Chapter 152: Killer Intent, Bleeding Divine Bones

Aodaili left.

The next day, when Lu Xun woke up, Aodaili had already left.

Lu Xun picked up his phone, and there, in V-message, was a message from Aodaili.

"Lu, goodbye~"

Below the text was a picture.

In the picture, Aodaili sat on an international flight, smiling like a flower.

"Safe travels."

Lu Xun replied to her message.

This time she left the East, and I don't know when we'll meet again.

After Aodaili left, Lu Xun continued his own rhythm.

That was burying himself in alchemy.

As for Murong Wan, she hasn't returned to the dorm these past few days; it seems she's still with Fu Yue.

I don't know where Fu Yue has taken her.

After the secret realm assessment ended, we are now actually on vacation.

However, no cultivation school has released its students.

At this point, keeping the students at school is far better than sending them home.

Keeping them at school allows strong guardians to be deployed; once they return home, if Lan Xing steps onto the Starry Sky Ancient Road, they could be picked off one by one by foreign peoples.

【Murong Wan opened the Heavenly Listening Aperture, you gain forty times her harvest.】

The next day,

Murong Wan's return arrived.

She welcomed another breakthrough.

Heavenly Listening Aperture.

This is the first secret aperture of the ear aperture.

The first layer of the Aperture Penetration Realm is the eye aperture, the second layer is the ear aperture, the third layer is the nose aperture.

Among them, the eye aperture has the most divine abilities and is an extremely crucial aperture.

By comparison, the ear aperture has far fewer divine abilities, and opening it is relatively easier.

After opening the ear aperture, even if one does not gain its divine ability, one can still acquire some basic capabilities.

For example, listening to the wind to distinguish leaves, sensing the direction of nearby moving objects through airflow.

Another example is subtle sound penetration, which can filter out noise and focus on a specific sound source.

At the same time, one can gain resistance to sound waves; when facing sound-wave attacks, the ears' resistance greatly increases.

As for divine abilities, there aren't many that have names.

The most famous is the Wind-Following Ear.

There is also Heavenly Ear Penetration, similar to Heavenly Eye Penetration.

Heavenly Eye Penetration is used to observe the essence of the world, the heavenly principles, that is, the "Dao".

If one says Heavenly Eye Penetration sees the form of the Dao,

then Heavenly Ear Penetration hears the voice of the Dao.

The Dao has sound.

That is Dao sound, the Sound of the Great Dao.

If one possesses both Heavenly Eye Penetration and Heavenly Ear Penetration, after the Seven Realms, progress will be as swift as having grown wings.

"Little Wan, use the Dao-comprehension leaf."

"Okay, Teacher."

At that moment, inside a fortress in space, Fu Yue's voice sounded.

Within this space fortress lies a training base of the Beidou Hall.

Fu Yue specially brought Murong Wan here to help her open her ear aperture.

Ordinary students don't pay much attention to the ear aperture, but Fu Yue knows the importance of Heavenly Ear Penetration.

She hopes Murong Wan can awaken Heavenly Ear Penetration.

Murong Wan, following Fu Yue's instructions, applied the Dao-comprehension leaf to her forehead.

This Dao-comprehension leaf comes from the Starry Sky Ancient Road; it is said to be a leaf of the Dao-comprehension tree, extremely precious.

Immediately afterward, Murong Wan continued to assault the other ear apertures.

The Saint-grade elixir Lu Xun gave her, she had already taken.

Furthermore, with the high-frequency sound waves emitted from this cultivation chamber, Murong Wan smoothly broke open the Illusion-breaking Aperture.

Once the Illusion-breaking Aperture is open, a martial cultivator can to some extent resist sound-wave illusions, such as the Soul-Confusing Melody and Soul-Seizing Bell, etc.

If one encounters an illusion formation, one can also use the echo method to listen for loopholes in the formation's sound pattern.

Of course, it also depends on one's own level and the strength of the person casting the illusion.

If the illusion is too powerful, one will still be hit despite efforts.

