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Inside the Gan Royal Estate's reception hall, the current Gan King, Su Zhi, and the estate's senior members were all bowing and scraping, smiles of fawning flattery plastered across their faces as they looked at the beautiful woman seated at the head.

Beneath the beautiful woman's hair, sharp, furry ears peeked out faintly.

A member of the Demon Race!

"Envoy, the Gan Royal Estate is willing to follow at your side and render meritorious service for Empress Tianfei!"

Su Zhi said with a sycophantic smile.

Hu Yan parted her red lips, took a sip of tea, and said, "Though your Gan Royal Estate is somewhat lacking in strength, you at least know how to read the times. You may follow Empress Tianfei."

"Yes, yes! We will certainly brave boiling water and tread upon blazing fire for Empress Tianfei!"

Su Zhi declared his loyalty.

"Mm. There is something I need your Gan Royal Estate to handle. If you do it well, you will be richly rewarded!"

Hu Yan was very satisfied with Su Zhi's attitude.

"Please give your orders, Envoy. My Gan Royal Estate will certainly handle it beautifully!"

Su Zhi said solemnly.

"Zhou Yun betrayed Empress Tianfei, committing a heinous act of treason. As long as your Gan Royal Estate captures her and escorts her back to the Chu Capital, it will be a great merit!"

Hu Yan said in a deep voice.

"Yes, it will certainly be done!"

Su Zhi nodded.

This was a test of the Gan Royal Estate's capabilities, and also meant to make the Gan Royal Estate completely sever ties with the remaining forces of the Chu Kingdom's Imperial Family!

Just then.

A sneering laugh rang out.

"The Gan Royal Estate has fallen so low that it serves demons as its masters. What a disgrace! If your ancestors had spirits in heaven, they would probably be so enraged that they crawled out of their coffins!"

Su Zhi and the others' expressions changed, their faces flushing crimson at once. They spun around and shouted in anger and embarrassment, "Who?!"

Su Fan strolled leisurely into the reception hall.

He looked disdainfully at Su Zhi, his uncle.

"Su Fan? It's you?"

Su Zhi's face was full of shock.

Then, he flew into a rage.

"Impudent! You are no longer a member of my Gan Royal Estate. You trespassed into the estate—what crime do you deserve? Drag him out!"

An elder flew into a rage and stepped forward, about to drag Su Fan away.

Smack!

"Get lost!"

Su Fan sent the elder flying with a single slap.

"You!"

Su Zhi's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.

That elder was a late-stage King Realm expert!

Yet Su Fan had sent him flying with one slap?

Wasn't he a useless cultivator?

His talent was abysmal!

How had he become so powerful?

Several elders were dumbfounded as well.

"Su Fan, you dare injure an elder? You are outrageously rebellious!"

"Rebellion! Rebellion! You, a junior, dare lay hands on an elder? Bring out the family punishment! He must be punished by family law!"

The elders trembled all over in fury as they roared.

Yet not a single one stepped forward!

Su Fan glanced at the elders disdainfully. No wonder the Gan Royal Estate had declined.

With elders like this lot, it would be strange if the estate had not declined.

Once they realized he was strong, they suddenly became clever. They merely stood there shouting, with no one willing to strike first!

Utterly useless!

Hu Yan still sat loftily in her seat. She did not care in the slightest about the upheaval within the Su Family. Instead, she looked down on Su Fan with a condescending gaze!

She was a mid-stage Emperor Realm expert!

No matter how talented this young man was, he could not possibly have reached the Emperor Realm!

"A Fox Demon? A Wolf Demon? Heh!"

Su Fan glanced at Hu Yan and the old man standing beside her.

Two Emperor Realm demon experts!

"Get down here!"

Boom!

Su Fan stepped forward, his aura erupting.

Sword intent surged forth, directly suppressing Hu Yan and the old man!

Smack!

Hu Yan's face changed drastically.

Before she could even release her aura, the terrifying sword intent crushed her from her chair and sent her rolling to the ground!

