Chapter 483: Beast

Lu Ming began by talking about the Lu family's old ancestor.

Although he was a disciple of the Lu family, he was relatively on the periphery. He was not very old, and his seniority was still shallow. These secret matters he had not inquired about and did not know. Saying them at this time was also somewhat difficult:

"To put it this way, it's not very respectful, but... the old ancestor, as a person, was extravagant and wasteful, and also a bit... lecherous..."

Mo Hua knew this point.

Many brothels on Jinhua Street were built just for "Lu Bo Pi" to indulge in pleasure.

But there were still some things that Mo Hua did not know...

Lu Ming said in a low voice: "According to reports... the old ancestor, he, didn't even spare the women of the family..."

Mo Hua was stunned, "Women of the family? The Lu family?"

Lu Ming nodded somewhat shamefully.

"Then what?"

Lu Ming struggled to speak, hesitating for a long time before finally lowering his voice and saying:

"According to reports, in the Lu family, as long as there were female disciples with beautiful appearances, regardless of whether they were from the direct line or a side branch, regardless of whether they were unmarried or married women, they would all be... touched by the old ancestor..."

Mo Hua's eyes kept twitching as he listened.

He would even do such things?

He shouldn't be called "Lu Bo Pi," he should be called "Lu Beast," right...

"Of course, these are just rumors... not necessarily true."

Lu Ming had little confidence, but still tried to salvage his old ancestor's reputation:

"The old ancestor was a harsh person, others hated him, spread rumors and slandered him, saying some filthy things, that's also possible..."

Mo Hua felt that eight or nine out of ten were true.

There are no waves without wind.

Flies don't bite seamless eggs.

The Lu family's old ancestor was obviously just a smelly egg that had been bitten by flies.

"Then what?"

Mo Hua asked again.

He wanted to know exactly what relationship the Lu family's old ancestor had with Lu Chengyun, that he was actually willing to force against public opinion and push Lu Chengyun, a son-in-law, to the position of family head.

Lu Ming said: "This matter still starts with Miss Lü Zhu."

"Miss Lü Zhu?"

"Lü Zhu is the old ancestor's direct line great-granddaughter." Lu Ming explained, "The old ancestor doted on this great-granddaughter extremely."

Lu Ming again said in a low voice:

"According to reports... Miss Lü Zhu is actually not the old ancestor's great-granddaughter, but the old ancestor's own daughter..."

Mo Hua's small face wrinkled, his expression one of "unbearable to look."

This is truly too beastly...

Lu Ming also felt extremely ashamed and barely managed to add:

"Of course, this is also just a rumor..."

"Then what happened after that?" Mo Hua asked again, suddenly thinking: "This Miss Lü Zhu, she wouldn't be Lu Chengyun's Dao companion, right..."

Lu Ming nodded, "Yes."

"Not only that," Lu Ming said in a shocked low voice, "the family head... actually married into the family."

Their grand Lu family, which occupied Nan Yue City and was so powerful, had a son-in-law as its head.

Up until now, Lu Ming still found it hard to believe.

It wasn't that he had entered the corpse mine and associated with some unsavory people, or that the things he inquired about were all unsavory. Until now, he hadn't known any of this.

Mo Hua nodded slightly, his expression not surprised.

Lu Ming said in surprise: "Little mister, you knew early on?"

Mo Hua had a calm expression, neither confirming nor denying, only saying:

"You continue."

Lu Ming looked at Mo Hua, feeling even more that Mo Hua was "profound and unfathomable."

He could actually know such secret matters...

Lu Ming paused for a moment, then began to speak with "according to reports":

"According to reports... Miss Lü Zhu, that year, accidentally met the family head outside Nan Yue City and fell in love at first sight."

"The two of them traveled together hand in hand and talked very happily. After that, Miss Lü Zhu tried everything she could to get the family head to marry into the family and become her husband..."

Mo Hua shook his head.

This story was melodramatic and cliché.

He had heard people tell stories like this countless times in Tong Xian City.

Generally, flower thieves use this method to seduce women.

Libertines also use this method to lure good families.

But this method is also very effective, often deceiving one accurately.

Lu Chengyun looked gentle and elegant, appearing calm and collected. He was originally a "little pretty boy" who relied on clinging to women to rise in status.

It is estimated that he also spent quite some effort to seduce the Lu family's young lady.

The time, place, what to say, and even every movement, were all carefully designed and practiced by him...

Lu Chengyun's image in Mo Hua's heart plummeted.

Lu Ming continued: "Miss Lü Zhu told the old ancestor about her intentions."

