Chapter 173

"Isn't that Lu Xun?"

Pure Void Academy,

Chu Youqing happened to see a livestream of a Tong City person.

As a cultivator, she actually rarely spends time online.

Recently, she had been waiting to enter the Rainbow Bridge, and with the insect disaster worsening, Chu Youqing began paying more attention to online news.

Well, coincidentally, she came across a livestream about Lu Xun.

As Lu Xun's girlfriend, Chu Youqing recognized at first glance that it was Lu Xun's back.

"How did he run out!"

Although Chu Youqing also thought Lu Xun looked really handsome at this moment.

One person, one sword, blocked the surging insect tide for the Tong City people.

But she was more worried about Lu Xun.

Lu Xun told her to never leave Pure Void Academy, but he himself ran out.

How dangerous it is outside!

This made Chu Youqing involuntarily stare at that livestream, fearing that powerful war insects or foreign tribes would appear to attack Lu Xun.

Fortunately, until the insect tide weakened, the Tong City garrison, with cultivators' help, retook the outer walls and again poured various heavy firepower onto the insect tide, Lu Xun encountered no mishap.

"All clear here, let's go, to Mysterious City."

Once the Tong City crisis was resolved, many cultivators hurriedly left.

Other cities still face crises.

This time the Martial Manor recruited many volunteers, dividing them into several groups, each responsible for support in a direction.

Among them, the volunteer team that came from the Capital City was the largest and strongest.

Other major cities, such as the Demonic Ones, River City, etc., also sent some volunteer teams to support nearby small cities.

"Brother, you're amazing, so strong at such a young age, you must be from a prestigious school, right?"

On the airship, a Fourth Realm cultivator proactively approached Lu Xun to chat.

"Hmm."

"No wonder, I truly envy you; I only managed to cultivate true intent and break into the Fourth Realm in my late forties."

That Fourth Realm cultivator was full of envy.

Fourth Realm and Fourth Realm are not the same.

The difference among them can be huge.

The age at which one breaks into the Fourth Realm, the level of true intent, actual combat strength, etc., can determine a Fourth Realm cultivator's social status and identity.

Like Murong Zhan, although he's old, he belongs to the relatively strong Fourth Realm.

Moreover, the Murong family has developed well; in a metropolis like Rong Cheng with a population of millions, they can also be considered a prestigious clan.

But some Fourth Realm cultivators, even if they have reached the Fourth Realm, still find it hard to meet the standards of a prestigious clan.

Especially those with few descendants.

"May I ask your esteemed surname, brother? My surname is Wang."

Although Lu Xun is somewhat aloof, that Fourth Realm cultivator didn't mind and continued to chat enthusiastically with Lu Xun.

"Lu."

Lu Xun said.

"Surname Lu... or are you a cultivator of Immortal-Martial Dual Cultivation? You wouldn't be Lu Xun from Big Dipper University, would you?"

His surname directly caused another Fourth Realm cultivator to react.

Lu Xun!

These two names caused more cultivators on the airship to look over.

Obviously.

They had heard of Lu Xun's name.

Lu Xun's current fame, although more resounding among many cultivation institutes.

But among cultivators in the Capital City, some have still heard of him.

"That's exactly me."

Lu Xun did not deny.

"Sure enough, it's you, Brother Lu; I've long heard of your name, you're truly amazing."

The Fourth Realm cultivator who recognized Lu Xun was extremely excited.

Although he is a Fourth Realm cultivator, he cannot compare to Lu Xun's kind of genius.

Can they compare?

He only reached the Fourth Realm after several decades.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will remain at the Fourth Realm for his whole life.

Lu Xun's prospects are limitless.

"Lu Xun? No wonder!"

The Fifth Realm Grandmaster surnamed Huang suddenly realized.

He is called Huang Huan, not young either, has been in the Capital City for many years; although he is a Fifth Realm Grandmaster, he only has a small family and has not become a great clan like the He family.

Great clans share a common trait: they are large.

Their populations thrive, often having several lineages; the whole family basically consists of cultivators, making it easy to produce genius-level descendants.

Families like this often require the effort of several generations to manage, and someone like Huang Huan is essentially fighting alone; in terms of power, he cannot compare to a big clan like the He family.

Lu Xun?

Another fifth-realm cultivator likewise cast their gaze.

