"How did this have anything to do with the Lu Clan? King Cobra is a wanted criminal who has taken countless lives as a lone wolf. Despite the fact that the Wang Clan is not on good terms with the Lu Clan, they can’t possibly shift the bla on the Lu Clan just because soone died in their clan. It could be that the Wang Clan offended soone themselves or Wang Haofei offended King Cobra. There’s also a possibility that maybe King Cobra killed him for wealth!"
"You may be right about that, but you are missing a key point!"
"Which key point?"
"Now that things have turned out this way, there’s really nothing to hide from Liqiang!" Lu Peien shook his head and smiled wryly. If Yan Liqiang was an ordinary youth, it would be fine if he didn’t tell Yan Liqiang. However, Yan Liqiang was a shrewd boy. Things had blown up between the Wang and Lu Clan. If he didn’t tell Yan Liqiang now, there might be misunderstandings and rifts between them by the ti Yan Liqiang found out for himself in the future. Hence, it was better to clear things up with him now. After all, this was also one of the reasons behind his visit to Pingxi City. "This matter is also related to Beixin!"
"What has it got to do with Miss Lu again?" Yan Liqiang asked, despite knowing the answer already. Deep down, he suddenly managed to connect all the dots.
"Beixin also studies at the martial arts academy and she previously beca acquainted with Wang Haofei. She then got into so sort of relationship with him and kept it a secret from the clan. Don’t overthink this, Liqiang. Although Beixin was in a relationship with Wang Haofei, she had to scrupulously abide by the rules and she didn’t go overboard. Heaven and Earth can testify to this..."
"Yes, I have t the Ninth Lady. She is indeed rational and well-behaved. I believe she wouldn’t do anything that is over the top either. I am guessing that Wang Haofei initiated the relationship between him and the Ninth Lady, possibly with so impure intentions..."
"Exactly!" Lu Peien slapped his thigh. "But the Old Master still found out about this in the end and he was extrely furious. When the academy reopened during the ninth lunar month, he grounded Beixin. As punishnt, he shut her up and made her reflect on her mistake. He also forced her to promise that she wouldn’t have anything to do with that Wang guy from then on. But Wang Haofei didn’t know about this. The night he was murdered, he was actually waiting to et Beixin on that isle. Unfortunately, he was killed by King Cobra instead. What do you think the Wang Clan would think about this?"
The Wang and Lu Clan had always been sworn enemies. A man from the Wang Clan seduced a woman from the Lu Clan and was murdered by soone at the place where he was supposed to et the woman. Of all places, the two of them had chosen a very obscure place to et. Apart from the both of them, no one else would really know about the place. What would the Wang Clan possibly think of this...?
"This is indeed hard to explain!"
"Indeed. In Huanglong County, we, the Lu Clan, have never feared the Wangs even in the slightest. When push cos to shove, we will just deal with it when the ti cos. If we are going to fight, there are fighters in our clan. However, the Lu Clan has really been falsely accused over this incident. It is not worth it for us to take the bla either. If the Wang Clan really decides to take revenge for this incident, then it’s inevitable that there might be casualties, even among our younger generation. Even if we can avenge them, we can’t avoid turning this into an ard battle. Right now, things are extrely tense between the Wang Clan and the Lu Clan in Huanglong County. The younger ones are growing wary when they are outside, fearing that the Wang Clan will co for revenge..." Lu Peien explained, his eyebrows tightly knitted together.
"How does Old Master Lu plan to handle this?"
"Old Master Lu doesn’t wish to turn this into a conflict with the Wang Clan without rhy or reason. Therefore, he personally wrote a letter to the Old Master of the Wang Clan. But according to the ssenger, the Old Master of the Wang Clan tossed the letter into the brazier in which they burnt paper money for Wang Haofei without even reading it..."
"That ans that the Wang Clan isn’t willing to leave this matter alone!"
"Yes, Wang Haofei was always deed as the most outstanding youth among the younger generation in the Wang Clan. He was even a potential candidate to succeed as the next Wang Clan head. Now that he was murdered just like this, the Wang Clan definitely won’t take this while lying down."
"How are the preparations coming along in the Wang Clan?"
"Naturally, they are eager to get into action and are already rounding up people who can fight with them!"
"Just let know if you need my help, Sixth Master!"
Lu Peien smiled. With haughtiness in his tone of voice, he said, "Just concentrate on your studies in the martial arts academy, Liqiang. Although the Lu Clan didn’t wish to be involved in this incident without rhy or reason and have to put up a life or death struggle against them, we definitely are not targets for the Wang Clan to bully either. If the Wang Clan can round up people, so can we. Besides, this isn’t the first ti we have fought with them. Anyhow, even if we are not the ones who ordered soone to assassinate Wang Haofei, he deserves to die. He definitely had so impure intentions in approaching Beixin. I went to the martial arts academy this ti to look for two academy tutors I know because I wish to find out if Wang Haofei had any enemies, if he offended anyone in the academy, or if anyone had deliberately frad the Lu Clan because they wanted us to fight the Wang Clan..."
