Chapter 29: A New Storm Has Arrived

Cre-eak~ Little Tail pushed open the courtyard gate, preparing to find someone to ask for today's breakfast. Lu Yu had entrusted her with the breakfast task these days, allowing her to move within the confines of the pharmacy and the courtyard.

As soon as she stepped out, Little Tail saw a mutilated corpse lying in the distance. She didn't feel much about the corpse, having seen many over the years, even more gruesome ones.

But the key question was, who was this egg roll lying at the courtyard entrance?

Egg roll was something Lu Yu had told her about and even cooked one for her to eat; Little Tail thought it was extremely delicious. This person was wrapped up like an egg roll.

Little Tail did not recognize Han Yu, and normally, she wouldn't meddle in other people's affairs.

However, seeing Han Yu lying at the entrance of her residence, she reached out to push Han Yu, trying to wake her up.

"Wake up, wake up, big sister, why are you sleeping in such a place? Get up quickly."

"Mm~ Don't bother me, let me sleep a bit more."

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

"Who is it! I said don't bother me, don't touch me!" Han Yu felt someone shaking her, got a jolt of energy, woke up, and upon opening her eyes, found herself wrapped in a blanket and sleeping on the street.

"Ah!" Han Yu let out a super high-pitched, super piercing, super loud scream.

Little Tail covered her ears, feeling like her ears were going to go deaf.

"Who is it! Making such a racket so early in the morning!"

Tossing and turning, unable to sleep at night until dawn, Lu Yu was awakened by Han Yu's scream, yelling with full wake-up rage.

Early in the morning, all the people from Jimin Hall were called up, not just Jimin Hall, but all the staff of the Han Family's enterprises in Windmill Town were awakened.

The young miss of the Han Family had actually slept on the street all night, which was a huge deal. When Steward Zhang learned about it, he rushed straight to Windmill Town.

When Steward Zhang arrived, the government officials were inspecting the scene, and upon seeing the half-crushed body of Ma Gang, his face became somewhat serious.

He recognized him as one of the members of the Wild Wolf Gang.

All members of underground gangs like the Wild Wolf Gang, Blood Saber Association, and Fierce Tiger Gang had been thoroughly investigated by the Han Family. Steward Zhang had seen those people's portraits.

Captain Li, the highest-ranking official on site, approached Steward Zhang and said, "From the scene, it seems Ma Gang kidnapped Miss Han Yu, and when leaving, encountered a passing strong individual. The strong individual acted heroically, delivering a palm strike that killed Ma Gang."

"As for why Miss Han Yu slept on the street all night, my people found traces of sleeping drug at the edge of the blanket. It seems that the strong individual was in a hurry to leave, which is why Miss Han Yu, who was drugged, was left on the street."

Although Han Yu was lying at the entrance to Lu Yu's small courtyard, and Ma Gang also seemed like he'd been struck down by someone from the direction of the courtyard, no one suspected Lu Yu.

No one would think that Lu Yu could instantly kill a Martial Cultivator at the sixth stage of Body Refinement.

Captain Li was somewhat puzzled, as Ma Gang's injuries looked like they were caused by a heavy object smash. But recalling that some powerful Martial Cultivators could achieve similar effects with their bare hands, he didn't think much of it.

Furthermore, how Ma Gang died wasn't important; the key was that the Wild Wolf Gang had targeted Han Yu.

Watching Steward Zhang and Captain Li from the crowd, Lu Yu felt relieved. Luckily, he hadn't harmed Han Yu, otherwise he really couldn't explain what happened last night.

He didn't want to reveal his strength too soon. According to his plan, it would be best to cultivate until he reached the stage of Qi Cultivation and then expose Yang Xiu.

If Yang Xiu managed to escape, mistakenly thinking Lu Yu was merely a Martial Cultivator at the stage of Body Refinement, and then came to retaliate, he'd be counter-attacked by Lu Yu's concealed strength.

That would be the perfect script.

The less others knew, the safer Lu Yu would be.

There were many doubts about this matter, but Steward Zhang didn't plan to delve deep.

Now the focus was, the mastermind had started targeting Han Yu, likely intending to kidnap her to extort the Han Family. The most crucial thing at the moment was to protect Han Yu.

More critically, the clues about the traitor within the Han Family had been cut off.

During the last investigation of the fire incident, it was discovered that initially, the fire wasn't large at all. There was no need for so many people from the outer courtyard to come and help with the fire, so the one who went to call the outer courtyard's Protector was very suspicious.

But when Steward Zhang investigated to this point, he unexpectedly found that the person had already died in the last battle, leaving no way to continue the investigation.

Another direction was the killer who used Blazing Palm to eliminate the study guard.

Under Han Yaozu's directive, Steward Zhang followed a tracking investigation on the Martial Cultivators within the Han Family who had practiced Blazing Palm, but so far, there were no anomalies found.

Spotting Lu Yu in the crowd, he approached him, signaling Lu Yu to step aside to talk.

"Have you had any gains during this period?" Steward Zhang asked.

"A bit of a gain, the Wild Wolf Gang, Blood Saber Association, and Fierce Tiger Gang have all left Windmill Town, hiding in deep mountains and forests," Lu Yu casually said.

