Chapter 244: Cheng Yuan, who was so angry he vomited blood! Arrested again! (Part 2)

"As long as Elder Lu finds it acceptable."

Jiang Ye smiled faintly, his expression calm.

The curve of Lu Guizhou's mouth lifted another degree.

If he had only been somewhat interested in Jiang Ye before, he was now genuinely appreciative from the bottom of his heart.

This little old man's strength had completely earned his recognition.

His gaze swept over the cyan jade bottle in Jiang Ye's hand, and Lu Guizhou nodded inwardly.

It seemed the landscape of Tianyun Peak was about to undergo a major change.

Thinking back to how he had previously felt that the Tianqing Sect might not pass the sect assessment, he couldn't help but shake his head and laugh: "I was short-sighted."

Then, his gaze fell upon Cheng Yuan.

"Cheng Yuan, I truly did not expect your audacity to reach such a degree."

"It seems the Law Enforcement Hall's previous punishment for you was still too light."

"To the point that you treat the sect's rules as mere decorations."

As his voice fell, the smile on Cheng Yuan's face completely faded, replaced by a chilling sharpness.

"You... you..."

Cheng Yuan stared fixedly at Lu Guizhou before him, his eyes bloodshot; his charred chest heaved violently, and the bent finger that was still dripping blood trembled uncontrollably.

He nearly ground his molars to dust.

The hatred!!!

Why was it this Lu Guizhou again!!!

It was clearly just a hair's breadth away, just a tiny bit, and he could have burned that gray-clad old man to ashes...

He truly could not suppress the surging anger and unwillingness in his chest, and he roared in fury:

"Are you a dog for the Tianqing Sect!!!"

As he spoke, he suddenly exploded into action.

His charred figure, like a cannonball fired from a chamber, attempted to bypass Lu Guizhou and strike directly at the gray-clad figure behind him whom he hated to the bone.

Having gone completely mad, he could no longer care about such things.

He only wanted Jiang Ye's life!

"Tsk tsk, to act with such violence right in front of me—that's an additional crime."

Lu Guizhou's expression remained unchanged, though a rare, chilling cold light erupted in the depths of his eyes.

His figure had already moved the very instant Cheng Yuan acted.

Drifting forward like a spirit snake, his speed was far superior to Cheng Yuan's, and he actually intercepted Cheng Yuan's path, arriving first despite starting later.

"Spirit Snake Breath!"

Lu Guizhou used his hand as a sword, his five fingers pressed together like a snake's head, and with a flick of his wrist, he struck out as swift as thunder, like a spirit snake flicking its tongue.

Whoosh—

The speed of this move was so fast that his hand-sword dragged a series of blurred afterimages through the void, making it impossible to tell which one was the real body.

Immediately following, white-gold Primordial Qi suddenly bloomed from his fingertips, and the peerlessly sharp sword intent, like the venomous fangs of a spirit snake, instantly pierced through the protective fire aura on Cheng Yuan's body.

Pfft!

A soft sound that made one's teeth ache and skin crawl.

Lu Guizhou's hand-sword had heavily pierced into the center of Cheng Yuan's sternum.

A sharp, bone-piercing force poured out like a tidal wave, suppressing Cheng Yuan's explosive figure straight out of mid-air and slamming him into the ground with a bang, creating a human-shaped impression several inches deep.

Cheng Yuan was embedded in the soil, and bright red blood flowed out from beneath him, staining the charred earth a dark red.

From the explosion of movement to being suppressed, it had taken no more than a single breath.

"Such fast speed... Is this the 'Spirit Snake Wind Spirit Sword'?!"

A flash of hidden shock crossed Jiang Ye's eyes.

Although he knew this Elder Lu's strength was surely unfathomable.

Seeing him suppress Cheng Yuan until he had no power to fight back with just a single hand-sword still made him click his tongue in secret.

Moreover, Jiang Ye vaguely discerned.

Even though Lu Guizhou did not use a weapon, that hand-sword move should be in the style of the Upper Sect's peerless martial art, the "Spirit Snake Wind Spirit Sword."

"Cough, cough..."

Cheng Yuan was trapped in the ground impression, emitting violent coughs; with every cough, blood foam spilled from the corners of his mouth.

Lu Guizhou's simple and direct move finally brought the completely crazed man back to his senses.

It also made him experience once again the fear of being dominated by a Law Enforcement Hall Elder.

