Chapter 661: New Heaven

The Lu Mansion.

As one of the "Ten Great Clans," the Lu family's ancestral home is far away in Canglin City of Yue Province.

But as Lu Wenzheng became the Inspector of Feng Province and took charge of the region, the Lu family's focus has gradually shifted to Feng Province over these years.

This mansion of the Lu family in the provincial capital of Feng Province was bestowed by the Emperor; it is a Marquis Mansion.

Because the Lu family's ancestor was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Changlin by the Taizu Emperor of the Great Lan Dynasty, with the title to be inherited in perpetuity!

Therefore, as the head of the family, Lu Wenzheng is the contemporary Marquis of Changlin.

And besides him, the Marquis, the Lu family also has three Counts!

Lu Wenzheng's eldest brother, Lu Wengong, is a Cabinet Minister with an excellent political record; the Lu family is currently maneuvering to help him obtain a Count title as well.

In this way, the Lu family would be one Marquis and four Counts.

This is the foundation of the Lu family, one of the Ten Great Clans!

As a noble family that has existed longer than the Great Lan Dynasty itself, the Lu family naturally stands at the pinnacle of this world, looking down at the common beings at the foot of the mountain with detachment.

After leaving Hongyi University, Zhang Yan walked all the way to the main gate of the Lu Mansion.

He looked up at this magnificent Marquis Mansion, his expression calm, wondering what he was thinking.

The guards stationed at the gate of the mansion frowned as they looked at this young man; if not for the fact that Zhang Yan was wearing a Hongyi University uniform, they would have already started driving him away.

Zhang Yan stepped onto the stairs and walked straight toward the main gate of the mansion.

Having just beaten a member of the Lu family, he was now barging into the Lu Mansion; no matter how one looked at it, this behavior was courting death.

"Stop!"

The guard immediately blocked Zhang Yan, "What are you doing? Do you not understand the rules?"

"I am a student of Hongyi University, and I wish to see the Marquis of Changlin."

Zhang Yan said calmly.

"Huh?"

The guard was amused, "Even if you were a professor at Hongyi University, the Marquis is not someone you can see just because you want to. Go, go, get aside!"

Zhang Yan took a letter from his bosom: "I know the Marquis of Changlin is in the mansion right now. You just need to deliver this letter to him, and he will naturally see me."

"Are you crazy, kid?!"

"I advise you to find a steward and ask first."

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Seeing Zhang Yan's calm and composed demeanor, the guard took the letter from his hand with suspicion.

The envelope only had the words "To be opened personally by the Marquis of Changlin" written on it, with no signature at all.

It looked completely unreliable.

But in the end, the guard took the envelope to find the steward.

A dozen minutes later, the head steward of the Lu Mansion came out in person!

Upon seeing Zhang Yan, the head steward was stunned for a moment, then bowed respectfully and gestured to the side:

"Young Master, please come in."

Zhang Yan smiled.

He had not expected that in this lifetime, he would still be addressed as "Young Master" by the head steward of the Lu Mansion.

Led by the head steward, Zhang Yan walked into the Lu Mansion, passing through complex corridors and courtyards.

Passing by rockeries, passing by small bridges and flowing water.

Finally, they arrived outside a pavilion by the lake.

Lu Wenzheng was wearing loose, light yellow clothing, sitting in the pavilion with a smile on his face.

At the first sight of this unremarkable-looking fatty, Zhang Yan, who had been acting very calm, finally felt a bit nervous.

In his eyes, the person sitting in the pavilion was like a crouching tiger, coldly sizing him up, making one's back feel cold!

"Greetings, Marquis of Changlin."

Zhang Yan bowed under the pavilion.

Compared to his status as the head of the Lu Clan and the Inspector of Feng Province, the title of Marquis of Changlin was actually the most "inconspicuous" of Lu Wenzheng's identities.

Lu Wenzheng smiled as he picked up the letter Zhang Yan had handed over: "Who sent you to deliver this?"

This letter had no signature, but it carried a trace of supernatural power!

This meant that a Martial Arts Master had intentionally left their power on the letter.

This was the signature!

After the letter was sent up, the experts in the Lu Mansion had sensed the power within it, and only after carefully checking it and confirming there were no issues was it delivered to Lu Wenzheng.

"The New Heaven Society."

Zhang Yan said frankly.

"The New Heaven Society?"

"Daring to call for the sun and moon to be replaced by a new sky! That is the New Heaven Society."

"Hehe."

Lu Wenzheng laughed.

Zhang Yan knew what Lu Wenzheng was laughing at, and he said indifferently:

"The matter in Lanling City was our doing."

Lu Wenzheng stopped laughing.

The matter in Lanling City?

There were too many things happening in Lanling City every day, and many of them were major events.

But combined with the New Heaven Society's declaration of "daring to call for the sun and moon to be replaced by a new sky," the most likely event was—the assassination at the Altar of Heaven!

"Do you know what you are saying?"

Lu Wenzheng stared at the youth under the pavilion, like a fierce tiger looking at an ant.

Zhang Yan met his gaze without fear: "The letter has been delivered, and the words have been spoken. My mission is complete. If the Marquis of Changlin does not intend to kill me, I shall take my leave."

