Chapter 319: Do You Know Who I Am?
As Lu Yang’s voice fell, everything suddenly fell silent.
Inside the shop, Perfected One Qi He, who was originally fiddling with the formation disk in his hand, abruptly stopped his movements. Then he slowly raised his head and looked deeply at Lu Yang: “Worthy of being a Saint Sect Perfected One.”
Lu Yang accepted it calmly.
To judge a person’s character, don’t look at what they think or say, but at what they do. This way, many things become naturally clear.
Although Perfected One Qi He said so much, acting as if he was thinking of Lu Yang, what were his actions? Sealing the entire shop with formations. Although his excuse was good—trapping the rogue cultivator Perfected Ones of Secret Hall Street—wasn’t he also trapping Lu Yang?
If Perfected One Qi He truly had sincerity.
He shouldn’t have set up the formation alone but invited Lu Yang to set it up together. But he didn’t do so, which in Lu Yang’s view meant harboring evil intentions!
“What a pity…”
Just then, a voice suddenly sounded outside the shop. Then a burly man walked in, his body overflowing with intense blood energy brilliance.
“Since you saw through it, why point it out?”
The burly man laughed boisterously: “If you had run away without saying a word just now, we might not have been able to stop you, caught off guard.”
“Kui Gang, don’t be careless.”
A gentle and charming voice came with a fragrant breeze. A beautiful woman in palace attire strolled into the shop and said, “This person is a Saint Sect Perfected One after all.”
“No need for you to say, Gou Yue.”
The burly man sneered, blocking Lu Yang’s escape route together with the palace-attired beauty. Meanwhile, the surrounding formation brilliance became brighter and brighter.
Two Initial Stage Foundation Establishment cultivators…
Lu Yang’s gaze shifted, then looked at Perfected One Qi He, suddenly grinning: “Since you dare to besiege and kill me, it seems Fellow Daoist has broken through to the Middle Stage?”
“Ah, Fellow Daoist’s true eye is accurate.”
Perfected One Qi He sighed upon hearing this. Then his hunched body slowly straightened, and a dazzling divine ability brilliance suddenly appeared on his body. As Lu Yang expected, Middle Stage Foundation Establishment.
Seeing this, Lu Yang shook his head and said, “Fellow Daoist being able to break through to the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment is thanks to this Secret Hall Street, right? Pity for such a nice place.”
He didn’t even ask why Perfected One Qi He betrayed the sect.
After all, it was the Saint Sect. Betrayal was extremely normal, nothing surprising. He didn’t care about the reason and even felt this was a pleasant surprise.
Originally, I wanted to pay.
But looking at it now, not only won’t I pay for the numerous spiritual items I just purchased, I’m afraid I can earn another sum. It can be considered a kind person generously donating money…
Thinking of this, Lu Yang became increasingly calm.
On the other side, Perfected One Qi He didn’t get carried away because Lu Yang fell into his trap. Instead, he became more vigilant in his heart: This person is deep in a desperate situation but not panicked at all. Does he have some trump card? That’s right, he was sent by Chong Guang after all. It’s normal to have means…
Actually, he didn’t want to act against Lu Yang.
After all, as a Saint Sect Perfected One, no one knew better than him how troublesome a genuine Saint Sect Perfected One was, and how strong their vengefulness was.
However, many things were out of his control.
Pity. If I had more time, I could have roped in other Foundation Establishment cultivators from Secret Hall Street. Now only two are usable…
Even so, the arrow was on the string and had to be released.
With this thought, Perfected One Qi He hesitated no more and shouted directly: “Attack!”
Before Perfected One Qi He finished speaking, the burly man Kui Gang and the palace-attired beauty Gou Yue pinched hand seals and chanted mantras simultaneously. Surprisingly, both had refined Life-Bound Divine Abilities.
“Take this punch!”
Kui Gang clenched his five fingers. Divine ability brilliance fell on his arm, flowing with his movements, and he punched towards Lu Yang from afar.
[Coiled Dragon Dormancy Technique]!
Kui Gang’s Life-Bound Divine Ability was quite peculiar. It accumulated spiritual power on normal days, ready to be unleashed. When needed, it erupted in one breath, with power far exceeding usual.
Instantly, Lu Yang only felt a majestic force coming. If not contained within a single punch, releasing it wantonly could probably shatter an overseas island.
