While those women in red were walking in the air, causing the entire city of Haojing to become restless, the mansion of Duke Tian'en was still peaceful.

After all, the Tian'en Mansion was located at the northernmost end of Anlefang, and the surroundings were quiet, without any brothels, human trafficking houses, or places of filth such as the Music Bureau and the Weaving Bureau.

Just yesterday, Mrs. Hu was frightened to the point of going insane in her own building, then she rolled down the building and was half dead.

The retainers of Tian'en Mansion found Lu Yu who was supervising the work in Baimafang and invited him back.

Mrs. Hu was frightened out of her wits by Bai Lu's sudden disappearance in smoke and the two green sword lights. When Lu Yu rushed back home, she was already curled up in her bed, trembling and talking nonsense, almost delirious.

Fortunately, Lu Yu was accompanied by the monk Shi E, who recited a mantra to calm the mind and exorcise evil spirits for Mrs. Hu. He also took out a small bag of incense ash and asked the maid to flush it with water and give it to Mrs. Hu, and then Mrs. Hu calmed down.

When Bai Lu and Duan Fangyu started to move, Lu Yu was asking Shi E for advice on cultivation because of what happened to Madam Hu yesterday.

Shi E sat cross-legged on a cushion and first pointed out several problems in Lu Yu's practice, explained to him the essence of the fundamental law of the Great Vajra Temple, and then preached and clarified Lu Yu's doubts about the blood-colored smoke and green sword light that Mrs. Hu saw yesterday.

As one of the three sects, three temples and three Zen monasteries of Buddhism, and as the guardian of Buddhism, the Mahavira Temple houses countless Buddhist scriptures.

Many classics have been preserved since ancient times by our ancestors at the cost of endless effort and huge cost.

Shi E first explained to Lu Yu the origin of the concept of "sneaky", talked about some knowledge about Buddhist salvation, and then began to talk about the general details of the "sword cultivation" lineage.

"Sword cultivation is an extreme way of cultivation."

"The most famous sword cultivator in the world who has left a legacy is the Taoist Heart Sword Sect. It was a branch of the supreme Heavenly Emperor Sword Sect in ancient times. Unfortunately, the world changed and the Heavenly Emperor Sword Sect was completely wiped out, and the legacy is gone."

"By the way, in today's secular world, the Haojian Palace of the Eastern Divine Sect is known as the Haojian Palace, the official thug of culture and education. Behind it is the shadow of the Heart Sword Sect. Those miscellaneous Taoists are unwilling to admit this, but the successive palace masters of the Haojian Palace are all surnamed Zhuge, and in the Heart Sword Sect, there is a succession of sword masters, also surnamed Zhuge."

"In the future, when you deal with people from Haojian Palace, you must be careful. It is better to strike first. Even if you strike the wrong person, you cannot let them draw their swords before you do."

Lu Yu listened attentively to Shi E's teachings.

"The practice of our sect is to condense an indestructible body. When the body is fully developed, it will be invulnerable to all evil and indestructible to all magic. No one in the same realm can break through the defense of our body."

"But those sword cultivators are so disgusting!"

A rare look of disgust appeared on Shi E's skinny face.

“Our Buddhist practice is all within ourselves.”

"And the cultivation of sword cultivators is mostly based on a precious sword."

"If they get a good sword, they will bless it from generation to generation, and refine it through sacrifices from generation to generation, constantly infusing it with their own essence, energy and spirit. Naturally, the sword will become stronger and stronger. In the end, a single strike of the sword will have the power to create the world."

"Therefore, many sword-cultivating sects and families have some arrogant youngsters who have no cultivation of their own, but rely on the good swords passed down by their ancestors to dare to act recklessly outside."

"It is recorded in the notes left by our ancestors in the Great Vajra Temple that many of our senior monks had already opened the golden lotus in the flames and saw the true Buddha's practice. However, they were accidentally ambushed by a young sword cultivator in the furnace realm, who slashed their golden bodies with a single sword and ruined their practice."

"So, if you see a sword cultivator, either don't provoke him, or attack him from behind... Buddha is merciful and will directly save him. This will also resolve the sin of killing, so that they won't rely on a good sword to cause trouble and bring disaster to the world."

Lu Yu looked at Shi E with an understanding look.

Strike first, attack from behind, and save the souls of those sword cultivators... Can feelings still be considered "benefiting the world"?

My senior brother is indeed worthy of being a great monk. He can even make such words sound reasonable!

Just as Lu Yu was about to ask more about the various sects in the cultivation world, there was a sudden commotion outside, and a Canglang Rider guard ran in hurriedly, shouting, "Sir, in the Huayang Marquis's mansion across the street, a monster covered in black scales rushed out and killed people indiscriminately."

Lu Yu and Shi E were startled by the noise and hurriedly ran towards the front yard.

The two men walked very quickly and rushed to the front gate in a few steps. Without opening the gate, they jumped directly onto the gate tower and looked outside.

In front of the Tian'en Mansion is a huge square.

Across the square is another wealthy family, the Huayang Marquis Mansion.

The Huayang Marquisate was also the founding military merit of Dayin, but the ancestor who obtained the title was of commoner origin, and the family background was far inferior to that of the real aristocratic families like the Laiguo Duke's Mansion.

There were many bad elements in the family, including several generations of prodigal sons and dukes. Some of them even offended the emperor and were severely stripped of their titles and salaries and punished severely several times. They almost lost their ancestral titles.

As early as three generations ago, the Huayang Marquis Mansion seemed dilapidated. Now, the Huayang Marquis Mansion, including the direct line and the side branches, is only eight families, and there are no more than a thousand relatives and relatives in Haojing.

Because of the family's decline and in order to save money, the Huayang Marquisate only kept three hundred family generals, barely maintaining the basic dignity of a founding marquis.

