Chapter 292 - 151: Gong Ning’s Undying Obsession, Xiaoning Accompanies the Elders to Meet Lord Lu

Chapter 292: Chapter 151: Gong Ning’s Undying Obsession, Xiaoning Accompanies the Elders to Meet Lord Lu

Her expression, movements, and aura were utterly different from Gong Ning’s original heroic and spirited nature. This was a deadly allure, a languid and demonic charm.

"This little girl... is more impressive than I gave her credit for."

Gong Ning spoke in a coquettish voice she had never used before. The Outer Celestial Demon was genuinely shocked.

It was a being on the level of a Grandmaster of Divine Intent. To think a mere ant who was only halfway through breaking through to become a Grandmaster of Huajin, someone who hadn’t even stabilized her position in the Grandmaster Realm, actually had the ability to resist it.

Even resisting for just a split second was astounding enough.

The more it thought about it, the more incredible it seemed. If it hadn’t been itself attempting the possession, but one of its kin at the Huajin Grandmaster Level, what would have happened?

The answer was self-evident: the Outer Celestial Demon at the Huajin Grandmaster Level would not only have failed the possession, but would have been defeated by this little girl’s spiritual will and turned into her nourishment.

At this thought, the smile on Gong Ning’s face grew even more bewitching. She tilted her head slightly, took a strand of hair hanging beside her shoulder, and casually twirled it around her fingertip.

"It seems my judgment is quite good after all. It wasn’t a waste for me to condescend to personally possess this little girl."

However, its joy was short-lived. It suddenly froze as a flicker of astonishment crossed its bewitching eyes, followed by a slight furrowing of its brow.

It sensed that the little girl hadn’t completely disappeared. In the deepest recesses of her consciousness, a faint light was still pulsing.

The Outer Celestial Demon let out a soft "Oh?" its voice tinged with surprise. "Well now, such strong tenacity, to actually survive my clan’s Divine Techniques."

This tenacity was different from what is called spiritual will; it is one of the most difficult things in the universe to extinguish.

It fell silent for a moment, its gaze flickering as if weighing its options.

A moment later, the languid, bewitching expression returned to Gong Ning’s face.

"No matter. This small bit of tenacity won’t last long. In a few days, it will be completely annihilated by my Black Water Divine Techniques. Then, this vessel of extraordinary aptitude will be all mine."

With that, Gong Ning waved her hand casually, and a blast of Qi shot from her fingertip, striking the door to the room.

In the grand hall, Gong Jue, the Second Elder, the Fourth Elder, and Gong Yuanshan said nothing. They stood in silence, heads bowed, staring at two pools of black water on the floor.

With this, the Gong Family had lost two more Mid-stage Grandmasters of Huajin—and their two youngest Elders at that.

Gong Yuanshan lifted his head, his gaze sweeping over the three others present: Grand Elder Gong Jue, Second Elder Gong Shouchen, and Fourth Elder Gong Xingzhi. Including himself, the Gong Family now had only these four Grandmasters of Huajin remaining.

This lineup might have seemed decent, but everyone knew that was just a superficial appearance.

If, in the future, the three Grandmasters of the older generation, the Grand Elder included, died of old age, and no one from Gong Yuanshan’s generation could step up to take their place, then the Gong Family would lose everything.

In these chaotic times, a family without a Grandmaster of Huajin to protect it was like a toothless tiger, incapable of even defending itself.

Their enemies, both overt and hidden, and the powers eyeing them like tigers, would swarm in like sharks that had smelled blood. They would tear the Gong Family to shreds and devour them, leaving not even bones behind.

Gong Jue was the most heartbroken of them all. Her hunched frame trembled slightly.

As the strongest member of the Gong Family, Gong Jue also shouldered the last wishes of the two departed elders.

’But what about now? After the two elders passed, the Gong Family’s Grandmasters of Huajin have died one after another. What have I protected? I can’t protect anything at all.’

After a long silence, Gong Jue looked at Gong Yuanshan and said slowly, "Yuanshan, for now, don’t inform Yue Xue and Xiaolin’s branch of the family."

"Just say the two of them have entered a life-or-death seclusion. Later, when the time is right, we can announce that they failed in their seclusion and died from the backlash of their cultivation."

Gong Yuanshan’s heart shuddered at her words; he understood the Grand Elder’s intentions perfectly.

She didn’t want the members of the Gong Family to be terrified or for the entire family to live under the fear of the Outer Celestial Demon.

After all, if even Elders at the Mid-stage Grandmaster of Huajin realm met such a fate, who among the several hundred members of the Gong Family could possibly sleep soundly if the news got out?

Gong Yuanshan took a deep breath and nodded solemnly. "Yes, Grand Elder. I know what to do."

After he spoke, he seemed to think of something else and said with the utmost respect, "Grand Elder, Yun Port City is arguably the safest place in the Daxia New Country right now."

"This is all thanks to that Lord Lu. Since our entire Gong Family has moved here, I was wondering if I should pay him a personal visit now."

As soon as he said this, the expressions of Gong Jue and the other two elders flickered. ’Lord Lu... isn’t that Lu Yun?’

Who in the world didn’t know of him? The achievement of being the first Grandmaster of Divine Intent since the founding of the Daxia New Country was, by itself, enough to be recorded in the annals of history.

After all, a Grandmaster of Divine Intent wasn’t some common cabbage you could find anywhere. They were beings who stood at the Martial Arts Peak, a height that countless Martial Artists could strive for their entire lives and never hope to reach.

And Lu Yun was not just a Grandmaster of Divine Intent, but the very first since the founding of the Daxia New Country.

That alone was enough to ensure his name would go down in history, causing all future Martial Artists to feel a sense of profound respect whenever his name was mentioned.

Beyond being Daxia’s first Grandmaster of Divine Intent, this Lord Lu’s various deeds were the stuff of legend.

For example, expelling the foreigners, reclaiming the concessions, establishing schools, cracking down on the gangs... Each of these was something others wouldn’t even dare to imagine, yet he had accomplished them one by one—and had done so beautifully, leaving no room for criticism.