After marrying his master's wife, he reached the peak of his life

Chapter 85: The Sword of Death (Seeking Follow-up Reading)

Lu Chengfeng and Li Mo traveled day and night on horseback to Zhongdu.

In fact, the reason why Lu Chengfeng went to Zhongdu this time was not just for Su Wanqing.

Ever since the Lord of Youdu issued the challenge, the top leaders of the sect have been engaged in a fierce game of chess. Each peak has its own interests and ideas, and the conflicts between the top leaders have become increasingly acute under the pressure of external forces.

With Zhu Yuxian's cultivation and combat capability, as well as the loyalty and achievements he showed in the last battle, even if he has no chance of becoming the sect leader, the position of the chief of Xuanhe Peak should be no problem for him.

However, some senior members of the sect believed that she was from Youdu, and that those who were killed in the previous fighting were all from the three sects, not from Youdu, so they did not trust her.

For this reason, someone appointed the head of Xuanhe Peak as the sect leader concurrently. Even if they want to choose another person, they should wait until the sect leader comes out of seclusion before deciding on it, so as to delay the matter.

This actually also represents the attitude of a large part of the senior management of the sect. Although there is support from Doushatangzhu, the matter ultimately came to nothing.

Because Zhu Yuxian herself was not concerned about this matter. If she took a proactive attitude, even if someone opposed it, no one could compete with her for the position of the leader of Xuanhe Peak.

Apart from the position of the leader of Xuanhe Peak, the most intense struggle within the sect during this period was over the future of the Yuncang Sword Sect.

Led by Taoist Xuanyang, the head of Qingyun Peak, together with Chixiao and Baihong Peaks, they all believed that they should unite with Yanzhou Luori Sect to resist the invasion of Youdu.

However, Zhu Yuxian believed that Sunset Sect could not be relied upon at all. There were no powerful celestial beings in Sunset Sect itself, and the sect had been complacent over the years.

Although there are strong men in the half-step heavenly realm who can threaten the heavenly realm with the treasures of their sect, it is extremely difficult to make them offend Youdu for the sake of Yun Cangjian Sect, even if they know the principle of "the lips and the teeth are cold".

The Lord of Youdu is a powerful celestial being, and his momentum sweeping across the north is unstoppable. Yun Cang must have external aid to get a chance to breathe under the pressure of Youdu.

And this foreign aid is none other than the Lord of the Zhongdu Sky Patrol, a powerful man in the realm of heaven and man who has many titles such as the King of Heaven, the Lord of the Divine Capital, the Lord of Gods, the King of Sky Patrol, and the Lord of the Sky Patrol—Mu Yunting.

Only this person's intervention can compete with the Lord of Youdu.

However, Zhu Yuxian's idea was refuted by many inner peak elders, who believed that he wanted Youdu to seize the Northland and Yuncang without bloodshed, and that he was worthy of death.

More importantly, once you join the Sky Patrol Division, you will be bound and governed by its rules. This is difficult to accept for the Yuncang Sword Sect, which was once a local overlord, free and easy, and enjoyed most of the resources in the entire Liangzhou.

This is simply asking the local lords to surrender. Most people will never agree unless they are at their wit's end.

But Zhu Yuxian's idea was supported by Old Man Kuzhu of Huanglong Peak. As one of the trump cards of the Yuncang Sword Sect to resist the gods, Old Man Kuzhu holds a pivotal position, and his words can influence the direction of the entire sect to a great extent.

After fierce disputes, discussions and exchanges of interests among the top leaders of the sect, the sect decided to take a three-pronged approach.

The Taoist Xuanyang, the head of Qingyun Peak, went to Luori Sect in person to discuss the alliance between the two sects. This was one of the discussions.

Secondly, the sect opened its treasury and sent true disciples to travel around the counties of Liangzhou to collect all kinds of natural treasures in preparation for refining five magic swords. These swords would be wielded by the heads of the Five Peaks, who would set up the Great Five Elements Extinction Sword Formation to fight against the Lord of Youdu.

