Chapter 8: Murder at the Door

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  "Rooooaaaar!" The giant turtle let out a deafening roar, its voice echoing through the valley. Chen Mo, who was standing nearby, felt as if his nerves were shattered and his entire body trembled slightly, taking several steps back. He wanted to curse, but couldn't muster up the courage.

  The wind howled louder and louder, but the tornado that was charging straight at him suddenly changed direction after the giant turtle let out a deafening roar. Chen Mo didn't dare to be careless, using his arms to prop himself up, staring intently at the monster in front of him, stumbling backward several steps, his expression serious, but his heart filled with fear and trepidation. With his current body size, he would be swallowed by this turtle in one bite, not even counting as a dessert after dinner.

  "The giant turtle took another breath, seemingly relaxed, and it was clear that it hadn't used much energy, or else Chen Mo would have been blown away. The giant turtle, with only its head exposed, moved its neck slightly, its two dark eyes adjusting their position as if locking onto Chen Mo, before slowly lowering its head."

  Just a turtle head, filled with an overwhelmingly grand and shocking aura of ancient savagery.

  "Little one, the true self has been asleep for who knows how many years. Today, it finally caught a whiff of the scent of the seed of light." The giant turtle suddenly spoke, its voice thundering and shaking the surroundings, causing Chen Mo's eardrums to nearly burst.

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  Almost at the same time, outside Xiaodongtian, in Chen Mo's home.

  "Boom!" The sound of the gate collapsing, He Lianhuo rushed to the door from inside the room and saw a group of unknown people rushing into the yard, running towards the inner house.

  Inside the small courtyard, there were only a few stakes for practicing martial arts and a well, which looked empty and cold.

  "Halt, who are you?" The crowd of people with ill intentions made Helian Huoyan's beautiful face flush with anger. She stood at the entrance, wearing a tight red battle dress, her cloak fluttering like flames.

  Everyone stopped in their tracks, looking at the entrance where a teenage girl with two buns and a red dress stood. Although she was young and not fully grown, her slender figure, willow-leaf-shaped eyebrows, and a pair of bright, moving eyes, combined with a cherry lip small mouth, perfectly adorned her pretty face, making her an extremely rare beauty.

  "Brothers, whoever can smash it, smash it." The crowd saw that it was just a little girl and didn't take her seriously. Their gaze lingered on her for a moment before a big man behind her spoke up.

  "Yes." Upon hearing this command, everyone began to rush wildly towards the inner house.

  "Halt!" He Lian Huo Wu shouted in anger, and a flame had already condensed in the palm of her hand. She jumped up and struck out with a "Fierce Flame Palm". Her agile and nimble figure, with her fiery red cloak fluttering like flames in the air, moved back and forth, resembling a small phoenix with fierce flames, making those nearby feel a wave of heat wash over them.

  After one round, several outsiders were already lying on the ground wailing incessantly.

  The crowd involuntarily took a few steps back, staring intently at the seemingly lovely and delicate girl. A hint of fear flickered in their eyes. On her slender jade-like palm, a thin layer of faint flames hovered, condensed but not dispersing, dancing with a bewitching motion. It was clear that this girl had an innate understanding and agility in controlling the flames.

  Similarly, it is the fierce flame palm, but her understanding and power in this style have surpassed Chen Ye's, having already reached the realm of 'some small achievement'.

  He Lian Huo Wu's age is young, and he has been practicing for only a little over a year. However, his cultivation realm has surpassed Chen Mo by one step, reaching the middle stage of Ling Tu. Especially in the practice of fire-based skills, he has shown extremely high talent. Moreover, she achieved this under circumstances where her cultivation resources were not abundant, surpassing even her elder brother Chen Huan when he was at the height of his fame.

  "Wan'er, what's going on?" asked Hu Lingping, Chen Hao's mother, pushing his wheelchair out of the house to her side. She had just applied the spiritual grass she found in the deep mountains to Chen Hao's legs and saw a slight recovery, revealing a hint of joy on her face.

  "Mother, these people are here to cause trouble." He Lian Huo Wu pointed at the group of people and said with a scowl.

  Although Hu Lingping is He Lianhuowu's mother, this little girl was not born to her. She was found by her husband in a deep mountain over a decade ago. At that time, the forest was ablaze with raging fires that lit up half the sky, but the baby in her swaddling clothes was unharmed despite being surrounded by flames.

  Her husband used to sigh whenever he mentioned this matter, and was convinced that Huo Wu wasn't an ordinary person. He repeatedly warned her not to mention this matter to anyone, including their child, Huo Wu.

  As for her name, it was also based on the jade pendant she wore, with Huilian as her surname and Huowu as her given name.

  "Hmph, since you're all here as a family, be sensible and leave the Chen Family quickly." The voice came from a young man wearing the uniform of the Chen Family, standing behind him.

  He Lian Huo Wu raised his head to take a look, and the leader was a young man of about twenty years old, who was none other than Xu Hao, the steward of Chen Ye's mansion, half servant and half nephew.

  Xu Hao was good at flattering and bullying the weak, but feared the strong. When Master learned that Young Master Chen Ye had been killed by Chen Mo, he was furious and grief-stricken, wanting to humiliate Chen Mo's family to death. So he took some outsiders and killed his way into Chen Mo's house.

  Because he knew that in his grief over the loss of his son, the elder would now like to devour Chen Mo's family members. It was just that due to his status, he couldn't openly give orders.

  In his eyes, Chen Mo's family was nothing but a woman and two useless people. For someone as talented as him, taking credit for this achievement was like taking something from his own pocket.

  "Leave the family? My family is currently in a predicament, but still upholds the orthodoxy of the family. You, a small outsider, dare to ask us to leave?" Chen Hao's face turned iron-blue upon hearing these words.

  In the past, these people were only qualified to polish their own shoes, but now they are actually driving their own family away from the Chen family, and Chen Hao's anger grew.

  "Your family's Chen Mo killed our young master, and it's already a great kindness that our old master didn't have you all put to death. You still don't take the initiative to roll away?" Xu Hao had a ferocious look on his face, with an attitude of not giving up until he achieved his goal. He knew this family wouldn't leave, but just wanted to find a reason to wipe out these few people entirely.

  I suppose this poor family is of no use, and nobody will help them out.

  "What?" Hearing the news, He Lian Huo Wu, Chen Huan and Hu Lingping were shocked and bewildered, but more worried about Chen Mo's safety. Calculating the time, he had been out collecting medicine for almost three days, would something bad happen?

  Chen Mo said he was going to the mountain to pick medicine, but in fact, he secretly went to Xiaodongtian. However, He Lian Huo Wu found out. She knew that her second brother had been working hard to cure their eldest brother's leg injury and wanted to go with him, but it was too dangerous inside, so her second brother wouldn't let her in. When she sneaked up, Xiaodongtian had already closed.

  He Lian Huo Wu could only silently support her second brother from behind, going deep into the mountains and forests to fight against fierce beasts, suffering several injuries before obtaining some herbs for her big brother's medicine.

  During this time, she also went to Xiaodongtian several times, but Xiaodongtian was already closed, and she only knew that her second brother had not come out yet.

  A faint sense of foreboding flashed through her mind at this thought.

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