“Explode!”
Witnessing this scene, Lu Changsheng didn’t waste any more ti. He ford hand seals and uttered an indifferent syllable, detonating the talisman formation.
As the syllable dropped, in an instant, all the talismans’ energies fused together, unleashing an extrely violent mana fluctuation.
“Boom!”
Subsequently, an earth-shattering explosion roared into being.
It brightened the night sky in that mont, making the entire marketplace seem to shake and shimr, a mushroom cloud rising into the air.
“This, this, this…”
“Such terrifying power!”
“Is this the might of a Foundation Building Great Cultivator!”
“This power is simply too frightening!”
Everyone in the market heard the intense explosion and felt a jolt in their hearts.
Lu Changsheng watched the fierce and wild mana waves before him, smoothed his sleeves, and dispersed them.
Through his divine sense, he could tell that the bald man’s presence had been extinguished.
The Golden Great Bell that survived the explosion was now a dim, shattered remnant, which made Lu Changsheng feel a twinge of regret.
From the fight just now, he could tell that the Golden Great Bell was an extrely fine spiritual artifact.
What a pity it was now broken beyond repair, reduced to scrap.
As for the bald man, he had been reduced to a charred and broken corpse.
The face still intact, wore a horrific expression of dying with grievances unappeased.
“The abilities and resources of these two should provide a good haul, right?”
Lu Changsheng glanced over at the red-robed man who, under the gnawing of the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm, had also ceased to breathe, contemplating in his heart.
“Eat later.”
Lu Changsheng said to the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm.
Then with a sweep of his hand, he gathered the magic artifacts, spiritual artifacts, and storage bags of the deceased into his possession.
After doing so, he sensed the battle energy from Lu Miaoge’s direction, turned into a streak of light, and shot forth suddenly.
At this very mont, by the eastern gate of Red Leaf Valley Market.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
Lu Miaoge was engaging in fierce combat with a middle-aged man with a face pale as jade and sinister brows, using her Water Dragon Technique.
This middle-aged man, clearly disinclined to fight, defended continuously. He manipulated several array flags to leverage the Red Leaf Valley Market’s great formation, trying to break a gap to escape through.
“So soon!?”
The sinister man’s expression changed, turning ugly.
He hadn’t expected his brothers to be dealt with by Lu Changsheng so quickly.
He had thought tonight’s mission would be a casual affair and hadn’t prepared much.
Such as breaking a gap in the great formation in advance, ready for an escape.
But by the ti he realized that sothing was amiss and his elder brother was being suppressed, it was already too late for escape.
“Swoosh!”
Lu Changsheng, wielding the True Yang Five Elents Sword, made a fierce slash forward!
Fierce and domineering Seven Luminaries Sword Qi erged, shooting towards the sinister man.
“Damn it!”
The Sword Qi tore through the air forcing the sinister man’s complexion to change slightly.
He ford seals with his hands, and from his fan flickered rays of light that spiraled in the air, materializing into multi-colored light barriers in front of him.
“Pfft, pfft, pfft!”
The Seven Luminaries Sword Qi was incredibly sharp, successively breaking through the light barriers.
The sinister man’s face darkened at this scene, and he called out, “Honored cultivators, I am a Second Rank Array Master. If you spare , I’ll be at your service should you ever require my skills, no matter the task.”
His strength was average, rely at the Foundation Establishnt Middle Stage.
The reason he managed to be brotherly with the red-robed and bald n was due to his skill in formations.
After all, for robbers, having an Array Master was beneficial for exploring ancient ruins, ambushing and killing, or breaking into others’ spiritual lands.
However, both Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge remained silent, continuing their assault on the sinister man.
“Water Dragon Technique, kill!”
Lu Miaoge’s hands flew through seals, controlling the water dragon as it surged towards the sinister man.
The sinister man still relied on his folding fan and activated talismans to fend off their attacks.
But against the water dragon and Sword Qi, he could barely manage a defense.
A mont later.
“Pierce!”
A sound of piercing the air echoed.
The True Yang Five Elents Sword burst forth, transforming into a streak of light that punctured the sinister man’s chest.
“I refuse to accept this!”
The sinister man imdiately grunted, vomiting blood, his face filled with unwillingness.
“Pfft, pfft, pfft!”
The Sword Qi was rciless, erupting forth and instantly slicing the sinister man’s body into several pieces, snuffing out his life energy.
“””
“Everything should be taken care of now,” Lu Changsheng said, looking toward Lu Miaoge.
“Unless there are robber cultivators hiding in the marketplace, there shouldn’t be any left,” Lu Miaoge replied, taking out the array plate and sensing for a mont before she spoke.
“Tonight, the robber cultivators who caused chaos in the Red Leaf Valley Market have all been suppressed,”
“To all affected, I, Lu Changsheng, hereby extend my apologies for any disturbance and inconvenience caused.”
“In three days, our Red Leaf Valley Market will provide an explanation for tonight’s events.”
