Chapter 1157: Chapter 1156: Life-saving Means

Lu Yang was convinced that Fairy Eternity came up with this tiger-driving and wolf-swallowing scheme purely by blind luck, like a blind cat running into a dead mouse.

"Maybe I can learn from Third Senior Sister and safely get through the Refining the Void Stage with a magic artifact?"

Lu Yang still remembered the scene where, in the Demon Territory, Third Senior Sister didn’t have to lift a finger herself, frightening the Demon Race into a hasty retreat with her magic artifact alone.

"Using a magic artifact, indeed, that’s a good idea," Fairy Eternity nodded in agreement.

"Right? Like refining Junior Brother Li Haoran’s type of war armor magic artifact. The war armor automatically counters the enemy, its power nearly indistinguishable from my own attacks," Lu Yang said excitedly.

Fairy Eternity also got excited by Lu Yang’s words and continued, "Or maybe refining different functional magic artifacts, a gourd that breathes in and out Yin and Yang, a jade bottle that spouts water, a medicinal cauldron that spits fire, a fan for riding the wind... Yin Yang Five Elements Spells ready for anything, capable of handling whatever enemy we encounter!"

The two of them got more excited the more they talked, feeling that using magic artifacts was indeed a great idea.

Lu Yang looked at Fairy Eternity excitedly, "I don’t know Artifact Refining Technique, do you, Fairy?"

Fairy Eternity excitedly looked back at Lu Yang, "I don’t either."

"..."

The two looked at each other, quickly regaining their composure.

Lu Yang regretted not preparing himself. If he had known he would come to the Extreme Northern Lands, he should have asked Junior Brother Li for a few handy life-saving magic artifacts before leaving.

It was unlikely he would find an Artifact Refiner in a remote place like Muxue City who could help him with refining.

"Little Yang, you could scold Ying Tian a few times. That way, if Ying Tian has a reaction, he will seek us out, and we’ll have an Artifact Refiner then."

Lu Yang walked outside, casually chopped down a tree from the yard, and carried it back into the room.

Although he didn’t know Artifact Refining Technique, he could use a similar method.

Lu Yang took out his Green Peak Sword and whittled the tree into several wooden sword shapes, then injected them with Sword Qi.

"Done."

His current Realm fluctuation was at the Body Integration Realm level, and the Sword Qi he injected was also of the Body Integration Realm grade. He had made wooden swords for the Fu Ling Sisters as amulets when he was at the Nascent Soul Stage. Now that he was cultivating to the Void Refinement Stage, making these wooden swords was even easier for him.

Lu Yang kept injecting the wooden swords with Sword Qi, mass-producing these incredibly powerful protective talisman wooden swords. Soon, he started to find it a bit troublesome.

He used the Tree Planting Spell, allowing his Wooden Avatar to hold the Green Peak Sword and carve and inject Sword Qi into the wood, while he had other matters to attend to.

"To be on the safe side, let’s add another life-saving measure."

...

"Have you heard? There’s a new reward posted on the street," the students of the martial arts hall gathered in groups before class, discussing the fresh news on the streets.

"Ah, did the City Lord update the bounty again? Where’s the reward notice? It would be just right to tear a few off to patch up our windows. Last time when they were looking for Daoist Buyu, we missed out on getting any."

"What reward, can’t you read? That’s called a missing person notice!" Gong Che corrected.

"A missing person notice?"

"Yes, it says that Meng Family’s Young Master, Meng Jingzhou, has wandered off sleepwalking. The Seek Dao Sect and the Meng Family jointly issued the missing person notice, offering a billion Spirit Stones to anyone who can safely return Meng Jingzhou to the Seek Dao Sect."

"A billion Spirit Stones, how much money is that?" the students exclaimed in surprise, as they had never seen nor heard of anyone possessing such an amount of Spirit Stones.

Gong Che’s family was considered wealthy among them, but even his family couldn’t produce a hundred Spirit Stones in total.

"Okay, enough talking, let’s start the class," Lu Yang clapped his hands, noticing the message had spread quickly.

The missing person notice posted on the street had been put up by him. He had decided that if he encountered danger, like facing more enemies than the number of wooden swords in a sack, he would disguise himself as Old Meng. His transformation mask could fool even those at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage.

