No One May Covet the Lu Family!

On the Official Road more than ten li from the County Town, three exceptionally expensive-looking fine horses galloped at full speed toward Azure Cloud County.

Each horse carried a rider—two men and one woman. The rider on the foremost horse was a woman dressed in an azure blue robe.

Embroidered upon the azure blue robe were rivers, mountains, sun, moon, and stars. At its center was a black Blackbird soaring through the heavens.

The black Blackbird pattern was lifelike, its bearing majestic and sacred, inspiring awe.

The fitted blue robe outlined the woman's tall, graceful figure in perfect curves, while her three thousand strands of green silk hair danced in the wind behind her.

At the County Town gate!

Unlike its usual bustling liveliness, the pedestrians passing through the gate today all appeared quiet and obedient.

For on either side of the gate stood more than a dozen Yamen Runners from the County Office, creating an atmosphere of solemn dignity.

They seemed to be awaiting the arrival of some great figure.

Even more remarkable, not far from those Yamen Runners sat two people, a man and a woman.

Among the passersby at the gate, some well-informed people recognized the identity of the seated man at a glance.

The County Office's Chief Constable! Chen Shi!

But no one recognized the woman beside Chen Shi.

She was Ye Qingxuan, who had come with Chen Shi.

At that moment, a faint sound of hoofbeats came from several hundred meters beyond the city gate.

Seeing this, Chen Shi, who had been seated at the gate, sprang up from his wooden chair and stared intently ahead.

When those people drew closer, Ye Qingxuan beside Chen Shi immediately brightened with delight. "Uncle Chen, Sister Yanran and the others are here!"

The people outside the city gradually approached, until they finally arrived at the County Town gate.

Ye Qingxuan immediately jogged over, with Chen Shi following close behind her.

When the three people at the gate saw Ye Qingxuan, they dismounted.

"Sister Yanran! Big Brother Ling Feng!"

The tall woman in the lead was Li Yanran, the Yellow Rank Blackbird Guard who had come from afar from the Prefecture.

In response to Ye Qingxuan's greeting, a faint smile appeared on Li Yanran's cool face. She nodded at Ye Qingxuan in acknowledgment.

"Qingxuan."

Behind Li Yanran followed two men, both dressed in black robes—the attire of ordinary Blackbird Guard members.

One was a tall, powerfully built man with wheat-colored skin, while the other was a somewhat slender young man.

At that moment, the slender young man among the three looked at Ye Qingxuan, who stood close to Li Yanran, and slowly spoke.

"Qingxuan, I didn't expect us to meet again after only a few days."

When Ye Qingxuan, standing beside Li Yanran, heard the slender young man address her so intimately—

She felt somewhat nauseated and said with disgust, "Su Tianqi, shut your mouth. You are not allowed to call me by my name."

This irritating fellow was the son of the County Magistrate of Lanshan County. Five or six years older than her, he was a martial artist who had just entered the Bone Refining Realm.

He had joined the Blackbird Guard at the same time as her and had happened to be assigned under Li Yanran.

Ever since Su Tianqi had first seen her, he had clung to her shamelessly and relentlessly.

Publicly rebuked by Ye Qingxuan, Su Tianqi could not keep his face, but he did not speak again to argue.

Yet when Su Tianqi looked at Ye Qingxuan once more, his eyes held deep, greedy desire.

As the son of a County Magistrate, his status was noble. Since childhood, what woman had he ever failed to obtain?

Damn it, this lowly bitch actually dared humiliate him in public. Sooner or later, he would make this lowly bitch regret it.

Fortunately, Chen Shi, who had been following behind Ye Qingxuan, walked over then, breaking the awkward scene.

"Greetings, my lords. This humble official is Chen Shi, Chief Constable of the Azure Cloud County Office.

"By order of County Magistrate Sir, I have come to welcome your arrival."

"County Magistrate Sir is already waiting for you at the County Office. Please follow this humble official there."

Chen Shi looked at Li Yanran, the leader, with apparent respect. He cupped his hands in salute, seeming somewhat restrained.

After all, her identity was far too extraordinary. Not only was she a member of the Blackbird Guard, Great Xia's most powerful force, she was also a Yellow Rank Blackbird Guard.

Chen Shi had already learned from Ye Qingxuan that Li Yanran, who was leading this party, was actually a martial arts expert of the Blood Refinement Realm.

The Blood Refinement Realm!

She was a true martial arts expert. Even in the Prefecture, where masters gathered like clouds, she would be a great figure renowned throughout the region.

Li Yanran said nothing more. Her expression returned to its usual coolness as she nodded in response to Chen Shi.

Thus, with the Yamen Runners clearing the way, the Blackbird Guard and their party departed the city gate in grand procession.

Once the Yamen Runners left, the gate, which had been exceedingly solemn moments before, returned to its bustling, crowded state.

"Xuan-ge, how should we deal with these two bastards? Should I take them back to the County Office?"

Looking at the two corpses on the ground, Liang Cheng finally came to his senses from his shock. Anger covered his face as he walked over and stomped several times on one of the bodies to vent his rage.

He was truly furious.

Before the Second Head died, he had revealed everything.

Damn it, it was those same bastard bandits from last time again—lawless madmen who even dared rob a court Yamen Runner like him.

That time could be overlooked, but now they had come right to their doorstep and even infiltrated the Lu Family, intending to set their sights on them.

This was utterly outrageous! A man could endure only so much before he could endure no more!

Lu Xuan did not care much about the two bandits on the ground. "No need. Dragging these two corpses out of the Lu Family would look bad. I'll have someone deal with them."

What truly concerned Lu Xuan were the words that bandit had spoken before dying.

The master behind these two bandits seemed to be a martial artist of the Blood Refinement Realm.

The Blood Refinement Realm?

Lu Xuan silently repeated the words to himself and made a certain decision.

Though he did not know whether the bandit's words were true, Lu Xuan decided to make a trip to the Lofty Mountain Range.

He would not allow anyone secretly coveting the Lu Family to exist. Even if there was only the slightest possibility, Lu Xuan absolutely would not let them go.

After venting his anger, Liang Cheng seemed to think of something and hurriedly ran to Lu Xuan's side.

"Xuan-ge, do you think the master that bandit mentioned—a Blood Refinement Realm martial artist—is that real?"

"Fake!"

Lu Xuan answered Liang Cheng's question without a moment's hesitation.

This eased Liang Cheng's tense heart.

If there really was a Blood Refinement Realm martial arts expert, that would be a disaster.

Then Liang Cheng looked at Lu Xuan with admiration and sighed.

"Come to think of it, Xuan-ge, just what level has your Martial Realm reached?"

When Lu Xuan had suddenly erupted earlier, it had all happened in an instant.

In such a short span of time, Liang Cheng had not even managed to see Lu Xuan's movements clearly before the two bandits had died without causing the slightest ripple.

Even killing pigs would involve some struggle, let alone when there were two people on the other side.

"Only a tiny hundred-million-bit higher than yours!"

Lu Xuan raised his hand and brought two fingers together in midair, leaving only the tiniest gap between them.