Bamboo Box Chapter 62 Apology and Gratitude

Lu Yun appeared right in front of Leixi. Behind him, Puzuo lay unconscious.

Leixi could not fathom how the man had managed to get here.

The guards on the first floor, and Puzuo keeping watch outside the door...

None of them had managed to stop him!

"You really manage to surprise me."

True to her origins in Sky Drum City, Leixi immediately regained her composure.

"There are many more surprises awaiting you."

Lu Yun slowly stepped forward, holding the Moon-Accompanying sword in his right hand.

Leixi narrowed her eyes and tightened her grip on her long spear.

"It seems you do not know who she is."

Leixi lifted Shuize up with the tip of her spear and sneered, "She is Anluo's younger sister, and she died right here."

Lu Yun’s expression remained unchanged as he asked calmly, "Did you kill her?"

This was a deliberate act of retaliation.

Clearly, Sky Drum City was furious at Anluo's contempt.

They were determined to make Anluo suffer so he would understand that the majesty of Sky Drum City tolerated not even a hint of resistance, not even a probe.

Leixi was still smiling. Anyone unfamiliar with her would surely drown in that sweetness before being slain by her.

"Take a guess?" the girl countered.

Lu Yun said no more, gently thrusting his sword forward.

Leixi’s expression shifted drastically. The long spear in her hand instantly slipped from her grasp, shooting straight toward Lu Yun.

The lightning dancing across the spear hissed and crackled, appearing capable of tearing space apart.

Leixi had quite a bit of confidence in herself. Though far inferior to the old man outside the door, her strength ranked second among the four Lei siblings.

The world only knew that Leizhong possessed the worst temper in Sky Drum City, yet none knew that Leizhong also harbored fear toward this youngest sister of theirs.

In Leixi's eyes, this spear strike would undoubtedly hit its mark. Even if it could not finish Lu Yun off, it would at least make him suffer.

Aside from its distinctive long spears, Sky Drum City possessed another craft, one quite rare in the Barrens and exceedingly famous.

Talismans.

Empowered by a talisman capable of briefly traversing time and space, the long spear was bound to hit its target.

Yet this time...

Leixi's eyes widened as she felt, for the second time, that events were slipping beyond her control.

Just as the long spear was about to collide head-on with Lu Yun, his figure abruptly turned illusory.

The next moment, Lu Yun vanished, replaced by a bright moon hanging precisely where he had stood.

The lightning wrapping around the spear continuously twisted and battered the full moon, yet for a moment it failed to pierce through, locked in a stalemate with the luminescent sphere.

Inside the Golden Treasury Stone Chamber on the top floor, Leixi discovered to her horror that she had lost all connection to the spear and could no longer summon it back.

"Impossible!"

This was the first time she had completely lost the upper hand when facing a cultivator of the same realm.

Leixi turned pale. From her sleeves, a flurry of over a dozen talismans drifted out.

Every single one was a top-tier thunder talisman.

The talismans orbited around Leixi, safeguarding her life.

These talismans should have been capable of blocking the full-force strike of any Middle Five Realms cultivator.

Yet, that was merely how it should have been.

A voice suddenly rang beside her ear: "Falling Moon."

A profound sense of foreboding washed over Leixi. The thunder talismans surrounding her simultaneously erupted with brilliance, transforming into a barrier of pure lightning.

Clang.

Leixi's long spear fell to the ground, producing a crisp sound.

Leixi stared blankly at it, failing to notice the sword scar directly above her head that had cleanly cleaved open the barrier woven from over a dozen thunder talismans.

Being top-tier thunder talismans, Lu Yun could only fracture them for a split second before the scar mended itself.

However, that brief window was already more than enough.

By the time Leixi reacted and looked up,

a bright full moon followed closely behind.

...

"Prince Anluo, regarding this matter, once I return, I will report the truth to our Ancestor. When that time comes... hmph, you best look out for yourself!"

Lei Qian said with an icy voice, "Furthermore, the person just now who offended my Second Brother must offer an apology."

Leibo merely looked at Anluo without any expression.

Anluo remained silent.

He was waiting, waiting for Lu Yun to return.

"Anluo, do you still hold Sky Drum City in your eyes at all?!"

Seeing Anluo ignore him, Lei Qian grew even more furious.

On this day, Sky Drum City had been provoked time and again. Even a young prince from the White Plains Kingdom, to whom they had shown some modest courtesy, dared to repeatedly look down upon them.

Anluo frowned.

If he completely severed ties with Sky Drum City, he could not guarantee that the Sovereign Great Demon would not intervene to disrupt his grandfather's ascension.

But Shuize...

Anluo recalled the voice transmission Uncle Guang had sent him.

Right now, Shuize might well be in mortal danger. As her older brother, was he really expected to kneel here and beg for forgiveness?

No, absolutely not!

Anluo raised his head and looked at Leibo.

Leibo tapped on the table, signaling Lei Qian to quiet down.

"Prince, you had better consider this carefully."

In Leibo's mind, Anluo was an intelligent man. Once he learned the news about his sister, he would surely realize his own powerlessness and ultimately submit completely to Sky Drum City.

At that point, Leibo would display the proper demeanor, magnanimously forgiving Anluo's insolence while informing him that as long as the Luoze family knew their place, Sky Drum City would forever remain their firmest backing.

Anluo was a hard nut to crack, and Leibo knew this.

When dealing with a stubborn person, one had to employ far more violent measures so they would recognize their proper station.

This had always been Sky Drum City's way of handling matters, yet this time, it did not seem to be working.

Everyone in the White Plains Kingdom seemed to have lost their minds.

Their words and actions were growing increasingly detached from the Barrens, resembling more the conduct of people from the Vast Han Continent.

In the Barrens, the death of a younger sister was never considered a significant matter, simply because it was not one's own life that was lost.

As long as one remained alive, everything else was open to negotiation.

Yet...

Anluo gazed coldly at Leibo. "I do not believe I have any reason to apologize to Sky Drum City."

"Of course not."

Lu Yun's voice echoed at that moment.

Leibo stared fixedly at the young man stepping across the threshold, dragging Leixi behind him.

Leixi was currently unconscious, looking utterly disheveled, with fragments of shattered talismans still clinging to her hair.

Lu Yun casually tossed Leixi in front of the three members of the Lei family.

"She was somehow beaten up by someone along the way. I happened to run into her and saved her."

Leibo crouched down and checked Leixi's injuries. They were not fatal, but she would inevitably require several months of recuperation to recover.

"You just said you saved my little sister?" Leibo looked at Lu Yun, asking word by word.

Lu Yun nodded, then spread his hands and said magnanimously, "I won't ask her for any compensation, nor do I require her apology. I am a man who has never liked receiving apologies from others, nor do I ever offer thanks..."

"I prefer returning favors through practical actions."

Leibo trembled with rage, uttering the word "good" three times before gathering up the unconscious Leixi and departing with the other two members of the Lei family.

...

"Brother Lu, are you alright?!"

Anluo asked anxiously, "And how is Shuize?"

"I am quite well. Shuize is very clever; she used a feigned death to escape the ordeal and should be out of danger by now."

Recalling the old man wielding twin spears, Lu Yun added, "Their tenth-realm guardian had one of his arms severed by Uncle Guang, but Uncle Guang also paid a heavy price and likely won't be able to fight again for a while."

Anluo was shocked, never expecting such massive upheavals to occur in so short a span of time.

"While I still retain some strength, Brother Anluo, are you interested in pulling off something big?"

Lu Yun suddenly suggested, "The four members of the Lei family are now missing a guardian. Truthfully, they aren't that hard to kill."