172: If Lu Xuan doesn’t come to see me, he will die!

Thump, thump, thump!

Just then, the door was gently knocked from the outside.

Xia Mingqing's brows furrowed slightly, then he raised his left hand and lightly flicked it towards the door.

The door opened in response, as if an invisible hand in the Void Realm had opened it.

Immediately after, a light-footed figure quickly came to Xia Mingqing's side, then lowered his head and leaned close to Xia Mingqing's ear.

"Prince An, there's an urgent matter!"

"The Luo family has had an incident; Grandmaster Inspector Luo Jin is dead!"

Upon hearing this, Xia Mingqing's composed expression turned a livid, ashen black, like the bottom of a burnt pot.

"What did you say!"

"My teacher is dead!"

"How is this possible!"

Xia Mingqing suddenly looked up at the messenger and then stood up directly.

"My teacher has a Restriction left by the Surveillance Division for protection."

"Except for a Martial Artist who has reached Major Achievement in the Outer Strength Grandmaster Realm, it's impossible for anyone to harm him."

Xia Mingqing suppressed the rage in his heart, staring intently at the messenger before him.

If this messenger wasn't Chen Luomeng, his most trusted maid, he would have thought someone was audacious enough to make a fool of him.

Lü Haodong, observing Xia Mingqing's reaction, was greatly astonished.

But when he heard that Inspector Luo Jin was dead, he no longer cared about being astonished and also stood up.

"Inspector Luo Jin is dead?"

"This..."

For Inspector Luo Jin, the Surveillance Director of An Prefecture, to be killed by someone, this matter would surely shake the heavens!

Which suicidal Lao Jiahuo (Old fellow) did this?

Xia Mingqing had now accepted the fact of Inspector Luo Jin's death, but he still looked confused and couldn't believe it.

"Besides me and that old immortal Tao Zhenbang in An Prefecture, who else could harm my teacher?"

"Unless..."

Xia Mingqing murmured softly.

Suddenly, he thought of another possibility.

"Unless someone used the power of a Ritual Weapon!"

"That's right, it must have been the power of a Ritual Weapon."

"Otherwise, a Martial Artist below the Major Achievement of the Outer Strength Grandmaster Realm would absolutely not be able to harm my teacher."

The Restriction left by a Ritual Weapon could be broken by another Ritual Weapon.

As long as a Martial Artist who has just entered the Outer Strength Grandmaster Realm uses the power of a Ritual Weapon, they can exert power close to that of a Martial Artist at the Major Achievement of the Outer Strength Grandmaster Realm.

Why was Xia Mingqing so certain about this conjecture?

Because in the entire An Prefecture, there were only two individuals above the Major Achievement of the Outer Strength Grandmaster Realm.

One was himself, an existence at the Perfection of the Outer Strength Grandmaster Realm, just one step away from the Divine Palace Realm.

The other was Tao Zhenbang, a Martial Artist at the Major Achievement of the Outer Strength Grandmaster Realm.

He was the State Duke of An Prefecture, the Mystic Guard Deputy Director of the Heavenly Soldiers Division, a high-ranking official in charge of an entire prefecture!

And the Heavenly Soldiers Division was the entity that controlled all the military forces of the Great Xia Dynasty.

The State Duke of each prefecture would concurrently serve as the Mystic Guard Deputy Director of the Heavenly Soldiers Division, so that they could mobilize the military forces within their respective prefectures.

Coincidentally, Tao Zhenbang, the State Duke of An Prefecture, was among the top five in strength among the thirty-six State Dukes.

State Dukes below Tao Zhenbang were generally Martial Artists at the Minor Achievement of the Outer Strength Grandmaster Realm, or those who had just entered the Outer Strength Grandmaster Realm.

"Luoxuan, immediately instruct Lin Yu to lead all the Green Cloak Guard; I want to know who did this within three days!"

"At all costs!"

"That Martial Dao Grandmaster used the power of a Ritual Weapon, so he must have consumed a large amount of Gale Force; he certainly can't escape far!"

"Oh, and tell Lin Yu to bring the Wind Fire Blade!"

