Martial Arts: Starting with Creating a Genius Persona

Chapter 57 I'm Taking Old Huang Away

"Waaah...a bunch of bad guys broke in...Grandma's dead...waaaah..."

"Father...Second Uncle...is still with the bad guys..."

"Brother Lu Yuan...please..."

Ya Ya was quite agitated, and Lu Yuan could only vaguely make out some sentences.

But I had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on.

It seems our enemies have come knocking.

What specific enemies are they... the Blood Wolf Gang?

Lu Yuan had no idea.

"It's okay... Brother Lu Yuan is here, I promise you."

Lu Yuan gently stroked her head.

Her agitated emotions finally calmed down.

"You should rest well and recover. Then your brother will take you to find your father."

After hearing Lu Yuan's words, Ya Ya lay down and fell into a deep sleep again.

"She's been in this state for the past few days. As soon as she's awake, she wants to find you..." Tie Qianshan added.

"Isn't there a treatment?"

Lu Yuan's brows furrowed with seriousness.

Tie Qianshan remained silent for a moment before speaking.

"The Seven Star Technique's internal energy is pure; perhaps it can clear the blockage in her body."

"You were supposed to take the top spot on the yellow list anyway."

Lu Yuan did not answer immediately.

He bent down and gently brushed the stray hairs from Ya Ya's forehead, his fingers touching her burning forehead.

The little girl moved her lips in a daze and mumbled something.

"Father..."

"Brother Lu Yuan..."

Her voice was too soft, but Lu Yuan could still vaguely make out a few words from her lip movements.

He straightened up and looked at Tie Qianshan. "When are you leaving?"

Tie Qianshan looked at Lu Yuan's expression and his lips twitched slightly.

"The location for the Yellow List Challenge is the underground arena in Wuyun County. Go there as a direct disciple of the Iron Bone Sect, and they will arrange the arena sequence for you."

"If you're ready, we can set off."

Lu Yuan covered Ya Ya with the blanket.

"Alright... However, before I set off, I need to go back to Qingyun City."

......

After Tie Qianshan agreed, Lu Yuan did not stay at the sect any longer.

He tucked Lele into his arms, along with the travel documents Tie Heng had prepared and several bottles of cultivation pills.

They walked along the official road towards Qingzhou City.

It was already afternoon when they returned to the Lu family home.

The Lu family's gate was wide open.

Several horse-drawn carriages were parked at the entrance.

Judging from the emblems, they don't belong to the Lu family.

There were Zhang's family in the north of the city, Li's family in the west of the city, and two other families he didn't recognize.

The gatekeeper was taken aback when he saw Lu Yuan.

He turned and ran inside, shouting as he ran, "Young Master Yuan is back!"

Before Lu Yuan could even step across the threshold, he heard the sound of a chair being moved coming from the direction of the main hall, and then Lu Youde's figure appeared at the end of the corridor.

"Yuan'er!"

Lu Youde strode over, a smile plastered on his face.

But there was a hint of caution in his eyes.

After Lu Chuan betrayed Lu Yuan on the day of the election, Lu Youde had an extra hurdle in his heart.

It's like an unpaid debt.

He worried that all the kindness he had shown Lu Yuan over the years would be wasted.

Lu Yuan left in a hurry after the election that day.

This hurdle remained in Lu Youde's heart forever.

He walked up to Lu Yuan, seemingly wanting to pat Lu Yuan on the shoulder, but then withdrew his hand halfway through.

He just smiled and said, "Why did you suddenly come back? You didn't even tell me beforehand so I could have had some food and wine prepared."

"The clan has given us a few days off."

Lu Yuan gave a casual reply, his gaze sweeping over the half-closed door in the direction of the main hall.

Lu Youde followed his gaze and quickly explained.

"A few family heads from long-standing friendships have come over for a visit; they're all elders. You go inside and rest; I'll come find you after this parting."

After saying that, he beckoned to the steward, telling him to quickly clean up the small courtyard where Lu Yuan had stayed.

