Eternal vanity
Chapter 65
Night had yet to fall, and the sound of the carriage gradually died down.
Bai Chen lifted the curtains and looked up. The vermilion red pillars stood tall, and the thick and heavy door was branded with a ferocious Qilin pattern. It was frightening to look at, and the imposing plaque was engraved with two large words: Lu Mansion.
The sound of footsteps approached from afar. Bai Chen hurriedly got up and pulled the fainted Lord Lu out from under the seat. He kicked Lord Lu's fat hand away in disgust.
His red eyes flashed, and he saw an exquisitely carved jade pendant on Lord Lu's waist. The sun, moon, and stars were carved on both sides of the word "Lu", which was very extraordinary.
The sun, moon, and stars were Su Chen's national pattern. This pattern could only be worn by the royal family. How could it appear in the hands of an unknown Lord Lu? There must be a story behind it.
Without another word, Bai Chen tore off the jade pendant and put it into his sleeve. However, he didn't expect that his clothes would be torn apart with a ripping sound.
"…"
He quietly jumped off the carriage and walked around the Lu Mansion for a long time under the cover of the night.
"Lord Lu?"
The leader of the entourage carefully knocked on the carriage door. With a creak, the door swung open by itself.
He saw Lord Lu lying naked in the carriage. His luxurious clothes were torn beyond recognition. He was sleeping soundly. The two handsome young men were nowhere to be seen. The leader of the entourage did not ask too much, so he hurriedly asked someone to carry the sleeping Lord Lu back to the mansion.
Seeing that there was no one around, Bai Chen tapped the ground with the tip of his toes and flew up the wall in a graceful and agile manner. With a skillful push of his hands, he flipped into the Lu Mansion.
Everything was done in one go, without the slightest hesitation.
Bai Chen was so skilled that he did not know how many times he had climbed over the Moon Palace when he was a child. He was very experienced in doing so.
Bai Chen clapped his hands in satisfaction, wiping off the dust on his robes. He had an extraordinary bearing, as if he had never done anything like stealing chickens, stealing dogs, or climbing over walls.
Bai Chen could not help but let his imagination run wild. If his father knew that he had climbed over the wall, he would probably beat him up like when he was a child …
"Hey!
Who are you? "A voice suddenly sounded.
Bai Chen's heart skipped a beat. He was extremely alert. He turned around and was about to draw his sword when he suddenly remembered that he didn't have a sword. He was speechless for a moment.
He seemed to only have the shards of the Floating Dust Sword …
He turned around and saw a young man holding a lantern in one hand and a sword in the other. He pointed the sword at Bai Chen, but his hands were shaking non-stop. He was trying his best to put on a look that said, "I'm not afraid of you at all."
A golden light appeared in Bai Chen's right eye. The Nine Arts of the Fallen Immortals had seen through everything. This child was not even 20 years old, and his cultivation was only at the third grade of God Disciple.
However, the young man's cultivation level was so low that even Bai Chen's powerful divine sense couldn't sense his aura approaching.
Seeing that Bai Chen didn't answer, the boy mustered up his courage and took a step forward. He looked at Bai Chen who was hiding in the shadows without fear, and the bright tip of his sword moved closer.
Bai Chen glanced at the Nine Arts of the Fallen Immortal and immediately understood that the sword in the young man's hand was not an ordinary item. It was a very high-grade spiritual weapon!
No wonder it could shield him from his divine sense.
Bai Chen chuckled. It was very pleasant to the ears. He took a step forward with his hands behind his back and walked out of the shadows. He was less than a foot away from the tip of the sword.
He was dressed in snow-white clothes and had a slender figure. His white hair was like a waterfall. He didn't use a hair crown to tie it up and just casually draped over his shoulders. It was like the best silk that poured down and moved with the wind. The soft silver moonlight shone on this person's body, adding a hazy and mysterious feeling to him.
His skin was like congealed cream, his lips were red, and his teeth were white. A pair of eyes flickered with a strange light. One of them was scarlet red like blood, and the other was dazzling with golden light. He was incomparably mystical, like an immortal who had left the world and stood alone.
The young man was instantly stunned. He stood on the spot and didn't know what to do.
The white-clothed, fairy-like young man with white hair didn't know how much shock he had brought to the young man. He just released a trace of the Nine Arts of the Fallen Immortals to create momentum for himself. He wanted to suppress the young man as soon as possible so that he wouldn't attract other people.
"You … Who are you!?" The young man came back to his senses and his hostility toward Bai Chen obviously faded a little.
This young man's clothes were luxurious, and he seemed to have a high status in the Lu family. It just so happened that he was worried about where to start investigating the Lu family.
Bai Chen's face was still calm and pleasant, but he was very curious about the sword in his heart.
Logically speaking, this kind of spiritual energy should be in the hands of the senior members of the Lu family. How could it fall into the hands of an inconspicuous young man?
The fairy-like man in white looked at him for a long time and didn't respond. The young man felt a little scared, but he braced himself to not be scared away.
Bai Chen thought for a while and took out the jade pendant carved with the sun, moon, and stars from his sleeve. He waved it in front of the young man and said with a smile, "My surname is Bai."
The young man was stunned when he saw the lustrous jade pendant, and his expression instantly became very happy. Bai Chen thought that he had exposed himself.
"Father's jade pendant!
Are you the teacher that father sent? "The young man put down the long sword excitedly.
How could he trust her so easily?!
