Chapter 209: Lu Zhi’s Concern; Duke Dingguo Is No Match for Cheng Yu
On the other side.
Lu Zhi also clearly sensed that aura. His eyes had already widened, and his mouth hung open.
As a top ninth-rank expert only one step away from the Grandmaster Realm, he was extremely familiar with this feeling!
Dao!
And it was even a Dao he was deeply familiar with!
It had originated from the Blood-Chasing Saber. It was the core of the Jinyiwei inheritance—a type of “Dao” that was tyrannical to the extreme!
It represented the Jinyiwei’s hope of breaking through to the Grandmaster Realm!
It was also the key reason the Lu Family had controlled the Jinyiwei for a thousand years and had never allowed the authority of Commander to fall into another family’s hands!
Lu Zhi himself had spent nearly ten years trying to comprehend this thing before barely achieving a slight breakthrough.
Why could Cheng Yu, who had absolutely never seen the Blood-Chasing Saber before, give him such a similar feeling?
Even more terrifyingly, Lu Zhi could clearly sense that Cheng Yu’s use of this “Dao” was even stronger than what he had painstakingly comprehended!
Freely merging it into his saber to unleash attacks.
Lu Zhi could not do that!
He considered himself one of the most talented heirs in the history of the Lu Family. He had reached the late ninth rank early on and was one of the few Lu Family members who had allowed the previous generation’s commander to retire peacefully.
Yet this talent, which had been enough for him to feel proud of, seemed like nothing at all before twenty-year-old Cheng Yu!
Lu Zhi had countless chances to personally face the Blood-Chasing Saber, comprehend it, and experience the power of the “Dao” within.
Meanwhile, even if Cheng Yu had started cultivating from inside his mother’s womb, he still could not have cultivated the Jinyiwei cultivation method for as long as Lu Zhi had!
Without ever having seen the Blood-Chasing Saber, he had independently comprehended “Dao,” and at a speed far beyond Lu Zhi’s!
On what basis?
Lu Zhi could only find one answer in his heart.
Unparalleled talent!
His heart sank. “This is bad! If such a figure appears in the Jinyiwei, Ming’er will absolutely be unable to suppress him in the future!”
Cheng Yu had already comprehended this Dao, and his Martial Dao cultivation had reached an extremely impressive level at such a young age.
Within five years, he would definitely be able to enter the Grandmaster Realm!
At that time, would the Jinyiwei be ruled by the Lu Family, or would Cheng Yu have the final say?
The answer to this question depended on Xiao Wuji’s attitude.
And the result was obvious.
The Lu Family, which had chosen to withdraw and bide its time while watching Great Qian weaken without taking action? Or a super genius who had repeatedly shouted the Great Qian Emperor’s name and won back countless waves of prestige for Great Qian?
Xiao Wuji had long intended to change the current situation where Great Qian was weaker than the Jianghu. Most likely, he would choose the latter!
At that moment, it would very likely become the end of the Lu Family’s history of controlling the Jinyiwei!
Between loyalty to the Emperor of Great Qian and personal interest, Lu Zhi very quickly made his choice.
The unbroken inheritance of the Lu Family’s ancestors!
He could not allow such a thing to happen!
A trace of fierce light flashed through his eyes. The methods he had originally planned to use to slowly check and balance Cheng Yu were no longer suitable!
They were too slow. At this moment, he had to be aggressive!
He looked at Lu Ming.
“I will immediately stop Cheng Yu and hold him accountable on the charge of unauthorized action. You find a way to let Duke Dingguo escape!”
If Duke Dingguo, who had colluded with Prince Chu, escaped, Xiao Wuji would certainly fly into a thunderous rage.
Lu Zhi would suffer severe reprimand for failing to handle the matter properly, but that kind of punishment truly did not count for much to him.
The important part lay elsewhere.
Most of the responsibility would fall on Cheng Yu!
No one would believe that, under circumstances where Cheng Yu had the ability to kill Ning Dingyuan, Lu Zhi, as Commander, would deliberately intervene to let the man escape.
Cheng Yu would be unable to defend himself, even with a hundred mouths!
The fact would only be that he had gathered intelligence but failed to report it early, choosing instead to act without authorization. He would be the chief culprit who caused Duke Dingguo to escape.