Third, they sent Du Mengyan, one of the three heroes in the sect and a female disciple known as the Fairy of Qionghua, as well as Tan Xiong and Du Xiaoyue from the seven heroes to Zhongdu to represent the Yuncang Sword Sect in bringing in foreign aid. Just looking at the resources mobilized by the candidates sent along these three routes, we can see that going to Zhongdu was just a simple attempt, without much hope at all, and even a bit perfunctory.

They wanted the Lord of Zhongdu to take action to resist another celestial being, but they only sent one true disciple from their sect to negotiate, showing no sincerity at all.

Therefore, Zhu Yuxian privately gave Lu Chengfeng a task, asking him to pretend to be a person from Youdu and kill the genius on the Xuntiansi Ranking in Zhongdu, so as to intensify the conflict between the two sides.

On that day, Zhu Yuxian gave Lu Chengfeng a black box, which contained three items: a Hunyuan Five Elements Pill, a human skin mask, and a "Sword of Killing and Impermanence".

"The Sword of Killing" is Youdu's unique martial art. The biggest feature of this martial art is that the sword wounds have no obvious characteristics. If you are not a person who is very familiar with Youdu's martial arts, you can't tell that it is Youdu's swordsmanship at all.

The biggest source of income for Youdu is the killer organization. Thirty percent of the famous killers in the underworld come from Youdu, but ninety percent of the unknown killers come from Youdu.

The habit of the Youdu killer is to come and go without a trace, making it difficult for people to catch them. If they fail to hit him, they will escape thousands of miles away.

Xuanhe Peak's "Xuanhe Qianying Tongyou Sword Art" is originally similar to Youdu's martial arts, and it follows the path of fast sword that determines life and death with one sword.

Once you obtain the "Sword of Unpredictable Killing", you only need to figure out the moves and methods of using the strength, and you can imitate 90% of it. Unless you have practiced this skill yourself, it will be difficult to find any abnormalities.

Lu Chengfeng couldn't help but sigh at the experience of his own master. The reason why he chose the "Sword of Immortality" instead of other skills that would more easily reveal the traces of Youdu was because of his grasp of the timing and measure.

If one can tell at a glance that it is the Youdu technique, then those people in the Sky Patrol are not fools and they can easily think of it as a frame-up.

But when they went through so much trouble to investigate and even invited experts to examine the wounds, and only after multiple judgments did they discover traces of the "Sword of Killing", how could they still believe that Youdu was innocent?

Even if we confront the people of Youdu, they will deny it and say that the sword wound was not caused by Youdu and there will be a difference.

But if he had not personally practiced the "Sword of Impermanence of Killing", who could have inflicted such a sword wound? Leaving it a little bit intentionally would only make it seem like he was trying to cover up something.

It can be said that Zhu Yuxian's move was simply superb, and she had a perfect grasp of the measure and timing. As long as Lu Chengfeng did a good job, he would definitely arouse suspicion from both sides.

As long as the subsequent preparations and detonations are in place, there is no need to worry that they will not be able to fight. After all, the Lord of Youdu's intention to devour the North has long been exposed, and a battle with Zhongdu will come sooner or later.

When the war reached their doorstep, they could not help but be angry.

In addition to the "Sword of Killing", the human skin mask is not an ordinary item, but a rare treasure. Once worn on the face, it will fit perfectly with the skin. Unless it is removed with special medicine, no abnormality can be detected even if you touch it with your hands.

However, once the appearance of the mask is fixed, it will take at least a hundred days to soften before it can be replaced with another face. Therefore, the face cannot be changed anytime and anywhere.

The Hunyuan Five Elements Pill is an extremely precious pill even to the elders. Just this one pill is enough for Lu Chengfeng to improve his internal strength to the eighteenth level of perfection.

Before going down the mountain, Lu Chengfeng had already swallowed it. It would only take him a dozen days to completely digest it, and his internal strength would naturally break through.

By then, you will be not far from the sword intent!
(End of this chapter)