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  Ch.125

  Returning to Tianxuan Mansion from the Yuwai Kingdom, Huwang Xiao did not anticipate that the first thing he would hear about was how the Li Residence had been annihilated. These past years, Huwang Xiao had requested Marshal Haotian to keep his ears to the ground and protect the Li Residence from the shadows. Yet the Li Residence could not escape from this calamity.

  At this time, Marshal Haotian rushed over to Tianxuan Mansion after he was informed of Huwang Xiao’s return.

  After greeting Huwang Xiao, Marshal Haotian reported everything in detail related to the Li Residence’s obliteration.

  “Sovereign, I have tracked them down and found the main culprit.” After he finished reporting, Marshal Haotian added this information.

  “Haotian, according to your judgement, what is the other side’s strength?” Huwang Xiao’s solemn voice sounded.

  “Judging from the Poison Blood Palm on Liu Mu’s and Li Cheng’s chest, the other side is very likely a Xiantian realm expert.” Marshal Haotian spoke with a serious expression on his face.

  “A Xiantian realm expert.” Huwang Xiao frowned.

  That year, the culprit who killed Green Hawk Gang Leader Jiang Wei was only a peak Late-Tenth Order warrior. Did that person have a breakthrough and step into the Xiantian realm? If this was the case, the matter was more troublesome than he expected.

  It didn’t matter if the other side had just advanced into the Xiantian realm.

  At the moment, there were Marshal Haotian and Fei Hou who could deal with that person.

  Moments later, both Fei Hou and Marshal Haotian were excused.

  Huwang Xiao told them to increase the number of Tianxuan Mansion guards on duty, especially to ensure Li Lu’s safety.

  Li Lu was the sole survivor of the Li Residence, and in Huwang Xiao’s opinion the killer would definitely uproot the bloodlines of the Li family by killing Li Lu.

  Deep into the night, the pure and clean moonlight was shining brightly.

  Huwang Xiao stood in his yard looking up at the bright moon in the night sky.

  At this time, footsteps sounded behind him and he turned around to see Li Lu. Li Lu was wearing a lavender muslin dress that nipped flatteringly at her waist. Walking towards him in the moonlit sky, she was the very picture of a fairy descended into the mortal realm.

  Li Lu approached until she was in front of Huwang Xiao, and then she stood still.

  “Xiao,” Li Lu opened her mouth after a brief moment of hesitation: “I have something to tell you.”

  “Tell me.” Huwang Xiao looked at her.

  “I have broken through the Seventh Order.” Li Lu said.

  “Seventh Order?!” Huwang Xiao was slightly surprised. Going by Li Lu’s talent, she couldn’t have advanced to the Seventh Order at her pace, even when taking into consideration the cycad fruits and Fire Dragon Pearls that he supplied her with.

  Did Li Lu come across some fortuitous adventure as well?

  Noticing Huwang Xiao’s confused expression, Li Lu elaborated: “A while back, the Academy had an outside task and I fell into a pool of water. Because I was famished, I ate some small grass that looked like mushrooms and directly broke through from late-Sixth Order to the Seventh Order.

  Both of Huwang Xiao’s eyes widened in disbelief. That Li Lu had this kind of good fortune allowing her to make a straight breakthrough from a late-Sixth Order to the Seventh Order... what exactly were those mushrooms?

  But, while Huwang Xiao was still pondering about the magical mushrooms, a bright light burst out from Li Lu and a shiny long black sword hovered behind her. Black runes flowed like liquid on the surface of the black sword.

  This was the appearance of Li Lu’s martial spirit, Dark Divine Sword.

  However, in the very next moment another dazzling light burst out. Behind Li Lu, a long white sword appeared. This white sword was almost transparent, exuding a holy atmosphere with twinkling golden lights floating over it that looked like small golden elves.

  “This is?!” This time, Huwang Xiao was flabbergasted.

  Li Lu actually possessed another martial spirit other than the Divine Dark Sword. She was just like him, a person with twin martial spirits! Additionally, she was also similar in that both of her martial spirits were of the same kind, a black and a white twin sword!

  Huwang Xiao could tell that the translucent white longsword was much stronger than her Divine Dark Sword. A superb martial spirit?!

  Why was it that he did not know that Li Lu had twin martial spirits before this?

  “This second martial spirit was awakened when I broke through the Seventh Order. It is called Divine Holy Sword, a top twelve grade martial spirit.” Li Lu explained.

  Just awakened!

  Huwang Xiao finally understood.

  It was no wonder he didn’t know that Li Lu had twin martial spirits from the beginning.

  In the past, when Huwang Xiao read books about martial spirits in the Cosmic Star Academy’s library, there were situations similar to Li Lu’s. In the Martial Spirit World, children awaken their martial spirits at the age of seven, but there were also cases where the time of awakening martial spirits was slower. Some awakened when the owner broke through the Fourth Order or the Seventh Order.

  The later a martial spirit awakens, the stronger it is!

  Some of the second martial spirits awakened when the owner broke through the Fourth Order. In these cases, the second martial spirit would be one or two grades higher than the first awakened martial spirit. But since Li Lu awakened the second martial spirit after breaking through to the Seventh Order, her second martial spirit was a top grade-twelve martial spirit! Three grades higher than the Divine Dark Sword!

  Of course, situations like Li Lu’s were extremely rare. In the history of Martial Spirit World, such instances could be counted using the fingers on one’s hand.

