Way of the Devil - Chapter 90

Chapter 90
‘I shouldn't worry about it anymore! We’ll take it one step at a time . If Zhen Family really loses the fight, then perhaps a big city like Mountain-Edge City is the safest place to be .


The government’s backing is the Emperor’s family . The Emperor’s family must be powerful enough for it to rule over such a large territory, even if only in name . When the time comes, it wouldn’t hurt to hide in Mountain-Edge City . Moreover, senior apprentice brother surely has a contingency plan in mind . ’
Lu Sheng thought no further on that subject and rode at full pelt towards the moat .
‘The only thing I can do now is to quickly gather as many items with Yin Qi as I can to upgrade my skill! The safest policy is to depend only on myself for safety . ’
He hurried back into the city through the night . His subordinates in Crimson Whale Sect had already moved the corpse into a pharmacy in the city owned by the sect .
He made a beeline for the corpse and finally saw Lu Chenxin and a few other corpses in the backyard of the pharmacy .
"Swish…"
Lu Sheng unveiled the white cloth and could not help but step back, covering his nose with his hand .
A sharp acrid, rotten stench gushed at him, as disgusting as if he had licked the filth stuck on the walls of the gutter with his tongue . Beside him, the sect disciples similarly covered their noses, looks of disgust on their faces .
Lying in the coffin, Lu Chenxin’s head looked as if it has been slashed by a knife, leaving only the segment under his eyes . The segment with his forehead was missing . His limbs were like shriveled branches, black and dry .
More importantly, his torso was highly decomposed . Worms and maggots crawled all over his skin . On some areas, mold had grown and pus oozed out . The different odors mixed in the air to form a choking stench .
"Has the corpse been moved?" Lu Sheng frowned .
"No, sir! We put him into the coffin the way we found him . We didn’t move him at all," Ning San replied on the side .
"Men, cover it up . Lift it and follow me," Lu Sheng instructed .
The sect disciples hurried forward to close the coffin . The stench thinned significantly after the coffin was sealed and everybody could finally suck in a deep breath of air .
"Let’s go . To Lu Manor," it had been a long time since he last felt that the situation was so dire .
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Lu Manor .


In the brightly lit backyard, blood-curdling cries rang out incessantly .
"My son! You’ve died such a tragic death~~!" Wang Yanyu sat on the ground, her hands waving in the air melodramatically . Tears and mucus flew all over from her and her robes were messy .
Around her, many of both the younger and the older generation were gathered . Lu Tianyang, Lu Yingying, as well as many distant relatives were all present . There was more than twenty of them .
Lu Quanan sat aside, his face, neck and arms covered in streaks of blood caused by scratches .
"Wang Yanyu! What are you going crazy over! So many elders and juniors are here staring at you . Have you any shame?" Fury filled his heart . He felt like vomiting blood .
"My son is gone… GONE! I’ve got no more hope, Lu Quanan! You still have two sons though you lost one . But I’ve got only one! Only ONE son!!!" Wang Yanyu cried .
"Chenxin’s my son too . I’m equally sad as you that he’s gone missing! But there’s so many of us in the Lu Family, old and young . A few dozens of us . We can’t possibly stop living on because of Chenxin, can we? How can you face Little Hong? How can you face Tianyang!?"
Lu Quanan clutched his chest in grief and pain .
"So what? How’s it fair that my son is gone, yet Lu Tianyang lives on? They live in the same house . How’s it fair? Old Master, tell me! How’s it fair!? Wang Yanyu’s eyes were bloodshot and swollen like peaches, venom undisguised in them .
Lu Quanan had no words in reply . Indeed, Lu Tianyang and Lu Chenxin shared the same house . How was it that Lu Chenxin had gone missing, yet Tianyang was completely fine?
"See! See! Don’t you have anything to say? Hehehe… Lu Quanan, when I married you, what did you promise me? When you wanted to screw me on the bed, you sounded so sweet . You said that as long as I was willing, you would give our son an inheritance and name… in the end? In the end?!" Wang Yanyu turned increasingly hysterical . "My son is gone… gone… can you still give me another son? Can you?? HAHAHAHA!!! Why don’t I look for Big Bro and let him screw me? Maybe I can still get a new son! Or any man around . You!"
She rose to her feet and tugged at a middle-aged man on the side .
"Steward Zhao, haven’t you always been stealing glances at me? Do you want to screw me? Come on! Here! Right here! I’ll let you screw me!!! Ha . . . hahahahha!!!"
The man’s face turned as red as beetroot . He tried to wrestle free, but could not pry her grip off his robe . The guards wanted to intervene, but dared not for fear of hurting Wang Yanyu .
Momentarily, the entire backyard was locked in tension .
"BOOM!"
"WHERE’S YOUR DECORUM!" Lu Sheng strode into the backyard, his face ugly . On both his sides, Crimson Whale Sect disciples rushed in, forming two lines .


"Pry her away!" He glared at the hysterical Wang Yanyu .
Two men immediately stepped up and pulled away Wang Yanyu, who was cackling in laughter maniacally .
Scratched all over his face, Lu Quanan fell to his butt on the side, sighing .
"Yo! Isn’t this our high and mighty Eldest Young Master? You’ve been living in Mountain-Edge City all by yourself for so long, but no accidents have happened to you…" Wang Yanyu giggled, unbothered by the fact that she was being restrained .

