Chapter 67: Sorry, she's mine now

In the coming days, Lu Chen kept to a fixed three-point, one-line routine each day.

Mornings at the Hall of Killing Qi, afternoons at Qin Yan's residence, evenings at Chu Lian's residence.

Each day he either cultivated dual cultivation or practiced his cultivation technique, leaving hardly any free time.

However, what struck him as odd was that, after that disciple provoked him that day, Qin Yan's attitude toward him suddenly changed a great deal.

He didn't know why, but she seemed somewhat afraid of him, that fear seeming to come from deep within her heart.

Although he didn't understand these things, it indeed made his affairs more convenient.

That day, he was about to go to the Hall of Killing Qi when he ran into a familiar figure on the way.

Xu Lin.

"Lu Chen, are you going to cultivate?"

Xu Lin looked somewhat fatigued, as if something was missing from her eyes.

"Yeah, I'm heading to the Hall of Killing Qi."

Lu Chen answered casually.

"Perfect, I'm going too; let's go together."

Xu Lin said something similar to what she had said last time.

Lu Chen knew what she wanted again, so he agreed.

As they walked, Xu Lin suddenly brought up her matter with Xu Cheng.

"Lu Chen, what do you think of my senior brother?"

"He's quite good, very caring toward you."

Lu Chen answered casually again.

"Is that so? But he gave me to you—does that count as caring?"

Lu Chen hadn't expected Xu Lin to confess the matter so directly.

He had thought she would try a few more times.

"Well... it depends on the situation; for example, some people just like that."

He said slowly.

"Is that?" Xu Lin's eyes already showed faint tears.

She couldn't fathom what men were thinking; she only felt as if she were being used by two people.

Whether it was her senior brother or Lu Chen.

Walking along, they had already arrived at the Hall of Killing Qi.

After showing their credentials, she followed Lu Chen into the same room.

"Why are you following me in?"

Lu Chen still thought that, after being frank, the other party would back off.

But he hadn't expected the other party to be so persistent.

"Didn't your senior brother want to give me to you? I'll just do as he wishes."

As soon as she said that, Lu Chen's expression froze.

"Hiss..."

"What does this mean? Planning to give me away for free? But I didn't want to freeload."

From start to finish, Lu Chen had merely regarded her as a little amusement in his mundane days.

How could she even take the initiative......

"What are you doing? I'm a proper gentleman."

He shut the door, and Xu Lin, tears streaming, began to undo her sash.

At that moment, a sound transmission talisman on her person transmitted Xu Cheng's voice.

However, she could no longer hear anything at that point.

"Sorry, junior sister! It's my fault! Come back, let's discuss this properly!"

Watching this scene before him, Lu Chen laughed.

This senior and junior sister pair are really interesting.

On the other end of the sound transmission talisman, Xu Cheng, who had not received a reply for a long time, grew increasingly anxious.

After these days, he finally figured everything out.

Lu Chen clearly knew his plan; having the junior sister try again would merely be giving it away for free.

That's why he was so eager to have the junior sister return.

"Junior sister won't come to harm, will she?!"

Xu Cheng sensed something wrong, immediately rose from his dwelling and headed toward the Hall of Killing Qi.

He only knew the junior sister's approximate location, so he could only keep searching inside the Hall of Killing Qi.

He searched for a long time but never found the exact spot.

Until at one moment, a large door was opened.

Lu Chen emerged from it with a blank expression.

"Lu Chen! Where is my junior sister?!"

Xu Cheng, without a second thought, lunged forward and grabbed Lu Chen's clothing.

"In the room."

Lu Chen spoke casually.

Upon hearing that, Xu Cheng instantly felt uneasy, but the worrying scene he feared eventually appeared.

He glanced inside, his veins bulging instantly; he turned furiously and threw a punch aimed at Lu Chen.

Lu Chen's expression was cold; he didn't fight back, instead taking out the Xuan Po Shield to block the strike.

It wasn't that he couldn't beat Xu Cheng; the opponent's strength was about the same as Yun Feng's a few days prior.

However, fighting is forbidden inside the Hall of Killing Qi; he didn't want to attract the Heavenly Demon Sect Sect Master's attention.

Seeing Lu Chen defend himself, Xu Cheng thought he couldn't win and struck again.

Lu Chen, seeing this, exploded backward, quickly leaving the Hall of Killing Qi's gate.

Xu Cheng followed closely, also drawing a long sword in his hand.

"Split Sky Slash!"

He shouted loudly, unleashing his killing move toward Lu Chen.

This scene startled many Heavenly Demon Sect disciples; many recognized Xu Cheng, and seeing this, they all wore faint smiles.

Having gauged the Hall of Killing Qi's range, Lu Chen no longer merely defended; his Blood Spirit Sword flashed with blood light, killing aura surged around him, and suddenly a stream of black energy shot out from the sword.

Black Prison Sword Canon.

"Whoosh!"

In an instant, space seemed to be torn apart; several sword qi formed a domain that trapped Xu Cheng within.

The sword qi Xu Cheng had previously released, upon encountering the black energy of the Black Prison Sword Canon, could not hold for a moment before dissipating completely.

The disciples witnessing this were shocked, for they clearly saw that Lu Chen was only an early Pill Formation cultivator.

"This aura has already reached the Spirit Transformation realm, right?"

"Comparing Pill Formation to Spirit Transformation? Which junior martial brother likes to take the easy way?"

"He doesn't seem to be from our sect?"

"He looks like Lu Chen from the Nine Abyss Sect!"

"Nine Abyss Sect? You mean he came up from a subordinate sect?"

"How could that be? The resources of subordinate sects can't compare to our Heavenly Demon Sect!"

The disciples' argument didn't last long before it abruptly stopped.

Because they discovered Xu Cheng was dead.

Xu Cheng, who had been trapped in the Black Prison, hadn't even had time to unleash his second killing move when a special black energy condensed within the Black Prison pierced his heart.

"What?!"

"You call that a subordinate sect?"

"So the sect master has been insisting on picking holy sons from subordinate sects all these years just for today!"

"What a powerful physique; I'd love to refine him into a puppet!"

Lu Chen glanced at the surrounding disciples and sighed.

Originally he didn't want to draw attention, but looking at it now, today's events probably can't stay hidden.

However, Qin Yan is about to break through, and leaving the Heavenly Demon Sect won't take long.

In front of all the disciples, he took Xu Cheng's storage bag.

Afterwards he entered the Hall of Killing Qi again and carried the sleeping Xu Lin on his back.

"Having such a senior brother, you're quite pitiful too."

Lu Chen's expression showed a slight stir.

Then, bringing her back to her residence.

Laying her on the bed, Lu Chen wore a look of deep affection.

However, while appearing deeply affectionate on one side, he also took the storage bag from her body.

"I'll gladly accept your storage bags as compensation for today's incident."

Though he had wanted to just leave, in the end Lu Chen sighed and still left some necessary items for her.

"Demonic cultivators are just this ruthless."

"If it weren't me you met today......"