"Lu Qinghe?"
Seeing Lu Qinghe unexpectedly here, Jian Shou looked surprised.
But soon, he thought of something and sneered, "What a stroke of luck! Having a good little sister has saved you years of hard work for nothing, and now you've achieved many people's dreams by entering the Ask Immortal Sect."
"Are you mocking me?" Lu Qinghe looked at Jian Shou.
Jian Shou was said to have been punished by Lu Qingyun's questioning.
But... he didn't see it.
"We dare not mock Master Lu."
"Alright."
At this moment, a Longying Swordsman, somewhat the leader among the six, stepped forward and said, "I am Longying Swordsman's Deputy Captain, Eagle Eye. Did you leave the marks that gathered the Xueying Swordsmen here?"
"I only summoned the Xueying Swordsmen."
"There are only twenty Xueying Swordsmen in the Ask Immortal Sect, serving Miss Lu. Your marks are not clear. Within a thirty-mile radius, they don't have time to search one by one. So we were asked to help. Since we have met someone, I will notify the captain of the Xueying Swordsmen, Caiyun, to come over."
Eagle Eye said, nodded to a nearby Longying Swordsman, and the Longying Swordsman left quickly to inform Caiyun.
"Now, let's talk about the reward. Even though we are all members of the Xueying Sword Villa, it doesn't mean that we Longying Swordsmen should do useless work for you, Master Lu."
"Fine. Let's talk in detail when the Xueying Swordsmen arrive. You all are free to go."
Lu Qinghe responded calmly.
There was already an indication of a farewell in his words.
"Wait!"
At this moment, Jian Shou took a deep breath and, feeling the obvious and fresh air around him, said with a serious expression, "Captain, the concentration of spiritual energy here is higher than outside."
"Uh!?" Eagle Eye was a Refining Reality six-layer expert, the deputy captain of the thirteenth squad of Longying Swordsmen, and practiced high-grade swordsmanship. His cultivation was even comparable to that of an ordinary Refining Reality six-peak expert. With a little perception, he immediately realized something, "This is a gathering place for spiritual energy."
"A gathering place for spiritual energy will produce spiritual treasures. Even if the grade of the spiritual treasures here might not be high, it can still add several hundred or even thousands of gold worth for us."
Said another Longying Swordsman who had reached the Refining Reality five-peak level.
For a while, everyone's eyes involuntarily fell on Lu Qinghe.
If the Snow Eagle Swordsman were to pay compensation, it would be nothing but official business, and giving them tens of gold coins as fellow members of the Snow Sword Villa would already be a high price. Clearly, this amount of income is insufficient to satisfy these several Dragon Eagle Swordsmen.
"If I'm not mistaken, those natural treasures should have been collected by Young Master Lu already."
Eagle Eye gazed at Lu Qinghe and asked.
"Captain, I saw traces of the spirit grass being excavated."
At this moment, a Dragon Eagle Swordsman who was searching nearby spoke up, confirming Eagle Eye's speculation.
"Lu Qinghe, you are in danger, and we entered the Xiantian Mountain Range to rescue you. You should naturally pay compensation. Let's not talk about other matters. Just hand over the natural treasures you collected to us."
"Haha..."
Lu Qinghe looked at the several Dragon Eagle Swordsmen in front of him with indifference and said, "I don't think it's necessary."
"Oh? Are you refusing?"
"Obviously."
Seeing the indifferent expression on Lu Qinghe's face, Eagle Eye's expression immediately turned cold, "Do you know the consequences of doing this? Although Landlady Lu Qingyun is backing you up, in the Xiantian Mountain Range, fierce beasts roam. If you are not careful, as a young master of the Lu family, you might end up being buried in the belly of a beast. Will she be able to avenge you by turning the entire Xiantian Mountain Range upside down?"
"Are you threatening me?"
"It's not a threat, it's a warning!"
"Is it? But I think it's a threat."
"If you think it's a threat, so what?"
Lu Qinghe remained indifferent, "Dragon Eagle Swordsmen, don't forget your identity. You bunch of servants dare to insult the master of the Snow Sword Villa? I haven't gotten angry yet, but you better leave immediately, or else..."
"Shut up!"
Before Lu Qinghe could finish speaking, Eagle Eye's gaze had turned extremely cold, "Lu Qinghe! Do you really think of yourself as someone important? What are you? Representing Snow Sword Villa? In Snow Sword Villa, individuals like you who are marginalized young masters and misses, I have killed them before... There was even a proud and ignorant little girl..."
"Do you dare to kill the disciples of the Snow Sword Villa?"
Lu Qinghe's expression turned stern.
"If I killed them, then so be it! Worthless trash like you, the Lü family doesn't even know how many of you there are. It's ridiculous that you still think highly of yourselves. That little girl, at the time, just like you, called us servants, but in the end, she was played to death by a dozen of us..."
While Eagle Eye spoke, he waved slightly and the remaining four Dragon Eagle Swordsmen had already surrounded Lu Qinghe.
This secrecy had already let Lu Qinghe know that they obviously did not intend to let him off.
"Jianxia, go, let Jianming slow down a bit. Lead the Snow Eagle Swordsman in a circle, and when you come back, lead a fifth-level fierce beast here to kill Lu Qinghe. We will kill the beast, and the matter will be easily explained."
"Understood."
The Dragon Eagle Swordsman named Jianxia sneered and looked at Lu Qinghe as if he were a fool.
At the next moment, as he was about to turn around and leave, Lu Qinghe made a move.
