Free Web NovelChapter 62: Chapter 62: I Am the First Madam
Yangzhou City. The Lu Mansion!
The main hall of the Lu Mansion was bustling with excitement. Cheng Yunxiang’s identity had been verified—he was, without a doubt, a child of the Lu Family.
Many of the elders were overjoyed. To be frank, their younger generation had been a complete disappointment.
Cheng Yunxiang’s talent, on the other hand, was quite impressive.
At that moment, Cheng Yunxiang was kneeling before the Lu Family Patriarch, Lu Dingxuan. He spoke with solemnity, "Yunxiang pays his respects to Grandfather."
Lu Dingxuan burst into a hearty laugh. "Good, good, good! My dear grandson."
Just then, another Lu Family elder stepped forward. "The name Yunxiang is from the Cheng Mansion. It should be changed."
Someone else agreed, finding great sense in this. He admonished, "It’s not just your name that needs to be changed. You must also forget your former identity. From this day forward, you are not to think of Cheng Weishan, Cheng Chuming, or any of the others. Do you understand?"
Cheng Yunxiang quickly agreed, then let out a sly chuckle.
"Rest assured, elders. Cheng Chuming has already been poisoned to death, and Cheng Weishan is about to be finished off by the Life-taking Bone Calamity Star."
"Even if I wanted to think of them, there’s no one left to miss."
Upon hearing this, the members of the Lu Mansion couldn’t help but roar with laughter.
Lu Mi also stepped out, smiling. "Soon, only three great families will remain in Yangzhou City."
His words made the people of the Lu Mansion rub their hands in glee, already scheming how to swallow the Cheng Mansion’s assets. With Cheng Yunxiang on their side, he could be the one to inherit the Cheng estate.
However, Cheng Yunxiang was also Bai Wenrong’s maternal grandson, so they would likely have to join forces with the Bai Family and split the spoils.
Just as they were lost in their various fantasies, a voice suddenly rang out. "You’re wrong. Only two great families are left in Yangzhou City."
The voice was incredibly abrupt!
The Lu Mansion’s hall fell suddenly silent. Lu Dingxuan was the first to react. "Who’s there?"
As his word fell, a figure cloaked in black appeared at the entrance to the hall.
Cheng Yunxiang’s smile instantly froze on his face. He couldn’t help but cry out in terror, "The... the Life-taking Bone Calamity Star!"
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The members of the Lu Mansion recognized Lu Chao as well. His performance at the wedding banquet yesterday was seared into the minds of countless people.
One by one, they instinctively unleashed their True Qi.
The Calamity Star’s arrival could only mean trouble!
Lu Dingxuan calmed himself slightly and shouted another question, "Life-taking Bone Calamity Star, who let you in? What business do you have at my Lu Mansion?"
Lu Chao strode forward...
"Bai Wenrong and Bai Heng are dead. The Bai Mansion has fallen."
"Cheng Weishan is about to die, and the Cheng Mansion will be destroyed. That’s why there are only two great families left in Yangzhou City. If you’d prefer, I can make it just one by wiping out your Lu Family as well."
His voice echoed wildly through the Lu Mansion’s hall. Everyone’s eyes widened instinctively as they processed the explosive news.
Cheng Yunxiang’s jaw dropped. He asked dumbly, "My maternal grandfather is dead?" freewebnovёl.ƈom
With a cold smile, Lu Chao pointed at Cheng Yunxiang and Lu Mi. "I’ve come for the lives of these two. If you want to see Yangzhou City reduced to a single great family, now is your chance to stop me."
As soon as he finished speaking... WHOOSH!
Lu Chao struck on the spot, weaving through the stunned crowd and charging straight for Lu Mi and Cheng Yunxiang.
BANG! BANG!
Two swift palm strikes were all it took to knock both of them unconscious.
He then hoisted them up and faced the people of the Lu Mansion. "I’m taking them with me. Anyone who stands in my way will die."
The words had barely left his lips when an elder charged forward...
"Life-taking Bone trash! You’re too arrogant!"
"Don’t think we don’t know! At the wedding banquet yesterday, you were just borrowing the strength of Fan Jinhua and the Hundred Flames Trading Company! You must have relied on them to destroy the Cheng and Bai Mansions, too! What’s there for you to be so cocky about?"
