Chapter 170

Chapter 170 Seven Killing Orders, Waves Rising

Seeing Lu Qing show no fear of the possible assassination attempt from the Seven Killings Tower, even the commoner-clothed youth was impressed.

At this moment, even he had to admit that what “Tian Gu” said before his death did have some truth.

Lu Qing might indeed be a peerless genius born before the advent of the era of great strife, blessed with destiny.

“Young Master Lu, this might actually be an opportunity for you.”

Seeing Lu Qing’s composure, the commoner-clothed youth, while inwardly impressed, also joked.

“Oh, what do you mean?” Lu Qing was slightly taken aback.

“The Seven Killings Tower is a mysterious sect with an ancient heritage, and likewise, it adheres to certain ancient rules.

The killing order issued from within the Seven Killings Tower is called the Seven Killings Order.

Once the Seven Killings Order is activated, you will face assassination attempts by the entire Seven Killings Tower, but these attempts are not unlimited.

According to the rules of the Seven Killings Order, it will only attempt on you seven times at most.

After seven attempts, if you are still alive, the Seven Killings Tower will lift the assassination attempt on you and will offer you the highest courtesy.

Not only will it treat you as a guest of honor, but it will also promise to never accept any assassination missions involving you again.

At the same time, it will declare to the entire assassin community that you have become a guest of honor of the Seven Killings Tower. Any other assassin organization that attempts to assassinate you will regard it as a provocation to the Seven Killings Tower and will face retaliation from the entire Seven Killings Tower.

And according to legend, in addition to these, the Seven Killings Tower will also offer an opportunity.

However, no one knows what this opportunity is.”

The explanation of the young man in plain clothes left everyone stunned.

I hadn’t expected the assassinations at the Seven Killings Tower to involve so many details.

“Master Zhirui, according to what you said, does that mean that as long as someone survives the Seven Killings Order, they will be protected by the Seven Killings Tower?” Wei Xinghe asked.

“That’s right,” the commoner-clothed young man nodded.

Lu Qing, however, asked, “Then, Master Zhirui, has anyone ever survived the Seven Killings Order?”

“Yes!” the commoner-clothed young man confirmed.

“The Seven Killings Tower doesn’t issue the Seven Killing Order lightly, but according to records from our Tianji Tower, over the past ten thousand years, the Seven Killings Tower has issued at least hundreds of them.

While events from so long ago are difficult to verify, in the last thousand years, three individuals have safely survived the effects of the Seven Killings Order.

The most recent of these individuals lived three hundred years ago.

And as rumored, those three individuals received protection from the Seven Killings Tower and, after that, never faced any assassination attempts.

It’s rumored that one of them was offered a bounty by a rising assassin organization.

However, as soon as the bounty was posted, before anyone could accept the task, the organization was completely eradicated overnight.

It’s precisely because of these incidents that we believe the Seven Killings Tower truly adheres to the rules of the Seven Killings Order.”

Only three individuals in the past thousand years have successfully survived the effects of the Seven Killings Order!

Upon hearing this, everyone finally understood the sheer difficulty involved.

My goodness, the odds are incredibly slim, even a narrow escape from death.

To say there’s a 100% chance of survival wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

No wonder the Seven Killings Tower made such a promise. For them, someone who could survive the Seven Killings Order appeared only once in hundreds of years.

If they truly encountered one, someone who could survive seven attempts by the Seven Killings Tower must be a peerless genius of exceptional talent and great luck.

For such a being, why not temporarily retreat and avoid them?

One astute guest pondered the situation and immediately grasped the underlying logic.

This rule of the Seven Killings Tower, while seemingly restrictive, actually provided a way out.

“So, Young Master Lu, you don’t have to worry about the Seven Killings Tower breaking their promise after you’ve survived the Seven Killings Order. This is an ancient rule passed down through the Seven Killings Tower for millennia, and they can’t be violated,” the young man in plain clothes concluded.

“I never trust my life to the promises of others,”

Lu Qing said calmly, unmoved.

“Whether the rules of the Seven Killing Order are true or false, I don’t care. If the Seven Killings Tower truly intends to assassinate me, they should be prepared to become my enemy. Then, it won’t necessarily be up to them to decide when to stop.”

Lu Qing wasn’t one to passively take a beating.

If the Seven Killings Tower truly intended to assassinate him, who knew who would be the prey?

