Gloomy and Terrifying Lu Xuan!

"Xiao Xuan, you..."

Liang Shanhai stared at Lu Xuan, who seemed like a completely different person, his heart filled with shock.

At the same time, an invisible pressure bore down on him, making him feel as though he could barely breathe.

How was this possible?!

How could Xiao Xuan possess such an overwhelming aura?

It actually made him, a Marrow Refining martial artist, tremble, leaving him without even the thought of resisting.

"Uncle-in-law, I have troubled you today. I'll take my leave first!"

At this moment, Lu Xuan had no intention of concealing his strength. In an instant, he turned into an afterimage and darted out through the storeroom doors!

"This..."

Before Liang Shanhai could react, Lu Xuan, who had been sitting before him, had already vanished.

"Was that an afterimage?"

"Just how strong has Xiao Xuan become?"

Reflected deep within Liang Shanhai's pupils was a hazy, illusory afterimage—the trace Lu Xuan had left behind when he departed.

Lu Family Main Hall!

At this moment, the courtyard outside the Main Hall doors was already packed with members of the Lu Family. Inside the hall, the crowd was equally dense, sealing the doorway tight.

Just then, a figure swept down from high above and landed on the ground with practiced ease.

It was Lu Xuan, who had rushed back from the County Office at full speed.

The instant Lu Xuan landed, the people gathered in the courtyard all snapped back to their senses.

"The Young Master is back!"

"Xuan-ge!"

"Big Brother!"

Lu Xuan's face was so gloomy it was terrifying, like Dark Clouds before a thunderstorm, inspiring fear at first glance!

When the people blocking the doorway saw Lu Xuan, they all tacitly moved aside, opening up a path.

Lu Xuan ignored everyone around him and strode toward the room.

Once inside, the room was filled with people Lu Xuan knew well.

Yet Lu Xuan paid them little attention and instead looked toward one particular spot.

On the bed, Lu Jiahe had propped himself up against the wall. Several people stood by his bedside.

Lu Jiahe seemed to be mostly unharmed, though his face was somewhat pale, as if he had yet to recover from the fright. A strip of white cloth was wrapped around his chest.

Only upon seeing Lu Jiahe did the tension in Lu Xuan's heart finally ease.

"Yunqing, is everything all right with your Uncle Mingzhong?"

"Father, he's fine. I gave Uncle Mingzhong the remaining antidote."

"That's good."

Only after hearing that Li Mingzhong was all right did Lu Jiahe relax. Just as he was about to say something, Lu Xuan had already passed through the crowd and arrived before him.

"Father, are you all right?"

It was only when Lu Xuan suddenly appeared before Lu Jiahe that everyone in the room finally noticed him.

Their attention had been fixed on Lu Jiahe all along, and they had failed to notice Lu Xuan's arrival.

When Lu Yunqing and Lu Yunfeng, who stood by Lu Jiahe's bed, saw that it was Lu Xuan, they hurriedly stepped aside.

"Big Brother!"

"Mm."

Lu Xuan answered his two younger brothers, then stepped forward and sat at the edge of the bed.

"Xuan-er, Father is fine. You needn't worry."

After seeing Lu Xuan, Lu Jiahe's complexion seemed to improve somewhat.

"Father, your son has been unfilial."

When Lu Xuan saw the wound on Lu Jiahe's chest up close, an inexplicable gleam flickered in his eyes, while rampant killing intent filled the depths of his pupils.

Some insignificant ant had actually tried to take his father's life!

Without waiting for Lu Jiahe to respond, Lu Xuan reached out a large hand and placed it on Lu Jiahe's shoulder.

With a thought, Lu Xuan stirred the internal qi within his body. Gentle internal qi flowed from his palm into Lu Jiahe's body.

Under Lu Xuan's control, the gentle internal qi circulated through Lu Jiahe's body, continuously nourishing him.

Internal qi was Heaven and Earth Origin Qi. While it could not prolong one's life, it could still hasten the recovery of ordinary injuries.

In but a moment, Lu Jiahe's complexion visibly improved at a rapid pace.

Seeing this, Lu Xuan withdrew the hand he had placed on Lu Jiahe's shoulder.

"Xuan-er, you..."

Feeling the changes in his body, Lu Jiahe looked at Lu Xuan in disbelief.

What kind of power was this, to actually affect the human body?

Lu Jiahe had practiced medicine for most of his life, yet he had never seen anything so miraculous.

Of course, Lu Jiahe did not dwell on the matter for long.

No matter what realm Lu Xuan had reached in martial cultivation, he was still his son.

"Xuan-er, Father is all right now."

"Fortunately, Mingzhong risked his life to save me, and a passing Female Hero intervened as well. That was how I escaped disaster!"

"A Female Hero?"

Though Lu Xuan was somewhat puzzled, he did not question Lu Jiahe directly.

"Your son understands. Father, rest first. I will certainly thank her properly on behalf of the Lu Family for saving your life!"

Lu Xuan then rose to his feet and turned toward the people behind him, speaking calmly. "Liang Cheng, come with me."

"Yunqing, Yunfeng, you two take good care of Father."

In Lu Xuan's courtyard.

"Speak. Who did this?"

Lu Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, his face expressionless. No one could tell what he was feeling at that moment.

Only then did Liang Cheng answer Lu Xuan's question. "Xuan-ge, those men who committed the attack are still unconscious."

"However, I already captured them all and brought them back to the County Office. If not for all those eyes watching, I would have hacked those beasts to death long ago."

"Don't worry, Xuan-ge. The County Office prison is my turf. I'll take good care of those beasts and make sure they reveal the mastermind behind this!"

As he said this, a fierce glint appeared in Liang Cheng's eyes.

Damn it!

Those damned beasts had actually tried to kill his uncle. Once he returned to the County Office, he would make those beasts regret ever coming into this world.

"Oh, right, Xuan-ge, there's one more thing!"

"Today, when I rushed to help Uncle, Huang Wen, the County Yamen Constable who has always been at odds with me, deliberately delayed me on the way."

"I suspect he is definitely connected to this matter!"

"And Huang Wen is the son of County Magistrate Huang Yangping."

After listening to Liang Cheng, Lu Xuan had already reached a decision.

"Who was the Female Hero who saved my father?"

Liang Cheng shook his head. "Xuan-ge, I don't know who she is either."

"However, I once saw her together with the Chief Constable at the County Office. The Chief Constable addressed her as Lord Li!"

"She seemed to have come from the Prefecture. Something called the Blackbird Guard, I think?"

Li?

Blackbird Guard?

Upon hearing Blackbird Guard, a lovely figure surfaced in Lu Xuan's mind.

It was her! Li Yanran!

Late at night!

Outside the County Office, a figure slowly approached from afar and stopped beyond its surrounding wall.

The newcomer was none other than Lu Xuan!

Lu Xuan had no interest in handing over the insignificant ants who dared assassinate his father for someone else to deal with.

Since he was planning to leave County Town anyway, he would slaughter every person who posed a threat to the Lu Family!