From Zhao Changhe disguising himself and entering the forbidden area of the Lu family to the ancient sword soaring, it may seem like a long time, but in reality, it only took the time to burn an incense stick.

At the same time Zhao Changhe and Sisi arrived at the forbidden area and met the elder of the Lu family, the atmosphere at the Tang family's doorstep finally reached its boiling point.

Tang Wangsheng naturally tried to stop others from entering the Tang family, but under the constant provocation from the Lu family and the undercover Maitreya cultists, the major families and the uninformed masses became more convinced that there was something fishy about the Tang family's blockade.

In fact, if you put yourself in their shoes, no one would allow thousands of people to rush into their own home!

But at this moment, everything was unclear.

Tang Wangsheng's threats were useless, and the people became even more excited. Led by the Lu family, they began to attack the gates of the Tang family. Some even used light skills to jump over the walls.

Tang Wangsheng was furious: "Stop them!"

The Tang family members and guards had been prepared for this moment after a long standoff, and they quickly fought back. A fierce battle erupted at the entrance of the Tang family.

The situation completely spiraled out of control.

The Tang family was indeed the strongest family in Suzhou, with a deep foundation. Not to mention the Tang family members themselves, they had recruited numerous talented individuals. But even with all their strength, they could only hold their ground at the entrance.

However, Tang Wangsheng, looking at the chaotic scene, began to feel uneasy.

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What good would it do to hold their ground? How could they resolve this situation?

"Swish!"

A sword attack came from the side, and it was Lu Yuanting, the head of the Lu family, directly targeting Tang Wangsheng with a flying thrust.

Tang Wangsheng was enraged: "Capture this thief and end it!"

Lu Yuanting just sneered.

The two family heads quickly engaged in a fierce battle.

Both of them were at the ninth level of the Xuan Guan, not on the Human List. They were evenly matched, and Tang Wangsheng initially thought he was slightly stronger than Lu Yuanting, but as they fought, he realized something was wrong.

Lu Yuanting didn't have any exceptional skills, but for some reason, there would always be someone attacking him out of nowhere. Someone would suddenly swing a knife at him, or someone would stumble and stab him a while later. And all these attacks were directed at him, while Lu Yuanting's opponents were completely unaffected. It was as if someone was constantly trying to provoke a fight, but when he tried to find the problem, he couldn't figure out what was going on.

Among the troublemakers were Maitreya cultists, whom Tang Wangsheng was completely unaware of.

Under the secret influence of the Maitreya cultists, the Tang family's guards unknowingly began to retreat. After a while, the gate was breached, and a crowd of people rushed in.

Tang Wangsheng realized it was not good and shouted, "Protect the family members in the backyard!"

But no one paid attention to the so-called family members. Everyone's first instinct was to rush towards the Huqiu Mountain behind the Tang family.

Lu Yuanting's goal was to create an illusion of the Tang family's evil aura infecting Suzhou, inciting others to overthrow the Tang family, and then cooperating with the Maitreya cult to change the regime. He had never intended to harm the family members. His target had always been clear: to reach the Sword Pool in Huqiu and draw out the evil aura inside.

Tang Wangsheng couldn't understand all of this and led the Tang family's forces to fight and retreat, gradually retreating to Huqiu and guarding the Thousand-Person Stone.

Lu Yuanting stopped the crowd and loudly said, "Brother Tang! We came here only to verify the evil aura of Huqiu. We didn't come to deal with your Tang family. Can you see that now?"

Tang Wangsheng, filled with anger, laughed sarcastically, "Then let me ask you, can you see it now? There's no evil aura in the Sword Pool!"

"That's not necessarily true!" Lu Yuanting waved his hand coldly. "Bring Shaoxiong over!"

Tang Wangsheng was taken aback and saw someone leading Lu Shaoxiong through the crowd. Lu Shaoxiong, who had been completely insane before, now seemed calm, but still had a trace of evil aura on him, as if it had been temporarily suppressed.

A sense of foreboding rose in Tang Wangsheng's heart.

It seemed that the Lu family had really come prepared. Could Lu Shaoxiong really trigger some kind of resonance here?

Lu Yuanting said, "If you have no ghosts in your heart, Tang Xiong, would you dare to let your son try the Sword Pool?"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Tang Wangsheng instinctively felt something was wrong but couldn't find a reason to stop it. He could only say, "If there are no problems, how do you plan to end this?"

Lu Yuanting sneered, "I, Lu, will take the blame!"

Tang Wangsheng took a deep breath, unable to say anything more, and could only watch as Lu Shaoxiong walked to the edge of the Sword Pool.

Lu Shaoxiong, under the gaze of everyone, walked to the edge of the pool and crouched down weakly. He lightly touched the water's surface as if testing the temperature, then slowly entered the water, going deeper and deeper until only his head was visible outside the pool.

Everyone held their breath, watching for any changes in the water.

After waiting for a while, it seemed like nothing happened.

