Chapter 1 Brother and Sister

  The shouting of the villains in the crowd and Qin Tong's disdainful smile made Zuo Qinghua and her three little maids speechless. They couldn't be like their opponents, pointing at their noses and scolding loudly like shrews, they could only stand there secretly holding back their anger.

  As disciples of the Qianyu Gate, the three little girls shouldn't be so angry. When encountering such a situation, there is only one solution: to fight back directly, killing those who should be killed and beating those who should be beaten. However, the three of them had just entered the gate not long ago and were still bound by the constraints of the secular world, unable to free themselves from the laws of the royal court. Moreover, Lian Qingming had previously explicitly stated that they must not use their Taoist powers to harm people. The three naturally stood frozen on the spot, only able to seethe with anger.

  Lu Chen didn't care about that set: This Taoist master is also a superior immortal, how can you be so arrogant?

  The voices of the evil youths gradually rose, and at this time, a broken gong-like voice came from outside the crowd, along with the shout "beat the dog". The crowd suddenly retreated to both sides in surprise, leaving only one person passing through the narrow path.

  A black shadow darted in first, which was a black dog. Closely followed by a ferocious young man with wooden clubs in both hands, who charged in with a loud roar.

  Before everyone could see what was happening, the black dog and the figure in black simultaneously passed through three girls and charged into the circle of hoodlums. Then came the sound of pounding and crashing.

  "Let you bite people randomly, let you bite people randomly, blind your dog's eyes."

  Someone was scolding and cursing loudly, with a stick in hand that showed no mercy.

  "Who the hell is this blind guy?"

  "Whoa, stop it right now, I'll skin you alive!"

  ……

  Cries of pain, wails and curses accompanied the dull thuds of clubs striking flesh merged into a cacophony. The crowd outside had expanded the circle to the entire street, with everyone sweating profusely as they looked on.

  It's strange to say, but the young man who was shouting and hitting the dog with every stick seemed to be falling on the group of hooligans instead, accurately and mercilessly beating them until they were crying and cursing nonstop. Usually when someone hits the wrong person, they will stop. But this young man was different, the more he shouted, the harder he hit, like a rainstorm, leaving the onlookers dazed and confused.

  In just a moment, everyone understood that this young man was not here to beat dogs, but specifically came to beat people.

  The three Xiaoyao were not light, and occasionally they felt a shadow flashing behind them. It looked so familiar. When the three of them showed a slightly surprised expression, they suddenly laughed again.

  "Brother~"

  "Lu Chen"

  Although it was just a shout of surprise in their hearts, at this moment they had the protection of heroes. The three of them were unusually happy, standing on the spot with a pleasant smile, watching the good show of young heroes punishing the villain with a spring breeze on their faces.

  Lu Chen didn't have a very deep understanding of staff techniques, and over the past few months he had only been learning the true skills under Lu Xue's supervision. Fortunately, he had a unique insight into Lu Xue's rattan stick, and now that he was applying the stick's usage to the staff, he also gained some epiphanies.

  After several months of practicing the art of healing, Lu Chen was extremely familiar with the human body's structure. Every time he struck a blow, it would land precisely on the thickest part of his opponents' bodies, making it seem like he was being ruthless. However, in reality, he knew that this level of injury wouldn't pose any long-term harm to them; they'd just go home and rest for a few months before returning to their old ways as scoundrels once again.

  Although it was a mess, Lu Chen wasn't an idiot and could secretly discover that all his attacks had landed on the followers, not even touching Qin Tong. Looking at his footwork, he seemed to be hiding something, not revealing any skills. After careful observation, Lu Chen was slightly surprised: Not only did he have some skill, but he was actually a master, so why didn't he counterattack and just dodged?

  Lu Chen didn't bother to figure it out, and lazily put away the stick, jumping out of the circle and pointing at Sang and Cui, saying: "Evil dog, see if you dare to bite people randomly again?"

  "What vicious dog?" The onlookers stared at him, thinking: What vicious dog is there in front of you? Even if there was one, wouldn't it have been scared away by you? What's left are just these few wicked young men with bruised faces.

  "This kid is quite bold, even daring to hit a noble's son. He'll probably get into trouble for this. But... it does feel good."

  The onlookers couldn't help but want to laugh, yet were afraid of getting themselves into trouble. Lu Chen saw it clearly - these few young masters must have done many evil deeds in the past, and everyone present had a deep-seated resentment towards them. Today, by taking matters into his own hands and punishing them, he was also giving the common people a chance to vent their anger.

  The wailing voices across the street continued non-stop, but Lu Chen didn't think much of it. He still had to put on a show, so he forced a surprised and apologetic expression, shouting: "Oh no, I'm really sorry! I was chasing after that vicious dog just now and wasn't paying attention, accidentally hurting a few people. Sorry, sorry!"

