A moment later.
Chu Zhankuo cut off Fu Shanlai's head, then joined Chu Siniu and the other two in digging a large pit. They threw the Fu Family's corpses inside and burned them to ashes.
The Fu Family's current head was dead, as was its next heir, Fu Shanlai. Most of its Foundation Establishment and Source Elevation cultivators lay in the pit too. Those left in the lineage were nothing but a disorganized rabble, no threat at all.
Just like that, a formidable enemy near the Chu Family had been casually wiped out.
And the root of it all was Fu Lingkun's stubborn insistence on opposing Zhang Yuan, who had taken them hostage.
Was this a good thing?
For the lineage to lose a major enemy was naturally a good thing, but it was also a bad one. If this man could casually kill Fu Lingkun, who had already reached the Nascent Soul Realm, then destroying their Chu Family would be child's play.
A single slap would do it.
Chu Zhankuo steadied his shaken mind and turned his gaze toward Zhang Yuan nearby. Rather than letting Chu Qingyuan negotiate with him again, he prepared to speak to him personally.
Chu Zhankuo stepped forward, cupped his hands, and bowed to Zhang Yuan. "Senior, every member of the Fu Family has been killed. Not one was spared."
Zhang Yuan said calmly, "I had neither grievances nor enmity with the Fu Family. Why tell me this?"
Chu Zhankuo said, "Senior, you originally intended to let Fu Lingkun leave, treating this as a chance encounter-an arising cause that bore no consequence. But Fu Lingkun refused to appreciate your kindness. Once you took action, even if we hadn't killed them, you would never have spared the Fu Family's people. And your purpose in doing so..."