Chapter 173: Chapter 173: Arrival at Jingtai Prefecture City! Strange Yin Energy!

Even his sister, the Great Xia Emperor Xia Mingyue, might not compare to this Lu Xuan.

If he could snatch this martial arts genius from the Li Family, that would be the best outcome.

As long as Lu Xuan was willing to submit to him, Xia Mingqing could let bygones be bygones and would never bring up anything about the Luo Family.

Hmph, dead people have no value to exploit.

Xia Mingqing certainly wouldn’t waste his energy on such trivial matters.

Even if the deceased was his martial arts mentor, Xia Mingqing still felt no grief.

Luo Jin’s death only made Xia Mingqing feel like someone was challenging his authority,

which was why he was so enraged.

Now, it was up to Lu Xuan to see if he would come to meet him.

To win Lu Xuan over, Xia Mingqing had demonstrated the utmost sincerity.

Lu Xuan could ask for anything from him, including his personal maid Chen Luomeng.

Heh heh heh!

Xia Mingqing couldn’t believe that a hot-blooded man could refuse such temptation.

As Xia Mingqing began to take action, in the center of the prefectural city position.

There lay a grand building, precisely the Anzhou Prefect’s residence!

At the moment, there were two people in the prefecture’s main hall.

An elderly man, dressed in a red official robe, sat on the main seat of the hall.

The elderly man’s hair and beard were snow-white, despite the marks of time on his aged face, his spirit was still exceptionally vigorous.

This old man was Tao Zhenbang, the prefect of Anzhou and the Deputy Director of the Heavenly Soldier Department.

Standing before Tao Zhenbang was a man, bowing respectfully and looking at Tao Zhenbang with utmost reverence.

This man was the prefect of Qingling Prefecture.

Upon learning of Luo Jin’s death, the prefect of Qingling Prefecture rushed to notify Tao Zhenbang without delay.

After hearing the words from the prefect of Qingling Prefecture, Tao Zhenbang was filled with disbelief.

Luo Jin, that old guy, was dead?

And it was done by the Luo Family’s guard, Wu Hui?

While others might not know Luo Jin’s background, Tao Zhenbang knew it clearly.

Luo Jin possessed the protective power left behind by a sacrificial artifact.

No martial artist below the Great Success in External Gang Grandmaster could possibly break that protective power.

"Sigh, such a tumultuous time!"

At this point, Tao Zhenbang could only sigh worriedly.

Besides himself, in the entire Anzhou, only Prince An was a martial artist above the Great Success in External Gang Grandmaster.

It couldn’t possibly be Prince An assassinating his martial arts mentor.

Luo Jin’s death proved that a force above the Great Success in External Gang Grandmaster still existed in Anzhou.

This matter could very well cause alarm to the Emperor!

"My Lord Prefect, I have already sent people to seal off Qingling Prefecture."

"Should we issue a warrant to hunt down Wu Hui?"

Tao Zhenbang had no objections to the actions of the prefect of Qingling Prefecture.

He immediately made an order on the spot.

"Issue my command, post a bounty warrant for Wu Hui across all prefectures of Anzhou."

For now, finding this so-called Luo Family guard was the only strategy.

Anyway, the court would send people to investigate Luo Jin’s case.

Most likely, it would be those fellows from the Bright Mirror Bureau.

Jingtai Prefecture Main City!

After half a day’s journey, Lu Xuan had already left Qingling Prefecture and was heading straight to Jingtai Prefecture Main City.

Finally, as the city gates of Jingtai Prefecture Main City were about to close, Lu Xuan arrived in the city.

Lu Xuan came to Jingtai Prefecture Main City with a plan, and he certainly wouldn’t make a pointless trip.

On the way to Jingtai Prefecture Main City, Lu Xuan took a short break, using all his system points to deduce the Vajra Unbreakable Horizontal Training Skill.

Host: Lu Xuan

Realm: External Gang Grandmaster (Great Success)

Cultivation Technique: Heaven-Burning Saber Skill 1/9, Streamlight Step Skill 1/9, Vajra Unbreakable 8/9

Points: 30

He spent 810 system points to deduce the seventh layer of the Vajra Unbreakable to the eighth layer.

This was the reason why Lu Xuan appeared in Jingtai Prefecture Main City.

Facing the empty system points, only the inventory of Mo from the Profound Bird Guard could meet Lu Xuan’s needs.

Given his relationship with Mo, borrowing some spiritual objects from him should not be a problem.

Mo Ronghua had previously told Lu Xuan about the location of the Profound Bird Guard in Jingtai Prefecture.

It was located in the eastern city center of the main city.

After entering the city, Lu Xuan slowed his horse’s pace, riding along a wide and smooth street.

However, when Lu Xuan passed by an inn, he lightly pulled on the reins, stopping his horse.

"Hmm?"

"This aura?"

"Yin energy?"

"But it doesn’t seem like it?"

Lu Xuan turned his head towards the inside of the inn, where the entrance was crowded with people, and every table was filled with guests.

However, Lu Xuan’s gaze focused on a corner in the west.

There was a table there, with four men sitting around it, all dressed in neat black short robes.

On the front of the black robe, there was an embroidery of a pattern resembling an eagle’s claw.

The yin energy that caught Lu Xuan’s attention came from these men.

Yet, this yin energy left Lu Xuan feeling very strange. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Because the aura of this yin energy was completely different from the ones Lu Xuan had sensed in the past.

Those ghostly things’ yin energy should supposedly be extremely cold, lifeless, and devoid of vitality.

However, the yin energy from these four men gave Lu Xuan an inexplicable feeling.

It was a sense of desperate resentment, as if haunted by fierce ghosts, making Lu Xuan feel slightly uncomfortable.

Was this yin energy mixed with human emotions?

However, Lu Xuan didn’t think too much about it.

Although this yin energy felt off, Lu Xuan was sure it stemmed from those ghostly things.

And those ghostly things were exactly what could provide Lu Xuan with a large amount of system points!

As Lu Xuan was observing those four men.

The four men seemed completely unaware of Lu Xuan’s presence, continuing their quiet conversation among themselves.

"Mr. Li, I feel like Zhang Yingxue is becoming more and more peculiar."

"Should we report to the Hall Master?"

One of the younger men directed his words to the large man in the primary seat.

But before the man named Mr. Li could respond, the man sitting opposite the younger one sneered.

"Pfft!"

"Mr. Li, look at Bold, he’s becoming more and more of a coward."

"That woman Zhang Yingxue has long been a cripple and acts hysterically."

"What could possibly be peculiar!"

"Yong, you...."

The young man, being mocked this way, became indignant and was about to retort.

At that moment, a light breeze swept across the faces of the four.

In the blink of an eye, a phantom-like figure appeared right in front of them.