Chapter 117: The He Family Wept, the Assassin's Halberd

Capital City, He Family.

The He Family is considered a major power in Lower Capital.

The so-called Lower Capital originates from the division of the original residents of Capital City.

Lower Capital is simply the ground-level Capital City.

Upper Capital refers to those floating islands in the sky.

There are twelve floating islands above Capital City.

Half are for military use, with all military facilities on them.

The other half, while part of Capital City's defense system, also has much land opened up for powerful individuals or families to reside on.

Like Liuyun Dao, it hosts the headquarters of many large conglomerates.

For example, the Heavenly Craft Pavilion, which specializes in weapon forging, has its headquarters on Liuyun Dao.

Another example is the Xu Clan Group, which specializes in crafting treasure garments; its headquarters is also there.

The Jia Clan Group, in fact, also has a building there.

For a large conglomerate to gain recognition, the simplest method is to build its headquarters on Liuyun Dao.

That not only requires spending a lot of money to buy land and construct buildings, but also demands high annual maintenance fees.

Without strong economic resources and a steady income, it cannot be sustained.

The He Family's strength is actually not weak; they have two Five Realm Grand Masters, one of whom is already close to the Six Realm.

However, the He Family's financial resources are relatively limited, and for now they cannot break into the Upper Capital circle.

"Twenty cubic Dark Energy, this time Lu Xun will surely die."

"At this rate, at most one month left, Lan Xing will enter the Dark Universe; then it will be Lu Xun's deadline."

"He wounded my Huan'er so severely; if the Dark Net's assassins cannot deal with him by then, I will personally find an opportunity to cut his corpse into myriad pieces!"

After night fell, the He Family's members gathered together, their words full of hatred for Lu Xun.

Because He Huan was injured too severely.

They invited the best healers to treat him, but after several days, He Huan still hasn't awakened.

The worst part is that the healer said He Huan's foundation has been damaged; if not repaired in time, his future growth speed and ceiling will both be affected.

He Huan is the most outstanding talent in the He Family's history.

He has the potential to breakthrough above the Seven Realm as a peerless heavenly prodigy.

The He Family's rise actually stems from a chance encounter on the Star Ancient Road.

Their foundation is not as deep as that of other great families in Capital City.

After great difficulty they produced a He Huan, only for Lu Xun to destroy him; naturally they hate Lu Xun to the bone.

Although He Huan brought it upon himself, if the He Family would reflect on their own faults, how could things have come to this?

It's like when you encounter a troublemaking brat; talking to his parents often does no good.

Because in his family, that brat is definitely the one with the mildest illness.

"Lu Xun has offended too many families this time, especially the Li Family; their descendants are also badly injured, yet with no foundation they dare to make such enemies—truly foolish!"

No matter how the He Family curses Lu Xun, they feel it's not enough.

"Family Head, Uncle, not good—there's a murder bounty on the Dark Net targeting our family."

At that moment, a He Family member hurried forward to report.

"What's going on? Who posted it?"

The He Family Patriarch stood up.

"I don't know; it's aimed at He Xiao Young Master and He Qiang Young Master. The other side is being generous— the two bounties' Dark Energy adds up to eight cubic."

A He Family member said.

Eight cubic!

The He Family Patriarch's face changed.

He Xiao's strength is only at the Two Realm; even one or two cubic of Dark Energy would tempt Dark Net assassins to take the risk.

Especially as Lan Xing draws nearer to entering the Dark Universe.

He Qiang has just reached the early Three Realm; with four or five cubic of Dark Energy, a Four Realm assassin is likely to strike.

Although the He Family is strong, lacking sufficient foundation, they cannot intimidate assassins.

If it were the Liu Family where Liu Xinghe resides, others might still be wary.

"Qiang'er, hurry and call him back."

The He Family Patriarch thought of He Qiang and quickly had someone notify him.

In the previous conflict, He Huan suffered the worst injuries, next was He Xiao, and the lightest was He Qiang.

He Qiang was frightened by Lu Xun's blows, so when the situation turned bad he fled the fastest.

"Family Head, terrible, terrible—Qiang Young Master has been killed!"

"What???!!!!"

The He Family Patriarch's face changed dramatically.

He Qiang was indeed killed.

The attacker was a Four Realm assassin.

If it were before, this Four Realm assassin might still have hesitated.

