Chapter 98: Sito Chong, Murderous Intent

  In the crowd, the middle-aged swordsman who had just caught Lu Qing's attention now had a solemn expression, his eyes fixed tightly on Lu Qing's movements, with a glint of sharpness in his eyes, yet also revealing a hint of puzzlement and confusion.

  "This, this..." Lu Zhan was already somewhat incoherent, but the joy that was hard to conceal on his face revealed how he felt at this moment.

  However, he did not notice that Bao Yuan's face was filled with a puzzled expression at this moment.

  Life and death on the stage, at this moment, Situ Long has completely lost his ability to resist. Lu Qing's powerful force between his fingers made him barely able to hold onto the Xuanjin Sword in his hand, and the dripping blood had already wetted the hilt of the sword.

  With a loud roar, Situ Long's body burst out with four feet of golden sword energy, the sword energy tearing through the air and making a hissing sound, wrapping Situ in a large golden ball.

  A hint of disdain flashed at the corner of his mouth, Lu Qingjian pointed and condensed, a nearly two-foot-long wind and thunder sword energy shot out, the purple electric sword energy entwined with the whirlwind, breaking through Situ Long's protective sword energy like a hot knife through butter, his sword fingers continuously striking.

  Under the stunned gaze of the people below, Situ Long's protective sword energy dissipated instantly, and at the same time, Lu Qing took a step forward, his sword pointing with lightning speed to Situ Long's dantian and qihai, a purple-blue sword energy flashing.

  With a muffled hum, Situ Long was struck by lightning, and his whole body suddenly flew out and fell under the stage of life and death.

  "You, you!" Situ Long was somewhat incoherent, with large mouthfuls of fresh blood spewing from his mouth. His right hand propped up the Xuanjin Sword, barely supporting his body, as his eyes stared fixedly at Lu Qing.

  Lu Qing coldly gazed at Situ Long below the stage, saying: "Today I have only ruined your cultivation. Go back and tell Situ Chong that my Lu family's business is not something he can covet. Otherwise, I, Lu Qing, will definitely make the Situ family's blood flow like a river!"

  His gaze swept across the crowd below, and Lu Qinghan's voice rang out: "You're all the same!" There must be other forces sending people to observe in this crowd. Taking advantage of this moment, he was warning them together. By then, Lu Qing would not say any more unnecessary words.

  He walked down from the stage of life and death, ignoring Situ Long who was struggling on the ground, Lu Qing went straight to the Lu family's sword pavilion.

  The onlookers slowly dispersed, and upon seeing Situ Long being supported by the two servants who followed him, all the swordsmen let out a sigh in their hearts. For a swordsman, perhaps what's most important isn't life itself, but rather the cultivation they've painstakingly practiced to achieve.

  At this moment, Lu Qing abolished Si Tu Long's dantian qihai, which was more painful than killing him. In the following decades, Si Tu Long could only live a mediocre life as an ordinary person in his family.

  After returning to the Lu family's sword pavilion, Lu Qing directly sat down in the back hall. Firstly, if the Situ family wanted to retaliate, they would definitely come today. Secondly, he also needed to immediately reflect on his battle with Situ Long today.

  This was his first battle after cultivating the Zi Huang Sword Body Technique, and as he carefully recalled the recent fight in his mind, Lu Qing was delighted to discover that after achieving the first level of the Zi Huang Sword Body Technique, not only did the speed of his sword yuan's rotation recover, but even his body speed increased significantly. With the support of his powerful physical strength, when faced with Si Tu Long's Golden Sword Qi, he could even stand still and let the sword qi approach him without moving.

  The physical body that cannot be injured by the five-grade sword is exceptionally strong, let alone Situ Long's sword energy. According to Lu Qing's understanding of sword casting, in order to cut off a five-grade sword with just sword energy, one would need at least the cultivation of a great heavenly master. Of course, this only refers to ordinary five-elemental sword energy; as for non-five-elemental sword energy and multi-attribute sword energy, their power is not uniform and difficult to judge.

  But despite this, Lu Qing now has the confidence to fight against a top-ranked swordsman, as long as the opponent's swordsmanship realm is not too far beyond his own, he has more than 70% chance of achieving final victory.

  At this moment, Lu Qing's mind flashed with Zhao Qianye's appearance, and he didn't know how big the gap between him and Zhao was now. Zhao Qianye is the opponent that Lu Qing wants to surpass at this stage. His cultivation and swordsmanship are not as good as Zhao Qianye's, but his fusion of wind and thunder energies is slightly stronger than Zhao Qianye's. Moreover, Lu Qing has now cultivated the Purple Emperor Sword Body Technique, which makes it hard to compare.

  It's probably still a bit short, Lu Qing thought to himself after a moment of contemplation. Because the deeper sword techniques that Jianyuan boundary could exhibit, his understanding of the moves of Purple Wind and Thunder Sword was not as good as Zhao Qianye's, and the deeper the sword technique, the greater the power, he hadn't had time to carefully study it yet.

