When You Have People, Use Them! Thunderous Measures

"Aunt Qing, come on out."

Lu Yuan walked to the front gate and called out in a clear voice.

Xiao Yi Xian's gaze instantly grew wary. She had not noticed anyone nearby at all.

"Xiao Yuan, how did you know I was here?"

A few breaths later, a heroic-looking middle-aged woman in a cyan robe leaped down from the roof, landing steadily beside Lu Yuan.

Curiosity lay hidden in the woman's eyes. She had stayed a full thirty zhang away from Lu Yuan the whole time and could not even hear clearly what he and Xiao Yi Xian were discussing, so he surely should not have been able to detect her either.

"Aunt Qing, of course I guessed," Lu Yuan said in a familiar tone. "How could I not know my own father? He saved a precious son like me, and although the clan rules made it difficult for him to keep me in the clan for the time being, that didn't mean he would feel at ease letting me come alone to such a remote place."

"Uncle Zhang was there in the open, but he definitely arranged for you to follow in secret before he could feel at ease."

This Aunt Qing was named Zhang Qingqing. She was a maidservant whom his missing mother had left behind in the Lu Clan, and she was a Da Dou Shi.

"You're clever, all right." A smile appeared in Zhang Qingqing's eyes, but she put on a stern expression. "Why did you call me out? I was hiding in the shadows, so you should understand what the clan head meant. Unless your life is in danger, I won't make a move."

"Aunt Qing, please help me kill some people," Lu Yuan said bluntly. "Since I'm here, it's time Qingshan Town took the Lu name."

"Send Mr. Yao away, merge the Myriad Medicine Pavilion into the Lu Merchant Guild, and kill every last core member of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group."

Zhang Qingqing folded her arms. "Xiao Yuan, didn't you hear what I just said?"

"I did." Lu Yuan held out his hand. "Aunt Qing, I'm not asking you to make a move so I can live comfortably. I want to repay a kindness."

"Repay a kindness?" Zhang Qingqing was puzzled.

Lu Yuan gestured for Zhang Qingqing to take his hand, then circulated the Dou Qi in his body.

"This is!?" Zhang Qingqing was utterly startled. "Dou Qi? Xiao Yuan, you... could it be...?"

"Aunt Qing, it's just as you think." Lu Yuan smiled and nodded, withdrawing his hand. "The poison in my body has been cured. My cultivation has recovered to the Dou Zhe level, and my talent has returned too."

"Good, good, good." Zhang Qingqing said the word three times in a row, her eyes growing moist. "If the madam knew, she would be happy for you."

Lu Yuan's gaze sharpened slightly as he continued, "Aunt Qing, I owe everything I have now to Miss Xiao Yi Xian's help. Mr. Yao of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group are trying to bully her."

Hearing this, Zhang Qingqing drew her saber from her Storage Ring. Dou Qi surged from within her body and formed armor around her as she said coldly, "I understand. They dare bully your benefactor, Xiao Yuan. They'll all pay the price."

Xiao Yi Xian: "..."

"I didn't expect you to have a Da Dou Shi guarding you," Xiao Yi Xian said after Zhang Qingqing had left, a trace of lingering fear in her eyes.

"Yes." Lu Yuan smiled openly. "Otherwise, how would I have dared to be alone with you? I imagine you've made quite a few poisons from the Poison Scripture lately."

Xiao Yi Xian's cheeks reddened slightly. He had seen through the little scheme in her heart.

"Xiao Yi Xian, come with me to the Lu Merchant Guild and wait for Aunt Qing to bring back news." Lu Yuan looked into Xiao Yi Xian's eyes.

"Mm." Xiao Yi Xian nodded in agreement. "I'll pack my things."

Meanwhile, in the main courtyard behind the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

No one noticed a cyan figure drift into the courtyard like a gust of wind.

In the study, Mr. Yao, the owner of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, stood by the window, staring blankly at the scenery outside. In truth, he was calculating inwardly. According to the information I gathered, the most valuable things in that cave were three boxes.

Mu Li brought one back for Mu She, and before long, Mu She ordered the pursuit and killing of that youth. The thing in the box must have been quite valuable.

