Chapter 439 Live Well

March 14.

At night, it started to drizzle in Heng Imperial City.

Lu Houde sat in the luxurious private room of the Ancient Dao Pavilion and threw the wine cup in his hand onto the ground.

The cup shattered and fragments scattered all over the ground.

On the side, Hu Man'er and Xing Zhen remained silent, their expressions equally heavy.

According to Xie Min Yu's instructions when he left, the three of them should have been cultivating calmly, waiting for the swordsman to compete. After all, because of the sword command incident, there was such a big disturbance. The Jianghu parties were quite dissatisfied with Xie Min Yu's actions that day. At the peak of this storm, Lu Houde and the others naturally did not dare to look for trouble with Xu Han and the others. They all acted like cowering turtles and hid in the Ancient Dao Tower all day long.

However, contrary to their wishes, they did not look for trouble with others, but others were looking for trouble with them.

Previously, Xu Han and the others had stolen the invitation cards of the Dragon Gate Society from the elite disciples brought by Lu Houde, causing the disciples of the Crimson Firmament Sect to lose their qualifications to participate in the Swordsman Competition. In addition to the hundreds of elite disciples who had died during the battle with the Sword Order, this trip to the Crossing Imperial City had caused tremendous losses to the Crimson Firmament Sect in terms of reputation and strength.

In order to make up for this loss, the Crimson Firmament Sect sent more than ten elite disciples and a Great Evolution Realm elder from the sect to participate in the swordsman competition. After all, the benefits brought by the Demon Suppressing Pagoda were truly enviable. The strength of a sect could not help but be enhanced at this moment. More importantly, it was also the cultivation of the younger generation.

Even if one of the more than ten people sent out was able to ascend to the Immortal realm in the future because of the help of the Demon Suppressing Tower, it would be a great thing for the Crimson Firmament Sect.

However, because the Dragon Gate Meeting had already ended, it was naturally impossible to hold another Dragon Gate Meeting for the sake of the Crimson Firmament Sect.

As a result, the major powers in the sect secretly contacted the Sword Handling Pavilion's Pavilion Master, Xiao Ran .

In the eyes of most people, Xiao Ran, who had been in charge of the Sword Pavilion for more than 30 years, was an insatiable greedy person.

In his eyes, there were no friends, no enemies, only benefits.

That was why he had been so close to the Crimson Firmament Sect for a Fire Cloud Token, and the Crimson Firmament Sect had grown bigger as a result, becoming the leader of the three sects.

Although he had a grudge against the Crimson Firmament Sect because of the unpleasant sword-wielding battle, after paying a sufficient price, the Sword-wielding Pavilion's Pavilion Master finally nodded and allowed the ten elite disciples and the Great Evolution Realm elder to participate in the Sword-wielding Pavilion competition.

After all, the Sword Handling Pavilion was not a Xiao Ran family's Sword Handling Pavilion, and there was a giant existence like the Dragon Hidden Temple behind it. Therefore, such a bad rule couldn't be revealed in the end. Therefore, the disciples and elders that had been chosen did not reveal any news about them and secretly rushed to the Hengroyal City.

They thought that with the prestige of the Crimson Firmament Sect and the reputation of the Sword Handling Pavilion's Pavilion Master Xiao Ran, when the Sword Handlers competed, they would directly accept these ten people as participants. At that time, even if those Jianghu people were dissatisfied, they wouldn't dare to raise too much objection.

This was naturally a good thing for the Crimson Firmament Sect.

After all, the more stable the position of the Crimson Firmament Sect was, the more comfortable it would be for Lu Houde and the others who were elders of the Crimson Firmament Sect.

However, there was a mistake in this matter.

The ten-odd elite disciples, along with the Great Evolution Realm elders, Logically speaking, he should have arrived at Heng Imperial City three or four days ago, Lu Houde and the others, who had been ordered to receive him, had also made preparations long ago. However, they could not wait for this group of people to contact the sect. The sect did not receive such news either. The three of them were somewhat uneasy, so they went out of the Hengroyal City to search. They actually found the corpses of this group of people in a mountain forest a hundred miles away from the Hengroyal city.

Jianghu was, after all, Jianghu. Even with the acknowledged supervision of the Sword Handling Pavilion, Jianghu hatred would occur from time to time in Great Xia.

However, this kind of thing mostly happened to those small sects, or even Jianghu Rangers without sects. In the past 200 years, the Crimson Firmament Sect had never encountered such a tragedy.

Apart from being shocked, Lu Houde and the others reported this matter to the sect. However, the sect leader, Xie Min Yu, was busy dealing with the third Heavenly Tribulation. The other two Grand Elders of the Immortal level had not come out for many years and did not respond to the three of them in time. That was why Lu Houde was furious in the Ancient Dao Tower.

