PDLP Chapter 187 Cui Jue's Pursuit
Chapter 187 Cui Jue's Pursuit
Chapter 187 Cui Jue's Pursuit
"I admit that you are indeed worthy of being my enemy, Cui Jue."
Cui Jue narrowed his eyes, only then realizing that Lu Qingyun's sword strike was merely a deliberate attempt to attract his attention. In reality, Lu Qingyun had never intended to fight him, but rather had long harbored the idea of escaping.
"To recognize me, you must be no nobody. Judging by your swordsmanship, could you perhaps be from Sword Peak?"
"However, although your swordsmanship is sharp, your magical power is nothing special. You must be a newly initiated prodigy. It's just a pity that you will die at my hands today."
Lu Qingyun didn't answer again, only focused on fleeing.
But then Cui Jue pulled out two more magical artifacts: a purple jade cloud-ascending shoe and a red cloud-flying shuttle.
If the weapon's peak isn't shaved, how can this even be played?
Lu Qingyun cursed inwardly.
However, this mere sixth-level Qi Refining cultivator possessed no fewer than seven mid-grade magic weapons, and the python-sparrow magic sword wrapped around his waist even seemed to be of superior quality.
In his previous life, he was a dignified half-step Foundation Establishment cultivator, but he only possessed two high-grade magic artifacts.
His magical power was weak at this moment, which is why he was able to kill Shen Buqun.
We certainly cannot fight Cui Jue head-on.
Lu Qingyun took a deep breath, immediately abandoned his grounded stance, disregarded his concealment, forcefully activated his divine sense, summoned his magic sword, and fled into the distance.
"Strange. This child is clearly only at the early stage of Qi Refining, and his magical power is far inferior to mine. Why is his flying speed comparable to mine?"
Cui Jue snorted coldly.
"When did such an amazing figure emerge from the outer sect of the Cloud Mist Sect?!"
With a fierce determination, seeing that he was about to be left behind by Lu Qingyun, he showed no mercy and directly poured his magic power into the core of the Red Cloud Shuttle magic artifact, shattering it.
They were willing to spend thousands of spirit stones to capture Lu Qingyun in one fell swoop.
The Red Cloud Shuttle let out a mournful cry, and suddenly a bright red light blazed on it, as if it were on fire, as it chased after Lu Qingyun.
"Cui Jue, why bother?"
Lu Qingyun transmitted his voice.
"I have no grudge against your Cui family. Whatever you want to seize from the Shen family is none of my business. Why fight me here? Even if you kill me, what benefit will it bring you?"
"Do you think I'm stupid?"
Cui Jue gave a cold laugh.
"You came out of the mine and Shen Buqun went in. For such a long time, he has not sent me any messages. Obviously, you did something to the Qingyuan Spring Mine and killed Shen Buqun."
"Moreover, now that Shen Buqun is dead, even if you didn't try to plunder the Qingyuan Spring mine, the Shen family will still investigate. It's no longer possible for my Cui family to secretly seize the mine. We might as well catch up with you and see what kind of opportunity you're hiding."
"To be able to control a sword for so long and so quickly at the early stage of Qi Refining... I'm quite curious too!"
The process was entirely correct, and the result was also entirely correct.
Knowing that Cui Jue had no intention of letting him go, and that his human skin mask had been seen through.
Without further hesitation, Lu Qingyun immediately spat out a mouthful of blood essence and offered it to the magic sword.
Originally, his cultivation level was just as Cui Jue said, only at the early stage of Qi Refining. However, it was not impossible for him to forcibly refine the flying sword and activate this high-grade sword control technique by using his half-step Foundation Establishment divine sense as a guide.
However, its flight speed was still too slow, and Cui Jue forcibly detonated the magic core of the red cloud shuttle, catching up with it.
This forced Lu Qingyun to sacrifice his cultivation level, forcibly damaging a layer of his foundation and using his essence blood as a catalyst to further increase his flight speed.
