Hearing Li Qinghuang say this, Lu Fan asked, "Are you leaving because you're worried about implicating me and my sister?"
"I suppose so!" Li Qinghuang said, turning around.
"You're overthinking it! I'll take good care of my sister! As for me, you don't need to worry about me at all. Right now, I just want to know, what important person have you offended that makes you so afraid?"
Lu Fan is not stupid.
From the moment he heard Li Qinghuang say she was leaving, he began to suspect that it must be because of something important.
Imagine.
His City God Temple has plenty of food and drink. If Li Qinghuang were an ordinary person, how could she suddenly want to leave for no reason?
Furthermore,
It's a time of famine. If she leaves, she might freeze to death, starve to death, or be captured and eaten by bandits in a few days.
When Lu Fan asked her this, Li Qinghuang shook her head.
"It's not that I don't want to tell you about my affairs! It's that telling you will bring you to your death!" Li Qinghuang said, raising her head.
"A death sentence? That serious?" Lu Fan raised an eyebrow.
"Yes! It's very serious, more serious than anything you can imagine! So, do you understand why I'm leaving?"
Lu Fan scratched his head.
He was a cautious person.
In the past, he would have driven that ugly woman away without even thinking.
After all, the world is vast, and nothing can implicate him and his sister!
But the situation is different now.
If Lu Fan really drives this ugly woman away, what about the reasons behind the gourd's flickering appearance and the spiritual energy generated when touching her skin? What will happen to these secrets?
Are we just going to abandon this idea?
Besides, although this ugly woman is frighteningly beautiful, she is actually a decent person! At the very least, she treats Ling'er with genuine sincerity.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Fan said, "If you really want to leave, I won't stop you! But the condition is that you need to stay here for another month!"
ah?
"Why do I need to stay for an extra month?" Li Qinghuang asked, puzzled.
Lu Fan did not mention that he wanted to find out her secret within this month.
Instead, he grinned mischievously and said, "I can't tell you that!"
Seeing Lu Fan's shameless words, Li Qinghuang felt frustrated.
Her reason for leaving was actually out of kindness.
The purpose was to prevent innocent people like Lu Fan from sacrificing themselves for their own sake.
But to my surprise, even after I've said all that, Lu Fan still won't let me leave?
"You won't let me leave, could it be that you've really fallen for me?" Li Qinghuang suddenly raised her scarred face and asked Lu Fan.
ah?
"I like you?" Lu Fan almost spat out his drink.
"Yes! If you keep bothering me like this, what else could it be but liking me?" Li Qinghuang asked.
No, no, you're overthinking it.
Lu Fan quickly replied.
joke?
I like you?
Good heavens, don't you know how ugly you are?
Lu Fan thought to himself.
But Li Qinghuang didn't care about all that. When she heard Lu Fan say that he didn't like her, she snorted and said, "Anyway, I've already told you everything I needed to tell you! Even if you like me, I'm leaving."
After saying this, Li Qinghuang turned and left.
Lu Fan watched Li Qinghuang's departing figure and muttered to himself, "Trying to leave? Do you think you can get away?"
With a wicked grin, Lu Fan immediately went to find the members of the guard team and Wang Dayong.
At this moment, Wang Dayong is leading more than a hundred guards in practicing their skills.
Upon seeing Lu Fan arrive, they quickly put down their weapons and called out to him, "Young Master!"
Lu Fan smiled and nodded, then said to Wang Dayong, "Dayong, come here for a moment."
"Young master, what is it?"
Wang Dayong quickly ran over and asked.
"Starting today, close the gates of the city! Also, without my order, no one is allowed to leave the City God Temple! Especially... that ugly woman with the scar on her face!" Lu Fan said.
Upon hearing this, Wang Dayong was extremely puzzled.
However, he still listened to Lu Fan, so he immediately nodded and said, "Yes, young master, I will tell them right away!"
"Yes! You must remember this!"
After giving his instructions, Lu Fan grinned mischievously and looked in the direction Li Qinghuang had left, saying, "Trying to leave? Let's see where you go next!"
...
It is located dozens of kilometers away from the City God Temple.
A large group of people were seen marching towards the City God Temple.
Upon closer inspection, there were more than two hundred people and horses.
Moreover, they were dressed in black, close-fitting outfits, clearly indicating they were martial artists.
At the very front, there was the Taoist Wang Zhong riding a fine horse, and Zhou Kun from the Blood Fiend Sect. To the side was Yan Mingchang, the head of the Yan family.
"Patriarch Yan, may I ask how your son offended that brat from the City God Temple?"
Suddenly, the Taoist priest Wang Zhong asked Yan Mingchang.
When asked, Yan Mingchang immediately replied respectfully, "Reporting to the Daoist Master, this humble one does not know who that boy from the City God Temple is..."
Um?
"If you don't know, why would he kill your own son?" Taoist Wang Zhong continued to ask.
"I truly know nothing about this matter! The only thing I do know is that my son imprisoned those two wicked sons of the Sima family in the dungeon... Later, my son died tragically, and those two wicked beasts of the Sima family were rescued. If nothing unexpected happens, the person who rescued the wicked sons of the Sima family is that brat from the City God Temple."
After listening to Yan Mingchang's analysis, the Taoist priest Wang Zhong ignored him.
He just thought about the scene of his battle with Lu Fan that day with a sinister look in his eyes.
As a direct disciple of the Grand Master, Wang Zhong was quite confident in his abilities.
But to everyone's surprise, they would encounter a powerful figure like Lu Fan in this remote mountain area.
"That damned brat, how did he learn magic?"
Wang Zhong was somewhat puzzled.
"No matter what, this time, I'm going to kill that brat."
Wang Zhong thought angrily.
This group consisted of more than two hundred warriors from the Yan family.
There's also Zhou Kun, a Xiantian realm martial artist ranked in the top ten of the Blood Fiend Sect. If he adds himself to the list, Wang Zhong feels that it would be enough to kill Lu Fan.
Just as Wang Zhong was thinking this, Zhou Kun from (Blood Fiend) spoke up: "Master Wang, although I can help you deal with the country bumpkin at the City God Temple this time, I hope you will not forget the important matter we came here for."
"Brother Zhou, you are overthinking it. Of course, I know what is more important. But, Brother Zhou, you have sent people to investigate for so long. Have you found any trace of that princess?"
When asked, Zhou Kun grunted and said, "Don't worry, after this matter is resolved, I'll find her even if I have to search the entire Qingyang Town."
"That would be best, after all, only by capturing that princess can we return and report back properly." Wang Zhong smiled sinisterly.
The wind and snow were getting heavier.
This day will inevitably be a day of bloodshed.