It seemed that this jade pendant had an extraordinary meaning …
Bai Chen didn't know what this jade pendant meant, so he didn't dare to casually answer. He just smiled and didn't say anything, looking unfathomable.
The young man respectfully bowed to Bai Chen and said, "Mr. Bai, you have come from afar. Qilian has been rude, please forgive me."
Bai Chen smiled dryly. He didn't understand the situation at all, but it seemed that he had been recognized as the young man's teacher.
After confirming his position, Bai Chen was no longer restrained and quickly adapted to his current role.
"It's okay. Your father entrusted you to me and came here in a hurry, so I don't know your name yet."
Bai Chen said casually and completely immersed himself in his role.
The young man's face turned a little red because of excitement. "I am Lu Qilian, the eldest son of the Lu family. Greetings, Mr. Bai!"
Bai Chen wasn't very surprised. Only the eldest son of the Lu family was qualified to wear such luxurious clothes and a spiritual sword.
"I didn't come into contact with you directly because I wanted to test your background. It seems that you have a good temperament." Bai Chen was very embarrassed by his own pretense.
"Thank you for your praise, Mr. Bai!"
This child was simple-minded. Bai Chen got a lot of information out of him with just a few words.
This child was the eldest son of Grand Commandant Lu, Lu Qilian. His father worked in the palace, and the fief of Qing City was completely controlled by his younger brother, Lu Chengfu, who was the fat and big-eared Lord Lu.
"Do you have any other orders, Mr. Bai?" Lu Qilian stared at Bai Chen with his black jade-like eyes. His burning gaze made Bai Chen feel a little guilty.
What a pair of clean and clear eyes …
Bai Chen suddenly felt guilty for deceiving the innocent young man.
After a long time, the sky finally lit up and the darkness was swept away. It was dawn.
Now that he had a reasonable identity, Bai Chen was not in a hurry to get more information. He was new here as a teacher and would inevitably arouse many people's suspicions.
Calm down. The most important thing now was to get in touch with Han Xing and get as much information as possible. After all, he was not Yun Qingxiao who could predict the future. He didn't have the terrifying ability of the Master of Calculation and Manipulation.
"Four hours later, come to the courtyard and let me see what you're capable of."
"Yes!"
The young man immediately called for the maids and arranged for Bai Chen to stay in the guest room. Many maids came in one after another. They arranged everything in silence and left without saying anything.
Bai Chen habitually spread out his Divine Sense and looked around.
Very good, very appropriate. As expected of the eldest son of the Lu family, everything was just right, no more, no less.
Bai Chen changed into the eye-catching luxurious white clothes and put on a blue shirt. He casually pulled the white hair around his wife's ear and tied it with a hairband. He touched his chin and looked at himself in the bronze mirror.
Well … he should look like a teacher now.
His white hair glowed with a soft light, and his pair of crimson eyes added a touch of beauty to his handsome and gentle face. His seemingly ordinary white robe and blue robe gave off a sense of immortal elegance on his body. He had the air of a noble scholar.
His current appearance was eighty percent similar to that of his previous life, but it was unknown how many times more handsome he was than before. It was because of the Ice Condensate Lotus Seed that his skin was a little whiter. He originally looked like a fair and handsome scholar, but after dressing up, he felt even more like one.
Bai Chen was very satisfied with his current appearance. Yue Kongming's aesthetic sense was not bad.
Bai Chen did not want to waste the four quiet hours when no one disturbed him. He sat cross-legged on the couch to meditate and practice the Nine Arts of the Fallen Immortals.
As soon as the Nine Arts of the Fallen Immortals were activated, his Divine Sense instantly expanded and the entire courtyard was covered. The Divine Sense under the enhancement of the Nine Arts of the Fallen Immortals was particularly terrifying. He could even see the trajectory of the fluttering wings of the butterflies in the courtyard and could even derive the next movement.
The more Bai Chen practiced this method, the more he felt that the Nine Arts of the Fallen Immortals were unfathomable. With his current shallow cultivation, it was difficult to see through it.
He had absorbed a small part of the power of the Painting World Fan and his cultivation had reached the peak of the first grade of the Divine Throne. As long as he wanted, he could break through at any time.
However, Bai Chen was not in a hurry to break through. Instead, he suppressed his cultivation and accumulated it, so that his state of mind could not keep up.
Bai Chen's Divine Sense saw that Lu Qilian was in the main room not far away. He was waving his long sword methodically. His movements were clean and neat. He looked majestic and elegant, but Bai Chen frowned.
His elbows were unsteady and his footwork was messy …
Bai Chen was a little annoyed. It shouldn't be so messy.
The swordsmanship of the Mortal World was not as authentic as that of the Upper World. There were different schools of swordsmanship in the Upper World, but the most basic body movement was the same. However, the body movement that Lu Qilian was practicing now was messy. It was as if the body movement of many schools were mixed together. It was extremely awkward.
Even Bai Chen, a Sword Supremacy, could not stand the body movement. One could imagine how bad it was.
Bai Chen simply withdrew his Divine Sense and focused on cultivation. He thought that he must correct Lu Qilian's messy body movement later.
Bai Chen was now attracted to this young man. Lu Qilian's foundation for cultivation was not good and was not suitable for swordsmanship. However, he did not slack off in his practice. His dedication to himself amazed Bai Chen. If this young man was talented and diligent, he would not be just a third-grade Divine Disciple.