lcionline Chapter 240: Testimony Aligns, Ice Pool Explodes
Chapter 240: Testimony Aligns, Ice Pool Explodes
The mountaintop was quiet.
The Bai family members were utterly horrified.
They looked at each other, and in each other's eyes they saw undisguised fear and unease.
If that's really the case, these people who stumbled upon this today will likely find it incredibly difficult to leave alive.
Madam Lan naturally knew what they suspected, and said disdainfully, "Old Man Zhu coveted the Ice Lotus seeds and attempted to steal them, but was instead destroyed by the Ice Lotus!"
She told a lie in a few words, set the tone, and then scanned the crowd again.
Although the Bai family had their doubts, they had no choice but to accept Madam Lan's words in order to save their lives.
The leader dared not look at the cold body of the old bamboo spirit any longer. He lowered his head and said in a trembling voice, "Old bamboo spirit was so bold as to offend the Ice Lotus. He has brought this upon himself."
The others immediately followed suit, each expressing their stance.
That's settled then.
Even if the Bamboo Clan comes to interrogate us in the future, this will be the only answer we will receive!
The team leader was sweating profusely, but he also realized that with Zhu Weng dead, the bamboo lineage would be leaderless and inevitably fall into chaos, which was undoubtedly good news for the Bai family.
He had to live to get this message out, so bowing his head temporarily was not shameful; he was doing it for the greater good.
Madam Lan knew that Chu Lengyu might not be afraid of killing and causing trouble, but as the leader of the four clans, she had to consider the future of Wushan. At least, she still needed to maintain this superficial relationship.
It's reasonable to pin the blame for Bamboo Elder's death on Ice Lotus, since he was planning to harvest the lotus seeds to help his disciple break through to the Innate Realm. Surely someone within the Bamboo Clan knows about this, so Madam Lan isn't afraid of their investigation.
Seeing that the Bai family members all seemed to be reluctantly obeying, she couldn't help but sneer inwardly: Look at them, each of them acting as if they've suffered some great injustice, but little do they know that they were able to survive only because of her intervention; otherwise, they would all be dead today, joining Old Man Zhu in the underworld.
Madam Lan felt that the matter had been handled flawlessly. She turned around and curtsied to Chu Lengyu as an apology for her presumptuous decision.
Chu Lengyu nodded slightly, indicating her agreement with her approach.
Then, Madam Lan took two steps to the side and continued, "Binglian was angered by Zhu Weng and flew into a rage. Although Elder Meilin and I tried our best to stop her, we were still unable to stop her. Fortunately, the Chu State Preceptor passed by and, with his profound cultivation, subdued Binglian, saving our Mist Mountain from a catastrophe!"
As soon as she left, everyone realized that the center of the ice pool was empty, and the once proudly standing ice lotus had disappeared!
This discovery shocked everyone, and the team leader felt a chill run down his spine, as if the sky had fallen.
Madam Lan's preemptive strike, coupled with the shock of Zhu Weng's death, threw the Bai family into disarray, causing them to fail to notice that the enormous ice lotus was no longer in its original place.
Since records began, the ice lotus has been rooted here, unchanged for thousands of years, and has become an indispensable and important foundation of Wushan.
Why did Binglian disappear when it was his turn to guard her?!
Oh no, it didn't disappear, it was captured by someone.
The team leader was terrified, but when he looked up, he met Madam Lan's sharp gaze.
He was instantly filled with extreme tension and fear of Madam Lan's power, and dared not easily offend her. So he tentatively said, "Old Master Zhu's death is not a pity, but Ice Lotus..."
"It was the Chu State Preceptor who stopped Binglian's rebellion." Madam Lan spoke with absolute certainty, as if it were the truth and no one could question it.
There are many explanations for taking the treasure, and she has found a good one to explain why the Ice Lotus disappeared and to highlight Chu Lengyu's kindness.
Even though the Bai family members were filled with anger and resentment, they could only keep it to themselves for the time being and dared not utter a sound.
Chu Lengyu spoke up at the opportune moment, saying, "The Ice Lotus is in my possession. If any member of your Bai family objects, they are welcome to take it."
As soon as the words were spoken, the Bai family members became even more fearful and uneasy.
This is a "distinguished guest" whom even Madam Lan and Elder Merlin treat with utmost respect. His strength is so great that he can even subdue the Ice Lotus.
Even if the family wanted to reclaim the Ice Lotus, they had to consider their own strength. Could they really contend with this peerless expert?
For a moment, everyone fell silent.
Chu Lengyu then said to the two of them, "Beneath this ice layer lies another world, and I was just about to open it to take a look."
Upon hearing this, both Old Man Meilin and Madam Lan were greatly surprised.
"what?!"
The ice pool has always been here, and no one has ever suspected that there is a hidden space beneath it.
Madam Lan's lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she held back.
Chu Lengyu's strength was unfathomable; since she dared to say such a thing, she must have some confidence. So she and Elder Merlin stepped aside, preparing to quietly observe what methods this cultivator would employ.
This ice pool is filled with millennia-old ice, so hard that ordinary cultivators simply cannot break it.
Madam Lan secretly pondered that if Chu Lengyu couldn't break through the ice, it wouldn't be too late for her to help, since she was quite interested in the secrets beneath the ice pool.
Chu Lengyu's methods were unexpectedly simple and brutal.
She raised her sword fingers, and spiritual energy condensed in mid-air into a huge, transparent light sword.
Everyone looked up in astonishment, awestruck by the immense power contained within.
The lightsaber slowly spun a few times, then, after selecting its target, it slashed down fiercely like divine punishment!
“Crack! Crack!!!!”
The sound of shattering continued to echo.
The hard, millennia-old ice was shattered as easily as tofu.
Where the lightsaber fell, the ice layer cracked continuously, and the originally smooth, mirror-like ice pool shattered into a pile of ice blocks in the blink of an eye, scattering everywhere.
The air currents it stirred up were even more terrifying than the palm strike that Madam Lan had unleashed. The snow wall, half a person high, crumbled and turned back into flying snow. The Bai family members had no choice but to retreat and avoid its sharp edge.
After a brief moment of astonishment, Madam Lan protected the old man Merlin, and then a look of admiration appeared on her face.
Cultivators are indeed extraordinary!
She had cultivated for a lifetime, but had only reached the fourth level of the Innate Realm, and the path ahead was already extremely difficult.
Unexpectedly, in his twilight years, he actually witnessed the legendary cultivators.
Old Man Merlin stood aside, witnessing this scene. He had no doubt that if Mist Mountain had not been nourished by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth over the years, making its body exceptionally tough, this attack would probably have shattered the entire mountain peak.
He couldn't help but feel even more awe for Chu Lengyu's strength, and at the same time, he became even more curious about the space hidden beneath the ice.
The ice pool cracked, revealing the frozen silt at the bottom of the lake.
There is also a cave with gnarled vines, which is dark, cold and mysterious.