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Chapter 932 Lü Lu's Deal

Above the Tianji Mountains.

Upon seeing that the Old Ancestor Renshui had fled, Jin Huan immediately stopped hesitating and used magic to stop the injury from worsening in his abdomen.

He immediately reached out and summoned a golden wheel-shaped spiritual treasure. The moment the treasure appeared, it unleashed a powerful golden lightning force, deflecting the ebony branches that were sweeping towards him.

Under his command, countless terrifying golden arcs of electricity shot out from the golden wheel, transforming into a bolt of lightning that cleaved a path above him.

Elder Jin Huan vanished from his spot.

In battles between beings at the Fusion level, it is very difficult to kill the opponent if they are determined to escape.

Unless there is a huge gap in strength between the two.

Lu Lu, who had been in despair, saw a way out and immediately gritted his teeth, took out an ancient stone talisman from his pocket, and crushed it.

In an instant, a spatial force surged from his body, enveloping him completely.

The moment the stone talisman was activated, Lü Lu aged visibly, and his once black hair turned gray.

Clearly, he paid a heavy price to survive, his lifespan reduced to almost nothing.

"Hmph! Even you want to escape?" Upon seeing this, the Spirit Origin Ancestor immediately unleashed a white streak of energy at him, intending to kill Lü Lu.

For a Nascent Soul cultivator to kill a Void Refinement cultivator is like crushing an ant; they are two completely different levels of power.

Therefore, Ancestor Lingyuan was certain that he had Lü Lu under his control.

Even if we can't kill the Ren Shui Ancestor who is in the mid-stage of the Integration Realm, it would be a good idea to take action against this traitor who secretly infiltrated the Lingmiao Sect first to vent our anger.

Swish! !

However, due to a moment of carelessness, the white ribbon missed its target and struck nothing but air.

The place where Lü Lu had been was now empty. Her figure had vanished silently right before the eyes of these Nascent Soul stage monsters.
This scene caused even the elders to frown, unable to understand how a mere Void Refinement cultivator could escape right under their noses.

Elder Kui Mu of the Star Palace had an extremely gloomy expression. He reached out and withdrew his supernatural power.

They had been planning for years in the Tianji Mountains, and finally waited for Lü Lu and Ren Shui Ancestor to appear, but they didn't expect that they would still escape.

If word got out, wouldn't people laugh their heads off?
However, on the other hand, the human ancestors also underestimated the methods of Ancestor Renshui and Elder Jinhuan.

I never expected that the two of them would have such powerful escape techniques.

The stone talisman that Lü Lu used at the cost of his lifespan was clearly an extremely rare spatial escape talisman.

"Elder Kui Mu, what should we do next?" Elder Ling Yuan asked with a gloomy expression.

He had come to the Demon Realm under immense pressure, intending to personally eliminate Lü Lu, a cultivator who had brought great shame to the Lingmiao Sect, but unexpectedly, Lü Lu escaped.

This made him unable to hold his head high in front of the patriarchs of the three major sects.

Elder Kui Mu's eyes flashed, and without much thought, he said, "We have already missed the best opportunity by failing to capture Ancestor Ren Shui and his companion. This commotion is quite significant and will soon attract the attention of the Demon Clan's higher-ups. We should not linger here. Let's return to Zhenyuan Heavenly City and make further plans."

"We also need to discuss the matter of going to the Void Spirit Clan again. Now that the news of the Soul Clan's secret treasure has been leaked, Ancestor Ren Shui and his disciples, as well as the Golden Ring Old Monster of the Heavenly Horn Clan, will certainly not miss such an opportunity."

"We will inevitably have to fight them again at that time."

Lingyuan Ancestor then said, "That Lü Lu was struck by my Soul-Chasing Talisman and is doomed to die. This can be considered my explanation to you all. However, failing to capture Renshui Ancestor is tantamount to releasing a tiger back into the mountains."

"The demon faction knows the purpose of our trip, and there will definitely be a lot of trouble for them."

"It's alright. The Soul Clan's treasures aren't so easy to obtain. After all, there's a restriction that those in the Integration Stage can't enter. However, I already have a way to find another way," Elder Kui Mu said calmly.

Upon hearing this, the others were also invigorated.

They no longer bothered to conceal their actions. After annihilating the nearby demons with overwhelming force, they quickly left the area and fled towards the direction of the Void Spirit Clan.

On the road.

The Fire Ancestor of the Taiyi Sect asked with great curiosity, "May I ask Fellow Daoist Kui Mu, has the Star Palace really planted an inside agent within the Demon Clan? How could they even obtain such high-level intelligence?"

