Wang Xuan felt heavy-hearted.
Lu Qing had been watching him all along. That smile of his was like a dead man's, leaking a sinister chill!
If he remembered correctly, Lu Qing was in the same barracks as him. The prying gaze he had sensed last night must have been Lu Qing's as well!
"First, I need to figure out what he wants!"
"It would be fine if he meant me no harm, but if he has ties to the Pity Life Sect... then this will be troublesome!"
Wang Xuan drew a deep breath and quickly left the training ground.
Night fell.
Rather than going to the training ground to practice his saber techniques, Wang Xuan lay on his bed, pondering how to uncover Lu Qing's intentions.
Suddenly.
A faint rustling sound reached him.
Wang Xuan turned his head slightly to look.
Inside the barracks.
A figure stiffly rose from his bed, then felt his way down and headed outside.
"Hm? It's him!"
With the Tracking Art in hand, Wang Xuan could see his surroundings even at night.
The one feeling his way down from the bed was none other than Lu Qing.
"What is this guy doing sneaking out in the middle of the night?"
"Should I follow him and take a look?"
Wang Xuan narrowed his eyes.
After a brief hesitation, he put on his clothes, grabbed his pudao, and cautiously followed.
After leaving the barracks, Lu Qing did not head for the training ground. Instead, he walked all the way toward the eastern side of the recruit camp.
His movements were stiff. Especially in the night, they became exceptionally rigid, every step like a puppet mechanically tugged along by strings.
Beneath the moonlight, it was an eerie sight.
Wang Xuan followed behind him, his brows tightly furrowed.
"To the east of the recruit camp lies the southern side of Blackwind Mountain."
"What is this guy going over there for?"
Doubt could not help rising in his heart.
At that moment, all of Wang Xuan's attention was on Lu Qing. He did not notice that after he left the barracks, another figure had followed him out.
It was Lu Yang!
"That brat slashed me last night. Today, I have to win back my face!"
"But he isn't going to the training ground. Where is he headed?"
From afar, Lu Yang saw Wang Xuan, murder in his eyes!
After Wang Xuan slashed him last night, the more Lu Yang thought about it, the angrier he became. He had not slept a wink all night!
He had been waiting all evening for a chance to get back at Wang Xuan for yesterday!
Yet he had waited until midnight before Wang Xuan finally came out.
Wang Xuan followed Lu Qing from a distance, maintaining the gap between them.
Very soon.
Lu Qing arrived at the eastern side of the recruit camp. To Wang Xuan's surprise, he climbed straight over the fence and headed deep into Blackwind Mountain!
Wang Xuan's gaze sharpened at the sight!
"This guy actually entered Blackwind Mountain. What is he going in there for?"
"Should I keep following him?"
Misgivings rose in Wang Xuan's heart.
If Lu Qing truly had ties to the Pity Life Sect, then continuing to follow him could very well put Wang Xuan in danger.
With that thought, Wang Xuan wavered.
But in the next instant.
Every hair on his body stood on end, and an icy chill ran down his spine. He whipped around.
At some unknown point, Lu Qing had already come up behind him. Less than a meter separated them.
And Lu Qing wore a horrifying smile as he stared at him with narrowed eyes!
Wang Xuan's pupils abruptly contracted!
He instantly leaped back, opening up distance from Lu Qing!
The aura around his body surged. Like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bowstring, he stared fixedly at Lu Qing!
"When did this guy get behind me?"
Wang Xuan's eyes widened, terror filling his heart.
He had personally watched Lu Qing enter the forest.
Yet in the blink of an eye, the other man had appeared behind him!
Just now, there had been less than a meter between them!
That terrifying smile still made Wang Xuan's back go cold. A wave of revulsion rose in his heart, chilling his entire body!
Lu Qing, however, kept smiling as he stared straight at Wang Xuan. In a hoarse voice carrying bone-piercing cold, he slowly said, "You... why are you following me?"
Wang Xuan was on alert to the utmost. The Basic Breathing Technique circulated within him, and his right hand rested on the pudao, ready to strike at any moment.
Hearing Lu Qing speak, Wang Xuan directly demanded, "You... who exactly are you?"
