12dz Chapter 188 Using a borrowed knife to kill
Chapter 188 Using a borrowed knife to kill
Chapter 188 Using a borrowed knife to kill
Despite being directly hit by the [Ten Thousand Thunder Talisman], Cui Jue was only slightly injured.
Judging from his appearance, he had only taken a breath and was already full of energy.
Apart from that, although his other magical artifacts were severely damaged, the magical sword at his waist only had a slight cut.
Cui Jue drew his superior-grade magic sword, and his aura suddenly surged even higher.
"It's not that there's no chance of winning."
Lu Qingyun estimated that his magical power had actually recovered somewhat after the attack. If he were to forcefully activate the second move of the "Withered Tree Rejuvenates" sword technique at the cost of his own life force, he could kill Cui Jue on the spot.
However, Lu Qingyun, with his sharp eyes, noticed a figure approaching from afar.
Upon scanning with his divine sense, he immediately frowned.
Then, he relaxed slightly and smiled at Cui Jue, saying, "Young Master Cui, it seems you are indeed lucky today; you won't lose your life in my hands."
"You little thief, how dare you speak so recklessly!"
Cui Jue's eyebrows and hair were burned away by the lightning, leaving him with only a bald, braised egg. Hearing Lu Qingyun dare to say such things, he angrily retorted.
However, Lu Qingyun seized the opportunity to kick him away and immediately fled into the distance, shouting to the figure in the distance as he ran: "Cui Jue, the eldest son of the Qiyang Cui family, is here! He killed Elder Shen Buqun and plundered the Donghu mine! Send reinforcements immediately!"
"Today...no one can save you!"
Caught off guard, Cui Jue was kicked face-first into the dirt, his bald head hitting a rock. It didn't hurt, but it was a humiliating defeat.
He angrily said to Lu Qingyun, "I will burn your soul lamp and skin you alive to vent my hatred!"
Lu Qingyun paid him no heed and in a short while, he had vanished a thousand meters away, even faster than when he escaped from Cui Jue.
The person approaching from afar was none other than Shen Changzhu, a seemingly powerful Qi cultivator at level five but actually at level seven.
Shen Changzhu frowned. Looking at Shen Buqun's shattered soul lamp, he immediately sent reinforcements to the Donghu Mine.
On the way, they saw lightning flashing everywhere, so they came to investigate.
Unexpectedly, they found the murderer of Shen Buqun right away.
"Is what he said true?"
Shen Changzhu looked at the clean-shaven, white-haired man, a murderous glint appearing in his eyes.
"Okay, okay!"
Cui Jue was immediately delighted.
"I didn't expect that little thief to escape, but instead I've received such a great gift. Could it be that he actually thought that a mere Qi Refining Level 5 cultivator could stop me here?"
"That's perfect. I've already imprinted his magical aura on my mind. After I kill you, the head of the Shen family, I can go after that little thief and torture him to death!"
Cui Jue revealed a cruel smile. He naturally recognized Shen Changzhu, the young head of the Pinghu Shen family, who opposed the Cui family every day and refused to submit.
Unfortunately, he always hid in his Pinghu residence and never showed his face, which made it impossible for the Cui family to find an opportunity to kill him.
Now, they are meeting with Shen Buqun to discuss the Qingyuanquan Mine deal.
Although Shen Buqun is dead, once Lu Qingyun catches up with him, they won't even need to pay Shen Buqun the reward he was owed.
In addition, they also gained Shen Changzhu's head for free.
How could he not be happy?
"It seems that Uncle Buqun was indeed killed by you."
Shen Changzhu's eyes flashed with even more murderous intent. Although Shen Buqun was usually quite selfish and had challenged her dignity as the head of the family several times, he was still a member of the Shen family.
They are still rare talents, with the potential to break through to the later stages of Qi Refining.
Now, Cui Jue has actually tacitly allowed them to kill him.
If we don't avenge him, how can we face our deceased parents and the ancestors of the Shen family?
