Chapter 284

Chapter 284: Easily Killed, the Infernal Walker

“The aura is strange and tinged with murderous intent. Which force is trying to deal with us?”

Lu Qing thought to himself, sensing the hidden auras heading straight for their courtyard. He

then sent a message to his master outside: “Master, there are a few people coming from outside. They seem to be up to no good.”

As soon as he finished sending the message, Lu Qing felt his shoulders sink. He turned and saw Xiao Li staring ahead with a look of alarm.

“Xiao Li, did you sense it too?”

“Yes, Xiao Li, I sense four very powerful individuals heading this way.”

Xiao Li’s childish voice echoed in Lu Qing’s mind.

“It’s okay. Protect Xiao Yan here. I’ll go out and take a look.”

Lu Qing soothed Xiao Li’s slightly ruffled fur and said softly.

When Lu Qing left the room, he saw his master and Lin Zhirui standing in the courtyard with serious expressions.

“Young Master Lu, Elder Chen just said…”

Lin Zhirui was about to ask, but seeing Lu Qing’s look, he immediately changed his tone: “You’re having some problems with your cultivation, aren’t you?”

“Yes, during today’s battle with that bald donkey from Xuankong Mountain, I suffered some internal damage from the recoil of his Vajra Dharmakaya.

It’s not a big deal, though. I’ve already taken the elixir. I just need to regulate my breathing overnight, and by tomorrow, I should be fine.”

Lu Qing coughed twice, his face pale and his breath slightly weak as he replied.

“Then Young Master Lu, you must get well soon. Thankfully, you concealed your actions well during the day, keeping the people from Xuankong Mountain from noticing,” Lin Zhirui said thankfully.

As soon as he finished speaking, four black figures, wielding short swords, suddenly shot out from the darkness. Two of them charged directly at Lu Qing, while the remaining two headed for the old doctor.

Their speed was so incredible that even Lin Zhirui, who had received the doctor’s warning beforehand, was still startled.

Judging from the aura emanating from the attackers, each of these four figures was far more powerful than him, at least at the level of the Minor Success Innate Realm.

More importantly, he hadn’t noticed their presence at all before they attacked.

Not even the sect’s rare treasures in his possession gave him the slightest warning.

This was unprecedented in his entire life, since he had been refining rare treasures.

“Be careful!”

Lin Zhirui couldn’t help but exclaim.

Then, the next moment, he witnessed something even more shocking.

Facing the attack of the two black figures, Lu Qing initially showed a look of panic, but when the two figures actually approached, his expression suddenly straightened.

A long sword had appeared in his hand without anyone noticing.

The blade flashed, and a terrifying murderous intent, like a storm, surged towards the two figures.

“Not good!”

Lu Qing’s spiritual power was so powerful, and the murderous intent it unleashed was even more terrifying.

Despite their battle-hardened minds, the two black figures couldn’t help but freeze in the face of such terrifying murderous intent.

In that instant, Lu Qing’s thundering blade flashed overhead.

Fortunately, the two figures were truly exceptional. Though their minds were affected, their honed martial arts instincts no longer required any mental control. At the last moment, they raised their daggers to block the blade’s glare.

Boom! Boom!

The daggers in the hands of the two black figures were clearly no ordinary artifacts, but divine weapons.

Despite meeting Lu Qing’s blow, they surprisingly didn’t sever instantly.

Though they blocked the blade’s edge, in their haste, the two figures couldn’t fully withstand Lu Qing’s terrifying force.

The mere collision sent them flying like two balls, sent them careening backwards at an even faster speed, crashing through the courtyard wall and sending a cloud of dust billowing into the air.

“Want to leave?”

Lu Qing’s spiritual perception was now so sharp that he immediately noticed that his two slashes hadn’t caused much damage to the two figures.

Instead, they were trying to use this opportunity to retreat.

His gaze fixed, and without a movement of his feet, he disappeared from his position, plunging directly into the smoke and dust.

The next moment, the flash of his sword blazed again, unable even to conceal the smoke and dust.

Two screams were heard, and then silence followed.

When the smoke and dust settled, Lin Zhirui saw that outside the broken wall, the two black figures had collapsed to the ground, their heads torn apart, dead beyond death.

Looking back in the courtyard, in front of the old doctor, two figures lay supine at his feet.

Each had a sword mark between their eyebrows,

clearly killed by the old doctor’s sword energy piercing the eyebrow acupoint.

“Brother Lu Qing, what happened?”

At this moment, Ma Gu and others rushed out of their rooms, shocked by the scene in the courtyard and the bodies at the old doctor’s feet.

