Chapter 64 Five-Year Goal (1/2)
The governor’s household, the Zhao family mansion.
“Big Brother, that Zhou Donghuang killed the two level-five adepts from the governing Wu family of Guangling prefecture… the first young master of the Wu family Wu Nanxun had his meridians destroyed and has become a martial invalid.”
After receiving the news of what occurred at the main entrance of the Magnolia Guild, Zhao San immediately went to find his older brother, the governor of Yunfeng prefecture and patriarch of the Zhao family, Zhao Lishang.
“I never imagined that even Wu Yunfeng and Wu Hailang would die at Zhou Donghuang’s hands… either one of those two would be a match for me.” Zhao Lishang spoke with a serious expression, and continued to question Zhao San, “How long did he take to kill the two of them?”
Zhao Lishang had sparred with both Wu Yunfeng and Wu Hailang and knew their strengths in detail.
“One… one exchange…”
Zhao San smiled bitterly.
Zhao Lishang was instantly dumbfounded when he heard this, and it took a long while to come to his senses with a bitter smile on his face. “I originally assumed his ability was equal to mine at most… now, it looks like I underestimated him.”
“Big Brother, I can’t understand… why didn’t he kill just those two from the Wu family and be done with it, instead of proceeding to main Wu Nanxun. Isn’t he afraid of the Wu family’s vengeance?”
Zhao San was puzzled by this.
“You are more familiar with him than I am… do you think he would do something he is not confident of?” Zhao Lishang countered.
“He…”
Zhao San hesitated momentarily as he considered it, then shook his head. “He wouldn’t.”
Although Zhao San had not spent a long time interacting with that youth, the immense self-confidence that radiated from that youth gave him a sense that he would not be frightened even if the sky collapsed.
“Because of this, there is only one possibility: He does not consider the Wu family a threat,” Zhao Lishang said with a complicated look.
“Does not consider the Wu family a threat?”
Zhao San was shocked.
The Wu family was a grand family and one that had many level-six adepts of Qi-gathering.
If that Zhou Donghuang did not consider even the Wu family a threat, how strong was his ability?”
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The Hong family mansion.
“That Zhou Donghuang… has such courage?”
The second master of the preeminent Hong family, Hong Kun was in a state of shock for a good while upon receiving the news from outside and had just recovered his wits.
The strength of Zhou Donghuang’s ability had greatly surprised him.
However, he felt that Zhou Donghuang’s courage was even greater, to the extent that he dared to kill the people from the governing Wu family of Guangling prefecture and even maim the first young master of the Wu family, Wu Nanxun!
“I never imagined he had this level of ability.”
“With the ability he has demonstrated today, even the governor of Yunfeng prefecture Zhao Lishang is no match for him.”
“However, although the strength of his ability is indisputable, the same cannot be said of his brain… he even dares to maim First Young Master Wu Nanxun of the grand Wu family. He’s simply trying to get himself killed!”
Wu Nanxun was the designated future governor of Guangling prefecture, and because of this, outsiders referred to him as the young governor. And now, his meridians had been maimed in the prefecture capital of Yunfeng prefecture, and that made him a martial invalid.
Zhou Donghuang maimed the future governor of Guangling prefecture… it could be imagined how furious the governing Wu family of Guangling prefecture would be when news of this reached them.
“Seems that it won’t be necessary for Yun Fei and Dandan to seek the help of the disciples of the Valley of the Medicine Masters; that little fellow is doomed,” Hong Kun muttered with a glimmer in his eyes.
Not long ago, his older brother, the patriarch of the Hong family Hong Wei, had left the Hong family together with Chen Dandan and brought her out of Yunfeng prefecture to the Valley of the Medicine Masters.
He was aware of Chen Dandan’s life story as well as the conflict between her and Zhou Donghuang.
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The Li family mansion.
“Today, with the patriarch and head lady, together with our son-in-law, and with the two level-five adepts with him, that Zhou Donghuang of the Magnolia Guild is doomed!”
This was the thought of all the members of the Li family before Patriarch Li Jingyu of the Li family, and the others set off. After all, the man of the head lady of the Li family was the young governor of the intermediate-level Guangling prefecture. Moreover, with the young governor were two level-five adepts who could match the governor of Yunfeng prefecture in ability.
It turned out that the members of the Li family were left dumbfounded when the news reached them.
“Patriarch is dead? Killed with one strike of Zhou Donghuang’s palm?”
“Head Lady is also dead? Moreover, Head Lady was killed by the son-in-law himself?”
“The two level-five adepts with son-in-law were also killed with a single sword stroke from Zhou Donghuang? And Zhou Donghuang even destroyed son-in-law’s meridians?”
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The members of the Li family could never have imagined that the patriarch of the Li family not only failed in avenging the second young master of the Li family, Li Pingyun but had even died at Zhou Donghuang’s hands.
Their source of self-confidence, the two level-five adepts of the governing Wu family of Guangling prefecture, had also been killed by Zhou Donghuang.
“Will he take his anger out on our Li family? If he does, who in our Li family is a match for him? Who can stop him?”