Chapter 1172: Jin Tianran Came, Jin Tianran Died, Ambush!!!

Lu Ding picked up the jade talisman and tucked it away, "The hell are you looking at? What are you even looking at?"

She still wanted to see it again.

What rank was she to deserve that?

"Let me see it...... if you won't give it to me, then yours must be fake, fake!!! Impossible!!!"

She couldn't accept it!

Because if Lu Ding truly was a direct disciple of Lü Mountain, then with his age, his appearance, and his unfamiliar face, he had to be the youngest direct disciple.

Which meant he would surely be doted on to the extreme by Lü Mountain.

And if that were the case, if the person before her was dead set on helping Fatty, then what would her daughter in Gouchen Hall use to resist Lü Mountain? What could she use to resist this young man standing before her who was a direct disciple of Lü Mountain?

Gouchen Hall simply couldn't even be compared to Lü Mountain!

Though it was second only to Lü Mountain, the scenery at the summit was incomparably better than what you'd see at the foot of the mountain.

Lu Ding couldn't be bothered to waste more words with her.

He sensed that a furious aura was charging straight toward the Shen Family. Lu Ding smiled, then vanished in a flash.

The next moment.

Outside the Shen Family's main gate.

Jin Tianran came dragging his blade, staring at the severely damaged Shen Family estate from the battle. Without a moment's hesitation, he dragged his blade and strode straight in.

"Big Sis!!!!!"

"I'm here!!!!"

"Who dares cause trouble!!!!"

The residual force from the earlier battle at the Shen Family, Jin Tianran wasn't blind. How could he not have noticed it? How could he not know the caliber of power behind it?

But he still came!

All because his sister's maidservant said his big sis had been beaten!

How the hell could he swallow that!?

Even if there was a powerful expert here today, even if someone had come to back up Fatty, even if walking in meant courting disaster, even if there were immortal masters of Lü Mountain present.

Nobody was touching his big sis!!!!

Jin Tianran burst into the Shen Family, his aura surging violently, the steel blade in his hand gleaming with a chilling, sharp light.

His eyes swept around, searching for suspicious targets.

When he saw his big sister's heavily wounded state, and that she'd even lost an eye.

Jin Tianran's fury exploded instantly: "AH!!!!!!"

"WHO DID THIS!!!!"

BOOM!!!

From behind the rockery, Lu Ding struck. In the blink of an eye, his twin palms cleared the way, his momentum parting the air like wind, like a bulldozer that could shatter space itself, plowing through everything without a shred of mercy.

Then he used [Celestial Shift] to close the distance in an instant.

"I DID IT!!!"

BANG!!!!

He sent the man flying clean out, half his body shattering on impact, his combat capability crippled on the spot.

Blood sprayed from his mouth.

Jin Tianran, grievously wounded by the ambush, stared with wide eyes, glaring at the unfamiliar face that had struck him in betrayal: "Despicable little thief, ptoo......"

He was fucking livid!!!!!

From the single palm strike that hit him, Jin Tianran could tell that this little thief before him was clearly stronger than him, and yet he still resorted to an ambush!!!!!

How could there be someone so vile, so shameless under heaven!!!

So young, yet a disgrace to the name of prodigy, completely lacking in any upbringing!!!!

Little did he know.

Lu Ding, educated with modern sensibilities, never bothered with all that unnecessary face-saving nonsense.

How he acted depended entirely on his mood.

The Shen Family had already been beaten to this sorry state, and since he still planned to merge them into the Han Envoy residence afterward, he couldn't smash them up too thoroughly.

Besides!

Lu Ding had set up all these pieces, deliberately leaving that woman alive, all for the sake of this very dish of vinegar.

He'd sensed Jin Tianran storming over in fury. If he didn't seize the moment while the man was blinded by rage at seeing his sister's wretched state, and take the chance to ambush him, wouldn't that be wasting this perfect plate of dumplings?

Jin Tianran, sent flying, tumbled into the main hall, landing in the same spot where his sister lay, utterly shattered by the realization that Lu Ding was a direct disciple of Lü Mountain.

"You shameless... ptoo... little thief, to commit such a despicable act, am... ambush!!!!"

Lu Ding strode over and stepped on him.

Looking at the wisps of demonic qi drifting from the shattered wound.

He smiled: "You half-breed with a human face and a demon's heart, what? Still want to lecture me about righteousness?"

Jin Tianran struggled: "You.........."

Lu Ding couldn't be bothered to waste words on him. He wasn't worthy of listening, just some minor side character. Why give him so much screen time?

He stepped up and planted his foot on him.

Then tore out the Spiritual Energy stored within his body, refined it into spirit stones, and tossed them into the Red Coffin.

Then raised his blade and severed his head.

The [Way of the Jinche] cut through.

The head flew up.

Words flashed on the Golden Finger.

A thing that reincarnated as a demon, then turned from demon back to human, and still cared about family ties and morality. How interesting.

Scalding hot blood splashed onto the face of the Matriarch beside him. She snapped awake, turning her head, pupils slightly unfocused as she stared at her brother's corpse, mutilated beyond recognition.

Compared to her conversation.

Jin Tianran's death was basically skipping the cutscene.

Straight to action, killed on sight.

Not a shred of hesitation.

The Matriarch screamed: "AH!!!!!"

"AH!!!!!"

She dropped to the ground, crawling over, picking up Jin Tianran's head that refused to close its eyes. Like a madwoman, she tried to put his head back onto his neck.

"AH!!!!!"

"Tianran...... Tianran...... AH!!!!!!"

Agony......

Engulfed her.

Too bad real life doesn't come with a BGM, otherwise this would definitely warrant an "Oshikaitai yo~"

Lu Ding leaned down: "This is just the beginning. Don't worry, you won't die as quickly as he did. I treat different people with different standards."

Tears, mixed with blood, streamed down her ravaged cheeks.

The Matriarch could no longer utter the words she'd spoken before.

Lu Ding found it boring now. He turned to look at Wu Yong: "Wu Yong, I'm going to wipe out the Jin Family shortly. Keep an eye on things here. If your father comes back, have him wait for me."

With that.

Several pitch-black humanoid monsters crawled out of the shadow cast by Lu Ding on the ground, radiating a savage, brutal aura.

"I'm leaving these for you to use. Make sure you watch over your master well. If anything happens, I'll rush back."

Wu Yong immediately dropped to his knees and kowtowed, performing the great bow: "Rest assured, Immortal Master. Wu Yong will give it his all!!!"

He knew his chance to rise had come!!!

If it were before, he wouldn't have dared to be certain, only thinking Lu Ding was a fierce man, a powerful one!

But now, Lu Ding had revealed his Lü Mountain identity.

Everyone knew that Lü Mountain prized destiny above all. Sure, Lü Mountain was ruthless and domineering, but those words only came from people who couldn't forge a connection with Lü Mountain and were green with envy.

If you could form a bond with Lü Mountain, then soaring to greatness was inevitable.

Having been a servant since childhood, Wu Yong wasn't saying he didn't want to be a servant anymore. There was nothing wrong with being a servant. He just didn't want to be a servant who could never climb out of the gutter for his entire life.

Lu Ding nodded.

He looked at Fatty, whose face had long since gone pale with terror. She had witnessed everything from start to finish and was now utterly speechless.

But Lu Ding didn't think that was a bad thing.