“It’s okay. A few scoundrels tried to sneak in and assassinate me, but they were dealt with by Master and I.”

Lu Qing explained, and then he felt some of the remaining sword energy on the two figures.

He couldn’t help but admire: “Master, after you comprehended the Holy Pool, your swordsmanship has become even more powerful.”

Hearing this, Lin Zhirui also nodded in agreement.

Just now, he was only focused on watching Lu Qing’s battle with the two black figures, and didn’t notice how the old doctor dealt with the enemy.

He remembered the terrifying sword energy field displayed by the old doctor on the Holy Mountain during the day, and knew that the old senior’s attainments in swordsmanship had probably reached an unfathomable realm.

“The Holy Pool is indeed profound and can greatly increase one’s understanding. When you break through to the Innate Realm in the future, Ah Qing, you can also try to comprehend it.” The old doctor smiled.

“If there is a chance, I really need to see it.”

Despite possessing supernatural powers, Lu Qing remained deeply intrigued by this mystical place, capable of unexpectedly increasing one’s understanding.

Lin Zhirui, however, was struck by the old doctor’s words.

According to the old doctor, didn’t this mean that Lu Qing was still only at the Postnatal Realm? Had

he truly achieved this level of cultivation in the Holy Mountain earlier that day, and had inflicted a crushing blow on Master Xuan Nu of Xuankong Mountain with a single strike?

For a moment, Lin Zhirui was inexplicably shaken.

He found it difficult to imagine how Lu Qing had cultivated.

To possess such terrifying strength, while still in the Postnatal Realm, could rival those of the Innate Realm.

“Sir Zhirui, do you know the origins of these individuals?”

Lu Qing used his sword to remove the black masks from the two corpses in the courtyard, revealing the faces of two ordinary, middle-aged men.

Although he had secretly used his supernatural powers to ascertain their identities, he still wanted to hear Lin Zhirui’s opinion.

Lin Zhirui examined them carefully for a moment and shook his head. “Forgive my poor eyesight, but I’ve never seen these people before, and there’s no record of them in the files I’ve reviewed.”

He felt a pang of confusion. Logically, these individuals were so skilled, each a martial arts expert above the Xiantian realm. Their Tianji Tower shouldn’t have been unrecorded.

“If I’m not mistaken, these individuals should be from the Wujian Tower.”

Just then, a voice rang out from outside, and the Tianji Tower Master slowly walked in.

“Master!” Lin Zhirui hurried to greet him.

“Master, do you know the origins of these people?”

Lu Qing wasn’t surprised by the Tianji Tower Master’s appearance.

Their earlier fight had been quite noisy, and it would be strange if a master like the Tianji Tower Master hadn’t noticed.

“I’m late, please forgive me,” the Tianji Tower Master said apologetically. “These people are truly amazing at concealing themselves. Even I was fooled by them and didn’t detect their tracks.”

“It’s okay, just a few rogues. There’s no need to trouble the Master. We can handle them,” Lu Qing said with a smile.

“These guys are definitely not rogues.”

The Tianji Tower Master condensed a sword energy in his hand and slashed it across one of the corpses, slicing through the shirt and revealing a strange tattoo on the chest.

Seeing the tattoo, he sighed. “Sure enough, they’re from Wujian Tower. I didn’t expect this terrifying organization to still exist.”

“Master, what is Wujian Tower? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of it?” Lin Zhirui asked.

“Of course you haven’t, because this sect has disappeared for hundreds of years.

I thought it was completely destroyed and no longer exists, but I didn’t expect it to still be hidden in the dark.” The Tianji Tower Master sighed.

“This Wujian Tower is a terrifying assassin organization that suddenly emerged over four hundred years ago.

Its rise to prominence was remarkable, and at its peak, it even surpassed the Seven Killings Tower.”

“Ever more powerful than the Seven Killings Tower?” Lin Zhirui was astonished.

You know, the Seven Killings Tower is the most powerful sect in the assassin world today, its influence so immense that many Zhongzhou sects have to retreat.

If this so-called Wujian Tower could even suppress the Seven Killings Tower, how much more powerful could it be?

“Yes, although the Seven Killings Tower is an ancient sect with a long tradition, when the Wujian Tower rose to power, even this ancient assassin sect with a tradition of thousands of years could not match it in the art of assassination.

These two assassin sects once competed for dominance in the assassin world.

Each side sent out ten assassins from the Xiantian realm and ten assassins from the Acquired realm to compete in assassination techniques.

The result was a complete defeat for the Seven Killings Tower.

Out of twenty competitions, the Seven Killings Tower lost seventeen, and fifteen of its disciples died in the competition.