After the Illusion-breaking Aperture comes the Soul-shaking Aperture, then the Echo Aperture, then the Thunder-listening Aperture, and so on.

In a short time, Murong Wan broke through five apertures in succession.

This isn't over yet; she continues to push upward.

Finally, after a few hours, she successfully broke through all the ear apertures.

【Murong Wan awakened Heavenly Ear Penetration, you gain forty times her harvest.】

【You have obtained Boundless Heavenly Listening.】

【Murong Wan awakened Wind-Following Ear, you obtained forty times Murong Wan's harvest.】

【You obtained Wind-Following Ear max.】

On Lu Xun's side, harvest arrived.

This time, Murong Wan's ear orifice opening was extremely successful; she awakened both of the ear orifice's two most potent martial divine abilities.

One Heavenly Ear Penetration, one Wind-Following Ear.

When returned to Lu Xun, the Heavenly Ear Penetration became Boundless Heavenly Listening, while the Wind-Following Ear remained Wind-Following Ear, only with an added max.

Equivalent to the strongest version of the Wind-Following Ear.

During the process of Lu Xun himself receiving the return, he had actually already awakened the martial divine ability.

Going through Murong Wan's side is obviously better, because the return allows a critical-strike-style upgrade of the ear orifice's divine abilities.

Apart from the martial divine ability, Lu Xun's other aspects, such as physical strength, also received further enhancement.

Compared to before, his strength has seen further growth.

【Chu Youqing broke through to the seventh layer of Condensed Origin....】

Not long after Murong Wan had just broken through, Chu Youqing soon welcomed a new breakthrough.

She has reached the seventh layer of Condensed Origin.

This wave of return allowed Lu Xun to successfully break through to the twenty-fourth layer of Condensed Origin.

After Chu Youqing broke through the three realms, each return's increase became greater.

If this continues, Lu Xun should also be able to rush to above the thirtieth layer in the Condensed Origin realm.

By then, breaking through the fourth realm will surely make his combat power even more terrifying.

While Lu Xun's harvest continued unabated, the He family was gloomy and dismal.

In the previous conflict, He Huan, who had been knocked unconscious by Lu Xun, finally came to.

His life was barely preserved.

At this moment, He Huan was sitting there, an Immortal Cultivator in a medical robe was performing a diagnosis.

A few minutes later, that Immortal Cultivator withdrew his hand from He Huan's wrist.

"Master Xu, how is it?"

The head of the He family hurriedly asked.

Master Xu slowly shook his head, a hint of solemnity appearing in his aged brows, and sighed: "His dantian is severely damaged, his foundation destroyed; in this lifetime... he will likely be unable to break through the Six Realms."

"Crack~~"

He Huan's five fingers suddenly clenched, the hard sandalwood armrest shattered like fragile paper under his palm, wood chips scattering.

"How could this happen!"

The head of the He family's body swayed violently, as if struck heavily in the chest, he staggered back half a step before barely standing firm.

He Huan is the He family's most outstanding young talent, and also the person with the greatest hope of reaching the Six Realms for the He family.

The He family possesses two grand masters of the Fifth Realm, yet lacks a Sixth Realm expert.

This makes them count as a major family in the capital, but compared to truly great families, they actually fall far short.

They can only show off their might in the lower capital.

If they want to enter the upper capital's circle, the Six Realms is the ticket.

"Lu Xun——! Deserves to die!"

A violent shout exploded, the candles in the hall all trembled.

He Huan's grandfather He Zhen's beard and hair all bristled, his murky old eyes bursting with terrifying ferocity.

His true qi surged around him, the blue stone bricks beneath his feet cracked like a spider's web, resembling an enraged old male lion.

Don't let his aged appearance fool you; in fact, he is the He family's strongest, possessing peak Fifth Realm strength.

But precisely because he is too old, his blood and qi have waned; He Zhen will find it difficult to break through the Six Realms in his lifetime.

He Huan, however, is the He family's hope.

