Avoid My Edge? Faint, Back to Ling Jue Hall! Goal Achieved! Resources Maxed Out!!

Each time a cloud of blood mist rose, someone's heart bled!

"How did it come to this...?"

At the edge of this realm, an expert from Sword Forging Valley shielded the girl possessing the Destruction Sword Body behind her.

Even she found the scene before her utterly unbelievable!

Originally, they had merely accepted the Ming Family's invitation to bring their own prodigy here to watch the battle and gain some experience.

But what was happening now?

One of the juniors had suddenly risen to become an expert capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with them!

And then... taking advantage of his status as a junior, he began slaughtering people without restraint!

A conspiracy!

The Ming Family and the Lu Family had plotted this together. On the surface, they were like fire and water, yet in secret, they had formed an alliance.

Their purpose was to bury the top prodigies of every major force here, ensuring that in this golden age, only the prodigies of the Ming and Lu Families would shine!

What was even more hateful was that this was all within the rules, leaving them utterly unable to find fault with it!

"Young Mistress, in another ten breaths, I'll be able to tear open a gap in the seal. By then, we can..."

Her voice cut off abruptly. The Sword Forging Valley expert's gaze met Lu Qingyun's, and with just one look, she felt as though she had fallen into an ice cellar!

Her mind blared frenzied warnings, as if telling her that Lu Qingyun's next target was her young mistress!

At that moment, the girl's heart leaped into her throat as well.

She naturally recognized Lu Qingyun as the very person who had thrown the Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat at her before, then knocked her unconscious with a single slap!

It was precisely because of that that she believed their little past grudge was why she had been targeted.

Could it be... that she truly could not escape the curse of dying young?

The girl's eyes turned ashen, as though she had already accepted her fate.

Yet several breaths later.

The expert beside her grabbed her by the collar and, in an instant, charged out of this sealed realm, fleeing for her life!

She did not dare pause for even a moment, afraid of being hunted down and killed!

Only after they were completely safe did a trace of life return to the girl's eyes.

"Hm? Avoiding my edge!?"

Lu Qingyun had naturally noticed that some people had already broken through the restriction and begun to flee.

But there was no way for him to keep every prodigy here. He could only do his utmost to kill as many as possible!

By the time the restriction over this realm was completely shattered and most people had escaped, Lu Qingyun finally stopped.

A hint of regret appeared on his face. He had only killed a little over half of them.

He wondered whether that was enough...

The Blood Burning state faded, and its backlash descended.

In an instant, Lu Qingyun's previously calm face turned deathly pale, drained of all color!

His vision went black, dizziness flooding his mind as he fell straight down.

Lu Changming, whose face was flushed red with excitement and who had just been about to lavishly praise Lu Qingyun, was instantly thrown into a panic.

With a flash, he caught Lu Qingyun.

Only after examining him did he finally let out a sigh of relief.

"Good thing he merely exhausted his body. Once we get back, a little nourishment will have him lively as a dragon and vigorous as a tiger again."

Just as Lu Changming relaxed, a faint voice sounded beside him.

"Seventeenth Elder, congratulations. The Lu Family has produced such a true dragon. I imagine most of this era's fortunes will fall into the Lu Family's hands."

The speaker was an expert from the Ling Family. His tone was sour, even carrying a trace of resentment.

Though the two families were allies, seeing how outstanding the Lu Family's junior was made their own seem rather unpresentable by comparison.

The Ling Family expert turned to look at one of his family's prodigies, whose invincible momentum had been scared to pieces, then helplessly shook his head. Unable to stop himself, he looked back at Lu Changming, the resentment in his eyes growing deeper.

Because Lu Changming had not told Lu Qingyun that they were from the Ling Family at all.

As a result, Lu Qingyun had treated them all equally and attacked them without hesitation.

If not for his exceptional strength, coupled with Lu Changming's timely intervention, the little fellow behind him would not merely have had his invincible momentum shattered from fright—he would have been dead as a doornail!

Lu Changming saw the faint reproach in the Ling Family expert's eyes and gave an apologetic smile.

Yet he did not engage in much conversation, hurriedly taking the unconscious Lu Qingyun away.

Icy cold seeped into his body. Rather than causing discomfort, it felt exceptionally soothing.

When Lu Qingyun opened his eyes again, he was surprised to find that he was in Ling Jue Hall, within the Lu Family's Divine Mountain!

"I'm back?"

Lu Qingyun pushed himself up and clenched his fists. Some of his strength had already returned.

Opening his panel, he discovered that he had gained an additional status.

[Host: Lu Qingyun (Soul Bound)]

[Energy Points: 648952554]

[Realm: Blood Moving Secret Treasury, 800 millionth level! (Weakened)]

[Techniques: Gui Xu Yin (Level 2, 0/100000000000), Void Desolate Heaven Technique (Level 10, 0/100000000000), Void Breaking Heaven Sealing Order (Level 11, 0/30000000000)...]

