My words of refusal once again echoed through the silence in the courtyard, other than the swaying sounds of that tree's leaves, there was no other sound being heard .
If that is the case, then I hope that any grievances between you and the Lu Family get buried here, I also hope that you don't hold any kind of resentment towards the family, for that I'm willing to give up some training resources that should help you in practice and if it isn't much of a problem, I do also hope that you will accept my, Lu Jian's friendship as well .
" It would be a blessing from Heaven to have Young Master Lu Jian as a friend, young master Lu Jian, you don't need to worry, I don't hold no grudges against the Lu family, the people I had grudges with, had already been dealt with .
I finished saying this and unintentionally swiped my eyes over Lu Chiang, but he was just standing in the way of me looking at the guy that had crashed into the walls before, but I did finish dealing with the grudges I had with his father, so it was out of coincidence, but it most likely mean that I had already confessed my actions to him .
But seeing his calm and collected face, I understood that he didn't get anything from it, the anger he had towards me was already boiling inside of him, for some reason I wanted to laugh at him, but it won't be looking good, after all, even though senior brother Fu was present, that guy sadly was still my senior brother .
Lu Jian :
Then I'm thankful for brother Tian's understanding .
He cupped his fist at me and nodded and I responded to him in the same way, senior brother Fu once again urged me to get going, now that everything here was dealt with, I nodded at him, winked at the still stunned Tu Tu in the audience and she just widened her eyes at me and seemed to fell into quite the deep thought .
That was my goodbye to her, but just as I got reminded about leaving the family, I couldn't help but turn to the young master and ask his permission to go and gather my belongings, he gave me the permission easily, since I'm already getting out of here, I will be taking all my belongings with me .
That weird bag that belonged to Deacon Lu was included, I won't be leaving it go to waste, not after I almost die in the encounter I acquired it in, as for the possibility of that Lu Chiang recognizing it, in fact, I didn't care that much about this at this point, maybe it was a bit reckless of me, after all, I might get targeted by the Evil Tigers directly .
But I myself was already on their targets list, not to mention that after what happened with Lu Chiang, I'm certain that he might set some bounty on my head with the Evil Tigers or some other shady organization, anyway, so it didn't really matter much whether he recognized it or not, I believe that if he were to actually make a fuss about it, I will just confess all that I know about him and his father's involvement with the Evil Tigers .
Senior Brother Fu and both of us then departed and arrived at the outer courtyard, I was a bit gasping for air, due to the fact that Crouching Tiger wasn't a footwork designed for this kind of movements, I had to use much Blood Qi than normal to be able to barely catch up to them too .
You really is a good junior brother to be able to still catch up with us, even though Crouching Tiger might be quite taxing to use to do this, good, good junior brother .
The grumpy Lu Chiang just snorted coldly at me getting praised by my senior brother as we came to stop on the walls of the outer courtyard, hopping from one place to another just now filled me with huge sense of satisfaction and enthusiasm, I noted on my mind that I seemed to have granted another wish that the original Tian Long had .
I thanked my senior brother for his praise, then he told me that he will be waiting for me outside and he took Lu Chiang with him luckily, that guy's stare on me was getting more and more cold by the second, I went back to the hut that I might not see it again after this and the thought of peeing on it crossed my mind, but I still decided against it, this hut was the place where Tian Long had his final rest in .
I looked around and saw that everything was still in the same place I left it in before, then I started digging for the leather pouch, recovering it safely, I put the cloth pouch that had all the money I had in hand inside the pouch and then I tried to store the clothes as well, but to no avail, so in the end I changed into the new clothes and left the Lu Family's slaves wear on the ground .
Then I started to check if there was anything missing, I first thought that everything I had was now either in the pouch or in my hands, but just I discarded of the thought that there was something missing, I remembered that indeed there was something missing .
My mask, the mask I took from that vendor, was nowhere in sight,the last time I had seen it was when I was returning back to the family, but after strapping him to my clothes, I had no idea where it was currently at, or maybe I did, I checking one last time that everything was fine, I hurriedly went out looking for the mask not willing to waste anymore time than I already had .
