Proud Goddess Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 272 - 272 256 Heading to the Nangong Family_1

272: Chapter 256 Heading to the Nangong Family_1 272: Chapter 256 Heading to the Nangong Family_1 Lu Chuan was somewhat surprised; he hadn’t expected that there were still hidden aristocratic families in this world.

He smiled and said, “Auntie, rest assured, exorcism is my forte, and I guarantee to complete the task for you.”

Zhou Yun looked at Lu Chuan with disapproval and said, “By helping the Nangong family with this issue, not only will our Han family receive endless benefits, but you will also get a two-hundred-year-old medicinal herb as a reward.”

“I won’t ask you for that herb; consider it a reward for you.”

Lu Chuan’s eyes lit up, and he quickly said, “Then thank you very much, Auntie.”

While cultivating his Primal Chaos Indestructible Body, he relied on Body Refining and had already condensed his Golden Core to the peak of the first cycle.

If he could obtain this two-hundred-year-old medicinal herb, he could hope to break through to the Golden Core 2nd Cycle.

Zhou Yun wasn’t just asking for his help; this was practically offering him a chance!

“I want to go with Brother Lu Chuan!” Han Qingci suddenly said at that moment.

Lu Chuan turned his head to look at Han Qingci and said, “Qingci, I have serious matters to attend to; having you along is not very convenient.”

However, Zhou Yun said, “What’s so inconvenient about it?

Since Qingci wants to go, you should take her with you.

She’s been rather emaciated lately because of you.

If you reject her now, she might do something foolish.”

Left with no choice, Lu Chuan reluctantly said, “Alright then.”

Zhou Yun gave Lu Chuan the address of the Nangong family and then left.

Lu Chuan looked at Han Qingci, who was sticking to him again, coughed lightly, and said, “Qingci, I’ll arrange a room for you.

You should get a good night’s sleep tonight, and tomorrow I’ll take you with me to the Nangong family.”

Han Qingci said, “I don’t want that; I want to sleep with Brother Lu Chuan!

Brother Lu Chuan, I’ve solved a big problem for you; shouldn’t you reward me for it?”

Lu Chuan, puzzled, asked, “Solved a big problem for me?

What problem?”

Han Qingci told Lu Chuan about the incident she had on the pedestrian street.

After listening, Lu Chuan frowned, “Someone who looks exactly like me tried to bully you and was eventually taken away by Law Enforcers?”

Han Qingci nodded.

Lu Chuan was a bit confused, not understanding where this person pretending to be him came from.

“It seems Qingci regained her memory after seeing this man who looks like me.

I must say the Peach Blossom Brew is truly impressive; just seeing the face was enough to break my Forgetfulness Curse.”

“Regardless of who this impostor is, he definitely didn’t have good intentions, but it’s fortunate that the fellow ultimately got caught by the Law Enforcers, inadvertently covering for me and turning out to be a blessing in disguise.”

“But who exactly is this unlucky guy?”

After thinking for a while without any clue, Lu Chuan set the matter aside; after all, this sinister impostor had already been captured by the Law Enforcers and likely wouldn’t have the chance to run back to the country in the future.

“At that moment, the guy denied being Brother Lu Chuan.

It was Qingci who insisted he was Brother Lu Chuan, and that’s why Law Enforcers took him away.

Doesn’t Qingci deserve to sleep with Brother Lu Chuan as a reward for insisting, or is even that not allowed?”

Han Qingci looked at Lu Chuan with pleading eyes, as though she would burst into tears if he refused.

Lu Chuan reached out to touch her head, smiled, and said, “Alright, you can sleep with me tonight.”

Han Qingci’s face immediately lit up with happiness.

That night.

After Han Qingci crawled into bed, Lu Chuan lightly tapped her between the eyebrows, putting her to sleep, then he sat down on a chair to begin his cultivation.

The next morning.

Lu Chuan brought Han Qingci to the address given by Zhou Yun.

