Chapter 29 - A New Storm Arrived

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Creak… Little Tail pushed open the courtyard door and wanted to ask for breakfast today. Lu Yu had given her the task of asking for breakfast for the past few days, which allowed her to move around within the area of the medicine shop and courtyard.

The moment she stepped out, she saw a mangled corpse lying in the distance. She did not have any feelings towards the corpse. Over the years, she had seen many that were even worse than this one.

But who was the egg roll that was lying at the entrance of the courtyard?

Lu Yu had told her about the egg roll, and he had personally fried one for her to eat. Little Tail thought it was delicious. That person was wrapped exactly like an egg roll.

Little Tail did not know Han Yu, and she would never meddle in other people’s business.

However, when she saw Han Yu lying at the entrance of her place, she reached out to push Han Yu, wanting to wake her up.

“Wake up, wake up. Big sister, why are you sleeping in such a place? Get up quickly.”

“Mmm, don’t be noisy. Let me sleep for a while more.”

Little Tail continued to shake, wanting to wake Han Yu up.

“Who is it! I already said don’t be noisy, don’t touch me!” Han Yu felt someone shaking her and suddenly jolted awake. When she opened her eyes, she found herself wrapped in a blanket and sleeping outside of her room.

“Ah!” Han Yu let out a high-frequency, ear-piercing, and loud scream.

Little Tail covered her ears. She felt that her ears were going deaf.

“Who is it? Who dare to make early in the morning!”

Lu Yu, who had been tossing and turning in the night, finally fell asleep when the sky was about to brighten. He was awakened by Han Yu’s scream, and he roared with anger.

Early in the morning, all the people from the Ji Min Hall were woken up. Not only the Ji Min Hall, but all the employees of the Han estate in Windmill Town were also woken up.

The eldest daughter of the Han family had actually slept on the streets for an entire night. This was a huge matter. After Butler Zhang found out about it, he immediately rushed to Windmill Town.

When Butler Zhang arrived, the officials were checking the scene. When they saw Ma Gang, whose half of his body had been crushed, their expressions were somewhat solemn.

He recognized that this person was one of the members of the Wild Wolf Sect.

All the members of the Wild Wolf Sect, the Blood Blade Sect, the Fierce Tiger Sect, and other underground gangs had been thoroughly investigated by the Han Residence. Butler Zhang had seen the portraits of those people.

Constable Li, who held the highest position at the scene, saw Butler Zhang. He came to Butler Zhang and said, “Looking at the situation at the scene, it should be Ma Gang was trying to kidnap Miss Han Yu. When he left, he ran into a strong expert who was passing by. The strong expert acted bravely and killed Ma Gang with one palm strike.”

“As for Miss Han Yu, my people found traces of knockout powder at the edge of the quilt. That’s why she was unaware that she was sleeping on the street. It could be that the expert who passed by had something urgent to attend to and left, so he left Miss Han Yu here.”

Although Han Yu was lying at the entrance of Lu Yu’s small courtyard, and Ma Gang seemed to have been killed by a single palm strike from the direction of the small courtyard, no one suspected Lu Yu.

No one thought that Lu Yu could kill a martial cultivator at the sixth level of the body refining realm in an instant.

What puzzled Constable Li was that Ma Gang’s injuries seemed to have been caused by a heavy object. However, when he thought that some powerful martial cultivators could also produce similar effects with their bare hands, he gave up that thought.

Moreover, it didn’t matter how Ma Gang died. What was important was that the Wild Wolf Sect had attacked Han Yu.

Lu Yu looked at Butler Zhang and Constable Li in the crowd. He was glad that he did not touch Han Yu. Otherwise, he would not be able to explain what had happened last night.

He did not want to reveal his strength so soon. In his opinion, it would be best to expose Yang Xiu after he had cultivated to the qi cultivating realm.

If Yang Xiu escaped, he would mistake that Lu Yu was only a body refining realm martial art cultivator and seek revenge on him. As a result, Lu Yu, who had hidden his strength, would have the chance to defeat Yang Xiu.

This was the most perfect scenario.

Lu Yu would be much safer if the others did not know about his true strength. 

There were still many doubts about this matter, but Butler Zhang did not intend to investigate further.

The main point now was that the mastermind had already started to attack Han Yu. It was very likely that he wanted to kidnap Han Yu and threaten the Han Residence. The most important thing now was to protect Han Yu.

What was even more fatal was that the clues regarding the spies in the Han Residence were lost.

When they investigated the cause of the fire in Han Residence, they found that the fire was not very big at the beginning. There was no need for so many people from the outer court to put out the fire. Therefore, the person who went to call the outer court’s guards to put out the fire was very suspicious.

When Butler Zhang found out about this, he was surprised to find that the person had already died in the battle last time. He had no way to start and could not continue to investigate.

The other direction was the Raging Flame Palm that killed the guard in the study room.

Under the instructions of Han Yaozu, Butler Zhang followed the martial art cultivators who had practiced the Raging Flame Palm in the Han Residence. So far, he had not found anything unusual.

Seeing Lu Yu in the crowd, he walked toward him and motioned Lu Yu to talk to him.

“Did you get anything during this period of time?” Butler Zhang asked.

“A little. The members of the Wild Wolf Sect, the Blood Blade Sect, and the Fierce Tiger Sect all left Windmill Town and hid in the deep mountains and forests.” Lu Yu said casually.

Butler Zhang’s eyes were slightly disappointed. He also knew about this matter.