[Corrupt Immortal Spiritual Charm (Not Possessed): (0/100000000000)]

"Yang Mei."

Lu Qingyun spoke softly, calling her name.

The next moment, Yang Mei appeared before Lu Qingyun.

Her beautiful eyes brimmed with reverence and admiration.

During the time Lu Qingyun had been unconscious, everything he had done outside had already spread throughout the entire Lu Family!

No one had expected that the Thirteenth Sequence, rumored to have faded into the masses, was not merely extraordinary—he was ridiculously powerful!

Just as he had been during the initial Rite of Passage, he overshadowed his entire generation!

And this time, he shone even more brilliantly than before!

Because his opponents had expanded from the Lu Family's prodigies to every faction throughout the entire Great Wilderness!

"Sequence, what are your orders?"

"How long has it been since I fell unconscious?"

"Reporting to the Sequence, only three days have passed."

To Yang Mei, such a recovery speed was simply astonishingly fast!

After the Seventeenth Elder had brought her Sequence back, he had even alarmed an Ancestor.

Even that Ancestor had declared that her Sequence's depletion was far too severe. Even with healing Saint Grade Pills, it would take at least half a month for him to regain consciousness.

Yet only three days had passed. When Lu Qingyun called for her, she had even thought she was hearing things.

"Three days!? Fine..."

The thought of wasting a full three days—and indirectly losing at least several billion Energy Points—made Lu Qingyun feel as if his heart were bleeding.

It also made him feel that the side effects of Blood Burning were far too severe!

Wouldn't a nosebleed have been enough punishment? Now he was somewhat afraid to use it in the future.

Of course, this was also related to how long he had kept it activated. If he had shut it off immediately after killing Ming Sheng, perhaps it really would have cost him only a few drops of blood from his nose.

"Sequence, the Seventeenth Elder instructed this subordinate to inform him once the Sequence awakened. I wonder..."

Yang Mei lowered her head, awaiting Lu Qingyun's command.

She did not know whether Lu Qingyun's rapid recovery involved some secret that needed to be concealed.

As Lu Qingyun's subordinate, she naturally had to consider his interests at every moment.

"It's fine, go. I happen to have a few things I want to ask the Elder as well."

Lu Qingyun did not care about such matters. In any case, his underwear had already been blown clean off—whether there was a little more or less made no difference.

After Yang Mei withdrew, Lu Changming hurried in before long.

Upon seeing Lu Qingyun, delight flashed through his eyes, but he seemed to remember something. A trace of guilt appeared on his face as he forced a smile.

The sight made Lu Qingyun's heart tighten.

This old bastard isn't about to bring me some bad news, is he?

Could it be that once I've recovered, they'll kick me out of the Lu Family's Divine Mountain and send me back to wander the Great Wilderness?

"Qingyun, how is your recovery? I have a Saint Grade Clear Heart Pill here. It should help you recover completely sooner."

Lu Changming took out an exquisite brocade box. Restrictions were carved upon it, yet a faint fragrance still seeped out.

Seeing this, Lu Qingyun felt even worse.

So I can recover sooner and be exiled again?

Though he resisted fiercely in his heart, Lu Qingyun's hand still unconsciously accepted the pill.

A Saint Grade Pill was worth several hundred million Energy Points, after all.

After putting it away, Lu Qingyun simply laid everything out and said directly, "Seventeenth Elder, tell me. When am I returning to the Great Wilderness?"

At those words, the guilt on Lu Changming's face deepened.

With a long sigh, he said, "Qingyun, you know the family has its rules. Perhaps the decision made by the family goes against your wishes, but this is the result decided by the elders of the clan—even the Ancestors. You must... obey."

Lu Qingyun nodded, forcing back his grief, but said nothing.

He merely kept stuffing all manner of heavenly treasures and rare earthly materials, exceedingly difficult to find in the Great Wilderness, into his mouth.

Better hurry and eat while he had the chance. Later, he would not get to eat them anymore.

Seeing Lu Qingyun looking so dejected, Lu Changming felt deeply distressed as well.

After steeling himself for a while, he finally voiced the final decision.

"Qingyun, I'm sorry."

"After deliberation among all the Ancestors, the final decision is this: Qingyun, you... can no longer enter the Great Wilderness."

"Fine, I obey... Huh?"

At that moment, Lu Qingyun's face had been twisted into a savage grimace by the sourness of a ten-thousand-year spirit fruit.

When he heard the final decision, he froze.

Then... ptooey!

Damn it! You should've said so earlier!

You had me thinking that I would have to painstakingly hunt for resources myself from now on, to the point that I had to force down even outrageously sour spirit fruits.

But now?

Who were these foul-tasting spirit fruits even being laid out for?