Although the Meng Family’s reputation in the Imperial City was somewhat poor, just a bit below that of the Seek Dao Sect, outside the city, who didn’t have financial dealings with the Meng Family?

Lu Yang counted the number of people and noticed two were missing, "Why haven’t Fang Zhige and Liu Yu come? Does anyone know what’s going on with them?"

Lu Yang had been teaching these classes for so many days, and except for Gong Che skipping in the first few, no one else had missed a class.

Most of these students weren’t very wealthy at home, and missing a day of class would be a loss to them.

The students shook their heads one after another, all clueless about why both were absent.

"Mr. Lu, it’s possible that something has happened at Liu Yu’s house. I heard that Fang Zhige has been living with Liu Yu," Gong Che said.

Shi Yi also said, "Right, I remember now, Liu Yu mentioned that Fang Zhige didn’t initially want to learn to fist fight. It was Liu Yu who dragged him to learn it."

The students’ deepest impression of the two was that they were inseparable, often joking that they were a couple. Every time Liu Yu just blushed and kept silent while Fang Zhige coldly denied it.

As for their progress in learning fist techniques, Fang Zhige was only mediocre, not even as good as Liu Yu.

Lu Yang nodded and continued to play the Recording Orb, "You guys watch this, Gong Che, keep an eye on them for me; I’m going to check out Liu Yu’s house."

Lu Yang had a deep impression of Fang Zhige. Fang Zhige was intentionally staying at the middle level; his real strength was in the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation. He stood out among the ordinary student crowd and always carried a Qi Concealing Talisman.

...

At Liu Yu’s house.

"Sister Yu, I’ve let you down!" Fang Zhige, who usually exuded an icy demeanor, was now in utter disarray. He had tried every means to handle the situation himself, but in the end, he’d still dragged Liu Yu into his troubles.

"It’s alright, I don’t blame you, but after this is over, you have to tell me everything about you!" Liu Yu, holding Fang Zhige’s face, said earnestly.

Fang Zhige gave a bitter smile. This was over? Could they even stay alive after it ended?

"Promise me!"

Looking into Liu Yu’s pond-like eyes, Fang Zhige seemed to make a certain resolution, nodding solemnly, "Alright, I’ll tell you everything about my past!"

Fang Zhige positioned Liu Yu behind him, vigilant of attacks from all around.

"Master Luo, I didn’t expect the organization to send you."

Master Luo’s chilly voice, carried by the cold wind, reached their ears, his tone mocking, "Fang Sha, you thought you could escape the Ghost Killing Alliance and live?"

"Hard to believe you, Fang Sha, who passed the final test by killing your best friend, have fallen so low as to rename yourself Zhige, find a charming partner, and join common folk to learn the silly Tiger Roar Fist. What a farce."

"If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I would find it hard to imagine that Fang Sha, who went through that, could fall to such a state!"

"Shut up!" Master Luo struck a nerve, and Fang Zhige couldn’t help but shout out!

"Fang Sha, given your outstanding talent in assassination techniques, I can give you a chance. Just kill that girl next to you, kill the students and teachers of the Tiger Roar Martial Arts Hall, prove you’re still the same Fang Sha, and I’ll spare your life, allowing you to rejoin the Ghost Killing Alliance."

"You’re dreaming!"

Fang Zhige yelled angrily. It was Liu Yu, it was everyone at the martial arts hall who had shown him what emotions were. How could he possibly bring himself to harm them.

"Can’t do it? I taught you the assassination techniques myself. It seems today I’ll have to take back your skills..."

Master Luo sighed, and then his presence vanished, leaving only the relentless northern winds howling.

Fang Zhige kept a wary eye on his surroundings, a bead of cold sweat running down his forehead, quickly dried by the northern wind.

Although Master Luo was at the Foundation Establishment Stage and he was at Great Perfection of Qi Cultivation, if he found the right opportunity, there was a chance he could turn the tables and kill Master Luo through assassination!

Where would Master Luo appear from?

But was there something unfinished about Master Luo’s last words?

Liu Yu could feel the grip on her wrist tightening, but she didn’t dare to speak, afraid of distracting Fang Zhige.

With a creak, the wooden door pushed open, and Lu Yang walked in, looking at the couple.

"Did you run into some trouble? Why didn’t you go to class?"