"Big Brother Changqing, why are you here?" Ye Wanling asked in astonishment. "Don't mind me! Run!"
Luo Changqing looked at Li Deming's bare white buttocks, and everything became instantly clear. "You're courting death!"
Crack!
Luo Changqing flicked his hand, and an invisible giant palm struck Li Deming across the face.
"How dare you hit me?" Li Deming spat a torrent of blood, glaring at Luo Changqing with a savage grin. "Your Luo Family is already a pack of stray dogs, and yet you still dare to hit me, Your Father! I will make sure not a single person in your Luo Family is left with an intact burial site!"
"Big Brother Changqing, please run away! Right now, only Young Master Li can help us buy some breathing room. As long as the green hills remain, there's no need to worry about firewood—I am willing to be Young Master Li's concubine of my own accord!" Ye Wanling's expression was full of resolute determination.
"Líng'ér! Come back with me!" Luo Changqing's face sank. "With me here, no one can lay a finger on the Luo Family!"
"Haha! A fool who ran deep into the remote mountains and forests for three years just for a woman actually dares to talk so boastfully!" Li Deming clapped his hands, and several figures stepped out from the shadows.
"Kill him! Leave the female; once this young master is done playing with her, I'll leave her to you lot!"
"Young Master Li, as long as you let Big Brother Changqing go, I'll be your concubine! Do with me as you please!" Ye Wanling was startled as she looked at the experts behind Li Deming, all of whom exuded majestic auras and were clearly formidable cultivators.
Luo Changqing pulled Ye Wanling behind him and raised a hand. Golden energy in midair formed a gigantic dragon that roared straight toward Li Deming and his cohorts.
Boom!
A violent explosion rang out. When the smoke and dust cleared, flesh and blood littered the ground—not a single body remained whole!
"Big Brother Changqing... you're simply too amazing..." Ye Wanling's pretty eyes widened as she gazed with adoration at the calm-faced Luo Changqing.
"Let's go! Come home with me!" Luo Chuan took Ye Wanling's small hand, and with a few strides, they appeared on the main street.
"Big Brother Changqing, what should we do now? The Luo Family's old residence cannot be saved, and we've also offended the City Lord's Estate..." Ye Wanling looked utterly dejected.
Even though Big Brother Changqing was powerful, he was only one person. How could he possibly stand against so many factions single-handedly?
"Don't worry, I'm here!" Luo Changqing lowered his head, his gaze inadvertently catching sight of the voluptuous fullness of Ye Wanling's chest.
Ye Wanling wore a cyan dress, and her neckline had apparently opened up quite a bit during the earlier tug-of-war.
The scenery at her chest was magnificent, fair and smooth, with a deep cleavage that invited wild imaginations.
Luo Changqing's throat went dry, and a surge of heat rushed straight to his head. He couldn't help stealing glance after glance.
"Big Brother Changqing, we must protect the Luo Family ancestral residence no matter what. If all else fails, shall we go ask the Divine Sword Sect for help? I heard the Saintess of the Divine Sword Sect has come to Wanxuan Mountain; she might still be nearby." Ye Wanling turned her head back. "Big Brother Changqing, what do you think?"
Just as her voice trailed off, Ye Wanling acutely sensed Luo Changqing's gaze.
Lowering her head to look, she let out a cry of alarm, hurriedly pulled her collar tight, and glared at Luo Changqing with a flush of shame and annoyance. "Pervert!"
This Big Brother Changqing was actually peeping at her!
Knowing he was in the wrong, Luo Changqing rubbed his nose and didn't dare utter a sound.
Returning to the Luo Family's old residence, Luo Changqing watched Ye Wanling scurry into her boudoir before finally heading back to his own small courtyard.
"Hiding your head and showing your tail! You've followed me all the way here, why don't you get out!" Cold light flashed in Luo Changqing's eyes, and his expression turned icy.
Three figures landed silently. At the lead was a tall, thin man, accompanied by a man and a woman behind him.
