Lu Yanran looked at Lu Chen with a meaningful look. At this moment she didn't even know what mood she was in, what kind of mood she should be in.
Actually, Lu Yanran had never looked down on Lu Chen because Lu Chen couldn't practice martial arts. Her keeping her distance from Lu Chen may have been a bit intentional, but she never really let go of her attention on Lu Chen.
She only hoped that Lu Chen would give up the idea of becoming an intermediate alchemist. In her opinion, it was unrealistic, and Lu Chen's stubbornness was wrong, and it would only make Lu Yanran's feelings deeper.
Now it seems that Lu Yanran was wrong, and her attitude was very wrong.
Lu Chen defeated Lu Yan with one sword, and made her understand that now Lu Chen was not only a senior alchemist, but even stronger than her in martial arts. She believes that her strength alone can defeat Lu Yan, but it is definitely not as easy as Lu Chen.
Lu Yan, who was still on the ground, only felt very sad when he heard Lu Chen's words.
In front of everyone's eyes, he was knocked out by Lu Chen like a dead dog. He felt as if the entire Lu family looked at him with disgust.
How could he face the Lu family in the future? Does he still have the dignity to live on?
He could not stand this insult.
Lu Yan had thought that even his grandfather, Lu Yongfang, the Great Elder of the Lu family, couldn't stand up for himself. Just now, his grandfather had been slapped in the face by Lu Chen and there was nothing he could do. He even apologized to Lu Chen in public.
"However, I will not be reconciled!"
Lu Yan's eyes suddenly turned red, like a madman.
He jumped violently and currently Lu Chen was facing the other way.
"Lu Chen, go to hell!" Like a madman, Lu Yan raised the long blue sword in his hand, exerted his entire body's inner strength, and slashed towards Lu Chen.
Before being defeated by Lu Chen, he might not have had the idea of killing Lu Chen in this competition, but at this moment, he really wanted to kill Lu Chen. Lu Chen turned his back on her and it made him realize that this was a once in a lifetime opportunity for him. If he missed it, he would never have another chance in the future. Nor did he care about the consequences of killing Lu Chen.
"Lu Yan!"
"How dare you!"
"Stop!"
Lu Jinyun and the others never thought the situation would suddenly turn like this. Lu Yan seemed to have completely lost his mind.
Just because there was no defense, Lu Jinyun and the others felt that they were too far behind to stop him.
"You are looking for death?" However, Lu Chen's reaction was extreme.
Lu Yan was not far from Lu Chen's position. He suddenly jumped up and tried to injure Lu Chen, and most people couldn't react at all. However, with his right hand from his left, Lu Chen stabbed him with the sword before the sword light hit him. Lu Chen's eyes were filled with killing intent.
The dazzling sword light swept through Lu Yan's bloodshot eyes like a mad dragon.
"No!" shouted Wang Dong.
Great Elder, Lu Yongfang, roared wildly. He saw Lu Chen's sword light devouring his grandson.
Swallowed by such a sword light, how could his grandson survive?
A burst of pale red blood suddenly shot out from Lu Yan's body.
Lu Yongfang's figure flickered and approached Lu Yan's body as fast as lightning, then a palm shot out, his inner strength surged, and a gust of wind swept away all of Lu Chen's sword light.
Even though Lu Yongfang had tried his best, he still couldn't completely protect Lu Yan. Lu Yan's right arm was slashed and fell to the ground along with his blue longsword.
Blood spurted out of the severed arm. It could be said that if Lu Yongfang was even a little late, Lu Yan's life would be completely taken away.
"You coward, if you dare to harm him, I will kill you today!" Lu Yongfang saw Lu Yan's right arm cut off, his beard and hair messy and his eyes swept across Lu Chen fiercely, then he slapped Lu Chen hard.
