My Dreams Connect to Ancient Times-Chapter 182 - 29: Slapping an Earth Immortal to Death, Embodying Both Might and Virtue

Chapter 182: Chapter 29: Slapping an Earth Immortal to Death, Embodying Both Might and Virtue

Lu Xuan, standing calmly, frowned. ’Life Tower...’

A glint flickered in his eyes. This was the first time he had seen a true member of the Life Tower.

’A monk?’

A thousand thoughts raced through Lu Xuan’s mind as he silently sent a mental message into the void.

"Can you beat him?"

"Just a Nine Tribulation Earth Immortal. A single slap would be enough," Qing Ping replied softly.

Lu Xuan understood.

Up on the high platform, Sakata Jun gave the old monk a respectful bow. He then turned to the grim-faced Wu Datong with a smirk and asked,

"Vice Governor Wu, are you not pleased to see an old acquaintance today?"

After a pause, he glanced sideways with a grin at the boy beside Wu Datong—the one who had stood up first and looked somewhat familiar.

"Oh, and this little fella. Quite brave. A pity that bravery is all you have. Vice Governor Wu put you up to this, didn’t he? He’s really thrown you to the wolves..."

As he spoke, killing intent surfaced in Sakata Jun’s eyes, and Primordial Qi vibrated around his body, forming a small vortex in the spacious banquet hall.

Meanwhile, the old monk stared calmly at Wu Datong, turning the Prayer Beads in his hand as if he too were gathering power.

The atmosphere in the banquet hall instantly dropped to a freezing point. The dignitaries and nobles all looked grim, realizing that a battle between Earth Immortals was likely about to erupt!

Suddenly, in the dead silence.

"You don’t recognize me?" Lu Xuan calmly looked up, meeting Sakata Jun’s gaze directly.

His voice broke the silence. At the same table, Chen Dao and the others cowered like quails, their hearts pounding. They all prayed silently not to get caught in the crossfire.

Most of the dignitaries, however, just looked on in confusion. ’Isn’t this boy just a pawn pushed forward by Wu Datong? Why is he speaking out so boldly now?’

On the high platform, Sakata Jun also frowned. He studied the boy for a moment; the more he looked, the more familiar he seemed.

He narrowed his eyes.

"Little fella, you are..."

"Lu Xuan."

As his name was spoken, the nobles who were holding their breath had no reaction. The Mansion Master and the Grand Governor exchanged confused glances. It was Sakata Jun whose expression changed drastically, and he stumbled back three steps.

This left everyone completely baffled, and they all sensed that events were spiraling in a strange direction!

"It’s you!!" Amidst the crowd’s confused stares, Sakata Jun’s expression flickered, a slight chill running down his spine. But he quickly regained his composure and even began to laugh.

"Excellent, excellent. I had forgotten Your Excellency was also in Langya City. This banquet was truly the right call. Three birds with one stone. I get everyone’s joint petition, and I get to kill both of you. Excellent, excellent..."

Most of the people in the hall, including the Mansion Master and the Grand Governor, were at a loss, and their gazes toward Lu Xuan were filled with shock and suspicion.

Only True Immortals knew everything about the incident in the Kongtong Mountain Range. Other than Sakata Heavy Industries, everyone else, even Earth Immortals, had only heard rumors and didn’t know who was involved.

Sakata Jun, still smiling, glanced sideways and asked respectfully,

"Master Kutuo, what are your thoughts on today’s matter?"

The old monk opened his eyes. Turning his Prayer Beads, he spoke in a melodious voice,

"This old monk is only responsible for taking away the traitor of the Life Tower. As for that Donor Lu, Sakata Heavy Industries may deal with him as you see fit."

After a pause, he added unhurriedly,

"However, this Donor Lu is rather interesting. This old monk’s Celestial Eye can trace the past and glimpse a corner of the future, yet I cannot see through this Donor Lu. Curious, most curious."

As soon as his voice fell, Wu Datong clapped Lu Xuan on the shoulder, signaling for him to remain calm. He then took a step forward, stared at the old monk, and asked in a serious tone,

"Kutuo, when I was a Great Physician, I believe I treated you rather well. And you should know the reason why I severed myself from the Life Tower. Why are you still intent on aiding a tyrant? You obtained the Celestial Eye Divine Techniques seven years ago, didn’t you?"

The old monk opened his eyes and said faintly,

"Just as Donor Wu says. Seven years ago, this old monk awakened my Buddhist Sect’s Celestial Eye Divine Techniques, able to see what ordinary people cannot see, and perceive what ordinary people cannot perceive."

"Then what did you see?" Wu Datong demanded coldly. "Tell me, what did you see seven years ago!"

Lu Xuan’s eyes narrowed dangerously. The nobles in the hall were all bewildered. ’Weren’t we supposed to be signing a joint petition? How did things take such a turn?’

On the high platform, the Mansion Master and the Grand Governor exchanged a silent glance, then looked down, minding their own business, and said nothing.

The old monk said calmly,

"Seven years ago, this old monk saw nothing. But today, I have seen a corner of the future. I saw Donor Wu resisting with all his might here, only to be suppressed in my palm and taken back to the Life Tower. I also saw the Rebellious Tower Lord’s Longque Technology collapse, I saw..."

