Chapter 1: Brother and Sister

  Murong Yuxi didn't dare let Lu Chen walk back to the post station. The scene that had just unfolded in the middle of the street had already spread the news that Lu Chen was an Upper Immortal, and it was estimated that it wouldn't take long for the entire imperial capital to know about the arrival of an Upper Immortal.

  Helpless, Murong Yuxi could only bring Lu Chen onto her own carriage and drove the horse-drawn vehicle all the way to the relay station.

  "Wow, this is really a princess's carriage, it's too luxurious. I didn't think that in my lifetime I would be able to ride in such an extravagant horse-drawn vehicle."

  In the spacious carriage, Lu Chen was comfortably leaning against the soft seat, as if he had just brutally beaten a villain and looked like a killing god. The lazy look on his face made Mu Rong Yu Xi, who was sitting beside him, want to go up and strangle this ignorant "lecher" to death.

  "This is called courting disaster!" Murong Yuxi scolded in a low voice: "Can't you be honest for once, just down the mountain and you've already stirred up such a big trouble."

  Lu Chenbai rolled his eyes and said, "This can't be blamed on me, who made them scold the Daoist master as a demonic Daoist?"

  Murong Yuxi scolded in anger: "Can't you just bear with it a bit and let me handle it? Now that's great, after a while everyone will know that Qianyumen has arrived. If that demon hides, he'll never be caught for the rest of his life."

  "As expected, he still holds a grudge." Lu Chen curled his lip and turned the page over, then sat up and looked at Murong Yu Xi: "That's even better, didn't need to make a move and scared him off, more convenient that way."

  "Idiot." Murong Yuxi said angrily: "If we leave and he comes out again, what can we do?"

  "Come on~" Lu Chen curled his lips, apparently not taking it seriously, and said: "Besides, how do you know we can definitely beat them? What if they're a powerful old ghost who's cultivated to success, wouldn't that be putting our lives at risk?"

  "Cowardly like a mouse!" Murong Yuxi has already lost to this shameless person. After cultivating in Qianyu Gate for so long, he doesn't even have the most basic idea of exorcising demons and protecting the Tao, wasting such good cultivation talent.

  Murong Yuxi was different from others, the clever her had always thought that being able to reach the third layer of Qi training in just a few months from being unable to cultivate at all, was absolutely not something a waste material could do. There must be some other hidden reason behind it.

  But Lu Chen didn't think so, instead he slightly closed his eyes, stretched out a finger and shook it: "No, this has nothing to do with courage. As long as the enemy doesn't show up, no one knows their true strength and abilities. Overestimating one's own strength will only lead to paying the price. Rather than that, it's better to lower your posture, look at your opponent more clearly, and prepare thoroughly. This way, perhaps in the end, you won't feel fear from the bottom of your heart."

  "Huh?"

  These words were spoken with emotion and reason, and Murong Yuxi's expression changed slightly. She had never thought that this "dissolute" person in front of her would have such a unique insight. Murong Yuxi couldn't help but admit that Lu Chen's words made a lot of sense, perhaps this was what they called self-awareness.

  Murong Yuxi didn't know that Lu Chen had been rolling around in the streets since he was a child, and had seen all sorts of so-called evil and good. In order to better protect himself, he had long since developed this cautious personality in his subconscious mind. Without absolute power and control, he would never fantasize about playing with his enemies at his fingertips, that's just asking for death.

  For Murong Yu Xi, he knew that Lu Chen was this kind of person, just like when they first met in the creek. Although there were some differences between them, it wasn't as scary as Lu Chen had imagined. It was that one time when Lu Chen actually used the Restrictive Seal and the Flowing Sand Finger to trap himself, not even using his basic martial arts skills, directly reaching the extreme point.

  "Just now you knocked down how many people, at least fifty or sixty, right?" Murong Yu Xi suddenly remembered Lu Chen's murderous aura and couldn't help but ask.

  But little did he know, Lu Chen on the opposite side had been drowsy and sleepy for a long time, without making half a sound.

  Murong Yuxi glared at Lu Chen and also closed her eyes.

  The carriage rattled along the road, gradually lulling Lu Chen into a dreamland. The sunlight had slanted to the western mountain edge, leaving only the last wisps of sunset glow desperately releasing its radiance. In the lightly curtained carriage, Murong Yuexi closed her eyes to meditate, while Lu Chen was fast asleep. Before long, they finally arrived at the post station, and the two walked in, one after the other.

  Inside the relay station, Lian Qing sat quietly with her legs crossed, not worrying about Lu Chen at all. Meanwhile, Zuo Qingwan and Huiyue, Huilin had already told Lian Qing everything that had happened. As for what Lu Chen did, although Lian Qing was somewhat displeased, she generally agreed with it. After all, the people of Qianyu Gate were not just anyone who could be bullied, this was not only related to the chastity of the female disciples, but also related to the reputation of Qianyu Gate.

  With Xiao Yao in, the other female disciples who heard about the cause and effect couldn't help but shiver. Lan Qing seemed to be fine, even looking quite satisfied. The several young girls, including Lu Chen, were just beginners and didn't know about the darkness of this world. From Lan Qing's perspective, if Murong Yu Xi had dealt with those who harassed the Qian Yu Men disciples lightly, that would have been strange. Obviously, Murong Yu Xi's handling method was to satisfy Qian Yu Men.

  Offend the superior immortal, there is only one dead end.

