Chapter 489: Chapter 457: Battle at the Dragon Fish Hall! (Two-In-One) Chapter 489: Chapter 457: Battle at the Dragon Fish Hall! (Two-In-One) In the great hall, the faces of all changed.
But there was one particular individual, whose thoughts apparently differed from the rest.
It was the eldest legitimate son of the Chen Family Clan, steadfastly guarding in front of the coffin.
Chen Zilong clenched his teeth tightly, then closed his eyes.
When he opened them again, he exhaled a long breath, finally took a step forward, turned around, and walked over to the chair, lifted his robes, and with a thud, knelt down.
Under the watchful and puzzled eyes of numerous clan members.
He first bowed deeply to the Ink Robe youth, and immediately afterwards, used a secret sound transmission spell, “Reporting to the Immortal above, Chen Zilong hereby swears on his life that the Chen Family absolutely has no connection whatsoever with the Aquatic Race. I hope the Immortal’s insight sees the truth.”
Chen Zilong straightened himself from the bow, and explained, “Back then, I inadvertently witnessed my younger brother having a secret rendezvous with a girl from a Fish Demon branch of the Aquatic Race. I knew that this would definitely lead to serious troubles, so I reported it to my father and found an excuse to expel him from the Chen Family.”
“I thought he would just leave with that demon girl, and although they stayed together, that had nothing to do with my Chen Family.”
“He relied on the territory established with the help of the Aquatic Race; the Chen Family didn’t take any part of it and never dared to be fickle. The Chen Family was supported by the Nan Hong Seven Sons, and with gratitude for even a day, would remain loyal for ten thousand generations.”
After speaking, Chen Zilong stopped talking, lowered his head, looking like he was ready for whatever was to come.
Shen Yi glanced at him, but didn’t speak.
Talk about being loyal for ten thousand generations.
If that were true, he would have exposed his brother when Shen Yi and his men came in, rather than waiting until Shen Yi figured it out on his own, and then playing the part of the decisive one.
However, it really wasn’t Shen Yi’s concern.
He hadn’t yet considered himself as one of the Nan Hong Seven Sons, and he wasn’t used to this type of pledged loyalty either.
There shouldn’t be any followers more loyal than the Town Stone in this world.
“Chen Zilong! What are you whispering there!”
Chen Ziqi, propping himself up, stood up and roared furiously, “Other than tattling, what other skills do you have? How are you fit to be the leader of the Chen Family?!”
“Alright, alright, alright!”
He wiped the blood from his chin, his eyes flashing with madness, and pointed to the coffin, “I dared to kill him, and I’m not afraid to kill a bunch more stupid fools from Nan Hong. If you’ve got the guts, come find me in the water for an explanation!”
Although the Nan Hong Seven Sons were influential figures.
This place was after all still called Hongze!
Chen Zilong’s complexion suddenly turned pale, with a sense of despair flooding in.
Even though he had already guessed it to a degree of seventy or eighty percent.
Yet when Chen Ziqi personally confirmed it, it still dealt a heavy blow to him.
“This seems a bit bad.”
Zheng Qian shifted her gaze away from Shen Yi, noting that in the months since they’d last met, the latter’s strength seemed to have greatly improved.
Just now, even though he took advantage of Chen Ziqi being unprepared, he at least had to have the strength of the Fifth Level of Returning Void to do it.
That was somewhat outrageous.
Earlier, when fighting the Golden Fire Sparrow, he still had to resort to a sneak attack against a master of the Third Level of Returning Void.
Although emerging from the abyssal depths, a sudden breakthrough was understandable.
But then looking at Ye Wenxuan, who also came from the same place, he was not making such progress.
After Shen Yi took action, Chen Ziqi still dared to be so arrogant, which certainly meant he had something to rely on.
“Prepare to set up the array.”
Liu Qianyun glanced at Yan Wencheng, with her fingers hidden in her sleeves already forming spells.
There would be a fierce battle today.
“Understood.” Yan Wencheng quietly slipped away, and glanced at Ye Wenxuan next to him, but the latter was just standing there, looking dazed.
Ye Wenxuan stared blankly at the seriously injured Chen Ziqi.
The man who seemed invincible in her eyes, with an aura so overwhelming it was suffocating, at the Fourth Level of Returning Void, was struck so hard by a single move that he lost his mind.
Was this really Shen Yi’s doing?
Or could it be that the Nanyang Sect had some treasures she didn’t know about?
“Come out! Let’s kill them!”
Chen Ziqi shouted explosively.
No sooner had his voice died down than a thick stench of fish filled the hall, making the entire space seem void.
Two towering figures clad in silver armor stood behind Chen Ziqi.
Although of different original forms, both were ghastly looking Fish Demons.
In their hands, they held conches, casting their eyes up to the figure in the Ink Robe at the highest place in the hall, their expressions calm, their voices without any ripple: “Dragon Fish patrol is in session, and we aim to take him away. All Cultivators can pretend not to see.”
Underneath such a composed demeanor lay the confidence of having the strength of the Fifth Level of Returning Void.
“What, you started calling out too?”
Zheng Qian stepped forward swiftly, both annoyed and amused, “Since when is it the turn for the Dragon Fish Hall to speak on the territory of the Nan Hong Seven Sons? Do you really think you are the Dragon Palace? Isn’t your palace master only at the Late Stage of Returning Void?”
Several accusatory questions followed, but the two Fish Demons remained unmoved.
They just looked dispassionately at Shen Yi.
“I want to kill them! Not go back!”
Chen Ziqi turned anxiously backward, howling at the two demons, “I want to be the leader of the Chen Family!”
Upon hearing this, the demons paused briefly, then began to transmit messages through the conch.
Seeing this, Shen Yi, who had just risen to his feet, paused in his movement and sat back down, but his fingertips secretly exuded Golden Thread, setting up a minor array outside the Chen Family’s territory.
It had no other function but to allow him to sense instantly what level of Demon was approaching.
The demons conversed with someone through the conch for a while.
In the end, a very composed female voice came from it.
The three from Pure Moon Sect changed their expressions slightly, nearly simultaneously producing their Jade Slips.
To dare to come despite knowing the Nan Hong Seven Sons were present was already beyond description with mere “audacity.”