Longevity Gu Dao: Start From Refining Infatuation Gu

Chapter 39: The Retaliation-Less Autumn of the Lu Family

Upon perceiving the memories of several Lu Family cultivators, Zhou Sui couldn't help but gasp in shock.

Although he had long known that this world was full of dangers, a world where people preyed on each other, he never expected the Lu Family, the rulers of Misty Cloud City, to be so malicious.

If he hadn't been extremely cautious, he would have likely been killed by the chaos intentionally stirred up by the Lu Family.

"After returning, I must seclude myself and improve my cultivation."

"I shouldn't leave the house until I reach the late stage of Qi Refining."

Zhou Sui clenched his fist, feeling a sense of urgency in his heart.

There was no doubt that the Lu Family had gone completely mad. Once the Lu Family Patriarch fell, the entire Lu Family could be wiped out.

The previous glory of the Lu Family would turn into a tragedy after the Patriarch's death.

Even though the Lu Family had joined the Immortal Mist Sect, only a few would truly survive.

After all, the Immortal Mist Sect was not a nursing home and couldn't protect every Lu Family descendant. At most, they would protect those who were valuable.

But the Lu Family was so vast, having survived for over two hundred years, with a population of over ten thousand.

They couldn't just let everyone except the direct descendants die.

He knew this, and the people of the Lu Family couldn't be unaware of it either.

So, before the Patriarch's death, these Lu Family descendants would definitely seize as much as they could.

Once they had gathered enough, they would immediately flee Misty Cloud City and live in hiding elsewhere.

"Fortunately, these storage bags don't have any marks left by the Lu Family."

Using the Dream Soul Gu, Zhou Sui lightly scanned with his divine sense and sensed that these four Lu Family cultivators' storage bags had no marks or methods left by the Lu Family.

After all, his divine sense was comparable to that of a Foundation Building cultivator, and the methods of ordinary Qi Refining cultivators were simply not worth mentioning and would be instantly detected.

Moreover, the Lu Family was at most a Foundation Building family with thousands of descendants.

Apart from some important family members, the other descendants wouldn't have any special means of protection.

He also scanned the heritage jade slips, pill formulas, pill cauldrons, and other items purchased from the Treasure Pavilion with his divine sense, but found no special marks.

"Never mind, it's better to be cautious."

"There are many strange methods among cultivators in this world. Who knows if I might fall into a trap."

"I'll have one of my clones take these treasures out of the city first, and when there's no activity for a while, I'll come back."

Zhou Sui waved his hand, cast a fireball spell, and instantly burned the corpses of the four Lu Family cultivators to ashes, then flew towards the outskirts of the city.

After all, he was just a clone. Even if the Lu Family really found him, it would only be the death of a clone.

As long as he left the city and found a place to hide, he believed that no one would be able to find him.

This way, it wouldn't burden his main body.

But before that, he handed over the storage bags containing a large amount of spirit flesh and spirit rice to another clone and had that clone bring them back to his main body.

After all, these resources had nothing to do with the Lu Family and couldn't possibly have any means attached to them. They could be safely brought back to his main body.

In fact, Zhou Sui could currently create a total of five clones.

One clone was responsible for monitoring, one for shopping, one for reception, and the other two were on standby.

..........

Several hours later.

The shopkeeper Lu Ming at Treasure Pavilion had a very ugly expression. The longer the time passed, the worse his expression became.

By now, it seemed as dark as charcoal, and his heart was in a state of panic.

"They haven't returned at this point. Could they already be dead?"

Shopkeeper Lu Ming clenched his fist. Under normal circumstances, it would be a piece of cake for four cultivators at the late Qi Refining stage to ambush and kill a cultivator at the fifth level of Qi Refining. It wouldn't waste much time at all.

But now, several hours had passed, and there was no sign of his subordinates returning.

There was no doubt that his subordinates were most likely in grave danger.

"It seems that I underestimated that Independent Cultivator. That bastard is definitely not a cultivator at the fifth level of Qi Refining, but at least at the late Qi Refining stage, or even possibly a great cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining."

Shopkeeper Lu Ming took a deep breath. He knew that he had made a big mistake this time.

Just a single misjudgment had resulted in the death of four cultivators at the late Qi Refining stage, which was a heavy loss.

It was a heavy blow to the already struggling Lu family.

Thinking of this, he knew that this matter was too big, and he couldn't make the decision alone.

If this matter was known by the elders of the Lu family, he would undoubtedly be doomed.

So he quickly went to the Lu family and found the elder of the Lu family, telling him about the matter.

With a slap, after listening to these words, the elder of the Lu family slapped Lu Ming's face, knocking him to the ground. There were five red marks on his face, almost knocking out his teeth.

"You useless piece of trash! I've told you countless times that this period of time is a troublesome time for our Lu family. If you can avoid trouble, then avoid it. But now, you actually went and became a Rogue Cultivator, and you even got four cultivators at the late Qi Refining stage from our family killed."

The elder of the Lu family was furious.

"I'm sorry, Elder. I had no choice. It's because the Lu family is in such a difficult situation and lacks spirit stones. How much can we earn just by doing business?

The reason I became a Rogue Cultivator was also for the sake of the Lu family. I wanted to earn more spirit stones and buy another Foundation Building Pill for the Lu family, just to let the Lu family produce another Foundation Building cultivator."

Lu Ming knelt on the ground, crying bitterly, expressing that he had no selfish motives and was only thinking for the greater good.

"You, you!"

Hearing these words, the elder of the Lu family's fingers trembled with anger, but in the end, he sighed and softened his heart.

Because he also knew that what Lu Ming said was true.

After all, it wasn't just him who became a Rogue Cultivator in the Lu family now. Many young members of the Lu family had also taken action.

It was just that Lu Ming had failed, so he was being blamed. If he had succeeded, then there wouldn't have been any problems.

"Elder, we must avenge them. They are our Lu family's members. Now that they have been killed by that Independent Cultivator, it's like slapping our Lu family's face. I want that Independent Cultivator dead."

"And I've already tampered with the inheritance jade slip, leaving behind a unique scent. As long as we use the scent worms, we can track him down and catch him at his weak point."

Lu Ming's eyes were filled with hatred as he roared, wanting to seek revenge and vent his anger.

"Shut up, let's put an end to this matter. Don't pursue the Independent Cultivator anymore."

The elder of the Lu family waved his hand.

"Why?"

Lu Ming was shocked. He never expected that the Lu family would give up on pursuing the culprit. It didn't fit the domineering style and character of the Lu family.

"Foolish, don't you understand now? Since that Independent Cultivator was able to instantly kill four cultivators at the late Qi Refining stage from our Lu family, his cultivation level must be at least at the ninth level of Qi Refining. Unless several cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining from our Lu family take action, we won't be able to do anything to him. We might even be killed by him."

The elder of the Lu family's face turned serious.

(End of this chapter)