"Why have you been spying on me these past two days?"
After those words fell, Lu Qing gave no answer.
His eyes were black as ink, and he merely looked silently at Wang Xuan.
At this sight, cold sweat beaded on Wang Xuan's forehead.
"Fuck, what the hell is this thing? He definitely isn't a living person!"
At such close range, Wang Xuan could not sense any of the aura belonging to a living person from Lu Qing. He was just like a corpse!
While Wang Xuan remained wary of Lu Qing, Lu Yang also caught up.
"Hm, there's another person. Who is this guy?"
Lu Yang furrowed his brow, but he could not see Lu Qing's face clearly or make out who he was.
"What are those two talking about? Why can't I hear a thing?"
Lu Yang could see that Wang Xuan seemed to be saying something.
But he was too far away to hear clearly.
Over here.
After Wang Xuan finished questioning him, Lu Qing remained silent and gave no reply.
Seeing this.
Wang Xuan clenched the pudao tightly in his right hand, confronting him just like that.
Several full minutes passed before an eerie curve spread across Lu Qing's lips. In a hoarse voice, he said, "You... are very good."
"The Holy Mother likes you very much."
"So join the Holy Sect and become a believer of the Holy Mother!"
"I... can grant you power!"
Lu Qing spoke slowly.
Upon hearing the words "Holy Mother," Wang Xuan's pupils contracted once more.
"You're from the Pity Life Sect!"
Wang Xuan was filled with horror!
This guy really was from the Pity Life Sect!
No wonder he had sensed the exact same aura from him as when he had seen the statue of the Holy Mother of Pity Life that day!
But why would someone from the Pity Life Sect enter the military camp?
"Follow the Holy Mother, and I will grant you power!"
"Follow the Holy Sect! Follow the Holy Mother!"
As Wang Xuan pondered, Lu Qing had already begun walking toward him step by step, continuously chanting words about believing in the Holy Mother and following the Holy Sect!
Seeing Lu Qing approach him now, Wang Xuan's expression changed, and he immediately moved to retreat!
But the instant he stepped back.
Within Wang Xuan's vision, the world around him abruptly changed, turning into a pitch-black realm!
In his entire field of vision, he could see only Lu Qing, and the distance between them was steadily shrinking!
"Damn it, what kind of ghostly thing is this?!"
Wang Xuan's scalp went numb.
A chill shot straight to the crown of his head!
"You fucking ghostly thing, get lost!"
Wang Xuan roared, his blood and qi boiling throughout his body!
The Basic Breathing Technique circulated, and Copper Wall Iron Skin activated!
Ten Sun Blazing Saber!
A blazing saber light slashed out violently, hacking straight at Lu Qing.
Faced with this strike, Lu Qing did not dodge.
His shoulder and chest were cleaved open together, tearing a huge wound across his body!
"What?"
Wang Xuan's pupils contracted at the sight!
It had hit that easily?
After taking the blow, Lu Qing's body was nearly split apart. Blood sprayed wildly as he fell stiffly backward!
Yet a smile remained on his face as he stared intently at Wang Xuan.
At the same time.
In Wang Xuan's vision, the darkness around him faded away.
He returned to the military camp.
But when Wang Xuan looked over, Lu Qing was already lying in a pool of blood, his death miserable. Terror and fear still lingered on his face!
"What... what is going on?"
Wang Xuan looked at Lu Qing in the pool of blood, utterly dumbfounded.
Lu Qing was dead?
This guy had actually died!
In the shadows.
Lu Yang had been wondering what Wang Xuan and Lu Qing were talking about. The next moment, he saw Wang Xuan suddenly spring into action and slash Lu Qing to death.
His expression abruptly changed.
"Holy shit, has this guy gone crazy?!"
"He actually dared to kill someone in the recruit camp!"
Lu Yang was stunned senseless!
Though he had wanted to teach Wang Xuan a lesson tonight, he had never intended to kill Wang Xuan right now.
Killing someone in the recruit camp—no matter that his uncle was a Centurion, if the matter were pursued, even his uncle could not protect him.
"Wang Xuan, you've got some nerve!"
"You dare kill someone in the military camp!"
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