Now, this hope has been destroyed.

"Grandfather, avenge me……"

He Huan slammed both knees hard onto the ground, the hard floor actually cracked with two fissures from his kneeling.

He clenched his fists tightly, nails digging deep into his palms, fresh blood dripping from between his fingers, yet he felt nothing.

"Lu Xun must die……" his voice hoarse, like a hellish evil spirit's low growl, "I will surely…… personally…… tear him to pieces!!"

"Good, I promise you; when Lan Xing enters the Starry Ancient Path, I will personally act, capture him for you to deal with!"

He Zhen's killing intent almost condensed into substance.

"Father, no."

The head of the He family hurriedly advised.

Although he also hated to kill Lu Xun, having He Zhen personally act, in his view, is not a good strategy.

Lu Xun currently is in the limelight, and also has two mentors, Fu Xue and Fei Tai'a.

If they were ordinary mentors, it would be fine.

But Fei Tai'a has repeatedly protected Lu Xun, and his importance to Lu Xun is common knowledge.

What makes them even more wary is Fu Xue.

Fu Xue's conduct has always been overbearing; even if He Zhen acted without leaving any trace, she would dare to come kill based merely on suspicion.

"What's wrong with that? This Lu Xun just won the championship, trampling all Fourth Realm students underfoot; once the news spread, Fourth Realm assassins wouldn't dare go, and as for Fifth Realm, those who can reach Fifth Realm—how many would actually become assassins?"

He Zhen had not been blinded by anger.

He has his own considerations.

Assassins are actually not exactly respectable.

Some Fourth Realm cultivators who have painstakingly risen over time might become assassins for Dark Energy.

But upon reaching the Fifth Realm, whether Immortal Cultivator or Martial Cultivator, they basically won't go on the dark web to take assassin jobs.

Isn't this digging a pit for oneself?

Even if no one discovers it, as long as one is not a killing maniac, it will somewhat affect one's Dao heart.

So, there are actually quite a few Fourth Realm assassins on the dark web, but Fifth Realm assassins are far fewer.

"As long as the price is met, someone will definitely take the job; even if no one in the East accepts it, Father, don't forget, on the Fusang side there are plenty of assassins."

The head of the He family had an idea.

"Never mind, you handle it; Huan'er's side might still have a turnaround, even if this time the node Lan Xing enters will be whatever it is."

He Zhen, under the persuasion of the He family head, ultimately gave up taking action himself.

Who made Lu Xun currently so prominent.

If Lu Xun were just a minor character, killing him would be no big deal.

"One million!"

"Two million!"

"Two hundred eighty thousand!"

Divine Province Auction House.

Another auction began.

This auction is for a fourth-rank Saint-grade elixir.

Although it is a fourth-rank elixir, because the common fourth-rank elixirs Lu Xun refined this time, the bidding was not as frenzied as before.

However, at this point the price is still not low.

Still, some wealthy Fourth Realm cultivators or great clans are willing to spend money to boost their cultivation, so as to gain greater benefits upon entering the Ancient Starry Path.

"Mr. Lu, it's a total of 96 units of Dark Energy, all transferred to you; please check."

After the auction ended, Xie Yuyan smiled sweetly and said to Lu Xun.

"Miss Xie, may I conveniently ask about your current salary?"

Lu Xun lightly tapped the table with his fingertip, then suddenly asked, his tone casual yet with a hint of inquiry.

Upon hearing this, Xie Yuyan's eyes flickered slightly, and her red lips curled into a playful smile.

"How? Mr. Lu, are you trying to poach me?"

Her slender fingers twirled around her hair ends as she half-joked, half-seriously.

"Indeed, I have an idea."

Lu Xun gave a slight nod, his gaze thoughtful as it swept over her neat attire, "but the specific details may need some time to be finalized."

He temporarily set the topic aside, not continuing the deep discussion.

Lu Xun had long planned to set up an alchemy consortium.

He and Bai Ling are skilled at alchemy, but not so adept at management and operations.

