After the college entrance examination, my identity as a Mahayana Immortal Venerable could no longer

Chapter 107 Yanjing Shocked, The Correct Use of Spirit Stones

The wind and snow are still blowing on the summit of Kunlun Mountain.

Wei Canghai stood at the edge of the ruins of the Lu family compound.

He gripped the black USB drive tightly in his hand. The sharp plastic edge of the drive had pierced his palm, drawing a few drops of blood. He was completely unaware.

The hundreds of fully armed officers from the Observatory around them didn't dare to even breathe loudly.

"Director...should we continue the pursuit?"

A battalion commander in a black combat uniform swallowed hard, his thumb nervously rubbing against the safety cover of his rifle.

Wei Canghai turned his head and looked at the captain.

"Chase?"

Wei Canghai lowered his voice to a very low level.

"What are you going to use to chase them? That firewood stick you're holding to tickle them? Or are you going to use these old bones of mine to fill that collapsed well?"

The captain was speechless after being rebuked, and he shrank his neck into his collar.

Wei Canghai took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the churning blood in his chest. The recoil from that attack had already caused him internal injuries.

"Pass on my order."

Wei Canghai gritted his teeth and gave the order.

"Block all roads leading to the Lu family residence within the Second Ring Road. Announce to the public that a natural gas pipeline underground at the Lu family residence has exploded. Enclose this area like an iron barrel; not even a fly is allowed to escape!"

"Then Lu Yuan..."

"Classify all files concerning Lu Yuan as top secret! Anyone who dares to mess with him will have their head ripped off by my own hand!"

Wei Canghai turned around and strode towards the helicopter.

He had to get back to headquarters immediately. With the Lu family down, a huge piece of the economic lifeline of Yanjing was now empty. Those wealthy tycoons who smelled blood would pounce like mad dogs. The Bureau of Natural Resources had to stabilize the situation before it spiraled completely out of control.

As for revenge?

The image of Lu Yuan crushing Lu Zhentian's head with one hand flashed through Wei Canghai's mind, and the hairs on the back of his head stood on end again.

Screw revenge.

Whoever wants to go can go.

......

Southern city of Yanjing.

An old urban village slated for demolition.

The narrow alley was piled high with cardboard boxes and smelly household garbage. A stray cat was rummaging through fish bones when it suddenly saw a figure walking into the alley. It screamed in fright and scurried up the rusty tin roof.

Lu Yuan carried Lu Changfeng on his back, stepping through the sewage, and stopped in front of a red brick tenement building.

Go upstairs.

He took out his key and turned the knob on the peeling security door.

"elder brother!"

As soon as the door was pushed open a crack, a girl wearing a worn-out school uniform, with eyes swollen like walnuts, rushed over.

Lu Qingxue clung tightly to Lu Yuan's arm, tears streaming down her face.

"Where did you go! The hospital said Mom... Mom, she..."

Lu Qingxue was sobbing uncontrollably and could not even speak properly.

Lu Yuan closed the door behind him and pulled his sister into the room.

Looking at his sister's pale face, he felt as if something had ripped his heart out.

Having dominated the cultivation world for nine thousand years, he hadn't even flinched when besieged by three Transcending Tribulation stage monsters. But now, faced with his sister's tears, this Mahayana stage Immortal Venerable felt a sudden, inexplicable irritation.

"Xue'er, don't cry."

Lu Yuan spoke very softly.

"I've taken care of Mom's matter. None of those who harmed her have escaped. Now, let's look at Dad first."

Lu Qingxue then noticed the person on Lu Yuan's back.

"dad!"

Lu Qingxue let out a heart-wrenching scream.

Lu Changfeng looked absolutely wretched. His entire body was soaked in blood, and there were two thumb-sized holes in his collarbone, through which the white bone fragments were faintly visible. He was like a lump of mud, and even his breathing was extremely weak.

Lu Yuan laid his father flat on the slightly sunken spring bed.

"Go fetch a basin of hot water. And get a few clean towels."

Lu Yuan gave the instructions.

Lu Qingxue wiped away her tears and stumbled towards the narrow bathroom.

Lu Yuan stood by the bed, his fingers resting on his father's pulse.

The meridians are severed.

The internal organs are severely failing.

In any top-tier hospital on Earth, this person would be considered dead and immediately sent to the morgue.