Disappointment flickered in Steward Zhang's eyes; he was already aware of this.

Noticing his expression, Lu Yu prepared to throw out something to keep Steward Zhang interested in keeping him stationed in Windmill Town, as otherwise, returning to the Han Family, he wouldn't have this much freedom.

"Not long ago, I went to the Blackwater Ditch and exchanged a steamed bun with a beggar for a piece of information. He said he accidentally saw a protector from the Han family visiting the Wild Wolf Gang's leader. It's very likely that the spy within the Han family is the mastermind behind all this."

"The information you provided is very good. The mysterious person is indeed the mastermind, and the mastermind is hiding within the Han family, moreover, he's a protector from the Han family. This greatly narrows down the search area, well done."

After praising him for a few sentences, the butler Zhang thought of something else and asked, "What about that beggar? Can you bring him to identify the person?"

Lu Yu shook his head and said, "I asked, but he said he only saw the person wearing Han family clothes and didn't see the face, so he can't identify him."

The butler Zhang was slightly disappointed but didn't doubt that Lu Yu was lying. If the beggar he encountered could identify the mastermind hiding within the Han family, it would be a great achievement for him.

In the butler Zhang's view, Lu Yu had no reason to lie to him when such a great achievement was at stake.

"Now that it's been determined the mastermind is hiding within the Han family, do you want to go back to the Han family with me to continue searching for the mastermind?" the butler Zhang asked, wanting to see Lu Yu's thoughts.

"I want to stay in Windmill Town. Recently, I found some clues about the hideouts of underground gangs in the wilds, and I want to continue searching for their hiding places."

Lu Yu would not choose to return to the Han family and repeated the excuse he had prepared.

"Alright, then you will be responsible for finding those underground gang hideouts," the butler Zhang agreed, as he didn't wish for Lu Yu to return to the Han family either.

Because the mastermind, even at his weakest, would still be a Qi Cultivation martial cultivator, and Lu Yu was too weak. If he accidentally got killed by the mastermind, the Han family's investment would be wasted.

The butler Zhang went to Jimin Hall to find Han Yu and personally protected her back to the Han family.

It's estimated that due to this incident, Han Yu wouldn't be able to leave the Han family until the mastermind was uncovered.

...

"Blackwolf! Look at what your men have done! Now how am I supposed to get Han Yu out of the Han family?"

"This matter is indeed the fault of my men, but you are also responsible! The eldest daughter of the Han family left the family, and you didn't inform us. If you had told us about this, she would already be tied up here!"

Yang Xiu's face was gloomy and full of resentment. He hadn't expected Han Yu to leave the Han family without notifying him.

Furthermore, Han Yu sneaked out this time without even informing him, and the butler Zhang only found out after Han Yu left the Han family.

"Stop arguing, both of you. The key now is how to kidnap the young lady of the Han family. It's pointless to dwell on whose fault it is," said the Blood Saber Association Leader.

"Wait a few more days, and by then, I'll take Han Yu directly out of the Han family, and you can intercept us halfway," Yang Xiu said after a moment of silence.

"Fine, we'll wait for you a few more days, but make it quick," the Fierce Tiger Gang Leader said.

The Wild Wolf Gang Leader, Blackwolf, said nothing, his entire being concealed in the darkness with a ruthless gleam in his eyes.

Ma Gang was his man, dying inexplicably like this couldn't be left unresolved.

...

Lu Yu, with his little tail following, arrived at the lair of Rock Demons to begin his gold-searching for the day, but encountered some problems.

Upon seeing Lu Yu appear on the gravel land, the Rock Demons didn't move an inch and ignored his existence.

These Rock Demons had chased Lu Yu several times but realized they couldn't catch up with him, so they were too lazy to continue and had grown accustomed to him appearing in their territory.

This made things difficult for Lu Yu. If they didn't leave, the little tail couldn't scoop sand, and he couldn't obtain iron essence.

After some hesitation, Lu Yu decided to muster up his courage and walked towards the gravel land, kicking one of the Rock Demons lying on the ground.

"Stupid demon! Come chase me!"

After running away, he noticed the Rock Demon he kicked only stood up and took a couple of steps. Seeing him run off, it lay back down in its original spot, showing no intention of pursuing him.

Lu Yu: "..."

"These days, even monsters have grown lazy?"

The sand pile was near the entrance of the cave on the gravel land, requiring him to pass through the Rock Demon group to reach it.

Previously, he could grab some sand from a further distance, but now the sand pile had been scattered by the Rock Demons before, shrinking significantly in size. Without passing through where the Rock Demons were basking in the sun, he couldn't reach the sand pile.

Entering the demon group and being surrounded left Lu Yu with no confidence in escaping.

Being pursued and being surrounded are two different concepts. In a surround, even a slight mistake would get him trampled into mush by numerous big feet, with no chance of survival.

The danger was too great for Lu Yu to take a chance.

Although iron essence was scattered all over the ground, picking up sand was much faster.

Helpless, Lu Yu took out a large magnetic ring to see if he could attract some iron essence from the ground. To his surprise, as soon as the magnetic ring came out of his backpack, it caught the attention of several nearby Rock Demons.

Several Rock Demons stood up and started approaching Lu Yu, appearing interested in the magnetic ring in his hand.