Chapter 39: Liu Xiahui, Who Remained Unmoved Even with a Beauty on His Lap!

I have just recognized you as my master, and you are already starting to boss me around?

Liu Jinyu felt somewhat unhappy in his heart, thinking that Chen Xuan was a bit too unreasonable. If he wanted to boss him around, he should at least wait until they were more familiar and closer.

However, things had already progressed to this point, so even if he had complaints, he could only endure them. He squeezed out a smile and asked, "What are your orders, Lord Chen? Just name them!"

"You have informants in the capital, right?"

Chen Xuan looked at him with a smiling expression.

Liu Jinyu really wanted to say that he didn't. All his information regarding the capital was sent to him via carrier pigeon by Lord Qin.

But right now, he definitely could not tell the truth. His current objective was to make Chen Xuan realize his usefulness and thereby gain Chen Xuan's trust.

Without hesitation, Liu Jinyu nodded.

"Very well. Have your informants keep a close eye on the movements of Sima Xiba and Chen Tian. If the two of them leave the capital, notify you immediately, and then you notify me."

Chen Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly, a trace of coldness appearing on his face.

Liu Jinyu felt a murderous aura emanating from him.

"Lord Chen, do you want to get rid of these two?"

Within the capital, it was certainly impossible to make a move against these two.

Sima Xiba was the biological son of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. In the Daqian Dynasty, a Minister was a high-ranking official of the second rank, and the two Vice Ministers beneath the Minister were both high-ranking officials of the second rank!

A second-rank official was an absolute powerhouse capable of stirring up storms in the capital. If his son were to die in the capital, would he let the matter rest? He would definitely investigate it thoroughly.

As for Chen Tian, he was a direct descendant of the Chen family. As one of the three major families in the Daqian Dynasty, the Chen family held a noble status. If a direct descendant died in the capital, wouldn't that be tantamount to a severe slap in the face of the Chen family?

Even if they had to dig three feet into the ground, they would definitely capture the murderer!

If these two were to die in the capital, before the murderer was caught, not a single commoner in the entire capital would have a moment of peace.

Therefore, even though Chen Xuan now possessed the strength to kill these two, he must not turn back to the capital to kill them right now.

However, once these two left the capital, the situation would be entirely different.

If they died outside, no matter how furious the Sima family's Vice Minister and the Chen family members were, and no matter how they hunted down the murderer, as long as Chen Xuan wiped his hands clean enough to leave not a single trace, he would be completely safe.

One had to admit that Liu Jinyu was a clever man. Chen Xuan had merely asked him to have his informants in the capital watch Sima Xiba and Chen Tian's movements, and Liu Jinyu immediately guessed that Chen Xuan intended to kill them both.

"Just send people to keep an eye on them. You don't need to know the rest," Chen Xuan said indifferently.

He had just become the master, and already he was putting on airs?

Liu Jinyu couldn't help but curse inwardly. He was, after all, the chief chieftain of the Liufeng Stronghold, having lorded over others and acted tyrannically for many years. Now, having someone riding on his head, he still felt unaccustomed to it.

However, no matter how unhappy he felt inside, he had to swallow his pride and endure.

Putting on a serious expression immediately, he said, "Don't worry, Lord Chen, I know what to do!"

Following that, they traveled by night.

The territory of the Daqian Dynasty was vast. Traveling from the capital to the border city of Mancheng was a distance of a full thousand miles.

Fortunately, after Chen Xuan subjugated the bandits of the Liufeng Stronghold, passing through the Fierce Bandit Mountain was completely smooth and unimpeded.

Along the way, they did encounter bandits from other strongholds.

Those with some sense, upon seeing such a large-scale procession, didn't dare to rob them and simply fled.

However, there were others lacking in judgment who relied on the size of their stronghold. Even knowing that Chen Xuan's convoy belonged to the Liufeng Stronghold, they actually dared to come and rob them.

Not only did they want to loot money, but they also wanted to take women.

After all, Li Xiuning and the other six were all peerless beauties who captivated anyone at first glance.

For such people, Chen Xuan couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense and directly ordered Liu Jinyu to kill them.

Servants, after all, were meant to be ordered around.

Among them, some bandits were extremely arrogant, boasting of their affiliations—some were bandits from the Tyrant Stronghold, while others belonged to the Black Wind Stronghold.

These strongholds were among the top bandit dens in the Fierce Bandit Mountain, and all of them boasted martial master-level experts!

It was precisely because of this that they were so arrogant and didn't take the Liufeng Stronghold seriously at all.

In the past, the Liufeng Stronghold would have just gritted their teeth and endured it.

But now, Liu Jinyu had no intention of returning to being a bandit anyway since he was going to follow Chen Xuan to the border. How could he tolerate them any longer?

Therefore, by the time they walked the one hundred and eighty miles out of the Fierce Bandit Mountain, the number of bandit lives lost at Liu Jinyu's hands was at least eighty, if not a hundred.

"This Fierce Bandit Mountain is truly treacherous."

"Yet this is the only way to the border. If we don't take this road, we have to make a detour of over a thousand miles, and it's all muddy, unpaved roads. It would take another month to arrive."

"Fortunately, the bandits of the Liufeng Stronghold have pledged allegiance to my husband. With them escorting us, we were able to safely walk out of the Fierce Bandit Mountain. Otherwise, I'm afraid our fate would have been grim."

"What is there to fear? With my husband here, which bandit would dare bully us? Husband will personally kill them all. Isn't the Jinfeng Stronghold the best example?"

Inside the carriage, a group of women chatted leisurely.

After these days, with the comfort of Li Xiuning and the others, Yang Ying'er's grief had faded somewhat.

At the same time, she had gradually grown more familiar with Chen Xuan.

Yang Ying'er suddenly discovered that Chen Xuan didn't seem quite as lustful as she had imagined.

Although he had many concubines, along this entire journey, he hadn't touched a single one of them!

Most importantly, during this time, Xu Ruolan had seduced Chen Xuan more than once, yet this guy had maintained a righteous appearance like Liu Xiahui and stubbornly refused to touch her!

He wouldn't even touch a woman who threw herself at him so proactively, so it was even less likely for him to have physical intimacy with those who weren't proactive, or who even appeared cold in temperament.

He married so many wives, yet didn't touch a single one of them—was this guy suffering from some kind of problem?

Little did she know, it wasn't that Chen Xuan was indifferent to female beauty; rather, he had to exercise restraint!

For one, there were no inns in the Fierce Bandit Mountain. Along the entire journey, there wasn't even a decent place to sleep.

If the two of them were to engage in intimate matters, they would have to run off into a small grove.

If they did that, wouldn't everyone know that he had gone off to fool around with a certain woman?

If the other women grew jealous and their affection points dropped, Chen Xuan's heart would shatter.

While physical beauty was indeed a physiological need, survival and growing stronger were the most important things right now.

Therefore, every time Xu Ruolan seduced Chen Xuan, leaving him feeling itchy and his lower abdomen blazing with wicked fire, Chen Xuan managed to hold back every single time.

The benefit of this was that, apart from Xu Ruolan whose affection value for him did not increase, the affection values of the other women all went up.

Take Yang Ying'er, for instance; her affection value had already reached fifty points. With just ten more points to reach sixty, he would unlock a new system reward once again.