73: mutation! I love children the most!

“Old Master, Xiao Xuan will respectfully listen to your instructions. Please guide me.”

Shen Yunwei smiled confidently, saying, “Xiao Xuan, don’t worry. Although my medical skills aren’t as brilliant as your father’s, I have achieved some success in the martial way.”

He was, after all, a Marrow Refinement Realm martial artist, so guiding a junior was more than enough for him.

Just then, the side hall of the Shen Mansion was large enough, and Shen Yunwei had already stood up.

Lu Xuan slowly walked to face Shen Yunwei.

“Xiao Xuan, make your move!”

Shen Yunwei stood with his hands behind his back, appearing to quietly wait for Lu Xuan to attack.

“Alright!”

“Then Xiao Xuan will be presumptuous. Old Master, please be careful!”

As soon as his voice fell, Lu Xuan’s figure moved forward rapidly, decisively striking out with a palm towards Shen Yunwei.

“This!”

“Such speed!”

Seeing this, Shen Yunwei immediately released his hands from behind his back, then raised his right hand to block Lu Xuan’s palm.

The next moment, Lu Xuan’s and Shen Yunwei’s palms collided.

A powerful force erupted rapidly from the center of their palms, causing Shen Yunwei’s pupils to instantly dilate as he stared in disbelief at the calm and composed Lu Xuan before him.

“Bone Refinement Realm level of strength?”

“No!”

“It has already surpassed the strength of the Bone Refinement Realm!”

Shen Yunwei felt the astonishing power coming from his palm; it had completely exceeded his limit.

“What kind of power is this!”

At this moment, a mysterious flow of Inner Energy, which Shen Yunwei could not resist, surged from Lu Xuan’s palm.

Then, that terrifying and mysterious flow of Inner Energy, like a broken bamboo, invaded his body, causing Shen Yunwei to tremble all over, unable to move.

It seemed that these terrifying and mysterious flows of Inner Energy could destroy his physical body in an instant.

A strong gust of wind suddenly arose in the side hall, causing the dishes and bowls on the dining table to rattle and clink.

Seeing this, Lu Xuan immediately retracted his Inner Energy, and the strong wind in the side hall disappeared, returning to its normal state.

At this moment, Shen Yunwei’s drunkenness had vanished, and a look of lingering fear remained on his old face.

This feeling of having one’s life and death controlled by others was as if he had walked back and forth on the edge of life and death.

“Xiao Xuan, has your martial arts realm reached such a level?”

“Blood Refinement Realm?”

“Or have you already surpassed the Blood Refinement Realm!”

Shen Yunwei looked at Lu Xuan’s calm face with eyes like he was looking at a monster, and he began to doubt his life.

If it weren’t for the real sensation in his hand, he would have thought he was dreaming and hallucinating.

Shen Yunwei’s reaction was exactly what Lu Xuan wanted to see.

Lu Qingqing was in Dengfeng County, and he couldn’t constantly keep an eye on her.

Although Lu Qingqing was doing very well here, it didn’t prevent Lu Xuan from doing something else to remind the Shen family.

Behind Lu Qingqing, there would always be him, her powerful elder brother.

Lu Xuan was about to speak when suddenly—

“Yin energy?”

“How dare you!”

Abruptly, Lu Xuan turned to look outside the door, seemingly sensing something.

Under Shen Yunwei’s astonished gaze, Lu Xuan’s body transformed into an afterimage, swiftly heading out the door.

“Qingqing, it’s getting late. We should rest early.”

In a courtyard of the Shen Mansion, Shen Yuan accompanied Lu Qingqing, who was being supported by two young maidservants.

“Yuan Ge, weren’t you going to accompany my elder brother?”

“Why are you back so soon?”

Lu Qingqing looked at Shen Yuan with some confusion.

“Hehe, Qingqing, isn’t it because I missed you?”

“Besides, Father is already with Xuan Ge, so I left early to come back and accompany you, fearing you’d be lonely.”

Shen Yuan became playful, directly signaling the two maidservants beside Lu Qingqing to step aside.

He then took a step forward, wrapped his left arm around Lu Qingqing’s delicate body, letting her lean against his chest.

Just as Shen Yuan and the others were about to enter the room, the two young maidservants behind them suddenly exclaimed.

“Oh, whose child is this?”

“Why are they here!”

Hearing this, Shen Yuan and Lu Qingqing turned around and, like the two maidservants, looked towards the other side of the courtyard.

That was where flowers, plants, and trees were grown.

They saw a small child, about seven or eight years old, wearing a floral dress and with cute pigtails tied on her head.

Undoubtedly, this was a little girl.

And this little girl was facing away from them, squatting on the ground, using a twig to poke at the loose soil.

The little girl’s small hand gripped the twig, poking the soil back and forth without any sign of fatigue.

Shen Yuan’s face had originally been smiling, but upon seeing the little girl, his smile instantly vanished, and he said somewhat confusedly,

“You two, has anyone seen this child?”

“How come this Young Master has never seen such a child in the Shen Mansion?”

Strange, the little girl’s back looked very unfamiliar; Shen Yuan had never seen her before.

“Replying to Young Master, neither of us has seen this child.”

Shen Yuan’s words made the two young maidservants shake their heads repeatedly, indicating they had never seen the little girl.

“Yuan Ge, could this child have taken a wrong turn? Let’s go take a look!”

At this moment, Lu Qingqing spoke. She was also very curious about who this little girl appearing in her courtyard was.

However, before Shen Yuan and the others could get close—

The little girl, who had been squatting on the ground and doing the same action, suddenly stopped, her body stiff, looking somewhat strange.

Shen Yuan and the others also saw this scene, and their steps slowly slowed down.

Finally, when they were less than a meter away from the little girl, Shen Yuan finally spoke in a low voice,

“Little girl, where are you from? Let uncle see your face.”

After Shen Yuan finished speaking, he stepped forward, extending his right hand to place it on the little girl’s shoulder.

Swish!

In the quiet courtyard, a sharp whooshing sound echoed.

A figure swiftly swept across the sky, then passed by Shen Yuan, extending a large hand to grab the collar of Shen Yuan’s robe near his neck.

Shen Yuan’s body was forcefully pulled backward by the large hand, quickly moving away from the little girl, finally returning to Lu Qingqing’s side.

“Xuan Ge!”

“Elder Brother, why are you here?”

Everyone present focused their gaze on the newcomer until they clearly saw who it was.

Lu Qingqing’s face showed surprise, but Lu Xuan immediately extended his large hand and covered Lu Qingqing’s eyes.

The small and delicate little girl then suddenly turned around.

And the two maidservants who saw the little girl’s face instantly turned pale with fright.

“Ah!”

Two ear-piercing screams rang out, the fearful cries of the two maidservants.

Shen Yuan also saw the little girl’s face, his expression changing drastically, feeling incredible.

Because that face was still a familiar one to him—

Liu Yiwai’s face!

Liu Yiwai, wasn’t he dead?

“Elder Brother, what happened!”

Lu Qingqing immediately became flustered upon hearing the screams, wanting to see what had happened.

“It’s nothing, just a child causing trouble!”

“He just wants to play a game!”

“Don’t worry, your elder brother loves children the most. I’ll play a game with him. You and Shen Yuan leave this place first.”

Lu Xuan’s eyes were like those of a hungry wolf, burning hot as he stared at the little girl, as if looking at delicious food.