Yue Xiaofei was stunned by this sudden, grand gesture of respect.
He hurried forward to help them up. "Elders, please get up! Why... why are you doing this?"
The first elder raised his head, tears filling his fierce eyes. "Young master, your grandmother, Miss Lu Lanxin, gave our Azure Alliance a new lease on life!"
"Without Miss Lu, the Azure Alliance would not be what it is today!"
"The Lu family will forever be the sole master of our Azure Alliance!"
Another elder sighed emotionally. "Indeed! Young master, you may not know this, but Miss Lu's portrait still hangs in the Azure Alliance Headquarters to this day. Alongside Lord Guan and our founding patriarch, Chu Qing, she has received incense offerings from every generation of our alliance!"
"As Miss Lu's descendant, you are naturally the young master to whom our entire Azure Alliance owes its allegiance!"
Yue Xiaofei was deeply shaken by their words.
It seemed... despite ungrateful scoundrels like Third Master Du, there were still people within the Azure Alliance who remembered his grandmother's kindness and upheld that code of honor!
After paying their respects, the six elders rose with Yue Xiaofei's help. Then they all turned to glare at the dumbstruck Third Master Du!
The first elder slammed his cane against the floor and thundered, "Du Asan, you heartless bastard! You dared to collude with outsiders, plot against the Lu family's young master, and betray the Azure Alliance's ancestral teachings! We discovered your scheme long ago!"
"Put down your weapons and kneel before the young master at once!"
"Under our rules, you must suffer the punishment of Three Knives, Six Holes. Perhaps then we will leave your corpse intact!"
Third Master Du recovered from his initial shock. As he listened to the elders' rebukes, he showed no fear.