“Additionally, to ensure everyone’s safety, the marketplace will be closed for a few days for an examination to root out any remaining robber cultivators. If anyone has any information, please report it to our enforcent team, and you will be rewarded by the marketplace,”
Lu Changsheng took the array plate from Lu Miaoge’s hand, injected his mana, and used the formation to spread his voice throughout the entire marketplace.
After speaking, Lu Changsheng continued, “Enforcent team, co to see imdiately!”
“All suppressed? There were five Foundation Establishnt Cultivators just now!”
“Lu Mountain Lord is mighty, Lu Ancestor is mighty!”
“Are the Mountain Master of Bi Lake Mountain and his wife really just a few years into their Foundation Establishnt? Their strength is astonishing!”
“This is definitely not the strength of soone who has just achieved Foundation Establishnt!”
“That’s right, I’ve never heard of two early-stage Foundation Establishnt cultivators being able to slay five Foundation Establishnt cultivators!”
“That talisman formation, and that nine-colored aurora, were simply too amazing!”
Hearing Lu Changsheng’s words, the cultivators in the market began to buzz with conversation.
For them, tonight was a sleepless night.
Although most could only watch the overall battle from afar, such a display of magical combat had a profound impact on them.
“We pay respect to the Ancestor!”
“We pay respect to the Ancestor!”
“We pay respect to the Ancestor!”
Before long, the law enforcent cultivators of the marketplace arrived.
Most of these cultivators were from the Lu Family of Qingzhu Mountain and the Bai Family of Hundred Birds Lake.
Only a few were from the Wugong Ridge Zheng Family and so were recruited loose cultivators.
Seeing Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge, they were all extrely respectful.
Especially the Lu Family cultivators of Qingzhu Mountain, looking at Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge, felt as if they were dreaming.
After all, having an ancestor with such combat power and making such a show of force was a cause for imnse joy among them!
“Send soone to clean up and rebuild the comrcial street, take stock of all the damaged shops and buildings, and calculate the losses.”
“Then search every part of the marketplace to see if there are any traces of robber cultivators left and determine when these five robbers arrived.”
Lu Changsheng commanded the enforcent cultivators with a calm yet distant voice, but for those hearing it, it carried an undeniable authority.
“As you command!”
“As you command!”
“As you command!”
The law enforcent cultivators responded in unison, bowing respectfully.
As they left, Lu Changsheng looked toward Lu Miaoge and spoke telepathically, “Sister Miaoge, regarding tonight’s events, we will later say to others that the cultivation technique we practice is a dual cultivation technique.”
“As long as we are together, we can temporarily raise our cultivation level to the middle stage of Foundation Establishnt, and when we join forces, we can even unleash the combat power of the late Foundation Establishnt stage.”
Lu Changsheng made this suggestion.
He hadn’t revealed too much of his own power that evening.
But the combat power he and Lu Miaoge displayed was still sowhat astonishing.
Two individuals only a few years into their Foundation Establishnt, slaying five Foundation Establishnt robber cultivators, was hardly a believable story no matter how it was twisted.
Therefore, thinking about the Taiyi Shengshui Jue which he and Lu Miaoge were practicing, he ca up with this explanation.
After all, belief in the story was discretionary.
He was rely providing a plausible rationale.
Furthermore, there were no Foundation Establishnt Cultivators in the Red Leaf Valley Market, as they were all Qi Refinent Cultivators.
Even if there were exceptionally perceptive individuals among them, it was unlikely they could deduce the specific strength from the overall battle situation.
“We are indeed practicing a dual cultivation technique,” Lu Miaoge responded with a gentle deanor and a water-like grace, laughing softly.
Since the mont Lu Changsheng took out the Foundation Establishnt Elixir, the three Foundation Establishnt Spirit Objects and the Taiyi Shengshui Jue, she knew that Lu Changsheng had always concealed his skills, harboring many secrets unknown to others.
Particularly after cultivating the Taiyi Shengshui Jue, through the Taiyi Dao Seed, she could faintly sense Lu Changsheng’s cultivation level, knowing that he was not soone who had just broken through to Foundation Establishnt.
She even faintly guessed through the Taiyi Dao Seed and the Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Scripture that the sword cultivator in the marketplace of Red Leaf Valley ten years ago was Lu Changsheng.
But as Lu Changsheng hadn’t spoken of it, she wouldn’t inquire further.
Knowing that broadcasting such matters would seem too astonishing.
However, this battle had confird her suspicion that the sword cultivator from ten years prior was indeed Lu Changsheng.
At that ti, Lu Changsheng had already broken through to Foundation Establishnt and was capable of slaying a middle-stage Foundation Establishnt robber cultivator.
This added yet another layer of mystery to her husband.
Nonetheless, after many years as husband and wife, Lu Changsheng’s various deeds had left her with no doubt about his intentions, and she knew his secrets were borne of necessity.
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