  Observing the twin sword martial spirits behind Li Lu, Huwang Xiao was happy for her since she had awakened a second martial spirit that was a superb talent top grade-twelve martial spirit. Although her cultivation speed won’t be as horrifying as his, it was still amazing. Stepping into the Xiantian realm was guaranteed.

  “Xiao, tell me, am I going to die?” Without any indication, Li Lu asked this question.

  Huwang Xiao was startled, but he reassured her as if it was a promise: “Don’t worry, nothing will happen to you.”

  Li Lu nodded and then hugged Huwang Xiao suddenly, saying “I’m very scared that I won’t be able to see you anymore. That in the future, I would never see you again.” Her sobs sounded.

  Huwang Xiao patiently patted her small back and softly consoled her, “It’s alright, everything will pass. Marshal Haotian already found the killer and we will deal with it... Tianxuan Mansion will be your home in the future.”

  Li Lu trembled slightly. She looked up at Huwang Xiao, nodding shyly under the moonlight.

  Li Lu left Huwang Xiao’s yard a while later.

  With Li Lu’s silhouette disappearing from view, Huwang Xiao entered the ancient battlefield, swallowed a Fire Dragon Pearl and began to practice.

  Like this, three months passed.

  In these three months, Huwang Xiao stayed behind and practiced in Tianxuan Mansion instead of going into the Silvermoon Forest and had reached peak late-Ninth Order, half a step into the Tenth Order.

  These three months passed by in calm tranquility.

  Huwang Xiao advised Li Lu not to stay outside Tianxuan Mansion. Other than going to class in the Cosmic Star Academy, Li Lu would be practicing in the Tianxuan Mansion and only go to the Academy and back, with experts from the Marshal Mansion protecting her. After her second martial spirit awakened, Li Lu’s cultivation speed soared. Within a short three months’ time Li Lu had reached mid-Seventh Order.

  The only downside was that Marshal Haotian was unable to pinpoint the killer from his information network. It was as if the person vanished into thin air after killing the entire Li Residence.

  The
re was also the possibility the killer had left the Luo Tong Kingdom.

  Although there were no signs of that person in the vicinity, Huwang Xiao remained vigilant.

  Another two months went by.

  Huwang Xiao sat cross-legged in the ancient battlefield. The black and blue twin dragons were hovering behind him as they devoured the netherworld spiritual energy that came gushing down from the void above him. The netherworld battle qi inside his meridians and Qi Sea roared and surged.

  As Huwang Xiao persisted in running the Asura Tactics, the netherworld battle qi impacted the barrier again and again, continuously and endlessly bashing against his only obstacle on his way to the Tenth Order. It was significantly much harder than breaking through the Ninth Order barrier. With battle qi continuing to crash against the barrier, the sharp pain that resulted was like having thousands of sharp needles pierce his internal organs all at once, it was nearly unbearable.

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  Huwang Xiao 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 Huwang Xiao’s body.

  The netherworld battle qi in his meridians and Qi Sea were surging in a frenzied manner. Even though Huwang Xiao 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, Huwang Xiao 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, Huwang Xiao had a film of sweat on his forehead.

  Time passed slowly this way when suddenly, Huwang Xiao 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!

  Huwang Xiao 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 Huwang Xiao 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. Huwang Xiao finally stopped running Asura tactics after three complete turns then opened his eyes.

  “I’m a Tenth Order warrior now.” Huwang Xiao 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, Huwang Xiao 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, Huwang Xiao 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?” Huwang Xiao’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!”

  Huwang Xiao’s heart sank.

  The four guards Marshal Haotian sent to protect Li Lu and Huwang 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?” Huwang Xiao 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!” Huwang Xiao 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 Huwang Xiao 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 Huwang Xiao walked into the main hall, his Mom and Dad, Huwang Peng and Su Yan, were there along with his younger brother, Huwang Xiaohai, as well.

  Seeing Huwang Xiao had arrived, Huwang Peng and Su Yan hurried beside him.

  “Xiao, 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!” Huwang Xiao 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, Huwang Xiao 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, Huwang Xiao 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, Huwang Xiao 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, Huwang Xiao 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.

  Huwang Xiao looked at Marshal Haotian and Fei Hou both, saying: “Go, we’re going to Peaceful Street now!”

  “Yes, Young Lord!”

  Huwang Xiao led Marshal Haotian, Fei Hou, and the rest out from Tianxuan Mansion and sped towards Peaceful Street. When Huwang 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, Huwang Xiao 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. Huwang Xiao closed his eyes and stood in silence, sensing his surroundings.

  Then, from a certain direction, Huwang Xiao caught a trace of his little sister, Huwang 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, Huwang Xiao 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 Huwang Xiao.

  Rushing towards the south section, Huwang Xiao 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 Huwang Xiao’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.” Huwang Xiao 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, Huwang Xiao and the rest of the guards sprinted towards that forest area. Huwang Xiao saw Huwang 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 Huwang Xiao and the Tianxuan Mansion guards, surprise showed in Huwang Min’s eyes followed by anxiousness, but she was unable to move or speak.

  Huwang Xiao hastened to his little sister’s side.

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  Coming to a stand in front of his younger sister, Huwang Min, Huwang Xiao checked her condition which resulted in a deep frown on his brows. Relying on his judgement, 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.