Huang Xiaolong endured the waves of acute pain that came from attacking the tenth order barrier, and by persevering he continued to run Asura Tactics while absorbing spiritual energy from the ancient battlefield.
A coruscating light flickered endlessly from Huang Xiaolong's body.
The netherworld battle qi in his meridians and Qi Sea were surging in a frenzied manner. Even though Huang Xiaolong made every effort to control them, he was unsuccessful.
Excruciating pain hit him like strong waves across the shore.
From experiences gained with his previous breakthroughs, Huang Xiaolong knew that he was close to success so there was no way he could give up at this stage!
If he failed on the first try, there would be a smaller chance during the second attempt to break through to the Tenth Order and it would be much harder.
The third and fourth attempt barely had any chances of success anymore.
Due to the pain, Huang Xiaolong had a film of sweat on his forehead.
Time passed slowly this way when suddenly, Huang Xiaolong shuddered within, like a new life puncturing the shell and coming into the world. The netherworld battle qi in his meridians cheered, breaking free of their shackles to enter the meridians' route of the Tenth Order.
The tenth order's barrier finally crumbled!
Huang Xiaolong was ecstatic!
Entering the Tenth order meridians' route, the nether battle qi rolled, surged, and flowed to every corner of his veins. After one complete cycle, the netherworld battle qi entered the Qi Sea, expanding to another degree.
The black and blue twin dragons hovering behind him grew bigger, becoming more real and corporeal. They were no longer vague shadows.
When Huang Xiaolong entered the Xiantian realm, both of the black and blue dragons would evolve a third time, turning into real solid entities. Into true dragons!
Real life dragons!
The netherworld battle qi continued to course through the new meridians' line. Huang Xiaolong finally stopped running Asura tactics after three complete turns then opened his eyes.
"I'm a Tenth Order warrior now." Huang Xiaolong breathed out some turbid qi. By simply relying on the toughness of his physique, combined with the Blades of Asura, the Asura Sword Skill, and his martial spirits' ability, and even without a soul transformation, Huang Xiaolong was confident he could kill the average peak late-Tenth Order warrior.
If he soul transformed, he would definitely be invincible beneath the Xiantian realm.
Repressing the excitement in his heart, Huang Xiaolong walked out of his courtyard. The first thing he saw was an anxious Fei Hou running towards his yard in a flustered manner: "Sovereign, Second Miss and Miss Li Lu are missing!"
"What?! What happened exactly?" Huang Xiaolong's face darkened.
Fei Hou quickly replied: "In the morning, Second Miss and Miss Li Lu went out, but they haven't returned after one hour's time so Subordinate ordered people to go and look for them. On Peaceful Street, they found four Marshal Mansion guards' bodies whereas Second Miss and Miss Li Lu were nowhere to be found!"
Huang Xiaolong's heart sank.
The four guards Marshal Haotian sent to protect Li Lu and Huang Min were all Tenth Order warriors. To be capable of killing four Tenth Order guards without alerting anyone… only a Xiantian realm expert could achieve that!
"How did the four guards die?" Huang Xiaolong asked.
"They were hit by a Poison Blood Palm!" Fei Hou answered without delay.
It really is the Poison Blood Palm!
The other side has come!
The killer disappeared for five months after annihilating the Li Residence, only to resurface now.
"En, go inform Haotian, tell him to blockade the city and find the killer!" Huang Xiaolong ordered: "Now, bring me to see the four guards bodies!"
Haotian, as the Luo Tong Kingdom's only Marshal, had the power to blockade the city.
"Yes, Sovereign!" Fei Hou acknowledged respectfully and led Huang Xiaolong to the main hall.
On the floor in the main hall, the four bodies of the Marshal Mansion guards were arranged neatly. Fei Hou brought them back after finding their bodies on Peaceful Street.
When Huang Xiaolong walked into the main hall, his Mom and Dad, Huang Peng and Su Yan, were there along with his younger brother, Huang Xiaohai, as well.
