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Lu Chen's heart skipped a beat. Without any hesitation, he immediately put down the pull ring and quickly put the table back in place. He didn't have time to go out anymore.

He instinctively jumped up and landed on the roof beam.

Almost at the same time, the outer door opened and two people walked in.

"Senior brother, another batch of goods is arriving tonight. The elixirs will be refined in three days. Does that mean everything will be fine for a while?"

"What, you want to go see your little lovers again? I'm warning you, a very important person is coming in person soon. You absolutely can't cause any trouble, or I won't be able to protect you!"

"An important person? Who is it?"

"Is that something you should be asking?"

After a moment of silence, a flame appeared in the dark room, three incense sticks were lit, a Taoist priest bowed to the stone tablet, and then placed the incense sticks into the incense burner.

"It's almost dawn, the boat should be arriving soon, go open the door."

A slightly older voice spoke.

Lu Chen didn't dare to stare directly down, but instead glanced at the scene from the corner of his eye.

There were two Taoist priests in total. The taller one was walking out, obviously to open the door to the underwater steps and wait for the boat to arrive.

The one in the main hall moved the table aside and pulled the handle.

The clicking sound of gears turning rang out again.

Lu Chen watched as the hole grew larger and larger, then stopped.

It's still the familiar underground passage.

The Taoist priest went down, and the sound of breathing could be faintly heard. After a while, flickering flames appeared in the dark underground passage.

Lu Chen listened to the noises underground and hesitated whether to leave immediately, but suddenly he heard the sound of rushing water outside.

A soft, feminine voice rang out: "Hurry up!"

Lu Chen immediately recognized it.

That was the voice of the Azure Lord.

At this point, he no longer hesitated.

If you leave now, you might be able to escape, but you'll never know what they're doing.

His purpose in coming here was to investigate child trafficking, and now that he has the opportunity, he naturally won't choose to leave.

The main reason was that the four thin, silk-like strands of energy within his body gave him confidence.

Even if he can't win, he's confident he can escape!

A short while later, Lu Chen heard the Taoist priest emerge from the underground passage.

Meanwhile, a painted boat was quietly moored nearby on the riverbank, and the sounds of objects falling into the water could be heard continuously.

The tall Taoist priest was carrying a wooden box in each hand as he entered the room.

"Senior brother, hurry and help, this batch of goods seems to be a bit too much."

The tall Taoist priest spoke in a low voice, grabbed the two boxes, and walked swiftly to the ground. After delivering them, he returned again.

Besides him and his senior, several other people were helping with the transport, moving things quietly, quickly, and skillfully, like ants carrying food.

Aside from speaking at the beginning, Qingzhu remained silent, and it was unclear what he was doing.

Lu Chen remained quiet and patient.

"There are twenty-three boxes now. What's inside? Are they people?"

He lowered his breathing to a minimum, his mind racing with thoughts.

"Young master, it's late, why don't you go back?"

Outside, Qingzhu spoke again.

Lu Chen was startled.

Whom does Qingzhu call "Young Master"?

Could this person be the important figure the Taoist priest was talking about?

"Going back will be boring anyway. Since we're already here, I'll go see how these elixirs are made! Old Qing, let's get off the boat!"

Lu Chen immediately felt as if he were facing a formidable enemy, pressing himself tightly against a pillar on the roof beam, not daring to make a sound.

Not only him, but even the people responsible for carrying the load and the two Taoist priests who were there to help, stood respectfully to the side, heads bowed, looking at their toes.

The two people floated down from the boat and walked step by step towards the room.

Lu Chen silently grasped two caltrops in his hand.

He made no movement and dared not look around, for fear of attracting the attention of others.

Even before he reached the Marrow Cleansing Realm, he could already sense the gazes of others. Innate experts must be very sensitive to the gazes of others.

Qingzhu followed half a step behind the young master, bowing low, like a servant.

"Old Qing, how long have you been staying in Shanyang Prefecture?"

The young man had a youthful voice and was holding a folding fan; he looked quite elegant.

"Reporting to you, young master, it has been three years."

"Three years... I heard that a lot of things have happened here during this time?" The young master entered the room, looked left and right, and then came to look at the black stone tablet.

The master was sweating profusely.

Although he was a powerful innate expert, and one of the more formidable among them, he didn't dare to breathe too loudly in front of this young master.

"Young master, things are still under control. The orders from above will not be compromised in the slightest. Please rest assured."

His current behavior is completely different from his behavior when he met Wang Xiong.

"Yes, of course I believe you, but you have to make those people above believe you too, understand? Do a good job, and you'll get plenty of benefits in return."

The young master tapped the black stone tablet in front of him and turned to look at the underground entrance.

"Is this where you refine pills?"

"Yes, young master. It's a bit messy inside, it hasn't been tidied up, and the alchemist has other matters to attend to and won't arrive until tomorrow. How about we wait until tomorrow..."

"We're already here, what do we care about the chaos? Let's go down and take a look! You guys, you go first!" The young master pointed at the older Taoist priest with his folding fan.

The Taoist priest hurriedly bowed and jogged forward to lead the way, with the others quickly following.

The young master had a faint smile on his lips: "Let's go, Lao Qing, I... um?"

He turned his head and looked around the room, then his eyes narrowed.

There are only two people left in this room, so why are there three heartbeats?

"who!"

He suddenly roared, and a dazzling light appeared around him.

Qingzhu was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and hurriedly stood in front of the young master, her eyes filled with anger and killing intent.

There was someone hiding here, and I hadn't even noticed?

He felt a chill run down his spine and his vision went black.

There is no hope for the future.

Lu Chen was also somewhat puzzled.

How did you discover it?

However, without any hesitation, he immediately and forcefully threw out the two caltrops he had prepared.

"Take this 'Leg-Stretching and Eye-Staring Pill'!"

All of them were aimed at the young master who was being blocked behind Qingzhu.

He then stomped on the roof beam and shot off the roof.

Wood chips shattered, blue tiles exploded, and Lu Chen soared into the sky, landing on the rooftop and leaping towards the river outside.

Inside the room, two iron caltrops flashed like lightning, arcing past the Green Master who tried to stop them, heading straight for the young master.

The young master looked disdainful, and with a whoosh, he opened his folding fan and gracefully faced the two dark, grimy barbed wire spikes. His movements were fluid and graceful, quite a sight to behold.

"Ha, that's the kind of trick you play..."

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Two loud explosions rang out one after the other.

The folding fan was shattered to pieces by Lu Chen's energy-infused iron caltrops. The broken iron fragments scattered like bombs, carrying astonishing impact force and tearing the young master's clothes to shreds.

At the critical moment, a faint, eerie light suddenly flashed across the young master's body, and a spherical ring of light appeared around him, blocking all the fragments.

The young master froze for a moment, then his face contorted with rage, his eyes widening in fury: "Ah! Kill him! Useless trash, chase after him!"

He suddenly swung his palm at Qingzhu.

Qingzhu didn't dare to dodge at all and took the slap head-on.

The sound was crisp and clear.

"Chase him! I want him dead! I want him dead!"

The young master roared in anger, his face turning red.

The Taoist priests, hiding below, were unsure whether to come out and chase the murderer or pretend they knew nothing to avoid witnessing the nobleman's embarrassment and disarray.

The Lord of Qing was so angry he was practically fuming.

It's him!

It is him again!

It's that beast again!

You ruined my plans!

His anger surged to his head, and his eyes turned bloodshot.

"Young master, please go back first, I will definitely kill him!"

Before he finished speaking, he used all his cultivation to shoot off in the direction Lu Chen had gone, like a cannonball.

"boom!"