Chapter 313: Leaving the Node, Time to Develop

Grandfather, we're still far from the marriage proposal.

Fu Yue couldn't hold back.

This is completely unrelated.

The marriage proposal has come up!

She knows her grandfather's temperament well.

If it were someone else, Fu Yue might think they were joking.

But Fu Lao Ye saying this shows he's truly satisfied with Lu Xun.

He's serious.

This also gives Fu Yue a headache.

If she had known earlier, when her father came to South Heaven Gate to see Lu Xun, she should have told the truth.

Instead of now, where one lie requires more lies to cover up, until it becomes uncontrollable.

"You child, Lu Xun is already an adult; discussing marriage is natural—what's there to be shy about?"

Fu Lao Ye said solemnly.

He really is serious.

In Fu Lao Ye's view, someone with Lu Xun's potential should be seized early.

As for others' worries—like Lu Xun possibly getting stuck in the Six Realms, or dying young like a shooting star—Fu Lao Ye doesn't consider them important.

He has his own opinion.

"Senior, I'm still young; before breaking through to the Eight Realms, I won't consider marriage for now."

Lu Xun ran over to defuse the situation.

Fu Yue's lie is hard to expose.

If it's to be exposed, she should do it herself; otherwise it could cause trouble and embarrass Fu Yue.

Then let's stabilize things first and talk later.

"Eight Realms... well, with your talent, reaching the Eight Realms shouldn't take long; this old bone of mine should still be able to drink at your wedding."

After Fu Lao Ye calculated, he didn't bring up the marriage proposal again.

He felt in his bosom, took out an item, and handed it to Lu Xun: "This is our Fu family's heirloom jade; it can ward off a calamity for you. Since this is our first meeting, consider it a greeting gift."

Uh.

The heirloom jade has come out?

Lu Xun glanced at Fu Yue instinctively; seeing Fu Yue gesture for him to accept, he then reached out and took it.

"Thank you, senior."

Lu Xun said.

"I've accepted the greeting gift, but still calling you 'old man senior'—isn't that inappropriate?"

Fu Lao Ye was dissatisfied.

Lu Xun gritted his teeth: "Thank you, grandfather."

They are much older than him; calling them grandfather is no loss.

"That's about right. Oh, and this token is for you, to make it easier for you to enter the Fu family later."

Fu Lao Ye was now satisfied, and handed Lu Xun another token.

Lu Xun received it again.

"Alright, I won't disturb your young gathering. Today I'm very happy, haha~"

Amidst laughter, Fu Lao Ye departed gracefully.

Other members of the Fu family likewise followed and left.

"Lu Xun, Youqing, sorry..."

"Teacher, there's no need to say that; back then you were also trying to save Lu Xun."

After Fu Lao Ye left, Fu Yue was about to apologize, but Chu Youqing interrupted her.

Chu Youqing knew the full story, so she naturally wouldn't blame Fu Yue, nor would she blame Lu Xun.

"Sister, continuing like this won't work; we should find a chance to clarify things."

Fu Xue said.

"Mm! After Lan Xing enters a safe star system, I'll think of a solution then."

Fu Yue nodded.

"Lu Xun, Youqing, and little Wan, you three come with me to Greedy Wolf Fortress."

Immediately after, Fu Xue added.

After breaking through to the Seven Realms, the fortress where Fu Xue is stationed has changed again.

Greedy Wolf Fortress.

Greedy Wolf Star is the Celestial Pivot Star among the Northern Dipper Seven Stars.

After Lan Xing ascended in dimension, the starry sky has already changed, and it continues to change.

The Northern Dipper Seven Stars can no longer be seen.

Now using these names is merely a nostalgic tribute to the homeland and an homage to the old civilization.

Humans are a species that places great importance on historical inheritance.

"Okay, teacher."

Lu Xun had no objection.

Originally, Fu Yue had intended for Murong Wan to accompany her to Jade Balance Fortress.

Now Fu Xue, however, had the three of them follow her to Greedy Wolf Fortress.

The purpose of doing this should be to avoid suspicion.

Fu Xue feared that Lu Xun being together with Fu Yue would cause another misunderstanding.

Bringing Chu Youqing and Murong Wan along would dispel Lu Xun's worries.

For Lu Xun, he actually still wanted to be with Fu Yue, so he needed to find a way to bind her.

But since Fu Xue has said all this, if Lu Xun insists on going with Fu Yue, he will inevitably be suspected of ulterior motives.

Anyway, breaking through a minor stage of the Seventh Realm takes a long time, so we'll think of a solution later.

Thus, after discussing it, everyone went their separate ways to different space fortresses.

Not long after, they arrived at Greedy Wolf Fortress.

This fortress is much larger than Heavenly Authority Fortress, and its star-annihilation cannons are more powerful, which is why Seventh Realm cultivators are stationed here.

The number of cultivators stationed here is naturally greater than at Heavenly Authority Fortress.

The number of Fourth Realm cultivators exceeds a hundred, while Heavenly Authority Fortress has only a few dozen.

There are also many Fifth Realm cultivators and a few Sixth Realm cultivators.

After Lu Xun and the three arrived, they still chose the gun emplacement position.

This is the most crucial spot.

Fu Xue, as before, waited in the sky.

"We're about to enter the Dark Universe."

At this moment, Lan Xing was rushing toward the Dark Universe at high speed.