I looked for it by the well and saw that it was indeed there, in my startle yesterday, I might have dropped it clumsily, I can't help but release a breath of relief, coincidentally I didn't have it on me when that Lu Tu came to knock on my door, or else, I might have not been able to get out of the suspect's circle that easy, luckily no one seemed to have found it .
I tried to store it in the pouch that was already crowded, I was trying to see whether will have enough space in it for storing the mask or no, surprisingly it seemed that there was still some space left in the pouch, it directly sucked the mask out of my hand and stored it inside, no matter how many times I witnessed that happening, I was still unable to contain my excitement and appreciation to whoever was behind invited this magical item .
So you still came here, just like how my nephew suspected, prepare to die .
The voice was very familiar, but I had no time to recognize where it came from or from whom, I picked a direction and directly used Crouching Tiger to move away, after I felt an alarming bells ringing in my mind .
I heard a sound of air whistling behind me and already understood that it was the air caused by that guy missing the target, I turned my head and understood why was that voice familiar, the guy in front of me was actually none other than Lu Sun .
It left no suspense in who was the nephew he mentioned, it seemed that my guess was right, Lu Chiang was already planning on dealing with me, no matter whether I did what I was told or not .
" Old fart, you have escaped the lashes and that was already fortune enough, aren't you afraid that by coming here, you might get punished more severely .
Hah, who will know that I was the one who did it after I kill you, Lu Jian will be stripped of his position soon anyway, so me and my nephew would be safe, either way, now die .
He once again dashed at me and even though he was at most in the second layer Flesh Tempering, the guy was much worse than Lu Tong, a guy who was in the second layer of Flesh Tempering as well, his punch landed once again on the air, as I had already moved away .
" I really do wonder why do you believe that you will be able to beat me, Lu Sun, you should have witnessed my performance earlier and know that you had no chance against me .
That too didn't slipped pass, nephew Chiang's mind .
As that guy said this, he got a piece of folded cloth out of his pocket and unfolded it, I was a bit surprised by the content of that cloth, the reason was quite simple, the pill was similar to the smelly blood colored pill that I had seen yesterday in Deacon Lu possessions, the moment that pill appeared in that guy's hands, I began to have a bad premonition about how this new turn of events, might have gotten a lot more dangerous .
Not wasting his chances, he directly swallowed that pill and the moment he did, I saw with my naked eyes the changes that happened instantly after he did this, his body suddenly began swelling up, he got more taller, his Blood Qi was beginning to appear outside of his body, his eyes become blood red in color, his wrinkled face began to appear more youthful, the faint pressure he was exerting on me become much stronger .
A full transformation, one that had me beginning to doubt whether my eyes were playing a trick on me or something, not leaving me a chance to find an answer to what just happened, the man jumped at me like a man without any sanity, he was flashing his cold teeth at me as he directly dashed towards me .
The speed that I was comfortable with dealing with had completely disappeared, one second he was there in front of me in the distance and the next he appeared behind me and tried hitting me in the back, but Crouching Tiger in the Great Success, came in clutch to save me, I directly hopped away, but again he kept relentlessly pursuing me, but like a tiger cornered, I kept changing my direction time after time .
I had this eerie feeling that if I were to be punched even one time, it would be over for me, that Blood Pill what exactly was it and for how long will that guy be able to carry on using the enchantments it gave him, those were my question, but even if I were to ask them out loud, I doubt that the guy in front of me would care to explain, or will have even the ability to do so .
After that guy used that Blood Pill, he really seemed to have lost all his perception consciousness, he was currently nothing but a berserk monster, seeing that my tries to stop him from pressing me anymore, all ended up in failure, I while running for my life, noted that it seemed that he still had his instinct as a human or at least some small part of it, he kept on getting in my way of trying to escape that place using his now swollen body .
I decided that if I could continue to keep him occupied with me here for some time, senior brother Fu might think that something is wrong and he might come to check on me, but soon discarded that thought, due to another valuable appearing, that guy was actually getting stronger, I sensed his bare chested body getting more blue like in color and sensed that his movements and his punches carried more strength than before .
I evaded another punch that swept by my ears and my body felt chills running all over it, my plan of waiting for senior brother Fu to rescue me, seemed that it won't be going to succeed, so the only chance I had was to repell that guy myself .
