Way of the Devil Chapter 368

 Instantly, Yuan Chengdao's eyes turned red . The blood in his body started churning as he abruptly raised his hand .

 "DIE!! Frontier of the Underworld!!

 Instantly, 10 or so waves of dusk-colored True Qi formed equal amounts of sharp spears, which circled around Lu Sheng before shooting toward him .

 Yuan Chengdao kicked down and concentrated all his power into one last palm strike .

 "Puff!!"

 The scarlet yellow palm, surrounded by yellow smoke, went around the middle-aged Qingyang and struck at Lu Sheng with a boom .

 Yuan Chengdao put everything on the line at that moment . He knew that with Lu Sheng's potential, he wouldn't get another chance to kill him if he let him develop .

 Number one among the three major sects—what did that even mean?

 That meant that in the future decades, Lu Sheng would grow at an unfathomable rate, and ultimately reach a level he couldn't even touch!

 When that happened…

 'This is my last chance… my only chance…!!' Yuan Chengdao stared at Lu Sheng's perplexed expression and suddenly lost all his emotion . His son and brother died, his loved ones died, so what else was there aside from revenge? Emotion served no purpose here .

 "Puff!"

 Suddenly, Yuan Chengdao's figure stopped .

 He lowered his head to look at his chest . A palm was slowly moving away from it . It belonged to Qingyang .  

 Meanwhile, the man in front of him, whom he thought was Lu Sheng, was replaced by Qingyang .

 "It was definitely… I definitely…" With all his strength sucked away, his body fell to the ground as if it had lost its soul . Then his body turned black, and eventually dissipated into black dust .

 He didn't try to dodge at all during his last attack, because he was prepared to kill Lu Sheng at the cost of his own life . But Lu Sheng created a slight illusion, which was undetectable by anyone present with his Devil Master level mind .

 It immediately changed Yuan Chengdao's target to Qingyang .

 And Qingyang was the son of Master Yuan Zheng . The attack failed before it even started .

 Faced with the attack of someone equal to him in power, Qingyang also panicked slightly . On top of that, Lu Sheng adjusted the strength of his retaliation slightly .

 And so, a nearly perfectly planned murder was executed . Yuan Chengdao never even understood how he died .

 The other members of the upper management who'd noticed the commotion there also stood up and were in an uproar .

 Though many conflicts occurred between the three major sects, a clash between elders that ended in their death was still very rare . No one thought a Spirit Bind Sect elder would be killed after attempting to settle his personal grudge in public .

 Now the situation became interesting .

 But that was Lu Sheng's goal all along .  

 With a little influence from his Devil Master level mind plus some verbal provocation, a formidable prefect level elder was easily killed . He didn't even have to use his own hands .

 Even though he was only a weak little guy, he'd managed to considerably annoy Lu Sheng . Lu Sheng had no choice but to realize his promise and send him on his way to be reunited with his brother .

 A palace master abruptly stood up, and roared, "ZHANGSUN QINGYANG!!"

 "I…" Zhangsun Qingyang was confused too . He didn't know why Yuan Chengdao had suddenly charged straight at him, either . All he did was unconsciously try to block the attack, but he'd never expected Yuan Chengdao's defense to be so weak, and . . .

 He was dumbstruck .

 "Qingyang…" Master Yuan Zheng's face wasn't pretty, either . Even though it was only an ordinary prefect level elder, this was still the loss of the three major sects . The Thousand Sun Sect's alliance ultimately did slowly gravitate toward the Youyin Sect . This was not something their upper management wanted .

 He had reached the peak of his potential and there was no road ahead of him . His bloodline and spirit could only support him so far, and the future would depend on the next generations, which went hand-in-hand with resources and money . With this incident, though, the relationship with the Spirit Bind Sect would change, which might negatively affect many of the Thousand Sun Sect's businesses .

 Lu Sheng stood in the back innocently . He glanced at Master Yuan Zheng when Zhangsun Qingyang was being questioned by a couple of Thousand Sun Sect elders . It seemed like he was the key leader of the Thousand Sun Sect .

 Master Yuan Zheng seemed to have felt his gaze too, and nodded at him .

 "This matter shouldn't be your concern anymore, so go find a place to rest . You still have to represent Moling during the contest against other prefectures . Don't let us down . "

 "Of course," Lu Sheng responded .

 "Senior Apprentice Brother Lu, we should leave first . Brother Qingyang would receive some light punishment at most, he should be fine . " Zhangsun Lan jumped in the air and landed lightly beside Lu Sheng .

 She was very curious about this powerful novice that surprised everyone, especially after she got Lu Sheng's data from her grandfather .

 "Don't worry, you are her disciple, so even if something happens, it won't be blamed on you . " Zhangsun Lan saw that Lu Sheng was still 'worried' and tried to comfort him with a smile . "With my grandfather here, everything should be fine . "

 "I hope so . Senior Qingyang should be fine, right? I started the whole thing, and would feel very ashamed if Senior Qingyang received any punishment because of it . I hope he would accept my compensation afterward . "

 "Speaking of that…" Zhangsun Lan stared eerily at Lu Sheng . "During this contest, you extorted ten Spirit Bind Sect disciples, eight Youyin Sect disciples, and twelve Thousand Sun Sect disciples for a total of 30 people and 20,000 Devil Gold per person… Tsk, tsk, tsk… . How very…" She didn't even know how to describe Lu Sheng's methods anymore . It was understandable, but the whole thing still felt wrong to her .  

