Chapter 28: The Gathering of Four Villages

  Deep in Jiuzhaigou, a luxurious hall, Tuojiu sat on it, with more than a dozen people silent on both sides, the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive. Finally, Tuojiu spoke up. "Are you blaming me? Blaming me for not avenging my brothers?"

  "I dare not!" Although the words were spoken with respect, there was still a hint of resentment in their hearts. Tuo Jiu seemed to have noticed their discontent and laughed a few times before saying with an extremely sinister tone: "Do you really think I would let that little brat off? He killed me after all these years of laying down my foundation, he must die!"

  "Head of the village, are you planning to join forces with the other three heads of the village to kill those two bastards?" some people thought.

  Tu Jiu shook his head and said: "They are not of one mind with me, perhaps they will not help me kill him!"

  "Uh..."

  Many people didn't understand the cause and effect, Ta Jiu Xian laughed: "Although the relic is a good thing, that three-stage Bishui Mang snake is not weak. When the time comes, let's calculate it for him. If he gets eaten by the Bishui Mang snake, don't blame anyone!"

  "So that's how it is, the leader is clear about it..."

  "No wonder you're the leader, you're really clever, I couldn't have thought of this solution."

  At this, Tuo Jiu sneered in his heart. He was clear that among these people, there must be spies from other strongholds, but he didn't know who they were. What he said had both truth and falsehood, and no one could judge what was real or fake. However, he believed that those three would definitely know what he said today. But what was his true plan in his heart?

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  Qingfeng Village, Council Chamber!

  At this moment, there are six people gathered here. Suddenly, there is Hei Pao, Du Nangzi, Bing Shusheng, Qiu Rong Ke, and Guang Tou Lao. In front of them, Lu Tianhu sits upright in the main seat.

  "Who's going with me this time?" Lu Tianhu scanned the five people below him.

  The five people below were all very excited, but there were only two seats. They looked at each other with extremely unkind eyes, except for the black-robed one who was very calm.

  "Black robe and bald head, let's go! You three take good care of the village, as for the things in the ruins, they will naturally be counted as your share." Lu Tianhu's words made Du Nangzi, Bing Shusheng, and Qiu Mao Ke breathe a sigh of relief. The ruins were indeed hard to come by, although there were many ruins on the Tianxuan continent, most of them had been occupied by powerful people, and they could get very little.

  Although Lu Tianhu did not want to bring Hei Pao, Hei Pao was indeed the number one person under him, and it would be unfair if he didn't bring him along. Moreover, he wasn't at ease leaving Hei Pao behind, so he brought him along instead.

  "Everyone go back and prepare well, we will set off for Jiuzhaigou tomorrow."

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  Liuyun Village!

  The village owner Dong Tian Shu and his several generals were also discussing the matter of Tuo Jiu inviting him to explore the ruins together.

  "Leader, I think we should be cautious about this matter. According to the scout's report, that Tuo Jiu is planning to use the three-stage Emerald Python to secretly attack a young man. What if they secretly harm us? This cannot be taken lightly! After all, Tuo Jiu has explored the ancient ruins for many years and knows much more than we do. I'm worried there might be some hidden plot."

  "Yes, Chief, this is no trivial matter, should we inform..."

  He was stopped by Dong Tian Shu before he could finish speaking, "This time the ruins are an opportunity, although there is danger, but also full of opportunities, maybe I can rely on this opportunity to break through the martial king and become the martial emperor, so there's no need to listen to their orders. If we tell them, at most we'll just get a slap on the wrist, about this matter you guys must keep it confidential for me, otherwise..."

  A flash of murderous intent flickered in Dong Tian Shu's eyes, and everyone present caught their breath.

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  San Huan Village!

  The leader, Xu Long, directly announced the personnel who would go with him. Among the four strongholds in this area, Xu Long was the most overbearing, and no one in the stronghold dared to disobey his words.

  "Ruins...... I don't believe you'd be so generous, you sinister little man..."

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  Time flies, and five days will soon pass in the blink of an eye.

  For the past five days, Xu Hua and Luo Cheng have been staying indoors, diligently practicing the "Body Refining Technique". To speed up Luo Cheng's cultivation, Xu Hua took out another Life Crystal for him to absorb and refine. Under the effect of a whole Life Crystal, Luo Cheng tempered another ten pieces of muscle, bringing his total to eighteen pieces of tempered muscle. His strength has now reached 1,200 jin, allowing him to contend with early-stage Martial Kings.

  As for Xu Hua, it was even more terrifying. He had consumed two Life Crystals and now only had one and a half left inside him. However, the effect was extremely significant. He had tempered four pieces of muscle, but the increase in strength was even greater than Luo Cheng's. At this point, his physical strength exceeded 2,400 pounds when he used his full force. If he were to launch a sneak attack, one punch could explode the head of an early-stage Wu Wang warrior.

  Although it was only five days, the two of them made significant progress, but others couldn't imitate them, after all, no one else had the essence of life. At this moment, the two of them finally had the power to defy the crowd.

  "My lord, every drop of blood in my body is boiling." Luo Cheng's eyes were a deep crimson, as if an ocean entirely composed of fresh blood was hidden within them.

