Dong, dong, dong!
At this moment, the door was suddenly knocked on lightly from the outside.
Xia Mingqing's brow furrowed slightly, then he raised his left hand and gently brushed it towards the door.
The door opened in response, as if an invisible hand in the void opened it.
Immediately afterward, a lithe figure quickly came to Xia Mingqing's side, then lowered her head, close to Xia Mingqing's ear.
"Your Highness, important news!"
"Something happened to the Luo family, Lord Luo Jin is dead!"
Upon hearing this, Xia Mingqing's composed face turned ashen, as dark as the bottom of a burnt pot.
"What did you say!"
"My teacher is dead!"
"How is this possible!"
Xia Mingqing suddenly looked up at the person delivering the message, then stood up abruptly.
"My teacher has the protective restrictions left by the Surveillance Division."
"Apart from a martial artist who has reached the Great Accomplishment of the Outer Core Grandmaster, no one can possibly harm him."
Xia Mingqing suppressed the anger in his heart, staring intently at the person reporting the news.
If this person wasn't his most trusted maid, Chen Luomeng, he would have thought someone was audacious enough to make fun of him.
Lu Haodong, who was at the side, was very surprised when he saw Xia Mingqing's reaction.
But after he heard that Luo Jin was dead, he couldn't care less about being surprised and stood up as well.
"Luo Jin is dead?"
"This..."
Luo Jin, the Surveillance Commissioner of Anzhou, was actually killed; this matter might be earth-shattering!
Which old monster who didn't want to live did this?
Xia Mingqing now accepted the fact that Luo Jin was dead, but he still looked puzzled and couldn't believe it.
"Besides this king and that old geezer Tao Zhenbang, who else in Anzhou can hurt my teacher?"
"Unless..."
Xia Mingqing muttered softly.
Suddenly, he thought of another possibility.
"Unless someone used the power of a sacrificial artifact!"
"That's right, it must be the power of a sacrificial artifact that was used."
"Otherwise, martial artists below the Great Accomplishment of the Outer Core Grandmaster could never harm my teacher."
The restrictions left by a sacrificial artifact can be broken by another sacrificial artifact.
As long as a martial artist who has just entered the Outer Core Grandmaster realm uses the power of a sacrificial artifact, they can exert power close to that of a Great Accomplishment Outer Core Grandmaster.
Why was Xia Mingqing so sure of this speculation?
Because in the entire Anzhou, there were only two people above the Great Accomplishment of the Outer Core Grandmaster.
One was himself, an existence at the Perfected Outer Core Grandmaster, only a step away from the Divine Mansion realm.
The other was Tao Zhenbang, a Great Accomplishment Outer Core Grandmaster.
He was the Governor of Anzhou, the Deputy Chief of the Heavenly Army Division, a high-ranking official in charge of a state!
The Heavenly Army Division was in charge of all the troops of the Great Xia Dynasty.
The Governor of each state would also serve as the Deputy Chief of the Heavenly Army Division, in order to mobilize the troops within their respective states.
Coincidentally, this Governor of Anzhou, Tao Zhenbang, was among the top five in strength among the thirty-six governors.
The governors below Tao Zhenbang were generally martial artists at the Small Accomplishment of the Outer Core Grandmaster, or those who had just entered the Outer Core Grandmaster realm.
"Luomeng, immediately order Lin Yu to lead all the Azure Guards. This king wants to know who did it within three days!"
"At any cost!"
"That martial arts grandmaster used the power of a sacrificial artifact and must have consumed a lot of Gang essence. He definitely can't escape far!"
"Also, let Lin Yu bring the Wind Fire Saber!"
Chen Luomeng's eyes were filled with shock after hearing her Prince's decision.
Lin Yu was the Deputy Leader of the Azure Guards, and his strength was among the top three in the An Prince's Manor.
He was an Outer Core Grandmaster at the Small Accomplishment stage.
Of course, what shocked Chen Luomeng the most was that the Wind Fire Saber was a legendary sacrificial artifact, a Chen-level Two-Pattern Sacrificial Artifact.
However, Chen Luomeng did not leave immediately, but calmly said.
"Your Highness, Luomeng has another discovery."
"Luomeng suspects that Lord Luo's death is likely related to this discovery."
Chen Luomeng's words made Xia Mingqing and Lu Haodong look sideways.
"Speak!"
After receiving Xia Mingqing's confirmation, Chen Luomeng slowly stated her deduction.
"Does Your Highness remember the mysterious person who rode a Divine Wind Steed outside the city this morning?"
"Luomeng just received news from the Azure Guards that the few people who tracked him fainted on the street."
"After they woke up, they found that the person had already left the city!"
"According to these people, Luomeng suspects that the mysterious person used the Gang essence power of an Outer Core Grandmaster to knock them unconscious."
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Before Xia Mingqing could speak, Lu Haodong asked in confusion.
"Divine Wind Steed?"
"This old man remembers that no one in the Blackbird Guard of the city used the Divine Wind Steed these days."
Lu Haodong's words made Xia Mingqing ponder.
If no one in the city used the Divine Wind Steed, then it could only be from the Blackbird Guard of another city.
This conclusion suddenly made Xia Mingqing think of that person.
It was the person that his teacher Luo Jin mentioned yesterday, the newly appointed Black Envoy of Baidao Prefecture, Lu Xuan!
The person who had a life-and-death feud with his teacher, everyone in Anzhou knew, was this Lu Xuan.
"It's this Lu Xuan!"
"A few days ago, I asked you to investigate this Lu Xuan's information. Have you found anything?"
Xia Mingqing turned his gaze to Lu Haodong. A large part of the reason he called him here today was for this Lu Xuan.
"Replying to Your Highness, according to the Blackbird Guard I planted in Baidao Prefecture..."
"That Lu Xuan appeared in the Blackbird Guard a month ago. Apart from that old fellow Li Chengfeng, no one knows his origin."
"However, this old man happens to have a painting, a portrait of this Lu Xuan."
After Lu Haodong finished speaking, he took out a scroll of white paper from his gray sleeve.
"Oh!"
Upon seeing this, Xia Mingqing's eyes narrowed, and several streams of dark black Gang essence emerged from his body,掠 towards the white paper.
Under the effect of those streams of Gang essence, the white paper gently unfolded in the void, floating up and down.
On the white paper was painted a young and handsome man with long hair like dark clouds, neatly tied behind his back.
Even Xia Mingqing was a little surprised after seeing the man painted on the white paper.
So young!
This Lu Xuan looked to be only around twenty years old.
"Luomeng, let those people see if the person who entered the city today was him!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Just as Chen Luomeng was about to walk out, Xia Mingqing suddenly spoke again.
"If it's this Lu Xuan, you and Lin Yu personally go to Baidao Prefecture and say that this king wants to see him!"
"Of course, if he doesn't come... this king doesn't want to hear that he's still alive in Anzhou."
In the end, Xia Mingqing said a meaningful sentence that made Chen Luomeng's heart tremble.
"Luomeng, as for all of Lu Xuan's needs... you must satisfy him."
How could Chen Luomeng not understand the implication of this.
Satisfying all of Lu Xuan's needs naturally included her.
Lu Xuan was originally on Xia Mingqing's kill list.
However, after Xia Mingqing saw how young Lu Xuan was, he gave up the killing intent in his heart.
If the Lu Xuan in the painting hadn't disguised himself.
Then he was likely the most monstrously talented martial artist he had ever seen.