Seeing Huang Xiaolong had arrived, Huang Peng and Su Yan hurried beside him.
"Xiaolong, you must save your little sister and save Miss Li Lu!" Su Yan pleaded through her sobs, words choking in her throat.
"Mom, don't worry. I will!" Huang Xiaolong promised, but the main problem was that he didn't know where they were.
What if both of them were already…?!
Thinking of this possibility, Huang Xiaolong felt a tugging pain in his heart.
Only now did he realize that whether it was his sister or Li Lu, both occupied an important place in his heart.
Inhaling deeply, Huang Xiaolong forced himself to calm down and walked towards the four Marshal Mansion guards' bodies. Observing the muted green palm print that was imprinted on their chests, Huang Xiaolong wore a grave and livid expression on his face.
The other side daring to do this meant that they were simply not putting Tianxuan Mansion and the Marshal Mansion in their eyes!
If he found them, Huang Xiaolong will have that person pay a very, very miserable price for this!
By this time, Marshal Haotian had rushed over from the Marshal Mansion after getting the news.
Huang Xiaolong looked at Marshal Haotian and Fei Hou both, saying: "Go, we're going to Peaceful Street now!"
"Yes, Young Lord!"
Huang Xiaolong led Marshal Haotian, Fei Hou, and the rest out from Tianxuan Mansion and sped towards Peaceful Street. When Huang Peng and Su Yan wanted to follow him, he told them wait at Tianxuan Mansion in order to avoid any unforeseen incidents from happening.
A short while later, Huang Xiaolong and the group of people arrived on the scene – Peaceful Street.
Upon arrival, they could see several puddles of blood on the ground, however it had dried up a little. Huang Xiaolong closed his eyes and stood in silence, sensing his surroundings.
Then, from a certain direction, Huang Xiaolong caught a trace of his little sister, Huang Min's, and Li Lu' scents.
Everyone has a scent unique only to them.
Since he broke through to Seventh Order and the twin dragon martial spirits evolved the second time, his sense of smell has been greatly heightened.
Moments later, Huang Xiaolong opened his eyes and looked towards a certain direction and disappeared in a flash as he moved that way. Sprinting towards the south side of the Royal City, Marshal Haotian, Fei Hou, and the rest felt something was strange, but no one dallied as they quickly followed behind Huang Xiaolong.
Rushing towards the south section, Huang Xiaolong did not conceal his strength. His speed shocked Marshal Haotian, Fei Hou, and everyone behind him.
Marshal Haotian and Fei Hou secretly exchanged a look between them.
Sovereign… he already broke through to the Tenth Order?!
Tenth Order!
It hasn't been that long since Sovereign broke through into the Ninth Order– not even a year has passed! Leaping to the Tenth Order in one fell swoop… what cultivation level was this? Marshal Haotian and Fei Hou shuddered thinking of this.
If Marshal Haotian and Fei Hou had that kind of reaction, the Marshal Mansion guards and Tianxuan Mansion guards were dumbstruck as they stared at Huang Xiaolong's back.
Speeding towards the south, they soon left the Luo Tong Royal City behind.
More than an hour later, they came before a mountainous area.
"Everyone split up and search." Huang Xiaolong turned back and issued an order.
"Yes, Young Lord!"
Everyone replied and split up, heading to search in different areas.
After a moment, in the distant mountain forest, one of the guards exclaimed in surprise: "Young Lord, the Second Miss is here!"
Hearing this, Huang Xiaolong and the rest of the guards sprinted towards that forest area. Huang Xiaolong saw Huang Min there. Someone used some method to bind his little sister to that spot since she was clearly unable to move. But, there was no sign of Li Lu.
Seeing it was Huang Xiaolong and the Tianxuan Mansion guards, surprise showed in Huang Min's eyes followed by anxiousness, but she was unable to move or speak.
