Under the gloomy sky, the rain curtain seemed dyed with a layer of scarlet.
Looking up at the immense blood sphere as it contained blood essence, being purified and extracted by a short sword etched with blood-colored patterns, he muttered to himself under the mist, "It looks like a cultivator of dark arts no matter how you look at it."
"You're the one who is a cultivator of dark arts!" Xia Ming glared at Han Nuo, "The whole family is a cultivator of dark arts!"
Han Nuo looked at this young girl who was about the same age as her, and could see at a glance that she was not human. After all, the spirit force of humans and beasts is still somewhat different.
"I said it looks like, I didn't say it is," Han Nuo huffed softly. "Besides, whose righteous path uses blood as its way?"
"That depends on where it is used," Xia Ming crossed her arms. "If my family's son-in-law was a cultivator of dark arts, he would have already performed the blood sacrifice throughout the entire Southern Zhuo Domain. Why wait until now? Why just target the Blood Royal Clan?"
Han Nuo thought about it and realized it was true. She didn't say anything else, looking forward, tilting her lips. That guy doesn't have hands? How can he have the face to let the Goddess support the umbrella?
In front of the already established joint tomb, Zhu Nanzhi, with her left hand holding an oil paper umbrella, looked calmly at Lu Jin'an after he had set up the tombstone inscribed with the epitaph, and softly spoke, "Master Lu, just now you were considering me, weren't you?"
Lu Jin'an retreated to her side and asked, "What do you mean?"
Zhu Nanzhi smiled softly: "If it were not for me, Master Lu would not have explained so much to Xiao Li, but would have directly acted against the Lin family. Am I right?"
"You've figured it out, huh?" Lu Jin'an tilted his head to look at her. "So clever?"
Indeed, my husband is very gentle~
Even for his own affairs, he doesn't forget to consider his wife.
Zhu Nanzhi raised her chin happily and smugly: "Because Master Lu just said to me 'There's nothing that can be done about it,' so I guessed it was because he was considering me."
"Because you said it was for Xiao Li." Lu Jin'an looked at the tombstone: "And she chose to be possessed by Lin Mu, so she must be an enemy."
He reached out his right hand, watching the raindrops fall into his palm, squeezing it slightly, as if there was something in his palm that faded away with the wind.
Zhu Nanzhi pondered as she looked at Lu Jin'an: "Destiny? His?"
"Mhm." Lu Jin'an softly spoke: "You also know, the Seated Reflection Realm is a realm of understanding oneself and one's own body. In this realm, even if Lin Mu can deceive the heavens through secret techniques from the upper world, he cannot deceive himself."
"So... you... have been waiting in the Southern Zhuo Domain for a year and a half." Zhu Nanzhi suddenly realized: "It was to avoid being entangled in his karma."
"I don't need it, and I don't even care," Lu Jin'an smiled slightly. "When he himself said he was not 'Lin Mu,' I no longer had to worry about being entangled with his destiny."
Because what he killed was not Lin Mu, but another person who broke the rules.
"Divine Will..." Zhu Nanzhi shook her head: "Sometimes, it's like a little girl that anyone can manipulate."
"Don't you worry about being overheard?" Lu Jin'an teased.
"What can He do? Even if He knows that the upper world is breaking the rules, He can do nothing now," Zhu Nanzhi shrugged indifferently.
They can deceive the heavens and 'possess' someone once, but they can also deceive it a second time, a third time."
Pausing for a moment, Zhu Nanzhi said meaningfully, "Moreover, the heavens have no compassion."
"Mhm." Lu Jin'an retracted his wet hand, preparing to shake it off, but Zhu Nanzhi had already taken out a square cloth and placed it in his hand: "Dry off with this."
"Thank you." Lu Jin'an said while wiping, "I won't give it back to you."
"That's the best~" Zhu Nanzhi smiled warmly, then asked, "Why would you kill him and take his bloodline?"
"Seven Star Meridian Body." Lu Jin'an said succinctly: "Once awakened, it has a close connection with the several palaces on the sky."
"For the purpose of refining one's body?"
"Mhm," Lu Jin'an nodded. "I want to see just how difficult it is to refine one's body in this era."
"This is your destiny." Zhu Nanzhi looked at the tombstone: "Why don't you ask which tribe from the upper world?"
"Indifferent." Lu Jin'an said carelessly: "Whether it's any race, none of them are innocent."
Zhu Nanzhi nodded. The people from the upper world, those who are so high and mighty, must be competing for power in this way that breaks the rules, otherwise, any tribe that does such a thing would definitely be punished.
It's obvious that doing 'replacement' things that break the rules together can maximize benefits.
"Will the upper world know that you have killed It if you kill Him?" Zhu Nanzhi looked at his side face and her eyes were deep.
"It doesn't matter," Lu Jin'an looked up at the dark sky. "The upper world is not invincible, and besides..."
"I am strong, and I can be even stronger."
Zhu Nanzhi's eyes lit up at the look in his confident eyes, she saw another side of her husband that fascinated her even more.
Also, my husband's appearance is likely unmasked, otherwise he wouldn't have said such confident things. Now it will be easier to find him when we return.
Lu Jin'an subtly looked at the glowing eyes of Zhu Nanzhi and thought in his heart, "I fear you even more than the upper world."
After all, Zhu Nanzhi would secretly poison and refine sword spirits whenever she gets the chance, making it hard to prevent.
Pushing his thoughts down, Lu Jin'an turned to look at the blood-red spiritual energy sphere in the sky, which had been absorbed by the short sword. He reached out with a gesture, and the short sword returned to his hand.
"You're leaving again?" Zhu Nanzhi blinked her eyes.
"With things done, it's time to return." Lu Jin'an walked towards the rain.
"She's not your patient," Zhu Nanzhi suddenly spoke, clearly referring to Xia Ming whom she had met before. "Why did you lie to me?"
"I'm walking while pointing fingers at you separately," Lu Jin'an said as he walked: "First, I've always been wary of your kind intentions towards me; second, because of caution, I had to keep her origins a secret."
"Is she your person?" Zhu Nanzhi asked again.
"Not at all," Lu Jin'an walked over to Xia Ming's side and turned to look at Zhu Nanzhi, "Princess Zhu, this time it's really..."
"One last question!" Zhu Nanzhi took two steps forward and broke into Lu Jin'an's voice, straightening her gaze at him: "Master Lu... what is your school of thought for men and women?"
She originally wanted to ask Master Lu's real name, but when she saw the young girl who had appeared again beside Master Lu, she changed her mind.
Since she will eventually find out his name, what she was more curious about was whether there were other women by Lu Jin'an's side!
Lu Jin'an smiled slightly, and Zhu Nanzhi's reaction did not exceed his expectations.
Because he knew that he was likely to meet Zhu Nanzhi again, so he prepared a second surprise for her.
A 'surprise' that would shift Zhu Nanzhi's attention, this tsundere, away from herself by a part.
"My teacher is a woman." Lu Jin'an slowly opened his mouth: "I have been under her tutelage since I was ten years old."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Nanzhi couldn't help but grip the handle of her umbrella tightly. The expression on her classic features also completely froze.
Lu Jin'an made a polite bow.
"We'll meet again in the future."
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