Chou Wantian looked at Xiao Chen, frowning, "Kid, you're too good at stirring up trouble. You just came down the mountain and already killed a young master from one of the five great families. Can't you be a little more low-key?"
Xiao Chen shrugged, "With you two Sword Kings around, do I need to be low-key? Besides, Zhang Youzhi provoked me first!"
Chou Wantian shook his head, "We won't easily take action for you. A Sword Cultivator can't become dependent, otherwise, their sharpness will be lost. How can they still be called a Sword Cultivator?"
The Zhang Family was nothing, their strongest member was only a Martial General. They could wipe them out with a wave of their hand, but if they did that, Xiao Chen would become dependent on them. If he encountered any difficulties in the future, he would ask them for help. If that happened, Xiao Chen's sword heart would be ruined.
Of course, if he really encountered a life-or-death crisis, they wouldn't just watch Xiao Chen get hurt!
Xiao Chen was stunned when he heard this, "You're kidding me, right? Didn't you say you'd have my back?"
"Hehe, we were just being polite. Who knew you'd actually take it seriously! From now on, you'll have to handle things yourself!"
Xiao Chen: "..."
At the same time.
Barren North City.
Zhang Family Hall.
A group of Zhang Family members gathered in front of a corpse, silent and still as a graveyard, the atmosphere heavy to the extreme.
No one had expected that Zhang Youzhi had just been happily admitted to Zhenkun Academy not long ago, embarking on the path to becoming a dragon, and in the blink of an eye, he had turned into a corpse.
A burly middle-aged man with a sinister face sat in the head seat, his face as dark as water, his tiger eyes bloodshot, staring intently at Zhang Youzhi's corpse.
This person was none other than Zhang Mohu, the head of the Zhang Family, a terrifying Martial General who had mastered the Asura Blade Sutra to perfection, making him exceptionally terrifying.
Below Zhang Mohu, a dense crowd of people stood, all of them powerful martial artists, numbering a good fifty or sixty!
The weakest among them were at the seventh level of Martial Apprentice, and more than a dozen of them had even reached the terrifying Martial Master Realm.
Each of them was surrounded by a sharp martial aura. When the group gathered together, they exuded a terrifying pressure that made people shudder from afar!
If anyone were here to see this scene, they would be absolutely horrified. Martial artists, such scarce combat power, were actually appearing in droves within a single family. It was simply outrageous!
This was the strength of the Zhang Family, one of the five great families of Barren North City.
At this moment, all the Zhang Family members had a strong sense of anger in their eyes.
Their young master had actually been killed in Barren North City!
Someone actually dared to be so arrogant!
Did they not want to live anymore?
Zhang Youzhi's corpse had become stiff and pale, his lips were purple, and the blood from the hole in his forehead had dried and congealed. Even now, his eyes were still open, filled with terror. He had died with his eyes wide open.
In front of his corpse, five middle-aged men with severed arms and pale faces knelt. They were Zhang Shiyi and the other four.
They brought the corpse back to the Zhang Family, and Zhang Mohu immediately went mad. Without giving them a chance to speak, he directly severed their arms and vented his anger, before summoning the Zhang Family members to the hall for a meeting.
"Zhang Shiyi, the family head trusted you and entrusted you with the task of protecting the young master. Is this how you protect the young master?"
"Who exactly dared to attack my Zhang Family's young master? I want to take people to exterminate their entire clan!"
"Zhang Shiyi, hurry up and explain what happened!"
Several Zhang Family martial artists looked angry.
The Zhang Family had always been domineering in Barren North City, not taking anyone seriously except for a few giants. Now that their young master had been brutally murdered, if they didn't avenge this, the Zhang Family wouldn't be able to survive in Barren North City anymore.
They secretly resolved in their hearts that as long as Zhang Shiyi said the name of the murderer, they would immediately storm their door and kill the murderer's entire family, leaving not even a chicken or dog alive.
In this Barren North City, there were very few people that the Zhang Family couldn't deal with.
"Hehe, with just you people, you still want to kill their entire family? I'm afraid that as soon as I say his name, your legs will already be shaking!"
Zhang Shiyi sneered.