  But today, in the battle with Situ Long, if Situ Long had used the profound swordsmanship from the start, Lu Qing would have had to spend more effort. Unfortunately, Situ Long underestimated Lu Qing's youth and his shallow understanding of swordsmanship, relying on brute force to make random moves, which allowed Lu Qing to seize the opportunity to press in step by step, tying him up hand and foot. Otherwise, he wouldn't have lost so miserably.

  At this moment, in the back hall, Lu Zhan and Shu Yuan were quietly guarding, and they ordered the people below not to disturb them. At this time, in the sword shop, including the two of them, as well as the two old swordsmiths who came later, all had excited faces, because from Lu Qing's body, they saw the hope of the Lu family rising again.

  They were all raised or trained by the Lu family from a young age, so they are extremely loyal to the Lu family. Otherwise, the unique sword-casting techniques of each family would not be entrusted to outsiders. In their hearts, the Lu family is their home, distinct from other families. Due to the influence of the Lu family's non-competitive household rules, there has never been any internal strife over power struggles. This is also why all members of the two branches of the Imperial City and Yang City families united in opposition when they were forced out by others.

  Time had quickly arrived at noon, and the atmosphere on Luojia Street was heavy. All the shops were watching with bated breath, knowing that the Situ family would soon take action. After all, as the first family of Luojia City, no one dared to casually destroy their elder's cultivation like Lu Qing did today, which had already offended the dignity accumulated by the Situ family in Luojia City for a long time.

  The Sito family mansion.

  Located in the city center near the City Lord's Mansion, this is a powerful area where the major forces of Sunset City are gathered around the City Lord's Mansion. Among them, a magnificent mansion made entirely of two-foot-long white stone slabs, surrounded by dozens of large and small mansions, is the luxurious residence of the first family of Sunset City, the Sutu family.

  In the hall, at this moment, there were more than a dozen influential figures of the Situ family gathered. Situ Long, who had been abolished by Lu Qing's cultivation, was now pale and lost in thought, sitting in the third chair from the top. In between, sat the eldest elder of the Situ family, Situ Chong, who had met Wu Tie once when he was the master of the Sword God Temple during his tribulation.

  At this moment, Situ Chong's face was solemn, and after listening to the narration of the servant who brought Situ Long back, he had been maintaining this expression. On both sides, including Situ Long, were three middle-aged men, who were the four great elders of the Situ family in this generation.

  In the Szeto family, the elder's power is higher than that of the master of the house. The master of the house is just a facade for outsiders.

  "Great elder, take action! The other side has already spoken out. If our House of Situ does not respond, then in the future at Luoshan City, the prestige of our House of Situ will plummet a thousand feet. This is a matter of face for our House of Situ." The middle-aged man with a short mustache sitting at the head of the table spoke up, and he was precisely the current master of the House of Situ, Situ Ji.

  What he said is not wrong, for these big families, the most important thing is face. At this moment, if they fail to seize the Lu family's business and retreat without responding, they will be ridiculed by all forces. As for seizing the Lu family's business, the strong are respected and the weak are despised, which has always been their guiding principle, and the Sutu family has come to where it is today step by step.

  "The master of the house is right, let the elder decide." said one of the elders leaning on Situ Long.

  "Yes, Elder Long also asked me to maintain the prestige of our Situ family for a thousand years!" At the same time, the high-ranking officials below all spoke out in unison. At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Situ Chong, who was sitting in the center.

  After a moment of contemplation, Situ Chong's eyes flashed with a cold glint, and he said, "This Lu Qing is not simple at all, and he is also a decisive person. Although Si Yu is an inner disciple under the master of the Fallen Sect, he is not as good as him."

  He paused, and a fierce killing aura suddenly rose from Situ Chong's body. The people present felt a sudden tension in their bodies, and the gaze towards Situ Chong became even more reverent.

  "This Lu Qing won't die, with his growth rate, he'll eventually clash with our Situ family. Since the facade has already been torn apart, only a fatal blow can eliminate future troubles." The words were laced with an icy chill, and Situ Chong finally made up his mind.

  His gaze shifted to the next head, Si Tu Ji thought for a moment before speaking again: "Fifth brother, bring the two Nine Cold Moon Swords from the clan's treasury. You can then go to Purple Mist Peak and Setting Sun Peak to pay respects to the masters of the fallen sects. Although you're just an inner sect disciple, with such talent, I'm sure Master Xuan Qing of Morning Sun Peak will take great interest in you. At that time, we'll need both of your esteemed selves to make an appearance."

  "Yes," replied Situ Ji, and immediately led a group of high-level officials to make preparations.

  In the hall, only four elders including Situ Chong were left. At this time, Situ Chong's face was gloomy, and he looked up at the sky outside the hall in the distance, revealing a fierce expression on his face.