Chapter 104: Testing Swords (Fourth Update)

  The grey and white floating clouds spread across the sky, blocking out the blue heavens.

  The cloud has its own momentum.

  Clouds that block out the sun and sky.

  Lu Yuan was lost in thought, and indeed he had been often gazing at the clouds recently. The intent of his Cloud Sword hadn't reached the realm of transcending sword intent, which was a bit regrettable. As a result, he was always lost in thought while staring at the clouds. Now it was the time of Chen, the sky was overcast and cloudy, with no clear blue sky to be seen. Before he knew it, Li Fang had already arrived behind him.

  "It's time to release Wang Hongtu and those people from the imperial prison," Li said in a low voice behind him.

  "Oh, I see." Lu Yuan nodded.

  In the end, an agreement was reached in the arbitration by Zong Lao, and the Wang, Huang, and Qian families were compensated with some not-too-rich spiritual stones, and then they let them go. The reason why the spiritual stone compensation is not too rich is that they have now handed over the mines to Li Family Mountain Villa.

  They have handed over their own mines, so they don't need to pay too much for the natural spirit stones.

  Anyway, all sorts of families added up together and lost a total of 200 spiritual stones.

  The Ling Stone's compensation isn't much, but thinking about it, the mine itself has made a huge profit. Compared to the last time they extorted Sun Tian Gang, this time they've earned even more, only temporarily getting less in hand.

  Since Lao Zong has made a decision on that side and is satisfied with the compensation in hand, it's only natural to let these people go.

  In the era of great peace, the mortality rate of cultivators is actually not high. Everyone spares each other's lives, fighting and competing but basically preserving their lives. You spare my life today, and next time you fall into a desperate situation, I can also spare your life. If you really have too many lives to spare, go to the underworld and fight against demons and monsters, they will definitely not show mercy.

  "Let it go," said Lu Yuan.

  "Yes." Li Fang nodded and bid farewell, leaving. After a while, nearly two hundred cultivators were all brought to the entrance of the mountain villa. Seeing that they were about to leave, Li Fang felt a little empty and melancholic. He had built so many prisons, but now that people were leaving again, the prisons would be empty once more.

  Originally worried that there were too many people in prison, now worried that these people have left and the prison is empty.

  Li Fang found himself becoming increasingly melancholy.

  When these people were about to leave, many of them looked at Lu Yuan, but they didn't dare look for more than a few seconds. They still had some fear towards this young man who defeated so many of them. During this period, because of the agreement reached with Zong Lao Hui, they agreed to release them, and from time to time, their people came to visit, making those in prison also know the situation outside. The East Mansion has now become Li's family mountain villa.

  Lu Yuan was taken aback: "Huh, their hands." Lu Yuan discovered that the hands of Huang Fengbo, Wang Hongtu, Sun Tiangang and Qian Leng were all strong and powerful. The four people's original tendons should have been cut off by himself, but now they were strong and powerful, which was strange.

  Li put it aside and explained, "Because the verdict from the Zong Lao Hui side has been made, these people are ultimately going to be released, so they have not been held in strict custody. Some people will come to visit them, but they had already sent in the medicine to restore their meridians a month ago, and now after more than a month, almost two months, they have basically recovered about 80% of their strength."

  "Really." Lu Yuan nodded.

  The forces behind these people obviously want to use them elsewhere, so it's normal for some recovery medicine to be sent in advance.

  "Wait a minute, you all wait." Lu Yuan's sudden words made Wang Hongtu, Huang Fengbo and others' hearts tighten. Although they had experienced many storms, they were indeed somewhat afraid of this green-clothed youth. Hearing the green-clothed youth call for a halt, they immediately stopped in their tracks.

  Lu Yuan said: "You, Wang Hongtu, Huang Fengbo, Qian Leng, Sun Tiangang, you four come together and make a move against me, let me try out my sword." Indeed, his purpose was to try out his sword skills, he had cultivated the Wind Sword Intent's Transcendent Sword Intent, and had long wanted to test it, but had never found a suitable opponent.

  Now that these four have recovered about 80% of their strength, they can be used to try out the sword.

  Wang Hongtu, Huang Fengbo, Qian Leng and Sun Tiangang were all stunned.

  ……

  Although he didn't understand why Lu Yuan wanted to try out his sword.

  However, this time, Wang Hongtu, Huang Fengbo, Qian Leng, and Sun Tiangang, the four great masters among the original Eastern Taoist cultivators, joined forces. Their confidence also surged a bit as they took back their original weapons from Li Fang's hands. This time, it was no longer a matter of who would make the first move or the next move; all four of them made their moves at the same moment.

  Sun Tian's sword move was a chaotic loose sword technique, the sword technique seemed to be in disarray but actually converged, Wang Hongtu's Arhat Sword Technique was majestic and powerful, with a tight defense.

  "Violent Rain Arrow", "Hundred Rain Bullet", "Rain Fog"... various water-based spells appeared, Qian Leng's hand was still as steady as ever.

  Huang Fengbo's mastery of the Wind System magic was still impressive: "Gale Blade, Hidden Wind Kill, Hundred Winds Blade Array..." Various techniques were executed in his hands.

