What should I do?
If I planned it carefully and ambushed him, I could fight against Lu Chengping, who was in the middle stage of Glorious Memory. However, I wasn't his match at all. Even with Tong Tong, I couldn't!
Only now did I understand that Zhang Bingcheng's home was a trap. Ever since I killed Lu Zifeng and saved Old Man Zhao, Zhang Bingcheng and Lu Chengping had been scheming against me.
No wonder Zhang Bingcheng lived in such a luxurious villa and didn't enjoy himself, sitting on the bed in the middle of the night to circulate his Dao energy. He wasn't working hard to cultivate, but to search for me!
My expression changed several times. There was no hope of escaping, so I could only take it one step at a time.
I took out the golden light talisman, Square Heaven Fan and other defensive talismans and artifacts that I had prepared. I didn't dare to think about attacking when facing someone at the middle stage of Glorious Memory, so I could only focus on defending.
However, at that moment, Zhang Bingcheng, who had been using all sorts of methods to stall for time, attacked me. He threw all sorts of talismans and talismans at me to stop me from setting up the defensive formation. He mocked me and asked me why I didn't dare to chase after him.
Anger rose in me and I temporarily stopped. I picked up the Yin Yang Yama Brush and attacked him. However, when he saw my actions, he instantly stopped and dodged.
He was a real villain. His strength wasn't much, but he could use all sorts of methods to disgust people. He was like a red-headed, green-eyed housefly.
Helpless, I could only suppress the anger in my heart and order Tong Tong to kill him while I continued to set up the defensive formation.
Half a minute passed in the blink of an eye. When a middle-aged man with strong Dao energy rushed into the room, I had already set up two layers of Golden Light Talismans.
Two golden rings completely covered my body. Within the rings, there was also the wild grass hill that the Square Sky Fan had brought out.
Apart from that, a small candle flame appeared on my fingertip. It was the powerful Pure Yang Ye Fire.
In such a short period of time, I had used so many techniques in one breath. At this moment, the Dao energy in my body had already dried up. I didn't dare to waste any more time. I held the jade bracelet tightly in my hand and desperately absorbed the true dragon's energy. Only then did my pale face regain some color.
As for Zhang Bingcheng, although he was not very strong, he was still the successor of Wen Shan's bloodline. He had all kinds of tricks up his sleeves. Tong Tong gave it his all, but was still unable to kill Lu Chengping before he arrived.
At this moment, we no longer had the chance to kill him. I quickly called Tong Tong back and told her to hide with me behind various defensive measures to recover the power that we had previously consumed.
Although the amount of Yin Qi she had consumed was not much, when facing Lu Chengping, every bit of energy she had would increase her chances of winning.
Of course, I wasn't talking about killing him. At this moment, I didn't dare to have such an illusory thought. My so-called chance of victory was just to escape from these two tonight.
Just as I was desperately trying to recover my Dao energy, Lu Chengping was not in a hurry to attack me. Instead, he looked at me with interest and asked with a smile, "You're Zhou Yi, who has a grudge against Zhenyang?
Not bad. You're only at the Pressure Point Realm, yet you're able to repeatedly defeat Shi Yao. No wonder Zhenyang is so jealous of you. "
I didn't bother to reply to him, but I couldn't help but furrow my eyebrows. It was true that Lu Zhenyang was jealous of me, but he was also a member of the Lu family. What did he mean by saying that?
Without waiting for me to react, Lu Chengping continued, "Our Lu family does not belong to Lu Zhenyang alone. Although he is the eldest son, you are very talented. As long as you are willing to join the Lu family, to be exact, you are willing to marry my daughter and swear on your Dao heart that you will never betray the Lu family, I can promise you that the grudge between you and the Lu family will be written off. From now on, we will fully support your cultivation and help you reach the peak of the Celestial Master Realm.
