Starting as the young master of a medicine shop, he practiced swordsmanship for twenty years.

Chapter 364 A Celestial Immortal! The Old Emperor Has a Surprise!

"Help...help me, Your Highness!"

A piercing wail suddenly shattered the deathly silence.

There stood an old man with white hair and beard, his upper body wrapped in a blood-stained, light blue rag.

His only remaining crippled leg left a glaring trail of blood on the bluestone slab.

His withered fingers dug into the ground, oblivious to the cracking of his nails, as he desperately crawled toward Lu Xuan's position.

"You are the crown prince of the Wenjing Dynasty!"

In mid-air, an old woman with only half a head floated over, her rotting face twisted into a venomous expression. "The future emperor... Your Majesty... the supreme ruler, how could you stand by and watch me die?"

"We are your subjects..."

"Your Majesty, please do not abandon your people, come and endure the darkness with us..."

"I don't want to die... There's something dirty here... Help!"

Countless wails and voices of resentment echoed, as if one were in an inescapable hell.

In an instant, the entire town of Qianfu was in an uproar.

Thick, black blood seeped from the cracks in the bricks of the buildings on both sides, and countless distorted human faces appeared on the window frames.

Those faces, some crying, some laughing, some angry, some resentful, all stared intently at Lu Xuan in the middle of the street.

The lanterns under the eaves suddenly burst into flames, the eerie green light making the ghostly faces appear even more grotesque.

“Heh…heh heh…”

A chilling laugh echoed from all directions. Countless withered hands reached out from the cracks in the bluestone slabs, and grotesque "townspeople" crawled out from the shadows of the street corner.

Some of them had their bellies ripped open and their intestines spilling out, while others were charred black, yet they all approached Lu Xuan with a deep-seated resentment and malice.

The most terrifying thing was the buildings—the originally intact brick walls began to writhe, revealing dense human-shaped outlines.

It was as if the souls of the entire town had merged into the bricks and rubble!

Faced with this terrifying scene, Lu Xuan smiled.

He slowly opened his arms, the golden light in his eyes as dazzling as the blazing sun.

The more of these strange things there were, the more excited Lu Xuan became.

That wasn't some dirty thing that people feared, but rather the system points they needed.

In an instant, the void behind Lu Xuan suddenly cracked open, and hundreds of golden dragon phantoms roared out!

The dragon's roar shook the heavens, and the entire ghost town trembled...

Outside Qianfu Town!
Wei Yuanlang and the officials and soldiers were stunned. They stared at the scene before them as if they were in an absurd dream.

The governor's official robes were already soaked with cold sweat, and his legs were trembling uncontrollably.

He witnessed firsthand how His Highness the Crown Prince effortlessly annihilated three imperial guards.

Then they watched as hundreds of golden dragon phantoms tore through the sky, enveloping the entire Qianfu Town in sacred golden light.

As for why His Highness the Crown Prince would kill the imperial guards protecting him, Wei Yuanlang couldn't even imagine it.

If even a single word about matters concerning the imperial family is left out, they will all be executed without a burial place.

"This...this..."

Wei Yuanlang's lips trembled, but he couldn't utter a complete sound.

The guards behind him were even more ashen-faced, and some of them had even collapsed to the ground.

The eerie and terrifying ghost town was now transformed into a fairyland by the mighty dragon's power.

boom--!
Another earth-shaking roar followed.

When everyone looked up, they saw that the number of golden dragon phantoms in the sky above Qianfu Town had increased to over a thousand.

Each one is lifelike, with scales and claws flying.

The dazzling golden light illuminated the surrounding area for miles as if it were daytime, even dyeing the clouds in the sky gold.

"His Highness the Crown Prince is awe-inspiring!"

It's unclear who shouted this first.

Immediately afterwards, the entire team knelt down like waves of wheat.

Wei Yuanlang kowtowed heavily, his forehead pressed against the scorching hot stone slab.

At this moment, all imperial majesty and court laws seem utterly laughable in the face of such overwhelming power.

They could only kneel, trembling, gazing up at the figure enveloped in golden light...

Because it was no longer a mortal, but... a true dragon!

Half an hour of bloody slaughter had passed, but Lu Xuan still stood proudly in the center of Qianfu Town.

Hundreds of golden dragon phantoms circled around him, and the dark, malevolent energy clinging to the dragon scales was being slowly purified by the golden light.

The entire ghost town has been completely transformed.

Thick layers of ash lay piled up on the streets, the remains of the ghostly creatures destroyed by the golden dragon's phantom.

The buildings on both sides are covered with cracks, and countless painful and distorted human faces are faintly visible on the walls.

Strangely, despite having already slaughtered thousands of ghosts, the malevolent energy in the air did not decrease but increased instead.

Thick, almost tangible black mist seeped continuously from the ground, seemingly suppressing Lu Yun's terrifying internal energy.

