Chapter 15 – The Beginning of Turmoil, Black Lotus Brings Chaos

“Lu Chen, come back with me tonight. Father Mu asked us to go home for dinner.”

Looking at the text message from Mu Xiaoye, Lu Chen replied: “Okay.”

After doing this, Lu Chen immediately opened the small game “True Immortal Cultivation”.

[Name: Lu Chen (Azure Cloud Sect Servant)]

[Aptitude: Supreme Mixed Spirit Root (Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth)]

[Cultivation: Qi Condensation Stage Third Layer (3200/20000)]

[Current Experience Points: 2151]

“Getting 50 experience points per game day – my cultivation efficiency has indeed improved significantly after reaching the Supreme Spirit Root.”

“This way, my game character no longer needs to waste time completing Sect missions, just maintaining daily routines is enough.”

Thinking this, Lu Chen modified his game character’s auto-mode, adjusting the daily auto-tasks to ‘Meditation Cultivation’.

After completing these adjustments, Lu Chen stood up and walked out of the Cultivation Room.

Luocheng, Happy Homeland Residential Area.

“Father Mu, I’m back!”

“Wow, Father Mu, did you win the lottery? You actually made so many delicious dishes today!”

The moment Mu Xiaoye entered the house, she smelled the rich aroma of food and excitedly called out.

Then without even changing into slippers, she kicked off her shoes and clattered over to the dining table, picking up chopsticks ready to start eating.

But before her chopsticks could touch the food, a figure silently appeared behind her and delivered a hand-saber chop to the back of her head.

“Ouch…”

Mu Xiaoye rubbed her sore head, complaining: “Father Mu, why did you hit me?”

Father Mu stood behind her wearing an apron, saying exasperatedly: “The guest hasn’t started eating yet, what are you doing?”

“And since when do you call me ‘Father Mu’? No respect for your elders.”

“Lu Chen isn’t an outsider, why so formal… bleh bleh bleh.”

Though she said this, Mu Xiaoye still obediently put down her chopsticks.

Unlike his strictness with Mu Xiaoye, Father Mu’s attitude toward Lu Chen was noticeably much more amiable.

“Lu Chen’s here? Please wait a moment, just a few more dishes and we can start dinner.”

Lu Chen politely said: “Sorry to trouble you, Uncle Mu.”

“Not at all. If not for you, with this reckless daughter of mine, who knows what kind of trouble she’d cause at school.”

“Father Mu, what are you talking about? This Young Miss is No. 1 High’s Genius – at school, I’m the one looking after Lu Chen!”

Hearing this, Father Mu said with a ‘disdainful’ expression: “You girl just got lucky, randomly awakening your Innate Divine Ability. Otherwise, what could you compare with Lu Chen? Your head that gets lost even in our own residential area?”

“Hey!”

Seeing Father Mu bring up her poor sense of direction again, Mu Xiaoye became flustered.

“Father Mu, I warn you, that time I definitely wasn’t lost – I just didn’t want to come home so early.”

“Ah yes yes yes, I wonder who was sitting on the ground crying about not being able to find their way home.”

“Hmph, I’m not talking to an old stubborn like you anymore. So boring.”

Mu Xiaoye turned away and noisily ran to the living room to watch TV.

Seeing her energetic manner, both Lu Chen and Father Mu couldn’t help but laugh.

Then Lu Chen rolled up his sleeves and voluntarily went to the kitchen.

“Uncle Mu, let me help you.””Alright, then you handle the two spirit fish I just bought. I’ll make you all some pickled fish soup to nourish your bodies.”

Lu Chen nodded and skillfully began preparing the two spirit fish on the cutting board.

Meanwhile, Father Mu chatted with him while stewing meat in the pot.

“How have things been at school lately? Has Little Yezi been causing you any trouble?”

“Everything’s fine, Uncle Mu, no need to worry.”

“Ah, it’s not that I enjoy nagging, but just look at what that girl has done – getting into fights with classmates as early as her first year of high school. Who does she think she is, some kind of Devil King?”

“I don’t know who she takes after. How can a young girl be so fond of using her fists?”

Lu Chen comforted him, “But you can’t entirely blame her for those incidents, can you?”

“You’re right about that. The people she beat up definitely deserved it. Besides, as her father, I shouldn’t criticize my own daughter in front of others.”