Xiao Yi Xian most likely has a box too. I have to find a way to make her spit it out.

As Mr. Yao was plotting, he suddenly felt a chill against his neck.

The next moment, he saw a masked woman in cyan outside the window, holding a blade to his neck.

"Dou Qi Armor! A Da Dou Shi expert!" Mr. Yao's legs went weak, and he nearly fell.

For a Da Dou Shi to kill him would be as easy as turning over a hand.

"S-Senior, may I have your name?" Mr. Yao's voice trembled. "I don't know how I offended you, Senior. I'm willing to apologize and offer compensation. Whatever you want, as long as I have it."

Zhang Qingqing said indifferently, "If you don't want to die, leave Qingshan Town at once and never return."

"Leave everything you own behind and give it all to Xiao Yi Xian. Do you understand?"

If Mr. Yao had not helped Xiao Yi Xian before, he would have died today without a doubt.

It's actually connected to Xiao Yi Xian. When did she come to know someone like this? Could it be because of what she gained in the cliff cave? The thought flashed through Mr. Yao's mind, and he spoke without hesitation. "Yes, Senior. I'll hand the Myriad Medicine Pavilion over to Xiao Yi Xian and leave Qingshan Town immediately."

"You have only half a shichen." The words lingered in the air as Zhang Qingqing's body left an afterimage behind and departed.

"Hah, hah..." Mr. Yao dropped onto the ground, panting heavily. His soaked clothes were already plastered to his back.

But he did not dare delay. He immediately went to the secret chamber and found the Myriad Medicine Pavilion's land deed and property deed, along with the indentures of some maidservants and guards. He prepared to hand them all over to Xiao Yi Xian, publicly announce the transfer, and leave immediately afterward.

Meanwhile, Zhang Qingqing made her way through Qingshan Town and slipped into the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's compound.

In the group leader's study, Mu She put down the scroll in his hand. His gaze was icy, and his voice was confident. "Who would have thought that I, Mu She, would have a chance to obtain a High-grade Profound Tier Dou Technique? And it's a special Dou Technique compatible with every Dou Qi attribute, one that can be applied to a weapon."

"Once I've mastered this Dou Technique, I won't have to fear that old bastard from the Lu Merchant Guild."

"When the time comes, I'll find a way to kill the old bastard and make that brat from the Lu Merchant Guild kowtow and admit his mistakes."

"Is that so?" An icy voice came from behind him like a ghost.

Every hair on Mu She's body stood on end. Just as he was about to turn, his body suddenly felt light, as though he had flown into the air.

He saw a familiar body. Strangely, it had no head.

"Bang!"

Mu She's head fell to the ground.

Mu She, leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, was dead!

And this was only the beginning.

A moment later, muffled grunts and the sounds of a blade cutting into flesh rang out one after another inside the compound.

Before long, a thick stench of blood spread from within the compound, drawing the mercenaries standing guard outside.

"Holy shit!"

"Dead people! They're all dead!"

"The second group leader is dead! Hurry and report to the group leader!"

"Don't bother reporting it. The group leader is dead too, and so is the young group leader."

"The Storage Rings have vanished without a trace, and the secret vault's been cleaned out. Did a master thief hit us!?"

"..."

News that Mu She, leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, and more than twenty of his core subordinates had all been slain spread throughout Qingshan Town before noon.

Countless people came to the scene after hearing the news. Seeing the corpses, each killed with a single slash, they all speculated about who had done it.

No one knew who had done it, and no one went looking for the killer on behalf of these unrelated people.

In front of the Lu Merchant Guild's gate, Steward Qian listened to the discussions of people coming and going along the street, secretly astonished.

Shortly before, Lu Yuan had returned to the guild and told him to organize some men to take over the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and the third of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's territory closest to the Lu Merchant Guild.

At the time, he had still been wondering what grounds they had to take over those businesses and that territory.

Now he knew.

I'm afraid what happened to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group was this steward's doing.

I absolutely must not defy him. I have to carry out everything he assigned me perfectly.