He had thought that after returning to the Zhang Family, Zhang Mohu would at least find out what happened before dealing with them. That way, they might still have a chance of survival, after all, it was Zhang Youzhi who had insisted on shaking them off.
But he didn't expect that Zhang Mohu would see Zhang Youzhi's corpse and chop off their arms without saying a word, and even send people to their homes to exterminate their families.
Such a family head was truly chilling.
Since that was the case, he wouldn't be polite to the Zhang Family anymore.
"Zhang Shiyi, are you out of your mind? How many people in Barren North City can stand against my dignified Zhang Family?"
"That's right, you must be jealous that the family head ordered the extermination of your family, so you're spreading rumors here!"
"The family head is at the Martial General Realm, no match for anyone except for those few giants in Barren North City! Even if this was done by someone from the five great families, we will make them pay with blood!"
A group of Zhang Family martial artists looked contemptuous and spoke coldly.
They simply didn't believe Zhang Shiyi's words.
Just a name could make their legs shake?
How was that possible?
"Zhang Shiyi, don't try to play tricks with me! Quickly say the name of the murderer, and I might still give you a quick death, otherwise, I will definitely cut you into a thousand pieces!"
Zhang Mohu looked at Zhang Shiyi and said in a hoarse voice.
"Speak! Which beast did this? I'm waiting to wipe out his entire family!"
"Hurry up and talk! The long blade in my hand is already hungry!"
"I'm going to play with all the women in his family until they die!"
A group of Zhang Family martial artists echoed, their eyes bloodshot, hands on their sword hilts, looking eager to act.
"Good, I hope you mean what you say and really do wipe out his entire family!"
"The murderer who killed Zhang Youzhi is none other than Xiao Chen, the son of the Zhenbei King!"
"Hahaha, hurry up and go to the Zhenbei King Manor and wipe out his nine generations!"
Zhang Shiyi stared into Zhang Mohu's eyes, enunciating each word.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present paled, their eyes filled with utter horror!
The murderer was actually the son of the Zhenbei King?
Then how the hell were they supposed to avenge this?
The Zhang Family was strong, but in front of the Zhenbei King, they weren't even a speck of dust!
Forget wiping out his nine generations, they wouldn't even dare to go to the Zhenbei King to argue!
The Zhenbei King was one of Great Xia's Ten Great Martial Kings, commanding an army of one hundred thousand iron cavalry, and his manor was filled with countless experts.
It was no exaggeration to say that if the Zhenbei King wanted to destroy the Zhang Family, he wouldn't even need to lift a finger. He could simply issue an order, and the entire Zhang Family would be reduced to ashes in an instant!
Zhang Mohu's expression also turned extremely ugly upon hearing this.
He had originally planned to directly lead people to wipe out the murderer's nine generations!
But he never expected that the murderer would be the son of the Zhenbei King!
Even though he was a discarded son who had severed ties and was cursed by the Heavenly Dao, he still wouldn't dare to kill him.
Blood ties couldn't be severed so easily!
No matter how fierce their family quarrel was, it was still an internal conflict.
But if the Zhang Family dared to kill Xiao Chen, the Zhenbei King, with his overbearing personality, would dare to wipe out the entire Zhang Family in minutes.
But he only had one son, and if he didn't avenge this, he couldn't swallow this anger!
He lowered his head and looked at Zhang Youzhi's unblinking eyes, his expression gloomy. Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he turned to look at Zhang Shiyi, "You're lying! The murderer who killed my son was clearly a Sword Cultivator expert, who pierced my son's forehead with a single sword strike. He must have at least the strength of a seventh-level Sword Disciple."
"Xiao Chen only entered Sword Immortal Academy a few hours ago, and he's a useless person cursed by the Heavenly Dao. How could he possibly have such terrifying strength?"
"Speak! Who exactly killed my son?"
Sword Dao was the most difficult of all Daos to cultivate, relying heavily on talent, and Sword Immortal Academy had long declined. The Sword Spirit Stones had been exhausted, and it had been many years since a Sword Cultivator had emerged.
How could Xiao Chen enter Sword Dao in just a few hours?
Even if he really entered Sword Dao, there was no way he could immediately possess such terrifying Sword Dao strength?
Even Xiao Lingtian, the current Qilin Child of the Xiao Family, could never achieve this!
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