This is a fifth-realm Immortal Cultivator who possesses a Mysterious Pill within his body, making his combat power quite formidable.

He, having been in seclusion for a long time, had not yet heard the name Lu Xun, so he did not react much.

But, as other cultivators revealed Lu Xun's monstrous talents in conversation, this fifth-realm Immortal Cultivator's eyes could not help but be moved.

So you are Lu Xun.

At that moment, a white-clad woman walked over and sat beside Lu Xun.

Who are you?

Clear Void Academy, Ran Bing.

The white-clad woman said.

A student of Clear Void Academy?

Ran Bing?

Lu Xun suddenly felt that this name was somewhat familiar.

That's right.

After thinking it over carefully, he finally understood why it felt familiar.

When accompanying Chu Youqing to register at Clear Void Academy, the two had seen Ran Bing's name on a ranking list.

Ran Bing had broken through to the fourth realm in her third year.

This was undoubtedly very impressive.

Like Cheng Gang, Wang Ping, and Jin Yuhua, they only broke through to the fourth realm in their fourth year.

However.

During the last cellar secret realm assessment, it seemed she wasn't present.

My strength had already broken through to mid-fourth realm, so I couldn't participate in that secret realm assessment, and thus I didn't.

After exchanging a few words, Lu Xun learned the reason.

Ran Bing's strength had already broken through to mid-fourth realm.

That is, the fourth layer of Spirit Tranquility.

Hmm, she is an Immortal Cultivator.

Lu Xun thought the Clear North student had just run out on his own, but he didn't expect there to also be a Ran Bing.

Perhaps sensing a kindred spirit on her, Lu Xun began chatting with her.

As they chatted, Lu Xun found Ran Bing's personality not bad.

Although her name contains "Ice", in fact she is not cold when interacting.

Ran Bing and Lu Xun talked more about the Insect Clan's situation.

Especially the introduction of some war insects, which served as a detailed overview for Lu Xun.

The Insect Clan has too many types of war insects; the most common are ordinary war insects with insect carapaces, which are also the most numerous.

The most troublesome are those war insects possessing special abilities.

For example, the Shadow Insect adept at assassination, the highly poisonous Poison Insect, and some with the Void attribute capable of traversing space, the Nether Insect.

The Insect Clan's homeworld is not here; they must have sent so many insect ships via wormholes. Maintaining a wormhole requires continuous coordinates; otherwise they cannot keep up with the high-speed movement of Lan Xing.

So I guess that deep underground on Lan Xing there is still a group of insects that have been lurking for a long time, continuously providing coordinates through some means. To resolve this insect plague, the quickest solution is to eliminate that group of insects.

Ran Bing speculated.

She is quite knowledgeable about the Insect Clan.

Lan Xing is so vast; who knows where they're hiding. Trying to find them is harder than ancient people reaching the heavens.

A fourth-realm cultivator couldn't help but interject.

Yeah, this is a tough problem.

Ran Bing nodded.

I don't know if the Heavenly Dao Eye can work.

Lu Xun thought of his own divine technique.

Once used, it is like possessing the Heavenly Dao Eye with an omniscient perspective.

He did not rush to use it; after chatting a while longer with Ran Bing, he found an opportunity to stand up, pretending to observe below while actually activating the Heavenly Dao Eye.

Upon activation, his field of vision instantly changed.

The entire Lan Xing gave a feeling of being able to see everything at a glance.

However, this does not mean Lu Xun can instantly see every corner of Lan Xing clearly.

He merely needs to think of where he wants to look, and he can see it.

Is it really that intense?

Upon looking, Lu Xun discovered that the battle in space was especially fierce.

Human warships and cultivators were doing their utmost to prevent the insect ships from landing.

But because there were simply too many insect ships, there was nothing they could do.

The space fortress played little role in this battle, because the insects simply did not go there.

On the contrary, the Star-Annihilation Cannon occasionally fired a shot, likely having detected a wormhole in deep space.

First, find the underground insects.

Lu Xun directed his view downward.

Looking downward, he saw that Lan Xing's underground contained vast subterranean spaces.

In the old era, there was a theory that Lan Xing is hollow, and it is not baseless.

"I can't take it anymore."

Lu Xun searched for a while and then stopped.

There's no way around it—observing the entire Lan Xing with the Heavenly Dao's Eye cannot be sustained for long.