At the same time, Gou Yue’s Life-Bound Divine Ability also landed on Kui Gang.
[Mystic Enhancing Talisman]!
As the name suggested, this Life-Bound Divine Ability wasn’t good for fighting but could greatly amplify others’ divine abilities and techniques, increasing the power of Kui Gang’s punch by several degrees.
Fairly speaking, the combined power of the two’s divine abilities was quite good. However, Lu Yang didn’t care at all upon seeing this, because both of their Life-Bound Divine Abilities reminded him of Wu Cang from the past—rogue cultivators disregarding karma, only focusing on the magnitude of divine ability power. Strong it was, but ultimately lacked much flexibility.
Of course, not to say this was inherently problematic.
The problem was that rogue cultivators had limited inheritance. The result was that although you pursued numerical values, the final refined values weren’t high. So what was the point?
“Inviting just these people to kill me, Fellow Daoist underestimates me too much.”
Lu Yang spoke true words, and raging Mystic Fire instantly ignited behind him. A towering illusory aspect rose from the ground—it was the [Qian Heaven All-Governing Myriad Phenomena Dharma Body]!
The next second, Lu Yang didn’t dodge or evade.
[Unyielding Metal] protected his body, and with the Dharma Body’s enhancement, he actually punched out as well. His seemingly much smaller fist collided head-on with Kui Gang’s.
Boom!
Under the collision of this punch, Lu Yang was unharmed, his golden light still dazzling. On the contrary, Kui Gang’s bones broke and tendons snapped on the spot, exploding into a blood mist.
Seeing this scene, the palace-attired beauty Gou Yue’s expression changed drastically: “Middle Stage Foundation Establishment?”
The next second, she gritted her silver teeth— Bastard!
The gap between Initial and Middle Stage Foundation Establishment was huge. If Lu Yang had revealed his cultivation, would she and Kui Gang not know the immensity of heaven and earth? They definitely would have turned and left.
But he just had to hide it!
Not only hiding it but also not fighting Perfected One Qi He, who was also at the Middle Stage, instead sneak-attacking them, the Initial Stage ones. Truly shameless!
Including Perfected One Qi He, his expression also changed.
He also didn’t see through Lu Yang’s cultivation, thinking he was at Initial Stage Foundation Establishment. Presuming his cultivation was higher, he set up the formation intending to besiege him.
He was even cautious enough.
Not only setting up the formation but also calling two Initial Stage Foundation Establishment cultivators to hold the line.
Initially letting Kui Gang and Gou Yue act was also suspecting Lu Yang had other trump cards, letting them probe first… Unexpectedly, it would be such a result!
More troublesomely, he was confident in dealing with an Initial Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.
But Middle Stage Foundation Establishment?
Even with the formation’s assistance, Perfected One Qi He had no confidence in killing him. At most, he could inflict heavy injuries. This made his expression increasingly ugly.
“Fellow Daoist… can we reconcile?”
Perfected One Qi He looked helpless: “Kui Gang is dead; his family assets will be considered compensation. And the spiritual items Fellow Daoist required earlier, I will also offer them all.”
“If Fellow Daoist insists on a fight to the death…”
Speaking of this, a sharp glint suddenly flashed in Perfected One Qi He’s eyes: “I am not made of clay. How much confidence does Fellow Daoist have in keeping me here? My days are numbered. If Fellow Daoist can’t kill me, I will definitely entangle with you to the end!”
“Entangle to the end?”
Lu Yang laughed loudly upon hearing this: “Then may I ask Fellow Daoist, do you know who I am?”
“…Uh.”
Perfected One Qi He’s expression stagnated abruptly. Only then did he react. Up to now, Lu Yang hadn’t revealed his background, and he had never seen his face before.
The only thing he knew was that he came from the Saint Sect and held Chong Guang’s token.
Identity? Name?
“I don’t know any of them…”
In an instant, Perfected One Qi He felt a chill in his heart.
Couldn’t calculate the background, couldn’t recognize the identity. Then even if he really couldn’t kill him, he could just pat his butt, change identity, and run. How could he possibly fear him?
On the contrary, it was Perfected One Qi He himself.
He didn’t want to die!
Thinking of this, Perfected One Qi He hesitated no more. Activating a talisman in his hand, his figure flashed explosively, instantly riding a magnificent light to escape outside the shop. He wanted to run!
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