Chapter 27: Ye Qingyi Growing Curiosity

Lu Xuan and Shen Yuyan had a warm breakfast together.

While eating, Lu Xuan looked at her and said, "It's better not to go out on the streets today."

Shen Yuyan understood that he was worried about her, so she didn't ask too many questions, she simply nodded, "Mm."

After finishing breakfast, Lu Xuan left the house and headed toward the Iron Mountain Escort Agency once again, when he arrived and opened the main gate, he didn't have to wait for long before one after another, the escort warriors began arriving.

Lu Xuan returned to the gatehouse and sat down, feeling unusually refreshed after venting some anger.

Last night, he had not only collected some interest for everything he had endured over the years...

More importantly, after another night's sleep, he could finally begin practicing the Demon-Subduing Righteous Sun Blade.

He had watched Ye Qingyi practice this blade technique countless times within the escort agency, all of it had already been etched deeply into his memory.

The sound of the blade tearing through the air, True Energy flowing into the weapon.

One strike following another without pause, smooth and continuous like flowing water, every time he watched her practice, his heart would itch with anticipation.

And now... The Five Animals Transformation Art had reached Great Perfection.

He could finally begin practicing the blade.

Lu Xuan leaned back in his chair, and the corners of his mouth slowly turned upward.

At that moment, Xiao Lin poked his head through the doorway with a grin.

"Brother Xuan, good morning!"

"Morning."

Xiao Lin slipped inside and immediately lowered his voice, wearing the mysterious expression of someone who had just heard something incredible.

"Brother Xuan, have you heard? Something big has happened!"

Lu Xuan casually asked, "How big?"

"Do you still remember the Lu Family wiping out Flying Cloud Fortress a few days ago?"

Lu Xuan nodded.

"Dozens of people from Flying Cloud Fortress were killed, and only the Fortress Master, Huo Tianba, escaped. But..."

Xiao Lin lowered his voice even further, his eyes widening.

"Huo Tianba came back last night!"

Lu Xuan's expression remained completely unchanged.

"He secretly sneaked into Azure Sun City and crippled that Young Master Hao from the Lu Family!"

Lu Xuan raised his teacup, "How was he crippled?"

"Both legs were completely broken! Not a single tooth was left in his mouth either, all of them smashed! And I heard..."

Xiao Lin suddenly lowered his voice even further.

"I heard even his manhood was torn off!"

He instinctively covered his crotch and sucked in a sharp breath.

"Tsk tsk... it was quite tragic. The Lu Family has completely gone crazy now. They're searching for Huo Tianba within a hundred-mile radius."

Lu Xuan remained silent.

Inside, however, he couldn't help thinking...

Manhood?

I did not touch that last night.

But after thinking about it for a moment, he decided not to care, the more outrageous the rumors became the better.

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"Don't you think this Huo Tianba is too bold?" Xiao Lin shook his head and clicked his tongue. "After doing something like that, how could the Lu Family possibly forgive him?"

Lu Xuan calmly played along.

"They probably won't."

"Exactly!"

Xiao Lin slapped his thigh.

"Lu Tianhe has personally spoken! He wants Huo Tianba found, dead or alive. Even if Huo Tianba manages to escape Azure Sun City, he definitely won't escape the Lu Family's grasp."

"Apparently, there's even a bounty of a thousand gold pieces for him, dead or alive!"

Xiao Lin's face was filled with excitement.

"Azure Sun City is going to become lively now!"

Lu Xuan calmly placed his teacup down.

"That has nothing to do with us."

"True."

Xiao Lin scratched his head and nodded.

After delivering the hot news, Xiao Lin happily ran outside to practice his blade.

Lu Xuan remained seated in the gatehouse, watching the escort warriors practice in the courtyard, his eyes unconsciously drifted toward Ye Qingyi.

He wanted to watch her practice the Demon-Subduing Righteous Sun Blade again.

However, the moment he glanced over, he discovered that Ye Qingyi was already looking at him. Lu Xuan was startled and immediately turned his head away, looking like a guilty hooligan who had been caught staring at her body.

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Ye Qingyi crossed her arms, tilted her head slightly, and stared at Lu Xuan with bright, thoughtful eyes.

He had once been the eldest young master of the Lu Family, only to be thrown out and reduced to nothing.

He had been forced to marry the so-called ugliest woman in the city, enduring the humiliation of riding a lame donkey through the streets on his wedding day while countless people laughed at him.

Ye Qingyi had also heard from Uncle Tieshan that Lu Xuan's Martial Dao Foundation had been destroyed.

Logically speaking, there should have been no one in this escort agency who hated the Lu Family more than him.

And yet... Ye Qingyi didn't understand.

Why had his expression remained so calm when he heard that Lu Hao's legs had been crippled?

There had been no shock. No satisfaction. No excitement.

It was as if... it was simply something that should have happened.

And during this period, whenever Ye Qingyi practiced her saber techniques in the courtyard, she had often caught Lu Xuan watching her, sometimes openly.

Sometimes only for a brief glance before quickly looking away, could it be that he was like other men and secretly harbored some improper thoughts toward her?

But then she remembered the day his wife had come to the escort agency.

The way he had walked straight toward Shen Yuyan without caring about the whispers around them, the way he had taken her hand, the way he had gently tucked her hair behind her ear, there had been nothing fake about that tenderness she even felt a little jealous.

Everything about him seemed contradictory, all these signs made Ye Qingyi increasingly certain of one thing, this gatekeeper, Lu Xuan...

Was not as simple as he appeared.