Chapter 57: Someone Asked You to Kneel, but I Asked You to Stand
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Director, do you really want to let things develop to an irredeemable stage?”
As he said that, Li Tianlu’s body began to emit Innate Stage energy.
The old man was a tier 2 Innate Stage master martial artist.
Perhaps he thought that he was quite strong, but Li Tianlu said coldly, “Director, I know that you are new here, so you don’t know a lot about the rules in the Imperial capital. I know that you are a disciple of a celestial sect, and your status is noble, but celestial cultivators are not allowed to easily attack ordinary people. This is a rule set by the celestial sects.”
“Today, since the Devil Slayers Division has interfered in the affairs of mortals, it is a violation of the rules. If you continue to bully the weak, I don’t think the celestial sects will forgive you easily. Moreover, director, you may not know this, but the imperial family has many kins and ancestors in the celestial sects. Take our Grand Emperor for example. He is a Core Formation Stage elder in a celestial sect. As such, regarding today’s matter, director, you should reconsider.”
Lu Yuan looked at him and narrowed his eyes.
“You… You’re threatening me, right?”
As soon as he said that, the surrounding air seemed to freeze.
Not only Li Tianlu, but even Shang Yun and the others could feel the terrifying spiritual pressure that Lu Yuan was exuding.
To Lu Yuan, who had three spiritual roots that had achieved Foundation Establishment through the way of the heavens, even if he was only at level 4 of the Foundation Establishment Stage, the spiritual pressure he could unleash was comparable to that of a cultivator at level 7 of the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Li Tianlu was only a tier 2 Innate Stage master martial artist, so he was simply unable to resist such spiritual pressure.
Bang!
Under the heavy pressure, Li Tianlu immediately knelt, and the ground under his knees cracked.
Li Tianlu looked at Lu Yuan, his eyes filled with fear. He felt an intense threat of death.
To think the new director of the Devil Slayers Division wanted to kill him!
How dare he? How dare he attack an Imperial capital’s martial artist in the Imperial capital? Wasn’t he afraid of being reproached by the sect?
Regarding this, Lu Yuan would like to state that not only did he dare to do so, but he even wished that the sect would reprimand him.
Given his current status in Qingyun Sect, even if he killed an Innate Stage martial artist in the mortal world, the sect leader would at most reprimand him and then lock him up.
However, was that really a punishment for Lu Yuan? It was clearly a reward!
Therefore, the current Lu Yuan was rather fearless.
To think the other party didn’t even know his actual situation and dared to threaten him. This eunuch had the guts!
After using his spiritual pressure to control Li Tianlu, Lu Yuan came before him and said indifferently, “I didn’t expect that a eunuch like you would have the guts to threaten me. It seems like the water in the Imperial City isn’t as clean as I thought. I’m taking her away. If you have any problems, tell the people behind you to come to the Devil Slayers Division to talk to me.”
After he finished speaking, Lu Yuan walked to Xu Wan’er.
“Get up.”
Xu Wan’er looked up at the stranger in the white mask in front of her. She stood up shakily and did not dare to disobey.
However, just as Lu Yuan was about to take her away, Li Tianlu spoke again.
“Wait a moment!”
Lu Yuan turned around and saw that Li Tianlu was using his Innate Stage inborn vitality to resist Lu Yuan’s spiritual pressure with great difficulty.
His hands were on the ground as beads of sweat fell from his forehead. His arms were trembling.
But even so, he still looked at Xu Wan’er, who was beside Lu Yuan, and said with gritted teeth, “Xu Wan’er, I’ll make things clear for you today. If you don’t come with us today, not only will your father be unable to be buried in peace, but His Majesty will even order him to be demoted to a lowly status, and his descendants will be implicated. You can think about whether you can bear the consequences.”
Hearing this, Xu Wan’er felt as if she had been struck by lightning. As if she had lost her soul, she almost fell to the ground.
Fortunately, a pair of strong hands grabbed her slender waist in advance, preventing her from collapsing.
Xu Wan’er raised her head and realized that the person who was supporting her was Lu Yuan.
Through the mysterious white mask on Lu Yuan’s face, Xu Wan’er could see a pair of clear and calm eyes.
She didn’t know why, but when she saw those eyes, her originally flustered heart immediately calmed down.
After Lu Yuan calmed Xu Wan’er, he looked at Li Tianlu who was not far away, as well as the sixth Prince Chen Wei who was so nervous that his teeth were clattering.
It was this one glance that made Li Tianlu so terrified that his mouth hung and his pupils dilated.
He was horrified to find that his body was burning!
“All!”
Li Tianlu let out a blood-curdling screech as his body was suddenly covered by a ball of green flames. He was turned into ashes in a very short time.
This sudden scene shocked not only Chen Wei but also Shang Yun and the other two who did not expect this.
Their new director didn’t seem to be as easy to get along with as they had thought.