A look of joy appeared on Tang Wangsheng's face, but then the crowd suddenly exclaimed, "It moved, the water moved!"

Tang Wangsheng looked over in shock and indeed, the water began to ripple as if a breeze had passed by, creating circles of ripples. But in reality, it was a windless night, and not even a strand of hair was moving.

How could the water be moving?

Upon careful perception, there seemed to be a very slight tremor coming from below, as if the aftershocks of a distant earthquake had reached this place.

If there were people with experience at the shores of the Ancient Sword Lake, they would know that an overlapping dimensional space was in turmoil.But most people didn't know, even Tang Wangsheng himself didn't know, facing this inexplicable shock, he was at a loss. Even though no one sensed any evil aura, everyone's gaze towards Tang Wangsheng was full of doubt.

The reason was actually quite simple:

The sword aura that remained in Lu Shaoxiong's body, which had initially excited the Dragon Sparrow, could naturally resonate with the sword aura of the same origin, as if there was a clone across the boundary, "Finally seeing the outside world," so the sword aura below began to gather, showing signs of wanting to break out.

This location corresponded to the main tomb. As the old saying goes, "Under the Sword Pool is the Sword Emperor's Tomb," this was the principle. The sword aura gathering below was the same sword aura that Zhao Changhe saw at the entrance of the main tomb.

When Lu Shaoxiong brought the sword aura in his body to the Sword Pool above, it triggered a response from the sword aura below, causing a slight tremor in space, which was the signal agreed upon with the old man of the Lu family.

Just the resonance of the sword aura might not be enough, it might not be able to trigger the sword aura to rush upwards. But if someone angered the tomb at this time, causing the evil aura to sweep and gather, would this concentrated evil aura simply dissipate after killing the offender? Once the evil aura takes shape, it won't dissipate easily, it will only rampage and continue to tear apart all life it sees!

And with the space isolated, what other life could it "see"?

Of course, it's the object above that resonates with it, surrounded by life! It was like having a clone outside, and now it could "reunite" by rushing over.

It was a very simple theory, and the only method the Lu family could think of to break through this space. After Lu Shaoxiong accidentally got hit by a sword aura, the Lu family began planning for this moment.

They never considered the possibility of the Sword Emperor's resurrection, nor did they consider what would happen if the evil aura broke out and rampaged in Gusu.

All they wanted was to break through this space, and conveniently pin all the consequences on the Tang family, fulfilling the Lu family's hundred-year wish.

As for what happens next, Maitreya from the Earth List could handle it!

But just as everyone was questioning, Tang Wangsheng was dumbfounded, and Lu Yuanting was ecstatic, after more than a dozen breaths, the pool water was still only rippling, and nothing happened.

Of course, at this time, Zhao Changhe was fighting fiercely with the old man, interrupting this process.

Lu Shaoxiong was sweating profusely in the water, wishing he could dig out the sword aura in his body, but the pool water was still only rippling, and it didn't move.

Lu Yuanting's joy froze on his face, what was going on? They had tested it many times at the entrance before, and the sword aura would indeed gather and rush out due to the external sword aura, could it be different at the exit?

Or did something go wrong with the ancestor below?

Just as he was hesitating, there was a sudden shout from afar, as if thousands of troops were fighting outside, and the sky was ablaze.

Tang Wangsheng suddenly ordered his nephews and nieces, "Go and see what's going on?"

Before his men could go and see, a guard from outside the Tang family rushed in to report, "Master, the young master has led the army into the city, and near our city gate, he found fully armed followers of Maitreya, as if they were waiting for an opportunity to seize the city. After the young master discovered them, the army and the followers of Maitreya started fighting... Then followers of Maitreya rose up all over the city, seizing the gates everywhere, even... even the Puxin Master from the Jingxin Hall turned out to be from Maitreya..."

Tang Wangsheng glared at Lu Yuanting, "So this is why you gathered people to frame my Tang family today! After getting rid of my Tang family, it would be easier for you to cooperate with Maitreya to control Gusu, right?"

Lu Yuanting was dumbfounded, how did things turn out like this?

Not only did the pool water not move, but how did Tang Buqi, the infamous good-for-nothing of the Tang family, lead the army into the city in advance and discover the traces of Maitreya?

Just then, an extremely fat figure flew over under the moonlight, laughing wildly, "The evil aura is soaring, of course it's caused by the Tang family!"

Maitreya, the leader of Maitreya!

With his words, Maitreya suddenly threw something into the pool before anyone could stop him.

The pool water roared madly, and the evil aura finally overflowed. In front of the main tomb below, the old man of the Lu family had just died, the evil aura swept wildly, and the form of the ancient sword began to soar.

Maitreya laughed loudly, "The Tang family caused the evil aura and slaughtered the city, Maitreya saves all beings, is there any doubt?"

A spring appeared under the moonlight, and a sigh seemed to come from the clouds, "If you really suppressed the whole scene, maybe the rumor that will spread throughout Jiangnan in the future will be this... But unfortunately, although I arrived a bit late, I finally caught up."

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