This place was not in the bustling part of the provincial city, and it was even somewhat remote, surrounded by some old neighborhoods, many of which were no longer inhabited.

Among these old neighborhoods, an antique mansion sat in its midst.

The mansion did not stand out awkwardly from its surroundings because its exterior wall showed signs of weathering over many years.

If tourists from other places saw this mansion, they would only think it was a hidden attraction in the old town area.

The plaque above the mansion’s main gate bore the name “Nangong.”

Lu Chuan observed the mansion and quickly noticed the extraordinary aspects of this place; from the perspective of Feng Shui, with the Azure Dragon Bringing Treasures on the left and the White Tiger Marching into Country Estate on the right, it was an undeniably auspicious location.

Zhou Yun told Lu Chuan that as a hidden aristocratic family, the Nangong family naturally would not confine themselves to a place like Jiangbei.

This mansion was merely the location of their ancestral hall.

Members of the Nangong family only occasionally returned here to pay their respects.

Not long ago, the previous Family Head of the Nangong family had passed away.

His memorial tablet had been brought back by the eldest daughter, Nangong Duoduo.

According to tradition, Nangong Duoduo needed to stay in the ancestral hall for three months to observe mourning, and therefore, she was currently the only person from the Nangong family living in the mansion.

It was during this period of mourning that some peculiar phenomena began to occur in the ancestral hall, prompting Nangong Duoduo to seek help for exorcism.

“Let’s go in.

If we encounter any ghosts later, don’t get scared and dive into my arms,” Lu Chuan said to Han Qingci with a smile.

Han Qingci replied with a feigned arrogance, “I am not scared at all.

Since I was young, it’s the ghosts who have been hiding from me!”

Lu Chuan didn’t pay much attention to her words and led her toward the mansion.

Two guards at the entrance stopped them.

“What do you want?”

Lu Chuan eyed the two guards and realized that they were both skillful experts at Level 9 of the Transcendent Realm, which filled him with surprise.

He knew that the president of the Jiangbei Province Martial Arts Association only had the strength of Level 9 of the Transcendent Realm, and yet the Nangong family had two gatekeepers at this level?

Wasn’t that a bit exaggerated?

It seemed the hidden aristocratic family was indeed extraordinary!

“We are from the Han family.

We heard that Miss Nangong is looking for someone to exorcise evil, so we specially came to help,” Lu Chuan stated correctly.

The two guards sized up both him and Han Qingci before stepping aside, one of them saying, “Go in, wait in the courtyard, and don’t wander around.”

Lu Chuan immediately led Han Qingci inside.

Upon arriving at the main courtyard, they found that it was already filled with more than a dozen people.

All of these individuals were dressed in odd and eccentric attire, exuding an eerie aura, some with a snake wrapped around their neck, others with demonic tattoos on their faces, and those wearing Taoist robes and holding Peach Wood Swords; none of them looked like normal people.

“Are all these people here to help exorcise evil for the Nangong family?” Lu Chuan asked, surprised.

But after thinking it through, the Han family was nothing more than a minor character compared to a hidden aristocratic family like the Nangongs.

It was natural for the Nangong family not to put all their hopes on the Han family; it made sense to seek additional help.

The crowd in the courtyard looked at Lu Chuan and Han Qingci entering, their faces immediately showing contempt, with some even sneering.

At that moment, a woman with demonic tattoos on her face, unkempt hair, and an aura of gloom all around her approached with a smile and asked, “Young man, you and this girl, are you also here to help Miss Nangong exorcise evil?”

Lu Chuan nodded, “Indeed.”

The crowd burst into laughter.

The tattooed woman circled around Lu Chuan and Han Qingci, surveying them and laughing, “All of us present here possess mana and have achieved proficiency in our ways.

You two youngsters, on the other hand, look more like a couple on a trip.

You better hurry on your way; the benefits of the Nangong family are not something you two can share in!”