  Xu Hua looked at Luo Cheng's current appearance, and a sense of danger suddenly arose in his heart. "Maybe you have a special feeling about fresh blood? If you have the chance, you can try it out, don't worry about me, just do what you want!"

  "Gongzi, I can feel that blood has an enormous attraction to me, as if it's my natural food!" Although shocking, Luo Cheng still decided to let Gongzi know.

  "Hmph..." As expected, Xu Hua was shocked. The two fell silent for a moment before Xu Hua finally lifted his head and said firmly: "You're the one I care about, as for others... even if they die, it's just their fate! Just try not to harm ordinary people..."

  Luo Cheng was very pleased and nodded in response: "That's natural, the blood of ordinary people has no attraction to me. Only the blood of warriors, powerful warriors, and powerful demonic beasts have a great attraction to me."

  "No matter what, as long as you can control it, this ability is also unknown whether it's a blessing or a curse?" Xu Hua's heart was not calm.

  "Gongzi, if I lose control and even threaten your life, then I will kill myself while I am still awake!" Luo Cheng said to himself that he would always be this ruthless.

  "Let's not mention that, even if you become a demon king, you are still my brother Xu Hua. Helping millions of people is not as good as saving my brother's life!" Xu Hua attaches great importance to Luo Cheng, and even changed some of his original ideas because of him.

  "Xu Gongzi, Luo Gongzi, the owner of the stockade invites you over." At this time, an unexpected voice sounded from outside the house.

  Xu Hua and Luo Cheng walked out of the house one after another, looking at the man in front of them with a not-so-good expression. Xu Hua said expressionlessly: "Have those people arrived?"

  "Yes, everyone is here. The leader then allowed his subordinates to invite the two young masters." Facing Xu and Hua, he felt a great deal of pressure, after all, five days ago, the two had slaughtered nearly half of the village.

  "Since we're already here, let's go take a look! I also want to see the demeanor of the various fort masters." Xu Hua smiled lightly, and the messenger immediately led the way forward, with Xu Hua and Luo Cheng following closely behind.

  Jiuzhaigou, the Council Chamber!

  "Daojiu, the village was slaughtered and now there are hardly any people left. It's actually quite deserted. Do you want me to send some of my men to help with chores?" Xu Long said magnanimously, but Daojiu's face looked somewhat unpleasant.

  Dong Tian Shu also said, "Brother Tuo, I heard you're going to invite that little brat to the ruins with us. Is he your illegitimate son? I've never seen you treat anyone so well before!"

  "You..." Da Jiu's breath quickened, a hint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

  "Why don't we help Brother Tuo take care of that little brat, it's a pity to kill a genius, I, Old Lu, love this kind of thing." Lu Tianhu also chimed in.

  Just then a tender voice came from outside the door.

  "Who wants to kill the kid! Let me see!"

  Everyone in the hall looked towards the entrance, and saw a young man, younger than they had imagined, walking slowly with light steps, followed closely by another young man of similar age, not leaving his side for an inch.

  As Xu Hua and Luo Cheng entered, Hei Pao's heart was slightly surprised and delighted, never expecting to meet the young master here. Guang Tou let out a startled cry, saying: "How is it you?"

  "Do you know these two?" Lu Tianhu asked, and several others also unexpectedly looked at Guangtou.

  "The village head, it's because of these two people that we didn't complete our task."

  Upon hearing this, Lu Tianhu immediately took action, and no one expected that Lu Tianhu would make a move at this time.

  "Lu Tianhu, stop!" Tuo Jiu's face turned ugly, he didn't expect Lu Tianhu to actually make a move on his own turf.

  But it's clearly too late now, the house was never big to begin with, and in this chaos, no one can stop anyone.

  Bang!

  Looking at the approaching palm, Xu Hua stretched out his right hand and met it with a punch.

  Fists and palms intersected, the two separated again. However, the result was unexpected by many people. The young man stood still, while Lu Tianhu retreated two steps, making his face extremely ugly.

  "This young man is incredibly strong! He's probably stronger than all of us put together." The several village heads furrowed their brows, their faces not looking very good.

  "Was it you who just said you wanted to kill me? How did I not see that you had this kind of ability?" Xu Hua seemed completely disdainful, and walked forward past Lu Tianhu.

  "You're strong, but you've offended someone you shouldn't have. Your ending will be miserable." Lu Tianhu seemed to be out of breath as he spat out a ruthless remark.

  "This person definitely won't be you." Xu Hua didn't care about this at all.

  "Many people want it, so you'd better hold on to it tightly."

  Dong Tian Shu, Tuo Jiu and Xu Long all guessed what Lu Tian Hu was talking about.

  Xu Hua turned around and looked at Lu Tianhu again, saying: "If you want it, come and take it. But first, weigh your own strength! Don't bother with the porcelain one, it's too easy to break."

  "Y...". Lu Tianhu's face turned bright red, as if something was stuck in his throat, wanting to speak but unable to. The others in the hall looked at Xu Hua with great curiosity, while Luo Cheng behind him was ignored.

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