landbeastnovel Chapter 139 Meeting the Parents
Chapter 139 Meeting the Parents
Lu Ming could feel the scrutiny and hostility in those gazes, but he didn't care.
Xia Yufei seemed to have gotten used to it, and her expression was calm.
Soon, they arrived at a temple located in a secluded valley.
The entire palace was constructed of Void Stone, emanating a faint silver-white spatial fluctuation, with two disciples guarding the entrance.
"This is the Two Realms Projection Array." Xia Yufei stepped forward, whispered a few words to the guarding disciple, and then showed Bixiao Zhenren's token.
The guarding disciple glanced at Lu Ming, nodded, and made way for him.
The hall was spacious, with a circular stone platform in the center, three zhang in diameter, covered with densely packed spatial coordinate runes.
The surrounding walls are inlaid with hundreds of empty source crystals, which provide energy.
"We need a drop of your blood and a divine imprint to locate your kinship aura in Qingzhou."
Xia Yufei explained, "Once the formation is activated, it can maintain a projection call for fifty breaths. Although it's not long, it's enough to let someone know you're safe."
Lu Ming nodded, bit his fingertip as instructed, squeezed out a drop of blood, and at the same time separated a wisp of his divine consciousness and injected it into the core of the stone platform formation.
If the sect leader of Zhenwu Sect or Elder Pojun saw this, they would definitely be furious and berate Lu Ming for wasting such a precious resource.
His body was transformed by the Martial Ancestor using the immortal divine blood, and this drop of his essence blood is a rare divine object in the outside world.
Xia Yufei placed Bixiao Zhenren's token into the groove on one side of the formation and infused it with her own spiritual power.
"Activate the formation!"
"Buzz!"
The entire stone platform shone brightly! Hundreds of Void Source Crystals lit up simultaneously, and silvery-white spatial power surged towards the center of the stone platform like a tide.
The coordinate runes lit up one by one, rapidly rotating and combining, eventually condensing into a silver light curtain that rippled like water three feet above the stone platform.
Within the light screen, the scene gradually became clear.
It was a clean and tidy little courtyard with a ginkgo tree in the middle and a stone table and benches under the tree.
An elderly woman with gray hair but in good spirits was hanging clothes out to dry; she was Lu Ming's mother.
A robust, taciturn old man sat on the threshold, smoking a pipe; he was Lu Ming's father.
The familiar blue bricks and black tiles, the familiar ginkgo trees, but my parents' faces have aged.
At the same time, beams of light appeared in the sky above the small courtyard.
Lu Ming's eyes instantly welled up with tears.
"Father... Mother..." His voice was a little hoarse.
The parents in the light screen were startled at the same time and looked up abruptly!
When they saw the tall, upright young man on the screen, with a resolute face but still vaguely resembling his son, they were deeply moved.
The clothes in the mother's hands fell to the ground with a thud, and the pipe in the father's hand froze.
"Ming...Ming'er?" The mother walked forward shakily, reaching out as if to touch the light screen, yet hesitating. "Is it you? My son?"
"It's me, Mother." Lu Ming nodded vigorously, tears streaming down his face. "It's my fault for being unfilial, not coming home to see you for so many years."
"It's good that you're safe...it's good that you're safe..." The mother said, tears streaming down her face.
"The government of the Celestial Dynasty has taken good care of our family. We have plenty to eat and wear, and they even send doctors to treat us regularly. There are also celestial masters who come to transfer spiritual energy to us."
"Your dad's chronic leg pain from years ago is all healed. While you're out there, don't worry about home, just take good care of yourself..."
The father looked at Lu Ming silently, tears welling up in his eyes.
After a long silence, he said in a hoarse voice, "You've grown taller and stronger. Just like your grandfather when he was young... When he was tired, he would come back and make dumplings for you."
The simple words brought a bittersweet warmth to Lu Ming's heart.
"Father, Mother, I am doing well. Please take care of yourselves. I will come home to see you once things are settled here in Zhongzhou."
Lu Ming wiped away his tears and tried to smile.
The projection time flew by. Fifty breaths passed in the blink of an eye, and the screen began to blur.
"Ming'er, be very careful!" The mother's voice came the instant the light screen shattered, and then everything fell silent.
The light on the stone platform dimmed.
Lu Ming stood still for a long time.
Looking at Lu Ming's home, Xia Yufei was also moved. It turned out that Lu Ming was just a farmer's son.
Despite his humble origins, he remains humble yet proud, retaining a pure and innocent heart. Through his own efforts and opportunities, he has already surpassed many disciples from prominent families.
"Junior Brother Lu," Xia Yufei called softly, "Your uncle and aunt are in good health, and the Immortal Dynasty is taking good care of them. You can rest assured."
