269 The Fall of the Zheng Family (1/2)

”Chen Fan?”

Everyone looked to the black-haired young man strolling down the path with surprise in their eyes. No one could believe that even after Zhou Daoji unleashed the Art of Nine Dragon Spell Chain, Chen Fan could still emerge victoriously.

”Chen Beixuan, where is my master?”

Zhang Ziru asked with a contorted face. He didn't care to address Chen Fan properly and called out his full name.

”Huh?”

Chen Fan tilted his head slightly and snorted. Suddenly, two azure-colored lights burst from his eyes and shot at Zhang Ziru with a crackling sound. It was his Divine Will.

Zhang Ziru was suddenly dealt a blow. He stumbled and was nearly knocked to the ground.

Although he was Perfected Cultivator of Dharma Cultivation level, his soul energy was a far cry from that of Zhou Daoji and Lei Qianjue. He was immediately gravely injured after he sustained one strike from Chen Fan's Divine Will.

Chen Fan had completed the Soul Refining Art and therefore, he was able to project his Divine Will outward over a hundred meters. Although he was not able to form it into physical shape in the real world, the Devotion Energy he had obtained from the golden figurine had helped him to project his divine will as far as a few kilometers. If Chen Fan really wanted, he could have covered the entire Hong Kong island under his Divine Will. Such unimaginable amount of energy would overload any mortal's system. Zhang Ziru survived the attack only because he was a Perfected Cultivator.

Many other spellcasters were stunned after seeing the development.

Zhang Ziru was Zhou Daoji's disciple, a Perfected Cultivator. However, Chen Fan's deadly stare had already injured him. Does that mean Chen Fan could have killed anyone of them just by thinking about it?

Perfected Cultivator Soaring Cloud heaved a sigh and then charged up his energy before he walked over to Chen Fan and bowed.

”Grandmaster Chen, Ziru is Brother Zhou's disciple and cares about his master. Please forgive his insolence.”

The azure light in Chen Fan's eyes dissipated and revealed his indifferent eyes. He linked his hands behind his back and said: ”Zhou Daoji is dead.”

Hearing the news, Zhang Ziru finally collapsed to the ground and broke into tears. Zhou Daoji had treated him like a son and had shown him the ropes and guided him with love and care. The news of Zhou Daoji's death took the wind out of his sails, and robbed his mind of all thoughts, leaving only sadness.

The other surrounding people also fell silent.

Zhou Daoji had used the Array formation to cast the Nine Dragon Spell Chain, he should have an edge over Chen Fan. How did he die? Despite the questions in everyone's mind, no one spoke a word. The battle of Dharma powers was a battle of life and death. There could only be one combatant coming down from the peak of the mountain alive, and it was not Zhou Daoji.

Little did everyone know that Zhou Daoji was not killed by Chen Fan. He had given all he had in summoning the Earth Qi to cast the Array formation, and one careless misstep and made him suffer from serious blowBack effect of the energy he had summoned. Before Chen Fan could strike back, the old man had already overloaded his system and died. That being said, Chen Fan knew that no one was going to believe it if he told people the true story. He would forever be remembered as the murder of Zhou Daoji, but Chen Fan didn't mind.

Chen Fan linked his hands behind his back and suddenly, a powerful and overbearing power shot out from his body and swept down the steps to the other spellcasters.

Daoist Soaring Cloud, Zhang Ziru, Huang Wenze, and many other powerful Feng Shui masters and spellcasters lowered their heads as the powerful energy swept past them.

Some stubborn spellcasters didn't lower their head and still locked their indignant gazes with Chen Fan. The azure light came up in Chen Fan's eyes again and the few spellcasters who still defied Chen Fan's dominance collapsed to the ground. Even Zhang Ziru couldn't handle his Divine Will, much less a few ordinary spellcasters.

In the end, everyone lowered their heads before Chen Fan as they capitulated to his power.

”Zheng Zhongming.”

When Chen Fan's gaze landed on the Zheng family, Old Man Zheng shivered and let out a wry smile. ”Fine, fine… I have been gambling for my entire life and never lost one. Who would have thought that I would lose the very last gamble in my life?”

The other family members, including Zheng Haochang all trembling uncontrollably.

Zheng Anqi felt a pang of despair, as her heart sank to the bottom.

They had never thought that Chen Fan would be the winner in the end. If even Zhou Daoji who possessed godly power had failed to subjugate Chen Fan, who else could do that?

”Mr. Chen, I have lost the bet. I only hope you would show mercy and take only my life and spare the rest of my family.” Zheng Zhongming leaned on his walking cane and rose to his feet slowly.

”Dad!” Zheng Haochang and the others were so saddened by the development that their words caught in their throat.

Zheng Zhongming didn't mind the wordless pleading of his children. He ordered Cui Qinhe to hand over a document to Chen Fan.

”This is my will. I will give you 30% of Zheng's Financial Group to exchange for the lives of my family.” Zheng Zhongming coughed and then said slowly.

Old Man Zheng had been preparing for the worst from the very beginning.

It would be wonderful for the Zheng family if Chen Fan lost the battle. However, if Chen Fan was victorious, he would give up the Zheng's Financial Group in exchange for the lives of his family.

The Zheng's Financial Group was worth over a few dozen billion and the Zheng family owned just over 50% of it. The rest of the shares were in the hands of smaller investors. 30% of the shares were worth twenty to thirty billion on the market; it was much more than the ten billion Chen Fan had initially asked for.

That being said, losing that much stake in the company would be a devastating blow to the Zheng family. That also meant that Chen Fan would become the biggest shareholder of the Zheng's Financial Group. From then on, the Zheng family would be thrown out of the top ten richest list of Hong Kong.