BXBX NOVEL Chapter 82 - 82: Warmth
“Your strength is not bad, but your intellect is lacking.”
A young man in a black robe slowly emerged from the darkness, approaching Mu Qingfeng’s corpse.
With a flick of the tiger-head broadsaber, he decapitated him.
“I never leave any loose ends when 1 take action. To prevent you from faking your death, 1 must do this.”
As Lu Yun muttered to himself and was about to leave, his gaze suddenly caught a small purple bag on the corpse.
“The Sumi Bag?”
He flicked his wrist, and the tiger-head broadsaber skillfully lifted the purple Sumi Bag into his hand.
He then walked over to Mu Yingbo’s corpse, searching it thoroughly but found nothing.
“It seems 1 thought too much.”
Lu Yun shook his head slightly and left.
After killing Mu Qingfeng and Mu Yingbo, he did not leave Breeze Mountain Villa immediately but wandered into the courtyards that seemed quite nice.
Breaking doors.
Killing people.
No one could withstand a single strike from him. Some people even died in their sleep.
After killing more than a dozen people, Lu Yun finally left with a flourish.
It wasn’t that he was soft-hearted.
Breeze Mountain Villa was not like Sky Wind Stronghold or Black Tiger Gang, nor was it like White Cloud Villa, colluding with the White Lotus Sect.
If he really massacred everyone in Breeze Mountain Villa, it would definitely attract the government’s pursuit.
Only killing more than a dozen high-ranking members would make the investigation less intensive and harder to trace back to him.
Even if they could trace it back to him, it would be a long time later.
By that time, he would have grown into a powerful being that ordinary laws could not bind.
Moreover, for Breeze Mountain Villa, which lost more than a dozen high-ranking members at once, even if it continued to exist, it would have to live in the cracks.
When Lu Yun returned to Spirit Creek Village, the sky was already dawning.
“Xiaoyun, where did you go yesterday? How come you’re just coming back now?”
Lu He, who was practicing saber technique, complained as he saw Lu Yun. He took the reins and tied the pure-blooded black horse to a large tree in the corner of the small courtyard.
“I had to make a trip back to the county town overnight, so I rushed back as soon as I could.” Lu Yun explained before asking, “Where’s my sister?”
“She couldn’t sleep because she heard that you were coming back.”
At this point, Lu He glanced at Lu Yun unhappily and said, “In the end, 1 had to lie to her, saying you had important things to discuss with the village chief, and only then did she lie down.”
He looked up at the sky to see the first light of dawn and said, “She should be getting up about now.”
Lu Yun nodded, put the tiger-head broadsaber casually in a corner, moved the half-open door, and entered the somewhat dark room.
“Sis, I’m back,” he called out loudly.
In the corner of the room, a delicate girl with rolled up sleeves was washing vegetables.
After hearing Lu Yun’s voice, she used her wet arm to brush the hair out of her face and looked back at Lu Yun with a smile.
“Xiaoyun, wait a moment. The meal will be ready soon.”
“Alright, 1’11 help you wash the vegetables.”
Lu Yun also rolled up his sleeves and walked over.
“No, no, you haven’t slept all night. Take a break.”
Lu Yu hurriedly got up, blocking the help of Lu Yun.
“It’s fine, I can go without sleep for days now. I’m full of energy.”
As he spoke, Lu Yun took the task from Lu Yu’s hands.
“You’ve really grown up, not listening to your sister anymore.” Lu Yu scolded softly, turning around to take the cleaned ingredients over to the stove to cook.
When brother and sister work together, they can achieve anything like cutting through metal.
It didn’t take long for the table to be filled with delicious steaming dishes.
“I could smell something good from far away. Xiaoyu’s cooking skills have improved.”
Eldest brother Lu He entered from outside, wiping the sweat from his body with a piece of linen. He walked to the side of the table and took a deep breath with great satisfaction.
“Xiaoyun is back, in a good mood, and the cooking is of course good.” Lu Yu smiled as she picked up the chopsticks and handed them to Lu He and Lu Yun.
The three siblings began to eat.
During the meal, Lu Yu told Lu Yun everything that happened in Spirit Creek Village for the past four months and various anecdotes.
Even though he wasn’t too interested in listening, Lu Yun still did so obediently.
