Chapter 372: Profound Yin True Qi

Up until this moment, Song Tian had not received a single phone call from headquarters.

But strangely, the person before him seemed to know quite a bit about Lu Yu's situation; if they weren't from headquarters, what kind of background could they have?

"No, I keep feeling like this whole thing is suspicious."

Song Tian pondered to himself and decided it would be best to call President Kong to confirm; after all, it's better to be safe than sorry.

If President Kong confirmed that this person was indeed sent by him, it wouldn't be too late to take them to see Lu Yu then.

The two walked into the elevator, and Song Tian led him to a room on the second floor.

"Senior, Brother Lu lives here. Please wait a moment." Song Tian finished with a smile plastered on his face, then turned and knocked gently on the door.

"Brother Lu? Brother Lu?" He called out several times, but there was no response from inside the room.

"Could there be no one inside?" Song Tian knocked on the door a few more times with force, but it remained quiet, without any movement.

He suddenly slapped his thigh and said with a sudden realization: "Oh, I remember now, Brother Lu went out hunting this morning and hasn't returned yet."

"Senior, how about this? Why don't you go sit in my office first, and I'll give Brother Lu a call to have him rush back as soon as possible?"

Song Tian wore a guilty smile, but inside, his heart was pounding like a trapped rabbit; he was incredibly anxious.

In reality, Lu Yu was currently in the Alchemy Room refining pills, and even if he wasn't refining pills, he certainly wasn't here.

So, Song Tian had deliberately brought this person here to take the opportunity to divert them so he could make a phone call.

It was just that he had no confidence in whether his acting could deceive the other party.

"Is that so?" Huo Yun replied, and after a moment of silence, asked abruptly: "Then why didn't you remember that when we were downstairs?"

"Senior, you know how I have too many things to deal with, I just forgot for a moment." Song Tian laughed it off and hurriedly explained.

"Don't worry, if you can't wait, I'll call Brother Lu right now. If he knows about this, he'll definitely be back before long." As he spoke, he reached out to take out his phone.

He figured it would be good to tip Brother Lu off first; if Lu Yu didn't know about this, he could be the one to contact President Kong for confirmation.

But just as he pulled out his phone, his arm was grabbed by the person in front of him.

"Se, Senior?" Song Tian looked up, staring at the other party with a face full of confusion.

"No rush." Huo Yun gripped his arm tightly, a trace of vigilance showing in his eyes.

No matter what, before the matter was settled, he absolutely could not let the other party have a chance to make a phone call; otherwise, once a flaw was exposed and this operation failed, succeeding next time would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Besides, was Lu Yu really not in the Branch? That was probably not the case, right?

"Song Tian, do you think there's a possibility that Lu Yu didn't go out at all, and is just not in this room, but somewhere else in the Association?"

Huo Yun stared fixedly at Song Tian's eyes and said word by word: "For example, in the Xiulianshi, or perhaps... in the Alchemy Room?"

Upon hearing the words "Alchemy Room," a flash of panic suddenly crossed Song Tian's eyes.

"Hahaha, how could that be!" He reacted extremely quickly and immediately laughed it off as before: "I didn't misremember this time, Brother Lu really went out hunting. To tell you the truth, Brother Lu is the most diligent at hunting Fierce Beasts in our Branch."

"You are lying." Huo Yun's cold sentence was like a clap of thunder, instantly making Song Tian feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

"I'm lying? Senior, what, what are you saying?" Song Tian forced a smile, "Aren't you looking for Brother Lu? Then I'll just call him now, and you can talk to him directly then."

However, Huo Yun acted as if he hadn't heard him and continued to speak to himself: "He is in the Alchemy Room right now, isn't he?"

"Boom," Song Tian felt a buzzing in his head.

He... had he been seen through? When was he discovered? Was it when he mentioned the Alchemy Room that he gave himself away?

"It seems I guessed right." Huo Yun's tone was icy, carrying a hint of triumph.

Before entering the elevator, he had keenly sensed that after Song Tian asked about his identity and received no response, his expression had changed slightly.

To an ordinary person, this change was so small it could be ignored, but who was he?

He was a Pulse Refining Realm Martial Artist who had opened his Extraordinary Meridians two months ago, only one step away from the True Essence Realm.

How could the change in attitude of a mere In-Jin Martial Artist escape his eyes?

So when Song Tian brought him here, knocked on the door for a while, and then said he had forgotten about Lu Yu going out hunting, he had already become suspicious.

And just now, when he mentioned the Alchemy Room, the fleeting panic in Song Tian's eyes was almost equivalent to having "you guessed right" written on his face.

Combined with the fact that Lu Yu was indeed a formidable Alchemist, wasn't it reasonable for a formidable Alchemist to spend most of his time in the Alchemy Room?

"Speak, where is the Alchemy Room? Don't tell me there is no Alchemy Room here."

"There is an Alchemy Room, but Senior, Brother Lu really went out hunting; he isn't in the Alchemy Room."

Song Tian smiled bitterly, trying to break free from the arm being held, but found it didn't budge, and the unease in his heart grew stronger.

He truly couldn't understand; calling Lu Yu to communicate in advance was the most normal thing in the world, yet this person wouldn't allow him to do so. This was not a reaction a normal person should have!

A cold light flashed in Huo Yun's eyes, and he said viciously: "My time is limited, I don't have the energy to play games with you here. I'll give you one last chance: tell me where the Alchemy Room is, or take me there now, otherwise, I guarantee you will regret it."

"Senior, what are you doing?" Song Tian's eyes widened, his face full of shock.

This was clearly an outright threat! Was this guy in front of him really sent by headquarters? Was he really sent by President Kong to pick up Brother Lu?

He had a strong premonition that if he brought this person to Brother Lu, something extremely terrible might happen.

"You really don't shed tears until you see the coffin, fine."

Huo Yun sighed helplessly, and the hand gripping Song Tian's arm exerted a slight force; several streaks of blue-green True Qi, like agile little snakes, instantly submerged into Song Tian's body.

"You, what did you do to me?" Song Tian was greatly shocked, looking at his arm in terror.

He could feel something moving under his skin, as if it would burst out at any moment.

In just a blink of an eye, those things spread rapidly from his arm to his whole body. It felt like internal force, but it was far more intense than what internal force brought.

Could it be... could this be the legendary True Qi?

"What did I do to you? You will know the answer soon." Huo Yun's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a sinister smile.

"So, so cold."

Suddenly, Song Tian shivered; he felt those streaks of True Qi becoming colder and colder, like blocks of ice, as if they were going to freeze his blood vessels.

The most terrifying thing was that these "ice blocks" could move; they rampaged through his body, and everywhere they passed, they were slowly freezing.

Song Tian's body shook uncontrollably like a sieve, frost formed on his eyebrows and beard, and his entire face was as pale as white paper.

"Cold, it's supposed to be cold," Huo Yun sneered, "After being struck by my Mysterious Yin True Qi, how could you not be cold?"

"Mysterious Yin True Qi?" Song Tian looked at him in disbelief, his eyes filled with fear and confusion.

He truly could not believe it; wasn't the other party from the headquarters?

Weren't they all members of the Martial Arts Association? Why, why would the other party lay such a ruthless hand on him?

Just because he didn't immediately take him to find Brother Lu?

But he had already said they could make a phone call first; could it be that he didn't even have the patience to wait for a phone call?