He didn't remember that if his grandson didn't attack Lu Chen first, there would be no way for Lu Chen to hurt his grandson. Lu Yan sneaked up behind Lu Chen, and if Lu Chen really killed Lu Yan, no one would be able to say anything. This was definitely not Lu Chen's responsibility.
How strong was Lu Yongfang? He was an Innate Realm Swordsman. How could Lu Chen fend off the force of his slap in anger?
No matter how powerful and evil Lu Chen was, he was only a cultivator at the middle stage of the Body Refining Realm. In the face of such terrifying strength, Lu Chen had no room for resistance at all.
The storm formed by the profound energy looked like it was going to crush Lu Chen to dust.
"Lu Yongfang, you are arrogant!"
Lu Tianxing jumped up and immediately stood in front of Lu Chen. At the same time, he shouted loudly and slapped Lu Yongfang with the same hand force.
When Lu Yan had just attacked Lu Chen, because Lu Tianxing had not expected such a turn of events, he was completely unprepared and too late to stop him. However, now that Lu Yongfang was attacking Lu Chen, if Lu Tianxing was too late, he couldn't stop Lu Yongfang from beating Lu Chen to death.
"Elder, stop!" Leader Lu Jinyun also shouted angrily, his body flickering as if he was about to move, but he stood still, for he had already seen Lu Tianxing move. If Lu Tianxing had not stopped Lu Yongfang, Lu Jinyun could have stopped Lu Yongfang right away. Since Lu Tianxing had already taken action, Lu Yongfang could never harm Lu Chen.
A loud voice sounded. Lu Tianxing and Lu Yongfang's inner strength collided. With these two people at the center of the stage, the entire stage was immediately enveloped in a terrifying gale. Even the many spectators around the Martial Arts Grounds could feel the terrifying power released by the two of them. Their faces turned pale.
At this time, Lu Yongfang also reacted immediately, and he felt a little scared. If he really just killed Lu Chen with the palm of his hand now, his fate would probably be extremely miserable.
"Leader, I was careless." said Lu Yongfang slowly. He tried his best to calm himself down as he looked deeply at Lu Chen.
"Lu Yongfang, as the elder of the family, you are so indiscriminate that you intend to kill the younger generation." Lu Tianxing said angrily.
Lu Yongfang did go too far. About more than 90% of the people present thought so. It's not that it's Lu Chen's fault, even if it's Lu Chen's fault, as a family elder, he shouldn't attack a junior directly in the presence of the leader and the other elders, moreover he still wanted to kill Lu Chen directly.
"I'm just being impulsive and Lu Chen is too ruthless. He actually wants to kill Lu Yan. If I don't act, Lu Yan will die." Lu Yongfang was really unwilling, so he said this sentence.
"Elder, we can see clearly that it wasn't Lu Chen's fault at all. You should understand this. You are too stubborn," Lu Jinyun rebuked with a cold face. Lu Jinyun was also very angry.
"Whatever the Leader says!" said Lu Yongfang through gritted teeth. Even if he didn't want to make peace, he had to accept it.
Seeing Lu Yan who was in a coma, Lu Yongfang quickly poured a bottle of healing medicine into Lu Yan's mouth.
"Whoosh!" At this moment, a black figure rushed over from the far side. Immediately, the figure landed on that stage.
"Damn it! Which bastard dared to harm my brother?"
After the figure arrived on the stage, he saw the unconscious Lu Yan, his face changed, the look in his eyes shifted, and he quickly looked at Lu Chen.
This person was Lu Ying, Lu Yan's older brother. Lu Ying was very burly and had a pair of sharp eyes, which made people feel a bit uncomfortable.
Lu Ying, who was over 20 years old this year, was an extremely outstanding member of the younger generation of the Lu family.
However, Lu Ying was no longer at the Lu family residence. Of course, he wasn't kicked out of the Lu family's residence compound, but he went to the Dragon Academy to continue his studies.
Dragon Academy is a very famous academy in the Dragon Continent and one of the four great academies in the entire continent. Among the four great academies, Dragon Academy is only ranked second below Four Leaf Clover Academy.
