At the beginning of the year, after departing from the Sword Sect with Ji Chuan, half a year had already passed, and Lu Qingshan finally had the chance to return to the Sword Sect.
When he left, he was at the Golden Core Late Stage, but upon return, he had reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
This should have been a glorious return home... if he hadn't encountered that Great Xia Cultivator.
Sword Sect, Stabilizing Heart Peak.
The first thing Lu Qingshan did upon returning to the Sword Sect was to visit this peak.
This was the peak overseeing the Sword Sect's external affairs.
But according to the Sword Sect's oral tradition, external affairs were a pretense; the real job was "burying bodies."
Sword Sect disciples were in charge of killing, Stabilizing Heart Peak was in charge of burying.
Lu Qingshan understood the grave significance of killing an official from Great Xia.
Even if that Great Xia official harbored a killing intent towards him.