

Afterward, Lu Yuan led Lu Changming, Lu Changyue, Su Qingyao, and Jiang Shengyi out of the small courtyard together.

After safely escorting the Lu Changming siblings out of the city, Lu Yuan took Su Qingyao and the other woman and quickly headed for the teleportation array in the city.

Lu Yuan didn't tell Lu Changming who had destroyed the Lu family. There was no need—the more truth they knew, the worse it might be. Rather than making them panic, it was better to keep things as they were.

Soon, Lu Yuan and the others arrived at the teleportation array.

It was an immensely vast bluestone square.

On the square stood over a dozen teleportation arrays, and at its center loomed a super-large teleportation array capable of crossing domains.

But correspondingly, the price was exorbitantly high, something ordinary people simply couldn't afford.

The currency used on the Dark Continent wasn't spirit stones, but a type of crystal with higher energy purity and greater value, called Star Source Crystals, which had no grade distinctions.

Typically, riding a super-large teleportation array cost at least a thousand Star Source Crystals, up to a maximum of one million.

Even a thousand Star Source Crystals was not something an ordinary Emperor Realm cultivator could easily bear.

Even someone like Lu Yuan only had about fifty to sixty million Star Source Crystals on him now.

That sounded like a lot, but when actually used, it wouldn't last long.

The bluestone square was packed with people, the noise deafening.

Yet in front of the super-large teleportation array, it was as deserted as a sparrow's doorstep, with barely a customer in sight.

Standing at the edge of the square, Lu Yuan looked at the two beside him and said, "Su Qingyao, Jiang Shengyi will leave with you. You two go first."

"She's coming with me?"

Su Qingyao said in surprise.

Jiang Shengyi was also bewildered; neither of them knew about the Lu family's troubles.

Lu Yuan glanced at the sky behind him, where waves of strong cultivators were sweeping through the city in search parties, and said in a tone that brooked no argument, "Yes, something's come up. She has to leave with you. Once you reach the academy, try to look after Jiang Shengyi as best you can."

As he spoke, Lu Yuan took out a white jade token and handed it to Jiang Shengyi, without explaining its purpose, only saying, "When you get to the academy, give it a try and see if you can enroll."

"Ah, ah, okay." Jiang Shengyi took the token with a face full of confusion.

Su Qingyao, standing nearby, keenly sensed something but didn't ask.

Then, Lu Yuan led the two women to the super-large teleportation array.

"To the Vast Domain, two people."

Lu Yuan said to the staff member, while pulling out a purple-gold card and swiping it in a slot beside the array.

The purple-gold card, similar to a bank card, was called a Star Card.

Only by depositing over fifty million Star Source Crystals could one obtain a purple-gold Star Card. It marked one as a high-level VIP client of Qingling Star Travel and also represented status and identity.

Seeing this, the staff member's attitude became extremely respectful. "Understood, I'll activate the teleportation array for you immediately."

Soon, the array finished charging, and Su Qingyao and Jiang Shengyi stepped onto it.

At that moment, waves of city guards flooded into the square. The leading general shouted, "All teleportation arrays are to cease operation immediately! No one is allowed to leave! Violators will be killed without mercy!"

Hearing this, the staff member instinctively moved to shut down the array.

Seeing this, a cold glint flashed in Lu Yuan's eyes. A blood-black longsword, three fingers wide, appeared in his hand, and he pressed the blade against the staff member's neck, his voice icy. "If you don't want to die, send them through now!"

Feeling the terrifying aura radiating from Lu Yuan, the staff member's face was full of terror. He didn't dare resist and immediately teleported Su Qingyao and the other woman away.

Lu Yuan followed up quickly, "Keep going! To the Qingling Supreme Domain!"

At that moment, the square erupted with countless voices of discontent.

"What's the big deal? My sister's about to get married, and I'm in a hurry to make it to the wedding."

"Your sister getting married is nothing—my grandmother's about to give birth any minute now. If I don't get back in time, my dad'll break my legs."

"Damn, your grandpa's really still got it at his age."

"..."

The crowd erupted in uproar. After all, those who used teleportation arrays either had urgent business or weren't short on cash. Suddenly shutting down all the arrays naturally infuriated countless people.

Among the crowd, a Blue-clad Young Master surrounded by four guards wore an especially sour expression. He stared at the City Guard Commander and said, "You'd better give me an explanation, or I'll tear down your Tianxiao City!"

Clearly, this was a youth with significant backing.

The Commander's face shifted as he recognized the Blue-clad Youth. He knew this young man was a figure from the Heavenly Pride Tower and an important member of a Heavenly Venerate Sect.

Someone he absolutely could not afford to offend.

The Commander could only explain, "Forgive me, Young Master Mo, but there's an Important Fugitive who might try to escape via the teleportation array. We had no choice."

"Important Fugitive?"

Mo Qiannian narrowed his eyes slightly. "I'd like to hear what kind of Important Fugitive is worth wasting my time!"

He was a top-tier Heavenly Pride listed on the Heavenly Pride Tower, even if his rank was beyond a thousand. His time wasn't something just any random nobody could squander.

Seeing this, the Commander took a deep breath and said, "Based on the person's appearance and demeanor, we suspect it might be Lu Yuan of the Lu family!"

"What, Lu Yuan?!"