How was this possible?!

She stared at Su Fan in shock!

Emperor Sword Realm!

How old was he?!

"You are from Sword God Mountain..."

Smack!

Su Fan planted a foot on her head, pressing her face into the floor.

Smack!

Su Fan slapped the Wolf Demon, who was struggling desperately against the sword intent, onto the ground.

That single blow forced the Wolf Demon back into his true form!

An Azure Wolf lay sprawled on the ground, its eyes filled with terror.

Its entire body trembled!

Gulp!

Su Zhi swallowed hard, feeling his legs go weak.

If not for the thought that he was Su Fan's uncle and thus an elder, he would have knelt already.

The elders were far more straightforward.

They dropped flat onto the ground.

They did not even care about losing face!

Su Fan sat in the chair with his foot on Hu Yan, using her as a footrest.

This footrest was rather soft.

Su Fan could not help pressing down again and again, until Hu Yan's bones cracked loudly, her face went pale, and cold sweat covered her features.

Her eyes were full of terror.

Yet she was also filled with resentment.

"Do you know who I am? I am Empress Tianfei's maid!"

"So noisy!"

Su Fan stomped down hard. With a smack, Hu Yan was severely injured and forced back into her true form.

A grayish-white fox was pinned beneath Su Fan's foot.

Hu Yan was trembling violently with fright now, no longer daring to utter another threat.

Su Zhi and the elders were so terrified that their souls nearly fled their bodies.

That was Empress Tianfei's envoy.

Yet Su Fan had directly stomped her back into her true form?

The Gan Royal Estate was probably doomed!

Su Zhi felt worried and uneasy, yet he did not dare rebuke Su Fan.

His strength simply did not allow it!

How had Su Fan become so powerful?

He was monstrously talented!

"Su Fan, you... You have offended Empress Tianfei. My Gan Royal Estate is in danger of annihilation!"

Su Zhi said worriedly.

Su Fan sighed inwardly. No wonder the Gan Royal Estate had declined. The dignified Gan King was actually so cowardly.

The so-called Two Kings Governing the Estate was likely handled mainly by his father, wasn't it?

Thinking of his father, Su Fan thought of his deceased mother.

When he was six, his mother suddenly passed away. He cried in grief until he fainted. When he woke after sleeping, he had awakened the memories of his previous life.

Only then did he learn that he had transmigrated.

Because his talent had been too poor, he had never been able to achieve anything in cultivation. At the age of ten, he had been sent to Sword God Mountain and had never once returned to the Gan Royal Estate.

Nor had he ever seen his silent, reticent father again.

Coming back to his senses, Su Fan said coolly, "I returned today because there are some matters I need clarified."

"How did my father disappear? Did you harm him?"

Su Zhi's eyes widened, his beard trembling as he roared, "I am your uncle! Your father and I are blood brothers—how could I possibly harm him? What do you mean by that?"

Su Fan sneered. "If you did not, then you did not. Why are you so agitated? Why did my father disappear? You are highly suspicious. Perhaps you wanted to end Two Kings Governing the Estate and seek refuge with these demons, so wicked thoughts arose in your heart?"

His suspicion was entirely reasonable!

Su Zhi was stunned for a moment.

Gulp!

He swallowed hard and said in shock, "Could it be that the outside world is saying I harmed your father?"

Su Fan rolled his eyes. This uncle of his was beyond saving—far too useless.

Did he not, as the Gan King, ever bother to learn what was happening outside?

"Stop talking nonsense. I'm asking you!"

Su Fan said with a grim expression.

"This..."

Su Zhi looked at the elders, signaling for them to leave.

The elders felt as though a burden had been lifted. Seeing that Su Fan did not stop them, they fled the reception hall as though escaping for their lives.

Su Fan was too terrifying, like a great mountain pressing down upon their heads.

After the elders left, Su Zhi looked at Hu Yan and the Wolf Demon. "Su Fan, this matter is of great importance and must not fall upon outsiders' ears. As for these two, what do you think..."