"Brother Changqing, is the Luo Family ancestral home really saved? Do we never have to worry about being homeless again?"
On the way back, Ye Wanling held Luo Changqing's arm, still finding it all hard to believe.
Had the constant anxiety that she and her grandmother endured these past few days really been resolved just like that by Brother Changqing?
"Silly girl! From now on, not only will we not be homeless, but we will also restore the glory of the Luo Family! Those who bullied me, humiliated me, and looked down on me will all pay the price!" Luo Changqing said with a cold, resolute gaze.
Ye Wanling felt a secret shock in her heart. Brother Changqing seemed different now!
Meanwhile, at the Chu Family estate.
As soon as she stepped through the door, Chu Tingting threw herself into the arms of her mother, Chen Xiulian. Duan Wenting, who had chased after them, gave Chu Batian, the head of the Chu Family, a heavily embellished and exaggerated explanation of events.
The more Chu Batian listened, the angrier he became. Daring not vent his fury on Duan Wenting, he could only direct all his wrath at Luo Changqing.
"This Luo Changqing has truly lost his mind! How dare he treat my daughter like this? He really doesn't know whether he's living or dying!"
"Uncle and Auntie, rest assured. Even if the Saintess chooses to cooperate with the Luo Family, he has to have the ability to swallow it first!" Duan Wenting said with a calculating look.
Chu Batian's expression brightened with joy.
"Do you already have a way to deal with him?"
Duan Wenting leaned close to Chu Batian's ear, and the two muttered in low voices for quite a while before both breaking into satisfied smiles.
"Since this Luo Changqing is so overconfident, he deserves to be taught a lesson!" Chu Batian said with a smile, patting Duan Wenting on the shoulder, clearly extremely pleased with this prospective son-in-law.
In the dead of night, the sleeping Luo Changqing suddenly opened his eyes, a wicked smirk playing at the corner of his lips: "To think there are still people courting death!"
Outside the door, a slender, masked woman listened intently. Making sure Luo Changqing was asleep, she slipped silently into his room.
Clutching a long sword in her hand, she lunged directly toward the neck of the person on the bed under the moonlight.
The anticipated sound of steel piercing flesh never came. The woman's body stiffened, and she quickly stepped forward to yank off the quilt—there was no sign of any man on the bed.
"Are you looking for me?"
A man's deep voice came from directly overhead. Before she could raise her head, her entire body stiffened, and she instantly collapsed limply onto the bed, unable to move a muscle.
The man leaned down over her, pinning her beneath him. His slender fingers toyed with her long hair, his gaze resting on the black veil covering her face.
"Who sent you?" Luo Changqing asked casually.
The woman turned her head away, refusing to look at Luo Chuan, putting on an expression of unyielding defiance.
With a flick of his finger, Luo Changqing directly pulled the veil from the woman's face, instantly revealing a refined, lotus-like delicate face.
"Considering you're not bad-looking, I'll give you a chance. Tell me who is behind this, and I'll spare your life!" Luo Changqing said with a wicked smile.
The woman let out a cold snort, clearly unimpressed.
Luo Changqing was not the least bit annoyed. When it came to dealing with women—especially beautiful ones—he had plenty of methods!
"Since you won't talk, don't blame me for lacking chivalry!" With those words, a flash of light burst from Luo Changqing's hand, and a red ray shot directly into the woman's chest.
The woman felt a sudden heat in her chest, and her entire body felt as though bugs were crawling over it. Most terrifyingly, a surging wave of restless heat rose from within her, leaving her with an inexplicable sense of emptiness.
An excruciatingly deep numbness spread from deep within her bones, and the woman felt as though she was losing her mind!
The peaks of her chest heaved up and down, and her cool, lotus-like face was now slick with sweat and flushed a deep red. Yet, her mind remained painfully lucid, which was the most agonizing part of all.
"Shameless and despicable! If you have the guts, just kill me!" The woman glared at Luo Changqing with bitter hatred, secretly channeling her true qi in a desperate attempt to end her own life.
Luo Changqing chuckled lightly: "Go ahead and try. Channeling your true qi will only heighten your body's sensitivity!"
The woman closed her eyes tightly as an even more violent wave of heat washed over her, and a soft moan slipped past her lips.
Seemingly unable to bear her own state any longer, the woman finally capitulated: "I am an assassin from Chaotian Pavilion!"
Luo Changqing was momentarily stunned, then smiled: "Who is the client?"
This time, the woman kept her mouth shut. Luo Changqing let out a cold laugh, reached into his tunic, and the next moment, a pristine white jade lotus token appeared before her eyes.
"The Zhaoyang Token! How do you have this?" The woman's face was a mask of utter shock.
Luo Changqing twirled the token in his hand: "To see the token is to see the person. Since you recognize the Zhaoyang Token, now tell me who your client is!"
Qingyan struggled to her knees, bowing respectfully: "It is the Cangyang City Lord's Mansion!"
Hearing this, Luo Changqing understood everything in an instant. No wonder, he thought—after he had gone straight to their doorstep and killed their only son, the City Lord's Mansion hadn't made a single move! So they had turned to Chaotian Pavilion!
"Notify all top assassins of Chaotian Pavilion within Cangyang City to come here and see me within half an hour! Anyone who fails to arrive on time will be executed without mercy!"
Looking at the Zhaoyang Token in Luo Changqing's hand, Qingyan did not dare to delay in the slightest.
The Zhaoyang Token was the Master's Token of Chaotian Pavilion, held exclusively by the head of the organization.
Chaotian Pavilion was the largest assassin organization on the Xuanwu Continent, with forces spread across every corner of the world. No one knew how many members they had or what their true identities were.
Yet all these people answered to only one ruler—the holder of the Zhaoyang Token.
Watching the woman depart, Luo Changqing toyed with the white jade lotus in his hand, a smile flashing in his eyes: "The things Eldest Senior Sister gives me are truly useful! I should go browse through the tokens of my other senior sisters another day."
When he first descended the mountain, each of his senior sisters had given him a token of varying colors and designs, which he had simply tucked away.
Never had he expected to be targeted by an assassin from Chaotian Pavilion. If Eldest Senior Sister were to find out about this, she would probably wipe out the very assassin organization she had created with her own hands!
Half an hour later, Luo Changqing's courtyard was filled with people, led by Qingyan, who was dressed entirely in white.
"Qingyan, leader of Chaotian Pavilion in Cangyang City, pays respects to the Pavilion Master!"
"Pays respects to the Pavilion Master!"
Behind Qingyan knelt some thirty or forty people—men and women, old and young, dressed in widely varied attire, clearly hailing from different social strata and professions.
Right now, they were all kneeling respectfully before Luo Changqing.
"Rise!" Luo Changqing said calmly, his tone giving away neither joy nor anger.
"Qingyan was unaware of the Pavilion Master's true identity and committed offenses. I ask the Pavilion Master to punish me!" Qingyan knelt on the ground, stubbornly enduring her lingering physical discomfort as she spoke respectfully.
"Ignorance is no crime!" Luo Changqing flicked his hand toward Qingyan, and a red ray emerged from her chest, shooting back into his palm.
Qingyan felt her entire body instantly lighten, the discomfort vanishing completely. Though she felt somewhat drained of strength, she respectfully bowed deeply once more.
"Qingyan offers her deepest thanks to the Pavilion Master!"
Luo Changqing stood with his hands behind his back, exuding boundless dominance.
"Get up! Issue a top-level bounty across all of Cangyang! Before dawn the day after tomorrow, I want the heads of everyone involved on a platter! As for City Lord Li Donghai, he is to come crawling to me on his knees!"