"My Crimson Firmament Sect has never experienced such a tragedy in the past 200 years! These villains don't take us seriously!" After a long time, Lu Houde gritted his teeth and said coldly.

'"Could it be Xu Han's group that harbors grudges in their hearts" Hu Man'er, who was at the side, put forward her own conjecture.

But this idea was quickly denied by Lu Houde .

"Although that brat has some abilities, it's impossible for him to kill so many disciples and a Great Evolution Realm expert. Other than Xu Han, everyone else has been hiding in their newly-built courtyard for the past few days. He hasn't gone out. It can't be them." Lu Houde, who had fought with Xu Han before, said so.

Hu Man'er wanted to say something, but before she could say anything, she was interrupted by Lu Houde again.

"Tomorrow is the Swordsman Competition. Regardless of who attacks our Crimson Firmament Sect, as long as we obtain the qualifications of a swordsman and pass the Demon Suppressing Tower, our Crimson Firmament Sect will definitely take a step forward. Those who want to punish us will naturally show their tricks."

Hearing this, Xing Zhen and Hu Man'er exchanged glances and nodded their heads heavily at that time. Naturally, they were determined to obtain this swordsman's spot.

…

At the same time, Chu Chouli frowned in the courtyard where Yan Zhan and the others were.

Tomorrow was the start of the Swordsman Competition, but Xu Han was still nowhere to be found.

This caused everyone to be quite worried. First, they were afraid that Xu Han would miss the Swordsman Competition. Second, they were even more worried about what kind of accident he was going out alone.

Everyone wanted to see through it, but they didn't wait for Xu Han until late at night, so they could only fall asleep helplessly.

Just as the night was quiet, a violent cough suddenly came from Master Wei's door.

After the war, the old man had been bedridden for a month. His condition was truly worrying, but he had never told Chu Chouli and the others about it. However, at this moment, the old man's condition seemed to have deteriorated even further. He could not stop coughing for a long time, and even coughed out blood.

At this time, a burst of white light lit up in the huge wooden box beside him. The handsome demon man who had once met Xu Han and the others appeared in the door again.

He looked at the old man and sighed. In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore and walked forward. He placed his hand on the old man's back. A gentle white light surged. The old man's violent cough was nourished by the white light and gradually calmed down.

He turned his head to look at the man behind him with a difficult smile on his face and said, "Thank you."

The man shook his head helplessly and said, "You are too impulsive. They must have sensed your presence like this."

Master Wei knew that he was referring to that day. He took action to stop the Vermillion Bird that could only turn the entire Heng Imperial City into ashes. The old man was a little ashamed, "But you can't just sit there and watch."

"Everyone will be saved. In the end, you won't be able to save anyone." The man sneered.

Regarding this, the old man was silent.

Seemingly feeling that the atmosphere was too dull, the man thought for a moment and suddenly said, "It's good that you sent that kid over."

"Is that so?" The old man also smiled.

However, after saying that, the two of them couldn't help but remain silent again.

The man sank his brows and finally asked the question he had been holding back for a long time, "How confident are you that the thousand year calamity is coming?"

"No one has been able to withstand that heavenly tribulation since ancient times. I dare not say anything." The old man told the truth even though he knew that this would make the man feel relieved.

Unexpectedly, the man was not angry at all. He stared at the old man and asked again, "Where is the surveillance? Have you seen him?"

The old man shook his head again, "The Myriad Domains of the Universe are too vast. I tried to contact them with a secret technique, but I did not receive any reply."

"So we can only rely on ourselves?" The man's expression became gloomier and gloomier.

"I think so." The old man stood up. He also looked at the man and suddenly smiled, "But don't worry, I've already arranged your path of retreat."

The man was slightly stunned. He had probably guessed what the so-called back road was, but he did not feel at ease because of it.

"Jackal, look around. No matter how long you live, you won't be able to survive." After saying this, the man paused and his expression suddenly became solemn. He stared at the old man and said word by word, "This time, I think…"

"Have you seen the Scarlet Firmament Sect's headmaster? What do you think?" However, before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the old man.

The man paused. He didn't quite understand why he would mention this person who had nothing to do with their topic at this moment.

However, he still frowned and replied truthfully, "But a shameless person who misinterprets the Grand Dao and does whatever it takes to achieve his goal."

The old man nodded and said, "Of course you're right about that. But there's one thing he's right about."

"Huh?" Nan Re looked at the old man doubtfully.

"Only by surviving can there be hope …"

The old man said with a deep gaze. He reached out and placed his hand on the man's shoulder.

"So, live well."

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