"What good would killing him do? You're just a mere Qi Refining Level 5 cultivator. I'll send you to join him right now!"
Cui Jue sneered, and a sharp light flashed across his superior-grade magic sword. Although it was far inferior to Lu Qingyun's sword, it was still powerful enough to cut through gold and jade.
However, Shen Changzhu also gave a cold laugh.
boom!
With a flick of his finger, Cui Jue's arrogant sword light vanished and instead pierced straight toward his heart.
"No, you're not at the fifth level of Qi Refining...you're at the seventh level of Qi Refining!"
Cui Jue's expression changed instantly. He finally understood why Lu Qingyun had fled in such a sorry state. It wasn't that Lu Qingyun was stupid, but rather that he was too clever.
The only real fool is Cui Jue!
He even admitted to Shen Changzhu that he killed Shen Buqun.
What should we do?!
Cui Jue suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and a jade pendant on his chest exploded, sending him flying a thousand meters away.
Without even having time to regret losing this last trump card, Cui Jue immediately inserted the shattered fragments of the superior jade pendant into the purple jade cloud-ascending boots under his feet, and with a rainbow of light rising from his feet, he instantly escaped.
Shen Changzhu only needed to flick his finger to seriously injure him, and the injury was compounded.
"So gloomy, so incredibly gloomy!"
"A superior-grade thunder talisman is hidden within the third level of Qi Refining, and the fifth level of Qi Refining is actually the seventh level!"
Cui Jue's face was ashen, partly from anger and partly from injury.
How can we fight like this? How dare we fight like this?
Cui Jue had no intention of courting death. He disregarded his own life and spat out another mouthful of blood onto the Cloud-Ascending Boots, which increased his escape speed even further.
"Cui Jue, don't run! You killed members of my Shen family, so you'll immediately leave your lives here!"
Shen Changzhu's face turned ashen. He hadn't expected Cui Jue to escape, but he wasn't going to give up. He let out a cold shout and continued to chase after him.
In Pinghu City, Lu Qingyun lived a peaceful and contented life.
He wasn't seriously injured to begin with, and he activated a spell to change his Heavenly Profound Magic Power to the Earth element.
Then he changed into a human skin mask and immediately disappeared into Pinghu City.
This city is the largest city under the rule of the Shen family of Pinghu, and it is also the ancestral home of the Shen family. It is the place where Lu Qingyun met Shen Changzhu in his previous life.
It is the most prosperous place, and also the most orderly.
"Has anyone seen this bald, unshaven bandit, or this swordsman who practices the Wood element?"
The black-robed law enforcement cultivator held up two portraits and coldly asked Lu Qingyun.
"How could I have ever seen anything like this?"
Lu Qingyun looked up and saw that it was Cui Jue and himself just like before. He took a sip of tea, lazily revealed his earth elemental magic, and said bitterly, "My cultivation is so low that I only dare to do some business and patronize a few mortal prostitutes. If it were such a fierce and evil big shot—"
"If we see it, how can we possibly survive?"
"These lowly earth-element cultivators don't farm; they just do all sorts of speculative and profiteering things."
The black-robed law enforcement cultivator's expressionless face twitched coldly as he turned and walked towards the next person.
Lu Qingyun innocently took a sip of the spiritual tea.
Those who belong to the Wood and Earth categories are often low-level cultivators and become spirit farmers.
Especially for earth-element cultivators, because the spiritual roots of the Shen family of Pinghu are naturally biased towards earth, too many earth-element cultivators go into farming, to the point that farming has no future.
He had no choice but to turn to being an unscrupulous businessman.
In the end, they got rich first and then helped others get rich. Even the remaining earth element cultivators were no longer willing to farm and flocked to do business.
With more people involved, they naturally become more cunning and treacherous, which is why these people harbor great malice towards the local merchants in Pinghu.
However, this has nothing to do with him.
Hey!
When you turn your head, you're once again a noble Tianxuan cultivator from Yunxia Danfeng of the Yunxia Sect!
He can transform into whichever he wants!