( Scene Change )( Narrator POV )( In the meantime at the Lu Family mansion ) :
Lu Chiang is sitting cross-legged and seemed to be completely engrossed in meditation, then all of a sudden a hurried knock on the door, forced him to wake up from his meditation, he had a cold frown on his face and seemed quite bothered by being interrupted midway his practice .
Yet, he still told the person knocking on the door to come in, once the permission was granted, a person wearing the Solid Rock Dojo disciple uniform directly entered in a hurry and directly bowed down on the ground in fright and said while presenting a piece of tattered and seemed to be burned cloth, he said :
Young Master Lu Chiang, sorry for interrupting your practice, I went to the place you asked me to go and search, but this piece of clothes and the scent of burned Flesh were the only thing I found there .
As for your uncle's traces, I'm sorry but I found no traces of him there, only what could be his remains, this piece of clothes is all that I found .
After Lu Chiang heard this, he didn't grieve the loss of his last living relatives as most people would have done, instead the next words that came out of his mouth were quite cold and sinister as well, he said :
Trash, he even failed the only task I had given him, even after using the Yin Burning Blood Pill, he was still unable to deal with a guy in the 1st layer of Flesh Tempering, useless .
For 5 minutes straight, Lu Chiang seemed to be completely engrossed in cursing his uncle and completely disregarding of the fact that there was a Dojo disciple still witnessing all of this unfolding .
At least hearing the curses and the yelling, he still didn't dare to raise his head from his kneeling position, seemed to be completely accustomed to what he needed to do when the young master in his own tongue beginning to act like this .
He stayed silent for quite the long period of time, but only after some time had passed and his senior brother or Young Master seemed to have finally calmed down did he finally say :
Young Master, I'm beginning to think that this guy must had someone helping him from behind the scenes, after all and with all due respect, even if your esteemed uncle hadn't diligently worked hard on his Martial Arts path, him taking that pill should have elevated it him to at least Layer 5th or 6th of Flesh Tempering .
I don't think that Tian Long was able to defeat him by then, so there must be someone who helped him to escape the onslaught of elder Lu Sun and even deal with him, it's either this or elder Lu Sun was just unlucky and happened to swallow the pill then get caught by the Demon Slaying Patrol or a person from the Lu Family .
Lu Chiang seemed to have finally regained back some of his clarity and the mad like state he was in before seem to have receded, he finally was willing to say :
The possibility of him being helped by someone is indeed high, he was able to progress so fast in such a short period of time, even dwarfing those heavenly geniuses and proud sons of Heaven we keep hearing about, but who would have such an ability and if that person behind him was really that powerful, then why he picked Tian Long and not someone like me to guide instead .
As Lu Chiang finished saying this, he clenched his hands so hard that his bones began making a crackling sounds, implying how angry he currently was, after he did vent some of his frustration by doing this, he then continued to say :
Something doesn't add up, it seem to me that this Tian Long is no way a simple nobody, there must be some secrets on or in his body, ask the people under you to keep an eye on him from now on and gather information about everything he does .
~Phew~ as for the other possibilities, I'm quite certain that they were even more unlikely to happen, I already made sure that the place by the well and all the way to that Tian Long's hut was empty at that hour .
If something were to have happened, I'm certain that it would have already been reported by either that family member or a member of the Demon Slaying Patrol, at least the whole family would have been investigated thoroughly .
But since this didn't happen, the only logical explanation would be him getting a helping hand from someone who have at least 8th or even higher level of strength .
If Fu Liu wasn't by my side at that time, I would have had suspected that he is the person who dealt with that useless uncle of mine, there isn't even a corpse that we can see some clues which could be able to help us in finding the culprit or even narrowing down the search even a little, pity, but this is one of this pill effects .
After Lu Chiang finished assessing the whole situation, he was still unable to make any clear conclusion purely based on the so little information he had, the servant that was still kneeling was the one to suggest something to him, something that made Lu Chiang almost went berserk with anger, he said :
Should we give his details to the Black Blood Hall and ask them to deal with him, I think if Young Master gave the order, no one would dare say no to hi...., ugh, y.o.oungg.maaast..r, why ? .
Just as the servant was midway his speech, he was raised from the ground and was held by the neck by Lu Chiang, becoming completely out of breath in less than a few seconds, his neck almost snapped in half due to how strong was the strength of Lu Chiang .
He didn't respond to the plead of the subordinate, he first got something out of his bag and it was a piece of paper, then he stuck it to the face of the already close to death doorstep subordinate and the latter once he saw the content of the paper had his eyes widened instantly .
On the paper there was no much words written, only the portrait of someone face and a few words written down under it, the words were implying that the guy's portrayed and illustrated on the paper is to be handed over as quickly as possible to the Master, being labeled as a good seedling .
The illustration on the paper belonged to none other than Tian Long, after the subordinate become aware of this, he was finally got released by Lu Chiang, dropping him on the floor and even though he kept on coughing excessively due to the lack of air he suffered from just now, he still directly prostrated himself in front of his so-called Young Master and say in a hurry :
Please advise me Young Master .
That guy is wanted by Master, so of course I can't touch him, but I can give his whereabouts and most of his information to the other protectors and they should be the ones to deal with him .
I won't interfere or try to do anything to him in the meantime as to not trigger Master's anger, it took a lot of hard work for me to become his disciple after all, the mission of reporting his whereabouts will fall completely on you, do you have any opinions Su Niu ? .
The subordinate buried his head in the floor even more and said :
Subordinate don't dare, Young Master is so wise, I will be sure to do anything the Young Master order me to do .
You can leave now .
