Chapter 103: Empress, You Don’t Know Reserve

Long Chengfeng did not get angry upon hearing this. Instead, he laughed.

“Brother Lu Jin is right. With my strength, I don’t amount to much in the Blood Moon Holy Land. However, I have people!”

These words caught Lu Jin by surprise.

Long Chengfeng continued.

“When making a living out there, you can’t just rely on combat power. Sometimes, connections are more useful than strength.”

Lu Jin nodded. “That makes some sense.”

Chu Tianxiong looked at Lu Jin and said, “The Blood Moon Holy Land is fraught with danger. Once you arrive, if you encounter any problems, you must seek help from Long Chengfeng.”

Lu Jin nodded, not expecting Chu Tianxiong to have found him an insider.

“Thank you, Sect Master.”

Lu Jin bowed in thanks. Chu Tianxiong produced another spatial ring and held it out before Lu Jin.

“You leave for the Blood Moon Holy Land tomorrow. This spatial ring contains cultivation resources I have prepared for you. Take them.”

Lu Jin wanted to decline, but after seeing the look in Chu Tianxiong’s eyes, he accepted it with a smile.

“That’s more like it. However, in the coming period, the Blood Moon Holy Land will grant the Ten Thousand Swords Sect many benefits because of you. This Seat should be the one thanking you.”

Lu Jin waved his hand. “I won’t be formal with the Sect Master, so the Sect Master shouldn’t be formal with me.”

Long Chengfeng spoke up.

“Lu Jin, do you know what newly entered disciples of the Blood Moon Holy Land must undergo?”

Lu Jin shook his head.

“All new disciples will enter the Holy Land’s Holy River for a baptism.”

“This baptism is accompanied by great peril. There are many water monsters in that Holy River, as well as certain unknown conspiracies.”

“Take this. It should be able to help you when the time comes.”

As Long Chengfeng spoke, he took a jade token from his spatial ring.

The jade token looked ordinary. “This jade token should be able to resist some attacks from the water monsters. However, what you should be most careful of are those posing as new disciples. They often carry missions and enter the Holy River with you. Their ultimate goal is to carve the Scarlet Moon Curse into the disciples’ bodies, thoroughly planting the seeds of manipulation so they will be used by the Blood Moon Ancestor forever.”

After Long Chengfeng finished speaking, he handed a transmission talisman to Lu Jin.

“If anything happens, find me. Don’t be polite.”

Lu Jin nodded.

“In that case, Sect Master, I shall take my leave first.”

Long Chengfeng finished, cupped his fists toward the two of them, and then soared into the sky, quickly disappearing over the horizon.

Watching the sky where Long Chengfeng had vanished, Chu Tianxiong said, “I didn’t expect you to leave the Ten Thousand Swords Sect so soon. Lu Jin, This Seat hopes you will be well. At no time should you act on impulse. After all, besides revenge, there are more important things waiting for you.”

Lu Jin understood the meaning behind Chu Tianxiong’s words.

He was talking about Lu Jin’s background.

Lu Jin nodded and then said, “Sect Master, I will investigate everything clearly. I will only act once I am fully prepared. Until then, I will endure and not act recklessly.”

Hearing Lu Jin say this, Chu Tianxiong nodded and then said, “Although the Mo family, one of the four great clans of the Blood Moon Holy Land, has now submitted to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, this matter has caused a great sensation outside. The Blood Moon Holy Land will certainly not sit idly by. The secrets on your person must not be exposed again.”

Lu Jin smiled. “Thank you for the reminder, Sect Master. I will keep it in mind.”

Chu Tianxiong asked, “Do you still remember that list?”

Chu Tianxiong continued, “Long Chengfeng’s name is on that list. As for everyone on that list, you may call upon them at any time and any place.”

Lu Jin frowned. “Sect Master, are all of these… people from the Sanctuary?”

Chu Tianxiong nodded.

“Indeed!”

“The Sanctuary organization has been developing for a long time now. Its membership is vast, perhaps even exceeding your expectations. So, are you interested in one day mobilizing the entire Sanctuary to do something good for the common people?”

Chu Tianxiong’s words caused Lu Jin’s eyes to flicker.

“Sect Master, are you referring to… the final battle? If it is possible, I am naturally willing.”

“Good!”

Chu Tianxiong patted his shoulder and then soared into the air, his words falling from the sky.

“Tomorrow, This Seat will personally lead the senior officials of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect to see you off!”

…

That night.

The voice of the silent Empress Qinglian rang out once more.

“Lu Jin, come and dual cultivate with This Seat immediately.”

The sentence was blunt and straight to the point, making Lu Jin feel somewhat unadjusted.

*Does she not know any reserve?*

“Lady Empress, weren’t you going to remain silent for a while? Why are you again…”

Empress Qinglian replied, “The Empress needs it now, specifically needs it. Do not dawdle. Come quickly!”

Lu Jin knitted his brows.

*Is this even polite?*

“Stop pretending! Get in here!”

The latter half of the night arrived.

Because Lu Jin’s performance had satisfied Empress Qinglian, he wasn’t tormented further during the late hours.

However, just as he was sitting in silent meditation, a transmission talisman began to flicker.

“Hmm? Yan Mo? Looking for me in the middle of the night?”

Lu Jin frowned. This transmission talisman was the one Yan Mo had given him that day.

She had said she would find him, but looking for him in the dead of night was a bit forward.

*Still, it wouldn’t be right to decline a beauty’s invitation. Besides, I am quite interested in her identity…*

Although Lu Jin did not know Yan Mo’s specific identity, he could basically guess the gist of it.

However, as for her purpose in calling him in the middle of the night, he truly knew nothing.

“Lady Empress, I’m going.”

Before Lu Jin acted, he didn’t forget to give Empress Qinglian a heads-up.

However, after the Empress had finished her business in the first half of the night, she had vanished once more.

Whiz!

His figure flashed, quickly disappearing into the night.

At this time, by a small stream inside the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, under the hazy moonlight, a beautiful figure sat quietly on a rock by the water. The moonlight seemed to drape a layer of gauze over her.

Hazy and ethereal, she appeared breathtakingly beautiful even in the dark of night.

“Miss Yan, you were looking for me?”

After Lu Jin arrived at the appointed location and saw the moonlit beauty who looked like an absolute stunner, he got straight to the point.

“Senior Brother Lu Jin, you’ve come?”

“Why look for me in the middle of the night?”

“For something important, of course!”

“Speak.”

Seeing Lu Jin’s attitude of being unwilling to say a single extra word, a strange luster surfaced in Yan Mo’s beautiful eyes.

“Fine, I’ll say it. There’s nothing else, I just want to be fully prepared before entering the Blood Moon Holy Land.”

“What do you mean?”

Yan Mo smiled and said, “I have discovered a treasure. In the entire Ten Thousand Swords Sect, I haven’t found a second person besides you qualified to share this wealth with me.”

“So, Senior Brother Lu Jin, I’ve asked you here because I want to go to the location of the treasure and find all those vast cultivation resources. The two of us shall use them together!”

“Treasure?”

Lu Jin hadn’t expected that Yan Mo had sought him out for the sake of a treasure.

“Indeed. Let’s go!”

Lu Jin nodded slightly. “Lead the way.”

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