Chapter 44: Chapter 44: Hu Da’s Panic, Reaping the Fruits of Victory_1
Qingshi Town, outside the Zhao Family ancestral land.
Hu Da, the current Family Head of the Hu Family, bent lower and lower at the waist.
The smile on his face, along with his flattering expression,
became even more intense at this moment.
And as the sound of footsteps grew closer, and Hu Da could vaguely make out the indistinct figures in the distance,
he and Hu Min behind him couldn’t help but silently step forward.
It seemed they wanted to meet the people from the Zhao Family in advance.
However, the next scene
caused the smile and sycophantic look on Hu Da’s face to come to an abrupt halt.
He was somewhat stunned and dumbfounded.
Where were those people from the Zhao Family? Where had they gone?
Why was Luo Yong, the Third Young Master of the Luo Family, walking in front?
What the hell was going on?
Something wasn’t right…
Seeing this, Hu Da’s brow furrowed slightly, and he pondered incessantly in his heart.
“Could it be that this Third Young Master of the Luo Family has subdued the Zhao Family?”
“And then the Zhao Family used some mysterious method to control this Luo Yong’s life?”
“Yes, that must be what it is…”
Thinking this, Hu Da couldn’t help but nod silently to himself.
However, when that large group of people finally appeared before his eyes,
and started walking towards him,
Hu Da was thoroughly confused.
Because, among that large group of people, it seemed that apart from those of the Luo Family, there were no members of any other families.
The people from the Zhao Family… where had they gone?
Outside the Zhao Family ancestral land.
Hu Da’s face gradually became more somber and unsightly.
The development of the situation seemed to be beyond his expectations.
He had thought that in this battle between the Zhao and Luo Families,
the victorious one would certainly be the Zhao Family.
After all, the Zhao Family had more than two thousand Armored Youths and possessed two monks at Bone Refinement Perfection.
On the other hand, the Luo Family had only one Bone Refinement Perfection monk.
The number of elite house servants they could mobilize was estimated to be no more than five hundred.
Even if Luo Changfeng, the old ancestor of the Luo Family, hadn’t died and the Luo Family hadn’t collapsed,
how could they possibly contend against the terrifying Zhao Family?
But now, it seemed…
that the Zhao Family appeared to be the defeated party.
And the Luo Family was the victor between the Zhao and Luo families.
“This is getting troublesome…”
“The Luo Family doesn’t seem as simple as I had imagined…
At this very moment, as the current Family Head of the Hu Family, one of the four great families of Qingshi Town, Hu Da finally saw the reality of the situation.
“Father, what should we do next?”
Behind Hu Da, Hu Min, who was also bending his waist slightly, couldn’t help but ask.
“What should we do?” Hu Da glanced at Hu Min behind him and couldn’t help but say with a wry smile, “Right now, our Hu Family can only take one step at a time and see, but…”
“Regardless, there’s no way we can retain control of our markets!!!”
A moment later.
Under the protection of Luo Yong and a group of elite Luo Family house servants,
Luo Chuan, whose face still bore traces of youthful immaturity,
had finally arrived at the Zhao Family ancestral land.
“Oh?”
“Isn’t this the Family Head of the Hu Family?”
“What are you doing here, waiting for something?”
“You couldn’t possibly be here to welcome those people from the Zhao Family, could you?”
Luo Chuan looked at Hu Da and Hu Min before him, who were slightly bent at the waist,
and spoke to them in a calm tone.
“You, you misunderstand…”
Although Hu Da was somewhat puzzled that the person speaking was Luo Chuan rather than Luo Yong,
in such a situation, he knew it was proper to bow low and concede.
“Really, it’s a misunderstanding?”
Luo Chuan’s eyes narrowed slightly.
“Xiao Chuan, since we’re going to have a bloodbath next anyway, why not take care of the Hu Family at the same time?”
Luo Yong, standing beside Luo Chuan, looking strong like a tiger or wolf, with a faint air of ferocity about him, asked with a cold face.
“Uncle Three’s words make some sense…” Luo Chuan silently nodded.
He then looked in front of himself, toward the man bending his waist and lowering his head.
The man’s forehead was covered with beads of sweat the size of beans, his body trembling slightly.
Luo Chuan couldn’t help but smile, then added, “Third Uncle has indeed made some valid points, however, today our Luo Family already has a target for annihilation, would it not be somewhat inappropriate to increase the killings afterward?”
“Wouldn’t the people of Qingshi Town say that our Luo Family members are too brutal?”
Luo Chuan slightly lowered his head, adopting a contemplative expression.
Meanwhile, Luo Yong, who stood behind Luo Chuan,
almost couldn’t restrain his laughter at this scene.
His nephew was indeed quite mischievous.
Initially, although the Hu Family had talked tough on Luo Family Ancestral Land,
some unpleasantness had arisen between the Hu and Luo families.
Yet, the Hu Family’s crimes did not warrant death.
Now, his nephew Luo Chuan was actually intimidating Hu Da like this.
What exactly was he thinking in his heart?
How could Luo Yong not know?
Under the threat of family annihilation,
Hu Da’s legs gave in, and he knelt directly on the ground.
A look of panic and unease also flashed across his face.
“If, if the Luo Family is willing to spare my Hu Family,
“My Hu Family, my Hu Family…”
As he spoke, Hu Da’s words were choked with sobs, “My Hu Family will offer up all the marketplaces under our control, half of the family’s assets, and all the books in our Library Pavilion!!!”
The voice of Hu Da echoed slowly outside the Zhao Family Ancestral Land.
Upon hearing this, Luo Chuan’s eyes flashed with surprise.
His original intention was only to claim all the marketplaces held by the Hu Family for the Luo Family.
He hadn’t expected to gain additional benefits this time.
Not bad, truly not bad.
After resolving the issue with the Hu Family,
the next focus was the Zhao Family.
“Third Uncle, I’ll have to rely on you for the upcoming matters…”
Outside the firmly closed gates of the Zhao Family Ancestral Land,
Luo Chuan said to his Third Uncle, Luo Yong, in a rather calm tone.
“Worry not, I’m best at handling such matters.”
Luo Yong answered casually,
then immediately led the elite house servants, forcibly breaking open the gates of the Zhao Family Clan.
They surged rapidly into the Zhao Family Clan.
As time passed,
it was only a few breaths’ moments.
Screams, pleas for mercy, and curses began to rise endlessly from within the Zhao Family Clan.
An unpleasant smell of blood gradually spread out from the Zhao Family Clan.
Droplets of blood slowly trickled down to the ground at Luo Chuan’s feet.
“Please, spare my life, spare my life…”
“What have I done wrong?”
“Why do you want to kill me?”
One couldn’t tell if it was intentional or not, but a middle-aged man who looked very honest and simple,
suddenly broke free from the blockade of the Luo family house servants and ran over to Luo Chuan.
Even under the threat of his own life,
the man knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to Luo Chuan.
[Bang! Bang! Bang!]
The sound of kowtowing echoed incessantly within the vast Zhao Family Clan.
“Young Master, I apologize…”
“Allowing this person to come close to you, we have failed in our duty…”
Suddenly, one of the Luo family house servants ran over.
He grabbed the man’s clothing and effortlessly lifted him up.
Then, the house servant and the simple-looking middle-aged man
quickly disappeared from Luo Chuan’s line of sight.
“Was this incident an accident?”
Watching the direction in which the house servant and the simple man disappeared,
Luo Chuan couldn’t help but narrow his eyes.
However, when he acutely perceived the gaze of his Third Uncle continuously fixed on him,
he seemed to understand the true nature of this incident.