Chen Luomeng's eyes were filled with shock upon hearing her Prince An's decision.

Lin Yu was the Vice Leader of the Green Cloak Guard, and his strength in the An Princes Mansion ranked among the top three, a terrifying existence.

He was a Martial Artist at the Minor Achievement of the Outer Strength Grandmaster Realm.

Of course, what shocked Chen Luomeng the most was...

That Wind Fire Blade was a legendary Ritual Weapon, a C-grade two-pattern Ritual Weapon.

However, Chen Luomeng did not leave immediately, but instead spoke with unusual calmness.

"Prince An, Luoxuan has another discovery."

"Luoxuan suspects that Grandmaster Luo's death is very likely related to this discovery."

Chen Luomeng's words made Xia Mingqing and Lü Haodong look at each other sideways.

"Speak!"

After receiving Xia Mingqing's affirmation, Chen Luomeng then slowly stated her deduction.

"Prince An, do you remember the mysterious person who rode a Shenfeng Steed into the Fu City this morning?"

"Luoxuan just received news from the Green Cloak Guard that the few people who were tracking him fainted on the street."

"When they woke up, they found that person had already left the Fu City!"

"According to these people, Luoxuan suspects that the mysterious person used the Gale Force of an Outer Strength Grandmaster to knock them unconscious."

Before Xia Mingqing could speak, Lü Haodong spoke up in confusion.

"Shenfeng Steed?"

"I remember that no one has used the Shenfeng Steed from the Blackbird Guard in the Fu City these past few days."

Lü Haodong's words made Xia Mingqing ponder.

If no one in the Fu City had used the Shenfeng Steed, then it could only be a Shenfeng Steed from the Blackbird Guard of another Fu City.

This conclusion suddenly made Xia Mingqing think of that person.

It was the person his teacher, Inspector Luo Jin, had mentioned yesterday: Lu Xuan, the new Mystic Envoy of Baidao Prefecture!

The entire An Prefecture knew that this Lu Xuan was the person who had a life-and-death feud with his teacher.

"It's this Lu Xuan!"

"A few days ago, I asked you to investigate information about this Lu Xuan. Have you found anything?"

Xia Mingqing's gaze fell on Lü Haodong; a large part of why he had summoned him today was for this Lu Xuan.

"Reporting to Prince An, according to the Blackbird Guard I stationed in Baidao Prefecture."

"That Lu Xuan appeared among the Blackbird Guard a month ago, and besides that Lao Jiahuo (Old fellow) Li Chengfeng, no one knows his origin."

"However, I happen to have a painting of this Lu Xuan."

After Lü Haodong finished speaking, he took out a white paper rolled into a cylinder from his gray sleeve.

"Oh!"

Seeing this, Xia Mingqing's eyes narrowed, and several dark black Gale Force appeared around him, sweeping towards the white paper.

Under the action of those few Gale Force, the white paper gently unfolded in the Void Realm, floating up and down.

On the white paper, a young and handsome man was drawn, with long hair like dark clouds neatly tied behind his back.

Even Xia Mingqing was somewhat surprised after seeing the man drawn on the white paper.

So young!

This Lu Xuan looked only around twenty years old.

"Luoxuan, have those people take a look and see if the person who entered the Fu City today is him!"

"Yes, Prince An!"

Just as Chen Luomeng was about to leave, Xia Mingqing suddenly spoke again.

"If it is this Lu Xuan, you and Lin Yu go to Baidao Prefecture yourselves and tell him that I want to see him!"

"Of course, if he doesn't come... I don't want to hear news of him still being alive in An Prefecture."

Finally, Xia Mingqing said something profound, which made Chen Luomeng's heart tremble.

"Luoxuan, as for all of Lu Xuan's needs... you must satisfy him."

How could Chen Luomeng not understand the unspoken meaning?

Satisfying all of Lu Xuan's needs naturally included herself.

Lu Xuan was originally on Xia Mingqing's kill list.

However, after Xia Mingqing saw how young Lu Xuan was, he abandoned the killing intent in his heart.

If this Lu Xuan in the painting had not been disguised...

Then he was very likely the most Prodigy in Martial Dao talent among the people he had seen.