Chapter 71: Does Long Tian'ao have an intelligence-lowering aura?

The Lu Family.

The Questioning Path has once again welcomed those who step upon it.

However, the difficulty of the Questioning Path this time has been set very low, not nearly as rigorous as when Lu Daocheng joined the Lu Family.

After many years of separation, Lin Xiu stepped back into the Lu Family mansion, his eyes flickering with an indefinable sense of nostalgia and pain.

His fingers brushed over the murals and winding corridors he had passed when he was pushed through, and he slowly exhaled a breath of clear Qi.

When they arrived at the front hall of the Lu Family, the group took their seats or stood firmly in place as appropriate.

Lin Xiu inexplicably felt a bit guilty and did not dare to look at Lu Ren's expression.

A moment later, in order to change the subject, he managed to squeeze out: "Why is Wuyou here with Second Brother?"

At present, Old Niu and Weisheng Yucheng are not here.

The Lu Family juniors are not here, and the elders are all dealing with the aftermath of the auction.

After Qu Guan pushed Lin Xiu in, he excused himself.

The only people in the hall are Lu Ren, Feng Wuyou, Lin Xiu, and Qingyizi Ji Shisi, who is lowering his eyes in indifference, lost in thought.

Hearing Lin Xiu's question, Feng Wuyou did not evade it and replied: "Naturally, for the same reason as you."

Lin Xiu had only been changing the subject casually and did not expect Feng Wuyou to give any particular answer.

But he never expected to hear such an answer.

Suddenly, Lin Xiu jerked his head up, his expression one of utter disbelief, his brows furrowed deeply as if he were doubting his own hearing.

But Feng Wuyou "kindly" confirmed it for him again: "You heard correctly."

Having said that, she spoke casually about what she had experienced and pointed out the matter of the Dream Trace.

Lin Xiu was stunned, then shook his head with a bitter smile.

He sighed inwardly, unable to help himself.

If he had had a stroke of fortune like the Dream Trace, everything would have been different.

Long Tian'ao would not have been able to harm him to this extent.

But thinking about it carefully now, when those things happened, it was as if he had lost his sanity, completely swept along by events, step by step, like a cicada that had fallen into a spider's trap.

Looking back, he couldn't help but feel a chill.

Lin Xiu pursed his lips.

On the main seat, Lu Ren tapped his fingers lightly on the chair armrest, listening to the two of them below discussing matters related to the Child of Luck, a thoughtful look flashing across his brow.

Listening to what the two said, it was true that all Children of Luck had commonalities.

It was nothing more than acting arrogant, slapping faces, and reaching the pinnacle of life.

There was no difference from his understanding of the Child of Luck before and after he transmigrated.

However...

If one just waits for the Child of Luck to come looking for trouble like this, the efficiency is not only slow, but it is also too passive.

Especially that Long Tian'ao on Lin Xiu's side.

Just listening to what Lin Xiu said, one could tell that Long Tian'ao must already be at the Great Completion stage of a Child of Luck.

Perhaps if given a little more time, he could evolve into a complete form.

If viewed as a book, Long Tian'ao's plot had already entered the later stages.

A late-stage Child of Luck is clearly not someone who can be dealt with easily.

As if knowing what the two were thinking, Lin Xiu shook his head with a bitter smile.

"At first, I didn't think that much; I just felt that this person was truly an eyesore in my sight, buzzing around like a fly."

"But things did not develop as I had expected at all."

Lin Xiu felt a bit bitter even mentioning this matter.

Looking back now.

He even felt that his brain had been broken.

Even though he felt this Long Tian'ao was extremely sinister, he did not take action himself, but instead sent his own subordinates.

The subordinates were nothing more than sending experience and fodder to Long Tian'ao, and they even delivered an unknown amount of resources.

Step by step, level by level, it was as if a leveling and monster-slaying process had been set up for Long Tian'ao.

By the time Long Tian'ao had grown up and he felt a sense of crisis in his heart, even though he had the opportunity to kill Long Tian'ao, he suddenly began to appreciate Long Tian'ao's personality and let the person go personally.

Recalling that time, Lin Xiu wished he could reverse time and slap himself to death.

How stupid could he be to do such a stupid thing?

If the person who did such a thing wasn't himself, he would want to give them a good scolding.

Listening to Lin Xiu pouring out his grievances and anger, even Lu Ren felt it was quite tricky. Lin Xiu was originally a gentleman by nature, the most gentle of people, yet he had been forced into this state.

Just listening to his description...

A guess formed in Lu Ren's heart.

Could it be that Long Tian'ao has an intelligence-lowering aura?

That would be truly tricky!

After pouring out the dark sludge in his heart, Lin Xiu calmed down slightly, but his expression then became serious.

"Second Brother, Wuyou, the matter of Long Tian'ao can be put aside for a moment; don't you find it strange?" Lin Xiu said softly.

"I, Long Tian'ao."

His finger tapped his own chest, then pointed at Feng Wuyou.

"Wuyou, Mo Tianming."

"Second Brother, Qin Yuan."

His fingertips brushed over Lu Ren, and Lin Xiu pulled his hand back into his sleeve, his expression becoming increasingly tense and grave.

"Doesn't this seem like a conspiracy aimed at us?"

"It just had to be us."

"It just had to be that we are Jueyi."

Feng Wuyou pursed her lips and replied, "I had my suspicions long ago, and now that you have come, it further confirms this matter."

She looked toward Lu Ren, as if waiting for him to make the final decision.

"Second Brother, is there a solution to this technique?"

Lu Ren sighed slightly in his heart.

This was not a technique.

But it was no wonder they would think so.

Anyone else would never imagine that the Heavenly Dao of this world had gone wrong.

And the reason they were being targeted was because they had talent, ability, status, and position, making them the best choices for villains and cannon fodder.

If a protagonist had everything, lacked nothing, had a smooth journey, and no regrets, how could they be considered a protagonist?

Just as he opened his mouth, wanting to say something, Ji Shisi beside him suddenly frowned.

"The people you are talking about, this old man seems to have heard of them."

The three of them immediately revealed some unnatural surprise, including Lu Ren.

He knitted his brows slightly, "You have encountered them too?"

Ji Shisi shook his head.

His aged skin wrinkled up suddenly, like a dried-out orange.

"It is not that this old man has encountered them, but rather that I have heard of them."

"However, this matter involves a great deal..."

His words trailed off, and Lu Ren understood immediately, at once raising his hand to take out an Array Disk and setting it up among them.

A Jiegue Zhen, a sound-isolation array, and a concealment array were layered one upon another.

Ji Shisi could not help but glance at Lu Ren.

His experience was too vast; Lu Ren's move was not exactly a shocking talent to him, but he was indeed somewhat surprised.

He had not expected that, despite Lu Ren being so young, he would have such high attainments in arrays...

As this thought crossed his mind, Ji Shisi cleared his throat.

His voice was slightly deep.

"Lu Family Head, do you still remember a matter this old man once told you?"

Lu Ren's expression could not help but jolt.

He knew the main topic was coming!

"Is it regarding the matter of Ascension?"

Ji Shisi was silent for a moment, then slowly nodded.

An ancient and desolate aura spread from his body, as if he were a traveler standing firm at the end of the river of time, making one feel inexplicably sad.

He spoke slowly.

"After the Emperor Realm, there is no Ascension!"

"This old man has never spoken a falsehood..."

(End of this chapter)