After that competition, the Seven Killings Tower was severely damaged and had to withdraw from the competition for the top spot in the assassin world.

Since then, the power of the Wujian Tower has expanded again, reaching its peak.”

“If the Wujian Tower is so powerful, why have we never heard of this sect?” Lin Zhirui asked.

“Because the Wujian Tower has gone too far.” The master of the Tianji Tower showed a hint of mixed emotions in his eyes.

“When this sect was rising, they acted rather crazy. They would accept any commission and did many cruel things.

After defeating the Seven Killings Tower and taking the position of the number one sect in the assassin world, their power expanded again, but they did not restrain themselves and digest their gains.

On the contrary, they became more unscrupulous.

Their assassination operations became more and more crazy. They were willing to accept any commission, no matter how immoral it was.

They were even willing to do things like assassinating babies.

Even disciples from other sects were assassinated.

Sometimes, they would do anything to complete the mission.

They even did things that were hated by heaven and man, such as poisoning an entire city in order to assassinate one person.”

Such behavior made everyone shudder.

Magu couldn’t help but say, “Is this Wujian Tower crazy? With such behavior, can other sects tolerate them?”

“So they disappeared later.” The master of Tianji Tower said.

“Wujian Lou’s brutality and wanton, indiscriminate assassinations were no different from demonic, and naturally, they were unacceptable to other sects.

Therefore, under the call of the Holy Mountain, all the major sects launched a sudden crusade against Wujian Lou.

Though Wujian Lou was powerful, no matter how strong it was, it was no match for a mantis trying to stop a chariot under the universal attack.

So, after several years of purges, Wujian Lou was completely uprooted, even its most secretive headquarters was breached and destroyed, and all its disciples were slaughtered.

To ensure the sect’s complete demise, the major sects even sealed all information about Wujian Lou

, burying this evil sect in history.

We thought Wujian Lou had been completely eradicated, but unexpectedly, remnants still exist.

And judging by their condition, they may have even grown stronger.”

The Tianji Tower Master’s gaze fell on the corpses, a complex expression of

shock and uncertainty.

“Master, you said Wujian Tower has been gone for hundreds of years. How can you be sure these people are Wujian Tower disciples?” Lin Zhirui asked.

“Look at the tattoos on their chests.” The Tianji Tower Master pointed to the clothes he had previously cut. “This tattoo is the unique symbol of Wujian Tower.

It is said that this tattoo is also a secret technique. The tattoo contains a very terrifying drug.

When a Wujian Tower disciple is faced with a desperate situation, they only need to activate the secret technique and absorb the drug in the tattoo.

In a short period of time, their strength will increase by more than tenfold.

However, this secret technique can only be used once, because after using it, the user will inevitably die of exhaustion.

It also takes a considerable amount of time to activate. As long as the Wujian Tower disciples can interrupt the tattoo before it is fully absorbed, there is no need to worry.

Back then, when the major sects attacked Wujian Tower, they suffered heavy losses due to this secret technique because they were unaware of the situation, and many masters were killed.”

Everyone’s eyes fell on the tattoo on the corpse’s chest.

It was hard to believe that just this small tattoo could increase a person’s strength tenfold.

Magu and the others were even more grateful.

Fortunately, Lu Qing and the old doctor had killed them before they could unleash their secret techniques.

Otherwise, the consequences would have been disastrous.

“Besides this tattoo, there’s another key element: their method of concealment,” the Tianji Tower Master continued.

“Wujian Tower possesses a core inheritance known as the [Wujian Walker]. This inheritance possesses exceptionally unique capabilities in concealing auras.

Once unleashed, even a Xiantian Realm expert would struggle to detect their presence.

It was precisely this inheritance that allowed Wujian Tower to act so brazenly in the past.

They were certain that if they ever sought to conceal themselves, no one would be able to find them.

Indeed, when the major sects of the world attacked Wujian Tower, their initial traces were practically unattainable.

It was only after the Seven Killings Tower expended considerable effort to develop a method to break the [Wujian Walker] that they were finally able to escape.

However, judging by what happened just now, it’s clear that Wujian Tower has refined this inheritance.

Even I, an old man, was deceived and unable to detect them immediately.”

At this point, the Tianji Tower Master cast a furtive glance at Lu Qing.

Even he hadn’t been able to detect these Wujian Tower members, but Lu Qing had.

How had this young man managed to do it?

Lu Qing didn’t notice the look in Tianji Tower Master’s eyes. He thought for

a moment and suddenly said, “Master, who do you think sent these assassins to kill us?”

(End of this chapter)