A quarter of an hour later.
Lu Zhanxing appeared at Wangduan Peak. Fifth Uncle Shangluo checked his injuries and treated him, while Ji Jian accompanied him.
Not long after, Su Youyao rushed over after hearing the news.
She was very anxious and curious about Xue Qingyi's whereabouts.
However, seeing how miserable Lu Zhanxing looked, she had no choice but to be patient and wait sensibly by the side without saying a word, waiting for Shang Luo to heal him before asking the questions she was concerned about.
Except for the two sword wounds left by Xue Qingyi, all other injuries on Lu Zhanxing's body were caused by the high-level demon from the spiritual world.
That demon ghost was at least in the middle stage of Nascent Soul.
The reason why Lu Zhanxing was able to escape alive was because of his good fortune and the many life-saving magic weapons he had.
Treating injuries is no problem for Shangluo.
Before long, he healed most of Lu Zhanxing's injuries, except for the two sword wounds.
"You said that these two wounds will cause your cultivation to continue to drain from your body? Especially when you call upon spiritual power, it will drain faster?" Shang Luo looked at the two bloodstains on Lu Zhanxing's face and arm, and said thoughtfully.
"Not bad." Lu Zhanxing nodded.
"Who did this?" Shangluo asked.
“…” Lu Zhanxing’s eyes flickered, and after a moment’s hesitation, lies came out of his mouth uncontrollably, “It was created by a high-level monster that I encountered when I escaped from the Demon Abyss.”
"Are you sure?"
Shang Luo's eyes scrutinized him, "Zhan Xing, do you think your fifth uncle is a useless medical practitioner? I can tell whether this is a monster scratch or a sword wound."
"How could I lie to you? Fifth Uncle, this is really an injury caused by a monster. You know about those things in the Demon Abyss. Many of them are high-level species left over from the invasion of extraterritorial demons. Among them, there are also sword cultivators and knife cultivators. I am just unlucky and happened to encounter a high-level monster that knows swordsmanship." Lu Zhanxing said with certainty.
Once a lie is told, it often requires another to cover it up.
This is actually a very laborious task.
But Lu Zhanxing would rather lie than let everyone know that he was hurt like this by Xue Qingyi!
At this time, Shang Luo nodded upon hearing this. It was unknown whether he believed it or not. He just said in a somewhat cold tone: "I can't cure your injury. Go find the head brother. He is a sword cultivator and knows much more about this kind of injury than I do."
He directly ordered them to leave.
Lu Zhanxing's expression suddenly became a little awkward, but he could only say, "Thank you, Fifth Uncle, for saving me today."
After saying that, he left with Ji Jian and Su Youyao.
"Third senior brother, why are you the only one who came back? Where is second senior sister?" On the way, Su Youyao couldn't help it anymore and asked one after another.
"Don't mention her!" Lu Zhanxing said in a cold tone, with an impatient expression.
"Third Senior Brother..." Su Youyao had never been treated so harshly by him before, and a look of grievance appeared on her little face.
"Since returning, Third Senior Brother has refused to say a word about Second Senior Sister. I don't know what the conflict between the two is."
At the side, Ji Jian glanced at Lu Zhanxing and began to explain, but there was a subtle hint of sarcasm in his tone.
"...Is that so?" Su Youyao calmed down and didn't ask any more questions. She thought to herself that if Xue Qingyi really broke up with Lu Zhanxing completely, it would only benefit her and not harm her. She would be happy to see it happen.
The three people each had their own thoughts, and soon they arrived at Lingjue Peak.
When they arrived at the main hall of the peak, they saw their second uncle Si Ying and fourth uncle Gu Yang were there. They seemed to be discussing something with Xie Huazhang. They stopped talking when they saw the three of them come in.
"Master, Second Uncle, Fourth Uncle." The three of them saluted to Xie Huazhang and the others.
Xie Huazhang nodded lightly.
Gu Yang smiled gently at the three juniors.
"Zhanxing, you're back from the Demon Abyss? How did you end up like this? Also, why are you alone here? Where's Xue Qingyi?" Si Ying glanced at Lu Zhanxing and saw no Xue Qingyi. She couldn't help but frown and asked sternly, "She's back, but she knows I'm here, so she doesn't dare to come over?"
Hearing this, Lu Zhanxing looked a little embarrassed and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"Second Senior Sister did not come back with Third Senior Brother. As for where Second Senior Sister is now, Third Senior Brother refused to tell us." Ji Jian said in a timely manner.
