Chapter 47: Lu Hao Suspects Lu Xuan

Lu Family.

Ancestral Hall.

The atmosphere inside the ancestral hall was cold enough to freeze, Lu Tianhe looked at the group of clan elders with a gloomy face.

"Exactly how many people did our Lu Family lose?"

One of the clan elders spoke up under the pressure.

"Reporting to the Family Head, in this conflict with the Shen Family, we lost thirteen Body Tempering Realm disciples, eight Martial Apprentices, and two Martial Artist Realm disciples, with over fifty injured."

Slam!

The table in front of Lu Tianhe was shattered by a single palm strike.

"Is the Shen Family insane! Do they really want an all-out war?"

Everyone looked at each other, Lu Tianhe took a breath and asked, "What exactly happened with that Peng Hu? Who on earth sent him to the Shen Family to start the fire?"

The clan elders looked at each other, but none of them spoke.

Lu Tianhe's hawk-like eyes scanned the crowd.

"What? No one is admitting it?"

"Are you going to tell me that he took it upon himself to go to the Shen Family to start a fire and ended up burning himself to death?"

"Could a small fry in the Martial Apprentice Realm like him even get his hands on those big kerosene jars!"

At this moment, a clan elder spoke slowly.

"Reporting to the Family Head, this Peng Hu was previously under Young Master Hao. Could this matter be..."

Lu Tianhe's brow furrowed as he looked at the elder.

"You mean, this might have been Hao'er's idea?"

The elder said no more.

Lu Tianhe's face was so dark it could drip ink.

"Family Head, it's no longer possible for us to investigate the Shen Family in the shadows, but regarding Heaven's Net Pavilion..."

Lu Tianhe turned his back and took a deep breath.

"Since the covert approach won't work, we can only do it openly. Compared to Heaven's Net, I'd rather deal with a hundred Shen Families than offend Heaven's Net Pavilion."

The clan elders looked at each other after hearing this, silently agreeing.

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Leaving the ancestral hall, Lu Tianhe arrived at the door of Lu Hao's room and raised his hand, about to knock.

Then he heard the sound of things being smashed inside.

"Get out! All of you, get out!"

Lu Tianhe's hand stopped in mid-air for a moment, then he lowered it.

He turned and walked away, inside, Lu Hao sat in a wheelchair, staring at Sun Xiaoqi with venomous eyes.

Lu Hao's voice wasn't loud, but it was incredibly sinister.

"What exactly happened with Peng Hu?"

"Young Master."

Lu Hao looked at him.

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"Peng Hu is dead, and the Shen Family's merchant house was burned by him. Who told him to go?"

Sun Xiaoqi shook his head.

"I... I don't know. Brother Peng didn't say."

"Who did he see these past few days? What happened?"

Sun Xiaoqi thought for a moment and shook his head.

"Nothing special happened!"

"Ah! Yes... yesterday during the day, we ran into... ran into Lu Xuan at the entrance of Grand Spring Tower."

Lu Hao's brow furrowed.

"That trash."

"Yes. Brother Peng told him to crawl between his legs, but he didn't. He just crouched on the ground shivering. Brother Peng was going to hit him, but somehow... he just knelt."

"Knelt?"

"Yeah. It seemed like... he tripped himself, I couldn't confirm what happened but the onlookers were all laughing."

Lu Hao's eyes narrowed.

"And then?"

"Then... the fight started upstairs, so Brother Peng and I didn't pay any more attention to him. At night... at night, Brother Peng..."

Lu Hao didn't speak.

"Where is that trash now?"

"He's guarding the gate at the Iron Mountain Escort Agency."

Lu Hao's brows knitted together as he gazed out the window.

"Iron Mountain Escort Agency... Lu Xuan!"

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[Ding! Sleep Cultivation complete.]

[Host: Lu Xuan.]

[Five Animals Transformation Art: Great Perfection.]

[Demon-Subduing Righteous Sun Blade: 55%.]

[Thunderclap Hand: 35%.]

[Current Realm: Martial Artist Realm: Level Nine.]