"Interesting."

A calm voice interrupted the old monk’s words.

Lu Xuan figured enough time had passed. He wouldn’t get any more useful information by listening, so amidst countless astonished gazes, he slowly stood up. He walked leisurely to the center of the great hall to face the high platform.

He said faintly,

"This master can see the future? For a mere Earth Immortal to be able to peer into the future... that is rather surprising to me."

On the high platform, the old monk gave Lu Xuan an indifferent glance and ignored him, instead looking sideways at Sakata Jun.

"Mr. Sakata, please handle this yourself."

"Yes, Master Kutuo."

As his voice fell, Sakata Jun showed no signs of contempt or carelessness. While remaining wary of terrifying lightning, he made his move decisively, seizing the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi and reaching out to grab Lu Xuan!

The old monk had already started turning his Prayer Beads, his eyes fixed on Wu Datong to prevent him from interfering.

However, Wu Datong just stood calmly in place, making no move at all.

「The next moment.」

"Qing Ping, lend me your power. You can stay hidden; no need to show yourself."

As Lu Xuan sent the mental message, a vast wave of Primordial Qi surged from the void and infused his body!

Having already comprehended the Power of the Great Grade twice before, Lu Xuan was now quite accustomed to it. He perfectly adapted to the vast power Qing Ping transmitted to him.

He looked up, facing Sakata Jun’s cautiously descending palm, a smile blooming on his face.

"Quite brave."

As he spoke, Lu Xuan raised his palm high above his head as if to prop up the sky.

Heaven and Earth Inversion.

Heaven and Earth Inversion, empowered by the might of a True Immortal.

In the dumbfounded eyes of the crowd, the young man was clearly standing in the same spot as before, yet in their vision, his figure seemed to rise infinitely.

As his palm turned over, it was as if a Celestial Pillar had snapped and ten thousand miles of sky had come crashing down!

CRACK!

Sakata Jun’s expression changed drastically. He tried to retreat explosively, but he was locked in place by a terrifying aura. In his eyes, Lu Xuan’s palm grew larger and larger, like the vast heavens collapsing upon him!

"Master Kutuo, save me!"

The old monk’s face also paled. Turning his Prayer Beads with one hand, he conjured a halo of Buddhist light with the other. Accompanied by the faint chanting of Brahma Sound, he struck out to intercept, trying to save Sakata Jun.

But the moment the Buddhist light touched Lu Xuan’s palm, it instantly crumbled and disintegrated. The old monk stumbled back three steps, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, his eyes wide with disbelief.

The next instant, the palm fell, and the world overturned upon Sakata Jun’s head.

THUD!

With a muffled sound, before the stunned eyes of countless people, Sakata Jun’s entire body collapsed and disintegrated, exploding into a mist of blood!

The entire banquet hall fell into a dead silence. On the high platform, the Langya Mansion Master and the Grand Governor, who had been sitting leisurely just moments before, shot to their feet with shocked expressions.

The other dignitaries in the hall looked around in a daze. Chen Dao even rubbed his eyes and viciously pinched his own thigh, grimacing in pain to confirm that the scene before him was not a dream!

’But... but if this isn’t a dream, did Brother Lu really just kill an Earth Immortal with a single slap?’

Recalling their casual conversation from earlier, Chen Dao began to tremble.

In the dead silence, Lu Xuan walked forward leisurely, and under the gazes of all, he ascended the high platform.

He looked at the old monk before him and asked with a smile,

"Master Kutuo, you said you can see the future and the past. Did you happen to foresee this scene?"

Kutuo’s hand, the one turning the Prayer Beads, trembled slightly. He was silent for a moment before answering hesitantly,

"Perhaps... this humble monk did not look, and so, I did not see."

"Oh?"

Lu Xuan gave a brilliant smile, opened his palm, and raised it above his head again. He asked with a grin,

"Then why don’t you take another look, Master Kutuo, and see if you will be slapped to death today?"

The Mansion Master and the Grand Governor at the side both swallowed hard, their hearts pounding with fear. The old monk, however, was silent for a long while before carefully replying,

"If this humble monk is slapped to death, it will be due to Donor Lu’s might. If I remain unharmed, it will be due to Donor Lu’s virtue. The final outcome rests entirely within a single thought of Donor Lu..."

He gave a cunning answer, his mind racing as he desperately searched for a chance to escape.

But Lu Xuan just smiled brilliantly. Suddenly, his palm came crashing down, as if overturning the very heavens.

Kutuo used every technique at his disposal to resist, conjuring a lotus of Buddhist light and scattering golden Brahma characters. But under the might of a True Immortal channeled from Qing Ping, all of it was like crisp paper, tearing and collapsing into nothingness.

The next instant, the old monk’s four limbs were shattered and the Primordial Qi throughout his body was sealed. He collapsed to the ground, on the verge of death but not yet dead.

"I was going to slap you to death, but now I’ve only beaten you half to death. This is called..."

Below, Yan Jiangxue, who had stood up at some unknown point, finished his sentence with a charming smile,

"This is called having both might and virtue... You could be a Buddha."

"Indeed," Lu Xuan replied with a smile. The back-and-forth between the young man and woman left the entire hall in stunned silence.