Chapter 116: Lu Changsheng, Do You Know What Happened to My Sister?

Three days later.

Lu Changsheng returned to Qingzhu Mountain aboard the Second Elder’s Spirit Boat from Jiulong Market.

This time, Lu Changsheng did not bring Xiaoqing.

The main reason was that Jiulong Market is now safer compared to Qingzhu Mountain.

Moreover, the Spirit Boat was simply too crowded.

Not only was it full of people, but someone was also riding an Iron Feather Eagle alongside the Spirit Boat.

“Lu Changsheng, do you know what happened to my sister? The last time I saw her, she seemed strange.”

Lu Miaohuan, who was also on the Spirit Boat, sent this query to Lu Changsheng.

“What’s strange about her?”

Lu Changsheng asked, appearing calm and indifferent.

“I can’t quite figure it out. It just seems that ever since she got injured, she’s been acting weird.”

Lu Miaohuan wrinkled her nose, unable to articulate exactly what felt off.

But as her sister, she could sense her older sister’s changes.

Then, out of curiosity, she asked, “By the way, Lu Changsheng, how did you heal my sister? I heard her injuries were severe, almost at the brink of death.”

“I accidentally found a life-saving pill beforehand, and my cultivation in the Everlasting Spring Method helps a bit with healing.”

“That’s why I managed to stabilize the Young Miss’s injuries.”

Lu Changsheng stated this with a composed demeanor.

This is what he and Lu Miaoge had agreed to say..

Moreover, he had already made it known that he switched to cultivating the ‘Everlasting Spring Method’.

After all, he has maintained a youthful appearance of twenty.

And with so many wives and concubines, constantly having children, it’s reasonable to choose a health-cultivating technique.

Upon hearing this, Lu Miaohuan didn’t dwell much on it.

She continued discussing daily matters with Lu Changsheng, mentioning the current state of the Lu Family.

Lu Changsheng, having nothing else to do, casually chatted with this Second Young Miss.

The Spirit Boat flew rapidly across the sky.

It was at this moment, suddenly.

“Swish, swish, swish—”

Four streams of light shot into the air, breaking the silence and zooming over.

Three of them intercepted the Spirit Boat.

One charged at the Iron Feather Eagle next to the Spirit Boat.

“Not good!”

The Second Elder saw this and immediately changed his expression, yelling in anger.

He activated the defensive array of the Spirit Boat, forming a thick earthen yellow protective shield.

He also summoned a small blue triangular flag, a layer of light blue watery shield appearing and enveloping the Spirit Boat.

“Screech!”

However, the Iron Feather Eagle, facing the beam of light, was unable to dodge and let out a wailing cry.

Blood splattered from its abdomen, and its wings flailed wildly.

This change made Lu Yunhua, who was on top of it, show a different expression.

The Second Elder produced a jade green bamboo staff, sweeping Lu Yunhua from the Iron Feather Eagle onto the Spirit Boat, his face gloomy as he shouted.

“Who dares to intercept the Qingzhu Mountain Lu Family?”

His voice was cold and loud, full of authority.

On this return journey, he remained vigilant.

He even changed the original route, yet still, an attack came.

“Hmph, targeting the Qingzhu Mountain Lu Family, it’s you we’re after! Quick battle!”

Four masked figures appeared on flying Artifacts, their voices hoarse.

They wielded Artifacts and cast talismans, attacking the Spirit Boat.

“Yunhua, you manage the Spirit Boat, get everyone back to Qingzhu Mountain quickly. Leave this to me!”

The Second Elder quickly instructed the Lu Family steward.

Then he summoned a flying Artifact, stepped down from the Spirit Boat, smashed a talisman that transformed into a golden shield over his body, and set out with the bamboo staff to intercept the four.

“Got it!”

Lu Yunhua responded without hesitation.

He immediately saw that these four were well-prepared.

All had Late-Stage Qi Refining abilities.

Among them, aside from the Second Elder, only he had Seventh Layer of Qi Refining.

