Sword Qi to the Sky

Chapter 6 The Young Master from aristocratic family
The next day, Li Fan was woken up by the noise.

When I opened the door, I saw a lot of people gathered by the lake, talking.

"Brother Xiaofan." A voice came from the side. Li Fan saw that Yang Kui and his daughter Ah Qi lived next door. The girl seemed a little scared and shouted to Li Fan, "Brother Xiaofan."

Li Fan smiled and nodded at the girl, and asked, "What happened?"

"Two people were drunk last night and their bodies were found in the lake." Yang Kui said, "Or they accidentally fell into the lake and drowned after getting drunk."

"It's not that simple. Several women disappeared last night. I'm afraid it was caused by a monster." At this time, Lin He came over and bowed to Li Fan and Yang Kui and said, "Brother Xiaofan, Brother Yang, you two should be careful too."

"Thank you, Brother Lin, for your reminder." Yang Kui nodded, his eyes solemn, and whispered, "The Taoist priest was right last night. Where is he?"

"It's strange." Lin He said, "I also looked for the Taoist priest, but found that he was missing."

Li Fan had a strange look on his face. The old Taoist was indeed a little weird.

Li Fan raised his feet and walked towards the lake. When he came among the crowd, he saw two corpses on the lakeside, their bodies swollen due to soaking in water.

At this time, a group of figures walked over from the distance, and the crowd immediately made way.

The leader was Chen Li, and next to him was a middle-aged man dressed in black, with a big knife on his waist, a sharp face, and strong blood and energy. Standing there gave people a strong sense of oppression. Behind him followed a group of constables, looking very majestic.

"It's Captain Chen." Someone spoke up, and immediately the warriors around him all bowed and said, "Greetings, Captain Chen."

It turned out that the man was Chen Zongzhi, the chief constable of Lin'an County. He was at the level of a mid-level grandmaster, with a strong physique, abundant blood and energy, and fierce and domineering swordsmanship. He had killed many demons and evil spirits.

Chen Zongzhi stepped forward, squatted down, and examined the body, then asked, "Any other clues?"

"We have found three missing women, all under the age of eighteen," Chen said.

"Many women also disappeared in Lin'an County last night, and they were also young women. It seems that this monster is targeting women." Chen Zongzhi said, "Search the Chen Mansion to see if there are any monsters that have sneaked in."

Chen Li nodded and said to the crowd, "Everyone, I'm afraid I'm going to offend you. Let me check your residences."

Naturally, everyone had no objection.

The Chen family members took the constables with them and moved out. Chen Li and Chen Zongzhi stayed here, and the people around them were talking about it.

"Have you heard the rumor, sir?"

"What rumors?"

"This time the demon kidnapped the young woman. The mastermind behind this may be the villa in the west of the city."

"Fulong Villa?" someone asked in surprise.

"Shh...keep your voice down."

"Where is Fulong Villa?" Li Fan asked Lin He who was walking beside him.

"The owner of Fulong Villa is a demon. His true form is a dragon. He is sexually promiscuous. There are hundreds of young women in the villa for his pleasure. It is rumored that Li Shan is behind this dragon." Lin He frowned: "Could this demon rebellion really be related to Li Shan?"

"Lishan again?" Li Fan showed a strange look. He had never heard his senior sister mention Fulong Villa.

The Chen residence was in chaos, and after a search, there were still no clues.

Gradually, more and more people gathered by the lake, talking constantly, and many of them clamored to slay the demons.

Li Fan sat quietly on a stone table beside him, looking towards the corpse. Behind Chen Li, he saw Huang Yan was there too.

"No clues were found." The captain reported to Chen Zongzhi after returning.

After Chen Zongzhi and Chen Li talked, Chen Li walked up to the crowd and said, "I'm sure you all have heard the news. This demon is probably coming for young women. For your safety, the Chen Mansion has decided to bring all the women to live in the inner courtyard and have them guarded by the Qigong practitioners in the mansion. At the same time, the Chen Mansion will strengthen patrols, and I hope you will cooperate with the night patrols to avoid any more accidents."

Everyone nodded, and many of those who had their wives with them were relieved.

After a while, Yang Kui brought Ah Qi here, looked at Chen Li and said, "Mr. Chen, my daughter is young, can I accompany her?"

Chen Li glanced at him indifferently, and the Qigong practitioners behind him also looked a little disdainful.

"You are overestimating your own abilities." Huang Yan said in her heart.

Seeing this scene, Yang Kui was nervous: "Mr. Chen, I can be responsible for keeping watch outside."

"Your Excellency, do you not trust my Chen family?" Chen Li asked back. Yang Kui hesitated and said, "Mr. Chen, I have absolutely no such intention..."

"Sir, the Second Young Master wants to protect your daughter, but you still have conditions?" someone nearby asked.

"Brother Yang." At this time, Lin He stepped forward and said, "My daughter Lin Min is a little older and can help take care of Ah Qi."

Yang Kui glanced behind Lin He. His daughter, who was about seventeen or eighteen years old and quite calm, became a little hesitant.

Ah Qi also looked back at Lin Min, then stretched out her little hand to touch Yang Kui's beard and said, "Dad, Ah Qi will be obedient." Yang Kui looked at his well-behaved daughter and nodded.

