Of course, the commotion on the Lu family's side did not last long.
As a group of mysterious men took over the scene, they not only dispersed the surrounding crowd of onlookers, but also cordoned off an area of a thousand metres around the ruins of the Lu family estate.
In the end, perhaps due to a lack of manpower, dozens of police cars were even brought in to cordon off all the surrounding intersections, forbidding anyone to approach.
The scene on the Lu family's side was quickly brought under control.
"Chairman Zhang, as you instructed, all idle people within a thousand-metre radius have been dispersed."
"Moreover, we have already greeted the municipal party committee and asked them to help keep this matter under wraps and not to publish it in the newspapers for public consumption."
Before the ruins, there stood an old man with white hair.
This man's face was solemn, and he stood with his hands folded before the gate of the Lu family, not saying anything for a long time.
Behind him, a young man was reporting to him on the situation here.
If Lu Hua were here, he would have recognised the white-haired old man in front of him as the president of the Jiangbei Martial Arts Association, Zhang Jiuling.
In Jiangbei, Zhang Jiuling was actually above Lu Songliang, the old man of the Lu family, in terms of seniority.
But Lu Songliang has since risen to the top and has not only entered the realm of Patriarch, but is now also ranked as a title.
Therefore, in terms of strength and prestige, Lu Songliang is far ahead of Zhang Jiuling.
After all, Zhang Jiuling was not strong enough to be a Patriarch, apart from his seniority.
But although he was not as strong as Lu Songliang, he was more than capable of being a number two in the Jiangbei martial arts community.
Over the years, Zhang Jiuling was perhaps also stimulated by Lu Songliang, and although he was already in his twilight years, he was still working hard to cultivate and try to enter the realm of Patriarch.
Therefore, in recent years, Zhang Jiuling has also been living in seclusion, and his presence in the Jiangdong martial arts scene has gradually diminished.
Even at Lu Songliang's feast today, Zhang Jiuling excused himself and did not attend.
He felt ashamed.
Back then, when Zhang Jiuling was the president of the Jiangbei Martial Arts Association, Lu Songliang was still just a minor figure.
Now decades have passed, and Lu Songliang has already stepped into the seal, but he, Zhang Jiuling, is still walking in the same place.
Sometimes when he thinks about it, he feels ashamed of himself.
However, things are unpredictable.
Earlier today, Zhang Jiuling thought that he would be left far behind by Lu Songliang for the rest of his life, but who would have thought that in just one day's time, the Lu family would suddenly have such a change of heart?
After receiving the news, Zhang Jiuling immediately concluded that the scourge of the Lu family was definitely the work of a strong martial artist.
Therefore, in order to cause unnecessary panic in the secular world, Zhang Jiuling used his authority as the president of the association to immediately order a blockade of the place.
"But who could it be?"
"If he could raze the entire manor to the ground without a single living soul in the Lu family, this person must be at least at the realm of Zong Shi."
"He must have a deep grudge against the Lu family, right?"
After hearing the report from his men, Zhang Jiuling nodded his head.
After that, he looked at the ruins in front of him and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
As a man of the martial arts in Jiangbei, Zhang Jiuling naturally knew how powerful the martial arts power of the Lu family was.
All over the Lu family, apart from Elder Lu, there were quite a few strong people at the Xiantian and Initiation levels.
Even if Elder Lu was not in the family at this time, the remaining martial power of the Lu family could not be swept away by just any strong person.
Anyway, Zhang Jiuling asked himself, he would not be able to do that.
"Forget it, it's better to let the Lu family sort this kind of thing out on their own."
"First, let's find someone to inform Elder Lu about the incident at the Lu family's manor."
Zhang Jiuling knew that today was the day when Lu Songliang was holding his feast of sealings above the West Lake, and he reckoned that this Lu family's enemy had also taken advantage of the empty strength of the Lu family to come specifically to sneak in and attack the Lu family's lair.
It had to be said that the timing of this man's choice was really good.
It was only today that Elder Lu was not guarding the family, if it were normal, it was estimated that the person who had committed the murder would not have succeeded at all.
He might even have been killed by Elder Lu as soon as he appeared.
"Hmm."
"Chairman, I've already arranged for someone to go over and inform."
"At this time, I'm afraid it's time to return." The handlers replied.
"Mm." Zhang Jiuling nodded his head.
Buzz~
Suddenly, a buzzing sound rang out in the distance.
There was a vehicle driving by.
Immediately afterwards, the car door opened and another young man rushed down from the car with eyes full of fear and panic.
After seeing Zhang Jiuling, he directly ran over.
"Zhang... Chairman Zhang, no... It's not good."
"Over at West Lake, also... Something has happened too..."
What?
When Zhang Jiuling heard this, he was immediately shocked, "What did you say?"
"Are you saying that Lu Songliang's feast of sealings couldn't have been attacked as well?"
"How is that possible?"
"Who would have the guts to mess up the feast of a powerful sealer?"
"Doesn't he want to live?"
Zhang Jiuling was utterly shocked.
After all, all along, the Seal Sovereign was a powerful and majestic existence that could not be offended.
Only when one achieved the seal was one of the strongest, and no one dared to offend again.
Now, when he heard that the feast had been spoiled, Zhang Jiuling naturally found it unbelievable!
So Zhang Jiuling drove to the West Lake, the place where Lu Songliang held his feast.
He remembered that the feast was held on an island in the centre of the West Lake.
However, when Zhang Jiuling rushed there, he found that the island, which had stood in the West Lake for thousands of years, had disappeared.
As far as the eye could see, there was only an ocean of water.
Vaguely seen, dots of crimson wrapped in corpses and flesh and blood, floating on it.
"This .... This..."
"What the hell is happening here?"
"Where is Lu Songliang?"
"Where did he go?"
Standing on the wooden boat, looking at the bloody scene in front of him, Zhang Jiuling's old face turned pale. He only felt that the scene before him was horrifying and bizarre.
All he wanted to know right now was what had happened here.
How had a good feast of seals become a scene of purgatory?
"Quickly, find a way to contact Elder Lu immediately."
"He's the main character today, so he must know everything about what's happening here." Zhang Jiuling spoke in a deep voice.
"Eh?"
"What are you guys still standing around for?"
"Why don't you quickly find a way to contact Lu Lao?"
Zhang Jiuling frowned when he saw that the few men beside him were slow to act.
"Zhang... Chairman Zhang, you... Look over there, is it... Is it Lu... Old Mr. Lui?"
After a short period of silence, the man beside him suddenly pointed in a certain direction in front of him and trembled as he spoke.
Zhang Jiuling looked up and saw, in a flash, a stone pillar above the West Lake, tilting and standing at the top of the centre of the lake.
Below, there was a torrent of water from the lake.
On top of the stone pillar, however, there was an old man, nailed to the top of that pillar by a sword.
Like, a crucified prisoner!
The sword passed through his brow and his eyes stared round with fear in his desperate old eyes.
In the light of the setting sun, they were miserable and terrifying.
Looking at the scene before him, with a thud, Zhang Jiuling crouched on his buttocks directly onto the head of the bed.
"Quickly... Hurry~"
"Quickly... Quickly inform the Martial God Hall~"
Zhang Jiuling hissed in fear.