Chapter 1118: Two Times of Answering Irrelevantly — Go Die!!
Lu Ding showed no expression. "So you know him."
"Right now I'm standing here, over a hundred of Lü Mountain's strong warriors are standing here. General Bai, answer me: does Great Han have the strength to go to war with Great Xuan?"
Bai Cheng hurriedly bowed his head. "Investigator, all you Lü Mountain immortals, this is all a misunderstanding. I, Bai Cheng, did not know about the relationship between Great Han and Lü Mountain, so I offended Great Han. If I had known there was any relationship between Great Han and Lü Mountain, I would never have acted so rashly!"
"I beg all you Lü Mountain immortals to show mercy."
Lu Ding drew his blade. "You don't seem to respect me either. Right now I'm the one speaking to you. This has nothing to do with my great-grandmaster and the others."
Great-grandmaster!!!!
Bai Cheng, who had just caught the crucial information, instantly felt his soul flee.
He knew full well: ordinary "having a relationship" and a master-disciple bond tied by lineage and inheritance are not the same thing.
Ever since Great Xuan and Lü Mountain had contact, Great Xuan had more than once tried to send domestic prodigies to Lü Mountain to study, but they were always refused.
Who would have thought, in this weak Great Han, there would actually be someone who had caught Lü Mountain's attention.
Bai Cheng, who had been kneeling on one knee, immediately dropped to both knees.
"I beg the little Lü Mountain disciples to show mercy."
Lu Ding raised his blade. "Two times of answering irrelevantly, go die, you idiot!!!!"
He couldn't be bothered to waste words.
One slash and the danger of the Hatchet Sword Way—nothing is uncut—saturated the air. Bai Cheng's survival instinct made him roll and dodge.
Lu Ding's blade sliced through empty air irritably.
He shouted at once, "Great-grandmaster, he still dares to dodge!!!!"
The Black-Robed Great-grandmaster rolled up his sleeves. "You still dare to dodge!!!!?"
He struck out with a palm. Demonic energy surged, black flames burning as if the entire sky and earth were under his command.
Bang!!!!
Bai Cheng was blown apart by a single palm, shattered badly across the long sky.
The accompanying imperial guards made a move.
Those from Lü Mountain lifted their swords and pointed them; anyone who dared move would die. But if someone had already moved, that person would die immediately!!!
Bang bang bang bang......
Bloody mist burst successively.
Half of the remaining guards who hadn't yet moved had blood seeping from between their brows, as if long swords were pressing at each of their foreheads.
None dared to stir.
The Black-Robed Great-grandmaster tore off his sleeve to cover his hand, flicked his sleeve and clasped his hands behind his back. "Xiao Lu, you speak."
Before coming, Lu Ding had asked Great-grandmaster about Great Xuan and Lü Mountain.
There wasn't much between the two. Years ago, a prince from Great Xuan had, by chance, entered the Demon Continent and stumbled into a century-long Demon-Taming Plan battle. He was accidentally injured by a Lü Mountain disciple and nearly died. At the brink of death, Lü Mountain took him in and saved his life.
While nursing his injuries, because he had some affinity with Lü Mountain, they taught him some methods but did not formally accept him. Later he came and went occasionally, and that was that.
Frankly, not only compared to Lu Ding as a blood relative, he wasn't even qualified to be called a distant cousin—at most a hanger-on. Now, compared to Lu Ding as a direct relative, Lu Ding takes precedence.
Lu Ding spoke immediately. "Go back and inform Great Xuan. Tell your king, from now on, Lü Mountain's diplomatic relations with Great Xuan are terminated!"
"Make sure you report the situation exactly as it happened!"
"If one day I come and find you did not report faithfully, anyone present—one by one—I will hunt you down and kill you!"
You looked down on Great Han? Fine. I'll make it clear: Lü Mountain, which you could never reach, has now established relations with the Great Han you despised. And you can only watch. Watch Great Han improve step by step!!!
Hearing this, the Great Xuan envoy Kang Hong felt a thousand mixed emotions—fear, terror, jealousy......
He couldn't bear to think: if this news reached Great Xuan and the king learned that because he offended Great Han he indirectly offended Lü Mountain, causing a break in relations between Lü Mountain and Great Xuan...... then his fate was predictable.
Annihilation of his family would be small by comparison.
At that time, death itself might be a luxury.
Thinking of this, Kang Hong's face gradually went pale. Thinking of Great Xuan's punishments, his body trembled uncontrollably, and he kept swallowing.
Qiu Secretary, who had watched him the whole time, now wore a smile. "Envoy Kang, why are you shaking? Are you scared?"
Kang Hong instantly dropped to his knees. "Secretary Qiu... Qiu Lü, Your Excellency Qiu, I beg you, it's my fault. I embezzled. I'm a rotten man, a wretch, a maggot. I beg you to show mercy. I promise, I promise I will work to promote diplomatic relations between Great Han and Great Xuan!"