"Brother Yang, Ah Qi is still young, so don't go to the inner courtyard. You can take care of him by yourself." Li Fan, who was sitting there, looked over here and said.

Yang Kui, who had already compromised, hesitated after hearing Li Fan's words, but still chose to listen to Li Fan's opinion: "I will listen to Brother Xiaofan."

As he said this, he said to Chen Li, “Second Master, Yang will take care of my daughter himself.”

"It seems that you don't trust my Chen family." Chen Li said coldly.

"Second Young Master..." Yang Kui didn't know how to explain, and he didn't want to offend Chen Li. After all, he came to the Chen family hoping to find a place for Ah Qi to stay.

"Mr. Chen, I think the corpse was left there by a ghost." Li Fan continued.

"Ghost?" Everyone around looked at Li Fan and saw that he was very young and handsome, dressed in a white robe as white as snow, sitting there casually, as if he was the protagonist here.

Seeing Li Fan sitting and talking to him, Chen Li raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Who are you?"

"Li Fan, the one who came to slay the demon." Li Fan responded. Huang Yan whispered something in Chen Li's ear. Chen Li knew what was going on. He looked at Li Fan with some joking and said, "So what if it's a ghost?"

"This ghost was able to sneak into the Chen Mansion without making any noise. I'm afraid it must be an internal spy." Li Fan said, "Mr. Chen has already checked where we live. Is there any place with heavy yin energy in the inner courtyard of the Chen Mansion? Have Mr. Chen and the detectives checked it out?"

"Bold."

"How rude of you." Before Chen Li could say anything, the Qigong practitioner behind him scolded him.

Chen Li narrowed his eyes, stared at Li Fan, and said coldly: "In addition to the people of my Chen family, there are also many Qigong practitioners who come here to kill demons living in the inner courtyard of the Chen Mansion. How could a demon sneak in without being discovered?"

"Yesterday, a demon sneaked into the Chen family, and was discovered by the Chen family's Qigong practitioner?" Li Fan asked curiously, how could he be so self-righteous?
"How dare you." Chen Li shouted, with magical power fluctuating around his body.

The warriors around also accused Li Fan of being ungrateful, as if Li Fan was talking about them and not Chen Li.

"Mr. Chen, please don't blame me. Brother Xiaofan is young and has no other intentions." Yang Kui saw this and held Ah Qi in his arms, bowed to Chen Li and said, "I will leave the Chen Mansion now and not cause trouble for the Chen family."

Although he wanted to stay, he didn't want to implicate Li Fan.

Li Fan's words might have offended the Second Young Master. He is still young and does not know the seriousness of the matter.

The Chen family is a wealthy and prestigious family in Lin'an County. They have absolute power in Lin'an County. These warriors said they came to slay demons, but in fact they all wanted to rely on the Chen family.

Chen Li is the son of the patriarch of the Chen family. It would be easy for such a person to kill a warrior, and the government offices would not even investigate.

It is said that Chief Constable Chen Zongzhi is a cousin of the Chen family and was supported by the Chen family.

"There are demons and monsters out there, where can you go with your little girl?" Chen Zongzhi scolded, "Since you don't want to go to the inner courtyard, you can do whatever you want."

Chen Zong's status as a mid-level grandmaster weighed on Yang Kui like a mountain. He lowered his head and nodded in agreement.

"It's normal for young people to be full of energy and not know how high the world is. But in the future, you should be careful with your words to avoid unexpected disasters." Chen Li said coldly, then walked away.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen." Yang Kui trembled with fear and did not dare to look up.

After Chen Li left, many people looked at Li Fan, and someone smiled and said, "The girl you like left with Master Chen, so it's no wonder you feel resentful."

"Miss Huang is a Qigong practitioner from the Shangxuan Sect. She is just a toad wanting to eat swan meat."

"Everyone, please stop talking." Lin He stepped forward and said to Li Fan, "Brother Xiaofan is a little impulsive."

Li Fan looked at Lin Min behind Lin He, who was about the same age as him, and said, "Miss Lin is already a cultivator, and with Brother Lin here, there is no need for her to go to the inner courtyard."

Lin Min was stunned. She didn't expect Li Fan to persuade her.

She looked at Li Fan, who was extremely handsome. However, she had been traveling around the world with her father since she was young, so she was precocious and knew what she wanted.

This time, she and her father came to the Chen family because they wanted to enter the Chen family, so that her father could use the resources of the Chen family to reach the master level, and she could also be exposed to a wider world.

This opportunity to enter the inner courtyard was a good one and she certainly would not miss it.

"Thank you, Brother Li. I will take good care of myself in the inner courtyard." Lin Min responded politely.

Although Li Fan had an extraordinary appearance, he was just a martial artist and was not in her eyes.

Li Fan didn't say much, stopped looking at her, and respected the fate of others.

“Brother Xiaofan, I’m sorry that you have suffered.” Yang Kui walked forward holding Ah Qi, still feeling a little heavy-hearted. Ah Qi hugged his neck tightly out of fear, and only when he saw Li Fan did he relax a little and called him Brother Xiaofan.

"Ah Qi, be good." Li Fan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Brother Yang, nothing will happen."

He thought of the chicken drumstick he had eaten yesterday.

Could it be that the old Taoist really has some skills?
　Good morning!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)