A move that was earthshattering!
The light of the Moon Cold Sword sliced through the air, flying at an unbelievable speed, and in an instant, it was within three meters of Jianxia.
"Seeking death!"
Jianxia's eyes were filled with killing intent.
"Be careful!"
The captain, Eagle Eye, had much better eyesight than Jianxia. Lu Qinghe's sudden burst of speed within ten meters made him feel an inexplicable sense of crisis.
"Do you really think that you are invincible just because you have crossed into the Fourth Stage of Refining with the help of an outside force? Die!"
Jianxia didn't buy it, as he shouted, his precious sword unsheathed!
"Swoosh!"
However, at the moment his sword was unsheathed, a sword shadow transformed into flowing light and pierced through, easily piercing through Jianxia's attempt to block it, and piercing through his throat.
The sword shook, and blood sprayed everywhere.
This Dragon Eagle Swordsman's head was split into more than half by the force of this strike.
"Jianxia!"
The Dragon Eagle Swordsman closest to Lu Qinghe roared and drew his sword to kill.
"Laughable conceit."
Lu Qinghe's sword swiftly turned.
There was no mystery, no skill.
There was only speed.
Extreme speed.
Speed that surpassed the limit.
Speed that turned the sword into light.
Together with the Moon Cold Sword Art’s amplifying effect, Lu Qinghe’s sword had already reached its peak.
"Bang!"
A burst of firelight.
The sword in the hands of the Dragon Eagle swordsman trembled, and the true qi of the fifth level of refinement unexpectedly clashed evenly with the true qi of the fourth level of refinement of Lu Qinghe in a head-on confrontation.
This is the unity of man and sword.
The fourth level of refinement true qi, displayed by Lu Qinghe, condensed into a sword, and in an instant, it erupted upon contact, while the opponent's swordsmanship had already squandered a large part of it.
"Eagle Wing, retreat! Sword Guardian, Sword Tomb, attack together, capture and kill him, this beast is not as simple as we imagined!"
Eagle Eye roared.
"Yes, Captain!"
The people who received the order simultaneously shouted, and Eagle Wing, who was fighting Lu Qinghe, also quickly retreated.
He went by the name Eagle Wing, obviously skilled in speed. In an instant retreat, he immediately displayed his exquisite body technique to the fullest.
Lu Qinghe was serene, with the shadows of the Qingping Sword flickering in his mind. Everything in the world was so clear before his eyes. The incredibly mysterious body technique of Eagle Wing suddenly became full of openings.
"Shoo!"
The sword was unsheathed.
Drove straight in.
In an instant, Eagle Wing, who had just displayed his body technique and thought he was safe, widened his eyes. He could keenly feel the bone-chilling sensation piercing through his throat.
"Splash!"
Blood spattered the sky.
That was his blood.
The sword that had pierced through his throat was now pulled out, and fresh blood sprayed into the air.
"How…"
Eagle Wing's eyes widened, filled with unbelievable fear. He couldn't imagine that he would die at the hands of a waste young master who had climbed to the fourth level of refinement with the help of external forces in Xuejian Mountain Villa.
"No!"
Eagle Eye and Eagle Wing had an extraordinary relationship. Seeing Eagle Wing's throat pierced and falling to the ground, he roared like thunder, "Lu Qinghe, I will kill you!"
What responded to him...
Or should I say, what responded to him, Sword Guardian, and Sword Tomb, was a sky full of sword shadows!
"Flowing Light!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Thirteen Flowing Light Swords poured down.
The power of this superior sword technique, displayed by Lu Qinghe, forced Sword Guardian, Sword Tomb, and Eagle Eye to retreat with all the sword edges that were aimed at them, despite Eagle Eye's cultivation at the sixth level of refinement.
"How is this possible?! How could Lu Qinghe be so strong?!"
Sword Guardian's heart trembled slightly. He knew Lu Qinghe the best. This young master had mediocre talent, and if it weren't for the careful guidance of Lu Qingyun, he wouldn't have the power to act arrogantly even in small places like Qingyuan City. But now, the strength he had displayed was enough to make this peak cultivator at the fifth level of refinement fearful.
"I, Lu Qinghe, am not afraid to kill?"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Lu Qinghe unsheathed his sword again.
Sword shadows!
There were sword shadows everywhere in his sight.
Eagle Eye, a cultivator at the sixth level of refinement, couldn't condense enough true qi to unleash the killing move contained in the middle-grade sword technique. These sword shadows poured down and disrupted their attack rhythm.
"Three Light Sword Shadows!"
With a slight hum, the sky full of sword shadows dispersed slightly.
However, before the three of them could relax, Eagle Eye seemed to think of something and his face suddenly changed, "Not good!"
"Boom!"
A muffled explosion scattered.
"Ah!"
A shrill scream came from Sword Guardian's mouth.
His sword, along with his entire arm, was completely severed by this sword, taking off into the void.
"Sword Guardian!"
"No! Young Master Lu, please don't kill me..."
In the eyes of Jian Shou, the fear surged to its extreme in an instant. He couldn't imagine that one day he would die at the hands of the young master whom he did not even consider important.
"Swish!"
Yuehan Jian steadily stabbed forward without the slightest pause, causing Jian Shou's voice to abruptly stop.
The cold chill spread throughout Jian Shou's body along his throat.
"Lu Qinghe!"
Yingyan roared like thunder.
Compared to his previous anger, there was now a kind of fear in his tone, a fear that he couldn't even explain to himself.