"Did you find out anything?"
"They said the young lord of the Prefectural Governor is the only person Wang Haofei was close with. He rarely appeared at the martial arts academy and didn’t offend anyone either."
"Rest assured, Sixth Master, I know a few people in the martial arts academy too. My friends and I will keep an eye out for things. I will inform Sixth Master imdiately if we have any information!"
"Good!" Lu Peien nodded and glanced at Yan Liqiang again before he laughed. "Liqiang, don’t be a stranger. Stop calling Sixth Master. Call Sixth Brother like Beixin does. Being called Sixth Master makes feel old!"
If Yan Liqiang got together with Lu Beixin, then he’d really have to call Lu Peien his ’Sixth Brother’. For Lu Peien to ask Yan Liqiang to change his form of address ant that Yan Liqiang had won his approval and he was about to treat Yan Liqiang as his younger brother-in-law.
"It is an honor, Sixth Brother!" Yan Liqiang stood up and gave Lu Peien a solemn bow.
Lu Peien smiled and quickly pulled Yan Liqiang up. He then fished out a shortsword and handed it over to Yan Liqiang. "I didn’t prepare anything for this visit to Pingxi City. This shortsword is sothing I got a few years ago by chance, and I nad it ’Black Scale’. Rumors have it that this was tempered with by an expert with so sort of unusual fla. I shall give you this today, Liqiang!"
Unusual fla? This was the second ti Yan Liqiang had co across this term. He heard it for the first ti at the Divine Sword Sect — that there was a type of unusual fla within Tianqiao Peak.
Yan Liqiang accepted the shortsword Lu Peien handed over to him without declining, and then imdiately unsheathed it.
The sheath and grip of the shortsword were made out of ordinary wood while only the guard and the poml were made out of steel. It didn’t really have that many decorative designs on it. It was a simple and non-flashy weapon. When Yan Liqiang drew the sword out, he was slightly stunned by the sight of the dark and swarthy blade.
Lu Peien smiled beside him and grabbed a pair of chopsticks on the table. Without exerting much force, he lightly tapped the chopsticks on the edge of the blade. The chopsticks instantly split cleanly in half.
The sharpness of this shortsword was simply beyond imagination.
"Ah!" Yan Liqiang gasped in surprise.
"It has been said that the unusual fla will be able to draw in the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, mixing it in with the item that is being tempered with during the process. Hence, items that have been tempered by these unusual flas contain outstanding qualities!"
"Sixth Brother, this is much too expensive for a gift!"
"This thing isn’t too useful to since I am not a Martial Warrior. If the Lu Clan really needed soone like to draw my sword and fight, then it must be at the end of its line. Liqiang, you have boundless future prospects ahead of you. As the saying goes, ’a great gift is for a great man’. You are the more fitting owner of this shortsword!"
"Thank you, Sixth Brother!" Yan Liqiang put away the shortsword in his hands. "What exactly is that unusual fla you speak of?"
"That unusual fla? I have never seen it so I don’t know too much about it either. All I know is that the unusual fla seems to be a mysterious matter born from Heaven and Earth. The ores and weapons tempered with the unusual fla are extrely sharp. Refined objects that are tempered with it will also possess so strange attributes. By the ti you progress into becoming a Martial Warrior and get to know more people, you will probably find out more about it..."
"Alright..."
...
After finishing their al, Lu Peien left on his horse carriage. Before he left, he reminded Yan Liqiang to visit the Lu Residence when he had the ti.
After seeing Lu Peien off, Yan Liqiang held the Black Scale shortsword close to his chest and went off in the direction of the Nine Dragons Bridge.
On his way there, he kept thinking about Wang Haofei. He couldn’t help but feel astonished. He didn’t expect that by killing Wang Haofei in advance, thus changing history and dispelling his imminent crisis, would in turn aggravate the relationship between the Lu Clan and the Wang Clan. After coming back full circle, he was once again indirectly involved in this matter. The will of Heaven was indeed hard to fathom...
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Yan Liqiang stayed for two consecutive days in the room he had rented near the Nine Dragons Bridge. During the day he wandered and strolled around to observe and shop a little like soone who had nothing better to do. Apart from cultivating Muscle Tendon Changing and Marrow Cleansing in his room, he frequently went out at night and didn’t return until the wee hours of the night. Two days later, on the 30th day of the tenth lunar month, the mont Yan Liqiang had been waiting for finally arrived...
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