  The four masters each brought out their excellent skills, last time they lost to Lu Yuan and were somewhat intimidated by this young man in green clothes. However, people all have a psychology of not admitting defeat, during the past month in prison, they were constantly thinking about what to do if they met Lu Yuan again. They thought of many ways to deal with Lu Yuan during their life in prison over a month.

  Now, they finally faced Lu Yuan again, and a sense of heroic passion surged up in their hearts.

  And it was four against one, more people than last time's three against one, plus a month of contemplation in prison.

  Maybe this battle can be won.

  When the four of them first started fighting, they all felt that this battle might be winnable. However, before ten moves had passed, they began to feel something was off. If it were like last time, being trapped in a sword circle, having their weaknesses exposed, and being controlled, they could accept that. At least then, they would still have a chance to resist and counterattack.

  But this time it was even more absurd, after exchanging only a dozen or so moves, they felt as if they were trapped in a sword circle, with their weaknesses being constantly exposed, and their bodies seemingly controlled. But that wasn't all - they also discovered that the thing they were facing seemed to be not a sword at all.

  But it's windy.

  The wind of nature.

  If we say our opponents are swords, they can still find ways to counterattack.

  Now they don't even know how to counterattack.

  In the grand scheme of nature, the wind that blows freely and is omnipresent, how can you counterattack? At this level, it's a sword technique that leaves one hopeless, unless your skills far surpass Lu Yuan's. Otherwise, encountering such a desperate sword technique would only lead to despair. Wang Hongtu, Huang Fengbo, and the other four had been imprisoned for over a month, thinking of various methods, but now facing Lu Yuan's sword technique, they were at a complete loss. How could they fight against this? The wind that is omnipresent in nature has become your opponent; how can you avoid such a sword?

  Wang Hongtu, Huang Fengbo and others are now desperate. The four of them think that their brains must be abnormal. If they weren't, why would they go to the Dui Xiangshan mine cave? After Lu Yuan arrived at Li Jia Mountain Villa, he even dared to take the initiative to find him.

  The wind finally stopped, and when the wind stopped, Wang Hongtu and others saw Yang Wujian's sword. At this time, half of the sword had returned to its scabbard, and under the gaze of these people, the remaining half of the sword also slid into the scabbard.

  Lu Yuan withdrew his hand, this battle was just to try out the transcendence of his Wind Sword Intent. Now that he had seen its power, it was indeed impressive. Wang Hongtu and the other three, who had recovered 80% of their strength, joined forces, but under Lu Yuan's Transcendence Sword Intent, they were surprisingly so powerless.

  Having shown its power, it can naturally be put away now.

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  In the following days, Lu Yuan was quite idle.

  The entire territory of Dongdao Prefecture was basically occupied by the Li family's mountain villa, and after witnessing Lu Yuan's swordsmanship, Wang Hongtu and others brought their subordinates to flee as far as possible, never wanting to get close to Dongdao Prefecture again, thinking that Lu Yuan was like a devil, the farther away the better, and getting closer would be dangerous.

  These days, it's just eating and drinking every day, sleeping well, and spending leisurely days. In fact, the current Li family mansion has a lot of government affairs every day, but since the old man with the surname Lu came, everything will be handed over to him and Li Fang, so there's no need for me to bother myself with troublesome things.

  What divides the mine and assigns people to go to the mine, forms a mine patrol team, absorbs new blood, these tasks are numerous, if they really go to deal with them, basically no rest is needed.

  Anyway, just live your own carefree life.

  If there's anything that makes him feel uneasy during this period, it would be the Seventh Prince of the Great Jin imperial family. Coincidentally, he had arrived in Dongping Province at this time and after hearing about the Eastern Duke's residence, he came to visit himself every other day. How could Lu Yuan not guess what was on the mind of this prince?

  Inside the imperial family of Da Jin, in order to compete for the position of the next emperor, internal strife was quite intense. This seventh prince probably also wanted to pull some external support, and came to find himself to build relationships, and also wanted to give many gifts to himself.

  Alas, this Seventh Prince is really boring. He himself can't even hold the position of Beifeng's master, always dodging and avoiding whenever possible. How would he get involved in the struggle for the next emperor of the Great Jin imperial family? The farther away from such things, the better. The gifts sent by the Seventh Prince are always directly returned.

  However, the Seventh Prince was indeed persistent and would often come to visit him, which was somewhat troublesome.

  Forget it, forget it, let's just go back.

  Anyway, the current situation in Dongdao Prefecture has been resolved on its own, and the mine problem has been handled properly. The remaining follow-up matters also have Uncle Lu presiding over them. Uncle Lu is much more experienced than himself, and with him presiding, he can be completely at ease.

  Let's go back to Mount Hua instead

  Finally, the fourth update is done. I'm almost dead from exhaustion. Indeed, explosive updates aren't easy to do. From now on, I'll try to do them only when I have stockpiled chapters. Without stockpiles, I won't challenge myself with explosive updates again; it's too difficult. With tears streaming down my face, the four updates are complete. I also hope that everyone who has a monthly ticket will vote for me and those who can subscribe will help me out by subscribing.