"You have essence and blood, but my blood is not necessarily at a disadvantage!"
Cui Jue's face hardened.
Seeing Lu Qingyun spit out blood to consecrate the sword, he didn't hesitate to spit out a mouthful of blood as well.
"Are you crazy? You, the legitimate son of the Cui family, are actually going to trade your life with me here?"
Lu Qingyun's lips twitched.
Such a ruthless person was rare even in his previous life.
Even Mu Shan Niu Gao seems to be far less ruthless to himself than Cui Jue.
"Run! Run!"
Cui Jue's eyes were filled with fervor.
"You call me crazy, but the more you talk, the more convinced I become that you must possess some great opportunity or a rare treasure."
"If I can kill you, everything will be mine. The fact that you risked your life to escape means the opportunity you're protecting is more precious than a drop of blood. If an ant like you can risk your life, why can't I?"
"You win!"
Lu Qingyun took a deep breath. This trip to Pinghu was truly an unexpected disaster; he had encountered a madman like Cui Jue.
And he guessed everything correctly.
"I admit that I possess treasures. I once obtained a secret technique that could refine mineral veins. It was with this technique that I stole countless mineral veins. This Qingyuan Spring mine was also refined by me. If it weren't for Young Master Cui's extraordinary wisdom, I'm afraid I would have already left."
Lu Qingyun's words were half true and half false. To prove his point, he even took out a sample of Qingyuan Spring water and showed it to Cui Jue.
"I am willing to offer up my secret techniques and all my resources, I beg you, sir, to spare my life!"
Lu Qingyun stopped and respectfully addressed Cui Jue.
"Hahaha! I knew it! I, Cui Jue, am a lucky man."
Cui Jue smiled.
"Since you sincerely submit to me, then do not resist. Let me bind you with the Path of Slavery and make a vow of Dao Heart to serve me. In this way, I will spare your life and even allow you to follow me, considering your outstanding swordsmanship."
"You have already witnessed my talent and wisdom. Once I have cultivated to the point of half-step Foundation Establishment, or even Foundation Establishment, I will surely owe you a debt of gratitude. What do you say, are you willing?"
"My lord, I'm willing! I'll do anything to save my life!"
Lu Qingyun coughed up a mouthful of blood and reluctantly agreed.
Clearly, the previous use of his essence blood to refine the flying sword had caused considerable damage to his foundation.
"well!"
Cui Jue smiled, her heart filled with even greater joy, and said "good" twice in a row.
In this way, he didn't even have to pretend to be friendly with Elder Shen Qi and pay him the tribute. He also got a Heavenly Pride and a secret technique for free. How could he not be overjoyed?
Even so, Cui Jue did not slack off at all when he stepped forward to place the slave seal on Lu Qingyun.
He was adorned with magical artifacts, his white jade scale armor constantly in motion, and a bell, a cauldron, and a seal hung at his sides.
He could react immediately and kill Lu Qingyun with a single blow if Lu Qingyun showed the slightest sign of trouble.
However, just as he walked up to Lu Qingyun.
But then Lu Qingyun smiled.
Cui Jue immediately sensed something was wrong and wanted to turn around and leave, trying to escape from Lu Qingyun's potential killing move.
But then a purple light burst forth before his eyes!
boom!
A violent explosion rang out, and Cui Jue coughed up a mouthful of blood in a miserable state.
His body was completely blackened, and his mid-grade scale armor had been blasted into grayish-white stripes. His cauldron, bell, and seal, which were automatically protecting him, were in a terrible state, all half-crippled and blasted into fragments that fell to the ground.
Fortunately, I prepared this [Ten Thousand Thunder Talisman] in advance. Now, using it on Cui Jue, even though he's only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, it's made good use of his tortoise-shell defense.
Lu Qingyun smirked, about to step forward and deliver the finishing blow.
However, Cui Jue was seen staggering, his eyes filled with hatred, yet he still had the strength to get up and attack him.
"You bastard, I, Cui, will take your life today!"