"Zhan Xing, what is going on?" Si Ying's expression changed slightly, and his tone became more solemn.
"Second Uncle, let's talk about Second Sister's matter later. Third Brother is injured, very seriously. I heard from Fifth Uncle that he can't cure this injury. We can only ask Master to take a look at what's going on." At this time, Su Youyao came out to smooth things over.
When she said this, Xie Huazhang's eyes moved, and he noticed the faint smell of blood floating on Lu Zhanxing's body.
"Come here," he said.
“Yes, Master.” Lu Zhanxing stepped forward quickly.
Xie Huazhang checked the scars on his face and arms.
"Sword wound. The sword skills of the person who hurt you have entered the path of killing sword. This kind of sword wound is different from the sword wound of ordinary sword cultivators. Because the killing intent is too strong, it will make the victim's injury not only difficult to heal, but the remaining sword intent in the wound will continue to devour the victim's cultivation." Xie Huazhang paused here.
Lu Zhanxing's face changed when he heard this.
Killing sword art?
Xue Qingyi has not only entered the Dao through sword, but has also practiced the Dao of Killing Sword?
How is this possible!
At this time, Xie Huazhang glanced at Lu Zhanxing with his indifferent eyes, noticed his abnormality, and then frowned and said, "Your cultivation level has regressed from the Great Perfection of the Golden Core to the Late Golden Core. What happened? Who hurt you? Where is Qingyi? Why didn't she come back with you?"
Xue Qingyi Xue Qingyi is Xue Qingyi again!
Lu Zhanxing felt very annoyed after hearing this!
But he didn't dare to show any anger in front of his master, so he could only patiently say: "When I left the Demon Abyss, I accidentally encountered a high-level monster. It was that monster that left these two sword wounds on me! As for Xue Qingyi... I don't know her whereabouts!"
When he mentioned Xue Qingyi, his tone became obviously gnashing, as if there was some blood feud between them.
Xie Huazhang frowned slightly.
“But Zhanxing, the sword wound on your body was caused by the Lingxi sword that I gave to Qingyi.” At the side, the fourth elder Gu Yang took a look at Lu Zhanxing’s sword wound, but exposed his lie in a calm tone.
“Fourth Uncle-Master…” Lu Zhanxing immediately wanted to refute.
"I forged the Lingxi Sword myself, so there is no way I would be wrong about the wound it caused. Zhan Xing, what on earth happened between you and Qingyi? Are you not willing to tell the truth even in front of your two masters?" Gu Yang's tone did not contain a trace of blame, he just stated the facts calmly.
Xie Huazhang is Lu Zhanxing's current master.
Si Ying was his first master when he first entered Liuyun Taoist Sect.
Lu Zhanxing should indeed tell the truth.
However, he had to tell his two masters and uncles, brothers and sisters that not only had he been teased by Xue Qingyi for two whole months, but he was also injured by her sword, which caused his cultivation to regress by a level. He was even likely to be tricked by her again, causing him to be chased by the demons in the spirit world and flee in embarrassment...
He really couldn't bring himself to do this!
However, now that things have come to this, it is impossible to say nothing.
Therefore, Lu Zhanxing simply lied again: "I am now harmed by Xue Qingyi! Before, she and I encountered a high-level monster at the Nascent Soul level in the Demon Abyss. She was injured and couldn't fight it, so I stood in front of her to resist it and took her to escape to a cave. But who knew that she would give me a sword in order to survive! She used me to block the monster's attack and closed the door of the cave! In order to save my life, I had to use the invisibility magic weapon to escape.
"After that, I went back to the cave and waited for her for two days but she didn't come out. Later, I had no choice but to return from the Demon Abyss alone because of my injuries. So, I really don't know where Xue Qingyi is!"
Lu Zhanxing became more and more excited as he spoke, as if this was the fact he could accept.
He dared to say this, so he was not afraid at all that Xue Qingyi would tell the truth after returning.
She had hurt Junior Sister before and had already earned a bad reputation. Even if she told the truth, no one in the sect would believe her because she had no evidence to support her claim!
“Oh my god—”
Sure enough, Su Youyao, who was standing by, was shocked at first after hearing what he said, and then she was the first to condemn him in indignation, "Second Senior Sister, this is really too much!
"It's okay that she poisoned me, after all, I've only known her for a short time, but how could she do this to Third Senior Brother?
"Third Brother watched her grow up like an older brother!
"She is simply betraying me!"
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