Chapter 458 - Is He Chen Fan? (2/2)

Suddenly, the Old Lord An, An Zaiqin finally broke the silence.

Xin Shouqiong pulled back immediately and stood aside in silence. Everyone, including An Tianfen looked over to Old Lord an expectantly.

“Young man, did you say you are from the Chen family?”

An Zaiqin s.h.i.+fted his gaze from Chen Fan to An Ya and then back at Chen Fan. A hint of surprise and disbelief flickered in his eyes.

“Chen family? What Chen’s family?”

“Oh! Do you mean the Chen family of Jiang Nan Province? I have heard that An Ya had been living with a certain Chen family in Jiang Nan Province before she returned home.”

“He is talking about the Chen family of Jin City. It used to be a force to be reckoned with. But one of their most powerful members were killed last year, so it’s a different story now.”

A swell of murmurs rose among the crowd.

“Grandpa, he is Sister An’s brother. Don’t let Uncle Xin hurt him, please?” An Ruoxi mustered as much courage as she could and pleaded.

“Silly girl, shut your mouth!”

An Yuqin shot the girl a hot glare and lift her hand up to feign a punishment.

An Ruoxi hurried to hide behind Hou Fangyu.

“Chen family of Jin City?”

An Tianshu furrowed his brows and tried hard to recall what he knew about the family. Then he remembered the Chen Family’s sudden rise to fame and its fall from grace. He might have thought twice about punis.h.i.+ng the young man when Chen Family was still strong, but there was nothing that could stop him now. Even as An Tianshu was about to order Master Xin to get back at Chen Fan, An Zaiqin let out a gasp.

“I know only one brother of An Ya, and his name is Chen Fan. But I thought he was dead a year ago.”

“That’s me.”

Chen Fan linked his hands behind his back and said lightly.

Chen Fan’s reply merely confused the An family, but it had shaken someone else to the core.

“Chen family of Jin City… are you… are you Chen Beixuan?”

Xin Shouqiong gaped at Chen Fan in utter shock as fear flashed in his eyes.

Xin Shouqiong was a well connected martial artist and of course he had heard of Chen Fan’s name. Chen Fan had become well known to nearly everyone in the Chinese martial arts community since his battle against the j.a.panese.

The sight of the living legend suddenly took the oxygen out of Xin Shouqiong’s lungs.

“Pada!”

Under everyone’s incredulous eyes, the mighty Invincible Xin dropped to his knees and kowtowed to Chen Fan. Even as he did so, he murmured something with great trepidation and deference.

“Xin… Xin Shouqiong of Grand Sage’s Pi Gua Sect… welcomes you, Master Chen Beixuan.”

It was Chen Beixuan!

Xin Shouqiong had never thought that he would ever lay his eyes upon such a legend.

He regretted everything he had said earlier and wished that Chen Fan was not bothered by his arrogance; after all, he was just insignificant fodder in Chen Fan’s eyes.

Such as it was, Chen Fan had become so powerful that even grandmasters were cannon fodder under his crus.h.i.+ng might, much less a semi transcendent fighter.

“Brother Xin, what is the meaning of this?”

An Tianshu glared at Xin Shouqiong in confusion. An Tianshu and An Ruoxi also rounded their eyes in disbelief.

The mighty Invincible Xin had kelt before Chen Fan and begged for his life?

“Who is this guy? How could he scare Xin Shouqiong as if his life was hanging by a thread? Chen Fan? Who is that? And who is Chen Beixuan?”

Hou Fangyu cast a suspicious gaze at Chen Fan as his mind raced.

“Ah! It’s you, General Chen! No wonder Old Xin showed so much respect for you. I apologize for the misunderstanding. I am An Zaiqin, and it is my pleasure to meet you, General Chen.”

An Zaiqin’s sharp mind and quick thinking on his feet made his figure-head statues in the family well-deserved. He bowed slightly to Chen Fan respectfully.

Although An Zaiqin didn’t know Chen Fan’s incredible deeds in j.a.pan and Russia, he had heard of Chen Fan’s other achievements such as being the General Major of Cang Dragon, the number one Grandmaster on Heaven roll. Those were enough for him to treat Chen Fan with utmost respect.

“General Chen? This young man is General Chen?”

People were confused by the sudden turn of events.

An Ruoxi locked her gaze onto Chen Fan and examined him from head to toe. Meanwhile, An Ruoxi’s mind raced. “Sister An Ya’s brother is a General?”

“At least someone in the An family has the right att.i.tude.”

Chen Fan flicked a finger and locked his gaze onto An Zaiqin.

“Since you know who I am, then why did you pick on my sister? Do you question my abilities?”

“General Chen An, An Ya is related to us by blood, that,is something you cannot change. Nor did we force her to come back, she came with willingly. We arranged the marriage for her because we care about her and want her to live a happy life.”

An Zaiqin lengthened his body a little and said with brooding eyes.

“You care about her? Is that why you confined her to this dingy little room, and sold her off to the Fu family like an object?” Chen Fan let out an ugly grin and said: “It’s like me killing all of you except for one, and suddenly I became the good guy?”

Chen Fan’s words startled all of his listeners.