Chapter 95
95 Yan Hong’s Visit, All Three Big Dojos Swung into Action
In the center of the underground cavern, there was a huge array formation that continuously gathered the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from the underground cavern, then transformed it in some way.
“I see.”
“Yi Han used this array formation to transform the spiritual energy of heaven and earth here into health vitality to absorb.”
A glint flashed across Lu Yu’s eyes. In the center of the array formation, there was a control valve. Once the controller died, the transformation process would be interrupted immediately. Otherwise, this secret under the Distant North Dojo would be exposed.
If it weren’t for this coincidence where a Martial Master from their Central Dojo discovered the secret door by accident, Lu Yu wouldn’t have known that the Distant North Dojo was built on top of an underground cavern.
Lu Yu pondered and said, “We just need to change this control valve, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will continue to transform into health vitality.”
It seemed that he would have to set up this place properly in the future and turn it into one of his trump cards.
The underground cavern was humongous, almost the size of the entire Distant North Dojo’s footprint. The coldest area was in the northeast corner of the cavern. Almost everything was frozen, and the icy chill emanating from this area prevented Qin Yong and Song Yu from going near.
Only Lu Yu could withstand this freezing cold.
Helpless, Qin Yong said, “Captain Lu, we’ll wait here for a while.”
Lu Yu nodded and walked straight over. He discovered that inside the layer of ice, the cultivators of the Distant North Dojo had dug out numerous tunnels. At the end of one of the tunnels, there was an ice coffin.
The chilly air in the entire cavern came straight from this ice coffin.
Near the ice coffin, the corpses of a few cultivators from the Distant North Dojo laid strewn on the ground. They seemed to be trying to open the ice coffin when they met their unfortunate demise.
Lu Yu got a big shock. Who had placed this ice coffin here and who was lying in there?
When Lu Yu approached the ice coffin, an extremely freezing cold aura assaulted him, giving him goosebumps. For the first time, he felt the icy cold chilliness.
[Ding! Detected that host has absorbed the freezing cold aura of the ice coffin. Congratulations on obtaining: Strength +3000!]
Lu Yu subconsciously took a deep breath, and a line of words appeared before his eyes. After a moment of shock, he was overjoyed.
Just by absorbing a mouthful of freezing cold air, he had obtained 3,000 points of strength. By implication, if he continued to stay here, would that mean that his strength would increase by leaps and bounds?
[Ding! Detected that host has absorbed the freezing cold aura of the ice coffin. Congratulations on obtaining: Energy +3000!]
[Ding! Detected that host has absorbed the freezing cold aura of the ice coffin. Congratulations on obtaining: Health Vitality +3000!]
Lu Yu continued to take in a few more mouthfuls, and his energy and health vitality were greatly replenished. This unexpected gain made him look forward to it even more. Perhaps he could even obtain a skill from it.
[Ding! Detected that host has absorbed the freezing cold aura of the ice coffin. Congratulations on obtaining skill: Austere Winter Kingdom.]
[Austere Winter Kingdom]
[Level: S-class]
[Introduction: The power of the mysterious ice coffin can summon the mysterious Austere Winter Kingdom. The effect is unknown. It seems to involve resurrection.]
The last two words caused Lu Yu much bewilderment. This involved the ability to resurrect. Surely this was just a bluff?
If there was the ability to resurrect, surely the corpse in the ice coffin wouldn’t continue to lie there.
He could sense that the ice coffin’s interior was lifeless. Then, he shook his head and continued taking in the freezing cold aura for half an hour. Lu Yu’s strength increased greatly, and a terrifying fluctuation appeared in his aura.
Song Yu and Qin Yong, who were waiting outside, looked at each other with shock in their eyes. Lu Yu had just broken through to the Great Grand Master level not long ago and now he had advanced again?
This rate of increase in strength made their mouths go dry. This was simply not the normal cultivation speed that humans should have.
Half an hour later, Lu Yu reached his limit and left the place.
“Lu Yu, you broke through again?”
Seeing Lu Yu walk over, Song Yu asked. His vitality had greatly increased, and he had an additional freezing cold aura.
“I only advanced by a small realm and broke through to the Great Grand Master Grade 2.”
Lu Yu nodded, but he was not quite satisfied.
Seeing the dissatisfaction on Lu Yu’s face, Song Yu felt like she was about to go crazy.
It should be made known that starting from the Great Grand Master realm, breaking through a small realm was already extremely difficult, not to mention breaking through a major realm. Some Great Grand Masters could not break through for decades or even centuries.
However, Lu Yu was able to achieve breakthrough once more, yet he was still not satisfied with this rate of breakthrough.
A moment later, the three of them left the underground cavern.
Lu Yu turned his head and said sternly, “You must choose only trustworthy people to guard this place tightly. Don’t leak any news about this place.”
At this moment, in the City Lord’s Office.
Finally, Yan Hong, who had been declining visits from guests behind closed doors with the excuse that he had important things to deal with, made a move.
Yan Hong first ordered the preparation of a generous gift, which he would personally bring to visit Lu Yu.
Everyone in Lunan City was shocked.
Lu Yu destroyed the Distant North Dojo under the eyes of the City Lord’s Office, which was clearly a challenge to the City Lord’s Office authority. Everyone thought that the City Lord was planning something big as retaliation, but no one expected him to give Lu Yu a gift.
Could it be that Lu Yu was so powerful that even the City Lord was afraid of him?
“That’s right. Lu Yu is a Grand Master now. He’s considered one of the rare few experts in Lunan City.”
“But speaking of which, ever since he returned from the blood-sucking wasteland, Lu Yu’s personality seems to have changed dramatically. His relationship with the City Lord is somewhat hostile. It’s really intriguing.”
Everyone discussed with meaningful smiles on their faces.
When the news reached Lu Yu, he was stunned for a moment before revealing a disdainful smirk.
After waiting for so many days, Yan Hong’s lack of reaction was most unusual. Finally, after Lu Yu had knocked on the mountain, this hidden tiger responded. No matter what his motive was, the hostile conflict between them was already evident.
Qin Yong suggested, “Why don’t we just close the door on him, as a warning?”
Lu Yu chuckled and said, “There’s no need for that. Since he’s here, let’s see what he’s up to.”
That afternoon.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Yan Hong brought lavish gifts to the northern branch of the Central Dojo, accompanied by Qin Cheng.
The moment they met, Yan Hong broke out laughing and said, “Congratulations, Dojo Master Lu, for breaking through to the Grand Master realm. From now on, our Lunan City will have another strong expert. It’s indeed my fortune, in fact Lunan City’s fortune. A few days ago, I was fortunate enough to witness Dojo Master Lu’s glory. It’s really fascinating.”
“This is just a small unworthy gift. Hope you can accept it.”
No matter how one scrutinized it, there was nothing wrong with Yan Hong’s words. It was like the most sincere blessing from a friend.
Lu Yu invited Yan Hong into the dojo and instructed his subordinates to prepare a banquet for him. He said politely, “In the future, I still have to count on City Lord Yan for your guidance. There are still many things I need to learn.”
Song Yu almost puked when she saw this hypocritical scene.
These two men were not straightforward with each other, but chose to engage in this pretentious play-acting.
At this moment, the West Universe Dojo, the East End Dojo and the Southern Star Dojo were dumbstruck when they heard that Yan Hong paid Lu Yu a visit.
After that, all the dojo masters decided on the same course of action. They wanted to visit Lu Yu too to verify this news, and to find out what exactly Yan Hong was planning.
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