The others merely had mid-stage Qi Refining skills.

In such a situation, his side was clearly at a disadvantage.

“Second Elder, take care!”

Lu Yunhua took control of the Spirit Boat and immediately steered it, carrying everyone quickly towards Qingzhu Mountain.

“I’ll hold them off, you three take the Spirit Boat and quickly eliminate these Lu Family juniors, especially that Lu Family Talisman Master!”

The leader among the masked four spoke in a hoarse voice.

He then charged at the Second Elder, saying, “Lu Yunhan, let’s see how you keep us here!”

“You know me, who sent you here?”

The Second Elder’s face darkened, the green bamboo staff launched a cyan rainbow at the four to block them.

But the speaking masked man clapped a large hand, summoning a red orb with fiery lights, a gale rising, sealing the Second Elder in flames.

Seeing this, one of the other three masked figures immediately summoned a Spirit Boat.

The three then boarded the Spirit Boat to chase Lu Changsheng and the others.

“Damn!”

The Second Elder saw this scene and realized the opponent was well-prepared.

This ambush’s purpose clearly targeted the juniors.

Yet he had no way to protect everyone, reluctantly watching the chase after their Spirit Boat.

“Could these four be the ones who previously ambushed Sister Miaoge?”

Lu Changsheng remembered that Lu Miaoge said she was heavill injured due to an ambush by four assailants.

Coincidentally, there were four people now.

And they specifically targeted the Lu Family, making him speculate in this direction.

But regardless of whether these were the same four, the current situation looked unfavorable to Lu Changsheng.

On the Spirit Boat, apart from Lu Yunhua with Seventh Layer Qi Refining cultivation.

The other Lu Family disciples merely had mid-stage Qi Refining abilities.

They still had over a thousand miles to reach Qingzhu Mountain.

Such a long distance, trying to return safely to Qingzhu Mountain under the chase of three Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators, seemed challenging.

“Boom boom boom—”

The three masked men pursued closely with their Spirit Boat.

Two of them wielded Artifacts and unleashed spells, striking the barrier of Lu Yunhua’s Spirit Boat, causing the defensive light shield to dim gradually.

This Spirit Boat, just a regular one for travel, lacked strong defensive power.

“No, at this rate, the Spirit Boat won’t hold up!”

“Miaofeng, Miao Cheng, you take turns steering the Spirit Boat; I’ll lure one of them away!”

Seeing the dire state of affairs, Lu Yunhua clenched his teeth and said.

“Uncle Yunhua, let me go. I have the talismans given by the Fourth Elder, and I can use them to escape.”

Lu Changsheng interjected.

Now with so many people around, he couldn’t risk showing his power.

But in an isolated place, that concern didn’t exist.

As long as he drew away one of them, the crisis for the Lu Family would be averted with Lu Yunhua there.

“No, Changsheng, you’re our Lu Family’s Talisman Master; you absolutely can’t take the risk!”

Lu Yunhua instantly rejected without thinking.

“They’re clearly well-prepared, targeting our Lu Family. Uncle Yunhua, if you leave, we wouldn’t even manage to steer the Spirit Boat back to Qingzhu Mountain.”

“Even if you lure one away, facing two Late-Stage Qi Refining makes returning safely to Qingzhu Mountain uncertain.”

Lu Changsheng quickly explained.

He felt that revealing his strength later would be more difficult than simply drawing someone away now.

“Uncle Yunhua, Changsheng is right, but Changsheng, you cannot take the risk; let me go instead.”

At this moment, Lu Miaocheng gritted his teeth and stood up.

Lu Changsheng was at a loss.

He intended to go because he had confidence in his strength.

Miaocheng going would just mean certain death.

It’s doubtful he could even draw anyone away.

Yet, Lu Miaocheng stepping forward at this moment made him look at him with newfound respect.

“Brother Cheng, you going would be a death sentence.”

“I broke through to the Sixth Layer Qi Refining recently and possess a flying Artifact for short flights, so stop arguing with me.”

