jdhmnovel Chapter 537: Look at how much weight the young people are now 2
Chapter 537: Look at how much weight the young people are now 2
"Lu Xuanxiu! Aren't you already dead?"
Liang Feng cried out in shock, her voice trembling with disbelief. She subconsciously tightened her grip on the short blade at her waist, her knuckles turning white from the strain.
Lu Xuanxiu, however, didn't care about this abrupt question at all. There was no displeasure on his face. Instead, he chuckled and said, "That was just a smokescreen thrown by the Heavenly Master because he was afraid that my old bones would be torn apart by my enemies."
It turned out that Lu Xuanxiu was the protector of Zhang Tianshi back then. In order to protect Zhang Tianshi, he killed countless enemies.
Therefore, many of his enemies were eager to kill him.
Zhang Tianshi felt sorry for Lu Xuanxiu's great achievements but weak health, and in order to protect him from being assassinated and hunted down by his enemies, he specially released the news of his death.
Lu Xuanxiu raised his hand to stroke his graying beard, his eyes sweeping over the people present as he continued, "This old Taoist's body can no longer withstand the torture. I wanted to live out the rest of my life in seclusion in the mountains, but you guys just started fighting in front of the mountain gate. I can't even pretend to be deaf and dumb."
What Lu Xuanxiu said was true. He didn't want to cause any more disputes, so he hadn't left the mountain since the news of his death spread.
If all the masters of Longhu Mountain were not out at this time, and only some young people were left here, he would definitely not show up to save the situation.
Lu Xuanxiu glanced at Liang Feng and the others, then his gaze fell on Li Zhi.
At this moment, Li Zhi still kept the sword raised, with the tip of the sword pressed tightly against Zhang Yuannian's throat.
Lu Xuanxiu smiled and said, "You are quite cautious, young man. You are holding a hostage, but are you worried that I will suddenly attack and hurt you?"
Li Zhi didn't show any embarrassment when Lu Xuanxiu revealed his thoughts. He smiled at Lu Xuanxiu and said, "I have heard of your reputation, Senior, so I naturally don't dare to be careless."
Lu Xuanxiu chuckled and shook his head. Then, his gaze turned to Zhang Yuannian, who was being held hostage by Li Zhi at swordpoint. The smile in his eyes suddenly faded, and he asked in a deep voice, "Yuannian! What the hell have you done? To have them come knocking on your door!"
Zhang Yuannian's Adam's apple rolled and cold sweat flowed down his temples.
Facing the coldness of Li Zhi's sword that made his skin numb, he was more afraid of the elder in front of him.
He knew that since Lu Xuanxiu had already appeared, he would definitely protect him.
However, what happened today was destined to make him a laughing stock within the clan. Furthermore, when the other elders in charge returned, he would undoubtedly be punished.
Zhang Yuannian explained the whole thing in detail with a bitter look on his face, without hiding anything.
He didn't even dare to add fuel to the fire, because he knew that a person like Lu Xuanxiu could not be deceived with just a few words.
After he finished explaining the whole story, the smile in Lu Xuanxiu's eyes completely disappeared. He frowned and said angrily, "The Heavenly Master had a flamboyant personality back then and did a lot of bad things, but he never did anything as humiliating as this! You, brat... have brought shame upon Longhu Mountain!"
Zhang Yuannian's face turned pale, and he hurriedly shouted: "Uncle, calm down. Yuannian will never dare to do that again..."
"Hmph! Why don't you return the things quickly and apologize!"
Zhang Yuannian naturally did not dare to disobey Lu Xuanxiu's order. He hurriedly took out a jade box from his arms.
The moment the lid of the box was opened, a dark red vine snaked out, and the edges of the vine leaves were glowing with a strange purple glow. It was the blood-sucking vine that Liang Feng had been searching for.
He held the jade box in his hands, but because Li Zhi's black sword was pressed against his throat, he didn't dare to go to Liang Feng. He could only stand there and said to Liang Feng: "Miss Liang, I was wrong before. You are so magnanimous..."
Li Zhi saw that there was a frank look in Lu Xuanxiu's eyes, and that he really had no intention of launching a sneak attack. He turned his wrist lightly and put away the black sword.
Liang Feng also hurriedly stepped forward to take the jade box. Looking at the blood-sucking vine in the jade box, Liang Feng was very happy in his heart. His master could finally be saved this time!
Liang Feng raised her head and looked at Li Zhi.
Li Zhi understood Liang Feng's meaning and nodded slightly.
Liang Feng bowed deeply to Lu Xuanxiu and said, "Senior, you are so understanding. I am deeply grateful. I have no choice but to disturb you. I will take my leave now and will not disturb you again..."
After saying that, he was about to turn around, but was stopped by Lu Xuanxiu's slow voice.
"Wait a minute."
Lu Xuanxiu's eyes swept over the rather messy scene, and his tone became more serious. He said, "Yuannian was at fault first, and he should be punished. But you, the people from the Night Patrol Division, have come to Longhu Mountain. If I just let you go like this, I'm afraid I'll be blamed..."
Li Zhi's heart trembled. It turned out that it was not so easy to resolve the matter.
He took a step forward, his aura surging like a taut bowstring. He asked, "So, what do you want, Senior?"
Lu Xuanxiu slowly raised his right hand, a faint ray of lightning lingering on his withered fingertips, like a fine golden silk thread. He said quietly, "I haven't been out of the world for a long time. I just wanted to see how powerful the young men of the Night Tour Division are..."
Before he finished speaking, the ray of lightning suddenly surged!
It was not the violent thunder ball that exploded like Zhang Yuannian's, but a lightning as thin as a hair, which silently swept towards Li Zhi's chest, so fast that people could not see its trajectory.
Li Zhi felt his eyebrows jump suddenly, which was a warning that only came at the critical moment of life and death!
The lightning was extremely delicate, yet extremely fast and powerful. Li Zhi didn't even dare to draw his black sword to block the lightning, because he knew that the black sword was transformed by the Hundred Eyed Insect, and blocking such a lightning spell would be enough to seriously injure the Hundred Eyed Insect.
He twisted his waist abruptly, and felt a searing pain in his chest.
“Sizzle—”
The lightning passed by his chest, instantly tearing a charred hole in his dark green clothes, leaving scars as thin as silver threads on his flesh, emitting green smoke.
Li Zhi groaned, and instead of retreating, he advanced, stepping heavily on the bluestone slab with his left foot.
He bent his left hand into a sword, and the sharp golden energy condensed into a half-inch long cold light at his fingertips. With a sharp whistle that tore through the air, it went straight to Lu Xuanxiu's face!
This finger was so fast that the wind from it even made Lu Xuanxiu's drooping beard flutter slightly.
A hint of surprise flashed in the old Taoist's eyes, and he suddenly flicked out the sleeve of his right hand, and several silk-like lightning bolts were rolled up in his Taoist robe.
The lightning bolts entangled together and actually blocked the sharp golden energy!
"What a great spirit finger!"
Lu Xuanxiu praised, and flicked his fingers, which were as thin as old branches, and the lightning wrapped around his fingers became brighter.
Li Zhi's pupils shrank. Sensing danger, he dared not move forward.
He didn't expect that although Lu Xuanxiu's aura was withered, his magic skills had reached perfection. Although his strength was not as good as before, he was by no means an easy opponent.
Without any hesitation, Li Zhi's internal organs started to work and a hot breath gushed out from his heart.
"Fire Armor!"
Li Zhi shouted.
Flames shot up into the sky, and in an instant Li Zhi was completely enveloped in scorching flames!