Chapter 9 You've Grown Up ()

Looking at the Desert Eagle in Lu Chen's hand, Chu Yuqin was slightly stunned. After all, this was the weapon that had allowed an ordinary person to instantly kill a ninth-rank martial artist.

Seeing that Chu Yuqin was curious about the Desert Eagle, Lu Chen directly handed her the unloaded Desert Eagle.

After taking the Desert Eagle, Chu Yuqin rubbed it repeatedly with her fair hand. She was very curious about how this small thing could kill a ninth-rank martial artist.

Chu Yuqin then asked, "Chen'er, where did you get this weapon?"

Chu Yuqin was, after all, a martial artist and had seen many weapons. The moment she held it, she could tell that the materials used to make the Desert Eagle were not ordinary, and the precision of this weapon was beyond imagination. Perhaps even the royal family of the Great Xia Dynasty did not have such materials and could not manufacture such a precise weapon.

Although Lu Chen had survived with this mysterious weapon, at this moment, Chu Yuqin felt a little guilty. She had always protected Lu Chen's safety, but still allowed the provider of this mysterious weapon to approach Lu Chen. If the other party had not provided Lu Chen with the weapon but had tried to kill him instead? The consequences were unimaginable.

Lu Chen replied with a smile, "Aunt Chu, if I said that I had someone make the parts and then assembled them myself, would you believe me?"

Chu Yuqin snorted softly and said, "I'm not a fool."

Lu Chen pretended to be an adult and said, "Aunt Chu, I'm a man now. It's normal to have a few little secrets."

Originally, Lu Chen was just joking, but after hearing this, Chu Yuqin fell silent. Since Lu Chen's mother passed away when he was ten years old, Chu Yuqin had been taking care of him, treating him like her own child. Now that Lu Chen had turned sixteen and got married, she still subconsciously regarded him as a child.

Seeing that Chu Yuqin did not speak, Lu Chen asked in confusion, "Aunt Chu, what are you thinking? Is there something wrong with what I said?"

Chu Yuqin came to her senses and handed the Desert Eagle back to Lu Chen, with a gratified smile on her face. "Chen'er, you're right. You've grown up and are a man. I shouldn't continue to treat you like a child."

"However, I still want to remind you that the person who provided you with the weapon must have great ambitions. You should be careful."

"Also, you must never let outsiders know about the two weapons you have. Otherwise, even if you go to the North County, you will attract continuous assassinations from powerful people in the martial arts world."

Lu Chen said, "Well, Aunt Chu, don't worry. I know the pros and cons."

Chu Yuqin said, "Alright. Go and see Zixuan and the others first."

Then Chu Yuqin turned and left, going to Li Feng and the others.

At this time, Li Feng and the others were cleaning up the bodies. Seeing Chu Yuqin coming, Li Feng immediately asked, "Madam Chu, is the prince alright?"

Chu Yuqin said faintly, "Yes, he's fine."

Speaking of this, Chu Yuqin reminded, "General Li, I hope you and your soldiers can act as if you didn't see what happened today."

Hearing Chu Yuqin's words, Li Feng immediately understood what she meant.

Obviously, she was referring to the incident of the Northern Prince instantly killing the ninth-rank martial artist.

The outside world had rumored that the Northern Prince was just a useless prince, ignorant of martial arts and not fond of studying, spending all day eating, drinking, and having fun. When Mu Changtian asked Li Feng to protect the Northern Prince on his way to the fief in the North County, Li Feng was a little reluctant.

But after seeing what happened today, perhaps everyone was wrong. The Northern Prince possessed such a terrifying weapon, so he obviously couldn't be just a useless person.

That was a ninth-rank martial artist!

A ninth-rank, whose strength was second only to that of a grandmaster!

Just by looking at the Northern Prince, that ninth-rank martial artist was gone.

And as for that eighth-rank martial artist, from such a long distance, Li Feng didn't think he could even shoot and kill him with an arrow.

An eighth-rank martial artist had spiritual energy in his body. When an arrow entered his body, he could control his muscles to clamp the arrowhead.

However, the Northern Prince had used some unknown weapon and instantly blew up the head of that eighth-rank martial artist from such a long distance.

Moreover, at that time, the Northern Prince just lay on the ground without any movement. Shooting an arrow required drawing a bow, but the Northern Prince just lay there, and the life of that eighth-rank martial artist came to an end.

This was enough to show how terrifying the weapon in the Northern Prince's hand was!

The Northern Prince possessed such a terrifying weapon but didn't fight for the throne and was even willing to go to the North County.

What did this mean?

Li Feng didn't dare to think further.

He even suspected that he might be killed by the Northern Prince to silence him.

Although he was the general of the escort team for the Northern Prince's fiefdom, he was also a general of the Great Xia Tiger Guards.

The Northern Prince might not trust them!

Thinking of this, Li Feng and the others' backs were constantly sweating.

After reminding Li Feng and the others, Chu Yuqin turned and left.Watching Chu Yuqin's back, a soldier whispered to Li Feng at this moment, "Ge... General, won't we be silenced after we arrive at the North County?"

The soldiers following Li Feng were all elites in the Tiger Guards, and they were not stupid. They also knew very well what it meant to possess a weapon that could instantly kill a ninth-rank martial artist. In the eyes of everyone at the moment, the Northern Prince must have great ambitions. Therefore, in order not to let what happened today leak out, the Northern Prince was very likely to silence them.

To comfort the remaining more than a hundred soldiers, Li Feng immediately said, "Don't talk nonsense, you brat."

"We are people of Duke Mu. Duke Mu is the father-in-law of the Northern Prince. The Northern Prince surely trusts us."

Hearing Li Feng's words, the soldiers came to their senses.

Right. Duke Mu was the father-in-law of the Northern Prince, and Duke Mu's daughter was the princess consort.

Weren't they, the soldiers of Duke Mu's faction, equivalent to the people on the Northern Prince's side?

Why would the Northern Prince kill his own people for no reason?

Thinking of this, the soldiers also breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Li Feng was still very worried at this time.

Although they were people of Duke Mu's faction, they were also the Tiger Guards of the Great Xia. After they sent the Northern Prince to the North County, they had to return to the capital.

Would the Northern Prince really trust them?

It was hard to say.

But there was no other way now. Only when they arrived at the North County would they know the true thoughts of the Northern Prince.

After cleaning up the scene, Lu Chen's convoy set off again and continued to head for the North County.

A few hours later.

In a certain restaurant.

Lu Shuyun sat by the window, quietly waiting for the news to come.

At this time, he vaguely felt that something was wrong. Logically speaking, those people should have returned long ago, but there was still no news up to now.

Just then, a man in gray clothes walked out in a hurry.

"Your Highness, something terrible has happened!"

After entering the room, the man immediately knelt down.

Lu Shuyun frowned and then asked coldly, "What happened?"

The man immediately replied, "The Blood Moon Pavilion failed, and none of the people they sent out came back alive, including the two ninth-rank experts."

"Now the master of the Blood Moon Pavilion is in a furious rage, thinking that we deliberately set them up and demanding compensation from us."