"Dad, move aside..."
A young member of the Lu Family pulled an old man beside him away.
At the same time, he raised his fist and threw a punch straight at me.
Seeing this, I merely sidestepped and dodged it in an instant.
With a backhanded grappling move, I clamped my hand around the Lu kid's throat.
"Let go of my son!"
"Black Monk, what are you doing?"
"You demon monk!"
"..."
The Lu Family members all spoke up, and some had even drawn their longswords.
Zhang Yuchen and Uncle Yu sprang up at once.
"What are you doing?"
"Whoever dares touch my brother!"
Uncle Yu raised the Dragon-Head Cleaver and pointed it at several of the more impulsive young Lu Family members.
Zhang Yuchen drew his longsword, ready to fight.
Even the weakened Lu Changyuan shouted in a low voice.
"All stand down!"
"But, Big Brother!"
"Eldest Uncle, the Black Lotus Seal! He's a Black Monk."
"I said, all stand down!"
Lu Changyuan spoke again.
After that shout, the Lu Family members slowly backed away, though they remained highly wary.
The impulsive ones were mainly the younger members of the Lu Family.
The elders, those in their forties and fifties, were clearly much more composed.
Though they were surprised, none of them attacked me.
It was only this group of young people around my age who were so impulsive.
Especially this one whose throat I had grabbed. He had attacked the moment he saw the Black Lotus Seal. He was certainly rash enough.
I immediately released him as well.
"Son, are you all right?"
He was merely at the initial stage of the Essence Soul Realm. Killing him would have been effortless for me.
"Dad, seize him! Anyone with the Black Lotus Seal is a Black Monk.
"And he's