After his tirade, the Lu Mansion elder unleashed the True Qi of a Postnatal Seventh Layer cultivator and blasted it toward Lu Chao.
Lu Chao merely lifted his gaze slightly. He whipped out a kick as fast as a shadow, striking the Lu Mansion elder directly.
"Waaagh!"
The elder, who had just been sneering at Lu Chao, let out a wretched scream as his body was sent flying sideways.
He slammed hard against a wall and slid to the floor, coughing up mouthful after mouthful of blood.
Two breaths later, he collapsed face-down on the ground, his condition unknown.
Lu Chao ignored him and continued striding toward the exit of the Lu Mansion hall. He had already said what needed to be said. Obstruct him and die!
A bone-deep chill rolled through the entire Lu Mansion hall.
Neither Lu Dingxuan nor anyone else dared to move as they watched Lu Chao walk away. He had taken out a Postnatal Seventh Layer expert with a single kick. Who would dare challenge him? Even Lu Dingxuan himself was only at the Postnatal Eighth Layer.
It was as if they were only just now realizing that while Fan Jinhua might have helped yesterday...
...the Life-taking Bone Calamity Star’s combat prowess wasn’t entirely dependent on him. The man was a terrifying killer in his own right.
But if they just watched him leave, what would become of the great Lu Family’s dignity?
The Life-taking Bone Calamity Star was here to take the lives of Lu Mi and Cheng Yunxiang.
Finally, Lu Dingxuan gritted his teeth and shouted, "Stop right there! Lu Chao of the Life-taking Bone! We can talk this through. Let’s negotiate!"
Hearing this, Lu Chao stopped.
"There’s nothing to talk about. Even though my father-in-law dislikes Bai Xin, she is nominally his son’s wife."
"Your son seduced my brother-in-law’s wife and fathered Cheng Yunxiang with her."
"If you think that’s something we can negotiate, then I hope every woman in your family gives birth to children that are not of your blood."
With that, Lu Chao walked out of the hall...
The people of the Lu Mansion stared at each other in stunned silence.
Every one of them was so enraged by Lu Chao’s final words that they were left nearly speechless.
In the end, Lu Dingxuan couldn’t just watch as his son and his newly acknowledged grandson were taken away. He roared, "Everyone, attack!"
AAAAAHHH...
Waves of bloodcurdling screams echoed endlessly throughout the Lu Mansion.
Twenty breaths later, Lu Chao strode away unhurriedly, carrying Lu Mi and Cheng Yunxiang. Behind him, he left only a chorus of anguished wails.
Amid the wails of the Lu Mansion’s members, terrified shrieks could be heard. "The Calamity Star! It’s the Calamity Star!"
...
「At the Cheng Mansion」
Outside the courtyard where Cheng Chuming and Bai Xin had lived, Bai Xin slowly regained consciousness.
The previous night, Lu Chao had ordered the Cheng Mansion’s Household Generals to throw her among the corpses of Bai Wenrong and the others. By then, the Household Generals didn’t dare disobey a single command from their Young Master-in-Law.
It wasn’t until dawn that Bai Xin, who had been beaten unconscious into a bloody pulp by Cheng Yunsu, finally came to.
And then... AHHH!
She took in her surroundings, saw the bodies of her father and brother, and let out a scream that echoed throughout the entire Cheng Mansion.
She was surrounded by the corpses of her family—all of them!
After a while, her screams subsided, but her teeth chattered uncontrollably...
’The Life-taking Bone Calamity Star and Cheng Yunsu will never let me go. What do I do? What am I going to do?’
’They already know that Cheng Yunxiang isn’t Cheng Chuming’s son. Yunxiang is going to die, too.’
’I have to escape... I have to get out of here...’
Bai Xin scrambled to her feet and ran frantically toward the walls of the Cheng Mansion, but she stopped after only a few steps.
The Cheng Mansion’s Household Generals had arrived.
Seeing the group of Household Generals, Bai Xin cried out in a trembling voice, "I am the First Madam! What do you think you’re doing?"
The Household Generals exchanged glances, their faces twisting into wry smiles.
"First Madam, even the Patriarch has to listen to the Young Miss now. Please, don’t make things difficult for us."
"The Young Miss has ordered you to the main hall of the Cheng Mansion."
The Household Generals seized Bai Xin and, as she screamed incessantly, began dragging her toward the main hall.
