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Chapter 682 - 682 642 The Empty Lu Manor_1

682: Chapter 642: The Empty Lu Manor_1 682: Chapter 642: The Empty Lu Manor_1 Zhan Guliu led the way, as everyone arrived at the front gate of Lu Manor.

However, there wasn’t a single person to greet them, which inevitably made everyone feel odd.

“The Lu Manor invited us to visit, yet there isn’t even a person to receive us.

Isn’t this a bit too impolite?”

“Indeed, the Lu family is getting more and more arrogant.

If they weren’t backed by a major family, I would have taught them a lesson long ago!”

“Let it be, let’s give them some face and go inside to see what’s happening.”

At that moment, Zhan Guliu stopped in his tracks, as he noticed a pungent smell in the air.

“Why is there a scent of something burnt?”

The others also halted their steps and began to sniff the air seriously.

“There really is a burnt smell, weird huh, did they just do some barbecuing here?”

While the crowd was puzzled, Zhan Guliu looked down and saw a layer of black ash covering the ground at the entrance of the Lu Manor.

He crouched down, wiped some ash between his fingers, and felt some residual heat.

“It’s still warm, it must have been burnt not too long ago.”

“But the question is, what exactly was burnt?”

Zhan Guliu said with a puzzled face.

The people behind him also found it strange.

“What exactly happened here?”

“Why do I feel something is off?

It’s too quiet, unnervingly so.”

“Something’s not right about this place, where are all the people from the Lu family?

Why can’t we see anyone?”

“Could there be ghosts around?

I feel a chill down my spine!”

Everyone was somewhat nervous as they looked around, their heartbeats involuntarily quickening.

That’s when Zhan Guliu stood up and directly entered through the main gate of Lu Manor, into the courtyard.

However, upon entering the courtyard, they still didn’t see a single soul.

This…

only made everyone even more bewildered.

“Truly bizarre, is anyone there?

Make some noise if you are!”

Zhan Guliu shouted at the top of his voice, but nobody responded to him.

For a moment, everyone felt that the situation was not normal.

“The Lu family has so many people, how can there be no one here?

And, it was they who invited us to visit.

We came on time, yet there’s no one to be found.

Aren’t they playing us for fools?”

“Who knows what those people are thinking?

The Lu family is notoriously arrogant.

Maybe, this is just their way of deliberately trifling with us!”

“Let’s go back.

We shouldn’t put up with this aggravation!”

“These jerks, we’ve given them too much face!”

Everyone was quite upset as they shouted, clearly feeling that they had been toyed with by the people of the Lu family.

Zhu Qingcheng came to Zhan Guliu’s side and asked, “What do you think?”

“What can I think?

There are no clues here!”

“But the pile of residue outside is not simple.

There’s residual heat, so something must have been burned just now.”

“Moreover, that ash is very fine, clearly it was burned with a fierce, intense flame, completely incinerated!”

Zhan Guliu continued to analyse, his expression growing increasingly grim.

“Zhu Qingcheng, I have a bold theory in my mind.”

“Please speak your mind.”

“The missing people from the Lu family might very well be the ash scattered outside.”

Upon hearing this, Zhu Qingcheng’s face turned pale with fright, and he took several steps back in retreat!

“Old Master Zhan, you can’t just say such things recklessly!”

“All these people from the Lu family have been burned to ashes.

What kind of person could do such a thing?”

Zhu Qingcheng looked at Zhan Guliu with a face full of disbelief; he had not anticipated that this man could infer such an outcome.

This was simply astonishing!

The others hearing this also felt it was impossible.

“There are so many people in the Lu Manor, including many strong ones.

To burn so many people to ashes, the disparity in strength must be unimaginably vast.”

“Besides, who would dare to do such a thing, this is the Lu family we’re talking about!

In the Kunlun Domain, how many clans dare to offend the Lu family?

Count on your fingers, and it won’t exceed five, right?”

“Old Master Zhan, you’ve lain in bed too long.

Now, in Dubhe City, nobody dares to provoke the Lu family!”

Zhu Qingcheng stared at Zhan Guliu, deeply aware of how severe the consequences would be if this were true.

If everyone from the Lu Manor indeed died here, then it wouldn’t be long before the Lu Family Main Residence would send people to thoroughly purge the entire Dubhe City.

At that point, all the major family powers within the city would inevitably face various interrogations and inspections from the Lu family, definitely an outcome they did not wish to see.

“Could this be an overthought?

How could this be possible?

Who could be so bold?”

Zhan Guliu heard this, let out a cold laugh, and said, “Just because you don’t have the guts doesn’t mean others lack them.

Why do you think the Lu family has asked us to come here?”

Zhan Guliu’s words plunged everyone into deep thought.

Without a doubt, they all thought of that wanted notice.

“Are you suggesting that the person the Lu family is hunting preemptively struck, taking out those who issued the wanted notices?”

Zhan Guliu nodded slightly, “Exactly, it’s very likely.”

Immediately after, Zhan Guliu thought of Lu Chuan.

In his heart, he felt that Lu Chuan was very mysterious, having easily eradicated the stubborn ailment that had plagued him for many years and even single-handedly revived the Spirit Tree of the Hua family.

All these methods were far from simple.

Now, even making the Lu family issue the most severe city-wide bounty, to say that Lu Chuan had no special abilities was absolutely impossible.

Hearing this, Zhu Qingcheng’s expression also grew solemn.

“Old Master, are you saying that Lu Chuan came here before us and killed them all?”

“It’s quite possible.

In any case, it’s impossible for the entire Lu family to vanish into thin air all of a sudden; they must have been murdered.”

“As for the murderer, as I said, it’s very likely this person!”

With no one left in the Lu Manor, the crowd walked out of the courtyard and stood at the doorway.

The ashes on the ground now seemed incredibly conspicuous.

The thought that these ashes under their feet were all that remained of the prominent figures of the Lu family sent shivers down their spines.

“These ashes indeed feel warm.

I think there is a very good chance Old Master Zhan is right!”

“The people of the Lu Manor have indeed been turned into ashes.

This person’s strength is too formidable!”

“Today he can exterminate the Lu family, tomorrow he could target us.

With such formidable power, if his background remains unknown, surely it will cause us endless nights of unrest.”

At this moment, everyone’s face looked rather troubled.

Zhan Guliu heaved a long sigh.

If he were to prove his conjecture, he would have to return to his residence and personally ask Lu Chuan.

Whether he could get an answer, that was another matter.

“I must return home first.

Gentlemen, let us meet another day.”

After speaking, Zhan Guliu hurriedly left.

Meanwhile, Zhu Qingcheng quickly followed after him, knowing that Lu Chuan lived with the Zhan family, and Zhan Guliu’s haste indicated he must be going to find Lu Chuan.

He also wanted to join the excitement, for securing the favor of such a powerful person would undoubtedly be a good thing for the Zhu family.