  As the door creaked open, Murong Yuxi led Lu Chen in, and the disciples rushed to surround them, repeatedly giving Lu Chen a thumbs up. Lu Chen's face, which was never thin-skinned when it came to praise, was also bright red with embarrassment, and he couldn't help but chuckle.

  Ling Qing didn't say anything, only urging Lu Chen to never be so reckless again in the future. Lu Chen listened carefully and took her words to heart. Later, Murong Yu Xi spoke up, "Master Uncle, the demon has been wreaking havoc in the palace for several months now. Father's intention is that we should also move into the palace to prevent any unexpected events."

  Expressing the emperor's intention, Murong Yuxi did not speak again, waiting for Lian Qing's decision.

  After some thought, Lian Qing nodded and said: "Alright, let's get rid of the demon as soon as possible, so we can return to Qian Yu Men and cultivate in peace. Here's what we'll do, Hui Xi, you arrange a place, I'll take Hui Wan and seven others to sneak into the palace tonight, as for Lu Chen..."

  Lu Chen heard this and also knew that it was inconvenient for him to enter the harem as a man, so he said: "Master uncle doesn't have to worry about Master nephew, Master nephew can stay here alone and quietly wait for Master uncle's good news."

  "En. That's all there is to it. Still the same old saying, don't stir up trouble." Lan Qing said with a hint of praise.

  "Got it, young master!"

  Everything was ready, and Murong Yuhui had already prepared the accommodation for the disciples and Lian Qing. So, that night, nine people entered the imperial palace together, leaving only Lu Chen to guard the station and practice freely.

  Without Lan Qing and the others, Lu Chen was quite carefree. The guards at the post station were all imperial personnel, so they naturally knew that a superior being was staying inside and probably wouldn't go to disturb him. Lu Chen also gained some peace and quiet.

  After sitting for a while, practicing the Clear Mind Technique, he suddenly felt his True Essence increase again, and that evil energy had completely disappeared. Lu Chen took out the jade pendant and kept examining it in his hand...

  A thread of spiritual power poured in, without any reflection, Lu Chen couldn't help but feel puzzled: "Not a magic tool? It's really strange, why did I just see this jade pendant glow, it was still black, my strength suddenly increased a lot, and now it's gone."

  Actually, before this, Lu Chen hadn't fallen asleep on Feng Wu's lap; he had been thinking about the jade pendant all along.

  "Just now you knocked down fifty or sixty people, didn't you?" Murong Yu Xi's doubt was also Lu Chen's doubt.

  After cultivating until now, Lu Chen didn't become arrogant to the point of thinking that just by practicing a few spells, he could use his Qi Refining Fourth Layer strength to defeat a hundred enemies. After all, he was still far from being a true Immortal. However, what had just happened was truly real - nearly sixty city guards and over ten constables were actually knocked to the ground by him, and this was partly due to the jade pendant's effect.

  "Killing intent?"

  Suddenly, Lu Chen remembered that he became more and more excited as he fought, and only after his killing intent emerged did the jade pendant react.

  "It's killing intent." Lu Chen thought decisively, his eyes slightly closed, recalling the scene where Zuo Qinghua was bullied, and the anger in his heart rose again.

  "Hmm"

  In his mind, it was as if a thunderbolt had exploded, and the black aura instantly appeared on the jade pendant. Lu Chen felt that he had endless power, and there was an unstoppable killing intent surging out. His mind was filled with wailing ghosts and howling wolves. This reaction was even more intense than when he had angrily beaten up over a hundred city guards.

  "Not good."

  Moved by this, Lu Chen only felt that he just wanted to kill people, and as soon as he thought of this, he hurriedly activated the Clear Heart Technique to suppress it.

  The true yuan's power was mobilized, flowing slowly along the familiar meridians, just like a stream nourishing the riverbank, extremely comfortable. The previous evil energy also began to be suppressed under the flow of so much true yuan. Just as Lu Chen was about to prepare to end his meditation, suddenly, his purple mansion seemed to stir up a stormy sea...

  "The true yuan is stirring, could it be that it's about to break through at this time?" Lu Chen was slightly startled and immediately became overjoyed. In these days of cultivation, Lu Chen had been hovering around the peak of the fourth layer of Qi Refining, according to his own words, the Clear Mind Technique he cultivated was a fundamental method for stabilizing the foundation, even more profound and intricate than ordinary Xuan Gong Miao Fa, every level of advancement would accumulate true yuan several times or even dozens of times more than others.

  As a result, Lu Chen's cultivation slowed down, but he didn't expect that under the sudden appearance of this evil energy, he would really break through.

  "This evil energy can actually be absorbed?" Lu Chen carefully sensed, and suddenly discovered that after this evil energy was suppressed, a small amount of it was still absorbed by his own Purple Mansion, and it was precisely because of the absorption of this evil energy that his cultivation had further improved.

  It wasn't until a whole incense stick had burned down that the sky had darkened and Lu Chen finally calmed down.

  When he opened his eyes again, he suddenly found that his clothes were already soaked with sweat and there was a little impurity on his body.

  There was only one thing that made Lu Chen very puzzled: after this evil energy was absorbed, it merged with his spiritual power, and Lu Chen suddenly felt that his thoughts had become...

  Uh... seems like it's gotten a bit evil.

  "Good boy, you're too naughty."

  Lu Chen stared blankly at the jade pendant, wanting to try and see what kind of mysterious power it had, but thinking that he had almost lost control just now, he gave up on the idea in his mind.

  "This jade pendant is not simple, let's talk about it another day."

  Thinking of this, Lu Chen got out of bed and pushed open the door, walking out of the post station...