Lu Changsheng dismissed him bluntly.

He slapped his Storage Bag, taking out a stack of talismans, roughly fifty or sixty.

Splitting half for Lu Miaohuan, he said, “Second Young Miss, take these talismans for protection.”

After saying this, he activated a Golden Light Shield Talisman and Gale Talisman, tossing the flying Artifact and jumping off the Spirit Boat.

“Changsheng!”

“Lu Changsheng!”

“Changsheng, come back!”

Lu Yunhua, Lu Miaohuan, and the others were shocked, seeing Lu Changsheng’s decisive action, and shouted.

“Leave, don’t waste time!”

Lu Changsheng, standing firm on the circular Artifact, his green robe fluttering, with a golden light surrounding him, shouted without turning back.

He then activated about ten talismans, transforming into wind blades, cold winds, flaming clouds, and vines, launching them towards the chasing Spirit Boat.

Since he planned to draw one away, he naturally needed to bait them.

Otherwise, if they didn’t send someone after him, it would be embarrassing.

After hearing Lu Changsheng’s words and seeing his actions, Lu Yunhua, Lu Miaocheng, Lu Miaohuan, and others were moved.

They could only feel that Lu Changsheng’s figure in front of them grew taller.

Especially Lu Miaohuan, looking at Lu Changsheng’s tall, slender back and the talismans in her hand, felt choked with emotion.

To think that Lu Changsheng, who always appeared gentle and a bit timid, would act with such courage and self-sacrifice at this moment.

Furthermore, even before this, he divided his life-saving talismans for them.

“Go!”

Lu Yunhua, seeing Lu Changsheng’s behavior, knew it was not the time to hesitate.

What was necessary was to hurry back and seek assistance.

He steered the Spirit Boat towards Qingzhu Mountain at full speed.

He could only hope that Lu Changsheng could escape using his talismans.

“Lu Changsheng? The path to heaven you refuse; to hell, you seek!”

“You don’t know, you’re our main target!”

The three pursuers on the Spirit Boat, seeing Lu Changsheng jump from the Spirit Boat, couldn’t hide their delight.

Their mission was primarily to eliminate Lu Changsheng, the Lu Family’s Talisman Master.

Secondly, the other Lu Family disciples.

Seeing Lu Changsheng leap off and provoke them, they were overjoyed.

“Eliminate him!”

The masked man launched a talisman barrage after him, then drove the Spirit Boat towards Lu Changsheng.

“Not good, they’re targeting Lu Changsheng!”

Lu Miaohuan noticed and exclaimed.

With one pursuing Lu Changsheng, he might escape using talismans.

But now, all three abandoning their chase of them to target Lu Changsheng spelled certain doom for him.

“Their main goal is Changsheng, the Talisman Master.”

“It must be the Chen Family; only they would target our Lu Family like this!”

Lu Yunhua watched Lu Changsheng’s escape route, his face grave, gnashing his teeth.

In this situation, they were helpless.

Even if he joined in now, it would only mean death.

Lu Changsheng pushed his flying Artifact with all his spiritual power, speeding like a stream of light across the mountain range below.

In the air, he was an easy target, far too conspicuous.

In this deserted mountain range, it was better suited for ambushing.

“Huh? They’re all chasing?”

“Am I their primary target, or just a higher priority than the others?”

Lu Changsheng glanced back at the pursuing Spirit Boat, slightly surprised.

To think all three, abandoning the pursuit of others, focused on him.

“But better this way, makes it easier to handle.”

Lu Changsheng kept his mind clear.

“How’s this kid moving so fast?”

“He used talismans and is pushing his Artifact; soon, he’ll exhaust his spiritual power!”

“He must have life-saving talismans; don’t let him escape!”

Seeing this, the three masked men stored their Spirit Boat.

They all switched to flying Artifacts, forming seals, and gave chase to Lu Changsheng.

Before long, Lu Changsheng entered the mountain range, slowing down.

“Kid, run, why’d you stop?”

“You’ve got guts, distracting us for others.”