Sensing the chill in Lu Qing’s words, the young man in plain clothes felt a chill in his heart.

He then remembered that the person before him wasn’t as kind as he appeared.

The other guests felt an inexplicable chill in their hearts.

Ma Gu, in particular, couldn’t help but recall the scene in Happy Village where he’d seen Lu Qing standing in the flames, sword in hand, surrounded by heads, corpses, and blood.

Because of Tian Gu’s assassination, the Wei family’s apprenticeship ceremony had come to a hasty end.

However, with the exception of the Qian family, the other guests weren’t disappointed at all.

This time, they gained a great deal from participating in the Wei family’s apprenticeship ceremony.

Not only did they witness a duel between martial arts masters, but they also learned a wealth of previously unattainable secrets.

Some of the most discerning individuals, in particular, gleaned crucial information from the conversation between the commoner-clad youth and the assassin.

For example, the disciples of Qingyun Sword Pavilion.

“What is this unprecedented change in a thousand years?”

Several Qingyun Sword Pavilion disciples gathered in a small courtyard, whispering.

“I don’t know, but the Tianji Tower has always been mysterious, knowing countless secrets. The Qisha Tower is also an ancient sect with a history dating back thousands of years. Something that would make them take it so seriously must be of immense importance.”

“This matter must be reported to the sect. If, as those two claim, the world is about to undergo a drastic change, we at Qingyun Sword Pavilion must be prepared!”

“Seventh Junior Brother, I’ll handwrite a letter later. You must return to the sect immediately and report today’s events in full.”

“Yes!”

After a brief discussion, the group reached a decision and turned to other matters.

“Speaking of which, that young master Lu is truly formidable. Even the Sevensha Tower’s Twelve Assassins couldn’t withstand a single blow from him, and he couldn’t even escape.”

One of the Qingyun Sword Pavilion disciples, still in awe as he recalled what had happened that morning.

The Sevensha Tower’s Twelve Assassins were known throughout the sect as extremely formidable figures.

Rumor had it that they possessed the ability to assassinate martial arts masters,

and the facts proved these rumors true.

The aura unleashed by that “Tian Gu” at that time was not only terrifying, but also had the strange effect of shocking the mind and stagnating thoughts.

Even the head of the Wei family, who was a martial arts master, seemed to be affected at the time, and his movements were slow.

But even such a terrifying killer was vulnerable in front of that Lu Xiaolangjun, unable to even escape. It was simply incredible!

“Yes, I can’t believe that in a small place like Cang County, there is such a peerless genius. I think even the top disciples of our Jiange Inner Sect are far inferior to this Lu Xiaolangjun in terms of talent.

The elders’ teachings were indeed correct. There are people beyond people, and there are heavens beyond heaven. There are always geniuses and evildoers in this world who are beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

We used to think that it was the people in Cang County who were shallow-minded and had never seen a true martial arts master, so they believed the rumors and over-praised Lu Xiaolangjun.

But we never thought that the real frogs in the well are us.”

Another disciple sighed in awe.

The remaining disciples, upon hearing this, fell silent.

There was no way around it. Lu Qing had truly astonished them.

They hadn’t expected a teenager to possess such martial arts accomplishments.

Even the terrifying Twelve Heavenly Assassins of the Seven Killings Tower were easily defeated by him. His strength was simply unimaginable.

More crucially, despite his formidable martial arts prowess, he was also a master of medicine, easily able to dispel the Seven Killings Tower’s terrifying blood-curdling poison.

His medical prowess rivaled his martial arts prowess.

A young man could achieve such accomplishments in both martial arts and medicine.

How could the Qingyun Sword Pavilion disciples not be astonished and baffled?

In fact, they were all somewhat relieved.

Fortunately, at the banquet, after hearing the praises of Lu Qing by the country princes, while they might have disagreed, they refrained from mocking the young master.

Otherwise, they would all be reduced to clowns, publicly slapped in the face.

It seems that when traveling abroad, it’s right to follow the elders’ teachings.

No matter the time or place, one must remain humble and never let arrogance or complacency creep in.

Now, several Qingyun Sword Pavilion disciples have deeply grasped the profound meaning of the elders’ teachings from their time in the sect.

Perhaps this is the true meaning of the sect’s invitation to experience life.

Just as the Qingyun Sword Pavilion disciples were experiencing the meaning of this experience…

In a small building in the County Venerable’s residence,

a young man in plain clothes sat at a desk, a jade pen in hand, writing furiously on a jade scroll placed on the table.