Little friend Zhou Yi, what do you think? "
His reaction was far beyond my expectations. Furthermore, it didn't seem like he had said it on the spur of the moment. It was more like he had planned for this long ago.
It seemed that the relationship between the branches of the Lu family was rather tense.
At that moment, my Dao Qi had recovered slightly. I looked up at him and was silent for a while before replying, "What if I'm not willing?"
The smile on Lu Chengping's face grew even wider. He clasped his hands behind his back and said, "Let's not talk about the past between you and Zhenyang, but this time, you killed my fifth uncle and ruined my Lu family's business. Naturally, you will suffer the pain of a thousand cuts when you die, and your soul will forever fall into the Nine Underworlds after you die."
Those who submit will prosper, and those who oppose will perish?
What a tyrannical Lu family.
The corner of my mouth twitched. "What if I don't want to die, and don't want my soul to forever fall into the Nine Underworlds?"
In such a desperate situation, perhaps it would be better to pretend to submit to the Lu family and then find a way to escape. However, I was clear that the Lu family would definitely not make such a mistake. Putting aside the fact that they might have other methods, just the fact that Lu Chengping made me swear on my Dao heart was not something that could be faked.
To swear on one's Dao heart, one had to use the blood of their heart and the soul of their middle finger as a guide to swear a heavy oath.
Once the oath was made, if one did anything out of the ordinary, their Dao heart would collapse. Although it wouldn't be fatal, one's cultivation realm would no longer be able to advance for the rest of their lives.
Thus, pretending to submit to the Lu family was impossible.
Hearing my words, Lu Chengping's expression finally turned cold. He said indifferently, "Our Lu family isn't made up of trash like Lu Zhenyang and Lu Zifeng. Since you want to die, I'll grant your wish."
With that, he didn't say anything else and raised his foot to walk forward. He heavily stepped on the outermost layer of the Golden Light Divine Incantation's halo.
The halo of the Golden Light Divine Incantation was over a meter tall, and it tightly wrapped around my body. Lu Chengping was standing on the ground before he raised his foot, and after he landed, he was also standing on the ground. However, the difference was that after he landed, his foot was stepping on the golden halo.
Logically speaking, when a person was standing on the ground and his feet were on the halo that was more than a meter above the ground, his body should be stretched to an exaggerated degree. However, in reality, Lu Chengping still looked like he was standing there straight.
This feeling was very strange and contradictory, but this was the profoundness of this Dao technique … What Lu Chengping used, was the Astral Steps technique.
The Compendium of Heaven, the Era of Earth. The Astral Steps was a profound Daoist technique that could only be comprehended by recognizing the power of the stars. There was a saying in the Death Scripture, "The Nine Star Astral Steps are the spiritual roots of the Nine Heavens, the bright beam of the sun and moon, the master of the myriad of grades."
Simply put, this Dao technique was a type of Dao technique that could only be used by a Feng Shui master in the Glory of Knowledge realm.
Of course, some talented people could vaguely comprehend and use it at the later stages of the Pressure Point Realm.
As long as a Feng Shui master was able to comprehend the Astral Steps technique, they would definitely be able to advance to the Glory of Knowledge realm with some obsidian stones.
Correspondingly, some Feng Shui masters who weren't strong enough, even if they advanced to the Glory of Knowledge realm with obsidian stones, they wouldn't be able to comprehend the power of the stars and still wouldn't be able to use the Astral Steps technique.
Just like President Xu, Xie Chenghua, and the rest, as well as Zhang Bingcheng who was standing at the side.
As for me, after reaching the Pressure Point Realm, my Dao Qi increased too quickly. Until now, I still hadn't comprehended the Astral Steps technique, much less used it.
After stepping down, the outer layer of the golden halo shook violently a few times, but it stabilized and didn't collapse. However, Lu Chengping's Astral Steps didn't only have this one step.
He smiled coldly. Before he retracted his left foot, he raised his right foot again and chanted softly, "Three steps to capture the Astral Steps, three five traces of Yu."
