Chapter 497 - 336: Land Immortal
In the depths of the Lu Family's hidden chamber, the mystical treasures that had piled up like mountains just a month ago had vanished without a trace.
In the dark secret room, Lu Xuan sat cross-legged, surrounded by strange spatial fluctuations.
The celestial stones that could drive an entire dynasty mad were now reduced to nothing but dust.
The thousand-year-old lingzhi and ten-thousand-year-old ginseng, among other great restorative holy medicines, had also been completely annihilated.
Lu Xuan slowly opened his eyes, a string of dazzling golden data panels flashing in his pupils.
Host: Red Dust Immortal Lu Xuan (First Life)
Realm: Land Immortal (Newly Entered)
Cultivation Technique: Tiger Split Saber Skill 15/9
Points: 2000
Lu Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, and the air in the chamber seemed to solidify.
In the next breath, a golden radiance as resplendent as the stars flowed in Lu Xuan's eyes, each glow containing mysteries beyond the comprehension of this world.
"Consolidate."
With Lu Xuan's soft command, nine tiger king phantoms manifested in the void.
The most striking were a white and a black giant tiger, the white tiger entwined with a bone-chilling cold aura, forming ice crystals wherever it passed.
The black tiger exhaled formidable demonic flames, warping and distorting space.
"Land Immortal?"
Lu Xuan chuckled softly, his voice carrying an ancient wisdom reaching across myriad realms, "It bears a coincidental similarity with the Divine Mansion Realm true person of the Celestial Martial Realm."
Suddenly, the nine tiger shadows before Lu Xuan expanded rapidly, each exhibiting vastly different powers of the world.
The green tiger summoned wind and thunder, electric serpents dancing wildly, the red tiger exhaled blazing flames, scorching the sky and boiling the sea, the gold tiger's sharpness was unmatched, slicing through the void...
At the touch of Lu Xuan's fingertip, the white and black tigers tangled together, and amidst the intertwining ice and fire, a small world evolved.
But in an instant, this void crumbled due to the imbalance of terrifying forces.
Lu Xuan's five fingers abruptly clenched, and the mourning cries of the nine tiger phantoms turned into light dots and dissipated.
"Without the spiritual balance of a Divine Mansion Realm true person, even the greatest worldly forces are merely..."
The ceiling of the secret chamber was suddenly pierced by an invisible force, and Lu Xuan's gaze penetrated the skies: "A child's play sword tricks."
"However, the power of a Land Immortal far exceeds the imagination of mortals."
"Compared to the previous unrivaled Grandmaster, Lu Xuan felt dozens of times stronger."
Lu Jinchang paced back and forth in the bluestone corridor outside the hidden chamber, his heavy combat boots making "ka, ka" sounds in the silence.
Every quarter hour, he would press close to the black iron-cast door, utilizing his 'Sound Transmitting into Secret' technique.
"Father... are you well?"
Though Lu Jinchang's voice was as faint as a mosquito's buzz, it carried the fluctuations of a Grandmaster-level inner strength.
Yet the inside of the hidden chamber remained dead silent, without even a trace of aura.
"Mr. Li!"
Lu Jinchang suddenly turned around, the Black Tortoise heavy armor gleaming under the sunlight.
"Second Brother and the others are probably already in Dongyang County!"
"The monks from Baoxiang Temple... are quite troublesome!"
Li Ming, the old steward, grasped an ancient knife tightly in his withered fingers.
This Lu Family's old steward, a celebrated Martial Arts Grandmaster, was now beaded with sweat on his forehead.
"Fifth Young Master... at this point, we cannot panic and lose our composure."
Though Li Ming outwardly appeared calm, he was inwardly troubled.
If it were merely the monks from Baoxiang Temple, they wouldn't pose much threat to Second Young Master and his group.
What worried Li Ming the most was the abbot of Baoxiang Temple, that ancient troublesome bird, Huanmie.
He, like their master, was a genuine unrivaled Grandmaster.
As someone who had achieved Martial Arts Grandmaster, Li Ming knew better than anyone else.
"What 'unrivaled Grandmaster' means."
"A hundred thousand army?" Li Ming let out a bitter laugh, "In the face of a true unrivaled Grandmaster, it's nothing but..."
"Rabble."
The so-called unrivaled Grandmaster had transcended mortal understanding of power.
They were terrifying existences standing above thousands of troops and horses, and absolutely not something the tactics of vast armies could oppose.
They were walking human calamities, capable of crushing stones and cutting gold with a mere lift of a finger.
In the face of an unrivaled Grandmaster, a myriad of troops were nothing but lambs to be slaughtered.
With a mere thought, they could ghost through the most secure formations.
Taking the enemy leader's head amidst a thousand troops was as easy as picking something out of your pocket.
This terrifying power was enough to strike fear into anyone under the heavens.
"But we certainly can't... sit and wait for death!"
Lu Jinchang placed his hand on the sword hilt, but then released it in despair.
He knew better than anyone the consequences of recklessly disturbing a Martial Artist in closed cultivation.
Last month's mishap during Father's "deviation" was remembered clearly by every member of the Lu Family.
The drastic change in Father's temperament was due to that one deviation.
If it happened again, the sky over the Lu Family would truly collapse.
At that moment, there was a gentle "ka" sound from the hidden chamber door.
Through the door crack, a strand of golden light slowly seeped out... delicate as the first light of dawn!
"Ka——"
Instinctively raising his hand to shield, Lu Jinchang saw a tall figure stepping out into the light.
Lu Xuan's robes flowed without wind, each fold seemingly containing earth-shattering power.
"Father!"
Without time to rejoice, Lu Jinchang knelt on one knee to report everything.
"It was those monks from Baoxiang Temple who stole three carts of celestial stones from our Lu Family!"
"Got it."
Three words spoken with nonchalance.
Immediately following, Lu Xuan extended a hand to lift Lu Jinchang.
"Let's go."
Lu Xuan took Lu Jinchang and stepped into the sky, heading directly toward the distant horizon.