Lone Moon Pavilion, Information, Backing Out!?

"Must everyone from the Ming Family die?"

"Mm... are you people from the Ming Family?"

Beside a lake brimming with Spiritual Energy, Lu Qingyun casually tossed a headless corpse into the water and questioned the sole remaining prodigy before him.

Blood spread through the water, staining a small patch crimson.

There were already more than a dozen such patches across the lake.

"No! We're from the Luo Clan! We're not from the Ming Family!"

Upon hearing this, the prodigy hurriedly shouted.

Though his body still trembled uncontrollably with fear, a spark of hope burst forth in his eyes!

From the tone of this monster before him, it seemed they had been mistaken for members of the Ming Family.

Did that mean that if he explained things clearly, he could survive?!

With a bang, his mangled body collapsed.

"Forget it. You're all the same."

The clan's orders might have been directed at the Ming Family's prodigies.

But for Lu Qingyun, the Ming Family was far from the only target.

After all, merely offending the Ming Family alone might not be enough to make the family break its rules and accept him back into the clan.

[Energy Points +5684... +5482...]

The notifications kept sounding by Lu Qingyun's ear, but far less frequently than before.

This was proof that the pace of his growth had slowed once again!

Scraping around outside for resources was far too inefficient. Being a freeloader in the family was still the most comfortable life!

"Need to pick up the pace, while... their lingering might still remains."

Lu Qingyun's gaze darkened slightly as he looked toward the Ming Family.

The death of the Ancestor of the Ming Family had left countless factions mute as cicadas in winter, all of them now aware of the Lu Family's tyranny and power!

It was precisely during this window that making a move would greatly improve Lu Qingyun's safety.

Otherwise, if some faction was driven mad by the killings and sent an expert above the True God realm after him, the danger would be immense.

"Let's go."

The Blue Scale Eagle beat its wings, casting a vast shadow below.

Within a mountain range shrouded in shadow, the firm earth softened and flowed like a tide.

A towering, heavily built man clad in an earthy yellow robe emerged from underground. Raising his head to watch the Blue Scale Eagle fly away, his eyes were full of wariness.

"Good thing I possess the Earth Treasure Body, with its exceptional ability to conceal myself. Otherwise, if that Dharma Form Great Demon had discovered my trail, I would have died without a doubt!"

"But I've been lucky too. An Earth Attribute Treasure Pearl was actually nurtured in this ordinary mountain range. After refining it, not only did I break through the Blood Moving Secret Treasury, I even opened a thousand layers of cave heavens! It's just... whenever I encounter a Desolate Beast of the Mountain Sea Secret Treasure realm, all I can do is flee, let alone a Dharma Form Great Demon."

"Don't come after me. Go find the other prodigies."

A smile hung on the man's face, as though he could already see the scene of the other people being discovered and devoured by that vicious bird.

Just as he was about to take a step and leave this place, he discovered that, at some unknown moment, a snow-white spirit rat with exceptionally lively eyes had appeared at his feet, staring at him without blinking.

That gaze sent a chill through him, as though what was reflected in those pupils was nothing more than a cold, lifeless object.

A nameless fury surged up. The man unfolded a cave heaven, and divine power erupted at once, vital essence spilling in all directions!

An enormous hand, seemingly invincible, reached for the spirit rat!

Just as it was about to touch it, his vision suddenly went black, and he lost consciousness!

The Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat deftly wrapped him up and hurried in the direction the Blue Scale Eagle had departed.

It had been deliberately left behind, waiting specifically for this man to emerge.

Though the Earth Treasure Body was not an especially powerful physique, it possessed one immensely useful ability.

It could accelerate the growth of spirit herbs.

Once brought back and buried in a spirit herb field, kept barely alive, the value it could provide would be extremely high.

The wonders of special physiques had never been limited to an individual's cultivation alone!

Grayish-brown city walls, towering like majestic mountain ranges, pierced the clouds, like a precise dividing line that clearly separated the city's interior from its exterior.

Inside the city, voices surged and people filled the streets, creating a scene of extraordinary bustle.

Lu Qingyun slowly approached a grand building within the city that appeared somewhat deserted.

He raised his head and glanced at the plaque above.

Lone Moon Pavilion.

A name that sounded exquisitely beautiful.

