He was actually a proctor for the Heaven's Gate Examination!
Ning Xiaochuan secretly mobilized the Heaven Martial Essence Qi within his body. He did not lower his guard because of the other man's identity and cautiously asked, "Your surname is Lu?"
"That's right."
"You know Lu Ren?" Ning Xiaochuan asked again.
"I am his uncle!" Lu Qingyuan said without hiding it.
Ning Xiaochuan seemed to understand what was going on. Lu Ren and Ning Xiaochuan were both genius Heart Nourishers. In order to secure Lu Ren a position at Heavenly Emperor Mountain, the Lu family would certainly spare no expense to get rid of Ning Xiaochuan.
Getting rid of Ning Xiaochuan during the Heaven's Gate Examination was the best opportunity.
"Proctors cannot kill examinees at will, can they?" Ning Xiaochuan laid the matter bare, because Lu Qingyuan had made no attempt whatsoever to conceal the killing intent emanating from his body.
Lu Qingyuan said, "Of course I cannot casually suppress and kill examinees. But your bloodshed is too grave. You have already killed more than ten genius cultivators of the younger generation. I must handle this impartially and eliminate you, lest even more examinees die by your hand."
"When did I kill more than ten genius examinees of the younger generation?" Ning Xiaochuan asked.
With a sweep of Lu Qingyuan's sleeve, eight corpses flew out of the forest. Each corpse was attached to a thin thread, strung together in a line, and they landed before Ning Xiaochuan.
Ning Xiaochuan saw their faces clearly. They were precisely the eight Heart Slaves who had gone after Dongfang Sheng—Yun Ji, Xie Yihan, Xiang Feiyu, and the others.
The weakest among those eight had been at the Fourth Step Heavenly Ladder Realm, yet they were all dead now!
Dongfang Sheng had already been severely