Peerless Divine Eyes

"Strange, did he go to the latrine?"

Lu Chen muttered to himself, deciding to get up and go outside to take a look. The latrine was half a mile away, and he was somewhat worried.

Standing outside, Lu Chen strained his eyes towards the latrine, but how could his right eye see through the morning mist between the mountains?

Thinking it over, he pulled off the cloth strip from his left eye, and not only did his vision become much clearer, but he also noticed that the spiritual energy in the air was more active.

Lu Chen's mind wasn't on this; instead, he stared continuously at the latrine half a mile away, where there was no movement at all.

After a long while, he re-covered his eye with the cloth strip, thinking to himself that Qin Yaotiao probably wanted to go buy some delicious food and prepare it earlier.

"Truly a good girl, I must not let her down!"

Lu Chen clenched his fist, whispering to himself as he returned inside to get the fire poker.

A fair and square competition with Lu Zhan on the stage of life and death would not be sufficient with just a single move of 'Immortal Guides the Way'.

Feeling that there was still enough time, he decided to select a few more suitable moves from the eighteen spear techniques.

After standing quietly for a moment, Lu Chen immediately chose his techniques.

They were 'Spear Strikes Like a Dragon', 'Great Roc Spreads Its Wings', 'Sharpening the Spear on the Battlefield', 'Sweeping Thousands of Armies', plus 'Immortal Guides the Way', a total of five spear techniques!

"Should that be enough?"

Lu Chen ran through the five spear techniques in his mind several times, quickly forming an oppressive style of combat.

He intended to overwhelm Lu Zhan with the speed of lightning at the start of the duel, and with 'Immortal Guides the Way' as a finishing move, crush Lu Zhan's throat just like he did with Lu Shisan!

Not to mention anything else, just for seducing Xu Yueru alone, he deserved to die a grave death!

Feeling confident about the five spear techniques, Lu Chen also grew more aware of the terrifying aspects of 'Heavenly Inquiry Spear Technique'. It wasn't arranged in sequence, yet when he tried applying it with the fire poker, there wasn't a moment's delay!

It could entirely be described as 'flowing like the clouds and water'!

However, after using these five techniques, the spiritual power that Lu Chen had hard-earned had also diminished by about forty percent!

"This consumption is too great," Lu Chen exclaimed, his only thought being that the 'Heavenly Inquiry Spear Technique' was too powerful for him, not yet in the Qi Refinement Realm, to use more than ten moves at once!

"I must continue to cultivate, and it also happens to be time to wait for Yaotiao to return!"

Lu Chen mumbled to himself, then stored the fire poker and returned inside to continue with 'Attract Spirit and Refine Qi'.

It wasn't until the noise from outside awakened Lu Chen from his cultivation.

"Bang!"

The door to the room was kicked open, and several Lu Family guards rushed in, directly lifting Lu Chen up!

Lu Chen was greatly startled, yet his expression remained calm. Pretending to struggle, he shouted sternly, "What are you doing?"

"Lu Chen," Lu Changming also entered the room at that moment, his tone leaving no room for doubt, "The time has come, it's off to the stage of life and death in Yuzhou City!"

"What? Isn't it tomorrow?"

Lu Chen's eyes widened in the moment, and he stopped resisting. He was very aware that, in just a while, only a mere ten percent more of spiritual power had accumulated in his body!

Was it because I was too absorbed in my cultivation?

Regardless of why time had passed so quickly, with the current amount of spiritual energy within him, he feared he wouldn't be able to suppress Lu Zhan with the Five-Strike Spear Technique!

What should he do!

"Hahaha, Lu Chen, they might have dug out your eye, but not your brain! Three days have passed, don't you even realize that?"

A mocking voice came from one of the guards beside him.

"Having a brain is not important; after all, today is the day Lu Chen dies!"

"Trash like him should die; seizing the chance while his father is not around, he even dared to covet the beauty of his stepmother!"

The guards didn't understand the situation and only knew what was declared in the clan. Lu Chen turned a deaf ear to them, his mind still reeling in shock.

Had he really cultivated nonstop for a day and a night?

But then...

What about Yaotiao?

She hadn't returned in a day and a night?

"Lu Chen," at this moment, Lu Changming spoke up again, interrupting Lu Chen's thoughts, "Will you walk on your own, or should this elder order them to tie you up and take you there? However, I can give you a little hint. If you go by yourself, on the stage of life and death, beg Lu Zhan, and perhaps in the full view of the public, remembering the ancestral teachings and acting in kindness, he might spare your life. But if they tie you up and take you, I can't assure you that the family head won't turn the stage of life and death directly into your execution ground!"

Lu Chen snapped back to reality, his eyes blazing.

"I'll walk on my own!"

With a cold shout, Lu Chen picked up the fire poker from beside the bed.

Lu Changming snickered as he turned around, thinking that Lu Chen, out of weakness, was using the poker as a walking stick.

Even if he used it as a weapon, he had been trained in swordsmanship from a young age; how could he wield a stick as if it were a sword?

Walking along the mountain road, Lu Chen stepped firmly, the guards beside him not daring to scoff any further.

This, in fact, allowed Lu Chen to remain undisturbed as he continued to worry about Qin Yaotiao. A day and night had passed; could something have happened to her?

This concern weighed heavily on Lu Chen.

But with the imminent stage of life and death...

Lu Changming had laid down his terms; if Lu Chen didn't go, he would also be forced there.

And it was possible that Lu Changkong would take the opportunity to execute him on the spot!

Because the Lu Family couldn't afford to lose face!

"I can only temporarily change my plan, threatening with the death of Lu Zhan to then force the Lu Family to help me find Yaotiao!"

Lu Chen finally made a decision in his heart, just as he arrived at the stage of life and death!

In Yuzhou City, the streets were empty; everyone had gathered here!

There were martial arts families, as well as wealthy merchants and businessmen.

Moreover, young prodigies from other cities who had heard the news and traveled thousands of miles came too!

They all wanted to witness the supposedly once-in-a-century talented Lu Chen in swordsmanship, and how splendid the duel with the family head's son, Lu Zhan, would be!

Just then, Lu Zhan suddenly leaped onto the arena, his raucous laughter ringing in everyone's ears!

"Lu Chen, if you want to save your life, lick my boots clean, and I might consider sparing your dog's life!"

As these words were spoken, the crowd erupted into commotion!