"The old ancestor disagreed, feeling that the family head was handsome in appearance, but his heart was not right and he was not a good son-in-law."

"Miss Lü Zhu was spoiled by the old ancestor and had an arrogant and willful temperament. She wanted things and had to get them. So she entangled the old ancestor in every possible way, wanting the old ancestor to agree to let the family head marry into the family."

"Refusing to eat, taking poison pills, cutting off her own meridians... she used all kinds of unbearable methods..."

"The old ancestor was helpless and could not withstand Miss Lü Zhu. In the end, he had no choice but to agree."

"After the family head married in, he then took the surname Lu. The old ancestor also granted him a name, calling him Lu Chengyun."

Lu Chengyun...

Mo Hua touched his small chin and pondered.

The Lu family's old ancestor, was this mocking him?

This name seems to imply something very good, riding the clouds up, floating up to immortality, which is considered the pursuit and expectation of cultivators.

But when placed on Lu Chengyun, it becomes very subtle.

Lu Chengyun is a son-in-law. Using the words "ride the clouds" is saying that he clung to the Lu family and gained power by riding the clouds?

The Lu family's old ancestor, in his bones, probably still looked down on Lu Chengyun. He also used this name to warn him, to make him never forget that he became a son-in-law and depended on the Lu family...

One had ulterior motives, the other was yin-yang strange.

These two were truly the same kind of people.

Mo Hua asked again: "How many people in the Lu family know about this matter?"

Lu Ming shook his head, "Very few people know. Before I entered the corpse mine, I stayed in the Lu family for so long and didn't hear anything..."

Mo Hua thought: "It seems they found a way to seal mouths..."

"Um." Lu Ming nodded, "It's Miss Lü Zhu..."

"Miss Lü Zhu does not allow anyone to mention the matter of the family head marrying into the family."

"Those who knew were all silenced and forbidden to mention it to outsiders. The close maidservants and attendants were also all replaced."

"To outsiders, they only said that the family head was from a side branch of the Lu family, his parents died early, but his talent was very good, so the old ancestor only let him marry Miss Lü Zhu."

Mo Hua asked doubtfully: "People with the same surname from the same family, can they marry?"

Lu Ming nodded, "Same family, different branches, outside three generations. The blood relationship is somewhat thin. If you check the family tree, it is possible to marry."

Mo Hua nodded slowly and asked again:

"Lu Chengyun is a son-in-law, how did he become the family head?"

"Because of the mines."

Mo Hua's gaze narrowed slightly, "Mines..."

Lu Ming said: "Miss Lü Zhu was devoted to the family head. With Miss Lü Zhu's support, the family head quickly gained some real power and began to manage some mines..."

"At first there weren't many, but after some time, the income from the mines the family head was responsible for was nearly one small times more than other mines in the Lu family..."

One small times...

Mo Hua's gaze was slightly cold.

Without reason, why could it be one small times more than others?

Mo Hua thought of the zombies in the mine well.

Before, he had only guessed, but now he could roughly confirm.

Lu Chengyun's refining of corpses was indeed used to dig mines!

Perhaps starting from being responsible for the mines, Lu Chengyun secretly refined corpses and used zombies to dig mines...

Other people used living people to dig mines.

Lu Chengyun used living people to dig during the day and "dead people" to dig at night. The income from the mines was naturally higher.

He also used this to gain real power in the family step by step.

To the family, benefit is the most real.

Lu Chengyun could use zombies to dig mines and double the benefits of the mines. Even if it were the Lu family's old ancestor, he would presumably look at him with new eyes.

As for what means Lu Chengyun used.

Given the character of the Lu family's old ancestor, even if he knew, he would not necessarily care.

"Because the mines had high income, so Lu Chengyun became the family head?"

Lu Ming nodded, "Should be."

"Should?"

Mo Hua's gaze shifted slightly. He noticed that Lu Ming wanted to speak but hesitated, then said:

"Is there anything else you want to say?"

Lu Ming hesitated for a moment, wrinkled his brow, and slowly said:

"I also heard a rumor..."

Mo Hua nodded, indicating for him to continue.

Lu Ming said: "According to reports, the old ancestor... indulged excessively, damaged his body, ruined his foundation, and also suffered a secret attack from an enemy, leaving him severely and incurably injured."

"Before he died, he wanted to decide the next family head."

"At first, the family proposed, and the old ancestor decided on a family head who was actually not Lu..."