Following his words, he stepped down again and landed on the outer layer of the golden halo.
This time, as his right foot landed, the golden halo let out the sound of metal colliding and collapsed in the blink of an eye. Golden light flashed and directly dissipated, as if it had never appeared in the first place.
Golden Light God Spell, one out of two!
My expression was solemn. I flicked my finger and the Pure Yang Ye Fire on the tip of my finger landed on the remaining golden halo. In an instant, a faint red flame covered the entire golden halo.
Although the Pure Yang Ye Fire was an offensive spell, the spell was dead while the person was alive. After the two God Spells were combined, the defensive power increased tremendously.
After doing all that, I took out the remaining Golden Light Talisman on me and guided the Dao Qi to form another golden halo that covered the surface of my body.
Originally, I had the intention to fight against Lu Chengping, but after seeing his Astral Steps, I gave up on such unrealistic fantasies. The only thing I could do now was to rely on the True Dragon Bloodline's powerful recovery abilities to drag things out. Only then would I have a chance of survival.
Unfortunately, I had underestimated the power of the Astral Steps technique. After Lu Chengping took his second step, he chanted softly again.
"Heaven and Earth Intersect, Five Elements Choose Wonder."
After chanting, he lifted his feet again. This time, he didn't take one or two steps, but five steps in one go!
The first four steps were on the golden halo that was covered in a faint red flame. I thought that the combination of the two God Spells would be able to delay him for a few minutes, but I didn't expect that the flame halo would instantly dissipate under the four steps!
However, Lu Chengping didn't stop. His last step carried the power of the previous six steps. He stomped heavily on the weeds that I had been protecting. The Square Sky Fan that had been able to stop the Jing Ghost for a few minutes didn't even last for a second. It collapsed under Lu Chengping's stomp!
The power of Lu Chengping's final step hadn't been completely neutralized yet. The remaining power still charged towards the Gold Light Divine Incantation that I had just cast. The golden halo around my body shook violently, causing my body to shake. A trickle of blood flowed out from the corner of my mouth.
When he finally stopped, I couldn't help but laugh bitterly.
Previously, I had consecutively defeated many Glory of Consciousness cultivators from the Nanyang sects, and then killed Lu Zifeng. Even Zhang Bingcheng wasn't my match, so I couldn't help but look down on Glory of Consciousness cultivators. However, after meeting Lu Chengping today, I realized that Glory of Consciousness wasn't as weak as I had imagined.
The people that I had defeated before were all extremely untalented, and hadn't even reached a single meridian when they sealed their acupoints. Also, I had never seen anyone use the Heavenly Steps.
Those people could only be called fake Glory of Consciousness. As for people like Lu Chengping, who was extremely talented and had comprehended the true Glory of Consciousness of the Heavenly Steps, I was still far from him.
However, at this moment, Lu Chengping's expression was no longer as calm as before. He stopped in his tracks and said somewhat ruefully, "My Gangyu's Seven Steps, there are very few people in the Glory of Knowledge who can block it. I never thought that it would be forcefully blocked by a mere junior like you today … Perhaps I should give you another chance. It is not too late for you to be willing to marry into my Lu family now."
I was silent for a long time. I wasn't thinking about his suggestion, but I was stalling for time to recover my injuries and Dao Qi.
Even though I didn't think that I had any hope of escaping today, but even if I had to die, I would at least have to use all of my strength.
After a long time, Lu Chengping finally seemed to have lost his patience. He lifted his leg and was about to walk in front of me again. However, at that moment, he suddenly stopped and frowned.
Seeing his actions, I was stunned. Then, I circulated my Dao Qi and sensed carefully. Very quickly, I sensed a wave of surging Dao Qi from afar … There was actually another practitioner that was rushing over here. Also, from the magnitude of the Dao Qi wave, it didn't seem to be inferior to Lu Chengping's at all.