Chapter 828: Chapter 69: Breaking the Shackles of Bloodline

The flying sword was incredibly fast; the distance of three thousand miles did not take long to cover.

But Lu Qingshan was not in a hurry, his steps were steady, neither fast nor slow, as he first returned to his own mansion.

Soon, news spread.

“Lingwu, is it? You want to use me as a sparring partner?

Heh… It’s unclear who will actually be the sparring partner for whom.

But I am tired today after a long journey, let’s fight tomorrow instead.”

Once these words spread, everyone knew “Qing Ge” had returned, and a battle among the talents was about to erupt.

….

The Mingyue Mansion.

“Miss, the master has returned.” A demon maid with two peculiar horns hurried in, reporting to the tall Ying Mingyue.

Ying Mingyue’s expression was calm as she replied flatly, “Oh.”

It seemed like nothing had stirred her, but only she knew what was truly in her heart.

She had already decided that the Hong Lie Demon Lord was the enemy who killed her mother, and she was eager to eliminate him quickly.

Upon seeing Lu Qingshan’s astonishing performance in the past two days, a sliver of hope had emerged in her heart–given his displayed abilities, perhaps he truly could seize the position of Domain Lord and then fulfill his promise to help her seek revenge?

However, just a day later, she heard the news that Qing Ge had left the city with Ying Jun.

Ying Mingyue naturally knew what Ying Jun’s intentions were.

Upon hearing this news, she had already accepted that Qing Ge would betray their alliance and instead team up with the Hong Lie Demon Lord.

After all, compared to her, a daughter of a concubine with mixed blood, the Hong Lie Demon Lord could obviously offer more.

Although Ying Mingyue was not particularly deep-minded, she was not stupid.

She would not naively believe that Qing Ge would uphold their fragile agreement in the face of overwhelming temptation.

She lowered her eyelids, her thoughts unclear, but her hands were tightly clenched together.

“Hong Lie Demon Lord…” Ying Mingyue gritted her teeth, her heart filled with surging hatred.

“The master returned alone.” The maid, unaware of the deeper intrigues, knew that her lady did not get along well with the Hong Lie Demon Lord and certainly would not want to see her master getting too close to his people, quickly replied in excitement.

“Ah… you said he returned alone?” Ying Mingyue looked up abruptly, her expression surprised.

“Yes, everyone saw it with their own eyes, it’s not mistaken.” The maid confirmed with a nod.

“Could it be that Qing Ge didn’t choose to cooperate with the Hong Lie Demon Lord… or did Ying Jun delay for some reason?” Ying Mingyue couldn’t determine the specifics, but a glimmer of hope arose in her heart.

…

The Hong Lie Demon Lord’s mansion.

“Hmm? Qing Ge returned to the city alone, and Jun’er did not come back with him?”

The Hong Lie Demon Lord set down the black jade in his hand and looked at the subordinate reporting the situation, falling into contemplation.

“Could something unexpected have happened?”

If things had gone as he anticipated, with Qing Ge agreeing to their terms, Qing Ge should have returned to the city together with Ying Jun, how could they have suddenly parted ways?

“Did he refuse our conditions?” The Hong Lie Demon Lord frowned and speculated.

But then he felt it was unlikely, shaking his head, he murmured, “Better wait for Jun’er to come back and see what he says.”

….

The first thing Lu Qingshan did upon returning to Jian Luo King City was to accept the challenge from the pure-blooded prodigy of the Ling King’s mansion, Ling Wu, ensuring everyone knew the time of his return to the city.

Subsequently, he waited in the mansion for about two hours, and then suddenly opened his eyes.

“It’s about time.”

Such a length of time was enough to be safe.

He slowly got up and left the mansion again, heading out of the city.

Just a short distance outside Jian Luo King City, a phantom blue sword light swiftly emerged from the ground.

It was Oblivion River, who had been waiting here for a long time.

On the Oblivion River sword’s body, there was a simple dark ring and a bright yellow talisman.

Ying Jun’s spatial ring and the sword token given by Xia Daoyun.

“You used two sword tokens? It seems Ying Jun had some skills.”

Lu Qingshan’s heart stirred, taking both items, and then sent his divine sense into Ying Jun’s spatial ring.

Ten neatly arranged jade boxes came into his sight.

As expected, the blood spirit crystals Ying Jun took out were not his entire stock.

Inside his spatial ring, there were actually ten blood spirit crystals!

“This will definitely be enough this time.” He murmured joyfully.

Suppressing the churning emotions in his heart, Lu Qingshan’s eyes flashed with caution.

Not daring to be complacent, he quickly moved, transferring the jade boxes containing blood spirit crystals and other materials such as metal minerals into his own spatial ring.

As for other items clearly belonging to Ying Jun, including many precious artifacts, he didn’t intercept them, not even touching them.

Finally, with a thought, he flicked Ying Jun’s spatial ring, which turned into a radiance, flying out straight and buried itself three inches into the wilderness ground.

Though abandoning most of a Demon Marshal’s assets was indeed wasteful, Lu Qingshan felt no regret.

—-He did not fully understand the methods of the Demon Race, unable to assure that there were no marks or similar imprints on those artifacts.

If there were, it would bring endless troubles and calamities.

And to avoid these disasters, the primary thing was not to be greedy.