Chapter 98 Moon in the Void

  A young man in a green shirt carrying the Nourishing Me Sword walks on the gravel road.

  At last, the eaves of the Li family's mountain villa appeared in the distance, at a bend in the forest.

  The Li family's mountain villa was also surrounded by silvery moonlight.

  The moonlight pours in through every hole and crevice.

  The wind blows quietly.

  The wind moves, the bamboo sways, the shadow dances.

  Everything is swaying quietly in the moonlight.

  Stirred up a wisp of faint shadowy wind.

  It was on this moonlit frosty night that Lu Yuan returned to the Li family's mountain estate. Now that it was already nighttime, normally at this hour, the entire estate would be quiet and still, with only the guards patrolling the perimeter breaking the silence. Everyone else had fallen into a deep sleep, a far cry from the hustle and bustle of daytime. Just then, a cultivator hurried over: "Greetings, Young Master."

  Lu Yuanyang raised his hand: "Get up, speak, what's the matter?"

  "It's like this." The cultivator nodded and said: "I received over a dozen letters tonight."

  "Oh, let me take a look." With that, the cultivator handed over the letter to Lu Yuan, who carefully opened it and read its contents. After finishing, a hint of cold smile appeared on his face. Among these dozen or so letters, the senders were mainly four people: Sun Tiangang, who was backing Qingcheng; Wang Hongtu, the master of the thousand-year-old Wang family that dominated this place; Huang Fengbo, the master of the imperial family with ties to the Great Jin royal family; and Qian Leng, the master of the Qian family, which had a medium-sized cultivator sect behind it. The other letters were also from the leaders of various major and minor forces in Dongdao Prefecture.

  These letters have all sorts of languages and all sorts of embellishments.

  However, the purpose is only one thing, which is to test one's own limits.

  Actually, when Lu Yuangang came, the big and small forces of Dongdao Prefecture didn't pay attention to him. What's the difference if the young master comes? What's the difference if this young master is a true disciple of Huashan North Peak? He's still too young after all. Being so young, even as a true disciple, his strength isn't that great, and most importantly, young people lack experience and can't compete with some experienced old hands on the scene.

  To put it simply, when Lu Yuan started out, almost everyone present thought that Lu Yuan was too young.

  Lacking in strength and also lacking in experience.

  As a result, everyone found themselves in the wrong, an eighteen-year-old true disciple, defeated the eighty-year-old old experience Sun Tiangang, admitted defeat, this is not only a strong force, but also on the hand method is quite old.

  What a joke, such nonsense actually exists. So, they are also curious, what does Lu Yuan look like, a person so young can defeat the old experienced Sun Tiangang, it's not easy at all. Of course, they have more or less taken over the mining caves of the Venerable Sword Sage, and it's hard for them to spit out what they've swallowed.

  They then discussed it together and decided to send a letter together, with more than ten parties' letters sent at the same time, with a hint of warning. You Lu Yuan, even if you are an overlord from across the river, when you arrive at Dongdao Prefecture, you will have to lower your head obediently. What's more, you're just a young person who can't have much experience.

  That's right, this is a probe.

  Test Luyuans limits, test Luyuans attitude.

  With more than a dozen forces joining hands, Lu Yuan would have to be cautious.

  The letter mentions the most is to shelve the problem, joint development. Simply put, various forces occupied the mine caves of your Vertical Sword Immortal Sect before, and these disputes can be shelved. Everyone can develop together. This was originally a test of Lu Yuan's bottom line.

  Lu Yuan smiled, interesting.

  It's really interesting.

  Lu Yuan said to Li Fang behind him: "Li Fang, help me reply to the letter. Just say that all those who occupied the Xiangshan mine must unconditionally return it and compensate for it. Each person who occupied the mine must pay a certain amount of compensation. There is no room for negotiation." What a joke! These people still want to test their limits, occupying our own mine and thinking about shelving the issue, joint development? This is nonsense.

  How can there be such good things!

  They want to test their limits, and they will be given a hard lesson in return.

  Li Fang nodded and immediately wrote a strong response, feeling very satisfied. He had never responded so strongly to the leaders of other forces before. It was not easy to survive among so many forces, but now he could finally express himself freely in his letter. The cultivator beside him also secretly admired Li Fang's boldness, thinking that only by following Li Fang could they experience such a strong and free life. This cultivator had been lightly injured last time and gained three spiritual stones, earning a small profit, and had long since revered Lu Yuan from the bottom of his heart.

  Now it's just deepening this worship a bit more.

  ——————

  The bamboo sways in the wind.

  Lu Yuan was sitting quietly in the backyard.

  For some reason I want to practice sword fighting.

  I draw out Nourishing My Sword from its scabbard, quietly gazing at this three-foot-three-inch-long sword in my hand. The body of Nourishing My Sword seems to be reflecting the moonlight as well. Never mind, let's practice with the sword then.

  Still practicing the old routine of the 108 Wind Cloud Swords.

  "Clouds are soft and thick"

  "Heavy winds blow heavily"

  "Clouds entwine the sword, disturbing it"

  "The great wind rises..."

  "Heavy clouds and strong winds"

  "The wind passes over the mountains and rivers without leaving a trace"

  "Clouds come and winds disturb"

  "The wind passes over the mountains without leaving a trace"

  "The clouds lock in the deep mountains, the wind does not blow"

  The wind and cloud one hundred and eight swords, each move is displayed, Lu Yuan freely displays the sword moves in his hand, no thoughts, no thoughts, a blank mind, not suddenly enlightened, nor thinking of sudden enlightenment. Now, the moon is just right, he only wants to display the wind and cloud one hundred and eight swords under the moonlight.

  A single move and a single style of swordplay unfolded in his hand, reflecting the moonlight above, with a bright and clean sword light.

  Now, simply appreciating the long sword in hand, the sword moves that the long sword dances out.

  The way this swordsmanship is performed is so beautiful.

  The sword, with its unparalleled agility in hand, had by now become an integral part of his body.

  It turned out that, unknowingly, I had grown to like the Hundred and Eight Sword Techniques of the Wind and Clouds so much. This was a set of sword techniques that were etched into my bones and flowed smoothly through my blood. The "Wind Calming Clouds" technique was the final move of the Hundred and Eight Sword Techniques of the Wind and Clouds, and with this one move, all 108 moves had been executed.

  I sheathe my sword slowly and put it back into its ancient scabbard.

  As he sheathed his Nourishing Me Sword, Lu Yuan couldn't help but think of his master. His master's body must have worsened a bit more, although normally he always seemed like a drunkard who didn't care about anything, but when the moon was cold and people were quiet, dancing with the sword his master had given him, he still couldn't help but miss his master.

  Forget it, forget it, all thoughts turned into this cup of wine.

  He unscrewed the wine gourd and poured a mouthful of wine into his belly.

  (Today's notice is ready, today it goes on sale... although there isn't much preparation, but still put it on sale today. Starting from the next chapter, it should be available for sale regularly. Let me prepare a speech for going on sale first.)