There are gaps even among Primordial Realm martial artists.

And the gap here was far greater than that among Divine Qi Realm martial artists.

"This Cheng Laogui has truly gone mad..."

"He dares to make a move right in front of Lu Guizhou?!"

Zhu Junwen and Shi Jian were stunned.

They also hadn't expected Cheng Yuan to be mad to such a degree...

It was one thing to put on an act in front of the two of them.

But to dare to act like this in front of Lu Guizhou...

One had to know that Lu Guizhou had entered the Primordial Realm by absorbing two wisps of Primordial Qi back in the day.

He was also proficient in the Upper Sect's peerless sword techniques.

He firmly ranked in the top five among all Primordial Realm martial artists in the entire Upper Sect.

His foundation was so deep that it was far from something they could challenge.

Lu Guizhou lowered his eyes to look down at Cheng Yuan, who was embedded in the soil and coughing violently. There was not a shred of pity on his face, and his voice was neither light nor heavy, yet it spread like a mountain wind, falling clearly into the ears of everyone on the peak:

"Chiyan Sect, Cheng Yuan. Repeatedly invading the Eastern Peak, acting with violence and injuring others!"

"Not only did you fail to restrain yourself in front of me, but you became increasingly arrogant—an additional crime!"

"You are now taken into custody by the Law Enforcement Hall to be dealt with strictly!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Chiyan Sect disciples who were still watching from afar at the Western Peak boundary all had their expressions change drastically.

What was going on...

Standing from this angle, they could only see Elder Cheng rushing toward the Eastern Peak like a madman.

They couldn't see what happened behind at all.

As a result, he was arrested by the Law Enforcement Hall again?!

This was just too outrageous...

Following the last time he was taken away for occupying the Eastern Peak courtyard, this was already the second time in just two months that Elder Cheng had fallen into the hands of the Law Enforcement Hall.

Since the Chiyan Sect moved into Tianyun Peak, when had they ever lost such face!!!

Zhu Junwen and Shi Jian looked at each other, both taking a deep breath, their eyes complex.

Cheng Laogui was truly in trouble this time...

Trespassing on the Eastern Peak was already a major taboo, and exploding into violence in front of Lu Guizhou was an even greater crime.

With multiple crimes punished together, it was likely he wouldn't be able to escape easily after being locked in the Law Enforcement Hall this time.

Lu Guizhou took out an iron chain from his sleeve that was pitch-black and glowed with a cold luster, and in a few quick movements, he firmly bound Cheng Yuan's hands.

This was an iron chain specially forged from extraterrestrial meteorite iron, usually used by the Law Enforcement Hall to deal with heinous criminals who resisted to the death.

Once bound, it meant the beginning of torture.

Now, Lu Guizhou used it on Cheng Yuan without the slightest hesitation.

Since he had just spouted wild words, how could Lu Guizhou spare him lightly?

Cheng Yuan wanted to struggle.

But the soft, yielding force contained in Lu Guizhou's hand-sword move just now was too overbearing, shaking him so much that he still hadn't recovered, and the meridians throughout his body felt as if they were being gnawed by countless fine snake fangs, making it impossible to gather even a shred of decent strength.

Seeing that Cheng Yuan's hands were already tightly bound, Jiang Ye paced forward unhurriedly, lowered his eyes to glance at him, and smiled faintly:

"Brother Cheng Yuan, congratulations on your second time in the palace."

"The Primordial Qi you helped me obtain..."

"I will use it well."

As he spoke, he even shook the cyan jade bottle in front of Cheng Yuan.

"You... you!!!"

Hearing this, Cheng Yuan's bloodshot old eyes stared fixedly at the cyan jade bottle before him, his pupils nearly shrinking to pinpricks.

What was inside this bottle should have been his Primordial Qi.

The Chiyan Sect had occupied Tianyun Peak for so many years; whenever there was a struggle for Primordial Qi, he had always taken the lion's share.

Yet now, it had all fallen into the hands of this gray-clad old man he hated to the bone.

Even worse, he had to be humiliated like this to his face.

Cheng Yuan, who was already coughing incessantly, felt a fishy sweetness rush straight to his throat; the violent, fiery temper that had been forcibly suppressed by Lu Guizhou was detonated once more by this fatal provocation, triggering his injuries that had not yet subsided.

"Pfft..."

He suddenly opened his charred lips and spat out a large mouthful of bright red blood. ===== CHAPTER 245 =====