Lu Xuan suddenly looked in a certain direction, and the golden light in his pupils surged again.

He sensed a chilling aura awakening not far away.

"Finally deigned to show yourself?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Xuan transformed into a dazzling golden light and soared into the sky.

Hundreds of golden dragons roared and soared into the sky, weaving together a vast golden net that blotted out the sun.

In the blink of an eye -

Boom! ! !

Suddenly, a huge crater with a diameter of 100 feet exploded in the ground in the center of Qianfu Town.

"So that's where it was hidden!"

Lu Xuan's voice boomed like thunder from the heavens, echoing across the boundless sky.

He stepped on a golden dragon shadow and slowly landed in the center of Qianfu Town, inside an abandoned mansion.

This once magnificent mansion is now nothing but ruins, except for the ancient well in the center of the courtyard, which remains intact.

The talismans carved on the well's edge to ward off evil have long been corroded beyond recognition by some force.

"interesting.….."

Lu Xuan's gaze swept over the twisted and deformed runes on the edge of the well, and then the golden dragon phantom around him swirled wildly.

This seemingly ordinary dry well is actually the source of the yin energy in the entire ghost town.

The chilling aura emanating from the bottom of the well stirred even this martial arts grandmaster within him.

This is no ordinary ghost; it must be the culprit that caused the deaths of all the people in Qianfu Town.

boom! ! !
Suddenly, a dull thud came from the bottom of the well.

The entire ancient well began to tremble violently, the moss on the well walls withered instantly, and gravel fell down in a flurry.

In an instant, the entire world seemed to freeze.

The malevolent energy gushing from the wellhead twisted wildly in the air, eventually coalescing into a ghostly face that blotted out the sky.

The old woman's face, covered in wrinkles, was a hundred feet in size, with thick, black blood flowing from every fold.

Ghostly green flames burned within the hollow eye sockets.

The next moment, hundreds of golden dragon phantoms roared simultaneously, their cries causing the surrounding buildings to collapse.

Lu Xuan gently raised his hand, and a dazzling golden light burst forth from his palm. Hundreds of golden dragon phantoms shot straight into the sky like a celestial river pouring down.

The ground of the entire town of Qianfu trembled violently, and the bluestone slabs cracked inch by inch.

The ghostly face emitted a piercing shriek, and countless dark shadows surged from the well, coalescing in the air into various grotesque monsters. They roared and howled, rushing one after another towards the golden torrent.

The moment the two forces collided in mid-air—

"Sizzle!" A tooth-grinding corrosive sound rang out.

Those ferocious ghosts, like moths to a flame, vanished into nothingness in the golden light.

The old woman's ghostly face let out a shrill wail, her face began to twist and melt, and black blood poured down like a torrential rain.

Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly, and the golden light in his palm intensified. He wouldn't give this damn thing a chance.

Wow! Wow! Wow...

Suddenly, a series of piercing cries of a baby came from the bottom of the well. The sound was so sharp that it was inhuman, and it carried a chilling resentment.

Immediately afterwards, four dark figures darted out of the well like lightning... They were four ghost infants covered in bluish-purple!
They stared with pitch-black pupils devoid of white, their mouths filled with serrated teeth, and their fingernails curved like hooks, gleaming with a cold, eerie green light.

The four ghostly infants suddenly let out an extremely unpleasant "giggle" laugh, and then pounced on Lu Xuan at an eerie angle.

Lu Xuan didn't even bother to lift his eyelids, casually waving his crimson sleeve with his left hand.

Four golden dragon phantoms appeared in response, their mouths wide open as golden light surged forth.

The hissing sound was like boiling water being poured on snow. The four ghost infants didn't even have time to scream before they vanished into thin air in the golden light.

Their狰狞 faces were still frozen in their last moment of terror.

These ghosts seemed to finally realize—what a terrifying being they had provoked.

No matter how many ants there are... they are still ants.

Lu Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, stepping into the air, his body radiating golden light like the rising sun.

With each step he took, a golden ripple spread through the void, like a stairway to heaven.

Behind them, hundreds of golden dragon phantoms roared angrily, their bodies swelling in the wind, and in the blink of an eye, each one transformed into a hundred-zhang-long giant dragon.

They swirled and intertwined, golden energy flowing across their scales, and their whiskers whipped up gusts of wind!

Upon seeing this, the old woman with the ghostly face immediately let out a shrill scream and spewed out a torrent of black mist.

Countless hideous ghost faces emerged from the fog, each one carrying a deep-seated resentment.

however--

"Destroy."

Lu Xuan uttered a single word, and hundreds of golden dragon phantoms simultaneously opened their enormous, heaven-devouring maws.

The dazzling golden light was like a celestial river pouring down, melting away the black mist and ice and snow wherever it passed.

