Lu Shui and the others went straight to the station. The Mo Family still hadn't reacted, but they should be close. The array had already dispersed, so the train should be able to get back up and running quickly.
On the way, Zhen Wu asked:
"Young Master, how did you do that just now?
Was it because of a magic treasure?"
Lu Shui glanced at Zhen Wu and said calmly:
"Then let's say it was a magic treasure."
Zhen Wu: "..."
Zhen Ling thought Zhen Wu had been too tactful, so she asked outright:
"Was Young Master pretending before? Is Young Master actually very strong?"
Lu Shui glanced at Zhen Ling, then shook his head. He couldn't even be bothered to speak.
Zhen Ling: "..."
So what was going on, then?
The two of them had no idea.
After walking for a while, Lu Shui suddenly said:
"By the way, don't tell anyone about what happened here when we get back."
But as soon as he said it, Lu Shui suddenly felt it didn't matter. Under normal circumstances, he would be telling them when he got back.
As long as he successfully broke off the engagement.
After that, Lu Shui wouldn't care anymore.
Zhen Wu and Zhen Ling were left in a quandary.
In the end, no one knew what they were thinking.
Still, Zhen Wu remembered something and felt he had to warn him:
"Young Master, using the Hidden Heaven Sect's name like that was far too reckless.
The Hidden Heaven Sect is a sect with a powerful organization. They have a Hidden Sky Secret Codex, and anyone whose name is written in it will be hunted to the ends of the earth.
Basically, no one can survive after having their name written in the Hidden Sky Secret Codex."
By now, Lu Shui had started reading the Heaven and Earth Array Patterns again. He had used up almost all his Heaven and Earth Power.
What a loss. All he'd gotten were a few useless things and a Mysterious Book.
"The Hidden Sky Secret Codex?" Lu Shui said without looking up. "If we wrote the Third Elder's name in it, do you think he'd die?"
Zhen Wu: "..."
Zhen Ling: "..."
They couldn't answer right away.
After thinking it over, Zhen Wu said:
"With the Third Elder's strength, he should be fine, but it's hard to say whether people will come bother him."
Lu Shui didn't respond. If even the weakest of the Three Great Powers could handle it, why should he care?
As long as he was in the Lu Family Territory, there was no such thing as danger.
Besides, once he returned this time, he basically wouldn't be going out again.
Zhen Wu and Zhen Ling understood at once, and for a moment, they didn't know what to say.
Sure enough, this was still that unreliable Young Master Lu.
Wasn't this just reckless?
After a pause, Zhen Ling asked:
"Then who is this Liu Huo Young Master mentioned?"
Should I have used the name Lu Shui? That name had no gravitas at all. It would only cheapen the title. Lu Shui said:
"I made up the title—or codename—on a whim. It doesn't mean anything."
Zhen Wu and Zhen Ling asked no more. They couldn't understand him.
Still, it was good that he hadn't used his real name. And since those people had been so scared they didn't dare even lift their heads, there shouldn't be any risk of his identity being exposed.
Even if word really got out, they still wouldn't be able to find anything. And even if they did, they wouldn't put it in the Hidden Sky Secret Codex.
As for finding nothing, what did Liu Huo have to do with their young master, Lu Shui?
"It seems Young Master isn't quite as reckless as he appears," Zhen Ling and Zhen Wu thought.
They didn't know Lu Shui's real strength, but surely no one could fake their bearing that convincingly?
Back then, they had genuinely been intimidated by Lu Shui's Aura.
But now Lu Shui looked exceptionally ordinary, making it feel as if what they'd witnessed before had been a dream.
Seated in the station's Waiting Hall, Lu Shui decided to take a look at the Mysterious Book.
But when he picked it up, he tossed all the things he'd collected earlier to Zhen Wu:
"Hold on to these for me."
He didn't want to keep a bunch of miscellaneous things in his Storage Bag. They were completely useless.
Even the Sky Water Snow Lotus was no use to him.
The medicine was indeed rare, but the Lu Family had plenty.
Zhen Wu said nothing. He put everything away. If Lu Shui didn't ask for it back, he would take it straight to the Lu Family's storehouse.
Lu Shui paid no attention to anything else and started examining the Mysterious Book.
It was written in a strange script—not Ancient Script, but something even more obscure.
Or rather, it belonged to the Undying Race. If it had to be given a name, it was probably Undying Script.
Lu Shui took a careful look and immediately understood what kind of book it was.
To be precise, it was a cultivation method.
A cultivation method called the Nine Revolutions Undying True Scripture.
He leafed through it briefly and understood how it worked.
Each time one completed a revolution of this cultivation method, one's ability to recover grew stronger. Upon reaching the ninth revolution, one could practically regenerate from a single drop of blood.
Of course, if that drop of blood were vaporized, one would really be dead.
But that was where this cultivation method was special.
After completing the ninth revolution, the method would reach perfection and grant the practitioner an extra life.
That was right. No matter how one died, once one was truly dead, one would be reborn.
After rebirth, the Nine Revolutions Undying True Scripture would reset.
Once one trained back up to the ninth revolution, one would gain another extra life.
It seemed pretty interesting.
But it was rather useless. It didn't serve much purpose.
"Young Master can read this book?" Zhen Ling asked from behind him.
She hadn't actually meant to read it. She had simply gotten a clear look at the contents, and she was certain she couldn't understand a single character in it.
When she saw Lu Shui reading it, her first thought was that the young master was putting on an act again.
But remembering Lu Shui's earlier performance, she began to wonder if he really could understand it, so she couldn't help asking.
Zhen Wu was curious too. If Zhen Ling hadn't asked, he would have.
Lu Shui closed the book and looked calmly at Zhen Wu and Zhen Ling:
"Do you want me to translate it for you?"
Zhen Wu and Zhen Ling immediately lowered their heads and said in low voices:
"We overstepped."
Lu Shui: "..."
He really had wanted to translate it for them. It wasn't a big deal, and he could even point out the important parts while he was at it.
As for whether it would suit them to cultivate, that was harder to say.
Lu Shui stopped looking at them and tossed the book to Zhen Wu. Since the two of them didn't want to listen, he couldn't be bothered to translate it.
"Put it away for now," Lu Shui said.
Zhen Wu immediately put the Mysterious Book away.
Lu Shui's actions confirmed something for them: Young Master really couldn't understand the book.
They had almost made Young Master lose face just now. With his personality, if they had really asked him to translate it, he would have made up a translation just to save face.
Of course, being exposed would have been even more embarrassing, but their Young Master Lu believed there was a decent chance no one would catch on.
Lu Shui had no idea what they were thinking. If he had, he probably would have translated it for them on the spot.
He'd often done that when he was younger.
After that, Lu Shui went back to reading the Heaven and Earth Array Patterns. He still had the Water Cloud Bead in his hand, and there was a good chance he'd advance to 2.4 tomorrow.
After a long wait, people from the Mo Family arrived. They were probably there to handle the aftermath.
As for why the person stationed here hadn't reacted right away, that was something the Faceless Sect would have to answer for.
Lu Shui had no idea.
"Young Master, the Mo Family has arrived. Order has been restored here as well. The train was delayed a little, but it won't make much difference. We can still reach the Mu Family Territory early tomorrow morning," Zhen Wu said from the side.
Lu Shui nodded without speaking.
After all that trouble, they were finally about to arrive.
Mu Xue, what are you feeling right now?
Have you cried?
Before you continue