Lu Ming felt it was somewhat disrespectful to directly call the family head by his name, but seeing that Mo Hua did not seem to have much respect for Lu Chengyun either, he braced himself and said:

"...not Lu Chengyun, but... Elder An in the clan."

"Elder An was in the early stage of Foundation Establishment. Although he was one hundred and fifty years old, he was in his prime. His seniority was also sufficient, he acted steadily, and his prestige was high. Everyone unanimously thought that Elder An would become the family head."

"But unexpectedly, something happened. Before the old ancestor died, he suddenly changed his mind."

"He insisted, insisted on letting Lu Chengyun be the family head. Whoever opposed it was useless."

Mo Hua frowned.

Had Lu Ming and the Lu family's old ancestor reached some kind of deal?

Before dying, what kind of deal could there be?

With Lu Bo Pi's selfish character, this deal should not involve the Lu family's benefit, but only his own benefit.

Mo Hua's gaze turned cold.

He thought of the strange thing on the golden altar above, covered by that yellow cloth, receiving jade candle incense burner spiritual flesh offerings, which seemed human, seemed demon, seemed corpse...

A chill gradually arose in Mo Hua's heart.

"What about Elder An?" Mo Hua asked again.

"Disappeared..."

"Died, or disappeared?"

Lu Ming shook his head and said: "I only heard that he disappeared. According to reports, after Lu Chengyun became the family head, Elder An was excluded by him and became dissatisfied. After he went out to handle affairs once, he never came back."

"Some people also guessed that the family head killed Elder An."

"But there is no evidence, so in the end, it was just left at that..."

Mo Hua nodded.

Then this Elder An should be dead.

Lu Chengyun seemed gentle, but he held grudges and would definitely eliminate dissidents, killing Elder An.

Not only killed him, but also used his corpse to refine corpses.

Among the iron coffins in the Ten Thousand Corpses Array, it is estimated that this Elder An's corpse is there.

After that, nothing more.

Lu Ming had only inquired up to this point.

Besides, there were only some side issues and unrelated trivial matters.

Mo Hua took out a blanket and handed it to Lu Ming:

"I will keep my promise and save your life."

"But for a short time, don't think about escaping. You can't run away anyway. Just stay here quietly for a while."

"On this blanket, there is an array that can conceal your figure."

"In case there is a change in this corpse mine in the future, just find a corner, cover yourself with the blanket, and stay put."

"After the storm passes, you can find an opportunity to sneak out."

"Whether you can survive depends on your own fate."

"I can only help you up to this point."

Lu Ming grabbed the blanket, somewhat nervous, and involuntarily asked: "What... what change?"

"Don't ask, if you know, you will have no life."

Lu Ming shivered with fear, then worriedly said:

"Then this blanket, is it really useful?"

"The array on it is drawn by me, so it's naturally useful."

Mo Hua said with full confidence.

Lu Ming looked at Mo Hua's small face and inexplicably felt some ease.

Mo Hua again admonished him:

"Just don't learn how to refine corpses, and don't go and refine them. If you kill people, refine corpses, and fall into depravity, I can't save you. Maybe one day, out of necessity, I will still have to kill you..."

Lu Ming repeatedly nodded.

After leaving Lu Ming, Mo Hua went to the Ten Thousand Corpses Altar again.

At this time, it was late at night and there was no one at the altar.

Mo Hua still manipulated the big tiger to open the hall door, and then used the small zombie to open the wall painting door and came to the front of the golden altar.

This altar was dazzling with golden light, exceptionally luxurious.

Mo Hua had not paid attention before.

At this time, he thought that these things were all very much in line with the Lu family's old ancestor's taste.

Then the person enshrined on this altar, perhaps... was the Lu family's old ancestor?

And the person's face on that wall painting, with its mean and ferocious expression, half human and half corpse, was perhaps also his "Lu Bo Pi"?

Fortunately, he had not lifted the yellow cloth.

Otherwise, it would have been truly somewhat dangerous.

But if he didn't uncover it, how could he verify his guess?

Mo Hua was somewhat troubled.

Just at this moment, there was movement in the door's wall painting.

Mo Hua's heart tightened, "Someone is coming?"

Who would come to the altar at this time?

Zhang Quan, or Lu Chengyun?

Mo Hua manipulated the small zombie to lie honestly in the coffin, then scanned the surroundings with his divine sense, discovering no traces, so he hid his figure, restrained his breath to the extreme, and quietly hid behind the altar.

In a short while, the ink traces on the wall painting rippled, forming an entrance.

A cultivator in splendid brocade clothes and with a gentle face walked in.

It was indeed Lu Chengyun.

(End of this chapter)