A figure was entirely cloaked in a black robe, concealing his or her identity.
The gender of the figure was unknown, since it's unknown then I will use him for now until the identity of the gender is revealed to you all.
The figure was standing on a tree as though he was one with the tree, the tree he was standing on was near the celebration hall of the Lu Clan, and he was observing the movement of everyone within the hall with malicious intent. Even though the gaze of a person passes through the figure, the person wouldn't be able to discover the presence of the figure until he or she was standing beside the figure.
The strange ability of the figure has something to do with the black robe he was putting on. The black robe was a kind of concealment protective robe that hides the presence of anyone that put the robe on and also another use of the robe was to prevent the gaze and spiritual sense of cultivators from discovering the person in the robe.
A bloody dark aura was emitted from the body of the unknown figure, seeming like the figure had killed a lot of people. His eyes were focused on only one person.
The malicious and killing intent was dancing within his eyes, he didn't bother to hide the intent within himself meaning that he was here to accomplish one thing and that's nothing but to kill and destroy.
"Hope everything is in order?" The figure said as if he was talking to thin air.
"Yes boss, everything is in order, and no need for alarm" Another figure appeared before him but this figure wasn't putting on a black robe like him but the armor and clothes of that of the Lu Clan. This was one of the guards serving the Lord Clan.
"I don't want to give room for any failure or unexpected occurrence. What is the probability that we will succeed?" The figure asked the guard before turning his head, looking at the guard with a cold gaze.
Seeing the cold gaze of his boss, the guard felt a strange energy invading his body wanting to destroy his inner organs but with gritted teeth, he was able to control the energy inside his body to fight against the dark energy and he succeeded in destroying the strange energy. Just the gaze of his boss was able to force him into such a situation, then what if his boss had the intention to kill him? Then it wasn't going to be hard for his boss.
"I-I think we will have 40% probability but if we wait till when it dances, then it will increase to 60%," The guard asked, shivering within himself. "Congratulations boss, on your breakthrough"
The cloaked figure retreated the dark energy seeping out of his eye back into his body before replying. "60%. What about the Death Knight?" "There are also some watching from the shadows, so we have to be careful. Once we succeed with this operation, we will leave as quickly as possible or else it is going to lead to our downfall. This the Lu Clan not like those other clans that we have attacked before"
"Don't worry boss. If plan A doesn't work, we will go for plan B. How will the Lu Clan suspect us when we are disguised as their guard? And bosses have already broken through, if you strike it's going to take time before anyone will discover your presence since your darkness ability has almost reached perfection.
"Don't underestimate the Lu Clan, they aren't as easy to deal with as you think. Even when I have broken through I still have to be careful when carrying out this operation" The figure said before disappearing from there to an unknown place.
The guard sighed in relief then placed his hand on his chest, counting himself lucky not to be among those on the killing list of that cold bloody killer boss of his.
*****
Lu Yi, sitting on the golden chair at the center of the grand platform, stood up after some time of everyone settling in the hall. The hall was filled with people without any chairs left to be occupied. "I want to personally thank everyone for making it down to this special celebration of ours, even though you are busy with one or two things you still found time to come down here. First of all, it was Lu Shang awakening after being unconscious for a year plus" the clan leader said as he pointed at Lu Shang.
Lu Shang stood before the crowd and then waved at them, "I thank everyone for coming to celebrate with me" he said but he could only see disdain in the eyes of many in the hall towards him with only a few smiling at him. He didn't feel bothered because he was already expecting such a reaction from these people, so how will his martial heart be affected by a mere reaction?
Jeon Wentian stood on the platform, he was sitting and then clapped his hands. "Bro, we're here to celebrate your awakening. This is interesting!" He laughed before sitting down while Lu Shang flashed a smile at him.
Si Wei, who was sitting on the platform close to the grand platform, opened his closed eyes and then looked at Lu Shang. "Awful" he mumbled under his breath.
Despite his low voice, everyone in the hall was able to hear his statement and the meaning behind it.
Lu Shang turned and faced Si Wei with a smile on his face although he knew the meaning behind the word of Si Wei. "It's nice to see you here in Lu Clan to celebrate with me cause you're famous all over the Gaoliang District as the strongest young cultivator under the Consolidation realm but don't you think that you should put more concentration on your cultivation? You may be unrivaled under the Consolidation realm but I don't think so, if you encounter a person at the peak of the Consolidation realm, you wouldn't even be able to last long against that person" Lu Shang said with an evil grin on his face when he stated this to Si Wei without any iota of fear in his eyes.
The entire hall was plugged into deathly silence as Lu Shang finished with his statement, everyone's attention shifted unto Lu Shang who dared to speak back to Si Wei, not that there was nothing wrong with what he said but behind these words, everyone knew that he had another intention.
The old monster sitting close to Lu Shang with his eyes closed suddenly opened his eyes and then glanced at him before closing back his eyes as if he wasn't concerned, since this is between the young generation why would he bother with it?
The people from the Lu Clan were surprised because this was new of Lu Shang. He had never had the mind to speak back to anyone, especially when he knew the person was strong or didn't he know about Si Wei?
Many elders in the hall shook their heads agreeing to his word, even though Si Wei was powerful under the Consolidation realm that doesn't mean he could fight against someone at the peak of the Consolidation realm.
The expression on the face of Si Wei changed to that of the one who was ready to burst out in rage at any moment. "Don't you think, you are going far with your words? Fighting against a person at the peak stage of the Consolidation realm might be hard but that doesn't mean I don't stand a chance. What if we talk about the strongest cultivator under the Consolidation realm in your clan?" Si Wei responded as looked at Lu Shang with a piercing cold gaze.
People started to murmur after Si Wei replied to Lu Shang.
"Oh, do you mean the strongest person in my clan under the Consolidation? He is at the peak stage of the Consolidation realm, anything about that?" Lu Shang answered with the smile still on his face, these people thought that he was an easy person to pick on.
Lu Yi, who was standing, didn't intervene but silently listened. He never expected that his son would have such an attitude to himself, able to talk back at the arrogant Si Wei who loves to look down on weaklings.
"Yh I know about the fact that you guys have cultivators who are at the peak stage of the Consolidation realm but what age are they? Consider my age now, I'm at the 7th stage at the age of 16 then which means I will be able to cultivate to the peak stage of the Consolidation realm before turning 18," Si Wei answered with gritted teeth, he was never expecting that he will be forced to such situation by someone who wasn't worth his notice, a crippled cultivator for that.
"If I talk about the age of the youngest person in our clan at the peak of the Consolidation realm, he will be at most the age of 19 but cultivated to that stage before turning 19. He is no other person than Senior Linlong '' He turned to face a figure who was sitting a few feet away from him. "Or am I lying, Senior?"
Lu Linlong faced Lu Shang and then shook his head indicating that what he was saying was true.
"You see, I am telling the truth but what I heard concerning your clan is that the youngest person who had ever achieved this feat in your clan was at the age of 19, almost a few months of clocking 20. Now tell me how is your clan compared to mine?"