Other than that, their new director’s cultivation seemed to be quite terrifying.
At the very least, they did not know when Lu Yuan had made his move, nor how he had killed Li Tianlu in an instant.
One should know that Li Tianlu was not an ordinary person. He was an Innate Stage master martial artist.
It could only be said that the disciples of a large sect were different from bumpkins like them. Their methods were very terrifying.
To Lu Yuan, using the Green Flame Technique to burn Li Tianlu to death was like burning an ant. It was insignificant.
He looked at Xu Wan’er, who had a pale face and trembling eyelashes, then said with a smile, “Someone wants you to kneel, but I… I want you to stand. Let’s go. Don’t think that Practitioner Shang was joking. Your father’s death is not simple…”
After saying that, Lu Yuan let go of Xu Wan’er and walked toward the Devil Slayers Division’s headquarters.
Xu Wan’er was stunned for a moment, then she followed him timidly.
As for Lu Yuan’s words earlier, she was only half-convinced.
In other words, she didn’t believe that Lu Yuan’s purpose for taking her away was completely different from Chen Wei and the others.
But even if she didn’t believe it, she had no cultivation… What else could she do?
Just like that, Lu Yuan’s group swaggered toward the Devil Slayers Division’s headquarters.
Along the way, no one dared to stop them.
Even the sixth Prince, who had been making a scene just now, didn’t dare to say a word as if he had become mute.
…
In Lu Yuan’s study room in the Devil Slayers Division’s headquarters.
For some unknown reason, after Lu Yuan brought Xu Wan’er back to the Devil Slayers Division’s headquarters, Shang Yun and the other two quickly disappeared.
They each came up with valid reasons for this.
Shang Yun said that he had official business to attend to, while Lion-ape said that he wanted to practice martial arts.
Only Iron-ox stayed standing in the study room like a fool. He seemed to really want to investigate the cause of Xu Wan’er’s father’s death.
Fortunately, he was quickly pulled outside by the “smart” Lion-ape to practice.
With that, only Lu Yuan and Xu Wan’er were left in the room.
Facing such a situation, especially when the person in the room had just burned a living person to ashes, Xu Wan’er would be lying if she said she was not afraid or nervous.
She was uncertain if she could avoid being burned to death by Lu Yuan in case she said something wrong.
Thus, she could only grab the corner of her clothes with both hands and sit on the chair in the room with her head lowered as if she was sitting on pins and needles. It seemed that she was afraid that Lu Yuan would notice her.
However, from the corner of her eyes, she would occasionally glance at Lu Yuan, who was beside the desk.
It was obvious that she was afraid of Lu Yuan, but she was also curious.
However, the current Lu Yuan didn’t have the mood to care about her.
He was attracted by two notifications from the system.
[Ding! As the host has changed the fate of Xu Wan’er, the daughter of a dead official, and has thus indirectly changed the fate of the Great Xia Kingdom, you have received 1500 points of luck value.]
[Current luck value: 2552]
Saving Xu Wan’er had indirectly changed the fate of the Great Xia Kingdom.
So it turned out that it hadn’t been a show of a tyrant snatching a woman. Instead, it was the plot of King Zhou meeting Daji by chance!
As expected of a woman with Devastatingly Beautiful as her luck talent… She was indeed extraordinary.
Other than this unexpected gain of changing the fate of the country, Lu Yuan’s other gain from this operation was the luck item, the evil Buddha clay statue.
[Luck item: Evil Buddha clay statue]
[Description: A unique clay statue that contains some divinity. It seems to have the function of absorbing and storing luck. ]
[Remark: When the clay statue is destroyed, it may attract the attention of a certain existence. Please treat it with caution.]
[Stored luck: 875/1000]
Facing this never-before-seen luck item, Lu Yuan couldn’t come up with a way to deal with it yet.
It was a special Buddha statue that contained divinity and even had the function of absorbing and storing something illusory like luck.
No matter how he looked at it, this was not something that could be easily dealt with. It was quite tricky.
Just as Lu Yuan was thinking about how to deal with the luck item, a soft and weak voice entered his ears.
“Sir… Sir, can we change locations?”
Lu Yuan raised his head in astonishment and asked doubtfully, “Change locations? Why?”
Xu Wan’er’s face immediately turned red.
However, she seemed to have made a decision. Her eyes turned from lost to determined. She bit her lower lip and said, “If, if it’s the study… It’s a little, a little…”
“What is it?” Lu Yuan was even more puzzled.
“It’s just a little unsightly.”
“Unsightly? Why would the study be…”
Halfway through his sentence, Lu Yuan’s eyes widened in shock.
Wait, was the girl misunderstanding something?!
He would admit that he was indeed a little greedy for her… Luck.
But he had always been open and above board. He was definitely not what she thought he was! He wasn’t a bad guy who liked to snatch women from the streets and rape them!
“Good guy” Lu Yuan thought guiltily..
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