Chapter 15: 【Divine Soul Extinguished, Mining Supervisor】 (Seeking follow-up reads)

In Zhao Yongcheng's view, the Lu Family's secret was already within his grasp, so the more powerful the Lu Family's possessions were, the greater his harvest would be; how could that not make him happy!?

So he laughed very loudly.

But, when he started to act, he was also very decisive.

He unleashed his Flying Sword, which circled once, directly taking the heads of several Lu Family Foundation Establishment cultivators, before stabbing toward Lu Wuzhen.

Lu Wuzhen escaped underground, swallowed a handful of Pills, suddenly flew out, and released his Sword Art once again.

The sword light descended; this time, Zhao Yongcheng was prepared, and with a wave of his hand, a golden barrier protected him.

Subsequently, all of Lu Wuzhen's attacks were blocked.

"A mere Foundation Establishment, yet you dare to defy a Golden Core!?"

Zhao Yongcheng roared, then threw out two more Talismans, not aimed at Lu Wuzhen, but at those Lu Family members who were fleeing.

From the very beginning, Zhao Yongcheng had been trying his best to kill the Lu Family members first, rather than targeting this Lu Wuzhen, who looked difficult to kill and might be able to block his attacks.

In these two or three breaths of time, at this very moment, there were only single digits of Lu Family members left who could still breathe.

He could not kill the remaining four Foundation Establishment cultivators; he needed to leave enough people to perform soul-searching.

The Flying Sword swept past, tapping on those few people, directly crippling their Dao Foundation and destroying their cultivation.

Finally, the Flying Sword stabbed toward Lu Wuzhen.

Lu Wuzhen escaped underground, and the Flying Sword followed him into the ground, directly piercing through his body.

Zhao Yongcheng had long been prepared for this move; with Lu Wuzhen's cultivation, he was still unable to escape his perception under these circumstances.

With the Flying Sword as a locator, Zhao Yongcheng released a 'Spirit Light Bullet', throwing out a streak of spirit light that directly blasted a large pit into the ground, and Lu Wuzhen was also blasted out.

This type of Spell consumes a lot, but it was very appropriate to use at this time.

Zhao Yongcheng was well-prepared; he took out a Talisman and pointed it at Lu Wuzhen, directly sealing his Spirit Qi.

Having suffered a great loss last time when Lu Mingzhang self-detonated his Golden Core, to prevent the Lu Family from all being this type of person, he had specifically bought a 'Spirit Sealing Talisman'; if Spirit Qi could not be mobilized, they could not self-detonate.

Only then did he have the opportunity to perform soul-searching.

Feeling that his spiritual power could not be mobilized, a look of determination appeared in Lu Wuzhen's eyes; he suddenly launched the 【Soul-Bewildering Soul-Seizing】 Supernatural Power at the few clansmen beside him who had lost their cultivation, directly scattering their Divine Soul Power and causing their memories to perish.

Zhao Yongcheng, who sensed the fluctuation of Divine Soul Power, had his expression change, and he was even more horrified after seeing the changes in those people, so he hurriedly stepped forward to perform soul-searching on Lu Wuzhen.

But at this moment, Lu Wuzhen launched 【Soul-Bewildering Soul-Seizing】 on himself.

Once this Supernatural Power is launched on oneself, it means the Divine Soul is completely extinguished, the true spirit perishes, and it is a total erasure!

When Zhao Yongcheng grabbed Lu Wuzhen, he was shocked to discover that this was merely a still-warm physical body; the Divine Soul within was completely gone, and even the sea of consciousness was gone.

He was unwilling to believe it, checked again, checked those few Lu Family members again, and finally searched the entire Lu Family.

It was empty; there wasn't a single living soul left.

"How is the Lu Family all like this? Lu Mingzhang was like this, and this Lu Wuzhen is also like this!"

Zhao Yongcheng was almost so angry he was jumping with rage, completely devoid of the bearing and demeanor of a Golden Core Master.

Subsequently, he thought that perhaps the Lu Family mortal bloodlines in the county town might still know some information, so he immediately went to perform soul-searching to find out, but the result was still nothing.

In his anger, he exterminated all the Lu Family bloodlines and finally swept away all the Lu Family's resources, hoping to find clues among these items.

He would not give up.

