Level Up in Martial World

Chapter 291: Trouble with the Bloodline Families

Lu Zhen sighed as he sat on his throne, looking at the empty hall.

He was wearing his emperor robes, intricately adorned with dragon symbols woven finely and detailed to showcase the quality of the robes.

His long black hair cascaded down his shoulders, and his crimson eyes seemed to contain a hint of chilling indifference.

With well-defined facial features, he looked handsome, his extremely bulky body exuding a domineering aura, as if he were a celestial immortal descended straight from heaven.

A woman suddenly entered the palace, bringing a smile to Lu Zhen's extremely cold face. His handsome facial features seemed to blossom like flowers, accentuating his allure even further.

"Mother, what are you doing here?" he called out gently.

"Well," Lu Ying rubbed her temples, her face haggard with exhaustion.

She was holding a small paper in her hand. "Do you remember the envoy from the war against the other three families, and the person I wanted to deliver the demonic cultivation to? She was dead all along. We found her body in a terribly mutilated state, and..."

When Lu Zhen heard this, his expression turned serious, his eyebrows arching with concern. "What happened?"

Lu Ying hesitated, her voice laced with uncertainty, but ultimately, she decided to speak. "That envoy was also from the eight great bloodline families, so they already have some involvement in Phoenix City."

Lu Zhen's eyes narrowed as he delved into deep contemplation.

It had only been a day since Lu Ming broke through and became a mid-first-stage martial artist, and there were still six days remaining before the marching army arrived.

Yet, now another problem has arisen seemingly out of nowhere.

If Lu Ying hadn't mentioned it, Lu Zhen might never have considered the implications of that encounter, the memory of the assailant who had nearly taken his life fading into the background amidst the chaos of recent events.

With so many pressing matters vying for his attention, Lu Zhen found himself consumed by a myriad of concerns, almost forgetting about this matter altogether.

"I already had troubles with that sect, and now another has joined the fray..." Lu Zhen muttered as he closed his eyes, sinking into deep thought.

Whatever method he used to defeat the man Lu Zhen was able to fight the first-stage martial artist for a time with peak third-stage martial artist cultivation, Lu Huang was aware of his own strength; he could die from just a casual strike from a first-stage martial artist. Their power was terrifying, to say the least.

Lu Huang still remembered the domineering aura that Lu Zhen had released when they were in the meeting in the palace; his mere aura was enough to completely immobilize his body.

"I need some external forces," Lu Huang muttered as he suddenly thought of the crisis heading towards his own city right now.

"But this cannot be done recklessly. Even if I kill that unfilial son of mine, his mother might kill me..." he went to his chair and sat, looking at the broken table, a small frown appearing on his face.

...

In the quiet solitude of his cultivation chamber, Lu Zhen's keen gaze fell upon the sprawling pile of resources laid out before him.

With a sense of casual ease, he extended his hand, the movement accompanied by a faint green glow that seemed to dance in the air.

Swish!

A single Qi stone responded to his command, lifting into the air with a graceful motion, levitating in thin air.

If you look carefully at its Qi fluctuation, it revealed a very pure Qi, unlike the most common Qi stones used by ordinary martial artists.

This was a middle-grade Qi stone; however, if you look at the ground, there were thousands of middle-grade Qi stones among the stacks of cultivation resources, all lined up in a pile.

There was even a relatively bigger stone in the middle whose signatures were above the others by many folds. It slightly leaked pure Qi, which had a calming effect on others' minds.

Lu Zhen made a grabbing motion, and instantly, the middle-grade Qi stone landed in his hand swiftly.

Without a shred of hesitation he directly opened his jaws wide, swallowing the whole Qi stone!

As the Qi stone travelled down his espionage and entered his body, instantaneously it was dissolved.

The pure Qi without any attribute to it instantly was absorbed by Lu Zhen and converted into plant Qi.