Starting as The Young Master of A Pharmacy, He Trained Swordsmanship in Seclusion For Twenty Years - Chapter 84

“Failure?”

Upon hearing the Taiping Town Mayor’s complaint, Zhao Sheng and the others looked somewhat embarrassed.

However, Lu Xuan had no time for his grievances.

Lu Xuan was informing the Mayor, not seeking his permission.

“Just do as I say.”

The Mayor’s face darkened as he stared at Lu Xuan, who stood at the center of the group.

“How do I know you are truly Black Swan Guards? I have received no word from the County Magistrate.”

Although three of them were wearing Black Swan Guard uniforms, who was to say they weren’t imposters?

Especially the man in the middle, who appeared to be only around twenty years old and seemed to be the leader of the group.

The three men in Black Swan Guard uniforms beside him all looked about the same age.

Lu Xuan couldn’t be bothered to explain. He unfolded his hands from behind his back and gently waved them forward, signaling Zhao Sheng and the others to act.

“Seize him!”

“From now on, I am taking charge of Taiping Town. Li Daren, you will be responsible for watching over these children.”

“The sacrificial ceremony in three days is canceled. I want to see what dire consequences angering this so-called River God of the Jinlin River will bring.”

Seeing that the other party was about to take action and hearing their plans, the Mayor panicked and immediately tried to dissuade them.

“Honorable sirs, I know you mean well, but we truly cannot afford to provoke the River God of the Jinlin River.”

“If we anger him, our entire town will be doomed.”

“I beg you, spare Taiping Town!”

The Mayor’s reaction made Zhao Sheng and the other two speechless, their faces dark with frustration.

Why did his words make them sound like irredeemable villains?

“Mayor, apologies!”

Qian Hao’s resolute face was sharp and decisive. His movements were swift as the wind, covering several meters in a few leaps, and he instantly appeared before the Mayor.

Seeing this, the Mayor raised his hands, preparing to resist.

A surge of powerful, raging blood energy erupted from Qian Hao, filling the entire hall.

The air in the hall instantly became scorching and intense.

Feeling this oppressive, blazing aura, the Mayor’s face turned as pale as paper, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

In the face of Qian Hao’s immense blood energy, the Mayor couldn’t even muster the will to resist, feeling as helpless as an ant facing an elephant.

“You!”

“Blood-Refining realm!”

Then, under the Mayor’s disbelieving gaze, Zhao Sheng and Li Daren also unleashed their formidable blood energy.

The energy, carrying an overwhelming pressure, instantly subdued the guards in the hall who had intended to resist.

Three Blood-Refining realm martial artists?

If these three were at the Blood-Refining realm, what level must the man commanding them have reached?

The Mayor had already surrendered, giving up all resistance.

His gaze toward Lu Xuan now held a glimmer of hope, as if Lu Xuan were his last lifeline in a desperate situation.

Could this stranger truly resolve the threat of the Jinlin River’s River God?

Lu Xuan didn’t pay attention to the Mayor’s emotional shift. He remained standing calmly, his expression deep and detached, as if everything was under his control.

The place where Taiping Town made its annual sacrifices to the River God was a large wooden platform built on the bank of the Jinlin River.

Of course, within these three days, it had been forcibly dismantled by Zhao Sheng and Qian Hao.

At the same time, Zhao Sheng had also erected large wooden signs on both sides of the routes along the Jinlin River.

The signs were carved with striking, large characters:

Jinlin River: Danger!
No Entry!
—By Order of Taiping Town Mayor

To be safe, all boats passing through the Jinlin River had also been confiscated by Zhao Sheng.

Late at night, the stars dotted the sky, shining with a mysterious and distant glow.

The cold moonlight, like quicksilver, spilled over the rolling river, casting a thin silver veil over the water’s surface.

The shimmering river reflected faint silver rays of light, evoking an inexplicable sense of deathly stillness.

At that moment, a shadow dozens of meters long swept across the surface of the Jinlin River.

A moment later, the enormous shadow leaped improbably out of the river, carrying towering waves.

Boom!

A deafening sound erupted!

The water of the Jinlin River, following the shadow, splashed onto the solid ground, forming puddles that soaked into the earth.

Splash, splash, splash!

The heavy sound of footsteps stepping forcefully into the puddles echoed through the silent night.

Under the bright moonlight, the true form of the shadow from the river was fully revealed.

Its limbs supported its body on the ground. Its head appeared broad and flat, covered in date-red scales.

Its body, however, was covered in jet-black scales that glinted coldly.

Its two large eyes emitted a faint, eerie light, and its mouth gaped open, filled with sharp teeth.

But then, in the next moment, the creature actually spoke, just like a human.

“Damnable humans! How dare you break the rules of the Jinlin River!”

“You made me get scolded by Lord Dragon!”

“Since that’s the case, I’ll just slaughter all of you this time.”

“Anyway, Lord Dragon is almost free from the restraints that damned human placed on him all those years ago.”

“Heh…”

Before the demon beast could finish its sinister laugh, the faint sound of footsteps behind it cut short its glee.

In the boundless darkness, a figure slowly approached from the distance. It could be no one else but Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan walked unhurriedly until he was about ten meters away from the demon beast, then stopped.

“Lord Dragon?”

This demon beast, with a face like a carp, not only spoke human language but also had stout limbs.

Moreover, judging from its earlier words, there seemed to be a mysterious presence even more powerful than itself at the bottom of the Jinlin River.

“Are you the River God of the Jinlin River?”

Lu Xuan’s expression finally shifted, as if he were seeing the world for the first time, and he scrutinized the carp-like demon beast.

“Human!”

The moment the carp demon beast saw Lu Xuan, its large eyes glowed with a sinister green light.

Its gaze was filled with bloodlust and madness, as if it wanted to tear Lu Xuan to pieces.

In the next second, the demon beast’s limbs burst into motion, carrying a terrifying momentum like a hurricane sweeping through fallen leaves, and it charged toward Lu Xuan with lightning speed.

Seeing this, Lu Xuan kept his hands behind his back, his expression calm and unruffled.

“Hmm?”

“It seems this demon beast’s intelligence isn’t very high.”

Although the carp demon beast possessed human-like sentience, its intellect seemed to be below that of a ten-year-old child.