Chapter 1256 1215: Undercurrents Surging

Earth Martial City, Eastern region, a mountain range sprawling across the city.

Deep underground, numerous Spirit Veins intertwine like serpents, exuding a surging Spiritual Energy! On the surface, towering clouds of peaks rise steeply, emanating a thick and majestic aura.

And on one of these treacherous cloud peaks, a waterfall spanning dozens of miles roars, a white curtain tumbling forth with a rumbling sound.

Below it, bizarrely, lies a crimson expanse of rock, barren and lifeless, devoid of any grass. An expanse of red with no vitality.

And within this eerie crimson land, deep inside, a majestic black hall floats in the air, the well-known family in Earth Martial City—the Lan Family's council meeting place, usually sealed, only opened for significant events...

As of now, the next heir of the family has died, and an elder at the Minor Heavenly Position was also killed outside the city. In such events, the Lan Family opens this special place.

In the palace, not many Lan Family members qualified to attend this meeting are present, and even half of the ten or so stone chairs are unoccupied, but no one would question their identities and origins, for they are the true pillars, the top-tier individuals of the Lan Family today! Even if not characters of Minor Heavenly Position, they possess strength at that level...

Now, gathered here, facing various pieces of information on the stone platform before them, their faces are dark, extremely unsightly!

"Wuyong is dead? When did this happen? Who did it?"

"I can still understand Wuyong's death, but why is Lan Zhan also dead? Who is capable of killing a Minor Heavenly Position character, Qi Family Fort? Four Directions Demon Sect? Eternal Temple? Or Nine Nether Palace? Or the City Lord's Mansion!?"

"None of them! It was done by a younger man than Wuyong, and he commands an army with combat power on par with us."

"That's impossible! A younger man than Wuyong? Even if he holds an army with combat power equal to ours, so what? Lan Zhan couldn't win, but didn't he know how to run? And Lan Xiao, you were there too, why didn't you stop it!?"

An elder, his body flowing with celestial mist, stepped forward, speaking coldly. The relationship with Lan Zhan was close, and since he was a Minor Heavenly Position character, his death was a great blow to the Lan Family, even more than Lan Wuyong's...

"You ask me, who can I ask? Lan Zhan was set up and schemed against by that boy. There were so many Minor Heavenly Position characters from various major forces present, yet none discovered it, none realized, and what could I do!?"

The palace's owner, Lan Xiao, a Minor Heavenly Position character of the Lan Family, looked extremely gloomy as he spoke coldly.

The failure to stop Chen Fei and others from killing Lan Zhan was indeed his oversight, but the problem is that no one saw through it at the time, not even Lan Zhan himself, who was plotting against others, only to find himself counter-schemed and losing his life, what could he do?

Can you blame him?

"Stop arguing! What are you arguing about? Now is not the time to quarrel, shut up!"

The Seven Sword Guardians of the Clan were also present at this time.

The leader, an elder wielding a sword named Lan Qiu, slammed the stone chair's armrest fiercely, a look of deep gloom and anger on his face as he shouted.

His disciple also died, and now he had nowhere to vent his anger. Argue? Argue about what?!

Everyone fell silent. The Lan Family had no Great Heaven Rank character, and these Seven Sword Guardians of the Clan were the pinnacle.

"So how should we resolve this matter?" After a long while, someone couldn't help but ask.

"How else can it be resolved? An eye for an eye, a blood debt must be repaid with blood!" Another person said with a ferociously sinister expression. If they don't seek justice for this matter, the Lan Family will become a laughingstock, and how can such a blood feud not be avenged?

"But that youngster and his army possess combat power at the Minor Heavenly Position, and they are in the dark while we are in the open. Are you sure our Lan Family can withstand the loss if that fellow goes crazy?" But someone else spoke calmly, with reservations.

For a powerful family Sect like theirs, the most feared are not those with equal strength and formidable power, but rather solitary fighters like Chen Fei, alone and unbound.

Because, as a solitary person, he can act without constraints. At that time, the people in charge here may not fear, but what about those below? Should they be forced to hide within the family forever and never venture out? Is that even possible!?

The one who spoke to "kill" changed his expression and then let out a heavy snort, saying, "Then what? Just let it go!?"

"Let it go?" Everyone was silent for a moment, then shook their heads in unison. This kind of humiliation and blood feud—if they truly let it go, they might as well just disband the family and find a corner of the countryside to farm and raise cattle. How could it be let go?

At this moment, a figure entered the palace silently, not alerting anyone.

Only when his footsteps sounded did everyone in the palace suddenly change color, their auras erupting!

"Who?"

"Haha, it seems I am not late, everyone is here, right?" A flat laugh sounded from a red-haired man draped in a bizarre Dao Robe. The man was as tall as two meters, with wide palms, one long and one short, permeating an eerie glow between his fingers, which was quite frightening, filled with a dangerous aura.

"Wang Zhanxin? What are you doing at our Lan Family's council hall?" Upon seeing the newcomer, everyone's expression changed slightly. Wang Zhanxin was a Peak of Minor Heavenly Position character from the Eternal Temple, one of the top elders, not only possessing terrifying strength but also a somewhat problematic mind, a madman!