The three of them had steady auras and sharp glints in their eyes, clearly making them all cultivators.
Luo Changqing's gaze was indifferent as he looked at the three and said coldly, "Who sent you?"
"No comment! We are acting on orders. By sunrise tomorrow, the entire Cangyang will no longer have a Luo Family!" Before the tall, thin man could finish speaking, his expression suddenly stiffened. Blood spurted wildly as his entire body was sent flying.
"How is this possible!" The other two changed color drastically and scrambled backward in panic. "Luo Changqing! You're actually a cultivator as well!"
"A bunch of ants!" Luo Changqing closed his hand into a virtual grip, and an invisible force seized the other man's neck, lifting him directly into the air.
"Last chance! Who sent you?" Luo Changqing's expression was icy cold.
"No comment!" The man closed his eyes tight, refusing to yield even in death.
"Want to die? Granted!" As Luo Changqing finished speaking, a mist of blood burst open in the air.
The last remaining woman turned pale with fright. In the face of death, she finally broke: "I... I'll talk... We are people from the Lingyang Sect! The Lingyang Sect wants the Luo Family's ancestral residence, and they ordered us to wipe out your entire clan!"
"Wipe out my entire clan? What a huge tone!" Luo Changqing sneered. "Take their corpses back and tell Ling Tianba!"
"If you dare to provoke my Luo Family, I don't care if he is the overlord of Cangyang or how many powerful experts he has!"
"If you ever dare to provoke my Luo Family again, I will annihilate his entire sect!"
"Get lost!"
With a stern shout from Luo Changqing, the woman felt her vital energy surge tumultuously, her chest feeling as though it had been struck by a massive boulder. She vomited a mouthful of blood and hurriedly dragged her companion's corpse away in panicked flight.
Withdrawing his aura, Luo Changqing let out a long breath of stale air before walking toward Old Madam Luo's courtyard with a smile full of warmth.
"Grandma, I'm back! What are you thinking about, looking so worried?"
"What else could it be other than the ancestral residence! Now that we've killed the Lin Family's eldest young master and made an enemy of the City Lord's Estate, wanting to protect the Luo Family is probably impossible!" Chen Fang furrowed her brows, looking at her grandson with helplessness.
"Changqing, why don't you just take Líng'ér and leave!" Chen Fang said anxiously.
"If we leave, we leave together!" Ye Wanling pushed the door open, her eyes red-rimmed as she looked at Chen Fang. "Grandma, I will never abandon you alone!"
"Big Brother Changqing, let's go find the Saintess of the Divine Sword Sect! If we can get her help, our Luo Family can buy a chance to catch our breath!" Ye Wanling turned to seek help from Luo Changqing.
That girl Su Yanran? Not long ago, she had even stripped off her clothes in front of him begging for treatment!
"To think that girl from the Chu Family, who looked so well-behaved back then, turned out to be such an ungrateful wretch!" Chen Fang sighed, clearly harboring resentment over the Chu Family's ingratitude.
"Grandma! Why bother getting angry over irrelevant people? The Chu Family will sooner or later regret the choice they made today. One day, they'll come begging on their knees!" Luo Changqing sneered.
"Spouting big words again! Big Brother Changqing, back then you were the one completely bewitched by Chu Tingting, going off alone to Wanxuan Mountain just for that woman and staying away for three full years!"
Thinking of this, Ye Wanling felt it was completely not worth it for her Big Brother Changqing, while simultaneously feeling secretly glad that he hadn't married that woman!
Luo Changqing's expression wasn't looking too good either, as he regretted his poor judgment back then for abandoning the Luo Family during its most perilous moment just for Chu Tingting.
Over the past few years, Grandma and the girl Líng'ér had propped up the entire Luo Family. He couldn't even imagine how they had managed to endure it!
And he had been completely oblivious to all of it. Furthermore, the causes of his father's and elder brothers' deaths must have been far from simple.
He would definitely reclaim justice for his father and brothers!