He paused halfway through his sentence, then added, "About Chuan'er... I've felt uneasy ever since you left, and I've wanted to go to the sect several times to apologize to you..."

Her tone completely treated Lu Yuan as an equal.

"fine."

Lu Yuan interrupted him, his tone indifferent.

"We're all family, don't worry about it."

Upon hearing this, Lu Youde's expression visibly relaxed, and his smile became much more natural than before.

Lu Yuan turned and walked towards the main hall.

To get back to his own courtyard, he had to pass through the main hall entrance, and he hadn't originally planned to go in.

But just then, the door to the main hall was pushed open from the inside, and several middle-aged men dressed in brocade robes came out; they were the same family heads from earlier.

The moment they saw Lu Yuan, their eyes lit up, like a group of old hunters spotting their prey.

"Isn't this Young Master Lu? A direct disciple of the Iron Bone Sect, and the top scholar of Qingzhou!"

The head of the Zhang family was the first to come forward, his greasy face beaming with smiles.

"Young Master Lu is a promising young man with a limitless future. I have a young daughter at home, fifteen years old, who is well-educated, virtuous, and proficient in all the arts, including music, chess, calligraphy, and painting..."

"Old Zhang, don't give me that crap!"

The head of the Li family yanked him away.

"Your daughter couldn't even compose a single poem at the last poetry gathering, so how could she be proficient in all the arts? Young Master Lu, don't listen to his nonsense. I have a niece who just turned sixteen this year, and she's already showing great talent in both literature and martial arts..."

"What's wrong with being bold in writing? My daughter may not be bold in writing, but people say she has a gentle and kind nature..."

"Your daughter wrecked your study last time, and you still call her gentle and kind?"

Lu Youde squeezed through from behind, laughing and cursing as he blocked the heads of the families from behind.

"Go away, go away, what family doesn't have a daughter? It's none of your business what the Lu family does."

He was cursing loudly, but his face was all wrinkled from smiling.

Lu Yuan stood in the center of the crowd, his expression stiffening for a moment.

What does it mean to say that every family has a daughter?

Lu Youde only had one daughter!

His right hand unconsciously touched Lele's back in his arms.

The puppy poked half its head out to look at the group of people, then shrank back inside and went back to sleep.

After finally seeing off those family heads, Lu Yuan finally found an opportunity to ask Lu Youde and the others what they had come for today.

Lu Youde stroked his beard, his tone filled with barely suppressed smugness.

"Qingzhou Festival... City Lord Qin has given the Lu family the right to host this year's Qingzhou Festival."

"In previous years, the Zhao family was in charge, but this year it was the Lu family. These old foxes smelled the scent and came here, wanting to get on our good side so they can help us in future business dealings."

"Qingzhou Festival?"

This was the first time Lu Yuan had ever carefully studied the ceremony.

He originally thought it was just a sacrificial ceremony held in the city center square, but after listening to Lu Youde, he realized that the entire ceremony would begin three days before the official ceremony.

On the night of the main ceremony, the citywide curfew was lifted, and the city remained brightly lit until dawn.

Lu Youde said with a smile, "In previous years, security was the biggest headache, but this year it's been much easier—Qin Lie handed this hot potato over to the Zhao family."

He lowered his voice when he spoke of the Zhao family, a hint of barely concealed satisfaction in his voice.

"Speaking of the Zhao family, they've been quite well-behaved lately. Even the Blood Wolf Gang's shady businesses have decreased significantly."

Lu Yuan simply nodded repeatedly after hearing Lu Youde's words.

After the two reminisced for a while,

Lu Yuan said to Lu Youde, "Godfather, this time when I come back, I want to bring a servant with me."

The word "godfather" touched Lu Youde's heart.

This shows that Lu Yuan truly doesn't care about what happened before.

Don't even mention one.

Ten are fine.

He had heard before that some large sects...

It's quite normal for disciples of higher rank to have servants to wait on them.

"Of course, who would you like to bring along?"

"Old Huang!" Lu Yuan answered without the slightest hesitation.