Huang Xiaolong hastened to his little sister's side.
Coming to a stand in front of his younger sister, Huang Min, Huang Xiaolong checked her condition which resulted in a deep frown on his brows. Relying on his judgment, he could not see through what kind of method was used to immobilize his little sister in this spot. It wasn't due to acupuncture points. As far as he could tell, in the entire Martial Spirit World, only he knew of this acupuncture point method.
Marshal Haotian and Fei Hou also walked up to check Huang Min's condition, and they had the same expression as Huang Xiaolong. Evidently, they too were unsure of the solution.
Just when Huang Xiaolong's anxiety was about to burn his eyebrows, the fixed Huang Min suddenly softened and could move again.
"Big Brother!" Huang Min cried out.
Huang Xiaolong was surprised and quickly helped her up, "Little girl, how do you feel?"
Huang Min shook her head: "I'm fine."
Huang Min speedily told Huang Xiaolong: 'This morning, I came out with Sister Li Lu, and when we were passing by Peaceful Street two middle-aged men suddenly appeared in front of us. After killing the four Marshal Mansion's guards, they took us away. They brought us here after leaving the Royal City." Huang Min paused to catch her breath.
Huang Xiaolong did not rush her, waiting patiently for her to continue.
Huang Min continued: "When we reached this place, the two of them interrogated Sister Li Lu, asking where some Mountain and Sea Manuscript is. Sister Li Lu said she didn't know, crying and saying that she would kill them to avenge her elder brother, Father, and Grandfather. The two men became angry and they wanted to kill us."
Everyone present listened attentively.
"When the two men were about to kill us a beautiful woman suddenly appeared, and with a flick of her long-sleeve the two men were repelled."
Huang Min continued: "The two men weren't her opponent and wanted to run away so the beautiful woman did not kill them. In the end, that woman took Sister Li Lu away."
"She took Li Lu away." Huang Xiaolong was shocked.
"Yes. That beautiful woman said she has been searching for a successor for a few hundred years, and Sister Li Lu's talent was most suitable to carry on her legacy. So, she wanted to receive Sister Li Lu as her personal disciple. Sister Li Lu then agreed to go with her." Huang Min muttered: "I wanted to persuade Sister Li Lu to stay, but I don't know what method that wench used to stop me from moving. She said it would go away by itself in an hour, but if anyone wanted to end it before that, only a Saint realm expert could undo it."
"Saint realm expert!"
Marshal Haotian, Fei Hou, the rest of the guards, and even Huang Xiaolong himself were shocked.
That beautiful woman said only Saint realm experts could undo her binding… does that mean that beautiful woman is a Saint realm expert?
An uncertain light flickered in Huang Xiaolong's eyes.
However, he was happy for Li Lu having the opportunity to become the disciple of a Saint realm expert and that Li Lu was willing to go with her voluntarily, accepting her as her Master so that she could learn the beautiful woman's cultivation technique and battle skill in order to exact revenge.
"Did that beautiful woman say where she is bringing Li Lu?" A while later, Huang Xiaolong asked, his voice sounding solemn.
"She said that if we want to find Li Lu, we have to go to Deities Templar." Huang Min answered.
"Deities Templar?" Huang Xiaolong was puzzled. He turned towards Marshal Haotian and Fei Hou, but the two of them had the same look of confusion on their faces. Judging from their reactions, both of them didn't know anything about the existence of this Deities Templar.
It was a little out of Huang Xiaolong's expectations that neither Marshal Haotian nor Fei Hou had heard about this Deities Templar.
He could only find out slowly.
Since Li Lu was taken as a personal disciple by that beautiful woman, her safety was no longer of any concern. It was just that, they won't be able to see Li Lu until a very long time in the future. When they meet again, would it be in ten or twenty years?
"Let's go back." Huang Xiaolong ordered and sighed secretly. With Huang Min found, everyone headed back to Tianxuan Mansion.
