Liu Changkui shook his head slightly, sighing inwardly, wondering why he had foolishly collaborated with Liaoyuan at the beginning. Now he was deeply entangled, and if the Daqian Dynasty discovered this, he would be exterminated along with nine generations of his family.
They shouldn’t have discovered me.
Lu Ren continuously moved his facial muscles, and after restoring his appearance, he rubbed his face with a contemplative look. As for his height and physique, due to the Qi and Blood Martial Path, many martial artists were extremely tall and robust, so his current figure did not seem particularly conspicuous.
Recently, Lu Ren had also seen female martial artists with highly muscular bodies, exhibiting explosive strength.
It’s a pity that after being hit twice with the Bright Sun Great Light Technique, I’ve exhausted eighty percent of my True Power.
It would take at least one day and night to recover Primordial Qi, and that’s with the Red Dragon Inner Core. If relying solely on natural recovery in the Underworld, it would probably take more than a month.
It was like detonating six hundred kilograms of TNT explosives, even Lu Ren felt mentally exhausted.
Without further contemplation, he returned to his room to meditate and rest.
As his spiritual awareness descended, he unknowingly arrived at the Inner Realm.
Facing Subodhi, Kong Qiu, Xu Fu, and Chen Xuzi, there was a moment of wide-eyed staring.
Lu Ren frowned: "What are you doing?"
While taking advantage of his good mood to relax, these people actually started brawling. The Qi Refiners like Xu Fu and Chen Xuzi, focused on spiritual cultivation, were actually pummeling Kong Qiu and Subodhi to the ground.
Kong Qiu was understandable, as his main practice was the System Martial Path, and his spiritual will cultivation wasn’t as profound as the others. But Lu Ren was quite surprised to see Subodhi being beaten.
In the Treasure Light Buddha Realm, after countless years of depletion battling Ksitigarbha, Subodhi had already fallen from his peak to almost hitting rock bottom, just striving to survive.
Yet being beaten to the ground by Xu Fu and Chen Xuzi was unexpected for Lu Ren.
Seeing Lu Ren’s displeased expression, several people instantly separated as if electrified.
Subodhi brushed off the imaginary dust from his clothes, looking embarrassed, "These guys have no martial virtue, attacking unexpectedly."
Xu Fu snorted, "Subodhi, don’t twist your words here. I know your character. A deep and scheming old guy like you would do anything to survive. You calculate every step tenfold. Do you really think you have a chance to leave?"
Subodhi remained extremely calm.
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The Red Dragon and others nearby tactfully avoided aggravation, as the opponent’s life energy level was too high. Even if only a remnant soul remained, they couldn’t contend.
Kong Qiu, on the other hand, climbed up with a grumble, appearing tough and unscathed as if the beating hadn’t affected him, still exuding a refined aura.
"I remember your care, Zhongni will remember it."
Chen Xuzi sneered at the remark, "Of course you’ll remember it; I’ll make sure you remember it for a lifetime!"
Lu Ren’s cold words made everyone fall silent immediately.
"Do you know where this is?"
Lu Ren sometimes allowed them to observe the outside world, especially when he fell into the Underworld. Back then, he didn’t block their view, so they had witnessed everything Lu Ren had encountered.
There was a pause; everyone looked at each other bashfully until Chen Xuzi snorted again.
"A bunch of country bumpkins."
He said unsurely, "This place should be the Underworld."
Subodhi mocked, "That explanation tells us nothing."
Kong Qiu chuckled, "I guarantee you’ll get punished."
Chen Xuzi’s face darkened, "What do you understand? The three harmonies of heaven, earth, and humanity; heaven above called Kunlun, earth below called the Underworld, humanity in between called the Mortal Realm. Being outside the Three Realms and the Five Elements means exactly this, how can you comprehend the marvels within?"
Xu Fu cried, "Chen Xuzi, did you just pull that from a history book? Is it credible? Although there’s a path in Kunlun to other Great Thousand Worlds, you’re just making stuff up."
Chen Xuzi’s face flushed red, shouting, "What do you know? You bastard, you’re asking for a beating!"
Xu Fu raised an eyebrow, rolling up his sleeves: "Wanna spar? I should learn how great your Mingyang Sect techniques are. In reality, I’ve condensed a Divine Body, so you should respect me as an ancestor!"
"You’re full of crap!"
Chen Xuzi shook with anger, immediately engaging in a scuffle with Xu Fu. Though these people were cultivators focused on Qi, their fighting skills still made them masters to ordinary people, but to Lu Ren, it was like watching rabid women brawling, using whatever brutal methods they could.
Kong Qiu watched, laughing heartily, occasionally adding fuel to the fire.
Soon, he was drawn in, tangled up in the brawl.
The Red Dragon, noticing the eerie nature of Lu Ren’s Inner Realm, ceased struggling. When Lu Ren approached, Ao Li opened his eyes with a tinge of curiosity.
"Young one, who are you really? How come there are such precious treasures in your Inner Realm to protect you so well? If I hadn’t lost eighty percent of my strength, I’d dissect you to see what’s inside."
Even though Ao Li was now just a wisp of a remnant soul, ordinary people, or even Lu Ren, couldn’t easily confront him.
In fact, just one look from Ao Li could overwhelm an ordinary person with the complex, all-encompassing flow of cosmic truths engraved on his scales, turning them into an idiot or, at worst, insane.
Lu Ren said calmly, "Elder, you have long lost the chance for rebirth, why struggle so much? Even if you absorb all the vitality in the True Dragon Secret Realm, you merely delay the inevitable end."
Ao Li listened as if hearing the world’s funniest joke, laughing for three or four minutes before slowly calming down, staring fixedly at Lu Ren.
"There’s a saying among you humans: even an ant clings to life, let alone humans."
"Makes sense; it seems I’ve been distracted."
Lu Ren mused, glancing at Ao Li: "I wonder what the elder plans. You fell as a dragon on Celestial Mountain many millennia ago, suffering grievous injuries, unable to take any precautions before passing away, passively waiting for another life. What enemy did you encounter that was so unimaginable?"
Ao Li showed a hint of mockery: "Weakling like an ant, do you want to hear their names? Just uttering them might make you collapse into fragments of your divine soul."
Lu Ren pondered before shaking his head, "It’s unlikely."
Indeed, it wasn’t likely, since the system could shield all spiritual exploration and attack, easily suppressing even a possession attempt by the likes of Ao Li. How might a name alone suffice?
"I guess Elder Ao doesn’t dare mention it, fearing to provoke the other party?"
Ao Li was furious: "Get out of here, brat, I don’t want to see you!!"
Exiting the Inner Realm, Lu Ren sighed slightly, these guys were cunning, sensing any attempt to extract information. Even Chen Xuzi, adept at avoiding direct questions, immediately shifted the topic by brawling with Xu Fu.
He well understood their underlying intentions.
(The Underworld plot will ramp up next. Thank you all for your support, much appreciated!)