But in Lu Yuan's eyes, as long as the soul hasn't left the body, it's not a big problem.

He took out the spirit stone he had pulled from the bottom of the Dragon-Locking Well from his pocket.

The fist-sized stone emitted a warm, milky-white glow in the dimly lit rented room.

Lu Yuan considered it in his mind.

This spirit stone is too low in purity, containing residual earth vein energy from the Ming Dynasty. Direct absorption would require significant purification. However, it's perfect for setting up a basic [Azure Wood Growth Array].

"The medical expenses in this lousy place are outrageously expensive. Why waste money like that? My father's health is too poor. I can use this spirit stone to cleanse his meridians and strengthen his marrow."

Lu Yuan muttered something to himself.

He brought his index and middle fingers together, forcing out a drop of golden life essence from his fingertips.

Blood is ink.

Fingers quickly traced lines in mid-air.

One after another, mysterious golden runes appeared out of thin air and floated on the ceiling of the rented room.

Lu Yuan flicked his finger.

The spirit stone flew directly into the air and landed steadily at the core of the rune array.

"Buzz!"

A deep, resonant sound echoed in the room.

The surface of the spirit stone was instantly covered with cracks. A stream of extremely pure wood-elemental spiritual energy transformed into wisps of green light, which fell from mid-air and precisely penetrated Lu Changfeng's seven orifices and wounds.

Lu Qingxue ran out of the bathroom carrying a basin of hot water, only to be frozen in place by the sight before her.

The plastic basin in my hand fell to the ground with a thud.

Hot water splashed all over the sole of my shoe.

"Brother... what... what is this?"

Lu Qingxue opened her mouth and stammered.

Lu Yuan turned his head and looked at his younger sister's naive and innocent expression, and couldn't help but reach out and rub her head.

"Just a little trick. I've been studying under an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor for the past few years and learned some of my family's traditional skills."

Lu Yuan casually made up a lie.

Explaining the cultivation world to my sister is too troublesome, so I'll just use the old Chinese medicine doctor as a substitute for now.

In any case, all the inexplicable diseases on Earth can eventually be attributed to traditional Chinese medicine.

Lu Qingxue looked at the glowing stone in mid-air with a mixture of belief and doubt, then looked at the bed.

A miracle happened.

The two gruesome bloody holes on Lu Changfeng's collarbone were visibly sprouting new flesh. The broken bone fragments, enveloped in green light, were making a series of cracking sounds as they reconnected themselves.

Lu Changfeng's originally deathly pale face gradually regained its rosy hue.

Even the gray hair on his head is slowly turning black.

"Go and lock the door. No matter what noises are going on outside, don't open the door."

Lu Yuan pulled over a broken wooden chair and sat down.

The formation needs time to operate.

What he needs to do now is stay here and sort out how to clean up the mess left in Yanjing.

Just then, Lu Yuan's gaze fell on Lu Qingxue's right cheek.

There was a very faint red mark there.

Although it was deliberately covered by its hair, it couldn't escape the eyes of a Mahayana Immortal Venerable.

Lu Yuan's heel slammed into the ground. The temperature in the rented room instantly dropped to freezing.

"Who hit him?"

Lu Yuan's voice was very calm.

But those who know him know that the calmer this immortal venerable one is, the more misfortune is about to befall someone.

Lu Qingxue instinctively covered her face and took a step back.

"No...nobody. I bumped into it by accident."

"to be honest."

Lu Yuan stared into his sister's eyes.

Lu Qingxue bit her lip, tears welling up in her eyes again.

"It was...it was the Zhang family. They came to the hospital and forced me to sign a letter of understanding. I refused, and that guy named Zhang Hao slapped me. He also said..."

"What did he say?"

"He said that if I didn't sign, he would throw my dad and me into the Yongding River to feed the fish."

Lu Yuan slowly stood up.

The Zhang family.

The driver who ran a red light while speeding and killed his mother was surnamed Zhang.

Previously at the hospital, he only had time to crush the perpetrator's head and plant the Soul-Devouring Death Curse, and hadn't had time to visit the Zhang family's ancestral home yet.

"Zhang Hao, right?"

Lu Yuan walked to the window and looked at the sky outside, which was gradually darkening.

He raised his hand and looked at his long, slender fingers.

"There are still too many powerful clans in Yanjing City."