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Then Ancestor Lu approached the servant and helped him up with both hands.

He smiled and patted his shoulder, "Little brother, how should I address you?"

At this moment, the servant was still in a daze; he had originally prepared himself to be beaten half to death today.

After all, he was just a Menial Disciples, while the person bullying him was an Outer Sect Disciple.

Even if he wanted to seek justice, there was nowhere to go; it went without saying which side the sect would take.

Then the Cult Leader of the Baisheng Cult appeared and instantly killed those who were bullying him with a wave of his hand.

The outcome was truly heart-warming!

Also, how should he put it... everything that happened today was just too surreal.

To think he would encounter such a powerful figure who could reach the heavens?

Not only did he resolve the situation for him, but he also treated him like a brother and kindly asked for his name.

Could it be... he's taken an interest in me?

But don't misunderstand; "taking an interest" meant taking him in as a disciple or something similar.

If he could truly become the disciple of such a great figure, then who would dare bully his mother or younger sister in the future?

Even that man who abandoned their family would be shown what's what.

Thinking of this, the servant felt his throat go dry and couldn't help but swallow hard, "Re—Report to the Cult Leader, this humble one is named Lin Feng!"

This was an opportunity, and the servant knew he had to seize it firmly.

He could hardly contain himself, wanting to pour out everything he knew in one breath.

Lin Feng!

"Lin Feng, a good name." Ancestor Lu muttered it once, then draped an arm around his shoulder with extreme friendliness, "Why, from your tone, you seem a bit nervous?"

"My Lord has a discerning eye." Lin Feng nodded vigorously and said somewhat bashfully, "Yes, for such a great figure like you to actually be with me..."

"And to treat me like this, I... I really don't know how to express my feelings."

Ancestor Lu nodded and gently patted his back, "No need to be nervous. Just treat me like an ordinary person, like your good friend or brother."

"Yes." As soon as the words left the other's mouth, Lin Feng responded immediately.

This made Ancestor Lu laugh, "See, I just finished speaking and you're being formal again."

Hearing this, Lin Feng hurriedly said, "It is my mistake."

"It's just that for now, I can't change it all at once. I ask the Cult Leader to punish me."

"Punish? What punishment? You haven't done anything wrong, so why should I punish you?" Ancestor Lu waved his hand. "Let's get down to business. Are you willing to follow me?"

So direct?

Lin Feng didn't hesitate for a moment and declared on the spot, "I am willing!"

"Very good." Ancestor Lu smiled, "Then kneel down now."

Taking him as a master!

These words instantly flashed through Lin Feng's mind; he had guessed correctly.

He immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Disciple pays respects to Master!"

"A-Feng, straighten up and lift your head."

Hearing Ancestor Lu's command, Lin Feng did so without hesitation.

"A-Feng, let me ask you: are you willing to join the Baisheng Cult, enter my tutelage, and contribute to the people of the world?"

"I am willing!"

"A-Feng, let me ask you: are you willing to endure even the greatest pain for the sake of the people of the world?"

"I am willing!"

"A-Feng, let me ask you: are you willing to give your all for justice, remaining without regret?"

"I am willing!"

To all three of Ancestor Lu's questions, Lin Feng responded with resolute affirmations.

"Good!"

Thus, Ancestor Lu reached out his hand toward his head.

Lin Feng closed his eyes, thinking of that saying, 'An immortal strokes my head...' The next moment!

Ancestor Lu directly peeled off his skull, revealing what was inside.

A wrinkled brain was still slightly squirming, with transparent cerebral fluid... Visibly, the moment the skull was lifted, Lin Feng's expression changed.

As if suffering from some ultimate agony, his entire body was trembling.

However, he could no longer move.

Ancestor Lu had long anticipated potential situations, so he had immobilized Lin Feng at the same time he acted.

Although his body couldn't move now, all his senses were still normal.

As for the pain?

He had just asked; no matter what kind of pain it was, he could endure it, and he would spare nothing for justice.

In that case, he didn't need to be polite, or he would be failing Lin Feng's good intentions.

As the Cult Leader of the Baisheng Cult, Ancestor Lu would never force anyone; everything was based on voluntary consent.

The reason he was doing this was because he discovered that this Lin Feng seemed to be the key figure of this generation.

After all, this seemed to be the only possible reason for that special resonance.

Then why didn't he have this feeling with the Emperor before?

After thinking for a moment.

Ancestor Lu realized.

Could there be a possibility that each batch of people has the ability to sense the key figure of their own batch?

Just like the alliance Lu Li formed before; everyone in it knew the Emperor was the key figure.

But regarding this news, Lu Li actually had no need to make it public.

Yet the fact was, they all indeed knew this news.

If his hypothesis was correct, then everything seemed to make sense.

Chen De didn't originally belong to Lu Li's, or rather, the Emperor's batch, so naturally, he couldn't sense it.

The Menial Disciples before him, logically speaking, was of the same batch as them.

The setting for a key figure is that they cannot be killed by natives of this world, but they can be killed by Descenders.

However, Ancestor Lu planned to first study what exactly was going on with this key figure.

After observing the inside for a while, he put the peeled-off skull back and helped him heal the wound in the middle.

Soon, an unscathed Lin Feng appeared before him once more.

Then Ancestor Lu took him back to the Imperial Palace to conduct research on him.

Cutting what needed to be cut and slicing what needed to be sliced from various parts of the body.

Finally, Ancestor Lu discovered that knowing the secret of a key figure's birth was actually useless.

Since that was the case, why keep him? He simply crushed him to death casually.

At the same moment he crushed Lin Feng, a thunderous explosion rang out in the sky.

Then the sky began to change, just like the scene when the Emperor broke through.

However, it didn't last long; after only a short while, the phenomenon vanished, and the sky returned to its original clear state.

Watching this series of events, Ancestor Lu admitted that his behavior just now was indeed a bit reckless.

After all, among the four Legends before him, not a single key figure had died midway before reaching the peak of their cultivation.

Ancestor Lu killed this one quite early, so it was normal for it to trigger some bad mechanisms.

But looking at it now, it seemed to be a case of 'much thunder but little rain'.

Yet killing the key figure of this generation was not a decision Ancestor Lu made on impulse.

The process of killing Lin Feng might have been a bit impulsive, but the act of killing Lin Feng itself was not.