Lu Ming took a deep breath, turned around, and bowed to Xia Yufei: "Thank you, Senior Sister."
Xia Yufei shook her head: "It's nothing, no need to thank me. You saved me in the Immortal Relic Land, and I didn't even have a chance to thank you. Let's go, I'll take you back to Tingtao Garden."
The two left the projection hall and retraced their steps.
As the sun set, it bathed the palaces and pavilions of the sacred site in a golden-red hue, and also stretched the two figures into long, long shadows.
However, just as they were walking through a secluded bamboo forest...
A sudden change has occurred!
On both sides of the bamboo forest, four figures as black as ink suddenly sprang up from the shadows without warning!
Not a trace of their presence was leaked, as if they were part of the shadows themselves!
The four moved with lightning speed, each wielding a peculiar short blade with an eerie dark luster, clearly coated with potent poison.
Their goal was crystal clear: Lu Ming!
The four attacked from cunning and ruthless angles, sealing off all of Lu Ming's escape routes.
Even more terrifying is that as they attacked, an invisible divine restrictive force instantly appeared, suppressing divine sense and slowing down their reactions!
This is the most classic assassination combo, aiming for a one-hit kill!
This attack came too fast! Too suddenly!
Xia Yufei didn't even have time to draw her sword; it was only halfway out of its sheath.
Lu Ming's pupils suddenly contracted.
At the critical moment of life and death, the fighting instincts honed over the past thirty years in the Immortal Ruins and the Tian Shu Ruins erupted instantly!
The Xuanwu True Body beneath the Hidden Dragon Robe suddenly circulated its Qi and Blood, and the Five Qi Wolf Smoke surged and roared within its body!
This divine power of restriction naturally cannot restrain Lu Ming.
Lu Ming did not dodge, because there was nowhere to hide.
"Ding ding ding ding!!!"
Four dark blue poisoned blades pierced different parts of Lu Ming's body almost simultaneously: his back, temples, lower back, and throat!
Xia Yufei's eyes were bloodshot; this kind of killing move was clearly intended to kill her!
All of this happened too fast; she didn't even have time to fully draw her sword before the four men's attack arrived.
However, the anticipated scene of a sharp blade piercing flesh and blood splattering did not occur.
Four crisp sounds, like metal clashing, rang out! Sparks flew everywhere!
The four assassins widened their eyes almost simultaneously, their expressions filled with horror!
The poisoned blades in their hands were specially made by the Seven Killings Hall to break through protective qi and magic treasure defenses. They could even pierce through the protective magic treasures of Nascent Soul cultivators!
But when it pierced Lu Ming's body, it felt as if it had pierced the scales of a legendary dragon!
No, it's even harder than dragon scales! The recoil instantly numbed their wrists!
It was just that brief moment!
Lu Ming made a move.
He simply turned and threw a punch; previously at the Zhenwu Sect, he had already advanced further in the Five Qi Realm.
The powerful Xuanwu True Energy burst forth from his fist.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
Four punches, so fast they left only afterimages.
Each punch landed squarely on the assassin's chest.
"Snap!" "Snap!" "Snap!" "Snap!"
The sound of bones shattering rang out in rapid succession! The four dark figures were sent flying backward at an even faster speed than when they arrived, crashing through seven or eight thick purple bamboo stalks, and slamming heavily to the ground, their chests caved in and blood gushing out.
The four people's auras instantly weakened to the extreme, clearly indicating that their heart meridians and dantian had been shattered!
One strike crippled four Nascent Soul stage assassins!
At this moment, Xia Yufei's Autumn Water Sword was only half-drawn from its sheath.
The four people's nascent souls instantly left their bodies and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
She stared in shock at the scene before her, watching Lu Ming slowly retract his fist, and at the four men in black lying on the ground, their bodies crippled.
"Little..." Xia Yufei's cautious words were only half-finished before Lu Ming resolved the crisis.
She looked at Lu Ming's body, which gleamed with a faint bronze glow in the setting sun and was completely unharmed, her red lips parted slightly, and she was speechless for a moment.
Lu Ming looked down at the spot where he had been stabbed.
On the Hidden Dragon Robe, there were only a few faint white dots, which disappeared in an instant without even a tear.
The venom from the poisoned blade, when it stained the clothes, was slowly dissolved by the purifying power inherent in the garments.
Lu Ming thought to himself, "As expected of a magic weapon given by Senior Brother Po Jun, it is indeed extraordinary."
Lu Ming raised his head, his gaze sweeping over a hidden dagger-like mark on the hem of the four assassins' clothing, his eyes turning icy:
"Seven Killings Hall".
This was the same group of people who had set up a killing formation in the sea of clouds to ambush them.