Chapter 299: Plead for Mercy

Lu Xuan didn’t know much about Zhang Fashan; however, it was not easy to survive for hundreds of years to this era.

Unlike the so-called secluded sects who asserted themselves to that small world, these people lived in the current world and experienced hundreds of years of despair of the Degenerate Age.

As long as they were still alive, their wills would be honed to become very persistent!

Their foundation was deeply polished. The world had restricted these types of people. Otherwise, their cultivation would have recovered by leaps and bounds in a short period.

This was the case even for Dracula and the others. If they were not dead, they would have been giants on the same side today.

Having hundreds of years, or even thousands of years of accumulation, was not something people from these young generations could match. They were only killed because they had encountered a monster like Lu Xuan.

On the other hand, Zhang Fashan looked at Lu Xuan with an emotional expression all over his face. If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, no one would have believed that such a monster existed in this world.

It was almost like witnessing the rise of Zhang Sanfeng, the last mythological figure in Huaxia.

During the generation of Zhang Sanfeng, the Spirit Qi was already not as strong as it used to be. Compared with the early Qin period in ancient times, the Spirit Qi was basically nothing.

During that era, Zhang Sanfeng had swept all the monsters and demons with a peerless posture, which became a Huaxian myth among the living at that time.

When Yuan Meng was driven out of Middle Land, outsiders did not know why, but the old Taoist knew that after Zhang Sanfeng’s Supreme Path had been completed, he went to the Middle Land to kill several living Buddhas and Shamans of the Great Snow Mountain.

The top expert Yuan Meng was swept away, thus giving the Middle Land rebellions a chance to breathe.

Having witnessed such a mythological era, the old Taoist knew how terrifying that kind of genius was.

Since the early Qin period of ancient times, the spirit qi contained in the world had gone from bad to worse, and there had been several significant figures who were on par with each other among the countless cultivators.

In the Tang dynasty, there was Lv Dongbin, the first of the eight Immortals.

Then came Bodhidharma, who traveled to the east, creating the Zen Buddhism and influencing the past all the way through to the present.

The last one was Zhang Sanfeng!

He created the WuTang Mountain, which still had a great influence in Huaxia to this day!

The old Taoist had only heard of the first two; however, for Zhang Sanfeng, he had seen it with his own eyes!

Unexpectedly, after Liu Bowen cut the dragon’s vein, he lived a hard life for hundreds of years and was now seeing a figure comparable to those three myths.

From the Celestial Realm to the Airborne Realm, Lu Xuan frequently broke through the shackles, which could be said to be like the existence of a Celestial.

The old Taoist knew that unlike his simple recovery, Lu Xuan had utterly broken through a new road, which was at least ten times or even dozens of times more difficult than his simple recovery.

Just from being able to do this, it had made him look at Lu Xuan in a new light!

“I would like to ask why Celestial Master Zhang has asked me to come here this time?”

After entering the bamboo house, the two sat down on a bamboo stool.

Celestial Master Zhang sighed. He had been behind a closed door, training for many years, and did not care about the world.

He had been cultivating for a long time and had a deep foundation. He had already broken through to the Airborne Realm when the earth had not allowed it.

However, despite this, he had already spent more than half of his life’s energy after living for hundreds of years.

Although the present era was not the Degenerate Age and did not require the consumption of a large amount of life’s energy every time he attacked, however the sense of urgency of time still remained.

If he could not break through to a higher level before his life’s energy was exhausted, then he would die. After all, he was only a normal human being and not a vampire that could live a long life. Even if there was no spirit qi, the vampires could live forever by absorbing human blood.

There was not much time. If it were not for the years of favors that the Maoshan Sect and other sects wanted to use, resulting in him coming out, otherwise, he would have eagerly found a place to do closed-door training and ignore the affairs of the world.

However, he felt that he had still underestimated Lu Xuan. Before today, he had thought that Lu Xuan was just an ordinary person in the Airborne Realm.

In this era, after a person broke through to the Airborne Realm, they would not be much stronger.

Especially for an old monster like him who had been cultivating for many years, it was even more so.

However, when he met Lu Xuan in person, he found that he had thought too much.

No wonder even the jiangshi king sealed by the Maoshan Sect was no match at all!

When the Maoshan Sect had sealed the jiangshi king, the old Taoist knew very well that he was also involved in the sealing process. Many top experts had worked together to finally seal it.

Although the current jiangshi king was not as powerful as back then, however, even he would not have been able to kill it so easily.

Lu Xuan’s combat strength was more terrifying than he had shown!

On the surface, the astonishing sword qi he released just now appeared to be bullying the second-generation ancestor like Zhang Ao. However, in reality, it was a warning to the old Taoist who was watching on the side.

“I was entrusted by others to beg Mr. Lu for mercy!” Zhang Fashan cupped his hands and said.

“Beg for mercy?” Lu Xuan said faintly. “Who is Celestial Master Zhang begging for?”

“Everyone!” Zhang Fashan said.

“Impossible!” Lu Xuan said, “Celestial Master Zhang, you should understand what crimes they committed. Even during the feudal dynasties, you should also know what kind of crime it is to gather crowds to raid the palace!”

Zhang Fashan certainly understood that this method of gathering a crowd to raid the Central Inner Palace was tantamount to gathering a crowd to revolt.

No dynasty would tolerate such a thing.

“We also understand that this is a rebellion, but it has nothing to do with other people. They are all innocent!” Zhang Fashan said.

“Innocent?” The corners of Lu Xuan’s mouth raised as he sneered. “Do you believe that?”

Zhang Fashan certainly understood that the so-called innocence was just a disguise.

There were no innocent people, but Lu Xuan intended to rip off this disguise, while the old Taoist could not let this disguise be completely torn off.

Otherwise, the cultivation world may face the disaster of extinction.

“But these people have been expelled from their clans. In theory, whatever they do has nothing to do with their original clan!” Zhang Fashan said.

“Celestial Master Zhang, you also said that it’s in theory. This kind of mass rebellion cannot be forgiven so easily,” Lu Xuan said faintly. “Besides, you should go to the Central Inner Palace for this matter. I’m sure they won’t embarrass you. What do you want from me?”

Zhang Fashan said, “Someone has already gone to the Central Inner Palace. I hope Mr. Lu can let them go. With their strength, they are not worth Mr. Lu’s time!”

With his cultivation, of course, he understood the terror of the Airborne Realm. Being targeted by someone in the Airborne Realm was tantamount to committing suicide.