Beauty Chairwoman’s Bodyguard Expert

Chapter 1470: Chapter 1463: Is Lu Tianzhan Still Alive?

”Tianxing, thank you.” Grandpa Lu looked at Lu Tianxing and said softly.

Hearing these words, Lu Tianxing sighed gently and said, ”Grandpa, you’re joking, there’s no need to thank me. I’m not one to kill the innocent indiscriminately. Since the main culprit is dead, there’s no need to pursue it further. My parents can’t be brought back to life. I think if their spirits could see me, they wouldn’t want me to be blinded by hatred.”

Seeing Lu Tianxing’s appearance, Old Sir Lu took a deep breath again and slowly said, ”Tianxing, actually there’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you. I’ve been looking for the right opportunity but never found one until today. I’ve decided to tell you this— your parents might not be dead?”

”What, Grandpa, what did you say? My parents aren’t dead? Grandpa, you’re not lying to me?”

Upon hearing Old Sir Lu’s words, Lu Tianxing’s expression froze slightly, and a trace of uncontrollable excitement immediately appeared on his face. His eyes locked onto Old Sir Lu, his voice trembling slightly.

”I’m not lying to you, Tianzhan and your mother are most likely still alive.”

Old Sir Lu slowly exhaled, a hint of reminiscence appearing on his face, and continued, ”Over twenty years ago, after you were born, your parents, because of a letter from your uncle, were lured out of Beijing and attacked. Upon receiving the news, I immediately called Ji Xingyun. Since I was in Jiangnan and Ji Xingyun was in Beijing, it wouldn’t take long for him to get to where your father was attacked.”

”After receiving my call, Ji Xingyun rushed to the scene of your father’s attack. When he arrived, the battle had just ended, and the blood was still warm. However, Ji Xingyun didn’t find a single body nearby. Neither your father’s body nor those who attacked him were found, Tianxing, do you know what this means?”

Lu Tianxing shook his head, not speaking, just waiting for Old Sir Lu to continue.

”This means your father definitely didn’t die. I know your father’s strength very well; it’s not easy to kill him. If the group attacking Tianzhan had really succeeded in killing him, taking away their own people’s bodies to conceal their identities makes sense. But why take your father’s body? It doesn’t fit reason and isn’t necessary at all.”

”Killing Tianzhan was already a huge threat to the Lu Family, there’s no need to take the body. Moreover, after receiving my call, Ji Xingyun rushed there immediately and arrived at a time when he was already in the late stage of Mythical. No one would hastily take away a useless body when someone of that level is approaching, the gain isn’t worth the loss. There’s no trace of Corpse Dissolving Powder around either, so it can be inferred that your father definitely wasn’t dead at the time.”

Old Sir Lu spoke slowly, and this was one of the reasons he suspected Lu Tianzhan was not dead. Back then, Ji Xingyun arrived promptly, the blood was still warm, showing that the battle had just ended, and no one would choose to hastily remove Lu Tianzhan’s body at such a rush, as it would be detrimental and only increase their risk, making them easy to track.

After all, for a Martial Artist, there are many ways to track someone, and blood is one of them. If the assassins really killed Lu Tianzhan, it would mean the mission was complete, and there would be no need to take away his body, which would only become a target for others to track, ultimately leading to their own downfall.

Since they didn’t take away Lu Tianzhan’s body, why was it nowhere to be found when Ji Xingyun arrived? There’s only one explanation: Lu Tianzhan wasn’t dead, and he had left before Ji Xingyun arrived.

”Besides not finding your father’s body at that time, your mother’s body wasn’t found either. And when I got there, I had the Lu Family Guards team up with Ji Xingyun’s Yanhuang Group, consisting of tracking experts to trace your mother’s whereabouts, but they couldn’t find anything. It was as if your mother vanished into thin air. If someone really killed her, they wouldn’t need to take her body, and there’s no way they could have erased all traces in such haste. Only one person could achieve this flawlessly, and that’s your father. Your father learned a special cultivation technique to hide his presence, and only he could completely conceal his aura so we couldn’t track him.”

”Grandpa, according to what you’re saying, they must be alive. But if they are, why didn’t they come for me? Why did they choose to abandon me? Even though you tried to track them, why couldn’t you find me?”

