The one who walked in was none other than Lu Qing Xuan.
Seeing the visitor, Yang Xuan, who had been sitting upright, straightened his expression and immediately stood up, respectfully saying, "Greetings, Your Highness!"
At the same time, he released his spiritual sense, preparing to investigate Lu Qing Xuan's cultivation level.
However, to his great surprise, he couldn't sense Lu Qing Xuan's specific cultivation realm.
According to the information he had received from his county governor's mansion, the true cultivation level of this second son of the Lu family absolutely wouldn't exceed the Purple Mansion Realm.
But now it seemed that the other's cultivation level was at least the Xuan Dan Realm.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been unable to sense it. If he said the other had cultivated some kind of concealment technique, he didn't think it was likely.
Moreover, after a careful investigation, he seemed to sense a faint, terrifying aura lurking within the other's body.
He felt that as soon as he made any move, the other could instantly kill him.
Seeing this, his heart trembled involuntarily. He hurriedly retracted his spiritual sense and a tumultuous wave arose in his mind.
Lu Qing Xuan sat straight in the seat of honor and revealed a well-timed smile.
"Governor Yang, please don't be so formal. What brings you here today?"
Of course, he could sense Yang Xuan's previous spiritual sense investigation.
Hearing this, Yang Xuan showed an embarrassed expression.
"When Your Highness ascended to the throne and married, I wasn't in Beiyuan County. I could only let the elders of my mansion come to offer congratulations on my behalf."
"Now, I have just returned to Beiyuan County, so I've come to pay my respects and congratulate Your Highness on assuming the throne!"
Lu Qing Xuan could tell that this was just a polite remark.
Lu Qing Xuan smiled, "Oh, is that so? Then you're very kind, Governor Yang."
Immediately, Lu Qing Xuan continued with a hint of meaning, "Governor Yang, are you really just here to congratulate me on assuming the throne today? Or is it because of those three families?"
Seeing that Lu Qing Xuan was so direct, Yang Xuan pondered for a moment before saying hesitantly,
"Although the three families are under my jurisdiction, their feuds and hatreds are not something my county governor's mansion can concern itself with."
"However, the three families are backed by the Jingyang 王府, they are entrenched in the capital and their overall strength is not weak."
"I came here to specifically remind Your Highness that with the destruction of the three families, the Jingyang 王府 will have less resources to tribute, which could be detrimental to Your Highness."
Hearing this, Lu Qing Xuan was unfazed.
"Thank you for coming here to inform me, Governor Yang. If the Jingyang 王府 wants to make a claim, they can come to my Lu 王府 personally."
How could Lu Qing Xuan not know about the forces behind the three families?
But even so, what could they do? They had killed his Lu family members, and this was the price they had to pay.
Hearing Lu Qing Xuan's words, Yang Xuan's heart relaxed.
Since Lu Qing Xuan had said this, then even if the Jingyang 王府 questioned him, he could just tell them to go to the Lu 王府 personally.
He didn't want to incur the wrath of either of these dukedoms.
"Your Highness, there's one more thing I need to inform you about."
At this moment, Yang Xuan seemed to have thought of something and spoke again.
"Do you know about a secret matter within the Fang family?"
"Oh, please tell me."
Lu Qing Xuan's eyes flickered. What secret could the Fang family have?
After pondering for a moment, Yang Xuan slowly began to speak.
"Two years ago, there was an internal upheaval within the Fang family."
"At the time, a child with innate five element spiritual roots was born in the Fang family's collateral branch. However, the clan head's wife, from the main branch, secretly plotted a scheme, sending away the elders of the collateral branch."
"Then, the clan head's wife dug out the child's innate five element spiritual roots and transplanted them onto her teenage son."
"When this act was discovered by the collateral branch, the child had already died. Immediately, the members of that branch fought with the main branch, demanding justice from the main branch and the clan head's wife."
"In the end, the clan head was forced to execute his wife in order to appease the members of that branch."
"When his son witnessed his mother being killed in front of all the clansmen, he also became resentful and ran away from home."
"Half a year after that incident, my county governor's mansion received news that the prodigy who had received the innate five element spiritual roots had joined the Cangxuan Dao宗 and became a direct disciple of an elder."
"Now that the Fang family has been destroyed by Your Highness, if this prodigy of the Fang family learns of this news, it's possible he might target Your Highness and your Lu 王府!"
"Although this prodigy has a grudge against the Fang family, they are still his relatives after all. Who knows if this prodigy might seek revenge for his relatives!"
After listening to Yang Xuan's revelation of this secret, Lu Qing Xuan was surprised to learn that the Fang family had such internal turmoil.
It was unexpected for him to learn that the Fang family had a prodigy who joined a third-rank sect like the Cangxuan Dao宗.
The Cangxuan Dao宗, Qingyun Dao宗, and Lingyun 王朝, these were all third-rank forces in the northern part of North 寒州, each possessing at least three Nirvana Realm experts, and possibly even a Heaven Ascension Realm expert hidden away.
A family force like the Lu 王府 was truly unable to contend with such forces.
However, as long as he was given some time, his Lu 王府 would surely be able to quickly ascend to become a third-rank family force.
"I understand. Thank you, Governor Yang, for informing me of this matter."
Lu Qing Xuan's opinion of Yang Xuan improved quite a bit for telling him this.
This gave his Lu 王府 a heads-up about a potential enemy.
At the same time, Lu Qing Xuan thought highly of Yang Xuan. Being able to grasp such a secret about the Fang family, it seemed that the county governor's mansion had informants everywhere!
"Your Highness is too kind!"
Yang Xuan didn't show any pride and smiled as he spoke.
Then, Yang Xuan continued to compliment Lu Qing Xuan for a few more sentences before taking his leave.
Lu Qing Xuan nodded and instructed the Grand Elder to personally see Yang Xuan off from the Lu 王府.
Watching Yang Xuan leave, Lu Qing Xuan couldn't help but ponder.
"It seems the Lu family's development needs to be accelerated!"
He had inadvertently implicated a third-rank sect force, something his Lu 王府 couldn't currently contend with.
This couldn't help but make him more cautious.
However, what Lu Qing Xuan didn't know was that the prodigy of the Fang family was not at the Cangxuan Dao宗 at that moment. He was out on a journey of cultivation.
This also gave the Lu family a good period of time to develop.
After pondering for a while, Lu Qing Xuan went back to his cultivation.
Time flew by and half a month passed in a blink of an eye.
Lu Qing Xuan's cultivation level successfully broke through to the Xuan Dan Realm, ninth level.
He flipped his hand, and a cultivation breakthrough card appeared in his hand.
As Lu Qing Xuan used this cultivation breakthrough card, he quickly broke through to the Soul Palace Realm.
The Soul Palace Realm, as the name suggests, means that at this stage, the main focus is on condensing the Soul Palace and strengthening the soul.
After breaking through to the Soul Palace Realm, Lu Qing Xuan didn't rush to continue cultivating. Instead, he left his palace and went to where Ling Xi Yue was staying.
Every few days, he would go to check on Ling Xi Yue's pregnancy.
After all, this was his first child, so Lu Qing Xuan was especially attentive.
A few days later, Lu Qing Xuan returned to his palace and continued to cultivate.