"Young Master, feel free to reveal your identity!"

Upon hearing that Su Xuan was about to reveal his identity, the two guards couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation. They wanted to see the background of someone who could ride such an outstanding mount! In their eyes, this white-winged horse was no less extraordinary than the golden-scaled crocodile. Both were rare and precious creatures, the likes of which they had only seen once in their lifetimes. Moreover, the white horse could actually fly!

"I am…" Su Xuan looked up at the towering city gates and said slowly, "the owner of all the Ge Family's properties, the new owner of the Zhen Tai Shop, Lu Dachun of Shunfeng Immortal Mountain!"

"Ah?"

The two guards were stunned. Could he be the mysterious person who has taken over all the Ge Family's properties? And he comes from a place called Shunfeng Immortal Mountain? We've never heard of that place!

What they didn't know was that Lu Dachun was the manager of the Shunfeng Courier service point, and Su Xuan had simply made up the place.

"Young Master, please wait a moment while we verify this!"

The two guards whispered to each other for a moment before one of them went into the city. When he returned, another man was with him. This man was an elder, his face etched by wind and frost, and he looked utterly exhausted.

He was the Ge Family's old steward.

"Old Steward Ge, is it him?" the guard asked the old man.

"You are… Lu Dachun?"

The old steward's eyes seemed to be failing him. He tried to get closer for a better look at Su Xuan's face, but the white horse refused to let him near. It abruptly reared up on its hind legs, flapping its wings. This scene only served to emphasize Su Xuan's extraordinary presence.

WHOOSH!

The gust of wind pushed the old steward back several steps.

"I am Lu Dachun," Su Xuan said, patting the horse's back as he casually revealed his Longevity Realm cultivation.

The moment this realm was revealed, not only was the old steward stunned, but the two guards also instinctively took a step back, their faces filled with apprehension. After all, in the vast Hua Shui City, there were fewer than five Longevity Realm Experts!

"Your… Your Excellency! Greetings!"

The old steward strained to look at Su Xuan's face, then suddenly dropped to his knees with a thud. "Please have mercy and spare our family head!" he said, his voice trembling. "It was all trouble caused by that monster, Ge Yuzhe! The rest of the Ge Family is innocent!"

"What's going on?"

Su Xuan had no idea that all of Hua Shui City was buzzing with exaggerated tales about him, claiming the Ge Family was doomed and its head was about to die.

"Young Master, would you be willing to accompany this old man to the Ge Family estate?" the old steward asked, terrified. "Our family head wishes to apologize to you in person!"

"Alright." Su Xuan nodded. In any case, he was already planning to go to the Ge Family's estate to rescue Tang Fu's daughter.

He followed the old steward into Hua Shui City and headed toward the Ge Family estate, with the two guards no longer daring to obstruct him. His white horse once again drew a crowd of onlookers from the city's residents. They were certainly getting their fill of excitement today; it was just one fascinating event after another!

And because Su Xuan was traveling with the Ge Family's old steward, the crowd couldn't help but speculate about his identity. They actually guessed correctly: Su Xuan was the mysterious person who had taken over all of the Ge Family's assets.

He had finally appeared! What astonishing events would unfold next? The entire city's attention was now focused on the Ge Family.

CLIP-CLOP, CLIP-CLOP.

Riding his white horse, Su Xuan soon arrived at the Ge Family manor. As soon as he entered the main gate, Su Xuan couldn't help but squint. In the Ge Family courtyard, trees were draped with white silk ribbons, and all the maids and servants were dressed in white. In stark contrast, two old women were carefully rolling out a red carpet on the ground, making it particularly eye-catching.

"Patriarch Lu has arrived!" the old steward suddenly bellowed.

Before he even finished speaking, everyone in the courtyard shuddered, bowing their heads low toward the ground. No one dared to move a muscle.

"Patriarch Lu, I beg your forgiveness for not welcoming you from afar!" A man in his fifties came rushing out of the Ge Family's main hall. He ran all the way to Su Xuan and bowed respectfully.

They were all calling him Patriarch Lu.

Su Xuan was baffled. He had no idea how the system had processed this reward to frighten the Ge Family so thoroughly. Did it act like a robber and just... not pay them?

"Cough, cough." Su Xuan cleared his throat and said to Ge Qiulin, the head of the Ge Family, "I've come this time to…"

"I understand." Before Su Xuan could finish, Ge Qiulin interjected, "I will move out of Hua Shui City immediately and hand over all our assets to you."

Then, without waiting for Su Xuan to respond, Ge Qiulin lowered his voice. "I must ask Patriarch Lu to come inside for a cup of hot tea. I have matters to discuss with you in detail."

With that, Ge Qiulin made an inviting gesture, guiding Su Xuan into the main hall.

A memorial altar had been set up inside, upon which sat a coffin. The lid, however, was open.

Ge Qiulin walked over to the coffin and looked inside. "My unworthy son was arrogant and tyrannical from a young age," he said. "He was jealous, despicable, and committed many evil deeds. His death is no loss. I, his father, have long wanted to kill him myself, as he was bound to bring disaster upon our family one day!

"But he was my son, after all." Ge Qiulin's tone suddenly turned sinister as he stared directly at Su Xuan. "If he needed to be taught a lesson, it was my place to do it, not some outsider!"

"You think I had something to do with this?" Su Xuan asked calmly.

"Yes!" Ge Qiulin clenched his fists. "The moment that man, Su Xuan, escaped from Hua Shui City, you took over my family's assets, and everything suddenly bore the Lu surname. You're in it together, aren't you? And I didn't receive a single Moon Profound Stone. This is nothing but blatant robbery!"

"Oh? And how did this transaction happen?" Su Xuan asked. So the system really didn't give the Ge Family any money.

"You don't know?" Ge Qiulin was taken aback. "You are the patriarch here now, and you don't know how it happened?"

"I don't," Su Xuan shrugged. "My assistant handles these things. I can't be bothered to ask about the specifics of how they are handled."

Su Xuan's words were cleverly profound, sounding both plausible and incredibly arrogant.

Hearing this, Ge Qiulin's eyes filled with an unconcealable dread and fear. Still, he forced himself to face Su Xuan. "Do you know, I could actually understand you killing my son to vent your anger. I have more than one wife; I can always have another son. But how could you be so heartless as to also seize our entire family fortune? How are the two hundred members of the Ge Family supposed to survive?

"I don't care where you come from or what power you have behind you!" Ge Qiulin began to enunciate each word with chilling deliberation. "Today, I have no intention of letting you... leave here alive!"

"Ancestor Ge, are you not going to act?!" Ge Qiulin suddenly screamed. "The Ge Family is about to be destroyed right before your very eyes!"

Before his voice had even faded, a figure suddenly dropped from the crossbeams of the main hall. The aura he emitted was terrifying beyond measure…

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