Chapter 230: Pressure After Half a Year

Li Luo ultimately let Pei Hao go.

To be precise, it could not really be called letting him go, because with Elder Mo Chen, whose strength had reached the Heaven-Gong General stage, protecting him, and given the forces Li Luo and his people had gathered here, even if the other side had fought back hard, while they might not have had a good outcome, it would have been very difficult to intercept a powerhouse of the Heaven-Gong General stage without a powerhouse of the same rank on their own side to block him.

Therefore, since there was no certainty, there was no need to do such a futile thing.

Plus, at this moment, there were many eyes in the shadows watching this place.

The excitement at the House of Luolan today was enough for now.

In the messy courtyard, Li Luo watched as the figures of Pei Hao and Elder Mo Chen disappeared into the night, and he let out a soft breath, a trace of gloom flashing in his eyes; the operation to kill Pei Hao this time had clearly failed, even though Li Luo had had this premonition from the very beginning.

After all, Pei Hao was no fool; it was impossible for him to have come to Daxia City without any precautions.

It was just that what Li Luo had not expected was that Mo Chen, this honorary elder of the House of Luolan, would actually protect Pei Hao.

"The old thing who bites the hand that feeds him."

Li Luo cursed; this Mo Chen used to live off the House of Luolan's stipends, yet now he was specifically here to work against him.

"Father and Mother were so wise, how did they end up leaving behind these things?" Li Luo looked at Jiang Qing'e with frustration.

The brilliant light-type resonance energy surging around Jiang Qing'e gradually receded. Hearing Li Luo's words, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Perhaps Master and Mistress never took these fleas seriously from the very beginning. They were confident that as long as they were around, no matter what thoughts these monsters and demons had, they could only honestly work for the House of Luolan."

"When they were here before, Elder Mo Chen could be called a model of the House of Luolan; he would fill in wherever needed without a single complaint. It's just that perhaps Master and Mistress didn't expect that one day they would both leave the House of Luolan at the same time."

Li Luo was speechless; could this old thing, full of bad intentions, really have had such an honest and well-behaved past?

Looking at it this way, one really couldn't blame his father and mother for having poor judgment; it could only be said that his own ability here was not enough to suppress these various people with ulterior motives.

"Sigh, if Uncle Biao could take action, that would be great." Li Luo sighed. Niu Biaobiao clearly possessed the strength of a Marquis-rank powerhouse, but for some reason, he could not step out of the House of Luolan headquarters, and he could not use his own power at will; there were many restrictions.

This was truly a pity; otherwise, if the House of Luolan could have a Marquis-rank powerhouse sitting in command right now, all the turmoil would subside, and any force wanting to move against the House of Luolan would need to weigh the consequences.

The fury of a Marquis-rank powerhouse was truly very intimidating.

"Uncle Biao's situation is special; it cannot be viewed as normal power." Jiang Qing'e shook her head. She didn't feel that depressed, after all, when she first took over the House of Luolan, the situation was even worse than it was now. And now, at the very least, she and Li Luo had a portion of usable power in their hands, and because of the recent rise of Xiyang House, the situation of the House of Luolan was gradually improving; with sufficient funds, one could always increase the scale of their forces.

"I have already sent someone to notify Elder Yuan Qing; he will rush back to the House of Luolan headquarters today. If he returns, the power here at headquarters will be strengthened significantly."

Li Luo nodded. Elder Yuan Qing was the only one among the three honorary elders who still remained loyal to him and Jiang Qing'e.

At this time, the elite guards who had surrounded this place for the House of Luolan were already gradually retreating at Li Luo's signal, with only Pavilion Master Lei Zhang and a few figures following behind Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e.

The two walked out of the courtyard, looking at the brightly lit Daxia City. The sky above the city was pitch-black like ink, faintly giving people an indescribable sense of oppression.

Jiang Qing'e looked at Li Luo and said, "The House Festival half a year from now will likely determine the future fate of the House of Luolan."

