My Dreams Connect to Ancient Times-Chapter 234 - 64: I Preached in Ancient Times, and I Also Sought in the Current World
’Don’t tell me Yan really thinks that terrifying figure is Junior Lu?’
After a moment’s thought, Chen Ye gently tugged on Xiaoyan’s sleeve. She was about to say something, but then she sensed a vast phenomenon spreading across the distant Celestial Vault and immediately fell silent.
Inside the Hall of the Hundred Schools, everyone, including the dozen or so Masters of the Academy, grew tense. They were all wondering which side had ultimately won.
The commotion just now had been too immense. Nearly the entire Peach Blossom Spring had been affected, and at one point, it even looked like the world was ending!
This caused even the Masters of the Academy, who had initially been full of confidence, to waver...
And now, as the vast phenomenon from the distant Celestial Vault gradually descended, two figures, each wreathed in things like Golden Lotuses and Immortal Flowers, appeared in the Hall of the Hundred Schools.
The hall first fell deathly silent. In the next instant, expressions of grim determination appeared on the faces of the dozen or so Masters of the Academy. They all stepped forward in unison and roared together: 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚
"Ancient Forefather! We have come to slay the fiend!"
In the next instant, the dozen or so Masters of the Academy used their words to summon wind, lightning, fire, and other elements. Wielding the Slaughter Technique, they prepared to charge forward, while Marquis Zhuge and the others turned pale, a chill running down their spines.
However, in the next instant.
"What do you think you’re doing?" Zhang Ling asked, exasperated. With a single press of his palm, he sent the dozen or so Masters of the Academy reeling back and added coolly,
"This is Lu Zi."
As his voice fell, the deep and solemn Hall of the Hundred Schools once again plunged into dead silence.
Lu... Lu Zi??
The dozen or so Masters of the Academy looked around blankly, while Zhang Ling chided them softly,
"What, you don’t even recognize Lu Zi? Trying to fight and kill the moment you see him. What has become of your decorum!"
The Masters of the Academy felt rather wronged. ’But... weren’t you the one who said at the very beginning that he was an arrogant fool, an impostor...?’
At that thought, their scalps prickled again. ’Is he really Lu Zi?!’
The Confucian Scholar swallowed hard, his mind reeling. That was Lu Zi... Setting aside later events, at least back when the Ten Thousand Mountains were sealed, Lu Zi was still the foremost of the Ancient Sons!
And now, such a legendary figure was standing right before them, alive and well?!
Subconsciously, they cast their gazes toward Fa Zi, who had followed them in. But Fa Zi just rolled his eyes, his expression seeming to say...
’You’re the ones who didn’t believe it. What’s it got to do with me?’
While the many masters of the schools trembled, the dumbfounded Marquis Zhuge and his group also snapped out of their daze.
Looking at this ’Lu Zi’ before them, wreathed in phenomena and with a face identical to Lu Xuan’s, they couldn’t help but swallow hard.
This was especially true for the Chen Family Siblings. Their expressions were extremely complicated. ’This great personage before our eyes... he really looks exactly like Lu Xuan...’
’How could there be such a coincidence in all the world?’
Chen Ye was in a bit of a daze. ’This trip really wasn’t for nothing. I got to see great figures from over a hundred thousand years ago with my own eyes—two true living fossils, the Ghost Valley Master and Lu Zi...’
As her thoughts ran wild, she saw the Lu Zi who looked identical to Junior Lu suddenly turn and look in their direction. A chill shot down Chen Ye’s spine.
Feeling that intensely oppressive gaze, everyone fell silent and lowered their heads slightly as a sign of respect. The only one who kept her head raised was Yan Jiangxue, whose stunning beauty was almost inhuman, a brilliant smile on her face.
Then,
To the utter horror of Marquis Zhuge, Zhang Jifeng, and the others, Yan Jiangxue waved her hand:
"Xiaolu! Xiaolu! I’m over here!"
A powerful chill erupted down Chen Ye’s back, and her scalp prickled. She quickly tugged on Yan Jiangxue’s sleeve and said, trembling,
"Yan! Be quiet! That’s not Junior Lu..."
However, before she could finish her sentence, she saw the majestic youth—who was in all likelihood the real Ancient Lu Zi—slowly walking toward them!
Everyone’s breath caught in their throats. Then they saw Lu Zi walk over, stop, reach out, and pinch the girl’s soft cheek.
Chen Ye’s brain crashed.
The others were just like Chen Ye. Their gazes became vacant, and their minds went completely blank.
"I’ll send you all back first. I have some things to take care of. I’ll come find you later, okay?"
Lu Zi spoke gently to the girl. She just nodded obediently, her eyes curving into smiling crescents.
Then, he turned to look at the stunned crowd and asked in surprise,
"What’s wrong with you all? Don’t you recognize me anymore?"
"You... you..." Chen Ye and Chen Shu, who were comparatively the most familiar with Lu Xuan, began to speak incoherently. They stammered, feeling as if their entire worldview was collapsing!
’Is... is it really Lu Xuan?’
’But... but how is that possible??’
’Lu Zi, Lu Xuan, Lu Zi...’
The Chen Family Siblings simply could not connect the two names. Even less could they connect the great personage before them, whose aura was as deep and terrifying as a mighty river, with the youth who used to laugh and joke freely with them...
Silence. Only silence.
"Your Excellency..." Chen Ye lowered her head slightly. "Greetings, Lu Zi."
"Greetings, Lu Zi." Zhuge Ke, Zhang Jifeng, Wang Zhiyao, and the others also lowered their heads.
Lu Xuan felt a bit helpless. He gave a small wave of his hand and decided not to hide it any longer. A great era was approaching, the Immortals and Buddhas were about to return, and he now possessed enough power to protect himself.
’I might as well use them to spread the news that I am Lu Zi... though most people probably won’t believe it.’
With that in mind, Lu Xuan stated frankly,
"I preached the Dao in Ancient Times, and I also seek it in the Current World. Both are me. In the past, I was Lu Zi; today, I am Lu Xuan. There’s no need for you all to be so formal or distant."
His calm words shattered the last shred of wishful thinking in everyone’s hearts!
