Forty Millenniums of Chapter 1626 - Master Lu

Chapter 1626: Master Lu

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

The pictures displayed to the acting captain of Firefly were collected by the crystal caras installed in various cabins and by the sensors on the crystal suits of the Immortal Cultivators.

However, even if there were ten tis more crystal caras and sensors under his control, it would still barely be possible for him to clearly see what ‘Team Red Lotus’ was exactly because Team Red Lotus was simply too fast.

It was especially so during the assault that Black Stone Jail suffered. Except for the three warriors of Team Red Lotus who walked up to the defense line slowly at the beginning, other people never showed up in front of the crystal caras or left their appearances clearly at all, as if they were well aware of the distribution of all the crystal caras!

Even the three of them also turned into unpredictable shadows after the explosions echoed and they took action for real. They were unstoppable flashes, they were white mist that was breaking the sonic barrier constantly, and they were residual images that lingered on the retina and the crystal caras!

However hard Ding Zhengyang bulged his eyes, to the point that surging spiritual energy almost blew out his eyeballs, the only thing that he could see was that the Immortal Cultivators who were loyal to him were screaming miserably and dancing like marionettes fighting the invisible devils. They were thrown high up and smashed into the ground, their bones broken. So of them were cut in half before they could react. Their crystal suits, although known as the ‘king of magical equipnt’, seed to be made of tofu, and the fracture was even smoother than a mirror!

The mind-boggling picture displayed on one of the light beams left a particularly deep impression on Ding Zhengyang.

Inside the picture, the Immortal Cultivators loyal to him seed to have captured the trace of one of the intruders. Three crystal railguns that were a hundred ters away from each other adjusted their angle at the sa ti and were all aid at the warrior of the Team Red Lotus who appeared to be a dwarf. The long-prepared magnetic rails were spluttering, and the electric arcs were pressed down like springs. The cannonballs of spiritual energy at the end of the rails could hardly wait to dart out.

Then, the picture suddenly blinked. The bald dwarf waved his hands casually, as if he were just yawning or driving away several annoying flies…

But the three crystal railguns a hundred ters away from each other broke apart at the sa ti, not slashed at a slant, but cut right in the middle vertically into two parts as if they were nothing more than sugarcane!

Boom, boom, boom!

The furious spiritual energy, like a flood breaking out of the dam, imdiately went out of control and surged out crazily. They tied up the batteries like rampant boas and instantly evolved into three ever-expanding lightning balls. The artillerists inside, whom Ding Zhengyang had gone through a lot of trouble to turn into Immortal Cultivators, were vaporized into ash before they had the chance to scream. The only things left behind were so faint remains!

“What—what was that sword art? How can there possibly be such a terrifying sword art in the universe?”

Ding Zhengyang would not have been so surprised even if the bald dwarf had blown up the three batteries with the invincible strength of the Divinity Transformation Stage, because it was at least sothing that he could understand.

But he was absolutely certain that, judging from the spiritual waves around the bald dwarf, the guy was only showing the Cultivation of the peak of the Core Formation Stage at best. He had achieved everything purely with his ‘sword art’, not his ‘spiritual energy’!

Ding Zhengyang’s experience and understanding of the arts of training collapsed all of a sudden.

His ambitions fell apart at the mont, too.

“Where is the bald dwarf from exactly? This—this—this is too unbelievable!”

The explosions and riots deep inside Black Stone Jail gradually died down.

However, based on the soldiers who gave up their weapons, kneeled on the ground, and surrendered outside of the jail, Ding Zhengyang, however optimistic, found it hard to believe that the peace was because the intruders had all been annihilated.

In the anti, on another light beam, Ding Zhengyang saw that Speaker Cui Lingfeng, who should have been dead, was striding toward the Third Military Academy, escorted by a seemingly unattractive man in a mass-produced Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit.

The man in the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit looked stranger and did not appear as tough as the bald dwarf in the Black Stone Jail.

Ding Zhengyang did not see him attack because the guy did not have to at all. Behind him and Speaker Cui, countless soldiers at the bottom level had gathered. There was no telling what kind of drugs the man had given to the disordered and disorganized soldiers, but they were a hundred tis braver under his lead!

Like magma, like a red lotus, like iron torrents that were flowing forward unstoppably, they marched into the Third Military Academy, supporting Speaker Cui!

When the mysterious man raised Speaker Cui to the flag tower and broke into the arsenal with the soldiers, retrieving enough attack magical equipnt to arm the thousands of students in the school, Ding Zhengyang’s last hope perished.

For a mont, he even wished that everything was simply a foul trick. Was it possible that the enemy had hacked their mainfra crystal processor and played fake videos that had been recorded previously, and all the pictures were in fact virtual and synthesized and the actual situation was not that bad?

However, the panicked screams, the desperate roars, and the cries for help in the private communication channel soon dragged Ding Zhengyang back to the cruel reality.

The air pressure was extrely low on the enormous bridge. Everyone was whispering to each other. It was the calm before the storm.

Ding Zhengyang had plotted to send Tang Dingyuan, the previous captain, to prison and control the bridge. However, of the hundreds of operators, navigators, communication officers, and other works on the bridge to keep Firefly functioning, no matter how hard he tried to influence and persuade them, only one fifth were his co-conspirators. The other eighty percent of them did not know the truth at all.