Now the smell of blood filled the Huayang Marquis Mansion. All three hundred generals turned into monsters covered with black scales and knotted muscles. They rushed out of the mansion, roaring and continuously attacking the main gate of Tian'en Marquis Mansion.

Lu Yu returned to Haojing to visit his relatives and brought three thousand Canglang cavalry into the city. Now these three thousand people followed Lu Jun and Lu Yi to Anping Prefecture on official business.

He stationed 10,000 Canglang Cavalry outside the city, and he also transferred 3,000 men into the city to serve as his personal guards and ceremonial guards.

Those who were able to follow Lu Yu back to Haojing were all outer disciples of the Great Vajra Temple whom he had secretly developed in Beijie City over the years. They all practiced the foundation techniques of the Great Vajra Temple.
Three hundred black-scaled monsters roared and roared, charging like wild beasts.

Hundreds of expressionless Wolf Riders, wearing heavy armor and holding sabers, formed a solid formation and stood together with these black-scaled monsters.

The black-scaled monsters pounced, and the Wolf Riders chopped them with their swords.

The sabers hit the black-scaled monsters heavily, making a clanging sound and sparks flying. White cracks appeared on the black scales, and the sabers forged from fine steel were also riddled with holes as if they had been gnawed by a dog.

Lu Yu's pupils condensed, and he said in a deep voice: "What are these things? Such hard scales, how can..."

The roars continued. At first, the Wolf Riders could fight these black-scaled monsters quite well, but gradually, their manpower was limited, while these black-scaled monsters seemed to know no fatigue.

Gradually, the Canglang Cavalry's formation wavered and they retreated step by step.

The black-scaled monsters were spitting saliva, and their sharp claws kept leaving deep cracks on the heavy armor of the Wolf Riders.

"Senior Brother?" Lu Yu looked at Shi E.

Shi E frowned and took out a fist-sized bag of incense ash from his sleeve: "This is the incense ash that has been offered in front of the statue of Mahavairocana Bodhisattva in this temple for at least a hundred years. Let's try it."

Lu Yu took the incense ashes. At this moment, from the direction of the imperial city, pillars of blood-red light and black smoke shot up into the sky.

The high-pitched sound of the golden bell came lightly after a moment.

Lu Yu narrowed his eyes, looked at the bloody smoke in the direction of the imperial city, and murmured, "Could it be these monsters causing trouble in Haojing City? Someone come!"

At Lu Yu's command, the personal guards came forward.

A small bag of incense ash was carefully rubbed on the blade by the Canglang Riders.

Strangely enough, after the incense ash was smeared on the blade, it actually emitted a faint light and melted into the knife like mercury pouring out of the ground. It was truly magical.

After these Gray Wolf Riders finished their training, they replaced their comrades who were currently fighting and faced the black-scaled monsters.

Previously, when the saber slashed the black scales, only a loud "ding-dong" sound was heard, and it was unable to cause any substantial damage to the black-scale monster.

But after applying such a thin layer of incense ash, when the blade touched the black scales, a faint golden light burst out immediately, and there were continuous "puff" sounds. The black scales were easily broken, and the saber chopped these black-scaled monsters into pieces like cutting tofu.

The origins of these black-scaled monsters are the household guards of the Huayang Marquis' Mansion. Their strength was originally far inferior to that of the Cang Lang Cavalry. They only relied on their mutated black scales to fight the Cang Lang Cavalry so effectively.

The black scales were broken and the mutated bodies were destroyed. Facing the ferocious and murderous Canglang Riders, these black-scaled monsters were killed in just a few breaths.

A strange roar came from the Huayang Marquis Mansion.

The eldest son of the contemporary Marquis of Huayang opened his mouth wide, stuck out his long tongue, rushed out of the Marquis's mansion, and grinned at Lu Yu.

"Lord Tian En, well done. Hehe, I'll remember you. If you dare to delay my immortality, from now on..."

Shi E, who was beside Lu Yu, flicked his right hand, and a Bodhi seed made of red copper with a little golden light whizzed out and hit him heavily on the chest.

With a loud bang, the chest of the Prince of Huayang caved in, and a bloody hole the size of a washbasin was blown open.

All that was heard was him howling miserably, and then his limbs suddenly bent backwards. In an extremely twisted posture, with his face facing upwards and his limbs on the ground, he rushed back to the gate of Huayang Marquis Mansion in a "whoosh" and disappeared without a trace in a few jumps.

Lu Yu was stunned.

Shi E's face turned red.

Lu Yu said in a deep voice: "The Imperial City has issued an alert. Something has happened in Gaojing. Senior Brother?"

Shi E nodded slowly, and took out several fist-sized bags of incense ash from his sleeves: "Use them, and be careful. There is no need to save this incense ash. I don't know how much has accumulated in the mountain gate over the years."

"It's just that I don't have much with me. I'll ask Brother Shi'e to bring you some more later."

"You go ahead. Don't worry about the safety of the mansion. I'm here to take care of it. A few evil spirits are nothing."

Lu Yu nodded in agreement and quickly scattered the incense ash.

The Canglang Riders smeared the incense ash on their swords, on the arrowheads they carried with them, and on their long lances.

Everything was ready, and the sound of the golden bells from the imperial city became more and more urgent.

Lu Yu shouted loudly, jumped onto his mount, the Wolf King, and led the Wolf Cavalry to charge towards the imperial city.

Wherever he passed, arrows flew everywhere like a gust of wind.

From houses of all sizes, black-scaled monsters leaped out and were killed on the spot by the Canglang Riders.

Hearing the cries and shouts from those mansions, Lu Yu would frequently dispatch a team of Canglang Cavalry to rush in and rescue many officials and their families.