As he wrote, a light shone from the jade pen tip, transforming into characters that landed on the scroll, sank into the air, and vanished.

After writing for half an hour, the young man had recorded the events of the past few days in the scroll and passed it on to the sect.

He then put down his pen, stood up, and walked to the front of the small building. He gazed at the distant sky, his face filled with worry.

“A thousand-year shift is imminent. The world’s political landscape is about to undergo a drastic change. Demonic forces are stirring, and so too are the various evil ways. Where will humanity’s destiny ultimately lead?”

His conversation with “Tian Gu” had revealed to the young man in commoner clothes that the impending shift was no longer a secret among many of the leading factions.

He recalled the recent discoveries made by the Tianji Tower, and his worries grew even stronger. He felt

a deep sense of impending change, a sense of imminent chaos. He wondered how many more lives would be lost, and how many lives would be wrought. He

wondered if the Tianji Tower could adapt and survive such a drastic change.

He thought of Lu Qing again.

He still hadn’t been able to fully grasp this mysterious young man.

Even with the sect’s precious treasures, he couldn’t discern his true strength.

It was as if a veil of mystery enveloped him, obscuring any investigation or deduction.

Although he couldn’t uncover Lu Qing’s true identity, a nagging sense of alarm lingered within him. He sensed Lu Qing’s immense strength, a formidable one that even he might not be his match.

Considering Lu Qing’s age and Tian Gu’s final words,

the commoner-clothed youth couldn’t help but agree with Tian Gu’s theory.

Perhaps Lu Qing truly was a peerless genius born before the impending transformation of the world.

Only such a gifted individual, imbued with destiny, could defy the calculations of the Tianji Tower’s rare treasures and conceal their own destiny.

But were these exceptionally gifted individuals truly so terrifying?

The commoner-clothed youth recalled the sect’s ancient records.

According to them, when the world was about to change, heroes would rise, and countless geniuses would emerge, vying for destiny.

If these gifted individuals possessed Lu Qing’s terrifying talents, he couldn’t imagine the dazzling brilliance of the battle between so many peerless geniuses.

How could the Tianji Tower truly navigate the unfolding events and guide the course of events before such a formidable force?

Thinking of the sect’s ancestral precepts, the commoner-clothed young man felt his scalp tingling.

He couldn’t help but wonder if the sect’s founder was a little too whimsical.

“Zhirui, are you there?”

Just as the commoner-clothed young man was lost in thought, suddenly, there was a knock on the door from outside.

“I’m here, come in.”

The commoner-clothed young man casually put away the jade pen and the red book and jade scroll, and said lightly.

The door was pushed open, and the county magistrate Yan Canghai walked in with some wine, food and a chess set in his hands.

“What’s the matter?” the commoner-clothed young man asked.

“I want you to drink and play chess.”

Yan Canghai raised the things in his hands.

“Didn’t you drink a lot of wine at the Wei family this morning? Are you still drinking?”

The commoner-clothed young man was speechless. He found that his friend seemed to be getting more and more addicted to the wine glass.

“That little bit of wine is nothing. It was scared away by the killer from the Seven Killings Tower a long time ago.”

Yan Canghai placed the wine, food and chess board on the table.

“Come on, I see you seem to have a lot of worries too, why don’t you come have a couple of drinks with me.”

The young man in plain clothes thought for a moment, then decided not to refuse and sat down at the table.

His friend poured him a glass of wine.

After a few drinks and a few more moves,

Yan Canghai asked, “Are you still bothered by what the assassin from the Seven Killings Tower said today about the ten thousand year change?”

The young man paused, his face expressionless as he said, “This isn’t something you should know, so don’t ask. Have you forgotten the lesson you learned?”

This time, Yan Canghai didn’t back down. Instead, he smiled, “It seems that what ‘Tian Gu’ said is true. The world is really going to change.”

The young man was silent

for a moment before speaking, “Yes, the world is about to change, but not in the way you imagined.

Yan Canghai, put away your petty thoughts. This is not something you can touch.

If you meddle recklessly, not only you, but even my Tianji Tower, and even the Holy Mountain, could be shattered and doomed. Do

you want to drag your Yan family down with you into ruin?”

Upon hearing this, Yan Canghai’s expression finally changed drastically.

(End of Chapter)