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Lu Jin: [Continuing to suppress laughter....JPG]
Seeing the old master Zhang Zhiwei being taken down with a single chop, Master Lu Jin almost burst out laughing.
This is retribution! This is retribution.
You old fox, you've finally met your match.
"Master Lu Jin, is that the Tongtian Talisman you're holding?"
Lu Jin unveiled the brocade on the jade plate.
As expected, the Tongtian Scroll was placed there.
"Zhang Zhiwei specifically asked me to bring this. Why don't you take it with you?"
Grandpa Lu Jin looked indifferent; this Tongtian Talisman was originally meant for fishing.
The original plan was that if Zhang Lingyu won second place, he would use the Tongtian Talisman to lure out the Quanxing sect.
If Lu Xuan is unwilling to take over the position of Celestial Master, he can take the Tongtian Talisman instead.
"Never mind, you can keep it!"
Lu Xuan turned around and left the arena amidst a large crowd of spectators.
However, more surprises emerged.
What's going on? Did they have a falling out? Why did he suddenly leave?
Lu Xuan didn't want to be a Heavenly Master, nor did he want the Tongtian Talisman?
Lu Xuan even knocked out the Celestial Master?
What? Lu Xuan knocked out the old Celestial Master in order to avoid succeeding to the position of Celestial Master?
What? Lu Xuan knocked out the old Celestial Master for the position of Celestial Master?
What? Lu Xuan killed the old Celestial Master in order to seize the position of Celestial Master?
It is said that the old Celestial Master refused...
In short, regardless of what the audience said or what rumors circulated afterward, the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony has finally come to an official end.
Groups of spectators were sent down the mountain, and apart from a few who couldn't leave due to their schedules, most of the spectators left.
Even though Longhu Mountain has suddenly become quiet, there seems to be an undercurrent of unrest.
As the sun gradually disappeared from the earth, a somber atmosphere descended upon Longhu Mountain as night fell.
Outside the main hall on the back mountain, the Old Celestial Master, Tian Jinzhong, Zhang Lingyu, and Rong Shan stood outside the hall, followed by Lu Xuan, Wang Ye, Xu San and Xu Si, Zhang Chulan, Bao'er, and a group of others.
The old celestial master's gaze swept across the back of Longhu Mountain, finally settling on Lu Xuan in front of him.
"Lu Xuan, come into the palace with me and let's talk!"
"Rongshan, take your martial uncle back to rest."
"Yes! Master."
Rongshan scratched his head, wondering where Xiaoyuzi, who had been serving Uncle Tian, had gone.
But she still obediently pushed Tian Jinzhong towards their residence.
"Master... what about me?"
Zhang Chulan looked at the Old Master with an innocent and sincere expression, his eyes brimming with tears.
Although I already had a suspicion, I figured I might as well get something out of the old master.
"You kid..."
The old master looked up and seemed to see Zhang Chulan's grandfather. The grandfather's identical behavior made him want to slap him across the face.
If I had smoked harder back then, whether it was Wugensheng or Zhang Huaiyi, none of this mess would have happened later.
Lu Xuan nodded silently to the side.
Old Master, I've already said that your slaps back then weren't fast enough, and they weren't ruthless enough.
If the Celestial Master had been more ruthless back then, the Jia Shen Rebellion would have been over long ago.
"You brat, you've ruined all the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony I've worked so hard to prepare, and now you're trying to trick me into talking?"
The old master glared at him angrily and said in a low voice.
"If you were going to become the successor to the Celestial Master, wouldn't I have told you already?"
"Master, are you serious?"
Zhang Chulan: "(;?_?)"
I won't go into the rest, but I saw it all: your boss was taken down by Master Lu with a single chop to the neck during the day!
You were taken down in one move. Even if I really wanted to compete for the position of Celestial Master's successor, what would I use to fight against Master Lu?
With love and justice?
I don't have that thing either!
"My strategist! My dear strategist!"
Zhang Chulan started with a "Tiger Crouching" move, grabbed the old master's leg, and began to wail loudly.
"Give me something! Give me something, please! You're my trusted advisor!"
"Give us some information!"
Zhang Chulan knelt down decisively and grabbed the thigh perfectly in time.
Even the old master was speechless. He never thought Zhang Chulan looked like his grandfather before, but now Zhang Chulan's appearance made him look just like that big-eared thief.
"Alright! Go ahead and ask!"
Zhang Chulan clung tightly to the old master's leg and wouldn't let go, so the old master finally relented.
Zhang Chulan got straight to the point.
Are the Eight Extraordinary Skills and the Thirty-Six Thieves... really related?
The atmosphere suddenly froze.
A few seconds later, the old master kicked Zhang Chulan away.
Zhang Chulan got up from the ground, turned around and left without any hesitation.
"Lu Xuan, let's go inside the hall and talk!"
Watching Zhang Chulan's retreating figure, the old master shook his head. None of these younger generations were easy to deal with.
"Alright, Master Celestial."
Lu Xuan waved to Wang Ye, Xu San, Xu Si, Bao'er, and the others, signaling them to go ahead and get busy.
After the group left, Lu Xuan and the Old Celestial Master entered the main hall.
Outside the hall, there was no one.
Before long, several furtive gazes appeared following the figure, and then one by one, strange devices quietly turned on and started operating.
"Notify the acting sect leader that the monitoring equipment has been installed."
"It's time to start!"
"Let's make a scene tonight."
A dark, windy night—a night for murder.
Not long after, several bursts of fire suddenly erupted from Longhu Mountain in the dead of night, and then shouts of battle shattered the tranquility of Longhu Mountain.
The oppressive and tense atmosphere finally erupted.
[Failure Diary]
[Boring, I want to see rivers of blood.]
[You can probably guess how it goes from here on out, right? After all, I can't use hints anymore; the explicit ones would be too obvious.]
Oh! Right...
"Yes, it's nothing."
Chapter 122: The Kill Begins! The Kill Begins! The Kill Begins!
With the confirmation that Lu Xuan and the Old Celestial Master, these two supreme combat powers and the biggest unstable factors, have temporarily "disappeared."
Quanxing completely tore off their disguise and planned to "bloodbath" the Taoist holy land of Longhu Mountain according to their plan.
"Hahaha~ Gong Qing, you're simply a genius."
"Let me see how capable these Taoist priests from Longhu Mountain really are today."
"Where is Lu Xuan? I want to kill Lu Xuan."
"Where is the Celestial Master? I want to beat up the Celestial Master."
"I never thought that a nobody like me would have the honor of participating in such a major event. After today, the reputation of Longhu Mountain as a sacred place of Taoism will be ruined."
The long-hidden Quanxing emerged from all over the mountain, wreaking havoc on everything within sight on Longhu Mountain.
Upon seeing Quanxing emerge, the employees of Longhushan, the Lu family of Old Master Lu Jin, and Na Du Tong, who were already prepared, stopped acting and rushed out from their pre-arranged ambush locations.
The moment the various forces came into contact, a bloody battle ensued without hesitation.
The sounds of battle shouts outside the window were deafening, and the flames, along with various kinds of Qi light, tore through the night and shone into the room.
Lu Xuan and the Old Celestial Master sat facing each other.
Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly.
"Old Celestial Master, you didn't really send me here to pass on the Celestial Master's Mandate to me, did you?"
The old Taoist priest raised his eyebrows.
"Couldn't it be that I brought you here specifically to help Lao Lu and the others lure out the Quanxing?"
“Old Celestial Master, you may have been trying to bring out Quanxing, but that's unlikely.”