Wasting no time, I used Dragon-Tiger Transformation secret technique and enhanced my strength, as if sensing that my strength had increased, the guy's strength also spiked up as well, more Blood Qi than before began to appear around his body, looking at his skin, it had become completely pale blue in color, I understood that this might be the side effects of using that pill, it was digging every ounce of strength he had forcefully .
Our cat and mouse fight had lasted for 3 minutes, but we both already showing all our cards, I only had at most a minute or so of being able to use that secret technique, after all, I had already spent some of my Blood Qi before with fighting in that competition, then with following my senior brother and even now, so it was indeed a bit taxing on my Blood Qi, so I will need to end this as quickly as possible .
Our strength was similar to one another which made me doubt the realm he reached after he took that Blood Pill, but seeing his incoming attack, I discarded these currently useless thoughts and met him head on .
The moment our fist met, I was forced to retreat backwards for a few steps, he tried to take advantage of that issuing a barrage of attacks, but even though I lost in the competition of raw strength, I'm still leading by far in the competition of mastery over Martial Skills, I was once again reminded of the advantage that Senior Brother talked about thoroughly, about how mastery over one's Martial Skills can be quite crucial .
I was able to make some distance between us and I recognized that I might need to use all the moves in my current arsenal to beat the guy in front of me, but with the plan I had in mind, all I have was a single chance .
I readied myself and once I had used Tiger's Lunge enough time and gained enough speed, I used Tiger's Pounce and directly caught that old guy off guard with a Thunderclap Fist to his back, he was sent flying and crashed to the well, destroying it, but he didn't stop until he crashed to some bamboo trees .
Even though my attack was successful, I couldn't help but frown at the feeling I got after my fist landed on that guy's back, it was like I had hit nothing just now, that made me frown and was about to pursue him but almost in an instant, I saw him getting back on his feet and dashing at me, his body was bent in a bizarre angle, but he seemed to have no sense of that whatsoever .
He once again started to dash at me, if not for the fact that there was still some other place that I needed to go to after this, I might have used Solid Rock Fist to finish him, but it was as effective as how much Blood Qi it consumed, so using it will be akin to empty all my reserves .
I don't have much more time to continue using the secret technique and I was already having quite the trouble in keep using Crouching Tiger to keep the space between us two, the situation looked quite dire, I had already used most of the cards in my arsenal and even lost my only chance of landing a finishing attack .
Almost used every card, I still had one card that I hadn't played, I made a wide distance between me and the berserk corpse like Old Sun, then I summoned the weird sword out and held it in hand, it was still so heavy to move around, but it wasn't like it was heavy to be used at all, it's just that he had a special mechanism to it .
He needed to be used with the secret technique, the Life-Severing Sword that move needed both the sword and the technique, seeing that the berserk guy was about to come at me again, I couldn't help but make haste in invoking the secret technique, just as the guy suddenly leaped at me, I felt like the sword in my hand came alive, it was feeding on my Life Force, Blood Qi, Vitality .
I was feeling that my strength were becoming more and more weak, loud notification sounded in my ear and the next second, I felt like I had gained my strength back, then as if being controlled by the sword, I leaped in the air and met the opponent there, then with a Slash so fast that I had never expected to be able to do, I landed back on the ground and the sword once again become heavy .
I looked back only to see a headless body standing there with not even a droplet of blood coming out of it, it kept standing there for a few seconds, then it dropped on the floor, the head was still looking at me without any expression on it, I didn't waste no time to think about anything else, I directly stuffed the sword back in my pouch and headed towards the gate directly .
Finish organizing and checking everything, I directly headed to the gate, unlike before I show the guys at the gate, some of the shreds from the scrolls that tied me to the family and didn't even need to pay anything before they unlock the door for me and look at me with envious gaze, they was probably thinking that I had paid enough money to buyback my freedom, but I currently paid all those guys no mind .
My whole body was tensed, yet my mind was still steering it as normally as before, I got out of the gate and saw a luxurious cart waiting for me outside, the door was opened and I saw senior brother Fu was the one who opened the door for me, but the moment he saw me, he said :
What'swith your deathly pale complexion .