  Doing so, it's half true and half false, seeing everyone holding back their laughter, the three little maidservants were laughing so hard they were doubling over. The villainous young masters opposite them cursed continuously, shouting that they would have Lu Chen sent to the authorities for punishment.

  Still better than those who only look at the appearance of things and don't understand the inner situation.

  Walking from the side to the center, Qin Tong coldly looked at Lu Chen with a fierce gaze and said: "Do you know what crime you have committed?"

  "What's wrong?" Lu Chen pretended to be unaware and replied, "Sorry about that, I was just a bit impulsive earlier. It's all because of that vicious dog biting people. Hmm? Where's the vicious dog?"

  Those rascals watched Lu Chen pretending to be elegant and performing there, and they were even more annoyed. Just watch if you want to watch, why do you have to look under our feet?

  Qin didn't know what Lu Chen was thinking about, and coldly laughed: "Hmph, ignorant little brat, come on, take him down for me."

  As soon as the words were spoken, Qin followed the crowd and suddenly a group of bailiffs rushed in, walked up to Lu Chen without saying a word, and shackled him tightly, then dragged him towards the prefecture's main hall.

  "What's going on here? Who's causing trouble?" Lu Chen's eyes were wide with surprise, but he didn't realize that the constables had already arrived at the scene as soon as he made his move. Qin Tong was a local rascal and also the son of the national teacher, so he was much more familiar with this place than Lu Chen. As soon as he saw Lu Chen acting recklessly, he immediately formed a murderous intention. And these constables seemed to have arrived just in time, arriving right on cue.

  Three little girls saw this and furrowed their eyebrows, a thread of murderous intent spreading out.

  Lu Chen had long been paying attention to the situation around him, and suddenly saw the movements of the three people. His eyebrows were slightly raised, and he secretly made a gesture with his eyes towards the three people.

  The little girl seemed to be inexperienced, but having lived with Lu Chen in the city for eight years, she had some understanding of the darkness among officials and nobles. She understood Lu Chen's meaning: he was afraid that these officials and second-generation ancestors would join forces to get rid of people like them. Once they took action, the capital city guards would definitely be deployed, and at that time, with their cultivation level of 3 or 4 layers, it would indeed be difficult to fight against them. What Lu Chen worried about most was that his sister might get hurt, and even if Qianyu Gate came to punish them, what use would it be if the person was already injured?

  As a disciple of the Qianyu Gate, being humiliated in public naturally damaged the reputation of the Qianyu Gate. When she saw Lu Chen's gaze drifting over, Xiaoyu suddenly had an epiphany and first gave Lu Chen a thumbs up, then whispered a few words to Huilin and Huimei...

  The two women who had benefited from Lu Chen's kindness first showed murderous intent, then heard Zuo Qinghe's instructions, turned their anxiety into joy, nodded in agreement, and the three of them quickly left the scene.

  "Hooray!"

  Just as Zuo Lianhuan and the other two left, more than a dozen constables surrounded Lu Chen in the middle of the street. One of them, under Qin Tong's instruction, pointed his sword at Lu Chen and shouted: "You men, take down this arrogant fellow..."

  "Arrogant fool?"

  As soon as Zuo Qing and the other two left, Lu Chen's heart suddenly calmed down, and he slightly turned his head, a hint of a sly smile spreading across the corner of his mouth...

  This cold smile made everyone in the surrounding crowd shiver instantly.

  "Is this kid going to resist arrest?"

  ……

  Murong Yu Xi, who was in the grand hall of the imperial palace chatting with the emperor, suddenly felt the transmission talisman on his body ignite. Murong Yu Xi was slightly stunned, and after a quick scan with his spiritual sense, he instantly heard Lan Qing's voice through the thousand-mile transmission.

  "Hui Xi, Lu Chen is in trouble, come quickly."

  Upon hearing this, Murong Yu Xi's expression changed, thinking to herself: "This lecher, isn't he peeking at someone taking a bath again? Sigh~"

  Murong Yu Xi slowly stood up and said to Murong Rui, the current emperor: "Your Majesty, there is a junior fellow apprentice in the palace who has gotten into trouble, I need to go out of the palace for a while."

  "Oh?" Murong Rui was chatting happily with his daughter, whom he hadn't seen in years, when he suddenly heard this remark. He immediately became enraged and said: "Who is so bold as to dare be slow in attending to the Supreme Immortal? Xi'er, quickly go and pass on my orders to apprehend this person and bring them back for punishment."

  Murong Rui ruled the Great Zhou for over thirty years, and it was only because of the Qianyu Gate that the Great Zhou could enjoy peace and prosperity. In his eyes, every single person from the Qianyu Gate was a supreme being, capable of flying on swords or destroying cities with a wave of their hand. Catching an immortal? Are you tired of living?

  Murong Yuxi smiled and nodded, saying: "Then I'll take my leave first."

  "The prince will come and go quickly."

  "Yes, Your Majesty."