Lu Yu noticed his expression and was prepared to throw out something to let Butler Zhang keep him in Windmill Town. Otherwise, when he returned to the Han Residence, he would lose his current freedom.

“Not long ago, I went to the Black Water Gutter and used a steamed bun to exchange for information from a beggar. He said that he had accidentally seen the guards of the Han Residence looking for the leader of the Wild Wolf Sect. The spy in the Han Residence is most likely the mastermind.”

“You bring good news. The mysterious person is the mastermind and hiding in the Han Residence, and he is a guard of the Han residence. The scope of the search has been greatly reduced. Well done.”

After Butler Zhang praised him a few times, he thought of something and asked, “What about that beggar? Can you let him identify who it is?”

Lu Yu shook his head and said, “I’ve asked. He said that he only saw that person wearing the Han Residence’s clothes and did not see his face, so there is no way to identify the mastermind.”

Butler Zhang was slightly disappointed. He did not suspect that Lu Yu was lying. If the beggar he met could identify the mastermind hidden in the Han Residence, it would be a great merit for him.

In Butler Zhang’s opinion, there was no point for Lu Yu to give up a great merit and lie to him.

“Now that we have confirmed that the mastermind is hidden in the Han Residence, do you want to return to the Han Residence with me and continue searching for the mastermind?” Butler Zhang asked. He wanted to know Lu Yu’s thoughts.

“I want to stay in Windmill Town. Recently, I have found clues about the hiding places of some underground gangs in the wild. I want to continue searching and find their hiding places.”

How could Lu Yu possibly choose to return to the Han Residence and tell them the excuse he had thought of.

“Alright, then you’ll be in charge of finding the hiding places of those underground gangs.” Actually, Butler Zhang did not want Lu Yu to return to the Han Residence now.

This was because the mastermind was a qi cultivating realm martial art cultivator. Lu Yu’s strength was too weak. If he was accidentally killed by the mastermind, the investment of the Han Residence would go down the drain.

After finding Han Yu in the Ji Min Hall, Butler Zhang personally protected her to return to the Han Residence.

After this incident, Han Yu would not be able to leave the Han Residence until the mastermind behind the scenes was found out.

…

“Hei Lang! Look at what your subordinates have done. How do you expect me to get Han Yu out of the Han Residence now?”

“This is indeed the my subordinates’ fault, but you have to take the blame as well! The eldest daughter of the Han family has left the Han Residence, yet you did not send us any messages. If you had told us about this matter, she would already be tied up here!”

Yang Xiu’s face was gloomy. He had not expected that Han Yu would not call him when she left the Han Residence this time.

Moreover, because of this trip, he was completely unaware that Han Yu had sneaked out. Butler Zhang only found out about it after Han Yu left the Han Residence.

“Both of you, stop arguing. The urgent thing now is how to kidnap the young miss of the Han family. It’s useless no matter who is responsible for the mistake.” said the chief of the Bloody Blade Sect.

“Wait a few more days. When the time comes, I’ll directly bring Han Yu out of the Han Residence. You two can pick her up on the way.” said Yang Xiu after a moment of silence.

“Alright, then I’ll wait a few more days for you. You’d better hurry up.” said the chief of the Fierce Tiger Gang.

The chief of the Wild Wolf Sect, Hei Lang, did not say a word. He hid in the darkness, his eyes flashing with cruelty.

Ma Gang was his man and he had died in vain. This matter could not be settled so easily.

…

Lu Yu brought Little Tail to the Wind Rock Demon’s nest and began the day’s ‘goldmining’. However, something happened.

When the Wind Rock Demons saw Lu Yu appear on the gravel ground, they did not move at all and ignored his existence.

These Wind Rock Demons chased Lu Yu a few times and realized that they could not catch up to him. They were too lazy to continue chasing him. They were already used to him appearing in their territory.

This was difficult for Lu Yu. If they did not leave, Little Tail would not be able to fill the sand and he would not be able to get the iron essence.

After hesitating for a while, Lu Yu mustered up his courage and walked towards the gravel ground. He kicked the Wind Rock Demon who was lying on the ground.

“Stupid demon! Come and chase me!”

After running out, he found that the Wind Rock Demon only stood up and took two steps. After seeing that he had run away, it laid back on the ground and had no intention of chasing him.

“They actually tired of chasing me now.” Lu Yu didn’t know what to do at this moment.

The sand pile was near the entrance of the cave. If one wanted to pass through it, they would have to pass through the Wind Rock Demon group.

Previously, they could still dig some sand from a distance. But now, the sand pile had been scattered by the Wind Rock Demon last time and its size had greatly shrunk. If they did not pass through the place where the Wind Rock Demons were sunbathing, they would not be able to touch the sand pile.

If he went deep into the demon group, he would be surrounded. Lu Yu did not have any confidence in escaping.

Being chased and being surrounded were two different things. If Lu Yu made the slightest mistake during the encirclement, he would be crushed into meat paste by countless feet. 

The risk was too great, and Lu Yu did not dare to try.

Although there were many scattered iron essences on the ground, it was not as fast as directly scooping up the sand pile.

Lu Yu took out the big magnetic bracelet to see if he could absorb some iron essence on the ground. He did not expect that the moment the magnetic bracelet took out his backpack, it attracted the attention of the Wind Rock Demons nearby.

The Wind Rock Demons stood up and walked towards Lu Yu. They seemed to be interested in the magnetic bracelet in his hand..