Looking at the smiles on Lu He and Lu Yu’s faces, Lu Yun somehow felt very calm and warm in his heart.
Unfortunately, this warmth wouldn’t last too long.
Practicing martial arts is like swimming against the current; if you don’t advance, you’ll fall back.
Even though Lu Yun had the panel, it was no different.
After finishing their meal and Lu Yu cleared the dishes, the two brothers, Lu Yun and Lu He, went to the courtyard.
“Xiaoyun, take a look at my saber technique and give me some pointers.” Lu He took out his hunting knife and began to display his saber technique.
“Whoosh whoosh.”
The saber technique was elusive, strange, and difficult to grasp.
And the speed was extremely fast; this was the only second-rate martial art in Spirit Creek Village, called “Chasing Wind Saber”.
Because it was related to the third-rate Breaking Wind Saber Technique, Lu He had already practiced it to a small achievement, and has spent a few months on it.
Now he was stuck at a bottleneck and couldn’t break through.
As the peak Meridian Passage Realm and an expert in saber techniques, Lu Yun naturally saw the problem with Lu He’s technique at a glance.
He didn’t point out the problem but stopped Lu He.
“Eldest brother, let me practice with you.”
Lu Yun stretched out his hand, and a hunting knife hanging in the corner of the wall appeared in his hand from afar.
“You really want to practice with me?” Lu He looked at Lu Yun suspiciously and said, “Even the Meridian Passage Realm’s peak Liu Kai couldn’t withstand your single strike. Don’t tell me you, this stinky boy, want to bloody torture me?”
“Don’t worry, I won’t use True Qi and will even control my strength at the level of an ordinary martial artist in the middle stage of the Enter Martial Realm.”
“Alright, just don’t go back on your word.” Lu He looked at Lu Yun with doubt and then took his stance.
Lu Yun looked at his big brother with interest, hooked his finger, and signaled him to attack.
“Xiaoyun, be careful.”
Lu He’s figure moved, turning into a blurry afterimage, and directly attacked Lu Yun.
Lu Yun stood in place, with not a single bit of dodging, and directly slashed out with his knife.
“Bang!”
Lu Yun’s knife was both fast and accurate, like a whip hitting Lu He’s blade, causing Lu He to feel numbness in his arm and feeling like his hand was no longer his own.
“Too slow.” Lu Yun chuckled and advanced forward.
“You could block it, but you didn’t use more than the strength at the middle stage of the Enter Martial Realm, right?” Even though he said that, Lu He wasn’t shocked and immediately swept his long knife horizontally towards Lu Yun.
Even martial artists at the same level as him rarely could block this attack.
“Bang!” Lu Yun blocked it with one hand, and while doing so, the blade shadow was blurred and incredibly fast. Lu He only felt something brushing past his face.
Lu Yun took another step forward and swung his knife.
This knife was even faster.
Lu He wanted to retreat, but the speed was too fast, and he couldn’t dodge it in time.
Bang!
The blade’s light flashed, and it accurately squeezed onto the hilt of Lu He’s knife, causing Lu He to feel pain in his hand. The hunting knife in his hand seemed to be hit by some heavy force, and it was snatched out of his hand all at once.
Looking at the hunting knife stuck in the ground and then at his empty right hand, Lu He felt frustrated.
He attacked first but was defeated miserably after only two moves.
“I lost.” Lu He stood in place, somewhat disheartened.
“I noticed that the saber technique you practiced earlier emphasized speed, but when you practiced and fought, you emphasized strength.
To put it bluntly, you like to use brute force, which is the reason you haven’t been able to break through the bottleneck.”
After hearing that, Lu He’s eyes lit up, it seemed to make some sense, but he couldn’t help but say, “Even using brute force, I still couldn’t stop your knife. Did you use more power than at the middle stage of the Enter Martial Realm?”
Lu Yun smiled bitterly and explained, “The reason I could repel you is that I have skills. Just by exerting a little force, I can achieve the effect of lifting a thousand pounds.”
“Skills?” Lu He’s eyes lit up when he heard this.
“Let’s not talk about the skills for now. First, focus on improving your speed, and after breaking through the bottleneck of the saber technique, I’ll teach you.”
“Okay..”