If you want to enter the Dragon Academy, you must also have extraordinary talent. Throughout the Dragon Continent, many young cultivators dreamed of entering the Dragon Academy, but only a few managed to enter in the end.
It could be said that Lu Ying was the pride of the entire Lu family for being able to enter the Dragon Academy.
As for Lu Ying himself, he was already at the late cultivation stage two years ago, and he was only one step away from entering the Innate Realm. In martial arts, Lu Ying's potential was limitless.
Many people in the Lu family thought that Lu Ying was the best candidate to become the next head of the Lu family, and some people even thought that under Lu Ying's leadership, the Lu family could become the first family in Wind City.
"I, Lu Ying, met the patriarch and the elders."
After Lu Ying arrived on that stage, he first roared and asked who hurt his younger brother Lu Yan, then greeted the patriarch and elders. This shows that this person is arrogant. Of course, he also had talent that made him arrogant, even the head of the Lu Jinyun family had to respect Lu Ying.
"Lu Ying, why did you suddenly come home?" When Lu Yongfang saw Lu Ying appear, he was a little surprised at first, then his face turned red. Lu Ying's presence made him more confident.
"I've already completed a mission at the academy, and I happened to be passing through Wind City when I got home. I knew that today was a family gathering, so I went back to take a look. Hmph, which bastard cut off my sister's arm?" Lu Ying's breath froze, he looked at Lu Chen again.
Just as Lu Chen was about to speak, Lu Tianxing spoke first.
"Lu Ying, your brother Lu Yan attacked Lu Chen sneakily, and Lu Chen counterattacked and injured Lu Yan. The responsibility for this lies with Lu Yan." said Lu Tianxing with a frown.
Lu Ying was extremely arrogant and unreasonable. The entire Lu family had heard of this. To put it simply, Lu Ying was hard to deal with and arguing with him wouldn't work.
"Lu Chen?" Lu Ying's eyes flashed, and he said sarcastically, "Lu Chen, I watched you before, but aren't you just trash? Since when did you have the ability to harm my brother?"
"Hehe, you don't know many things." Lu Chen said lightly, neither humble nor arrogant.
As soon as Lu Ying appeared, he had cursed Lu Chen twice, how could Lu Chen not be moved. So, of course, Lu Chen did not speak to Lu Ying in a good tone.
"How dare you talk to me like that?" Lu Ying didn't expect that Lu Chen was so bold, Lu Chen dared to speak to himself in such a tone.
"Lu Ying, don't underestimate Lu Chen. Lu Yan had just fought Lu Chen, and he was really not Lu Chen's opponent. We ourselves have not known for a long time. He is very humble," said Lu Yongfang in a sour tone.
"Well, it seems that I was completely ignorant. Competition? Since Lu Yan was injured in the competition with Lu Chen, this is very simple. Lu Chen, how about I fight you?" Lu Ying suddenly exploded and rushed towards Lu Chen.
The aura of a cultivator close to the Innate Realm exploded, and that kind of pressure was intense. Even though Lu Chen's body wasn't pushed back under this kind of pressure, his face showed a change in expression.
"Lu Ying, don't overdo it. How old are you and how old is Lu Chen? Isn't this attitude of yours a bit exaggerated?" shouted Lu Tianxing.
"Third Elder, don't say that. If we didn't know that you were always fair, we would have thought that you were taking Lu Chen's side. Bullying the younger? Even though I am several years older than Lu Chen, I am a peer after all. Why can't I fight him?" Lu Ying said with a sneer, suddenly his eyes shifted to Lu Chen and continued, "Lu Chen, if you don't dare to fight me, it's fine, I'm not forcing it. However, you must kowtow to my sister and apologize. Otherwise, don't blame me for being mean.
In front of the head of the Lu family, Lu Ying threatened Lu Chen like this. It seemed that after entering the Dragon Academy to cultivate, he had looked down on the entire Lu family.
