Chapter 216 - 159: Overriding
The morning sun was bright.
Inside the Changle Martial Arts Hall, many disciples were gathered, practicing their swordsmanship and boxing.
Most of the disciples were practicing the Storm Sword Technique.
A smaller group was cultivating *Le Mountain Angry Vajra*, a technique inherited from Zhang Desheng.
Lu Changfeng was controlling his clone, Lu Jun, sparring with Wei He.
The events at Worthies Building the previous night had not affected their moods in the slightest.
Soon, the sparring session ended.
Wei He wiped away a bit of sweat. ’Lu Jun’s Sword Dao Talent is too incredible. During our spar, she could already completely suppress me.’
"Lu Jun, do you think that ’sister’ backing Li Xiao will come to his aid?" Wei He asked slowly during their break.
Lu Changfeng nodded slightly. "You’re talking about Magistrate Hua, aren’t you?"
"He wouldn’t be that foolish, would he?"
Li Xiao was the one who tried to poison them first. If Magistrate Hua still dared to stand up for him, he would truly be blinded by greed.
The moment Lu Changfeng finished speaking...
The main gate of the Martial Arts Hall was violently kicked open.
The disciple guarding the gate was kicked to the ground, and two constables held their blades to his neck.
"Dongfang Jian, Gold Medal Chief Constable of Qin City, is here!"
"We’re here to arrest the criminals Wei He and Lu Jun! Uninvolved parties, stay out of this!"
Lu Changfeng froze for a second. Beside him, Wei He shot him an amused glance.
SWOOSH!
A figure shot out from the depths of the Martial Arts Hall.
It was none other than Lu Changfeng’s disciple and the current master of the Changle Martial Arts Hall, Han Fan!
"Wei He? Lu Jun? What crime have they committed?" Han Fan frowned and asked in a cold voice.
Clearly, he didn’t believe his two disciples would break the law.
Dongfang Jian snorted coldly. "Hmph, the two of them have some nerve! Not only did they cripple the Grand Martial Artist by the County Magistrate’s side, but they also beat the County Magistrate’s brother-in-law into an idiot!"
Wei He and Lu Jun stepped forward.
Wei He spoke up, "You’re spouting absolute nonsense."
Wei He looked at Han Fan and explained, "Here’s what happened. Last night, Li Xiao set a trap, inviting Disciple Lu Jun to a banquet where he poisoned the wine. Luckily, I saw through it. Then, the Grand Martial Artist with Li Xiao attacked me. I had to act in self-defense and was forced to cripple him."
"As for Li Xiao, he fell from the third floor out of his own panic. It had nothing to do with us."
Han Fan grasped the key point. "You defeated a Grand Martial Artist?"
Han Fan himself was only at Mid-Tier Tendon Transformation. How could Wei He, at the mere Fifth Level of the Blood Forging Realm, defeat a Grand Martial Artist?
Wei He glanced at Lu Jun, cupped his hands, and said, "Master, I must admit, this disciple possesses a Demon Fiend Bloodline."
’The people of this world don’t know the different levels of Demon Fiend Bloodlines anyway,’ he thought. ’It doesn’t matter if I reveal it.’
Han Fan nodded in understanding. He was naturally aware of the power of a Demon Fiend Bloodline.
"Hmph, utter nonsense! Where did you inherit this Demon Fiend Bloodline? If you have such a bloodline, why didn’t you reveal it sooner? Hiding in a small martial arts hall, you must have malicious intentions!"
"We can’t just take your word for what happened last night! The two of you, put on these shackles yourselves and come with us to the Government Office!" Dongfang Jian said coldly.
A pack of constables, like hungry wolves, prepared to rush forward.
Han Fan moved to block them without a word. "For the sake of the Law Enforcement Demon Sect, you cannot take them."
"Hmph, does the Law Enforcement Demon Sect think it can bend the law for personal reasons? Magistrate Hua personally gave the order to take these two away. If you keep blocking us, don’t blame me for getting rough!" Dongfang Jian took a step forward.
Han Fan did not yield an inch. "This isn’t about bending the law. The facts of the matter haven’t even been clarified yet."
"Insolent!"