“But she really needs to temper this impulsive nature of hers, or she’ll suffer for it after leaving school.”

While processing the spirit fish, Lu Chen smiled and said, “Uncle Mu, you don’t need to worry so much. With Xiaoye’s talent, there won’t be many who can match her in the future. She won’t suffer.”

Hearing this, Father Mu’s previously critical expression toward Mu Xiaoye transformed into one of pride. “Of course! Just look at whose daughter she is.”

After saying this, Father Mu gradually fell silent, as if he had something more to say.

Seeing this, Lu Chen seemed to guess what was on his mind.

“Uncle Mu, you didn’t invite me over today… just for a meal, did you?”

Father Mu glanced toward the living room where Mu Xiaoye was happily watching TV, then lowered his voice. “You and Xiaoye should stay put at school during this period. Don’t go wandering around.”

“What’s wrong? Has something happened?”

After hesitating for a moment, Father Mu decided to share some information with Lu Chen.

“I can’t tell you the specifics. All I can say is that there will be some movement in Luocheng recently, related to what happened ten years ago.”

“The Black Lotus Sect has reappeared?”

Lu Chen’s pupils contracted, and his gaze grew profound.

“Uncle Mu, be honest with me – have those Black Lotus Cultist bastards emerged again?”

Father Mu didn’t respond directly, instead falling silent.

But sometimes, silence itself is an answer.

Seeing this, Lu Chen’s thoughts gradually returned to that night ten years ago.

That day, flames and screams filled all of Luocheng. Countless demons breached the boundary markers outside the city, turning the place into a living hell.

Lu Chen could never forget the scenes from that day, nor those frenzied Black Lotus Cultists.

“Uncle Mu, if this really is connected to the Black Lotus Sect, I hope you’ll inform me when the time comes.”

“Ten years… these rats from the sewers have finally crawled out again.”

“Xiao Lu…”

Father Mu looked at Lu Chen, but ultimately couldn’t bring himself to say what he wanted to.

“Uncle Mu, don’t worry. I won’t do anything foolish. As I am now… I’m not yet qualified to collect the debt from ten years ago.”

After saying this, Lu Chen focused on cleaning the scaled spirit fish.

But his distracted manner made it clear he was contemplating something.

The Black Lotus Sect – one of the three major demonic sects within the Nine Provinces Immortal Alliance.

The sect was a mixed bag, containing both cultivators who had defected from the Immortal Alliance, as well as some unknown foreign races and demons.Leader Black Lotus Holy Mother is not only the most wanted criminal within the Nine Provinces Immortal Alliance.

She is also one of the rare Transformation Soul Stage cultivators across the entire Nine Provinces.

Were it not for this fact, the Black Lotus Sect would have long been eradicated by the Great Cultivators of the Immortal Alliance.

Ten years ago, some Black Lotus Cultists came to Luocheng and single-handedly orchestrated that horrific city-destroying battle.

Had the Immortal Alliance not responded swiftly, present-day Luocheng might have already ceased to exist.

Through investigation, it was discovered that the Black Lotus Sect’s purpose in stirring up such chaos in Luocheng…

Seemed to be searching for something within the city.

All these years, Lu Chen had assumed the Black Lotus Sect might continue hiding.

But now it appears they still refuse to give up on something in Luocheng.

Lu Chen didn’t care what that thing was – his only concern was whether he’d have another chance to encounter those beasts.

Especially that Core Formation stage Black Lotus Protector… White Bone Daoist.

Thwack!

In the kitchen, Lu Chen placed the cleaned Spirit Fish on the cutting board and gripped the kitchen Saber beside it.

In the past, his relationship with the Black Lotus Sect was like that of a Saber and cutting board versus the fish.

But after obtaining the “True Immortal Cultivation” assistance…

Even if he still couldn’t shake the Black Lotus Sect’s Foundation in the short term, given just a bit more time…

The roles of Saber and fish might very well be reversed.

As he thought this, Lu Chen directly chopped the Spirit Fish’s head with his Saber…

Some matters will always have their day of reckoning.

Before that day comes, he would do everything possible to grow stronger.

Striving to reclaim what he suffered back then, principal with interest.

A gentleman’s revenge takes ten years… but is never too late.

“Alright, go call the girl for dinner.”

“Okay.”

(End of Chapter)