In front of the aggressive and fiery Lu Ying, Lu Chen did not run away, but glared back at Lu Ying.
Lu Chen also knew that even if he didn't accept Lu Ying's challenge today, there wouldn't be any big problems. Even though Lu Ying was strong, after all, he had yet to reach the Innate Realm. With his grandfather, Lu Tianxing, here, no one could hurt Lu Chen. However, if he really ran away, others would not only say that Lu Chen was afraid of Lu Ying, but would also affect his grandfather Lu Tianxing's dignity.
Of course, Lu Chen didn't want to escape. Even though his opponent was a strong cultivator like Lu Ying, Lu Chen did not want to run away.
However, with Lu Chen's current state, to fight Lu Ying, the result would be doomed, and Lu Chen would definitely lose. Lu Ying was a cultivator close to the Innate Realm and his strength was terrifying.
Lu Chen's mind immediately spun at the thought of a countermeasure.
"What? Lu Chen, how long do you have to think about it?" Lu Ying said disdainfully.
Lu Ying hoped that Lu Chen would not dare to fight, and today, he would not be able to force action against Lu Chen. The reason why he was so urgent was because he wanted to vent the anger in his heart. His brothers hand was slashed, he couldn't say anything, right?
"Okay, that's it for today, no one is allowed to bring up this matter again!" As the head of the family, Lu Jinyun had to speak up at this time. His prestige as chairman was still very strong. No matter how arrogant Lu Ying's attitude was, he should not dare continued to intimidate Lu Chen.
When everyone thought that the family head had spoken and things had to end here, Lu Chen smiled and spoke with sparkling eyes.
"I will fight!"
Although Lu Chen only said three words, these three words, were like a huge bomb that exploded in the crowd.
"What?"
"Lu Chen is really going to fight?"
"Is he crazy? He can beat Lu Yan, but what kind of character is this Lu Ying? He is a cultivator of Dragon Academy, a warrior in the late stages of the Marrow Refining Realm, he should be able to kill Lu Chen with one move, right?"
"Stupid! In that case, why can't you be patient?" Voices began to be heard.
Even Lu Ying himself looked at Lu Chen in surprise. Has this kid gone mad? Does he really dare to compete with me?
Lu Ying menatap Lu Chen.
"Very well, since you have cut off one of my sister's arms, I will cut off both of yours." Lu Ying sneered in his heart.
"I will fight, but not now, I am a bit tired and need to rest." Lu Chen continued, "Lu Ying, in three months there is a family competition every three years. If you want, how about we fight in that competition event in front of the entire Lu family?"
In the Lu family, every three years, there is a family competition. This family competition was incomparable to the coming of age ceremony. When the family competition is held, almost all children from the entire family will come to participate. Every time this clan competition held, at least a thousand children from the Lu family participate.
Of course, the prizes for this family competition were also very high. According to past practice, whenever a clan was ranked at the top in strength, they could at least obtain high-grade martial arts rewards. The reward was not only pill and money.
Lu Chen is also determined to win advanced martial arts. Advanced martial skills are difficult to obtain and extremely valuable. There weren't many advanced martial arts experts in the entire Lu family. Even most of the elders only practice intermediate level martial arts.
There are still three full months before the family competition. Lu Chen was also full of energy. He hoped to use these three months to upgrade his realm to the marrow refining realm before the family competition. After stepping into the Marrow Refining Realm, then he might have the ability to fight against Lu Ying.
Lu Chen also wanted to see the strength of the geniuses who entered this Dragon Academy!
"What?"
"Family competition?" Lu Ying looked at Lu Chen unexpectedly again and pondered.
Not only Lu Ying, but the others also stared at Lu Chen. Why did Lu Chen want to fight against Lu Ying in the family competition? Could it be that Lu Chen felt that he could rise to Lu Ying's level in just three months?
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