"I swear, I swear, I will go back and report everything to the king and say only good things. Please, please plead for me!"
Secretary Qiu was not a saint.
He looked at the soldiers, who were also fearful about the consequences. "You all watch Envoy Kang closely. Don't let him run off. He is the principal culprit for these consequences."
"If you let him escape, you will be the ones to bear the wrath."
From the nation's perspective, Qiu did not want to make the matter irreversible, but personally, how could he let Kang Hong go?
So the best course he could think of was to have these soldiers escort him back to Great Xuan, where the punishments that left no room for survival would teach him regret.
Sure enough, the moment Qiu said that, all the soldiers' gazes turned to Kang Hong, eyes ferocious as if they wanted to tear him apart.
Qiu anticipated Kang Hong's fate on the road back to Great Xuan.
Before Kang Hong could say anything more, Lu Ding waved his hand. "Enough. I don't want to hear you. Get out."
As soon as he finished, those soldiers rushed in, bound Kang Hong tightly, picked him up—arms, legs—carried him off and left Hanjing as if fleeing.
After everyone left, the Great Han leaders stepped forward one by one and saluted.
"Greetings, venerable elders of Lü Mountain."
"Welcome, Lü Mountain immortals."
"Quick, please come in, sit down, let's talk."
The Black-Robed Great-grandmaster crooked his mouth in a smile. "No need for such formality. We have yet to thank our Great Han friends for looking after Xiao Lu and my disciple."
"Today we intruded, sorry for the disturbance."
Although Lü Mountain was fierce, they still had proper manners.
Lu Ding's eyes scanned left and right. Not seeing Elder Shui, he called to Secretary Qiu, "Qiu Lü, where is Elder Shui? Has he not returned?"
"Elder Shui is still holding the border. After the earlier events, the drills must be performed fully. Now that you are back, I'll call him."
Lu Ding hurriedly said, "No need, Qiu Lü. I'll go fetch Elder Shui. I'm fast; I'll be back quick. You look after my great-grandmaster and the others; I'll be back soon."
Previously Lu Ding had no way to treat Elder Shui's injuries himself, but now with Great-grandmaster here—Lü Mountain's methods are exquisite and profound—on the way here Lu Ding had already told Great-grandmaster the situation.
Great-grandmaster said it was no problem. Elder Shui's injuries were in his hands; in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, his arms and legs would be better than ever!
Lu Ding took out his phone to call Elder Shui while he told Great-grandmaster, "Great-grandmaster, you and the elders go into Hanjing with Secretary Qiu. I'm going to fetch Elder Shui."
Great-grandmaster's face was kindly. "Go, go, be careful. If you need anything shout for Great-grandmaster. Great-grandmaster can hear."
With the call connected, Lu Ding suddenly disappeared from where he stood using Celestial Shift.
Great-grandmaster sighed to Secretary Qiu, "Your Great Han educates well. Xiao Lu is both virtuous and talented, loyal and filial. A talent like this is truly a blessing for Lü Mountain."
Secretary Qiu bowed with a smile. "It is also a blessing for Great Han."
Great-grandmaster laughed heartily. "All blessed, all blessed. Come, come, let's go inside and talk about Xiao Lu. This child has suffered, but we don't really know how he has suffered. Please, Daoist Qiu, tell us about Xiao Lu."
Secretary Qiu quickly said, "Qiu Lü is not worthy of being called a Daoist immortal. Call me Little Qiu. Regarding Lu Ding, I will tell everything I know, nothing will be withheld."
After the Lu Family incident last time, Qiu knew the struggle in Lu Ding's heart. If not for his concern for Great Han and fear of dragging the Lu Family into it, with Lu Ding's temperament he might have pushed everything to extremes.
Now that Lü Mountain had come, Lu Ding would not take the initiative to reveal these matters.
But that's all right! Qiu could!
He immediately began, "Lu Ding indeed suffered. He grew up fatherless and motherless, alone for over ten years. Now that he has success, his parents still try to bully him with their influence, sigh......"
The Black-Robed Great-grandmaster's hand tightened as he stroked his beard. "Bullying with influence!!!?"
His eyes slanted; his hand on his beard pressed harder. "Oh? Little Qiu, can you elaborate?"
At that moment, Qiu felt over a hundred pairs of eyes fall upon him.
Gongyang Qingrou also spoke up. "Not only bullying with influence, his full-blood brother even tried to kill him."
Gongyang Qingrou liked Lu Ding's father Lu Teng, that's true, but when it came to Lu Ding and Lu Xiu, she absolutely sided with Lu Ding.
Seeing the veins bulge on the back of Great-grandmaster's hand as he stroked his beard, he said, "Oh? Daoist Gongyang, could you also explain in detail?"
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