Lu Xuan opened his eyes, looked at the panel, and clenched his fists.

Martial Artist Realm. Level Nine.

Only one step away from the Spirit Gathering Realm.

He took a deep breath as True Energy surged from his Dantian and rushed through his meridians, as if a small stream had transformed into a great river... wider, deeper, and faster.

From the Dantian to the limbs, and from the limbs to the entire skeleton, the True Energy circulated through his whole body in a single breath.

Before, it required conscious effort to circulate, but now, with just a thought, the True Energy flowed naturally.

This was the ninth level of the Martial Artist Realm.

He was only a thin membrane away from the Spirit Gathering Realm, where "True Energy condenses into essence and Qi transforms into liquid."

Once pierced, it would be a whole new world.

At that time, he would be on par with his second uncle, Lu Tianhe, but if he wanted to kill him outright, he would need to sleep for a few more days.

He got out of bed and walked into the courtyard.

The morning light hadn't fully brightened yet, and there was a faint pale white on the horizon. Shen Yuyan was still sleeping, while some porridge she had brewed early in the morning was warming on the stove.

Lu Xuan stood under the tree and slowly closed his eyes.

Thunderclap Hand, using the strength of the five internal organs to drive palm power.

He thrust out a palm.

"Boom—"

The air exploded with a bang, sounding like a muffled thunderclap, while leaves fifty feet away were shaken off and fluttered down in a green rain.

Lu Xuan looked at his hand.

Thunderclap Hand. 35%. Not yet mastered. But its power was already more than double that of the Tiger Form.

The Five Animals Transformation Art was the foundation, and the Thunderclap Hand was the killing move. Only with a stable foundation could the killing move exert its true power.

He withdrew his palm and took a deep breath.

Demon-Subduing Righteous Sun Blade: 55%.

He pressed his fingers together like a blade and slashed downward through the air, while a faint red light lingered in the air, brighter than before and lasting longer.

He hadn't actually used this blade technique in real combat yet. Last time he killed Huo Tianba, he only used one strike. At that time, the Demon-Subduing Righteous Sun Blade was only at 5%, and now it was at 55%.

Eleven times stronger. Next time I use it, someone is going to have a very bad day.

Lu Xuan withdrew his hand and turned to go back inside.

Shen Yuyan was already awake. Her eyelashes were trembling slightly.

"Husband, did it just thunder outside?"

Lu Xuan nodded.

Yes, It is your husband.

"I don't know why, but there was a sudden clap of thunder out of nowhere. How strange!"

Shen Yuyan didn't ask further. She got up to cook.

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After breakfast, Lu Xuan changed his clothes and went to the escort agency.

He opened the main gate, but the escort warriors hadn't arrived yet, so he sat in the gatehouse and waited.

The escort warriors arrived one after another after a while, Old Guo shouted as soon as he entered, "Have you heard? The Shen Family and the Lu Family have started fighting! Total war!"

"How are they fighting?"

"Countless casualties! The Shen Family burned down two of the Lu Family's shops, and the Lu Family killed one of the Shen Family's stewards. Even the Prefecture Government couldn't suppress it and sent people to mediate, but neither family would listen."

"Tsk tsk, Azure Sun City is going to be in chaos."

"Let it be chaotic; it has nothing to do with us anyway."

Lu Xuan sat in the gatehouse, listening to these words without saying a thing, he took a broom and began his daily cleaning again.

Ye Qingyi passed by him.

Her footsteps paused for a moment, and she glanced at Lu Xuan. Lu Xuan kept his head down as if he hadn't heard anything, his face expressionless.

Ye Qingyi withdrew her gaze and left.

Lu Xuan stole a glance at Ye Qingyi and frowned slightly.

However, hearing that the Lu and Shen families were in chaos, Lu Xuan was still delighted in his heart.

The more chaotic it was, the more beneficial it was for his concealment.

All day long, aside from listening to some random gossip, Lu Xuan watched these people practice martial arts.

In the entire martial arts courtyard, aside from Ye Qingyi's blade technique, no other martial arts could truly catch Lu Xuan's eye.