Chen Fan's marking of the Demon Prison Gate was, nine times out of ten, information deliberately released by the Sword Sect.
It was meant to confuse others.
After all, it was harder for people to imagine that the one who had marked the Demon Prison Gate and the one who had destroyed it were the same person.
Back when Chen Fan's strength had not yet been revealed.
Marking it could be attributed to luck, but destroying it required strength.
Of course, Chen Qingru, Zhan Jianming, and some of the Sword Pavilion elders who had survived nearby at the time all knew more or less about this matter.
Chen Fan was not worried about the others, but Zhan Jianming was different.
He already had a grudge against him, not to mention that Chen Fan had snatched away his chance to obtain a saint-grade pill right in front of him.
Zhan Jianming had flown into a rage and even attacked Chen Fan back then, which showed that saint-grade pills were not something he could obtain whenever he pleased...
When Yu Jin and the other heard Chen Fan directly speak Zhan Jianming's full name, their expressions turned subtle.
Even though Yu Jin was a martial artist of the Canghai Sword Emperor's lineage, she still had to address Zhan Jianming as Senior Brother. Dislike was one thing, but Zhan Jianming was, after all, a Chang Sheng-level expert—and no ordinary Chang Sheng expert at that.
Yu Jin said with a complicated expression, "Senior Brother seems to have suffered severe injuries. Other than appearing at the mourning assembly within the Sword Sect two days ago, he has remained in seclusion and has not shown himself since. No news has come out either..."
Chen Fan frowned.
It was understandable for the Sword Sect to deliberately conceal the