Yet contrary to its name, it was an immensely famous assassin organization spread throughout the entire Great Wilderness.

An assassin organization openly placing its bases in plain sight.

It was simply utterly lawless!

And it was not just the Lone Moon Pavilion here that was like this—every Lone Moon Pavilion throughout the Great Wilderness was the same!

They simply had no fear of retaliation or extermination!

One could well imagine how formidable they were. Even a power as strong as the Lu Family was deeply wary of them!

"Customer, is there anything you need?"

Seeing Lu Qingyun enter, the sturdy man with a light stubble brightened. He immediately set aside what he was polishing and eagerly came forward to greet him.

Lu Qingyun glanced at him, unwilling to waste words.

The blood and qi within his body stirred slightly.

An immensely powerful pressure of blood and qi instantly blanketed the surroundings, shaking blades, spears, axes, and other weapons from the nearby racks.

The sturdy man's expression changed. He hurriedly raised both hands before his chest, but after a moment, he found that he had not been affected at all.

"A distinguished guest has arrived, yet Li failed to welcome you from afar."

"I am the Rizhu of this Lone Moon Pavilion. May I ask whether you wish to issue an assassination mission?"

Before the sturdy man appeared a skinny little old man, blocking all the pressure.

He appeared to be resisting it with ease, but upon closer inspection, one could see that the hand tucked behind his back was trembling faintly.

"Rizhu..."

The sturdy man looked indignant, wanting to say something.

But the little old man stopped him, waving a hand to signal for him to withdraw.

The person before them might act tyrannically, but he had the strength to back up that tyranny!

Just a trace of pressure alone was already difficult for him to withstand. If they truly angered this existence, whether they could survive was anyone's guess!

Within the Lone Moon Pavilion, ranks were strict.

Those with true status were divided into three levels, arranged in order of sun, moon, and stars.

Hearing how the sturdy man addressed the little old man, Lu Qingyun nodded slightly.

A sun-level figure corresponded to at least a Nirvana Realm expert. In a city with only a few hundred million people, he should be the person in charge of this Lone Moon Pavilion branch.

"It's not an assassination mission. I'm merely looking for people."

Lu Qingyun put it rather tactfully.

The pressure he had revealed earlier had only been to draw the Lone Moon Pavilion's attention, so as not to waste time.

Hearing this, Li Rizhu let out a breath of relief.

He had thought it was some exceptionally difficult mission.

Merely finding people might be very difficult for other top-tier factions.

But for them, as an assassin organization, their intelligence network was extraordinarily vast. In this regard, they were absolutely first-rate.

No wonder such a powerful expert had come to them for help.

"A small matter. Provide the relevant information, and there will be an answer within three days at most!"

"Mm... there are rather a lot of people I'm looking for, and the information is rather limited. But none of them are particularly highly cultivated; their strength does not exceed the Cave Heaven Secret Treasury at most."

"This... is no matter. It will merely take a little more time."

Li Rizhu hesitated for a moment, feeling that something was off. But upon hearing that they did not exceed the Cave Heaven Secret Treasury, he still nodded.

Lu Qingyun smiled upon hearing that.

"Then I'll have to trouble Li Rizhu to help me find... the locations of all the young geniuses from every family and faction training in the Great Wilderness."

"Alright... hm?"

Li Rizhu did not think much of it and nodded casually.

But only after hearing the entirety of it did he realize just what the hell he had agreed to!

Investigating all the ungrown young geniuses of every faction—what was he planning to do?

Although completing this mission would not be difficult—indeed, it could even be called extremely simple.

But the implications behind it were anything but simple!

Could it be... he intended to strike at the young geniuses of every faction?

Li Rizhu shuddered for no reason, recalling the family that had been publicly wiped out not long ago, as well as the terrifying sight of a supreme being falling.

"No! This absolutely cannot be done!"

Li Rizhu came to his senses and shook his head furiously.

No need to even think about it—if he really took this mission on his own authority.

Before he could even send it out, the others in Lone Moon Pavilion would chop him into mincemeat!

Though Lone Moon Pavilion would not be the ones directly making the move, once the matter was investigated, they would more or less be affected.

This deal was not worth it!

"No?"

Lu Qingyun's expression instantly turned cold.

They had agreed to it so readily, yet they were backing out after such a short time. Did they think he was easy to bully?!