The subordinate got up in a hurry and was heading out in the same manner as if he was afraid that the Young Master would attack or even kill him, but just as he was about to cross the door frames, he suddenly got called out by the young master, Lu Chiang said :
What about the girls that will be offered as sacrifices, have you collected them all yet ? .
There was 1 girl missing, but thanks to that idiot Bu Fan, we would able to fulfill the criteria of the sect this time thanks to his stupidity, this last one might even give more resentment than the other 13 girls combined .
Then this is good, also you should be able to know what to do with that Bu Fan after everything is over, just thinking about how he made me lose face in front of everyone there is enough to make me furious .
The superordinate turned and bowed down again and said :
Subordinate understand, I will be sure to make him nothing but a memory, I will take my leave now .
Be sure to hand his body to the sect, it might not count as much, but a contribution will still be counted as a contribution .
Disciple understand, disciple will leave now .
Oh right, I forgot to ask about how the investigation of the sudden appearance of the young master Han Jun is going ? .
Just as he was about to flee, he was once again hit with this kind of question, but even though others in his place would be annoyed, the subordinate named Su Niu didn't dare to even show the slightest bit of annoyance and answered truthfully, saying :
We still hadn't made much progress regarding the investigation, but it is said that this Young Master Jun was one that had ventured outside most of his life, but now he came back to settle down and rest for a bit .
But this subordinate believe that he might be fleeing from a strong enemy, but there is really not much information about him,but rest assured Young Master, if we got any more news, I will head directly to report them to you .
Lu Chiang seemed to be falling into deep thought as he just clenched his fist and with his other free hand, he gave permission to that Su Niu to finally go out .
Father, I will avenge you .
( Scene Change )( POV Return): ( back in the Rejuvenating Hall ) .
Just as I was beginning to think that I would need to wait for him to wake up, he did actually woke up, if this wasn't a sign of luck and fortune, I don't know what is .
Buuu Faaan, where's my Liu'er ? .
After that guy Bu Fan seemed to have finally began to regain his consciousness, Li Fu like a tiger directly pounced on him and again started to strangle him .
Feeling that I already lost enough time as it is, I stretched a hand and pulled him off the guy that was now fighting for his life with quite ease, how easy I was able to sweep him off was enough to give Li Fu enough shock to finally realize what he just did .
He directly cupped his fist and bowed slightly while apologizing for the misunderstanding, I just brushed it off and instead appeared in front of the now more sober Bu Fan and asked directly :
" Where did you take the girl ? .
It seemed that he was still having some flashbacks from our fight earlier, his body shook slightly after hearing my cold tone of voice, he still have the shadow of me on his heart, I looked at this and thought that this would make things easier, but I was then surprised by the actions of Bu Fan .
That guy gritted his teeth at me and said :
What girl, I don't know who are you talking about ? .
Li Fu :
Buuu Faaan, youuuu .
Bu Fan :
You mixed right with wrong just so that you deal with me, what you, you are a wretched person, whatever this guy had told you Senior Brother Tian, it was all made up lies .
Li Fu :
I will know where you took Liu'er, even if I needed to kill you here .
Without wasting a second, the two almost started to curse one another and a fight seem to be imminent, but just as the two was about to fight, I released my killing intent aimed at both of them, I was now able to control it more skilfully .
The moment my cold killing intent made appearance, the two of them stopped arguing and instead lowered their eyes as if not even able to look at me directly .
I took a few seconds to think about what Bu Fan just said and even though it was unlikely to be the truth, I still considered it as a possibility, after all, the only person that his words can carry some weight was Liu'er Father and that man wasn't present currently .
So it was really quite the predicament, but as if sensing my own troubled thoughts, Li Fu woke up from his trance and directly handed me an envelope, I was surprised that he woke up this quickly, but I still opened the envelope and saw the letter in it .
In the letter, the words indeed lacked of any substantial evident that it was written by a female, I was able to tell, after all in my past life, I due to the long time working in the company, was able to keenly note some differences between the males and females handwriting .
In the letter, today marked the day that Liu'er would cut all ties with Li Fu and in the letter she mentioned that she was going out with Bu Fan from now on instead, the letter appearance shocked the guy on bed to the core and allowed him to finally wake up from his trance and panic a little .
" So what do you have to prove your innocence, junior Bu Fan ? .
Bu Fan :
It's a fabricated letter, he was the one to fabricate it, wanting to set me up, I wasn't the one who went to Liu'er house, oh no .
" It seemed that the truth still slipped out of your cursed tongue unintentionally, how did you know that someone went to Liu'er house, you shouldn't have known anything about this, care to explain .
Bu Fan :
I, I, I don't owe any of you any explanation, if you want to get anything out of me, then you can only report me to the Dojo Master .
" Oh, seeing that you can't hide it anymore, you are ready to push forward with all your strength, truly reckless, hey Junior Li Fu tell me, does this token give me the right to enforce justice in the Dojo or not ? .
Li Fu :
Of course it does, seeing the Close Disciple Token is akin to representing the Dojo Master, at least that what I heard .
" So Bu Fan, do you still think that you don't owe me an explanation ? .
I flashed the Token in front of his face and said this, the moment he saw the Token, he tried to circulate his Blood Qi, but luckily he was already severely injured before and was unable to circulate his Blood Qi fast enough, one palm to his chest from Li Fu was enough to dissipate his Blood Qi and force him to spit blood .
I was the one who gave him the permission to do so, otherwise if I was the one to do it, I might end up killing him unintentionally, no matter how vile hearted he was, he still can't die here like this nor at such critical time .
Time is ticking, the time on the letter was nearing, I also beginning to have a very bad premonition regarding this whole situation, one that was forcing my hands to move quickly, if I really wanted to rescue someone .