Chapter 1141: How Did the Ghost Killing Alliance Get Involved with Young Master Lu?

Lu Yang noticed Fang Zhige holding Liu Yu's wrist, his eyes full of amusement, and kindly offered a reminder. "First love is a good thing, but I should remind you two that you're still young. Whether practicing martial arts or cultivating immortality, you need to maintain abundant 'kidney essence' to ensure rapid progress. I have a friend who, to focus on cultivation, avoided women. His progress was incredibly fast, and everyone called him a prodigy of this great era. I heard his net worth recently increased by a billion."

Hearing Lu Yang's reminder, Fang Zhige realized his impoliteness and quickly released Liu Yu's wrist. "No, the matter isn't over yet!" he thought. "Teacher Lu, be careful! There's an assassin nearby!" Even though Teacher Lu was at the Foundation Establishment stage, he would still be hard-pressed to escape death when facing an assassin of the same level.

"Assassin? Where?" Lu Yang was startled. Where would assassins come from? He was only at the Integration stage now, and if he encountered an assassin above the Tribulation Transcension stage, his chances of survival would be slim. The three of them stood in the yard for a while, but Luo Shi was still nowhere to be seen. Fang Zhige was puzzled. This wasn't right. Why hadn't Luo Shi made a move yet? Was it because Luo Shi saw that Teacher Lu was also at the Foundation Establishment stage and didn't dare to act? This wasn't Luo Shi's style at all. Luo Shi had successfully completed every mission, having killed more than a handful of Foundation Establishment cultivators. How could he back down now? "Alright, alright, go to class," Lu Yang said, feigning anger, pushing the two of them towards the martial arts hall. "Your parents work hard for money; you can't skip class like this."

When the three returned to the martial arts hall, the segment about the Qiongqi tribe had just finished, signaling the end of the first half of the class. Recently, Lu Yang's classes involved watching "Dream Bubbles" during the first half and teaching boxing during the second half. Fang Zhige finished class in a daze, left in a daze, and still couldn't figure out where Luo Shi was or why he hadn't made a move yet.

Back at Liu Yu's home, as agreed, he honestly confessed his past: "Actually, I was an infant raised by the Ghostkill Alliance. We practiced assassination techniques together from a young age. I always believed our Ghostkill Alliance was righteous, only killing those who deserved it. But during the final test, I discovered the truth about the Ghostkill Alliance, and I decided to escape..." As Fang Zhige recounted his past, his mind was still preoccupied with Luo Shi.

Meanwhile, Luo Shi, whom Fang Zhige had been thinking about constantly, was hanging from a tree. In the perpetually snowy Northern Extremes, a thick layer of snow had accumulated on Luo Shi's head. "Ready to confess honestly?" Lu Yang took Luo Shi down and dragged him into a small hut.

Luo Shi's eyes were filled with terror as he looked at Lu Yang. As an experienced assassin, he had thoroughly investigated Fang Zhige's relationships before the assassination attempt, including changes in his martial arts teachers. Lu Doudou, Foundation Establishment stage, unknown origin, extremely knowledgeable. "Kid, if you let me go now, I can pretend nothing happened. Since you're so knowledgeable, you must have heard of the Ghostkill Alliance's origin..." "Wait, what's the Ghostkill Alliance?" Lu Yang thought through all the organizations he knew, but none were called the Ghostkill Alliance.

"You don't even know about the Ghostkill Alliance? What an ignorant fellow! People say you're knowledgeable, but it seems that's an exaggeration. Our Ghostkill Alliance is backed by the Nine Nether Sect. Anyone who dares to oppose us will inevitably end up with their bones scattered." "You're from the Nine Nether Sect?" Lu Yang was surprised. He had already found proper jobs for the Nine Nether Sect, yet they were still involved in such unsavory activities? Thinking this, Lu Yang stopped wasting words with Luo Shi. He directly performed soul-searching to understand the Ghostkill Alliance's origins. It wasn't bluffing; they really were affiliated with the Nine Nether Sect. Lu Yang took out his Nine Nether Token and sent a message to the Nine Nether Sect: "An assassin from the Ghostkill Alliance just tried to kill me, claiming they are a force under your Nine Nether Sect. Please investigate this. I hope there's no misunderstanding between us." Then Lu Yang looked at Luo Shi's corpse, pondering how to dispose of it. "Never mind, it can be fertilizer."

