owlsbooks Chapter 340 Perilous and Dangerous
Chapter 340 Perilous and Dangerous
The night was past midnight, and the moon slowly faded into the western sky, while a dazzling crimson glow appeared on the eastern horizon.
On the treetops, Lü Qian and the Old Celestial Master stood with their backs to the crowd, yet they seemed to be observing the scene firsthand, and they also had a slight understanding of the two elders' speculations.
When faced with the bet proposed by Lü Qian, Zhang Zhiwei shook his head immediately, showing no interest in playing such a game anymore; he was in a particularly bad mood.
Anyone who knew that his junior brother Zhang Huaiyi had done something incredibly stupid would feel ashamed, even as the senior brother.
"Won't."
With a simple two-word rebuke, Zhang Zhiwei rejected Lü Qian's subsequent teasing. He realized that if he were to engage in conversation with Lü Qian, who always enjoyed watching the drama unfold, it would only further dampen his already bad mood for the night.
"Alright, alright, the long night is coming to an end. Who knows, maybe today will be a day worth celebrating?"
Lu Qian gazed at the front of the Sanyi Gate, where a great show was coming to an end, and the century-old entanglement of the Sanyi Gate was finally coming to a reckoning.
Lu Jin stood up from the steps in front of the mountain gate and silently walked towards Li Muxuan.
After several rounds of cleansing, Li Muxuan lay completely in a pool of blood, only a breath away from death.
He lay on the ground, propping up one eyelid, watching Lu Jin slowly walk towards him. There was neither fear nor resentment in his eyes, but rather a sense of relief.
"Ahem... Lu Jin, is it finally... your turn?"
As Li Muxuan spoke, blood flowed uncontrollably from the corner of his mouth. The dark red liquid, mixed with saliva and blood, was coughed up with each breath.
He has now suffered internal injuries, and many of his bones and meridians are misaligned. Every movement feels like being slowly sliced to pieces, with his skin and flesh tearing apart.
Lu Jin did not answer. He walked up to Li Muxuan, squatted down, and stared at his "enemy" who was on the verge of death.
"Li Muxuan, I have thought it through. The events of that year are both clear and unclear."
"First, you and Wugensheng trespassed into the mountain gate, which is the sin of your Quanxing sect. Then, the disciples of Sanyi defied the wishes of the Left Sect Leader, spread rumors, and went down the mountain without permission to carry out so-called revenge. This is the sin we created ourselves."
Lu Jin patted his chest and continued, "So, the sins we committed have brought bitter fruit to the Sanyi Sect. Now that we've settled our score, your entanglement with the Sanyi Sect will end here."
After speaking, Lu Jin did not hesitate or waver this time. He activated the Reverse Life Triple Technique, and his whole body exuded a white aura, making him look like an immortal.
This time, however, his immortal appearance was no longer as ethereal as before, but rather had a more profound and mortal aura.
"May you rest in peace. I will still send Wugensheng down to accompany you."
Lu Jin stretched out his hand, and a misty aura flowed and dissipated between his fingers in his broad palm. He placed his hand on Li Muxuan's head, who had already lost the ability to move.
"Ahem... Lu Jin, hold on a minute. Let me, this damned man, finish my last words."
Li Muxuan struggled to take a notebook out of his pocket, the blood on his palm almost congealed, staining the notebook's cover.
The notebook looked quite old, with slightly yellowed pages and worn marks on the cover. He held it up and handed it to Lu Jin.
"Cough cough, I've been hiding my whole life, and I still can't figure out what I'm hiding from. I originally thought I was hiding from you, from all of you, from so-called destiny."
"But after returning here today and seeing you again, I finally understand what I've been hiding from."
Li Muxuan struggled to lift his head from the ground, propped up Lu Jin's hand, looked at Lu Jin with his only remaining eye, and laughed sarcastically.
"I, Li Muxuan, have spent my whole life running away from not others, but from that immature child who craved others' favor and recognition."
"From the time I was born, I, Li Muxuan, was loved by my father and cared for by my elder brothers at home. I never asked for anything and they never gave me anything. I consider myself to be exceptionally gifted."
"It wasn't until I met Immortal Daying and Master Zuo and entered the Sanyi Sect that someone treated me with a normal attitude for the first time."
"Of course I was unwilling to accept it. A moment of childish impulsiveness led to a terrible mistake, and this childish impulsiveness accompanied me throughout my life and will also bury me."
Li Muxuan shoved the notebook in his hand into Lu Jin's arms, ignoring the bloodstains on his hands that had soiled Lu Jin's white robe.
"This is a unique skill that my master, the Ghost Hand King of Quanxing, entrusted to me. It would be a shame if it were to be lost in my hands. Please help me pass it on."
After saying that, he smiled as if he had just pulled off a prank, pressing Lu Jin's palm with his bloodied hand.
"Come on, I've finished speaking."
"Bang!"
The dull thud of a head hitting the ground rang out again. The moment Li Muxuan finished speaking his last words, Lu Jin immediately took action and ruthlessly pressed down on Li Muxuan's head.
This time, Lu Jin didn't hold back, using enough force to break wood and split stone to slam Li Muxuan's head against the ground.
Then, Li Muxuan, who was holding Lu Jin's hand, also became weak and slowly fell to the ground, leaving only a few bloodstains on Lu Jin's palm and robe.
"it's over."
Lu Jin took out the notebook from his pocket, but instead of reading it, he tossed it to the Lu siblings standing to the side.
After doing all this, he looked up at the rising sun in the distance. Brilliant clouds filled the entire world, and the red, purple, orange and yellow sunlight shone on the mountains, dispelling the gloom of last night and bringing the light of a new day.
"We should go and see how things are over there."
After gazing at the rising sun for a while, Lu Jin let out a long breath, as if he had finally put down the heavy burden that had been weighing on his mind and body. The wrinkles between his brows gradually disappeared, and he turned and walked into the nearby forest.
"it's over?"
In the mountains, the elders had no choice but to ask the old man from the Talisman Sect to remove the curse from Zhang Chulan. If they continued questioning him, Zhang Chulan's soul would truly be bewitched and driven mad.
"Of course it's over. This kid knows quite a lot, but not the things we want to know."
The older folks, watching Lu Jin walk towards them, said through gritted teeth, "We've even found out about his bedwetting at five, skipping school at eight, and seducing young girls to be his wives at nine, but nothing about Wugensheng."
"Even the Qinling Mountains..."
An old man glanced at Lü Qian discreetly, but before he could finish speaking, a group of his peers covered his mouth.
"Shut up, you're getting old, aren't you? We'll tighten up the bottom too, so you don't leak anything."