But now, with the great change underway, for the sake of Dark Energy and to gain more trump cards before walking the Star Ancient Road, he immediately accepted the mission and then struck He Qiang.

He Qiang was not without means to preserve his life, but being only early Three Realm and just recovering from serious injury, his reaction was a beat slow, allowing the Four Realm assassin to kill him in one blow.

"My Qiang'er!!!"

He family members saw He Qiang's corpse and all cried.

The three young geniuses of the He family ended up with one dead and one crippled.

Besides, there was He Xiao, who seemed intact but was actually half-disabled.

After the previous battle, Lu Xun became his heart demon entirely; if Lu Xun does not die, he will never accomplish anything great in this lifetime.

"One died... serves him right."

In the dormitory, Lu Xun put away a dedicated communicator.

There was a message from the Dark Hall above.

He Qiang's bounty was completed at a speed far beyond ordinary; it was finished within a day of being posted.

He spent six cubic units of Dark Energy for this.

The price was high, but it was worth it.

At least Lu Xun vented his anger, and his mood instantly relaxed.

【Bai Ling's alchemy proficiency broke through to the second-grade holy stage, and you gain thirty times Bai Ling's harvest.】

【Bai Ling's cultivation broke through to the fifth layer of Qi Gathering, and you gain thirty times Bai Ling's harvest.】

Not long after, another piece of good news arrived.

Bai Ling's alchemy proficiency finally broke through.

Second-grade holy stage!

That is to say, she can now refine second-grade holy stage pills.

With a breakthrough in alchemy proficiency, Bai Ling's cultivation increased as well.

When refining holy-stage pills for the first time, the meridian-borne cultivation increase is the greatest.

The thirtyfold return arrived, and Lu Xun's alchemy proficiency and cultivation began to rise again.

In the end, his alchemy proficiency stopped at the fifth-grade heavenly stage.

The gap between second and fifth grade is too great, so even with the thirtyfold return, it only allowed Lu Xun to break through to fifth grade and then rise all the way to the fifth-grade heavenly stage.

The meaning of fifth-grade heavenly stage is that, for fifth-grade pills, he can only refine heavenly-stage ones.

For grades below fourth, Lu Xun can naturally refine holy-stage pills.

As for the cultivation of the Dao of Immortals, it also increased by one layer, from the third realm third layer to the third realm fourth layer.

The gap between the second and third realms is already large, not to mention that Lu Xun broke through to the third realm from the thirty-third layer of Qi Gathering; the thirtyfold return from the fifth layer of Qi Gathering being able to rise one layer is already quite good.

"Fifth grade... came just in time."

The breakthrough in cultivation did not make Lu Xun as happy as the breakthrough in alchemy proficiency.

Because after his alchemy proficiency broke through to fifth grade, Lu Xun could prepare some trump cards.

That is the fifth-grade battle pill.

Fifth-grade talismans are too expensive; defensive talismans are already costly enough, and offensive talismans would be several times more expensive.

Lu Xun cannot afford too many.

Then he would refine fifth-grade battle pills himself.

So, for the next few days, Lu Xun went nowhere.

He didn't even reply to Aodaili's message.

As for Aodaili's true purpose, Lu Xun couldn't be bothered to guess.

First strengthen himself, then talk.

However, what struck Lu Xun as strange was that after these few days, Barbara's curse no longer caused cramps.

Could it be that the curse also has restorative abilities?

【Murong Wan's Taia Sword Technique broke through to the second stage, and you gain thirty times Murong Wan's.】

【Your Wanjie Wuxiang Sword has received an upgrade.】

Two days later, the harvest arrived again.

Murong Wan's Taia Sword Technique broke through.

The last time Lu Xun personally taught her, she still couldn't fully learn the Wanjie Wuxiang Sword.

The time was a bit too short.

Fortunately, his help to her was not minor, which is why her Taia Sword Technique broke through so quickly.

For such sword techniques, the first move is relatively easy, while the second move's difficulty increases sharply.

Lu Xun's Wanjie Wuxiang Sword became even more formidable.

"Done!"

On the day before the secret realm assessment, Lu Xun finally managed to produce his trump card.

A fifth-grade heavenly-stage Thunderfire Thunderbolt Pill.

With this, combined with his Fiery Eyes Golden Gaze and other means, striking unexpectedly, even a fourth-realm master could be killed!