The old woman's face twisted and deformed, emitting a mournful wail of resentment, but in the end, she could not withstand the overwhelming power of heaven.

Such a ghostly creature, comparable to a grandmaster of martial arts, is extremely rare and hard to come by. How could Lu Xuan possibly give it a chance to escape?

Immediately, Lu Xuan made a fist with his right hand, and the golden dragons in the sky suddenly converged into a pillar of light that reached the heavens, imprisoning the old woman's ghost face within it.

A chilling roar emanated from within the pillar of light, but soon... it turned into a desperate whimper.

As the last ray of golden light dissipated, there was no trace of the old woman's ghostly face left in the sky.

Lu Xuan stood in mid-air, his crimson robes fluttering as if a god had descended to earth.

He slowly raised his right hand, and on his palm, strands of golden energy swirled and coalesced like a dragon.

The dazzling golden light reflected on his indifferent face, turning the entire sky gold.

"go."

With a soft shout, the golden energy in Lu Xuan's palm suddenly split out.

Countless fine, silky golden rays fell like spring rain.

Each strand precisely targets the lingering Yin energy in Qianfu Town.

"Sizzle—sizzle—"

The chilling sounds of corrosion echoed throughout.

The ghosts hiding in the corners of the ruins had nowhere to hide and turned into wisps of green smoke in the golden light.

The black blood that had accumulated on the street began to boil and evaporate.

The distorted faces on the wall, after uttering their final wails, also returned to silence.

Lu Xuan looked down at this sacred "baptism," his eyes devoid of sorrow or joy.

The golden energy in his palm seemed inexhaustible, continuously purifying the cursed town.

As the last wisp of yin energy dissipated, a miracle occurred.
Clear spring water gushed from the dry well, and tender green shoots sprouted from the ruins.

The long-awaited sunlight pierced through the clouds, shining upon this reborn land...
Host: Lu Xuan, the Immortal of the Mortal World (Third Incarnation)

Realm: Grandmaster (Mastery)
Technique: Nine Dragons Protective Scripture 8/9 (Can be deduced)

Score: 500800
Please confirm whether you wish to consume 12 system points to deduce the Nine Dragons Protection Scripture.

The system points increased by 50.

Lu Xuan glanced indifferently at the crowd kneeling outside the town—the state officials, including Wei Yuanlang, were trembling with fear, while the attendants of Emperor Wenjing's guards were ashen-faced.

A strange light flashed in his eyes, and then he turned into a golden streak of light, disappearing into the horizon in an instant.

"This... Your Highness?"

Wei Yuanlang looked up blankly, only to see an empty sky, with no sign of Lu Xuan.

The magnificent imperial carriage, carrying eight horses, remained stationary, while the accompanying palace attendants and guards exchanged bewildered glances, completely at a loss.

"My lord... this..."

An official stammered, "Your Highness... you're even abandoning the imperial carriage?"

Wei Yuanlang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looked in the direction Lu Xuan had left, and suddenly shivered.

He vaguely realized that this Crown Prince, who had suddenly displayed extraordinary cultivation, had probably already transcended the constraints of ordinary etiquette...

Meanwhile, a hundred miles away, on a solitary peak, in a hidden cave, Lu Xuan sat cross-legged.

A flashing system panel floated in front of him, and a look of anticipation appeared on his lips: "It's time... to really improve."

"Deduction!"

The once silent cave suddenly burst forth with a dazzling golden light, illuminating its interior as if it were cast from gold.

Seven days later, the weather on the isolated peak suddenly changed.

The massive boulder blocking the cave entrance first revealed spiderweb-like golden patterns, and then emitted a dazzling golden light from within.

In an instant, a deafening roar resounded, and the boulder instantly turned to dust.

Amidst the golden light, a figure slowly emerged.

With each step Lu Xuan took, a golden dragon phantom appeared beneath his feet.

Swish! Swish! Swish...
His figure appeared and disappeared intermittently; with a single step, he was already several miles away.

This is a true sign of transcending the mundane world—a realm of terrestrial immortals!
Host: Lu Xuan, the Immortal of the Mortal World (Third Incarnation)

Realm: Land Immortal (Minor Success)

Kung Fu: Nine Dragons Protective Scripture 11/9
Score: 30800
The simulation used 47 system points in three iterations. The final simulation alone used 20 system points.

Lu Xuan stood with his hands behind his back on the clouds, looking down at the vast land.

"Not enough..."

The power of a terrestrial immortal is insufficient for him to explore the fundamental power of this world.

Lu Xuan looked towards the direction of the palace, hoping to find an unexpected surprise in the old emperor.

While Lu Xuan was plotting against that emperor, the other nine princes also gathered together, a rare occurrence, to discuss how to deal with him.

“That old scoundrel Peng Lie has been imprisoned by imperial decree.”

"Our good brother... has now lost his protector!"

(End of this chapter)