Fang Yun's fury spread for hundreds of miles. Waves churned on the Yangtze River, and countless water demons began roaring, until dark clouds gathered in the sky, threatening wind and rain.
Lei Tingzhen said, however, "Let us leave the past aside. I came here only to ask why you killed Lei Zhongmo. Why did you kill a future Great Scholar of the human race? Why did you kill the head of our Lei Family!"
"Because he deserved to die, of course," Fang Yun replied calmly, the coldness and contempt in his voice unmistakable.
"You..." Lei Tingzhen's beard and hair bristled with rage.
"Father, what a horrible death you suffered!" A boy whose eyes were red and swollen from crying sprinted forward, trying to ram Fang Yun with his head.
"Don't!" The others hurried to stop him, but Fang Yun flicked his hand. The surrounding primal energy surged and knocked the boy back.
The boy landed on his backside and wailed, "Father, your son has failed you! That dog Fang Yun is too powerful, and I cannot avenge you. Today, I shall take my own life to repay your kindness in raising me!" As he spoke, the fifteen- or sixteen-year-old boy suddenly drew a dagger from his sleeve, gripped it in both hands with the blade pointing down, and plunged it straight into his lower abdomen.
Pfft...
Blood instantly stained the clothes over his abdomen red.
"Little Ao!" Lei Tingzhen rushed over and gathered the boy into his arms, using literary qi to contain the wound as he shouted, "Someone! Come quickly! Save Little Ao!"
The members of the Medical School among the Lei Family crowd sprang into action. Several medical books flew over, releasing light that enveloped the boy's wound.
Lei Tingzhen swiftly pulled out the dagger, and the boy's