"I naturally have matters to discuss with you." Wang Zhanxin sneered viciously, saying, "Gathering like this, you must be discussing how to kill that boy named Chen Fei, right?"

After speaking, he did not wait for the Lan Family people to respond, and continued talking to himself, sneering coldly, "But it's said although that person is not very old, his power is extremely strong, approximately reaching Minor Heavenly Position, and he has an army that can be comparable to Minor Heavenly Position in his hand. If he is determined to escape, your Lan Family will find it difficult to kill him!"

The experts of the Lan Family inside the hall frowned, their expressions somewhat unpleasant, yet they had to admit that Wang Zhanxin was right. If that boy was determined to escape and hide, indeed, their Lan Family would struggle to kill him...

"Moreover, if you fail to kill him, and he escapes to retaliate later, I fear by that time your Lan Family will face serious misfortune..."

Wang Zhanxin once again sneered as he spoke, but was interrupted by someone.

"Enough!" An elderly woman, leaning on a cane, frowned at Wang Zhanxin, speaking lightly, "Wang Zhanxin, stop speaking with such mystery, what do you want to say, just tell us!"

"Elderly Woman of Kunshan." Wang Zhanxin squinted at her; this old woman was no ordinary figure but the orphan of the Lan Family's ancestor. Thrown thousands of miles away at birth, she experienced countless hardships, then came back decades later and killed the shameless old fellows of Lan Family, tear through the halls. Also a dangerous madman.

Today's Lan Family, the Elderly Woman of Kunshan could be considered the ruler, even the Seven Sword Protectors of Lan Family had to listen to her. Now that she spoke, he had to restrain himself.

"I know your Lan Family wants to kill him, but he's hard to find, and any slight movement might allow him to flee far away, making it more difficult! Whereas I have a way to locate him without alarming him..." Wang Zhanxin said.

"What method?" The sword-wielding old man among the Seven Sword Guardians of the Clan stood up and asked directly. If there's such a method, planning without the other's knowledge, even if that boy had wings, he wouldn't be able to fly away!

Instead, the Elderly Woman of Kunshan seemed to realize something, her expression changed slightly, "Are you talking about that mirror from your Eternal Temple?"

"Indeed." Wang Zhanxin nodded and said, "That mirror has no other uses, but its effectiveness in tracking people is first-class. As long as there's something tainted with his aura, within a radius of a thousand miles, he can be found."

Everyone's gaze condensed, the Elderly Woman of Kunshan fell silent. This mirror she knew, is a secret treasure from the ancestor of Eternal Temple, who is a Great Heaven Rank character. To request his help would be extremely difficult, and the cost unknown.

"Are you here on behalf of your Eternal Temple?" Elderly Woman of Kunshan raised her head, asking, this question was very important.

"No." Wang Zhanxin shook his head and said, "However, I can borrow that mirror from Ancestor Changkong. We have specific agreements within the Eternal Temple, allowing me to borrow that thing several times."

The Elderly Woman of Kunshan's pupils constricted, she took a deep look at Wang Zhanxin and said, "Wang Zhanxin, are you so kind only wanting to help us? What do you want? What do you want us Lan Family to do?"

"I want the army in that boy's hand!" Wang Zhanxin coldly said, causing Elderly Woman of Kunshan's eyes to narrow, "That army can be equivalent to a Minor Heavenly Position character, Wang Zhanxin, wanting it with just words seems a bit too greedy?"

"No, without me, you won't even know where that boy is, let alone kill him. In fact, if it weren't for the Black Light Great Sword being your Lan Family's ancient treasure, I would even want that Black Light Great Sword!" Wang Zhanxin laughed softly and said.

"That's impossible!" The head of the Lan Family's Seven Sword Servants, the elder wielding the sword, decisively shouted coldly, saying, "The Black Light Great Sword is our Lan Family's heirloom ancient treasure; it must be reclaimed! There is no room for negotiation on this point."

"Then it's still the same sentence. I want the army in that boy's hand!" Wang Zhanxin unsurprisingly sneered, his gaze fixed on the silent Elderly Woman of Kunshan, "Of course, in exchange, showing my sincerity, I can privately order two people to go with you and kill that boy."

"Who will you send?" Elderly Woman of Kunshan coldly asked.

"No need to concern yourself with that. However, the strength of those two absolutely won't be much weaker than them."

Wang Zhanxin pointed at the Seven Sword Guardians of the Clan, saying indifferently.

At this moment, everyone's gaze tightened, their hearts followed with a heavy thud, not much weaker than their Seven Sword Guardians of the Clan? Which means... Wow, what a grand situation, for Wang Zhanxin to be willing to offer such a price to help them?

But why?

Could it be he has some grudge, some hatred with that boy?

The Elderly Woman of Kunshan gazed sharply at Wang Zhanxin, remaining silent as she coldly watched him then spoke, "Wang Zhanxin, stop being secretive, explain what's going on? You with no grievances nor enmity with him, why are you so willing, creating such a grand situation?"