Dongfang Jian charged abruptly at Han Fan. As a Grand Martial Artist, he was several Realms higher than Han Fan. Caught by a surprise attack at close range, Han Fan blocked a dozen or so moves before being sent flying by a punch, spitting out a mouthful of dark blood.
"Take them away!" Dongfang Jian ordered coldly.
"Hold on!"
A figure moved like the wind. The constables rushing toward Lu Jun and Wei He felt an immense force and were all sent flying back.
The newcomer’s figure became clear. It was Teng Xiaofan!
Teng Xiaofan had been staying at the Changle Martial Arts Hall for a long time since he entered the Jade Bone Realm.
Although he was Lu Changfeng’s Vermilion Bird Guardian, he hadn’t yet reached the Rebirth Realm and couldn’t be of much help to Lu Changfeng. So, he usually stayed at the Changle Martial Arts Hall to look after it for him.
He originally thought it was a cushy assignment, a place where he could spend most of his time cultivating.
He never expected that real trouble would actually find its way here.
"The disciples of my Changle Martial Arts Hall aren’t people you can just take away as you please." Teng Xiaofan’s face was relaxed, but his words were unquestionable.
Dongfang Jian was startled at first, but then a mocking expression appeared on his face.
"We knew you were hiding here, you Bone Refining Realm expert. Did you think the County Magistrate wouldn’t be prepared?"
Outside the walls of the Changle Martial Arts Hall, two figures arrived together.
They were, shockingly, two Bone Refining Realm experts from the Hua Family.
Magistrate Hua had clearly sought help from his own clan in private, summoning two Bone Refining Realm experts from the Hua Family to deal with Teng Xiaofan.
Teng Xiaofan cracked his neck. "You people... you really have some nerve, Hua Family."
Teng Xiaofan thought about taking out a message slip to inform Lu Changfeng.
But then he considered that doing so might put Lu Changfeng in a difficult position.
So, for the time being, he suppressed the thought.
Teng Xiaofan drew the longsword from his waist. "Unless you step over my dead body, you’re not taking any disciple from this Martial Arts Hall."
The two middle-aged Hua Clan Members exchanged a glance, drew their long sabers, and clashed with Teng Xiaofan.
The Hua Clan Members’ Saber Technique had always been outstanding. Furthermore, Teng Xiaofan’s specialty was Body Technique. Forcing a confrontation in one spot minimized the effectiveness of his movement skills.
Moreover, it was one against two, and both Hua Family members were at the Silver Bone Realm.
CLANG CLANG CLANG!
After a series of sharp clashes between saber and sword, Teng Xiaofan was at a disadvantage. One of the Hua Family’s Bone Refining experts saw an opening and landed a solid kick on his chest.
Teng Xiaofan’s body flew backward, cracking a section of the Martial Arts Hall’s wall upon impact.
Seeing this, Wei He, who was at the side, could no longer hold back and was about to activate his Demon Fiend Bloodline.
However, he was stopped by Lu Changfeng.
’I want to see just how far these branch members of the Hua Family will go.’
"Take them away!" Dongfang Jian’s face showed a hint of triumph. At his command, the constables swarmed forward.
With a restraining look from Lu Changfeng, Wei He stood down. The two of them were shackled and led away to the County Yamen’s prison.
"You people at the Changle Martial Arts Hall, you’d better watch yourselves!" the two Hua Family Bone Refining experts spat out as a parting shot.
Teng Xiaofan slowly got to his feet, a strange smile on his face. "Do you truly see the Law Enforcement Demon Sect and the Saint Master as nothing?"
The two Hua Family Bone Refining experts felt a sudden, inexplicable chill, but they still replied defiantly, "The leader of the Law Enforcement Demon Sect is our Hua Family’s son-in-law. What can he do to us? And as for the Saint Master, the Hua Family is obviously more useful to him!"
As soon as these words were spoken, a decisive conclusion formed in the minds of both Teng Xiaofan and Lu Changfeng, who was just being escorted out the gate by the constables.
’The Hua Family is more useful to the Saint Master.’
Clearly, these branch members of the Hua Family believed their clan was superior to Lu Changfeng himself.
’It’s time to make a move and clean house.’