Starting as The Young Master of A Pharmacy, He Trained Swordsmanship in Seclusion For Twenty Years - Chapter 104

The setting sun cast its final rays across the heavens, draping the earth in a hazy, dreamlike veil of gold.

Lu Xuan sat quietly inside the inn. The collapsed wall had been temporarily repaired by the Xuaniao Guards.

As time passed, the golden glow on the horizon slowly faded.

“Hmm?”

“Yin Energy!”

The next moment, as if sensing something, Lu Xuan’s eyes snapped open, and he instantly appeared outside the inn.

The street was silent and empty, save for Lu Xuan himself.

As for the Xuaniao Guards, Lu Xuan had long since ordered them to guard the ends of the street, ensuring no one could enter.

A crimson glow flickered in Lu Xuan’s eyes, particularly striking in the dim, fading light.

Looking around, the shops lining the street had their doors tightly shut.

But then, right at that moment, a luxurious, sprawling, and bustling multi-story building materialized out of thin air on a vacant lot.

A large plaque hung over the main entrance, bearing three characters:

Fengyue Lou!
On the second floor, several scantily clad young women were eerily waving and beckoning coquettishly towards the empty street.

Seeing this, Lu Xuan’s lips curled into a slight smile. Without hesitation, he walked over.

The moment Lu Xuan stepped through the door, the scene inside the building unfolded before his eyes.

The interior was packed with countless patrons, each accompanied by several alluring women—a scene of immense revelry.

Especially noticeable were several beautiful women walking with light, brisk steps, followed by men who looked utterly infatuated.

“Hehehe……..”
“Xiao Qing, don’t run, let this young master give you a kiss!”

A young man dressed as a scion of a wealthy family chuckled lewdly, chasing after a pretty maiden.

If Hua Tianhai were here, he would immediately recognize this young man as none other than his own grandson, Hua Jianghe.

Of course, Lu Xuan had no way of knowing this.

Witnessing this scene of playful chase, laughter, and joy, Lu Xuan’s heart remained utterly unperturbed.

However, as he looked at these people, especially the alluring women, an inexplicable heat ignited deep within his pupils.

Such strong Yin Energy!

Yet, for now, Lu Xuan suppressed the impulse to act. He was still waiting for the Demonic Shadow of Fengyue Lou to appear.

Otherwise, if he startled it into fleeing, it would be like picking up a sesame seed only to lose a watermelon.

Just then, the same woman clad in a seductive red gossamer dress hurried over from the distance.

Following behind her were two exquisitely beautiful young women.

“Young Master~ come, this way please……….”
“Xiao Shuang, Xiao Li, come quickly and attend to the Young Master!”

A wave of intense, fragrant aroma assailed his senses. The moment Lu Xuan smelled it, the Radiant Force within his body instantly annihilated the peculiar scent.

Just as the two women reached out to touch Lu Xuan…

“Hmph!”

With a cold snort, a powerful shockwave erupted from Lu Xuan’s body. The two women near him were instantly thrown backwards, sent flying far into the distance.

Then, under the gaze of everyone in the building, the two women transformed into wisps of rising white vapor that floated up towards the ceiling.

Lu Xuan’s action caused everyone inside Fengyue Lou to freeze.

The previously lively and bustling scene became as still as frozen time, locked in a strange stalemate.

Before long, the bright candlelight within Fengyue Lou gradually grew cold and gloomy.

The deep green light shines on the faces of everyone in Fengyue Lou.

In the blink of an eye, the guests, who moments before had been full of vitality, all transformed into desiccated skeletons.

These lifeless bones then began to move eerily, like automatons, repeating the same motions over and over.

Lu Xuan stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his gaze fixed on the second floor of Fengyue Lou.

More precisely, he was looking at the room directly facing the staircase on the second floor.

The door appeared somewhat worn and old. Through the aged window paper, faint traces of a sinister green light seeped out.

And behind the paper of the door’s window, there was a faint, flickering black shadow.

Two shadowy appendages, roughly the size of arms, seemed to be holding a comb, running it up and down through a waterfall of black hair.

“Finally, you show yourself.”

Confronted with this terrifying sight, a look of excitement finally broke through the expressionless mask on Lu Xuan’s face.

Compared to those exquisitely beautiful women from before…

It was truly supernatural apparitions like these ghostly things that could make him show such an thrilled expression.

Whoosh!

Lu Xuan’s body vanished from his spot like lightning, leaving only a blurred afterimage.

In less time than it takes to breathe, Lu Xuan’s body had already appeared on the second floor of Fengyue Lou.

He stood brazenly right in front of the door, his eyes shining with a dazzling crimson radiance that even overpowered the green light emanating from within the room.

Faced with Lu Xuan’s sudden appearance at the door, the black shadow inside the room stiffened, stopping its combing motion.

But before it could even process what was happening…

In the very next second, countless solidified strands of crimson Radiant Force surged around Lu Xuan’s body, emitting a heart-palpitating aura of scorching, deadly heat.

The aged window paper on the door before Lu Xuan spontaneously ignited without any visible flame. It was rapidly consumed by crimson fire, turning to ashes that drifted to the ground.

With the old window paper gone, Lu Xuan saw the true form of the black shadow.

It was a humanoid figure entirely enveloped in pitch-black hair.

“So this is the Demonic Shadow of Fengyue Lou?”
“This Yin Energy is indeed stronger than the Face Stealer from Dengfeng County.”

While Lu Xuan was assessing the Demonic Shadow…

The pitch-black hair on the Demonic Shadow’s head began to grow wildly at that moment, resembling countless tiny serpents, exuding a chilling aura.

BOOM!

With a tremendous roar, a surging tide of pitch-black hair, like a raging flood, burst through the confines of the door, rushing to engulf Lu Xuan where he stood.

However, it seemed as though an impenetrable wall surrounded Lu Xuan.

The pitch-black hair, laden with dense Yin Energy, upon reaching a certain distance from his body, behaved as if it had encountered a blazing inferno.

Crimson flames latched onto the black strands, clinging like maggots to bones, and raced back along them towards the shadow.

In an instant, the crimson flames erupted with terrifying heat, completely enveloping the Demonic Shadow of Fengyue Lou.

Wrapped in the crimson fire, horrifying, shrill screams emanated from within.

In the span of a few breaths, under Lu Xuan’s watchful eyes, the Demonic Shadow of Fengyue Lou was incinerated into nothingness by the crimson flames.

Immediately after, the crimson fire spread across the floor, rapidly extending outwards, seemingly intent on devouring the entire Fengyue Lou.