This time I failed to find the underground worms; I can only wait until tomorrow to try again.

"We've arrived at Xuancheng; everyone, prepare for battle."

At this moment, Xuancheng is almost upon us.

Numerous cultivators stirred their spirits.

Xuancheng's grand defensive formation is already wobbling and on the brink of collapse; it could fail at any moment.

Fortunately, the worm tide here is not as fierce as that of Tongcheng.

"Go!"

Numerous cultivators surged out to attack.

Not long after, the crisis in Xuancheng was resolved, and the flying vessel took off again from here.

"Junior apprentice, how do you feel?"

After supporting several cities in succession, Ran Bing smiled and asked Lu Xun.

"Tired."

This is Lu Xun's true feeling.

Indeed, it's quite tiring.

"I'm also quite tired; have you noticed that these cultivators outside are weaker than we imagined?"

Ran Bing asked.

She said this via voice transmission, so others couldn't hear.

Lu Xun nodded: "Mm."

Indeed.

In this world, geniuses are actually just a small minority.

The masses are ordinary and commonplace.

On this flying vessel, most of those at the Fourth Realm have gotten there simply by aging.

"They are indeed weaker compared to us, but don't underestimate them—look, this time the scions of the great clans are hiding in the capital and not coming out, whereas they are volunteering, risking their lives."

In Ran Bing's gaze toward those nearby Fourth Realm cultivators, there is some admiration.

Lu Xun nodded, deeply agreeing.

Under the worm disaster, the capital is the safest place.

As for outside, even those at the Fourth Realm are not necessarily safe.

Along the way, the group has encountered no few dangers.

Already, some Third Realm volunteers have died, and some Fourth Realm have been wounded.

If it weren't for this team's strength being truly too great, acting alone would only increase the danger further.

"Careful!"

"Leave it to me."

In the following days, Lu Xun continued to follow the flying vessel, providing support everywhere.

After several days, everyone is somewhat fatigued.

On the contrary, he and Ran Bing have more and more common topics.

Although Ran Bing is a genius cultivator, her values are exceptionally upright, and she does not put herself on a pedestal.

From their conversation, Lu Xun learned that her background is not good; she is still an orphan.

An orphan, yet she managed to break through to the Fourth Realm in her third year of university.

Her level of talent surpasses even that of figures like Jin Yuhua and Liu Changfeng.

After just a few days, Lu Xun feels a certain closeness with her, like a confidante of the opposite sex.

They get along well in conversation, and many topics can be discussed together.

This may be because both are orphans who lost their parents, or perhaps because their backgrounds are similar.

"Has Qingbei been attacked?"

Another day passed, and Lu Xun received a piece of news.

The foreign peoples, finally unwilling to remain idle, took advantage of the worm tide's massive assault on the capital to sneak into the city by some unknown means and launched an attack on Qingbei.

They also employed some tactics, such as first attacking the Wanliu Academy as a feint to strike elsewhere.

Fortunately, Qingbei had made preparations beforehand; the foreign peoples did not succeed and instead suffered considerable losses.

Lu Xun's decision to give the Spirit Pill Pavilion a holiday was correct.

Because during the battle, Qingbei Street was also affected, and several buildings were destroyed.

"Damn it, these humans are like turtles in their shells; their geniuses hide and refuse to come out, so even if we launch a fierce assault we can't break through."

"These disgusting worms—if they weren't pressing so hard, we could completely bring in stronger experts."

On another side, in an underground space, a group of foreign peoples gathered together.

These foreign peoples include not only the demon clan, but also the shadow clan, the barbarian clan, and the winged clan.

They actually fight each other as well.

But after arriving at Lan Xing, their goals became highly unified.

That is, to strangle the geniuses of Lan Xing, causing a break in the emergence of talent.

I heard that the most outstanding talent Lu Xun from Qingbei is out there; we might as well deal with him first.

At that moment, a foreigner proposed.

Good, killing one Lu Xun is more useful than killing several hundred talents.

Another foreigner agreed.

Obviously, they had done their homework; they knew Lu Xun's monstrous nature.

How are we supposed to find him?

The internet—these foolish humans post everything online; we monitor cities with many distress signals; Lu Xun will surely go there, and then we'll split up to intercept!

Good!

Numerous foreigners quickly formulated a plan, then sprang into action.

This time, their target became Lu Xun.