Volume 3 Chapter 20 (1/2)

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Chapter 20: Unable to Pretend

The sun was as red as blood.

Ding Ning watched as the Xie Family departed.

The figures of the member of the Xie family gradually grew smaller on the distant road, finally becoming black dots like evening twilight.

Ding Ning's expression grew more grave.

The Chen Family was one of the wealthiest in Guanzhong. Today, they had exposed their status as Chu, and even a rare realm seven grandmaster like Chen Chu had fallen here. Both Chen Tuntian's death and the fight between Chen Chu and the Xie family cultivator had been extremely dire. But he also knew that this was just a silhouette of the great event that was the Deer Mountain Conference.

At this time, there were many grandmasters like Chen Chu, usually lofty and removed from the world, walking around. They were obstructing cultivators, food and armaments needed by armies in order to exert a minuscule effect on the Deer Mountain Conference.

In a storm like this, each person was as minuscule as the Xie family members that was disappearing into the twilight.

But in each of these silhouettes, many people performed spectacularly and respectably. These countless silhouettes were what created history, and the vast empire where people could live in peace. These people should not be erased from the history books.

Otherwise, this would be like what Zhangsun Qianxue said, unfair.

The Zhou Family carriages had been repaired. Yet, seated in the carriage, Forefather Zhou did not give the order to depart until all the members of the Xie family were completely out of sight.

His expression grew colder as his lower body grew colder and started losing sensation.

Chen Chu wanted to attack his energy sea and kill him in one blow, even at the cost of his own lifebond item being damaged. But the other had not expected that he had left a false opening for Chen Chu.

A battle between two realm sevens had been determined so quickly and in such a peaceful manner. From all viewpoints, Forefather Zhou's victory today was a textbook example of experience and intelligence.

But, Forefather Zhou had neglected one thing.

While he had perfectly used the defect in his body … his body was not his original body.

He had accurately calculated Chen Chu's power, and immediately frozen the energy that had charged into his energy sea. However, he had overlooked the fact that the energies in his body had long been out of balance, and were regulated by medicine over these years.

Ordinary cultivators, even cultivators that were much weaker than him, would have bodies that naturally adjusted themselves when their energies were imbalanced. It was just a matter of time, and there would be no damage.

But he was different. When that wild surge of energy entered his body, threads of energy had permeated his own energies causing uncontrollably changes.The medicines that had been carefully prepared and the medicinal power stored in his body could not regulate this kind of chaos. This was a great poison to his body.

His energy sea froze further. All the meridians below his abdomen were sealed.

At this time, he was unable to walk, or force his vital energy below his abdomen.

Originally, everything today had been within his grasp. Had Xie Lianying been killed, he could have easily controlled Xie Rou, and possibly slowly consumed the Xie Family in the near future.

But all this changed because of Ding Ning.

Thinking of Ding Ning's performance in today's battle, Forefather Zhou's frosty visage turned vicious.

”Come here,” he slowly said to Ding Ning and Fu Su.

Ding Ning, who had been watching the distant twilight, raised an eyebrow.

From Forefather Zhou's slightly different tone, he knew that something was to happen next. Even so, he still calmly turned around and walked towards Forefather Zhou's carriage.

Originally, Fu Su held no wariness towards Forefather Zhou, but when he walked next to Ding Ning and was about to stop, his pupils contracted upon sensing immense danger.

The kindness in his eyes turned into incomprehension and anxiety. His black hair floated up as though some power was about to surge out.

But he had no time to do anything.

A black flow of energy pushed aside the curtain and reached him.

His body froze. His blood and vital energy immediately froze, unable to flow.

In the next moment, his body was covered in thick black frost.

Next to him, Ding Ning looked the same.

Crack!