Chapter 124: The Empress Requests a Deep Exchange

Empress Qinglian’s slightly excited words caused Lu Jin’s heart to skip a beat.

“Empress, what are you planning to do?”

“Mhm!”

“Mhm?”

“I want it! Come, This Seat will help you suppress the Lightning Tribulation, allowing you to advance to the 8th Layer Jindan without a sound!”

Empress Qinglian was blunt and spoke without reservation.

Lu Jin was stunned once again. Every time she chose a location, it was incredibly bizarre. This time, they were in the Sanctuary Tower!

He had only just arrived and had already destroyed the guardians of several floors, and now she wanted to have a deep exchange right here!

This is too wild!

Of course, Lu Jin was even more worried that his entry into the eighth floor had already caused a stir outside. Setting aside the fact that he had killed people earlier, the radiance of the eighth floor alone was enough to alert many within the Blood Moon Holy Land. By now, a massive crowd had likely gathered outside.

To do such a thing in broad daylight while being the center of everyone’s attention was indeed quite perverted.

But Empress Qinglian gave him no chance to refuse. She lunged forward, pinning him to the ground. Her movements were practiced and skillful; evidently, during those three years, she had developed an excellent talent for bullying him.

Left with no choice, Lu Jin could only rise to the occasion. Besides, he was also quite looking forward to advancing to the 8th Layer Jindan.

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“Shifu! That person must be Lu Jin!”

On the fifth floor of the Sanctuary Tower, Liu Ruyan met with Elder Chi Yu. The eyes of both individuals were filled with complex emotions: a mix of doubt and a hint of disbelief.

“Are you certain it is him? That person has already entered the eighth floor! If that Lu Jin truly has such capability, This Seat must kill him. Otherwise, the future consequences will be endless!”

This was the first time Elder Chi Yu had spoken about Lu Jin with such a grave attitude.

“Shifu, why don’t we head to the upper floors right now? Once we find an opportunity to strike, we can kill him on the spot!”

Hearing this, Elder Chi Yu replied, “There is no need. There are existences in the upper floors that even This Seat cannot contend with. If that brat insists on going his own way, he will surely be killed.”

“Furthermore, with our strength, we are not yet qualified to go up. If we ascend and the higher-ups of the Holy Land find out, we will certainly be punished.”

Liu Ruyan’s expression shifted slightly, but she spoke helplessly. “In that case, Shifu, your disciple will wait here for him. When the time comes, we will catch a turtle in a jar and kill him thoroughly!”

Elder Chi Yu nodded. “When the time comes, if it is inconvenient for This Seat to act, I will assist you from the shadows.”

“Thank you, Shifu!”

Lu Jin’s dual cultivation on the eighth floor continued. Outside the tower, the sun rose and set, and time became a blur.

Deep within the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.

This place was extremely secretive; even the vast majority of the sect’s Elders were unaware of its existence. However, at this moment, over a hundred disciples were practicing here. Their auras were linked together, and the Spiritual Energy above their heads gathered like a layer of clouds. The surrounding atmosphere surged and receded like the tide, making a rushing sound.

If one looked down from above, they would see a grand formation composed of over a hundred powerful cultivators. Within the array, Spiritual Power whistled and crisscrossed, and a devastating aura surged. Sitting cross-legged at the eye of the formation was none other than Sect Master Chu Tianxiong!

As for the others, some were not disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect at all. Instead, everyone present was a Sanctuary apostle.

The people of the Sanctuary were secretly constructing a super array here.

This formation was currently being built, and as it took shape, piles of Profound stones were continuously poured into the array, serving as its energy source.

“Sect Master, the consumption of this Myriad Immortal Array is simply too immense. The Profound stones we seized from the Mo family have basically been exhausted!” a disciple suddenly reported, his eyes showing a trace of helplessness.

Chu Tianxiong’s expression changed. “The Profound stones from the Mo family are all gone?”

“Yes, Sect Master!”

Hearing this confirmation, Chu Tianxiong took a deep breath.

“The consumption of the Myriad Immortal Array is indeed massive! However, its killing power is also staggering.” He narrowed his eyes. “In that case, our Sanctuary shall set out in secret tonight. We will head to the Wu family, one of the four great clans of the Blood Moon Holy Land, and wipe them out in one fell swoop!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the surrounding disciples changed completely.

“Sect Master, you want to lead us to attack the Wu family?”

They clearly hadn’t expected Chu Tianxiong to be so fierce. To take this small team of barely a hundred people and attempt to destroy the Wu family, one of the four great clans! It seemed like an overestimation of their own abilities.

However, they had consumed a vast amount of Profound stones building the Myriad Immortal Array over the past few days, and the formation was showing great results. Therefore, if they used extraordinary means and planned carefully, it wasn’t necessarily impossible to take down a great clan of the Holy Land!

Before this, Chu Tianxiong had arranged for a disciple to head to the Blood Moon Holy Land to investigate news of Lu Jin. If Lu Jin joined them, their chances of victory would increase significantly!

While Chu Tianxiong was planning against the Wu family, the members of the Wu family would never have dreamed in their wildest nightmares that they would be targeted by a small sect like the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.

Ever since the experts of the Wu family had followed the Mo family into the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and mysteriously vanished, the Wu family had developed an interest in the sect. However, they simply did not believe that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect would dare to kill their experts.

What they didn’t know was that an undercurrent was gradually surging toward the Wu family.

“It’s been three days. Why hasn’t Senior Brother Lu Jin come out yet?”

Three days later, Yan Mo cupped her pretty face in her hands and stared at the Sanctuary Tower, her face full of confusion.

During these three days, many experts of the Holy Land had come to this place, wanting to see what kind of capability this new disciple had to actually enter the eighth floor of the Sanctuary Tower!

However, ever since Lu Jin and Empress Qinglian had fallen into their frenzy, the eighth floor had gone quiet. As for what exactly was happening inside, no one knew.

To enter any floor above the seventh, one needed the permission of the Inner Sect Master or a higher authority. Thus, the crowd did not dare to barge in recklessly. Even Elder Chi Yu, who had been waiting anxiously, did not dare to go up.

This gave Lu Jin a relatively peaceful opportunity to have a thorough exchange and sparring session with Empress Qinglian.

Three days passed.

Although Elder Chi Yu continued to act according to the Holy Land’s rules, Liu Ruyan could no longer wait. With Elder Chi Yu turning a blind eye, she quietly made her way to the upper floors.

When Liu Ruyan reached the sixth floor and found that all traces of energy had vanished, she felt completely numb.

The power of the arrays on the fifth floor was already majestic enough, and the sixth floor should have been even more unimaginable. Yet, the sixth floor had been completely devastated!

When she reached the seventh floor, her eyes filled with even greater shock.

In this upper floor space that made people of the Holy Land turn pale at the mere mention of it, all auras had been erased. There wasn’t even the most basic Spiritual Qi emerging!

Lu Jin! Just what secrets are you hiding!

After her investigation, Liu Ruyan couldn’t help but feel a chill run down her spine.

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Footnotes: 

TN1: Deep exchange (深入交流): A common webnovel euphemism for dual cultivation or sexual intimacy. 

TN2: Rising to the occasion (挺身而出): A pun in the original Chinese, implying both stepping up to a challenge and a physical reaction.