Upon hearing Old Sir Lu’s words, Lu Tianxing took a deep breath, a hint of complex emotion in his tone. According to Old Sir Lu’s analysis, his parents likely were not dead at the time, and his father even took away his mother. If he could take his mother, why couldn’t he take him, and instead chose to abandon him?

Why on earth is that?

Thinking about this made Lu Tianxing’s aura involuntarily fluctuate, a shadow crossing his face, his aura becoming somewhat agitated.

Seeing Lu Tianxing’s expression, Old Sir Lu knew exactly why his aura was unstable, and sighed with a heavy heart, ”I couldn’t find you because after Tianzhan and I had a fallout, he never returned to the Lu Family. Even after you were born, I never got to see you, so finding you wasn’t easy. And when I had someone search, you were already gone without a trace. I only found the place where your mother hid you and traces of someone taking you away, but we couldn’t find that person.”

”As for why your parents didn’t take you if they’re really alive, I think there are two explanations. First, your parents hadn’t truly escaped their pursuers; they were still being hunted while on the run. They didn’t know if they could get away, so naturally, they wouldn’t have come for you. That would only have dragged you into a dead end. So the best solution was to flee in the opposite direction from you, leading the pursuers away. By the time they really escaped, you had already been taken by someone passing by and could not be found.”

Here, Old Sir Lu paused before continuing, ”The second possibility is that your mother hid you, then led the pursuers away, afterward you were taken by someone else. The forces chasing you were powerful, and if they knew you were alive, they would certainly leave no stone unturned to kill you. To protect you, they might have chosen the painful decision not to search for you, knowing you were taken by someone else.”

After hearing Old Sir Lu’s words, Lu Tianxing took a deep breath, understanding that he was right. The Lu Family dominated Jiangnan and reigned over Beijing back then, the extent of their power was unmistakable. Anyone who dared to act against the Lu Family’s monstrous talent must have significant power themselves. If they knew he was alive, they would try everything to eliminate him, rather than leave him be.

”So who exactly were the ones who assassinated my parents back then?”

Old Sir Lu’s body trembled slightly upon hearing Lu Tianxing’s words, hesitated for a moment, but finally said, ”I think you might have guessed some, back then included the Tang Family, the Yang Family, the Chen Family, the Fang Family, the Qian Family, those Beijing aristocratic families, plus a mysterious and terrifying force involved. Back then, I wiped out the Chen, Fang, and Qian families when I stormed into Beijing alone with a blade. However, when it came to the Yang and Tang families, I had to give up due to Yang Fengxing’s last Sword Qi before his death, leaving them be.”

Here, Old Sir Lu’s heart sighed softly. When he found out these families were involved in the attack on Lu Tianzhan, he didn’t hesitate to storm into Beijing, single-handedly slicing through the Chen, Fang, and Qian family clans’ leaders, elders, and everyone, but ultimately, he was outnumbered. He was struck by the Yangs, ending up with an invisible Sword Qi from Yang Shenxing left in his body. If not for Ji Xingyun arriving in time, he would have died at the Yangs’ hands.

Though Old Sir Lu survived the Yangs, after leaving Beijing, he gave up on seeking vengeance against the Yang and Tang families. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to; he was just powerless to do so. Having the Void Invisible Sword Energy planted in his body, fighting a late Mythical stage again would likely trigger it, causing serious injury or death. If he were grievously injured, the Lu Family would be utterly wiped out. Reluctantly, he abandoned his revenge plans, lest he end up with not just Lu Tianzhan dead, but the entire Lu Family.

”The Yang Family, Tang Family, didn’t expect it to be you. Very well, very well, soon enough, we’ll settle both old and new scores together.”

A sharp glint flashed in Lu Tianxing’s eyes, and he took a deep breath, continuing to speak to Old Sir Lu, ”Grandpa, then where exactly does the last mysterious force come from? Didn’t you investigate?”

”Can’t investigate.”

Old Sir Lu shook his head, sighed slightly, and said, ”The final force is simply too mysterious; no information can be found at all. Even those families like the Chen, Fang, and Qian who attacked with this force didn’t know where it came from. Over the years, I’ve been secretly investigating this matter, but I just can’t find out where this force is from... .”