Just now, he had sent a ssage to them under the na of Cheng Xuansu, stating that the Immortal Cultivators had launched a rebellion that threatened the Speaker’s life and the safety of Firefly. Those people had bought it for now.

However, the best that Ding Zhengyang could do was block the pictures sent by the crystal caras. It was impossible for him to stop all the ssages between the bridge and the outside world. They would grow suspicious very soon!

What do we do?

Ding Zhengyang noticed that a lot of his co-conspirators were dropping hints at him with pale faces.

Pretending to be calm, he nodded at his subordinates, implying that everything was under control. He tried to control his nerves and muscles, as he walked to the captain’s office in the deepest part of the bridge.

After he slamd the door, his hands began trembling beyond his control. He tried four tis to complete the simple movent of retrieving a secret crystal processor from his Cosmos Ring and activating a top-secret communication channel.

An extrely twisted, lackluster light beam, full of streaks and snowflakes, gradually lit up.

The ripples and snowflakes slowly condensed into a face, one whose eyes were unfocused and whose eyebrows were furrowed, as if the guy had been ditating the whole ti.

The owner of the face appeared to very young, but the hair that was dangling from his head was gray. Perhaps his brain was a greedy beast that continuously sucked his vitality.

“Did I not tell you that the secret route must not be activated unless it is absolutely necessary?” the gray-haired man in the picture reproached expressionlessly.

“Master Lu!” Ding Zhengyang took a long breath in relief. “It is absolutely necessary right now! We’ve been exposed. We’re done and dood!”

“Oh?” If Master Lu was surprised at all in his heart, he certainly did not show any of it on his face. He was as calm and peaceful as before as he said, “No need to be hasty. Take your ti. Tell

what happened.”

“How can I not be hasty? It was an absolutely perfect plan, but we did not expect that the Speaker had been keeping Team Red Lotus, a secret ard force, to himself the whole ti!”

Gnashing his teeth, Ding Zhengyang quickly explained the key events with a twisted face. In the end, he begged, “Master Lu, what do we do now? Can we only fall back to the Dragon Snake Space Zone now?”

“Let’s see.” Master Lu had been listening attentively the whole ti and was not anxious at all even to this mont. Pondering for a mont while holding his forehead, he raised his head and stared at Ding Zhengyang.

Ding Zhengyang was impatient. “Master Lu, do you have a solution?”

“I do.” Master Lu nodded and casually said, “It’s ti to sacrifice.”

“Huh?” Ding Zhengyang was slightly dazed, not knowing what he ant. “I—I beg your pardon.”

“It’s ti to sacrifice!” Master Lu’s head grew huger. He seed to have moved his head close to the crystal cara. Breathtaking brilliance was glowing out his deeply hollowed eyes, as he solemnly declared, “The situation on Firefly is hopeless now. The key is to keep the fellow Cultivators hiding in the Dragon Snake Space Zone and within the federation unaffected. Therefore, we will have to sever the arm to save the body! Sacrifice now, Fellow Cultivator Ding. Summon all our fellow Cultivators on board who are aware of the secrets and shed your blood for the true path of immortality!”

“You—you must be kidding!” Shocked, Ding Zhengyang stuttered, “This—this is not what we agreed upon in the beginning!”

“The situation right now is different from what we anticipated,” Master Lu said. “The Secret Sword Bureau and the Dim Moon Fun have been keeping an eye on us closely. The few underground branches in the Dragon Snake Space Zone risk being exposed. I cannot add to their risk by getting you there.

“The true path of immortality is a path of thorns that is rife with snakes and wolves. Everybody who walks on it must be prepared to sacrifice themselves for the civilization! Fellow Cultivator Ding, you are not scared of death, are you? Are you even an Immortal Cultivator at all if you do not have the courage to sacrifice yourself for your beliefs?”

Ding Zhengyang was rendered speechless. His face was flushing before it turned pale. “I—I—I—”

“So, you are truly scared of death.” Master Lu frowned. A third eye seed to be opening at the center of his eyebrows. “Hehe. I wasted so much ti teaching you the true path of immortality and helping you develop fellow Cultivators because I thought that you were a real Immortal Cultivator! It never occurred to

that you are just a cowardly, selfish, shaless guy who hopes to earn benefits for yourself through the true path of immortality!

“A scoundrel such as yourself is a sha to the true path of immortality. Are you even qualified to beg for my rcy and the protection of the true path of immortality? n of different beliefs should go their separate ways. It’s ti we bid each other farewell!”

“Please don’t!” Ding Zhengyang completely panicked. He begged in a low voice, “Fellow Cultivator Lu, I am a real Immortal Cultivator. Of course, I’m a real Immortal Cultivator! I am absolutely loyal to the true path of immortality! Trust . You must trust !”

“Alright. I’ll trust you one more ti.” Eyeing him up and down, Master Lu put on a thin smile. “If you are a real Immortal Cultivator, prove yourself. It’s ti you sacrifice yourself for your belief!”

Pa!

Master Lu cut off the communication, and the light beam fell into darkness. There was no reply at all no matter how many tis Ding Zhengyang called.