"I only just learned of this myself. I suspect that some fellow cultivators have infiltrated the Demon Clan before us, probably also after the Soul Clan's treasures," Elder Kui Mu replied expressionlessly.

However, the patriarchs of the three major sects in Tianyuan Domain clearly did not believe his explanation.

They could only sigh at the Star Palace's powerful methods.

……

And the other side.

Qin Ming was also planning to leave to meet up with the original body.

Suddenly, his mind stirred, and his powerful divine sense detected a faint spatial fluctuation coming from not too far from his location.

And it seems to be getting closer.

hum! !

A violent fluctuation reverberated in the nearby void, and then ancient-looking runes began to condense, forming a circular teleportation array.

With a "thud," a figure fell out from the array patterns, covered in blood, with a withered face and a head of white hair, almost at the end of his life.

Qin Ming stopped in his tracks, approached, and saw the person's face clearly; it was none other than Lü Lu.
When Lü Lu saw that there were people secretly spying in the vicinity, he was quite surprised.

However, he was seriously injured at this moment, and looked like he was about to die. He couldn't even stand up and fell heavily to the ground like a rag doll.

It seems that although Lü Lu escaped with his life, he was still doomed after being hit by Lingyuan Ancestor's divine power.

Qin Ming stopped because they had been fellow disciples for a period of time in the past.

He stood before the dying Lü Lu, sighed, and said, "Fellow Daoist Lü, if you had known this would happen, why did you do it in the first place?"

Qin Ming used the Yin-Yang Profound Mirror technique to scan the other person's body and saw that his life force had become dim, leaving him with only two incense sticks' worth of life left.
Therefore, they didn't have many concerns.

Lu Lu was also surprised by this sudden scene. He looked at Qin Ming's appearance and had no recollection of him at all, but the other party was able to call out his name accurately, which obviously meant that he knew him.

"May I ask who this fellow Daoist is?"

"I never expected that I would encounter a fellow Daoist I knew on my deathbed. Cough cough."

He stared at the burly demon before him, completely unfamiliar with him. This meant the man was hiding his true identity.

And the next moment.

Qin Ming's appearance instantly changed, transforming into an ordinary-looking young man.
When Lü Lu saw his face clearly again, her eyes widened, her mind reeling, and she exclaimed in disbelief, "You...you...Junior Brother Li!"

He originally thought he was the number one spy in the Lingmiao Sect, but to his surprise, he was actually the most secretive one, even though he was a disciple of the Lingyao Garden who usually kept a low profile.

"Fellow Daoist Lü, how have you been? I never expected that after so many years, we would meet again in this way," Qin Ming said, looking at him.

The reason he stopped was that during his time infiltrating the Lingmiao Sect, Lü Lu not only did not harm him, but also took good care of him, which could be considered the only good relationship he had with this person.

After a while...

Lu Lu seemed to have just accepted this fact, recovering from the shock, and said with a wry smile:

"I've made a fool of myself in front of Fellow Daoist Li. I never imagined that the last acquaintance Lü Lu saw before her death would be you."

"Even though I betrayed the entire human race, I have still accumulated some good karma; perhaps it is the will of Heaven."

"On my deathbed, I wish to make a deal with Fellow Daoist Li. Would you be willing?"

Seeing that he had ended up with such a fate, yet still seemed to have unfulfilled wishes, Qin Ming said calmly, "What was the deal? Why don't you tell me?"

"Hehe! The reason why I, Lü, dared to follow Ancestor Renshui and commit such a heinous act of betraying the entire human race was simply to save my Daoist partner's life."

"I would do anything for her, no matter the cost."

Over the next half incense stick's time, Lü Lu recounted a poignant story about her Daoist partner, Qingyin.
Qin Ming was quite moved upon hearing this, never expecting that this senior disciple of the Demonic Sect was actually such a devoted lover.

To save his Daoist partner, he was even willing to go against the entire human race and disregard his own life and death.

Finally, having said almost everything, Lü Lu took a breath and asked Qin Ming, "Since Fellow Daoist Li has been observing in secret and managed to remain undetected by the human race's Nascent Soul stage experts, it means your cultivation level is far superior to mine."

"You must have noticed me a while ago, right? When did you find out?"

Qin Ming replied calmly, "Back in Beidou Immortal City, when you were tracking the Nine Dragons Merchant Guild's caravan..."

"To be honest, I admire Fellow Daoist Lü's disguise skills. I didn't see through it at all back in the Lingmiao Sect."

As soon as these words came out.

Lu Lu gave a bitter laugh: "I thought I had hidden it well, but I didn't expect Fellow Daoist Li to discover it so early. I was just being too clever for my own good."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

He then coughed violently a few times, seemingly sensing his impending doom, and solemnly said to Qin Ming:

"I have brought this upon myself, but I have no regrets."