And this present, all-around capable Miss Xie—whether her decisive and efficient manner or her adeptness in dealing with people—perfectly matches his needs.

"All right~ then Yuyan... we'll await good news."

Xie Yuyan's face showed anticipation, the trailing tone like a honey-dipped hook, lightly trembling in the air.

"This treasure robe is indeed not bad."

Upon returning to the dormitory, Lu Xun's seventh-rank treasure robe was already filled with Dark Energy.

Yes, after this auction, Lu Xun acted extravagantly, obtaining a hundred units of Dark Energy and pouring them all into the seventh-rank treasure robe.

Such an amount of Dark Energy is enough for the seventh-rank treasure robe to withstand a full-force strike from a Seventh Realm expert.

As for the Sixth Realm, it would take quite a few blows to break through this robe's defense.

This treasure robe not only has astonishing defense, but when worn it can also change color and style at will.

When Lu Xun strolled outside and saw some nice clothing, a thought would move him and he could put on the new clothes.

"Click~"

Suddenly, Lu Xun's spatial ring cracked open.

The space inside that spatial ring instantly shattered, and the items inside fell to the ground.

"It broke after just this long? Refund the money, damn it!"

Lu Xun complained.

Whether it's a spatial bag or a spatial ring, there is a chance of breaking.

But this spatial ring was perfectly fine and hadn't suffered any attack, so how could it suddenly break?

Such an expensive item just broke like that.

Then we have no choice but to refund the money.

"Huh?"

Lu Xun suddenly noticed an anomaly.

Among the things that fell to the ground, there was a bone that was continuously bleeding outward.

"This isn't that divine bone."

Lu Xun's gaze narrowed.

This bone is precisely the divine bone that Blood Hades originally took out to absorb all damage.

Blood Hades called it the divine bone.

As for whether it is a god's bone, that is unknown.

From a cultivator's perspective, the so-called god is nothing more than an existence that is stronger and more overbearing.

After obtaining it, Lu Xun threw it into his spatial ring and never bothered with it.

Unexpectedly, this thing suddenly changed.

It... is bleeding!

"Isn't the spatial ring also broken because of you?"

Lu Xun guessed.

This god bone is somewhat eerie; it originally gave Lu Xun the feeling of being alive.

Now it is even bleeding, and it has damaged his spatial ring.

Thinking this, Lu Xun gathered all his other things into another spatial ring.

Then, Lu Xun drew that damaged holy weapon and stabbed it at the god bone.

He wanted to see just what eerie thing this god bone really was.

Although the damaged holy weapon is damaged, having been cut diagonally, its tip remains extraordinarily sharp, forming a point similar to that of a Tang sword.

With this thrust, Lu Xun's sword tip successfully struck the god bone.

However, the god bone suffered no injury.

"Not even a holy weapon can damage it?"

Lu Xun's eyes narrowed.

This holy weapon is extremely sharp.

Ordinary weapons are as fragile as tofu before it.

But now, this holy weapon actually can't do anything to a mere bone.

A holy weapon is the weapon of a Tenth Realm powerhouse.

Could it be that this bone is truly a god's bone?

"Try chaos power."

Lu Xun's mind moved, and he boldly used chaos power.

Back then, it was precisely by relying on chaos power that he broke through the god bone's protection of Blood Nether.

The holy weapon suffused with chaos power stabbed into the god bone.

The next second, a strange suction emanated from within the god bone, sucking the chaos power on the holy weapon completely dry.

Moreover, this suction traveled along the holy weapon to Lu Xun's hand, seeking to absorb his strength.

"Not good!"

Lu Xun sensed the danger and swiftly retreated.

The god bone did not pursue; it remained lying still there.

Although it is clearly just a bone, Lu Xun distinctly felt a piercing sense of mockery.

It seemed to be sneering, mocking, looking down upon this mortal who was helpless against it from a lofty position.

"Damn it!"

Lu Xun grew angry, moved his hands, and released phoenix true flame, sweeping it toward the god bone.