Chapter 98: Chapter 98: The Patriarch of the Lu Family is
Dying, Taking Advantage of the Chaos _1
Translator: 549690339
At that moment, within the Lu family mansion.
Many elders of the Lu family had gathered together, filled with anxiety.
“How is it? What’s the condition of our ancestor?”
An elder asked.
-Our ancestor can only hold on for three more months. In fact, if it wasn’t for us, he might have passed away already, and wouldn’t have held on for so long.”
“But even so, we’ve now reached his limit.”
“Life is draining away, this is the Heavenly Dao, something beyond human
control.”
Another senior elder, Lu He, said helplessly.
He wished that the ancestor of his family could live longer, but sadly, this was
not what fate had in store.
“What did the Young Sect Master say? When will the reinforcements from the
Immortal Mist Sect arrive?”
A white-haired elder asked.
“The Young Sect Master said the main sect’s aid is on its way and asked us to hold on a little longer,” the elder Lu Ming said with a peculiar expression.
“What a load of rubbish!”
The white-haired elder swore angrily: “It has been over two years. They said the main sect’s aid was about to arrive, but we don’t even see a shadow of it now. Two years turn into four years, I’m afraid no one will ever come by the
time the world ends.
I suspect the Immortal Mist Sect has blatantly given up on this woman and forsaken our Misty Cloud City. If not, there would have been cultivators from the Immortal Mist Sect here by now.”
He was boiling with anger.
Over two years ago, the Lu family had trusted the lies of the Young Sect Master, Leng Yuexi, who claimed that a Golden Core Master from the Immortal Mtst Sect was about to intervene and sweep away the evil spirits with a thunderbolt strike.
Yet who could have expected that not even a trace of the Immortal Mist Sect’s Golden Core Master would appear?
Up until now, Misty Cloud City was still fighting alone, desperately resisting
the vast army of the Ghost Demon Sect.
“Senior Elder, I once heard from a cultivator of the Immortal Mist Sect that Leng Yuexi has been poisoned by a Demon Cultivator from the Ghost Demon Sect, which damaged her foundation, making it nearly impossible for her to ascend to the Golden Core.”
“It was this news that perhaps led the Immortal Mist Sect to choose to abandon
Misty Cloud City.”
-After all, sending an army to Misty Cloud City to battle the Ghost Demon Sect
is only to save a cultivator who has no hope.”
“Even if the person is the Sect Master’s own daughter, it’s a losing proposition.”
“If they fail, the lineage of the Immortal Mist Sect will likely be reduced to
ashes.”
Elder Lu Ming spoke as though unveiling a mystery, relaying the information
he had unearthed.
“What? Such important news, why didn’t you speak up sooner, only revealing it now?”
Hearing this, the faces of many Lu family elders changed dramatically. They hadn’t expected such a turn of events with Leng Yuexi.
No wonder, although she was a Foundation Establishment cultivator with complete foundation.
The threat she posed didn’t seem as great as they’d imagined.
For more than two years, this woman had been in seclusion, barely paying heed to the affairs of Misty Cloud City.
They initially thought she was preparing to ascend to Golden Core, but it turned out she was detoxifying.
“Senior Elder, this information is just hearsay, and I’m not entirely sure.”
“It’s only now, at this moment, that I dare to reveal a bit of it, for fear of creating panic.”
“Besides, the Ghost Demon Sect isn’t exactly well-intentioned. Everyone knows that Demon Cultivators are notorious for betraying their promises.
“Anyone who would trust a Demon Cultivator’s promise is simply courting death.”
Elder Lu Ming felt quite aggrieved.
After all, he felt that this information might not be true, regarding it as a piece of peculiar news.
Who could have imagined that it turned out to be true?
“Enough enough, Lu Ming didn’t do it intentionally. Now we are at a critical juncture of life and death for our Lu family. We shouldn’t be arguing. The most important thing now is how to preserve the embers of the Lu family.”
Senior Elder Lu He said solemnly.
“Fortunately, we have already sent out the foundation seeds of the Lu family and a top-grade Foundation Pill. Even if we die, the Lu family will still have a chance to rise again in the future.”
A Lu family elder said with relief.
To avoid the complete annihilation of the Lu family, when a top-grade Foundation Pill was auctioned, they quietly sent out one of the Lu family’s
Foundation Building seedlings.
This way, even if the Lu family of Misty Cloud City was wiped out, the Lu family in other places could still rise again.
“Elders, although that’s the case, I still don’t want to die.”
Elder Lu Ming said somberly.
According to the previous plan, there are still disciples of the Lu family outside, so the Lu family won’t be completely wiped out.
The problem was, they were doomed to die.
If they could stay alive, who would choose death?
The other elders all fell silent, having the same thoughts.
“Actually, I’ve talked to our ancestor. Since we can’t rely on the Immortal Mist
Sect, we can only rely on ourselves,”
Senior Elder Lu He said solemnly: “Although our ancestor has only three months left to live, he still has his last breath and can launch one final attack.
In this attack, he will take several foundation-building cultivators of the Ghost Demon Sect with him. By then, the disciples of our Lu family can seize the opportunity to escape from Misty Cloud City, breaking through the encirclement of the Ghost Demon Sect.
What?!
Upon hearing this, the elders were all greatly heartened. If the ancestor himself was to take action, they might have a glimmer of hope under his lead.
However, after this battle, the ancestor would undoubtedly die.
But upon a careful thought, even without this matter, the ancestor would still meet his end due to exhaustion.
It would be better to explode with brilliant radiance at the end of his life.
This was also the intention of the Lu family’s ancestor, Lu Hongran.
“Alright, that’s the plan for now,”
Senior Elder Lu He said: “But only you elder members should know about this. Don’t let anyone else know to avoid any possibility of alerting the enemy. After all, there are quite a few Demon Cultivator spies in Misty Cloud City. If word of this plan reaches these Demon Cultivators, the only way of survival for our Lu family would be gone. Everyone must be careful.”
“Yes, Senior Elder.”
All the Lu family elders nodded in unison.
At that moment, Zhou Sui, who lay hidden in the darkness, was also aware of the content of this meeting.
Although these elders were very cautious, they didn’t know that someone in the dark had caught wind of their conversation.
“The ancestor of the Lu family is about to die?
“And they’re planning to break out?!”
Zhou Sui stroked his chin, he was greatly surprised. Given the current situation, it seemed that holding out for another year or two shouldn’t be a problem.
He originally thought he would have to remain undercover for a long time.
But now it seemed he had overestimated the strength of the Lu family.
If the ancestor of the Lu family were still alive, they might be able to hold on.
But once the foundation-building ancestor of the Lu family died, it would definitely be impossible to continue resisting.
Hence it would be better to make use of the remaining strength of the ancestor to break free from the encirclement.
in this way, a part of the Lu family could be preserved, preventing total annihilation.
“If that’s the case, then I need to be prepared in advance.”
Zhou Sui narrowed his eyes.
Obviously, if the ancestor of the Lu family were to die, then there would be no one left in the Lu family who could resist him.
Wouldn’t all the treasures of the Lu family then belong to him?!
However, this matter still needed to be carefully considered. He absolutely couldn’t afford to slip up.
It was about time to settle the grudge with the Lu family..