Li Luo nodded slightly, because that House Festival would not only determine the true Head of the House of Luolan, but Niu Biaobiao had also said before that in half a year, the "miraculous array" protecting the House of Luolan headquarters would enter a period of weakness.

At that time, the deterrent effect of the House of Luolan headquarters against Marquis-rank powerhouses would drop to its lowest point.

With these two points colliding... Li Luo would not be surprised by anything that might happen then.

"Truly, time is tight."

Li Luo sighed, feeling a bit suppressed; half a year was really too short.

"The things you need to do in this half year are not few at all."

Jiang Qing'e looked at him, her expression somewhat serious: "Because you only have four and a half years of life left. I have said before that by the time you finish your first year at the academy, you need to at least reach the third stage of the Resonance Master realm, the second transformation of the Resonance Transformation stage."

"Although this difficulty is high, if you want to reach the Marquis rank in five years, this is the basic bottom line."

"True Marquis-rank in five years requires not only talent, but opportunities are also indispensable... However, fortunately, you are lucky enough to have obtained the 'Golden Dragon Secret Key' from the Golden Dragon Bank. It is said that the Golden Dragon Dojo is exceptionally profound. Although with your strength, you can only enter the outer perimeter of the Golden Dragon Dojo, if your luck is sufficient, it will inevitably bring you great benefits. So I hope you will take the Golden Dragon Dojo seriously and not treat it as just a trip."

"Next month's Golden Dragon Dojo..." Li Luo's gaze flickered, and finally he nodded. The foundation of the Golden Dragon Bank was unfathomable, and the "Golden Dragon Dojo" created with all their might would certainly not be simple. With such an opportunity, he would naturally not slack off.

"And besides that, there is also the 'Emperor Flowing Plasma'..."

Hearing the three words "Emperor Flowing Plasma," Li Luo felt a headache. According to what Niu Biaobiao said, if he wanted to gather enough Emperor Flowing Plasma, he might need nearly one hundred thousand academy points. Even if he could take first place in the monthly ranking battles, he probably wouldn't be able to gather that amount in a year.

But if he couldn't gather this Emperor Flowing Plasma to solve the problem of his own foundation deficiency, he wouldn't be able to break through to the General stage. Yet, for Li Luo's cultivation, the thing he could least afford was this kind of stagnation, because others still had enough time to accumulate and temper themselves, but with his life of only four and a half years, how could he afford to wait?

His current cultivation was already a race against time; he had to try his best to do anything that could accelerate his cultivation.

Therefore, in order not to let this problem of foundation deficiency become a stumbling block to his improvement in strength, Li Luo had to solve it as soon as possible; otherwise, the longer it dragged on, the greater the hidden dangers it would bring.

Jiang Qing'e saw Li Luo's expression and knew what he was worried about. She pondered for a moment and said, "Tomorrow we are returning to the Astral Sage College. Regarding the matter of academy points, there should be an opportunity to earn some this month, and it will be a large wave of points."

"Oh?" Li Luo looked over in surprise.

"You should not have heard of the Dark Cave of the Astral Sage College yet, right?" Jiang Qing'e said.

"Dark Cave?" Li Luo frowned. Actually, it wasn't that he hadn't heard of it at all; Instructor Xi Chan seemed to have mentioned it by chance before, but because she didn't elaborate, Li Luo only knew of it by name and didn't know what it actually was.

When Jiang Qing'e mentioned the two words "Dark Cave," her expression clearly became much more solemn, and there was even a rare flash of fear in her eyes. This made Li Luo's heart turn cold; after all, he knew Jiang Qing'e's personality very well. If even she was this wary, one could see just how terrifying the so-called Dark Cave was.

"Inside the Dark Cave..."

Jiang Qing'e stared at Li Luo, took a deep breath, and her soft voice made Li Luo, deep in the dark alley, suddenly feel a chill surge up from the soles of his feet.

"There are 'Otherkind'."