Chapter 41: This Venerable One Is Very Reasonable
In the end, however, Lu Xiaoyao and Lu Qingyun still did not refuse Chen Wangu’s kindness and accepted the Twelfth-Grade Spirit Artifacts.
According to Lu Xunxian, they might not need to use them, but they could not afford not to have them.
Even Lu Xunxian himself did not possess many Twelfth-Grade Spirit Artifacts. Most of the treasures on him were Immortal Artifacts.
And just as he himself had said, he was a low-key person. On Tiansheng Continent, if he could avoid using Immortal Artifacts, he would.
After bidding farewell to Chen Wangu, Lu Xunxian did not immediately take his son and daughter back to the Myriad Dao Academy. Instead, he looked in the direction of the City Lord’s Mansion.
He had not forgotten that he still wanted to ask Qin Guyue about Dream Return Through the Ages.
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Inside the City Lord’s Mansion, Qin Guyue was in Seclusion, tending to his injuries.
More than a dozen days earlier, he had taken that blow from Lu Xunxian across tens of thousands of li, and his injuries still had yet to recover.
He had not even healed ten percent of them.
“Just who is that man? How could he be so terrifying?”
Qin Guyue opened his eyes, both filled with wariness.
As someone at the Peak of the Saint Emperor Realm who had even mastered an Immortal Art, he had still been severely wounded by the other party to this extent. It made him suspect that the man might be a cultivator who had descended from the Immortal Realm.
But to descend from the Immortal Realm into the lower realm, one had to be at least in the Immortal King Realm, or be carrying an Immortal Treasure that could conceal one’s aura.
Moreover, such a person could not use power beyond the Saint Emperor Realm. Otherwise, the Heavenly Dao would forcibly send them back to the Immortal Realm.
Qin Guyue did not think the other party was a cultivator from the Immortal Realm. If he really were, how could he possibly have taken an interest in a mere White Jade Horse?
So at this moment, Qin Guyue believed the other party was simply an expert at the Peak of the Saint Emperor Realm who was only slightly stronger than himself.
But even so, he could not think of any such figure on Tiansheng Continent.
Shaking his head, Qin Guyue stopped dwelling on it. Just as he was about to resume healing, a voice suddenly rang out in his mind.
“Come out and see me.”
“Who is it?”
Qin Guyue immediately became vigilant and prepared himself to strike at any moment.
But after sweeping his gaze around, he found no one, and his brows furrowed even more deeply.
This was his Cave Dwelling. Even Divine Sense at the Saint Emperor Realm could not peer through it. At most, one could only notify him from outside the entrance.
Just as Qin Guyue was starting to think it had all been his imagination, Lu Xunxian’s figure appeared before him.
Lu Xunxian frowned slightly and said, “You are Qin Guyue, yes? This Venerable One has come specifically to ask you for Dream Return Through the Ages.”
“But rest assured. This Venerable One has never been the sort to seize things by force. Since I am taking your Dream Return Through the Ages, I will naturally compensate you.”
But before Lu Xunxian could even bring out the compensation he intended to give, Qin Guyue was already enraged.
“Where did this little wretch come from? How dare you bully this old man? Die!”
Qin Guyue was already in a foul mood, so when he saw Lu Xunxian and felt that Lu Xunxian had come to trample all over him, he could no longer hold back.
He struck out with a palm from afar, sending it straight toward Lu Xunxian.
The might of that palm was utterly terrifying. Anyone below the Saint Emperor Realm would have died without question.
Yet Lu Xunxian merely gave a cold snort, and the palm attack dissipated in midair.
Its effect went far beyond that. That single snort made Qin Guyue feel as though he were being crushed beneath a ten-thousand-meter mountain, and he was slammed flat onto the ground.
That incomparably familiar sensation instantly brought back Qin Guyue’s memory of the day he had been suppressed by Lu Xunxian. He immediately recognized the man before him and cried out in horror, “You are the one who suppressed me that day!”
“Indeed.”
Lu Xunxian did not deny it and nodded calmly.
With a lift of his hand, he withdrew the pressure suppressing Qin Guyue.
Seeing that, Qin Guyue shakily climbed to his feet and repeatedly apologized to Lu Xunxian.
“Senior, please forgive me. This junior failed to recognize Senior’s identity. I beg Senior to pardon my offense!”
At this moment, Qin Guyue was terrified that Lu Xunxian had come to settle accounts with him.
From the display Lu Xunxian had just shown, he knew perfectly well that he was absolutely no match for him.
Even if he used every method at his disposal, he likely would not be able to endure even three moves.
Lu Xunxian did not waste words. He got straight to the point.
“This Venerable One came here today specifically for your Dream Return Through the Ages.”
Hearing that, Qin Guyue felt an intense reluctance in his heart, but he knew this was not a matter he had any right to decide.
There were only two outcomes. He could hand it over to Lu Xunxian with some measure of dignity, or Lu Xunxian could kill him and learn Dream Return Through the Ages from his memories instead.
“Senior, this is Dream Return Through the Ages. I obtained it by chance from a secret realm on Chengtian Mountain.”
Qin Guyue wore a bitter expression as he took out an ancient book from his Storage Ring, one that exuded an archaic aura. It was precisely the cultivation method for Dream Return Through the Ages.
Lu Xunxian extended his hand and took Dream Return Through the Ages directly. After only a single glance, he showed a trace of surprise.
Dream Return Through the Ages had clearly exceeded his expectations.
“This Venerable One is not unreasonable. I will give you this Immortal Artifact as payment for Dream Return Through the Ages. Do you have any objections?”
Lu Xunxian took out a spear-type Immortal Artifact and looked at Qin Guyue with a calm expression.
The moment Qin Guyue saw the Immortal Artifact, his breathing grew rapid, and he hurriedly said, “Senior, I am willing!”
Seeing Qin Guyue agree, Lu Xunxian cleanly and decisively handed the Immortal Artifact over to him.
Qin Guyue accepted the spear and looked utterly unable to put it down.
For all his great strength, he did not even possess a few Twelfth-Grade Spirit Artifacts, much less an Immortal Artifact.
If he had an Immortal Artifact, he was confident that he could fight the Holy Lords of those Sacred Lands without falling into a disadvantage.
As for Dream Return Through the Ages, to him it was merely an auxiliary technique. It was of no help at all in battle.
Just as Qin Guyue lifted his head, intending to thank Lu Xunxian, he discovered that Lu Xunxian had already vanished.
And it was not only the spear-type Immortal Artifact. Even the injuries from Lu Xunxian’s earlier suppression had somehow already been fully healed.
How could Qin Guyue fail to understand? Lu Xunxian must have been the one who acted.
At that thought, Qin Guyue turned toward the direction Lu Xunxian had been standing and kowtowed once.
“This junior, Qin Guyue, thanks Senior! From this day forward, I will cultivate diligently and catch up to Senior’s footsteps as soon as possible!”
At this moment, Qin Guyue had already become convinced that Lu Xunxian was absolutely an Immortal who had descended from the Immortal Realm.
Otherwise, how could he casually take out an Immortal Artifact in exchange for Dream Return Through the Ages in his possession?
Moreover, among all the Saint Emperors on Tiansheng Continent who wielded Immortal Artifacts, every one of them was known to him. The only exception was Lu Xunxian.
That alone was enough to show that Lu Xunxian was definitely a great power who had descended from the Immortal Realm.