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Chapter 273 The Second Phase of Heartbeat

To be honest, not all girls have the courage to call three burly men and two girls who are obviously much older than them "little aunt," at least Lin Zhao didn't.

She hesitated for a moment before reluctantly nodding, waiting for the others to explain what had happened.

The leader of the three burly men was a young man with long hair. He stepped forward and said, "Auntie, most of the members of our Zhao family who are in the Heartbeat stage have been imprisoned by them."

Lin Zhao stared at them for a moment, then smiled and said, "Tell me in detail."

She was aware of the Zhao family's situation, but she didn't expect that the higher up the hierarchy the Zhao family faced, the more they would be targeted.

The young man said, "Ever since my aunt came back and defeated Qian Miao, who was in the Fusion stage, no one in the Zhao family's Fusion stage cultivators dares to provoke us in the Divine Soul World. However, cultivators at other levels have been targeted in various ways, especially those of us in the Heartbeat stage."

Lin Zhao understood. After all, she hadn't given Lu Xiuya any face back then. Given that Lu Xiuya was a hypocrite who cared so much about his reputation, it was easy to imagine how he would instigate his family to target the Zhao family.

"It's also because of me that you've all been dragged into this."

The long-haired young man hurriedly said, "Auntie, please don't say that. Even if it weren't for you, they would have targeted us sooner or later. Your return can actually give the Zhao family a chance to breathe."

The others also looked on in agreement. Lin Zhao looked over and said, "I think our Zhao family seems to have a much stronger foundation in the Heartbeat stage than in the Fusion stage?"

Before the cultivators in the Zhao family's integration phase were targeted by major forces in such a focused manner, they could only release Zhao Xiaoxiao and her brother.

Despite Lu Xiuqing and his group's undisguised targeting, five of the Zhao family's cultivators at the Heartbeat stage managed to escape.

The long-haired youth looked ashamed: "That's true. Although our Zhao family has declined, some of the foundation of the former Immortal Forest family is still there. The higher the cultivation level, the stronger the people of our Zhao family become. However, the younger generation no longer has any outstanding talents. Even we can't rank in the top 500 of the Heartbeat Stage Prodigies Ranking in the Upper Realm."

So exaggerated?

Lin Zhao realized the seriousness of the problem.

Qu Ying, standing to the side, kept his eyes down, intending to see how Lin Zhao would handle the matter.

"What is the cultivation level of the people who are holding the other cultivators of our Zhao family captive? How much spiritual energy do they possess?"

The long-haired youth Zhao He said, "He is at the Great Perfection of the Heartbeat Stage. As for his spiritual energy foundation, we have fought with him before, and it is probably around 20,000 streams of spiritual energy."

Lin Zhao immediately abandoned the idea of ​​going directly to find the other party, as they were nearly 10,000 levels higher than him.

"What is that person's relationship with Lu Xiuqing?"

Zhao He said, "He is Lu Xiuqing's most loyal and capable subordinate, his name is Gao Zhe."

So it seems this person is quite skilled during the initial attraction phase.

"Could he rank in the top five on the Heartbeat Prodigy Ranking?"

Zhao He nodded: "It's probably around four hundred."

More than 400 cultivators at the Great Perfection of the Heartbeat Stage possessed 20,000 streams of spiritual energy; they truly lived up to their reputation as cultivators from the Upper Realm.

Lin Zhao pondered for a moment: "Does Lu Xiuqing have any mortal enemies?"

As she asked the question, she noticed that Zhao He's gaze was fixed on Qu Ying, who was standing next to her.

Qu Ying crossed his arms and laughed heartily, "If we're talking about who often bickers with Lu Xiuqing during the 'heart-fluttering' period, it's definitely me. But I don't have any deep-seated hatred for him, otherwise I would have knocked him down from the ranking long ago." Lin Zhao understood the implication in Qu Ying's words and said, "How about 10,000 Divine Soul Coins?"

Zhao He's expression turned somewhat strange upon hearing this.

"Little Aunt, I'm afraid Young Master Qu isn't the kind of person who would betray information for such a small amount of money."

"Look what you're saying, sister-in-law." Qu Ying reached out and took the soul bag from Lin Zhao. After sensing that there were indeed 10,000 soul coins inside, a genuine smile appeared on her face.

"Am I the kind of person who's greedy for money? But Lu Xiuqing is a bully who picks on the weak and fears the strong, and he doesn't really offend the top few in the Heartbeat Period."

Upon hearing the words "originally," Lin Zhao knew there was hope, and immediately stared intently at Qu Ying.

"However, it's just that he's too pretentious, and he put on airs for that person, so he offended Li Yi, who is second on the Prodigy Ranking."

To be honest, Lu Xiuqing didn't mean to offend this shrew. It was just that Li Yi, as the second-ranked expert on the Heavenly Pride Ranking, dressed too down-to-earth. Especially when she wasn't making a move, everyone would mistake her for a little beggar. But she had a bad temper, and as soon as she got near the battlefield, she would fight with Lu Xiuqing.

At first, Lu Xiuqing was unsure whether the other party had any strength, and he hadn't offended Li Yi. However, seeing this unremarkable, ragged, and thin girl being so shameless as to insist on stepping into the fighting arena he had chosen, Lu Xiuqing became angry and threatened to knock Li Yi's soul back into her body.

So the two of them got into a fight, and the result was, of course, quite obvious.

After Li Yi's ten moves, Lu Xiuqing only had the strength to crawl.

This embarrassing incident was kept extremely secret by the Lu family, and ordinary cultivators in the Heartbeat Stage would never know about it.

This incident didn't really constitute a complete offense. It wasn't until Lu Xiuqing offended Li Yi's younger sister, Li Huan, that the fiercely protective brother for his sister sent Lu Xiuqing back into his body. Lu Xiuqing lay in bed for a whole year before returning to his soul world in fear.

Even after returning, Lu Xiuqing avoided Li Yi.

Because Li Yi is the kind of person who doesn't care about your status when she takes action.

Her origins are shrouded in mystery. Even the Lu family can only find out that she has a sister named Li Huan who is not related to her by blood. They know nothing else. In the Upper Realm, no one knows where Li Yi's true form is. Such a mysterious prodigy is someone the Lu family doesn't dare to truly confront Lu Xiuqing. Therefore, Lu Xiuqing has a natural fear of Li Yi, like a mouse seeing a cat.

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhao asked, "How do we find this expert ranked second on the Prodigy Ranking?"

Qu Ying smiled and said, "You don't need to go looking for her; she'll come looking for you."

Lin Zhao was full of doubt. She didn't know Li Yi, and besides, offending Lu Xiuqing probably wouldn't be anything that would help Li Yi get revenge.

That leaves only...

"Does she like Qu Shu?"

Qu Ying clapped his hands: "Sister-in-law is truly brilliant!"

Lin Zhao slapped her forehead.

Damn it, the person I finally managed to become an ally has turned into my love rival. What am I going to do?

"Apart from Li Yi, the top ten on the Prodigy Ranking either have a neutral relationship with Lu Xiuqing, or they have a good friendship."

Seeing that Lin Zhao was having second thoughts, Qu Ying smiled and cut off Lin Zhao's idea of ​​finding someone else.

Lin Zhao looked at him for a moment: "You seem to really want me to face off against Li Yi?"