In the starry sky, a burst of firelight would occasionally appear, indicating that an invading space aberration had been wiped out.

The fortress's star-annihilation cannons had already finished charging and could fire at any moment.

After several hours,

Finally, Lan Xing plunged headfirst into the Dark Universe Passage.

"Starry River, you must surely catch up!"

In the Jade Mechanism City, Liu Xinghe's father finally glanced back at the brilliant starry sky behind him.

Lan Xing was about to leave.

Liu Xinghe, however, stayed behind.

No one knows whether Liu Xinghe will be able to catch up in the end.

"Roar!"

At the very moment Lan Xing left, an earth-shaking roar echoed through the starry sky.

This is the Ancient God.

It seemed to sense Lu Xun's departure.

"The dark beasts are coming!"

"Prepare for battle!"

Unlike last time,

As soon as Lan Xing entered the Dark Universe, it came under attack by the dark beasts.

These guys were waiting here.

This has become a pattern.

Whenever a dark beast tide is encountered while passing through the Dark Universe, a second encounter will occur when leaving the Ancient Road node.

Moreover, the second encounter starts out extremely fierce.

Nearly a year has passed, and Lan Xing's overall strength has grown considerably.

Furthermore, many experts have emerged from seclusion due to the Ancient Road node, so dealing with this dark beast tide will not be much harder than last time.

"Boom~"

The star-annihilation cannon emitted a roaring sound.

The shells fell into the dark beast tide from all directions, blasting vast numbers of dark beasts into ashes.

After several hours, the dark beasts began to enter Lan Xing's atmosphere and engage in close combat with the space fortress.

The battle became intensely fierce from the outset.

"Heh~"

This time Lu Xun found it much easier to cope.

With a raise of his hand, a vast barrage of flying swords shot out, along with dense fireballs, slaughtering the dark beasts that broke through the defenses in droves.

"The Lan Xing Star-Protecting Grand Formation has been broken!"

Three days later, a piece of bad news arrived.

The Lan Xing Star-Protecting Grand Formation was broken, and large numbers of dark beasts entered Lan Xing's surface.

"How could it happen so fast?"

"It's not just because the Yao Xing destroyed dozens of fortresses."

Lan Xing's situation once again became dire.

"Master, I'll go reinforce."

The situation at Greedy Wolf Fortress is relatively good, so Lu Xun prepares to go reinforce.

"Okay."

Fu Xue agreed.

Thus, Lu Xun left Greedy Wolf Fortress alone and headed to the area where the Star-Protecting Grand Formation had been breached.

These areas are mainly due to the fortresses destroyed by Yao Xing.

Without the fortresses, the protective star grand formation here was already weak; a single impact from the dark beasts broke it.

After the dark beasts find a breach, they will keep pouring in endlessly.

Likewise, due to the lack of attacks from the countless weapons inside the fortresses, the power of the dark beast tide reached its maximum.

Even if they are just ordinary dark beasts, a few hundred or several million coming at once can exhaust to death a cultivator of the Six-Seven Realm.

"Hold it~"

"Where is the fleet? Why hasn't it arrived yet."

"The fleet is on the other side; we won't have any support here."

"Damn it!"

Above a certain void, a large number of cultivators are engaged in fierce battle.

The dark beast tide has come violently, covering the sky and earth.

If there were a space fortress, the firepower network formed by its countless light and heavy weapons could eliminate seventy to eighty percent of the dark beasts; only those dark beasts somewhat stronger could break through.

But here, only a few warships about a kilometer long are providing fire support, and their firepower cannot be compared to that of a space fortress.

These cultivators are caught in a dilemma.

For such a large area, if they keep clearing the field, the consumption would be unbearable for them.

The dark beast tide is not just a few hours, nor a day or two; it must last many days.

If they do not clear the field, they simply cannot resolve it, and a large number of dark beasts will rush onto the ground.

"Boom~"

Suddenly, a vast amount of fireballs attacked, directly clearing a wave of dark beasts.

"So impressive."

"It's Lu Xun!"

Lu Xun has arrived.

"I'll clear the field; you handle the tougher ones."

Lu Xun flew to a high place and continuously cast fireball technique.

For him, the consumption is not great, but the effect is excellent.

Consumption is relative.

Compared to fighting in the Six Realms, the consumption is naturally greater.

Using fireballs to deal with ordinary dark beasts, this consumption is no problem for Lu Xun at all.

He can frantically throw fireballs while using dark energy to recover, and there's no need for special recovery.

"No wonder he's the top genius of the Heavenly Dao Battlefield; he's incredibly strong."

"Now I believe he has killed three hundred Six-Realm cultivators."

Some cultivators who know of the Heavenly Dao Battlefield exclaimed in astonishment.

Lu Xun's support instantly eased the pressure in this area.

As for other places, Lu Xun cannot attend to them.

Fortunately, this time Lan Xing did not linger too long in the Dark Universe.

Five days later, Lan Xing rushed out of the Dark Universe and arrived in a new star system.

The star of this star system appears blue; it is a blue flame star.

After Lan Xing entered, the star's light shone upon it, allowing Lan Xing to once again enjoy the long-missed sunshine.

The lights beneath the various space fortresses began to turn off.

The time for development has arrived.

Next, Lan Xing will resume normal day-night cycles and, in this star system, undergo development for several years.