"To tell you the truth, Fellow Daoist Li, for the past ten years or so, Ancestor Renshui has been asking me to find something of paramount importance in the Demon Realm. Even for a Nascent Soul stage expert, it would be an immense opportunity."

"I'm sure Fellow Daoist Li is also aware that these old monsters are all after the Soul Clan's secret treasure."

"What Ancestor Renshui is after is a great opportunity that is rarely known to others among the secret treasures of the Soul Clan!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Ming couldn't help but show a surprised expression and asked, "What great opportunity is it?"

"Ancestor Renshui previously obtained some rubbings of the Soul Clan's secret clan history at the location of an ancient ruin," Lu Lu explained. "And after intercepting the Star Palace's information this time, and further investigation, we learned that within the secret treasure of the Void Spirit Clan lies a great opportunity unknown to most—the legendary 'Soul Cleansing Pool.'"

“If there is a way to enter this place, one can use the power of creation of heaven and earth to reshape one’s physical body and refine one’s primordial spirit. This is far more effective than the Heaven-Mending Spiritual Object or the Soul-Stabilizing Divine Object used to break through to the Integration Stage. Even those in the Integration Stage may be able to break through their bottlenecks. Therefore, Ancestor Ren Shui is extremely concerned about this matter. As for the complete map of the secret treasure and the method of entering, I have already found it in secret. However, knowing the temperament of my master, Ancestor Ren Shui, I have kept it a secret and have not handed it over to him,” Lu Lu explained.

As he spoke of this, his expression darkened.

He never expected that after doing so much for the Ren Shui Ancestor, he would be ruthlessly abandoned in the end. To him, even his disciple was just a dispensable pawn.
"I have hidden the method to enter the Soul Cleansing Pool and the map to the treasure in an extremely secluded place."

"If Fellow Daoist Li agrees to one condition, I, Lü, am willing to offer up this opportunity."

Qin Ming had originally gone there for the Soul Clan's secret treasure, but when he heard this, he became interested as well.

However, he also guessed something.

"Could it be that Fellow Daoist Lü wants me to help rescue your Daoist partner?"

“Exactly.” Lu Lu forced himself to sit up and nodded. “Actually, her soul was injured, but her primordial spirit hadn’t dissipated. She had fallen into a long period of slumber, and I had sealed her physical body with a ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Cold Coffin. There is still hope of awakening her.”

"If that's the case, I'm willing to give it a try, but I can't guarantee whether it will actually succeed," Qin Ming replied after a moment's thought.

Lu Lu forced a smile and said, "Fellow Daoist Li's words are enough."

He immediately sent a secret message to Qin Ming, telling him about an extremely hidden location.

"The place where Qingyin's physical body is preserved, and the opportunity hidden within, are both here. Fellow Daoist Li will know once you go there."

"Finally, if Qingyin ever has the chance to see the light of day again, please tell her for me."

As Lü Lu spoke, all her vitality vanished, and her voice grew softer and softer until it disappeared completely.
Thus, this chief disciple of the Demonic Sect perished in a foreign land.
Qin Ming asked, puzzled, "Big brother, what did you say to her? Just finish!"

"Ugh"

He sighed, collected the valuables from Lü Lu's body, and casually tossed his corpse into his storage bag, intending to give it to his main body as fertilizer for the Brahma Sacred Tree.
The crimes this person committed were far too heinous.
Perhaps this is another way to atone for one's sins.

If Qin Ming buries him on the spot, those few Nascent Soul stage monsters might find him. Given the extent to which the three major sects hate him, they might even have his corpse whipped.
After doing all this, his figure disappeared without a trace.

Qin Ming was also surprised. He was still thinking about where to find clues to the Soul Clan's secret treasure, but Lü Lu delivered herself right to his doorstep.

"It's actually the 'Soul Cleansing Pool' from the Soul Clan's legend! Tsk tsk tsk! I didn't expect it to actually exist?"

"If that's really the case, doesn't that mean I have a great chance to advance to the realm of physical body integration with the Dao?"

Qin Ming's demonic infant spirit, upon receiving such unexpected news, also felt a glimmer of hope.

If that's the case, then his physical body cultivation is very likely to reach the Integration Realm before the original body.

With this thought in mind, Qin Ming's demonic infant was enveloped in a surge of overwhelming demonic energy, and black clouds rolled towards a certain place in the demonic realm.

Such power astonished the surrounding demon cultivators, who all thought it was some powerful demon passing by and hurriedly tried to avoid it.

(End of this chapter)