Although he knew Li Lu was okay and that she even accepted a Saint realm expert as her Master, it did not reduce the sense of loss in his heart.
For the Li Residence's revenge, Li Lu would take it upon herself to achieve this goal. This was also his wish.
Thus, when they returned to Tianxuan Mansion, Huang Xiaolong told Marshal Haotian to lift the blockade and stop tracking the killers.
Three days later.
Huang Xiaolong did not practice over the last three days. There was a slight resistance to adapt to Li Lu's sudden departure. These past few years had made Li Lu a part of his life, and with her gone he felt an emptiness in his heart.
En, that's right, it was a little empty.
Huang Xiaolong looked up at the night moon. Just a few months prior, it was the same round moon, shining just as brightly.
Xiaolong, tell me, am I going to die?
The words Li Lu spoke at that time, Huang Xiaolong remembered them clearly. Even her melancholic mood appeared clearly in his eyes as if the scene that night was repeating itself.
At that time, Li Lu hugged Huang Xiaolong.
I'm scared I won't be able to see you anymore, that I'll never see you again!
Li Lu cried.
The memory of the scene dissipated.
Huang Xiaolong sighed, muttering to himself: "Deities Templar."
Five days passed.
Huang Xiaolong was mediating in the yard when Huang Min walked in. Sensing Huang Xiaolong's mood, she spoke: "Big Brother, are you still thinking about Sister Li Lu?"
Huang Xiaolong responded by nodding his head, "In another two days, the Academy's competition will begin. Do you have confidence to get the class' first place spot?"
Some years back, Huang Xiaolong requested two spots from Principal Sun Zhang for his siblings, Huang Min and Huang Xiaohai, and both of them have been learning in the Cosmic Star Academy for the past few years.
Although both of their martial spirits grades were not high, they were nurtured by Huang Xiaolong and guided by Fei Hou in their cultivation. Their strength and cultivation speed were no worse than those so-called geniuses in the Cosmic Star Academy.
"Of course, Big Brother! this time, your little sister will seize the class' first spot for you!" Huang Min laughed, full of confidence.
Huang Xiaolong nodded. With Huang Min's current strength, to get the class number one spot would not be a problem.
A while later, Huang Min left Huang Xiaolong's yard.
Readjusting his mood, Huang Xiaolong triggered the God Binding Ring and entered the ancient battlefield, then started practicing Asura Tactics and God Binding Palm.
After several months of practice, Huang Xiaolong's comprehension in the God Binding Palm battle skill had progressed by leaps and bounds.
Another two days passed.
Huang Xiaolong woke up and headed to the Cosmic Star Academy with his younger siblings.
One year has passed since he last came.
When Huang Xiaolong arrived, it was inevitable that he needed to spend some time talking and guiding the older Academy students.
When entering the Holy Hall, just like the years before, many fangirls were shrieking and screaming his name.
"Huang Xiaolong, I love you~!"
Confessions of love accompanied Huang Xiaolong as he made hit way to his class's seating arrangement. He had broken through the Tenth Order but had yet to put in a request for the class advancement assessment test. Officially, he was a student of Second Year Class Six.
When Lu Kai saw Huang Xiaolong, he walked over and smiled: "This guy really, you went missing for a year, and I heard you even went to the Yuwai Kingdom?"
Huang Xiaolong nodded: "En, I made a trip to the Yuwai Kingdom."
Hearing his confirmation, Lu Kai swiftly pulled Huang Xiaolong to the side, inquiring in a whisper with a grin, "I heard the women in the Yuwai Kingdom are very beautiful, filled with an otherworldly temperament."
Huang Xiaolong was stunned with Lu Kai's line of questioning, and nodded slowly and said, "Ah, filled with temperament."
Lu Kai's eyes lit up, "Then I must find a chance to bring this up with my Royal Father so I can follow the special envoys to the Yuwai Kingdom."
Huang Xiaolong shook his head helplessly.
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