Martial Research Master

“I hope my elder brother doesn’t stand in my way of capturing a criminal of my Teng family.”

“My stance is not of priority as of now brother. You need to clarify the matter regarding the incident that night.”

“I have nothing to reply to. I will be taking the boy into the Teng family prison, whether you like it or not.” Lu Ming’s face changed upon hearing this. Although a stalemate was reached due to the intervention of the valley master, if Teng Luo insisted to take action, it would be difficult to restrain him.

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“You need to be on your guard boy. The Teng fellow is slowly gathering his law energy.”

“The valley master seems to be on my side. I expect him to take action against Teng Luo.” Lu Ming was positive about his value.

“Do you remember the huge difference in power between the laws? It comes into play here.”

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“Did one of them cultivate a law of a higher degree than the other?”

“The Teng guy managed to cultivate a single Heavenly law and more than three human laws, while I can only feel 3 laws from the valley master. He too has a heavenly law and two human laws.”

“Isn’t Teng Luo more powerful than the valley master then?”

“This is one of the reasons behind my disagreement to brief you about Emperor realm. You need to pass through the King’s realm to understand the complexity of the situation. The theory of compatibility plays a huge role in deciding whose set of laws are better than the others.”

“The valley master’s combination is a bit better than the Teng family guy. This fact along with his cultivation realm being one stage higher helped to tackle the situation ahead. However, I highly doubt if he would be able to maintain this status quo for much longer. The Teng guy presently stands near the border of the next stage. He could make a breakthrough at any time.”

“Will the master take action or not?”

“I could distinctly feel his aura somewhere nearby, but he is trying his best to mask it. He may be waiting for these two to take action.”

Lu Ming could only stand there with an apprehensive expression.

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“Lu Ming is an official core disciple of Pill Valley. Your family no longer has any jurisdiction over him. I will instruct the pill valley elders to carefully investigate this case.”

“Not good enough. I feel the need to take this boy into custody.”

Teng Luo moved his hands towards Lu Ming. An invisible wave of energy rushed towards Lu Ming. A Qi general level cultivator couldn’t act out in front of an emperor level cultivator.

Another wave of energy rushed out and canceled it. Although the energy didn’t directly hit Lu Ming, the residue energy still hit his body, blasting him out of the way. Even after going through the arduous path of body cultivation, the power of a Qi emperor was just too much.

The energy wave directly hit Lu Ming, whose skin was torn open and blood started flowing out of his body. All the participants suffered from the residual wave of the two emperors.

“I guess young brother truly wants to push me into a corner with his mighty power. Although these old bones don’t have the splendor of the past, they could still give a fight to you.” The Valley head said in a shameless tone.

“Stop spouting nonsense. I will take possession of this brat even if I have to fight it out with you.” The Teng family head was pissed off at that moment.

Multiple aurae came alive behind him. These were the elders and top-level members of the Ten family alliance. Teng Luo came prepared for this occasion. The valley head remained impassive after seeing this scene.

“Does your group think that it can intimidate me with numbers?”

Another set of auras burst from within the pill-valley. Pill Valley was a giant that existed within the central plains for a long time. How could they let an alliance intimidate them?

“Why do you go this far for a youngling like him?”

“I can’t let you take action against one of the prospective future inheritors of my valley.” The Valley master spoke in a grim tone. He then looked at Lu Ming with a meaningful expression and said:

“Would you accept being my disciple?” The whole audience went into an uproar. They never expected the valley master to take such a drastic step. Most of the elders present sighed about losing such a good seed. Lu Ming’s talent was simply too monstrous, which even the valley master thirsted for.

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“This old bastard. He is trying to use the situation to put pressure on me.” Long Tao couldn’t help but curse out loud.

“This action is justified, brat. You possess too many precious things on you. According to the explanation by Pill-sword saint, the valley master also appeared on the test previously. He must have known about the inheritance left within it. You managed to stay within that world for a much longer time.”

“Are you implying that he would try to extort information out of me?”

“He might even use sinister methods to pry your soul and get information out of it. The inheritance is left by a saint grade practitioner. How could they not lust behind it?”

Long Tao couldn’t help but curse out loud once more. He was powerless at the moment, and could only wait for his master to take action.

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“I would have to decline the valley master’s offer.” People all around looked at Lu Ming with a stupefied expression. Who was the valley master? He was one of the top-level experts in the whole central plains and the current head of Pill Valley. Any cultivator of the younger generation would stake their life, just to get some simple teachings from him. Lu Ming just rejected such a figure.

Another commotion was created within the valley. The elders couldn’t help but carry a weird expression on their faces. How did the situation develop to such an extent?

“Any particular reason for rejecting my offer?” The valley master’s expression didn’t change upon hearing these words.

“I would request the valley master not to misunderstand the situation. I have already accepted tutelage under someone, and hence can’t accept you as my master.” Lu Ming’s words were like thunder striking the whole stadium. Just which expert managed to rope in such talent?

“May I know the name of this master of yours?” The valley head spoke up.

“My master refrained me from speaking his name out loud.” Lu Ming remained expressionless throughout the conversation.

“I can’t help the situation in that case. I guess the Teng family does have a good reason for pursuing the matter.” The valley master’s words were quite direct. The hidden meaning was understood by many of the elders present within the stadium. Just how could he act so shamelessly? He was trying to force Lu Ming into accepting him as the master.

It was right at this juncture that another enormous aura was released out of the audience’s stand. The aura is directly imposed over every single presence within the surrounding area. When people finally managed to find the source of this aura, all they could see was an old man and a young lady sitting in one corner of the stands.

Most of the people didn’t recognize the duo, but the inner elders instantly recognized the old man. How could they not? Even The Valley Master and Teng Luo had a change of expression.

The inner elders instantly rushed out of their stands and bowed to the old man.

“We greet the esteemed grand elder, Black fire emperor.” The whole stadium was taken by storm. The black fire emperor, who was said to be the strongest among the three geniuses, made an appearance. All eyes were glued onto him.

The old man stood from his seat and looked at the duo in the air.

“It looks like my absence has resulted in quite a disturbance within the Pill Valley. The elders seem to have become shameless, and patriarch level figures no longer carry any shame on their faces.” His words were directed at the valley master and Teng Luo.

Although his appearance seems to have come as a shock to the two people, they managed to recover their previous calm mindset quite fast.

“My valley seems to be up for a huge celebration. Not only did we gain a genius, but one of the pillars returned from his journey.” The valley master said with a happy tone.

“You are shameless as ever, junior brother. I never expected you to try and force my disciple into becoming your heir.” The first elder spoke up. The people around were confused by these words.

“What is my elder brother trying to say?” The valley master seems to have come to some conclusion. He was trying to probe the situation.

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“Disciple greets the master. Hope you have a long and healthy life up ahead.” A voice sounded from the stage. When all the eyes turned, they saw the previously impassive youth bowing to the Blackfire emperor. A realization dawned upon the audience.

Lu Ming was the disciple of the Blackfire emperor.

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