The one who touched the taboo was certainly not me
"Impossible!"
Almost as soon as Shangguan Xiongtian finished speaking, Su Fan's voice rang out!
Others might not know who that young man was, but how could he not know?
When had he ever touched a taboo?
Besides, he and Jiang Xueyi had been training in the Land of Divine Fall in the Profound Domain these past few days. How could this possibly have anything to do with him?
"Senior, might your deduction be mistaken?"
Hearing this, Jiang Xueyi furrowed her delicate brows. Her bloodshot eyes took a long look at Su Fan. She did not believe this had anything to do with him either!
Given their relationship, how could Su Fan possibly do anything to wrong her?
Besides, the two of them had been together all these days, and the Profound Domain was so far from the Desolate Domain. That made it even less possible!
"You know that young man?"
Hearing this, Shangguan Xiongtian frowned slightly again. He looked at Jiang Xueyi and Su Fan and spoke mildly, though a trace of displeasure seemed to linger in his words!
The two protectors, Qingxuan and Cangxuan, along with the ten elders and the thousands of top experts from Heavenly Moon Commandery, all looked slightly displeased!
The words and attitudes of these two juniors truly rubbed them the wrong way!
"We do! May I ask what grounds you have for deducing that this has anything to do with him, Senior?"
Looking up at that figure standing in the heavens like a heavenly god, Su Fan asked, neither servile nor overbearing!
Jiang Xueyi's reddened, beautiful eyes also gazed at Shangguan Xiongtian. She, too, wanted to know why the commandery governor would say such a thing!
"Yes, Father! Is there something special about that young man? Why would you say he might be the one who touched the taboo?"
Shangguan Feiyue was puzzled as well, looking at Shangguan Xiongtian as she asked curiously.
"This is merely our... conjecture based on what we currently know. We are not saying he truly is the one who touched the taboo, only that he is the most likely!"
Glancing at Shangguan Feiyue, Shangguan Xiongtian turned to Su Fan and Jiang Xueyi and spoke mildly. His voice was very calm, and not the slightest hint of joy or anger showed on his face!
"What you currently know?"
"May I ask what information made you think this had anything to do with him, Senior?"
Su Fan frowned and asked again. This concerned his innocence, and he had to get to the bottom of it. Otherwise, how could he explain himself to Jiang Xueyi?
"Hehe... you are friends, aren't you?"
"As I said, it is merely conjecture. You need not take it so seriously!"
At this, Shangguan Xiongtian suddenly gave a faint smile. An inexplicable glint flashed through his eyes as he looked at Su Fan, then continued:
"Might that young man be in the Desolate Domain at present?"
To defy the realm gap and kill someone at the divine soul realm middle stage with an early divine power realm cultivation-he was very curious about such a young heavenly pride himself!
If he could put him to use!
Or have him fight for Heavenly Moon Commandery.
For instance, in the upcoming Divine Dynasty Heavenly Pride Battle, if he could break into the top hundred, the benefits he and Heavenly Moon Commandery would receive would be unimaginable!
"Senior, could you tell us why you think the person who touched the taboo has some connection to him?"
Su Fan's brows furrowed deeply as he looked at Shangguan Xiongtian and asked again!
He clearly had done nothing and knew nothing, so why was he being dragged into this?
This matter.
He had to get to the bottom of it!
"Your name is Su Fan?"
Just then, behind Shangguan Xiongtian, the elder named Elder Qu looked at Su Fan and suddenly exclaimed:
"Are you the young man who stormed the Jun Clan alone and killed their divine soul realm middle stage ancestor in three moves?"
Elder Qu suddenly recalled that Shangguan Feiyue had said his name was Su Fan, and the young man who had killed someone in the divine soul realm while in the divine power realm seemed to be named Su Fan as well!
The moment these words rang out, shocked gazes turned toward Su Fan one after another!
Hum!
At that moment, Su Fan felt as though a hundred thousand mountains were bearing down on him. The weight was so immense that it seemed every bone in his body would be crushed the next instant!
Just then, a mysterious warm current flowed into his body, and the pain and pressure vanished instantly. Su Fan knew this was his master's power!
"You are that young man?"
Looking down at Su Fan, an intense shock also surfaced in Shangguan Xiongtian's terrifying, unfathomable eyes!
No wonder he had been so agitated earlier!
He had thought they were friends, but it turned out to be the young man himself. No wonder he had looked that way and been so agitated!
"Father, Elder Qu!"
"Are you saying... Su Fan is the one who touched the taboo?"
"But... how could that be possible?"
"We've been training in the Land of Divine Fall in the Profound Domain these past few days. How could this possibly have anything to do with Su Fan?"
"Have you made a mistake?"
Shangguan Feiyue spoke in disbelief. They had been training together these past few days, while this irresistible natural disaster had only descended yesterday!
There was simply no possibility of it. If it really had something to do with Su Fan, would she and Jiang Xueyi not know?
"I am indeed the young man you seniors are speaking of, but this certainly did not begin because of me. I am not the one who touched the taboo. Miss Feiyue can vouch for me!"
Looking at Shangguan Xiongtian standing high in the sky, Su Fan explained with a frown.
"That's right! I can vouch for that. Father, don't make reckless claims without evidence!"
Shangguan Feiyue looked at Shangguan Xiongtian reproachfully!
Glancing at Shangguan Feiyue, Shangguan Xiongtian ignored this daughter whose elbow bent outward, siding with outsiders. Instead, he looked at Su Fan and suddenly smiled:
"Hehe... to so easily kill an expert at the divine soul realm middle stage with an early divine power realm cultivation-young friend, your combat strength truly astonishes us!"
Shangguan Xiongtian's smile was warm, friendly, and natural, yet all the more inexplicable, involuntarily sending a chill through one's entire body!
"What do you mean by that, Senior?"
Seeing this, Su Fan knitted his brows tightly, his expression turning utterly grave. His heart pounded, and he could not help taking half a step back!
"Hehe... no need to be so nervous, young friend. I was merely making a casual remark!"
Seeing this, Shangguan Xiongtian smiled faintly, then shifted his gaze to Shangguan Feiyue and suddenly asked:
"Feiyue, will you return with me, or stay here with your friends?"
"Go back by yourself, Father! I'll stay with Su Fan and Miss Jiang!"
Hearing this, Shangguan Feiyue felt baffled. Why had her father suddenly become so strange?
"Hehe... all right! Then stay with them! Oh... right! You can invite your friends to take part in the Heavenly Pride Battle! With their strength, they can easily make it into the top thousand and represent our Heavenly Moon Commandery in the Divine Capital at this Divine Dynasty Heavenly Pride Battle!"
Shangguan Xiongtian nodded at her reply. Then, seemingly remembering something, he suddenly spoke.
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