After saying this, he bowed to Lu Wenzheng once more, then turned and left.

Lu Wenzheng ignored this small character; he was looking at the letter on the table.

The content of this letter was what he truly cared about.

After pondering for a long time, he called for a subordinate:

"Go and ask Master Xu when he is free. Invite him to the mansion for a chat."

Hongyi University, inside an underground training room.

Xu Jing stood in the middle of a misty swamp.

All around was white mist, and beneath his feet was a black swamp.

Gloomy, cold, and profound.

It was not that there was a swamp inside the training room; this was Xu Jing's Martial Dao Domain.

Suddenly, this swamp began to boil!

It was as if a gargantuan beast was hidden beneath the swamp, about to rush out.

The mist began to flow, and a wild wind generated, pulling the white mist into various shapes.

A massive power surged beneath the swamp, causing the very space to tremble!

Black water surged into the sky, and the giant beast beneath the swamp broke the surface, about to reveal its body.

But the next second, the surging water column shattered with a boom!

The black swamp returned to deathly silence.

Pfft—

Xu Jing, standing in the center, spat out a mouthful of blood!

The Grandmaster's face turned pale, and his aura became weak.

With a face full of unwillingness, he retracted his Martial Dao Domain with the word "Withdraw," and stood silently in the training room for a long time.

When he was breaking through his realm, he had encountered a heart demon, which nearly caused his breakthrough to fail.

In the end, he relied on the power swallowed by the Black Water supernatural ability to force a breakthrough.

But this forcibly obtained power was unstable; Xu Jing's Martial Dao Domain could not be maintained for long, and it was easier to break than others' domains.

This made him, a newly promoted Grandmaster, a laughingstock, because this state meant he was destined to be unable to defeat any opponent of the same realm.

No matter how long he cultivated, a Grandmaster who had just broken through could defeat him!

Xu Jing naturally could not accept such a result, and since his breakthrough, he had often gone into seclusion, constantly trying to solve the problem.

But clearly, he had failed once again just now.

"Green-Faced Ghost."

Xu Jing opened his eyes, and that figure appeared in his mind once again.

When he was breaking through, the heart demon he encountered was the Blood-Faced Ghost who killed Wen Ke.

Or rather, the Green-Faced Ghost.

After so many attempts, Xu Jing had confirmed:

As long as the heart demon was not removed, he would find it difficult to solve his problem!

In fact, ever since that day of his breakthrough, Xu Jing had been having Lu Wenzheng search for the whereabouts of the Green-Faced Ghost.

As long as he could confirm it, he could even take action personally to wipe the other party out!

However, ever since the battle with Gu Yuefeng, the Green-Faced Ghost had vanished without a trace, and not even the interior of the Green-Faced Mountain Villa could find him.

Suddenly, Xu Jing received a message transmitted from outside the practice room.

A flash of impatience crossed Xu Jing's eyes, but he still walked out of the practice room.

Under the cover of night, Xu Jing walked into the Lu residence.

A moment later, he met Lu Wenzheng in the study.

"Grandmaster Xu, please sit."

Lu Wenzheng smiled and welcomed Xu Jing to sit down.

"What is the urgent matter?"

Xu Jing got straight to the point.

Lu Wenzheng did not waste words and directly handed the letter that Zhang Yan had delivered this afternoon to Xu Jing.

Xu Jing took the letter and was stunned: "The power of divine abilities?"

He tore open the envelope and read the contents within.

When he saw a certain sentence in it, a monstrous killing intent surged from within his body:

"Li Fei is the Green-Faced Ghost?!"

He looked up at Lu Wenzheng.

Lu Wenzheng was somewhat surprised by Xu Jing's intense reaction, but he still nodded calmly:

"Although it is hard to believe, it should be true."

"How is that possible?"

Xu Jing recalled the youth he had once forcibly taken along to challenge the mountain gate of the Iron Peak Sect.

The other party had comprehended their state of mind and broken through to the middle stage of Qi Transformation right before his eyes; this absolutely could not be faked.

And at that time, the Green-Faced Ghost had already displayed combat power at the Dao Foundation stage!

There is a massive chasm between the Qi Transformation stage and the Dao Foundation stage; even Hao Yi back then could not cross it.

Even someone as strong as the "Peerless" Lin Tian had only killed a Dao Foundation stage cultivator with Tier 2 combat power when he was at the peak of the Qi Transformation stage.

How could Li Fei possibly possess Dao Foundation stage combat power while at the middle stage of Qi Transformation, and furthermore, combat power above Tier 4?

Therefore, Xu Jing had never associated Li Fei with the Green-Faced Ghost.

It was not just him; everyone else thought the same.

"Perhaps this is the reason he was able to become the first in history."

Lu Wenzheng, who was to the side, said.

"I need to confirm this once more."

Xu Jing looked at the other party with icy eyes.

He had to confirm that Li Fei was the Green-Faced Ghost, and then he would consider how to kill him.

Even if the other party was now the Marquis of Jing'an and a Special Envoy of the Blue Patrol.

Nothing could stop his killing intent!

(End of chapter)