Eternal Life: Talent Grows with Age-Chapter 338 - 208: Fire Rain

"Fellow Daoist Lu, aren’t you and Senior Nangua going to check things out?" Fang Yun ran over, his clothes splattered with blood.

Lu Chang’sheng knew he was worried about Fang Yuan and the others still fighting over there.

Zhu Ren and his people saw there was no hope, and so kept thinking about escaping, but Fang Yuan’s group didn’t let up, so eventually they all drifted away from this area.

"I haven’t restored much of my magical power yet. Going over there now would be too dangerous. Besides, with Fellow Daoist Fang Yuan’s strength, it shouldn’t be too hard to take care of the others over there."

Lu Chang’sheng said.

He took out a pill and swallowed it.

But normal pills still take some time to restore magical power, so Fang Yun didn’t push it any further.

Then Nangua said, "I’ll protect Chang’sheng!"

Fang Yun felt a little annoyed in his heart, but knowing the couple’s status was different, and that they’d done plenty already, he could only swallow it down.

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Soon, beams of spiritual light began appearing on the horizon.

Fang Yuan landed on the ground, holding Zhu Ren’s corpse in his hand.

"Mission accomplished!"

He was the first to smile at Lu Chang’sheng.

Then, with a sigh, he said, "You really kept us all in the dark, Fellow Daoist."

"How so, Fellow Daoist?"

Lu Chang’sheng replied, looking puzzled.

"The Black Water Profound Snake is the real deal, late-stage Qi Cultivation power—just about as strong as my Puppet Tiger, maybe even stronger."

If not for that, Lu Chang’sheng couldn’t have possibly killed a late-stage Qi Cultivation cultivator with just the Black Water Profound Snake and Nangua.

"Just lucky, is all," Lu Chang’sheng said with feeling, "Compared with the real late-stage, I’m still way behind."

"You’re way too humble, Fellow Daoist Lu. Too bad puppetry techniques don’t really match my attributes—otherwise, I’d have to ask you for some pointers." Qu Guang was also holding a corpse in his hand.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked at who he was holding, a trace of complex emotions in their eyes.

Even though none of them got along with the Zhu Family, they still ran into them now and then; the Zhu Family Patriarch Zhu Zhen, once so full of energy, ended up like this.

"If you don’t reach Foundation Establishment, in the end, you just can’t protect yourself!" Fang Yuan sighed emotionally.

Everyone nodded in agreement—except for Li Nangua, who just stared at Lu Chang’sheng without blinking.

He didn’t seem interested at all in the conversation.

Only when he saw Lu Chang’sheng nod did he finally nod along too.

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Next, it was time to tie up loose ends. The Lu Mansion didn’t have many people; Chang’an and Ziyou’s cultivation levels were too low, so Lu Chang’sheng didn’t want them out here right now, so he left it for Nangua to handle.

Meanwhile, Lu Chang’sheng learned Yu Hai and Niu Xi’s whole family had already headed over to Bai Ze Medicine Garden, which finally put his mind at ease.

Earlier, he’d kind of hinted at it to Yu Hai, and sure enough, Yu Hai caught on, didn’t tip off the Zhu Family, which made Lu Chang’sheng pretty pleased.

Otherwise, any friendship he had in Great Yuan would’ve ended right there.

"Alchemist Lu, here’s the list of prisoners." At this moment, Qu Feng walked over and handed him a list.

Lu Chang’sheng looked it over and crossed out a few names from the list.

"I’ve got some history with these folks. Please look after them if you can."

"Not a big deal." Qu Feng smiled.

Even though he’d already stepped into the seventh level of Qi Cultivation, Qu Feng still kept his usual respect for Lu Chang’sheng.

After all, if it hadn’t been for Lu Chang’sheng, he’d have never gotten to take the Barrier-Breaking Pill last time.

It was only because Lu Chang’sheng and Qu Guang put in a word for him that he was picked.

Qu Nian was Qu Guang’s direct descendant, and even closer with him, so after getting the Barrier-Breaking Pills from Lu Chang’sheng, Qu Guang’s collection of higher-grade pills increased, and he started thinking about Qu Nian again, who he’d all but forgotten before.

After all, that was his own son. Thankfully, Lu Chang’sheng’s advice made him change his mind.

"Alchemist Lu, I got this by accident—it might be useful to you."

At this, Qu Feng took something out and put it in front of Lu Chang’sheng. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

One look, and Lu Chang’sheng’s eyes lit up.