Dump them outside and feed them to the mounts and spirit pets!

Seeing Lu Qingyun react so intensely, Lu Changming gritted his teeth. With a sweep of his sleeve, he said, "This is truly far too unfair to you!"

"For someone like you, destined to shine brilliantly throughout your life, training in the Great Wilderness would have allowed you to suppress the age with ease and obtain countless fortuitous opportunities."

"Yet now, you are being forced to stay cooped up within the family, keeping company with endless cold resources every day. You cannot constantly worry about danger descending, nor can you temper your heart and will amid endless cruel trials. This should not be so!!"

Tears welled in Lu Changming's eyes.

He could even imagine Lu Qingyun missing these few years of training in the future, becoming trapped at a certain realm and unable to break through for the rest of his life.

"No! I'm going to speak to the Ancestors again!"

"They only want to keep you out of the Great Wilderness for eight years, giving those geniuses time to grow. But these eight years are precisely your best years for growth—you absolutely cannot miss them! So what if it is the will of the entire Great Wilderness? The Lu Family would rather die than submit!!"

Lu Changming grew more and more impassioned as he spoke, so fired up that he truly intended to go head-to-head with the Ancestors.

This frightened Lu Qingyun so badly that he hurriedly grabbed Lu Changming and shouted, "Don't! Elder, I think staying in the family is quite nice. As long as you don't begrudge me for using too many resources in the future, that's enough. Training and such really aren't important to me!"

"You child, you're so anxious that you've started talking nonsense."

Lu Changming did not believe a single word Lu Qingyun said!

This was an exceptionally brilliant golden age. In this age, not only would prodigies emerge in great numbers.

Countless fortuitous opportunities would also appear in this era!

Though the Lu Family was powerful, all it could provide were cultivation resources accumulated over endless years, as well as certain Forbidden Zones under its control.

Compared to the entire Great Wilderness, that was nearly nothing!

After all, what could an abundance of resources accomplish?

Could they really let someone advance without obstruction, free of any bottlenecks in realm, all the way into the supreme realm?

Only by enduring the tempering of the Great Wilderness and obtaining opportunities that even supreme beings would covet could one charge forward in triumphant song!

Therefore, Lu Qingyun's words were undoubtedly only meant to comfort him.

"Good child, as a member of the Lu Family Sequence, you can have as many resources as you want! How could we possibly begrudge you for using too much? We're only afraid you won't be able to use it all!"

"But you need not be so sensible. If you ask me, the Ancestors have gone senile. They cannot even withstand this little pressure, and they are even willing to sacrifice your future because of it!"

Lu Changming's expression was agitated, his tone exceptionally impassioned.

In the end, right before Lu Qingyun's eyes, he crushed a communication jade pendant.

In an instant, every restriction within Ling Jue Hall failed!

A figure appeared before them. It was the Sixth Ancestor of the Lu Family!

In truth, ever since Lu Changming had arrived here, the Sixth Ancestor of the Lu Family had been watching this place at all times.

Even if Lu Changming had not forcibly contacted him, he would have descended anyway.

Having witnessed the scene just now, the Sixth Ancestor of the Lu Family likewise believed that Lu Qingyun's identification with the family had reached a terrifying degree.

Faced with such treatment, he had actually still been thinking of the family.

"Alas!"

The Sixth Ancestor of the Lu Family sighed, casually sweeping his sleeve as well.

He sent Lu Changming flying away, taking a small measure of revenge.

Only Lu Qingyun and him remained in the great hall.

"Lu Qingyun, matching the realm of a Venerable Lord with a blood-shifting body—you are very impressive."

"But precisely because you are too strong—so strong that even most of the older generation cannot match you. Strong enough to slaughter the prodigies of every faction and use the flesh and blood of all prodigies to forge the steps for your ascent to the pinnacle. In fact... you would be quite willing to do so."

Thinking of everything Lu Qingyun had done these past few days, the Sixth Ancestor of the Lu Family was somewhat puzzled as well.

Why was he so interested in hunting prodigies?

Yet it was precisely because he had this proclivity that all the factions feared and dreaded him!

They had even joined forces to pressure the Lu Family, demanding that Lu Qingyun be restricted for eight years.

They could tolerate the Lu Family producing another supreme being, but they could not tolerate the Lu Family being the only one to produce one!

"This matter is the family's fault. I apologize to you once again." The Sixth Ancestor of the Lu Family gave Lu Qingyun a slight bow, startling Lu Qingyun into hastily stepping aside.

"To make up, as much as possible, for the gap between you and the other prodigies during this period, every forbidden zone under the family's control will be open to you. Whatever you require, the family will do its utmost to satisfy it. As compensation for confining you, all the bargaining chips offered by the various factions will belong to you as well!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingyun rubbed his little hands together. He could barely restrain himself from quickly savoring the thrill brought by endless resources!

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