“Heard you’re just a Lu Family’s son-in-law, didn’t think you’d be so loyal, sacrificing for others.”

The three saw his slowing speed, quickly trapping him, jesting.

To them, he was already caught, no rush to kill him.

“Sigh, I didn’t think you’d value me so highly, all of you after me.”

Lu Changsheng sighed, his face bitter.

He inquired, “Could you answer one question before I die? Was it you who attacked Lu Miaoge?””

“Lu Miaoge? You mean that Lu FFmily girl? Yes, it was us.”

One masked man replied directly.

“Our leader’s Black Demon Slash nearly killed her, but she lived; heard you saved her, how’d you do it?”

“Your talents as a Talisman Master are impressive; if you surrender, we’ll spare you.”

The other two spoke too.

“How? Simple, because”

Lu Changsheng said with a bitter smile, yet abruptly, his gaze sharpened, and he pointed.

Seven-colored light beamed from his finger, ‘Whoosh’, a sharp sword light shot at the man’s head.

“Not good!”

The three were taken aback.

Seeing the lethal sword light, the target froze.

Before reacting, a blood hole emerged on his forehead, unconscious.

With a ‘thud’, he fell off his flying Artifact.

“Did you get it now?”

Lu Changsheng turned to the remaining shocked two.

As he spoke, two more massive Seven Luminaries Sword Lights burst forth, chillingly sharp.

They frantically raised protective shields, activating tools to block.

But these shields were like paper against the Seven Luminaries Sword Light, breaking instantly, piercing through.

“Ah! No—”

One had his brain pierced, the other’s head severed, both instantly killed, falling ‘thud’ to the ground.

“Never realized my strength reached this level.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the three corpses, satisfaction mingling with his calm heart.

This was his first battle won without relying on talismans or treasures.

Using purely his own strength.

Of course, the Xuan Yuan Pearl’s augmentation is part of that strength too.

“One benefit of killing with the Seven Luminaries Sword Light is not damaging their Artifacts.”

Lu Changsheng mused.

He then collected their Artifacts and Storage Bags.

Three fireballs reduced them to ashes, quickly clearing the site, and he moved on.

Finding a cave, he sorted through the Storage Bags.

“Hmm? Yu? Are these connected to the Yu Family of Bihu Mountain?”

Sorting the Storage Bags, he discovered a Yu Family’s token, his eyes narrowing.

“Is it the Yu Family or someone’s ploy to frame them?”

Lu Changsheng wondered.

He thought framing unlikely.

Yet if the Yu Family acted, they wouldn’t carry such tokens.

The token proved no Yu Family members, just a connection.

Without much thought, he destroyed the token.

Tokens might bear marks.

And it was useless to him.

He couldn’t confront the Yu Family with mere tokens.

Justice in the cultivation world rests more on strength than evidence.

A moment later.

Lu Changsheng finished sorting the Storage Bags.

He gained 867 Spirit Stones.

Four top-tier Artifacts.

Six mid-tier Artifacts.

One Spirit Boat.

Several pills.

Several talismans.

Several spiritual herbs.

And some miscellaneous materials.

“The Spirit Stones and Artifacts here are a bit low, but the biggest gain is this Spirit Boat.”

“It’s worth at least one or two thousand Spirit Stones.”

“However, if it belongs to the Yu Family, I shouldn’t reveal it. Best to dispose of it.”

Reflecting on his gains, Lu Changsheng mused.

Then, looking at his entirely spotless robe, he made some tears in his five-six-year-old robe.

After all, escaping three Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators meant some wear and tear should show.

“I’ll return in three to four days, otherwise explaining now seems too far-fetched.”

Lu Changsheng decided.

Planning to add more signs of battle wear on his robe before returning.

Then he began meditating to restore his spiritual power.

All out, activating the flying Artifact and releasing three Seven Luminaries Sword Lights took a toll.

Consuming half his spiritual power.

Without the Xuan Yuan Pearl’s support, he wouldn’t normally exhaust himself this way.