By seeking credit so greedily that he ruined a major matter, he would certainly suffer a heavy crime and might even thoroughly anger Xiao Wuji.
This was what the Lu Family wanted to see!
Lu Ming had not expected his father to suddenly make such an arrangement.
“Why let Duke Dingguo escape?”
“So that the next Commander is still surnamed Lu, not Cheng!”
Lu Ming froze when he heard this. A moment later, he nodded blankly, and the look he gave Cheng Yu became increasingly hostile.
On the other side.
Relying on the power of “Dao,” Cheng Yu had Ning Dingyuan locked down so firmly that he could not move. The Dragon-Dethroning Xiuchun Saber in his hand was completely covered in cold energy.
Deep internal energy poured madly into the saber.
He slashed out.
It was as if a terrifying figure from the Nine Netherworlds appeared. That figure revealed an extremely disdainful and arrogant gaze as it looked toward Ning Dingyuan.
An ant!
The strange and horrifying arm of the figure casually pressed downward.
Terrifying suppression erupted.
Cheng Yu charged over with a cold smile. “I spared you in the Imperial Prison that day. Today, you will not escape!”
At this moment, Ning Dingyuan completely understood the situation.
Cheng Yu wanted to kill him!
And Cheng Yu had the ability to kill him!
From guiding his emotions to erupting with such terrifying combat power, all of this had been designed by Cheng Yu for the sake of killing him!
“Cheng Yu!”
Ning Dingyuan roared, and boundless anger erupted from him once more.
But at this moment, only pure impotent fury remained.
Suffering the suppressive power of that terrifying figure, his anger instantly turned into fear.
Tyranny!
A tyranny that crushed ants beneath it!
Facing an absolute gap in power, Ning Dingyuan had no room or possibility to resist.
All his fighting spirit vanished, leaving only helplessness behind!
He was no match for Cheng Yu!
But in the next instant, Ning Dingyuan did not completely resign himself to fate. Instead, he chose to use the last of his strength to withstand the suppressive power and reach into his robes.
He shouted, “I have His Majesty’s decree! You cannot kill me!”
He raised an object that surged with vast Dragon Might high into the air.
This was the imperial command token Xiao Wuji had given him!
Seeing this object.
It was the same as seeing the Emperor of Great Qian arrive in person!
Cheng Yu sensed the Dragon Might contained in that object and clearly understood where it came from. The Xiuchun Saber in his hand abruptly paused.
That fellow Ning Dingyuan had gone to the imperial palace once and even brought this thing back?
It seemed His Majesty the Great Qian Emperor was not very sensible.
When Ning Dingyuan saw Cheng Yu hesitate and show some restraint, hope for survival reignited in his eyes.
“His Majesty asked me to tell you that he is furious and wants you to stop acting without authorization!”
Cheng Yu had not expected that this fellow who had colluded with Prince Chu would still have the nerve to borrow the authority of the Emperor of Great Qian.
He immediately sneered.
Did Ning Dingyuan think he could stop him with something like this?
Dream on!
As an outstanding Jinyiwei, once he decided to raid a household and kill someone, no one could save them!
If the person stopping him was the Emperor of Great Qian.
Then Cheng Yu could only say that the emperor should reflect on his own problems!
The Xiuchun Saber in his hand slashed out fiercely once more.
“What did you say just now? Sorry, I did not hear you!”
When Ning Dingyuan saw this, the hope he had regained a moment earlier plummeted sharply, leaving only despair once again.
Cheng Yu did not even listen to Xiao Wuji’s words!
He simply wanted to raid Duke Dingguo’s Estate and kill him, Duke Dingguo?
A complete madman!
In total despair, he closed his eyes and waited for death to arrive.
But at that moment.
A powerful force suddenly appeared and actually blocked Cheng Yu’s attack.
At the same time, a cold voice rang out.
“Cheng Yu! As a member of the Jinyiwei, you acted without authorization and displayed outrageous audacity. Just what are you trying to do?”
Ning Dingyuan widened his eyes and recognized whose voice it was.
Lu Zhi!
Why had another Jinyiwei expert come?
But he was stopping Cheng Yu?