Chapter 60 The Return of Freezing Wind (1/2)

“Young Master, the Lu family chief is here.”

Three days later, Zhou Donghuang, who was practicing in the room, was awoken again by Fu, as Lu Qinghu had appeared.

“What’s the matter?” Zhou Donghuang sat cross-legged on the bed as he calmly asked Lu Qinghu, who had just entered the room.

“Young Master Donghuang.” Lu Qinghu bowed in greeting to Zhou Donghuang and said seriously, “I just received news… the Li family head lady is back.”

“So?” Zhou Donghuang was expressionless as if he was not concerned.

“The Li family head lady, Li Caiyun, did not come back alone… she came back together with her man.” As he said this, Lu Qinghu’s eyes were filled with fear. “Her man is Wu Nanxun, the first young master of the Wu family, the governor of the intermediate level Guangling county. The Wu governor’s household is a grand family, with many level-six adepts. Whenever Wu Nanxun leaves the house, there will be at least two level-five adepts following him.”

With that, Lu Qinghu breathed in deeply and looked at Zhou Donghuang as he said, “Young Master Donghuang, the second young master of the Li family that you killed is the brother of Li Caiyun. I fear that she will ask Wu Nanxun to avenge her brother and harm you.” Lu Qinghu revealed his worries.

“You hurried over here… just to tell me this?” Zhou Donghuang shook his head, thinking that Lu Qinghu was making a mountain out of a molehill.

“Young Master Donghuang, they are a grand family!” Seeing Zhou Donghuang not concerned at all, Lu Qinghu could not help but remind him.

In a grand family, there would be at least one level-six adept. In the Wu grand family, there were five level-six adepts and more than twenty level-five adepts. Even the governor’s household of the Wu family in Yunfeng county had just one level-five adept.

“If there is nothing else, please go back… don’t disturb my practice,” Zhou Donghuang said as he looked at Lu Qinghu impatiently before closing his eyes to continue his practice.

Three days ago, he had formulated a qi-gathering elixir that increased the sensitivity to qi by seventy percent. These three days, his progress had improved. Previously, using the qi-gathering elixir that heightened sensitivity to qi by sixty percent, he had taken around forty days to reach level-four from level-three, achieving that on March 10, 1228 of the Ziyun era.

It was now March 25, 1228 of the Ziyun era.

“Even with the qi-gathering elixir that increased senses by seven percent, I will still need at almost two months to reach level-five of the gathered Qi.” As he closed his eyes to begin his training again, Zhou Donghuang sighed quietly to himself. “Perhaps it is time to pay a visit to the royal city.”

The royal city was a large city second only to the imperial city. Not only was it prosperous, but there was a larger variety of herbs one could find there. Yunfeng county was on the western ridge of the Chu King, and the king’s household that controlled the ridge was the household of the Chu King.

Within the western ridge of the Chu King, the inferior counties, including Yunfeng county, and the intermediate and superior counties were all controlled by the Chu King household, which was in the royal city.

“Young Master Donghuang…” In the room, seeing Zhou Donghuang close his eyes and ignore him as he continued practicing, Lu Qinghu gave a bitter smile, but at the same time, his eyes shone exceptionally bright. The calmness that Young Master Donghuang showed had made him incredibly confident. “Looks like Young Master Donghuang does not fear the Wu family of the governor’s household of Guangling prefecture.”

This cleared all his worries as his face turned from worry to a smile. In the past, Zhou Donghuang had surprised Lu Qinghu on many occasions, such that Lu Qinghu had almost blind faith in Zhou Donghuang.

With that, Lu Qinghu left the room quietly and closed the door carefully after he left.

“Hm?” As Lu Qinghu was about to leave the Magnolia Guild, he saw Fu walking towards him. Beside him was an unfamiliar but cold face.

This young man in a black robe with a straw hat had a cold expression that seemed to repel people. The cold that dissipated from him made one’s hair stand on end.

“Chief Lu.” Seeing Lu Qinghu, Fu smiled at him.

“Fu, this is…?” Although Fu was just a servant for Zhou Donghuang, Lu Qinghu was still very courteous to him, as if he could not let his guard down. Previously, the first young master of the Ma family, Ma Jin, had been crippled by Zhou Donghuang because he had kicked Fu.