 "600,000 Devil Gold, plus the 100,000 for you guys, that would be a grand total of 700,000 Devil Gold . Though I could only retrieve a small portion of it since most of them are only tokens of promise . " Lu Sheng shook his head humbly .

 "That is still very impressive . That much money could buy you a small city in a lot of places . " Zhangsun Lan was speechless . "We should go rest up in the True Essence Tower, going there is free during the contest . "

 "Really?" Lu Sheng nodded .

 "Or you could stay here and watch the other contestants," Zhangsun Lan explained . "There will be a contest for the number one rank of the Feiling Prefecture, you could watch if you are interested . "

 "Hmm, ok . " Lu Sheng, of course, had no interest . After achieving his goal, he didn't even want to compete in the rest of the contests . It would be nothing but bullying kids . He'd originally wanted first place because of the reward, but after he found such a good way to earn Devil Gold, he wasn't in a hurry anymore .

 Following Zhangsun Lan's lead, Lu Sheng quietly left the training ground . He left the Black Seal Temple in a teleportation node inside a small Buddhist hall, and appeared inside a room in the Thousand Sun Sect .

 The moment he stepped out, he saw Wang Yunlong, Zhang Shilong, who had also come from Autumn Moon County along with him, and a couple other unfamiliar faces from the Thousand Sun Sect . They were all waiting for him .

 Zhang Shilong stared at him awkwardly with a weary face, while others stared at him enthusiastically, with a hint of admiration .

 "Senior Apprentice Brother Lu…" Wang Yunlong stepped up and greeted him . "After seeing your grand display of power during the contest, I, along with our fellow friends, finally saw someone from Autumn Moon County…"

 After a lengthy speech involving a lot of stuff, he finally concluded with an invitation, hoping for Lu Sheng's presence during a feast .

 "It's too early right now . I still have to compete in the subsequent contest . Once I finish that, I will celebrate with Elder Zhang and everyone else . " He knew what they wanted, but right now, he just wanted to visit Master Qian Du first and get some information .

 "Of course, of course!" Zhang Shilong nodded . He didn't finish his last task very well . Though it was partially because his master told him not to get too close to Lu Sheng, no one could have truly stopped him unless he himself had doubts .

 "Also, Autumn Moon County has informed us of a similar contest . They wish to invite you as a viewing guest," a pretty female elder next to Zhang Shilong said softly .

 "Viewing guest?" Lu Sheng was a little surprised . Viewing guests were basically the judges of this world, responsible for evaluating and scoring the contestants' overall performances . He didn't expect the Autumn Moon County to elevate him to such a position .

 "Correct . This decision was made by Sect Master Yun . The fact that you entered the inner sect and participated in the contest had already alerted the sect masters, so they are both watching you closely as well . " Zhang Shilong smiled .

 "Alright, since the sect master himself has spoken, I will, of course, attend . " Lu Sheng nodded . He needed to establish a good relation with the Autumn Moon County since he still had to settle the people from Prime Devil Sect there eventually . Otherwise, there was no reason to leave Duanmu Wan there . This daughter of a Demon King was really a master at all kind of diplomatic endeavors—leaving her on a small scene like Autumn Moon County was truly a waste of her talents .

 For someone so good at socializing, she could loosen powerful factions, provided she had a background strong enough .

 After agreeing on a date for their future celebration with Zhang Shilong, Lu Sheng left .

 "I almost forgot . Senior Apprentice Brother Lu, I met a very strange woman during the contest . You must be careful . I suspect there might be people trying to manipulate this contest," Wang Yunlong suddenly spoke up once again .

 "Oh?" Lu Sheng suddenly stopped .  

 "She had silver hair and was very powerful . Her voice sounded as if a man and a woman were talking simultaneously . I can only barely ensure my own safety when facing against her . " Wang Yunlong sent his voice with a smile .

 He planned to get closer to Lu Sheng . As the imperial heir of the Devil World, his accomplishments in the Human World totally depended on the amount of information he could gather here .

 They had never been stingy when it came to investing on people with potential . Even though Lu Sheng had nearly killed him before, it was in a formal competition . Wang Yunlong could care less .

 There were no such things as an eternal enemy, only eternal profit .

 This saying worked in both the Devil and Human World .

 Lu Sheng sensed Wang Yunlong's attitude as well—friendliness with a hint of closeness . He didn't want to turn a friend into an enemy, either .

 "Thank you, Junior Apprentice Brother . We should get closer in the future . " After all, they were apprentice brothers from Autumn Moon County, and both had entered the Moling contest . It was almost like fate . It would make sense for them to be friends .

 Wang Yunlong was ecstatic and nodded . "Of course . "

 The two exchanged addresses before Lu Sheng left .

 A plaza was right outside the room . A hexagonal crystal stood in the middle, flashing a faint white light . It was the central plaza that where they entered Black Seal Temple .

 Lu Sheng looked back and saw that he came out of the feet of a statue of a slim young man holding a bow and looking in the distance .

Chapter end