Lu Yang dug a pit in the yard. He had previously dug up trees there to make wooden swords, so it was a perfect spot to bury Luo Shi and plant a sapling above. His tree-planting spell couldn't make trees grow quickly, but with a Foundation Establishment stage corpse as fertilizer, the sapling should flourish.

"The Ghostkill Alliance is a force under our Nine Nether Sect?" Mu Baiyi, the Sect Master of the Nine Nether Sect, broke out in a cold sweat upon seeing the message on the Nine Nether Token. Although he had already broken through to the Tribulation Transcension stage, he was still trembling with fear at the seemingly light words on the Nine Nether Token. Young Sect Master Lu was clearly pointing something out to him. The problem was, he had no recollection of this "Ghostkill Alliance."

Soon, Vice Sect Master Shi was summoned by Mu Baiyi. He also hadn't heard of the Ghostkill Alliance or where it came from. Seeing this, Mu Baiyi simply called over all three vice sect masters and instructed them to investigate the origin of the Ghostkill Alliance.

"Found it, found it!" another vice sect master exclaimed. "How did this Ghostkill Alliance come to be?" everyone eagerly asked.

"Three hundred years ago, the son-in-law of one of our sect's branch masters had some cultivation talent, but he felt constrained in Great Xia, so he went to the Northern Extremes and established an organization called the Nine Ghosts Alliance there. The Nine Ghosts Alliance was then divided into nine smaller factions, including the Nether Ghost, Vicious Ghost, Ghostkill, and Ghost Death. The Ghostkill Alliance was one of them. The leader of the Nine Ghosts Alliance is likely at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, or perhaps even at the Grand Completion of the mid-stage. The Nine Ghosts Alliance pays tribute to us every year, so there's somewhat of a connection there."

Mu Baiyi's expression became strange: "You mean an unknown assassin from a subordinate assassination organization, whose main organization's leader is only at the Nascent Soul stage, tried to assassinate Young Sect Master Lu, who is backed by two Immortals and four Half-Immortals?!" "How did this connection even come about?" "Sect Master, what should we do?"

Mu Baiyi glared: "What to do? Quickly eradicate this so-called Nine Ghosts Alliance! What 'connection'? What does this petty force have to do with us?!" "Vice Sect Master Shi, you go." "Yes, Sect Master."

Vice Sect Master Shi immediately arranged the task. "Huo Huashen, pick two sharp-witted Nascent Soul cultivators and go to the Northern Extremes. Oh, and don't kill indiscriminately; Young Sect Master Lu probably doesn't like the indiscriminate killing of innocents." "Yes," Huo Huashen replied. "Little Liu," he continued, "gather twenty Nascent Soul cultivators and come with me to the Northern Extremes." "Yes," Little Liu affirmed.

"Oh, Esteemed Master Huo, what brings you here?" The leader of the Nine Ghosts Alliance, hearing of Huo Huashen's visit, was so terrified he didn't even bother properly dressing, scrambling out of bed to rush out and greet him. Facing Huo Huashen, the Nine Ghosts Alliance leader was trembling with fear, not daring to show the slightest disrespect. His heart was filled with apprehension and dread, completely at a loss as to why this esteemed figure would come to the Northern Extremes. This Huo Huashen was rumored to be Vice Sect Master Shi's confidant, serving as the manager of the main barbecue restaurant. This clearly showed how highly Vice Sect Master Shi regarded him.

Huo Huashen didn't answer, merely staring coldly at the Nine Ghosts Alliance leader, who immediately dropped to his knees with a thud, followed by the nine minor leaders of the Nine Ghosts Alliance, who also prostrated themselves. "Esteemed Master Huo, this, this is... what exactly..." the leader stammered. "In your next life," Huo Huashen stated, "keep your eyes open and don't provoke those you can't afford to offend."

As Lu Yang lay in bed, pondering his future lesson plans, Mu Baiyi's response came through the Nine Nether Token: "The Ghostkill Alliance is a force under the Ruthless Sect. They deliberately framed our sect. We have already completely eradicated them." Lu Yang put away the Nine Nether Token and continued to ponder his lesson plans.