"PIAK . "
Lu Sheng delivered a slap right across Wang Yanyu’s face, flinging her face to the side forcefully . Shocked and dazed, she turned dumb .
"Third Mistress is tired . Take her to rest . Shut the doors tight . "
"Yes, sir!" Two housemen hurried forward, took Wang Yanyu, and dragged her away .
With the respected Eldest Young Master Lu Sheng’s command, coupled with the sect disciples he brought with him, the situation was firmly brought under control . Even Wang Yanyu was dealt with and taken away .
Lu Sheng looked at his Old Dad Lu Quanan and sighed . He had grown old and lacked the resolve to deal with his pillow mate, resulting in the embarrassing turn of events .
"Sheng’er…" Lu Quanan sighed . In that moment, he seemed to age by a few years .
Lu Sheng glanced at Lu Tianyang as well as Fourth Mother Lu Hong, who was also Lu Tianyang’s mother .
This poor mother was presently hugging her son’s arm tightly, tears welling up in her eyes .
"Brother Sheng . Wang Yanyu, she… she poisoned Tianyang’s supper!" The tears in Lu Hong’s eyes were finally uncontainable . They flowed down her cheeks .
"She’s so heartless…" she sobbed .
Lu Tianyang’s face was pale, his breath rising up and down messily . He stood dumbly on the spot, allowing his mother to hug him .
"Enough!" Lu Sheng snorted coldly . "Crying and sobbing all day . Where’s your decorum?!"
Instantly, Lu Hong shook with fear, not daring to cry any further .
"All of you, disperse now! Lu Tianyang, Uncle Zhao, Steward Zhao, stay behind . Squad A, stand guard outside . The rest of you, go back! Get back to whatever you were supposed to be doing!" Lu Sheng’s gaze swept around the backyard, his eyes cold and sharp . Apart from Uncle Zhao, all who met his gaze averted it, bowing their heads .
Presently, he had a thicker aura of might and power about him . Coupled with his muscular and huge stature, and perhaps because he had taken many lives, he naturally carried with him an air of ferocity and savagery . Once he turned fierce, the average person would lose even the courage to meet his gaze .
At his order, everyone hurried out of the backyard, leaving behind only a small group of people .
Very soon, the door to the backyard was shut . Outside the doors, Crimson Whale Sect’s men stood guard . Only then did he found out from Lu Quanan what had happened .
It turns out that after waiting for such a long period of time, Wang Yanyu sensed that her son Lu Chenxin had likely come to a nasty end . Moreover, Lu Quanan had long since lost his reproductive ability . Without an heir, she was filled with despair and venom .
This led her to lace Lu Tianyang’s supper with lethal Rubber Flower Poison . Thankfully, she was found out by Uncle Zhao while he was doing his rounds .
After listening to what had happened, Lu Sheng fell into silence .
"This matter… no one could have seen it coming . Chenxin has indeed met with his demise . I’ve recovered his corpse…"
"Found it???" Lu Quanan was dazed .
Aside, Uncle Zhao sighed as well . The rest of them including Lu Tianyang bowed their heads wordlessly .
"He’s right outside . But he’s a nasty sight . Dad, you guys can go take a look," Lu Sheng whispered .
Lu Quanan fell silent for a moment . After a few seconds, he said coarsely, a shudder in his voice,
"Let’s go take a look together…"
"Wait till Third Mother has calmed down before telling her about this," Lu Sheng reminded .
"Mm," Lu Quanan agreed and no longer spoke .
The company of men left the backyard and went out of Lu Manor’s side entrance . In an alley nearby, a giant black coffin was placed .
Lu Sheng had his men open the lid of the coffin so they could peer inside .
Lu Quanan went forward and took a look . Before a few breaths’ span, tears streaked across his face as he turned aside and vomited .
Lu Tianyang, Uncle Zhao, and the rest went up to take a look as well . Each of them stepped back in disgust and some of them could not help but vomit as well .
"Ai…" Uncle Zhao sighed . "Brother Sheng, I can tell you’ve established some foundation for yourself in Mountain-Edge City . Can you investigate who did this to Young Master Chenxin?"
At this question, Lu Quanan and the rest all turned to look at Lu Sheng .
They had only just arrived in Mountain-Edge City and did not recognize Crimson Whale Sect’s insignia . They merely assumed that Lu Sheng must have met with favorable circumstances .
"It’s hard to say…" naturally, Lu Sheng knew who was the murderer . But what use was there even if he told his family?
"How about the authorities?" A look of pain appeared on Lu Quanan’s face . "Is there any use in reporting this matter to the authorities?"
Lu Sheng did not reply .
Lu Quanan suddenly understood what this answer meant . Unlike Uncle Zhao and Lu Tianyang, he had been one of those involved in Nine Links City’s closed-door discussion among the city’s elites . Naturally, he knew about many secrets—including information about ghosts .
Looking at Chenxin’s corpse, he roughly understood how complicated the situation was . It didn’t seem like a human had done this to his corpse…
"You guys… should not have come to Mountain-Edge City at this time…" Lu Sheng sighed slowly .
"It’s not that we wished to . Rather, we had no choice but to…" Lu Quanan sighed . "Nine Links City isn’t safe… and it’s gotten much quieter . Many people have left and businesses are closing down . We’ve got so many to take care of… so many employees needing to be hired . With our dwindling numbers, we can’t even plow the land . "
Lu Sheng understood the difficult situation his Old Dad was in .
The huge explosion in Nine Links City had taken its toll on the city and it was unable to recover from it . This severely weakened Lu Family that depended greatly on Nine Links City . If the situation was allowed to continue, the family would fall into poverty and ruin . Hence, he had set his mind on relocating .
"Since you’ve come, then let’s settle down first . Old Dad, have you decided which industry to enter?" He asked . As a member of Crimson Whale Sect’s highest management, it would be a waste if he did not use his power to take as much care as he could of his family .
"No idea yet . We’ll have to take a look first," Lu Quanan replied helplessly .