Chapter 155: I Want Your Life!

"……I want……"

Just as Qingchengzi was listening patiently, Lu Ren's hand suddenly snapped out like a snake.

His voice revealed a cold chill.

"I want your life!"

There was no hesitation, nor was there any delay.

With a throat-locking posture, Lu Ren opened his hand wide and clamped down hard toward Qingchengzi's neck.

Qingchengzi was instantly terrified.

"Lu Ren, have you gone mad? What are you doing?"

"Could it be that you want to kill to silence me here?"

While he roared sternly, he dodged backward, his old eyes, which had long since grown dim, suddenly bursting with brilliant light.

Qingchengzi's eyes were filled with disbelief.

He scrutinized Lu Ren, the light in his eyes flickering rapidly, "Lu Ren, could it be that you have been subjected to Possession by the Demon Race!"

"Why don't you wake up yet?"

"Do you even know what you are doing?"

Lu Ren missed his strike and quickly withdrew. He stood tall, looking at Qingchengzi, who had already raised his full defenses, curled his lips slightly, and spoke slowly: "Just as I expected."

What? Qingchengzi had clearly heard his words; he immediately frowned, looking at him with complete confusion, and had even drawn his own life-bound magical treasure.

Qingchengzi shouted sternly: "Lu Ren! You had better give me an explanation!"

"If you do not explain clearly what you are doing, then I will have no choice but to show no mercy!" Qingchengzi said with extreme severity.

Doubt and shock flashed continuously through his eyes.

Clearly.

Qingchengzi was doubting whether Lu Ren was real or fake.

Lu Ren looked at him calmly.

If one were to judge solely by this performance, Qingchengzi truly showed not a single trace of being a fake, but unfortunately, he had interacted with Qingchengzi before.

"No need to pretend anymore." Lu Ren gave a light scoff, looking at Qingchengzi, who seemed bewildered and did not understand what his words meant, and chose to expose him directly.

"You are not Qingchengzi."

"No... perhaps I should call you, Sect Master of the Qingyun Sect?"

"Ji Han."

"It is you, isn't it?"

"Qingchengzi" looked at Lu Ren as if looking at a madman, and he scolded coldly, "Lu Ren, I fear you have truly gone mad!"

"How could I possibly be the Sect Master..."

But before he could finish his words, Lu Ren had already spoken to interrupt him directly: "Ji Han, do you know why I recognized you?"

"Although Qingchengzi was merely disguised as a beggar, he would never be as... clean as you."

"Has no one ever told you that you carry the scent of the Epiphyllum Wood from Qingyun Mountain?"

"Many years ago, you and I had a chance to meet; although it was brief, that scent of Epiphyllum Wood on you has always lingered by your side, never fading."

"Qingchengzi only has a faint smell of rot on him."

"You are not Qingchengzi!"

"Qingchengzi"... no, perhaps I should call him...

Ji Han.

After a brief and eerie silence.

"Qingchengzi"—Ji Han slowly straightened his originally hunched back and threw away the Beggar Stick in his hand.

He reached up and tore off the Human Skin Mask on his face, and even that messy hair became clean and neat as before.

He took out a Hair Crown-style magical artifact, and in that instant, he arranged his hair into a standard Daoist style.

Ji Han had always dressed as a Daoist.

He was particularly fond of gray-white robes, and sometimes pale cyan ones.

He discarded the rags he had long despised, and Ji Han's eyes revealed a chilling light as he looked Lu Ren up and down.

His tone was sinister, "How did you discover something was wrong? Epiphyllum Wood... although it is extremely rare, it is not only found on my mountain within the entire Qingyun Sect."

"What if Qingchengzi accidentally brushed against it?" Lu Ren felt no joy upon seeing his guess confirmed.

He pointed out casually: "Clearly, that was just a trivial flaw; the other flaw is..."

"Although Qingchengzi is a beggar, he would never engage in acts of swindling and deception."

"You do not understand your own elder."

Even though it was just an extremely simple and calm statement, Ji Han seemed to have heard something intolerable, and a look of rage immediately appeared in his eyes and on his face.

He gave a loud shout, his words sharp and his expression fierce.

"Enough! Lu Ren, after not seeing you for decades, you still like to lecture others from on high!"

"No wonder the adopted daughter you raised with such painstaking effort betrayed you!"

This...

Ever since the incident of the bone extraction occurred, few people in the entire Tianxuan Continent dared to mention such matters in front of Lu Ren.

Yet, Ji Han was unexpectedly so unafraid of death that he brazenly brought up the past.

Although Lu Ren's expression did not change, the curve of his lips dropped by two points, and the aura around his body became like a biting cold wind, rushing forth like a rainstorm.

Even though Ji Han sensed it, he did not show any sign of fear.

He sneered: "Did I hit a sore spot? Nothing more than that."

"Since you have already guessed who I am, I will not hide it from you, Lu Ren. Break the formation with me, and once the two of us leave... wait, you!"

Ji Han did not even have time to finish the rest of his words.

He dodged violently and glared at Weisheng Yucheng, who was attacking him.

Ji Han dodged in a rather disheveled manner, and a strand of hair by his cheek was cut into disarray.

The severed strand of hair drifted and landed on the ground.

The anger in Ji Han's heart surged into a monstrous tide.

He roared, "Lu Ren, have you gone mad? I said, the two of us can join forces to break the formation!"

Lu Ren raised his eyebrows slightly, sneering with disdain.

"Oh? Is that so? But I am not willing."

"I can do it alone, and as for you... it would be better if you just died here."

Lu Ren did not give Ji Han another chance to speak and immediately attacked.

The blade in his hand had long since been swapped for a Spear at some unknown time.

The Red Tassel Spear left its sheath, capable of both offense and defense; Ji Han was beaten into retreating repeatedly, in a state of utter disarray.

A trace of blood dripped down his cheek, making the stifled frustration in his heart turn into even greater rage.

"Fine!"

Ji Han simply let go of all restraint, glaring at Lu Ren with a sinister expression.

"Since you want to fight, then I will accompany you!"

"I just wonder if you, this Lu Family Head, can withstand the consequences of going against me!!"

The two grappled together; although their cultivation realms had been suppressed, their foundations remained.

They fought until the sky grew dark and the earth turned murky, with flying sand and rolling stones; many buildings in the city were also destroyed.

A sinister light flickered in Ji Han's eyes, and he suddenly began to sneer.

Taking advantage of the force of Lu Ren's strike against him, he took the hit, retreated backward, and laughed loudly twice.

"Lu Ren, you are dead!"

"How did someone as reckless as you ever make it onto the rankings? It seems it is nothing but an empty reputation! I will just watch how you die!"

After his voice fell, the buildings that had been destroyed began to restore themselves at an extremely eerie and rapid speed.

Following this came a vast and mighty roar.

And...

Thousands of members of the city guard.

Their strength...

Was entirely in the Saint Realm.

Completely unsuppressed!

(End of chapter)