For the Lu Family members to be so desperate to keep their secrets, the things they were hiding must be even more precious; he had to get his hands on them!

The Chanyun Mountain Lu Family had been wiped out, but there were still many Lu Family members in the Ziyao Immortal Sect; he would perform soul-searching on them one by one, and he would surely be able to discover something.

After the 'Lu-Han Family Conflict' last time, the Lu Family had already been removed from the Ziyao Immortal Sect, and the matter of their annihilation was insignificant.

In fact, it was not until Fang Mu happened to ask about it half a year later that he learned the Lu Family had been wiped out.

In the end, it was nothing more than a sigh.

After Lu Xinju died, the Lu Family had no more connection to him; when the Jinfeng Immortal Sect came looking for an explanation, speaking a few words on behalf of the Lu Family was already fulfilling his duty.

As for what happened to the Lu Family afterward, he had no obligation, and he would certainly not intervene.

In the world of immortal cultivation, at least within this Beihuang Yu, immortal sect struggles, both open and secret, involve many things; unless it concerns one's own vital interests, it is better to avoid extra trouble.

Yang Dong was the first to learn the news of the Lu Family's annihilation.

The Lu Family gave him a 'dividend' every year; when this money did not arrive, he naturally inquired and learned of the matter.

His choice was also to remain silent.

He didn't have many years of life left, just waiting for his end to come.

After a person dies, everything is irrelevant; what could he possibly do?

However, in the end, he still had someone notify a few Lu Family disciples within the immortal sect.

The number of Lu Family members in the Ziyao Immortal Sect was not small, with seventeen Outer Sect Disciple Qi Refining Realm disciples and four Inner Disciple Foundation Establishment Realm disciples; this could also be considered a force not to be underestimated.

The Yang Family was truly in decline, and Yang Dong still needed to maintain this bit of friendship.

But at most, it was just notifying a few Inner Disciples; as for the others in the Outer Sect, distributed in various places, passing on information was very troublesome, and there was no need to notify them.

Outer Sect Disciples of the Ziyao Immortal Sect had monthly Spirit Stone subsidies, but it was not the case that they only needed to cultivate and did nothing else.

All disciples had to complete some tasks every year; this was mandatory, otherwise, there would be no subsidy.

After that incident, the Lu Family members were ostracized and were mostly assigned to remote places to carry out tasks, especially the Outer Sect Disciples, who were assigned everywhere.

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Black Gold Prefecture, Wushi Fu, within the borders of Huashi County.

This was the location of the easternmost 'Black Gold Slippery Stone Mine' of the Ziyao Immortal Sect; this type of Black Gold Slippery Stone was a common material used to refine Low-Grade Dharma Artifacts.

Immortal sect mineral resources were naturally overseen by cultivators.

Ordinary people could not mine this type of ore; it required at least a Fetal Breath Realm cultivator to dig it open, Qi Refining Realm cultivators served as Supervisors, and in addition to this, there was a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator serving as the Mining Commander.

The Mining Commander was not only responsible for this one mine but for all the mines within the entire Wushi Fu.

Lu Chengtong was assigned here to be a Supervisor.

This was a bitter chore.

For one, the Black Gold Slippery Stone Mine had no profit to be made.

Secondly, this place was located in a remote area; to the northeast lay the Shuize Mountain Range, where monsters often appeared, making it extremely dangerous.

Just this very day, his good friend Cheng Tongru, who had come here with him, fell victim to a monster beast.

There were five Supervisors in the Qi Refining Realm in total, and the strongest among them was the team leader, Chen Rong, who had a cultivation at the Qi Refining Mid Stage.

As for that monster beast, it possessed strength at the Qi Refining Late Stage; the five of them joined forces, and although two died, they only managed to heavily wound and drive it away, failing to kill it.

The bodies were brought back and had not yet been processed.

Once a person died, the wealth on their body belonged to the sect and needed to be recovered.

At night, Lu Chengtong looked at Cheng Tongru lying before him and could not help but reminisce about the time they had spent together; they had even made a pact that if the other died, they would help look after the other's family and kin.

Just at this moment, he suddenly felt as if something had appeared in his mind!

Tuesday's follow-up reading determines recommendations; I hope everyone can show their support!

(End of this chapter)