Chapter 773: 622 is really dead; there’s no counting the amount of support behind Ying Zijin [1 more update]_2
Patriarch Fan had no time to listen to the Chief Judge at that moment, for he found that Fan Zhixi really had no breath left in her.
Her body had even grown cold.
Even though he pushed out the three Golden Needles from Fan Zhixi’s body using his Inner Strength, there was still no response from her.
“Zhixi!” Patriarch Fan cried out, “Zhixi!”
He simply couldn’t believe that Fan Zhixi was truly dead.
“Miss Xie, why would Zhixi die?” Patriarch Fan shuddered and demanded harshly, “Didn’t you say it was just a feigned death? That there wouldn’t be any problem?!”
Xie Nian was already irritable because of Ying Zijin’s affair, and now she was even more annoyed. “How would I know? And what does her death have to do with me? How is it related to me?”
She glanced coldly at Patriarch Fan and sneered, “I’m warning you, don’t bother me, or else your Fan family can just wait to follow in the Liu family’s footsteps!”
Upon hearing these words, everyone in the Judicial Hall underwent a drastic change in expression.
Patriarch Fan’s eyes bulged, bloodshot with rage: “Xie Nian!”
What became of the Liu family was common knowledge in the Ancient Martial World.
It all started because the Liu family angered Xie Nian, and in their confrontation, Xie Nian was injured.
But considering Xie Nian’s character, who was really at fault was self-evident.
“Enough,” Xie Nian said carelessly, flicking her hair, “Your Fan family brought this on yourselves, don’t drag me into it, she stuck those Golden Needles into herself.”
And let’s not even mention whether there is any evidence—as if the Judicial Hall would dare to detain her.
Without Feng Xiu, nobody can match Xie Huanran.
Even for the Lin Family, Xie Huanran could wipe them out; it would just take more effort and potentially lead to serious injuries that could cause his cultivation to regress.
Xie Huanran was unwilling to take that risk.
“Xie Nian!” Patriarch Fan roared with fury, “Xie Nian, you will have retribution, your end will be a thousand, no, ten thousand times more miserable than Zhixi’s!”
“Fine, I’ll wait and see, I’d like to see what kind of retribution I’ll get, to see whether I face my karma first or you all die first,” Xie Nian retorted mockingly, leaving openly and upright.
Ling Zhonglou’s forehead throbbed with visible veins: “This Xie Nian!”
But indeed, there was nothing that could be done.
Who could possibly defeat Xie Huanran?
Xie Huanran alone could take on all the Ancestors of the other families.
The cultivation of ancient martial artists had a gap at Xie Huanran’s level.
Ling Zhonglou clenched his fists, “If only Feng Xiu were here.”
Ying Zijin’s gaze intensified, “He will be.”
Ling Zhonglou was startled, “Zijin?”
Ying Zijin was unusually solemn, “I will find him.”
Ling Zhonglou sighed, “For such things, we must leave it to fate.”
“Dad,” Ying Zijin said softly, “I’m going to the Martial Arts Alliance.”
Wen Fengmian nodded, “Take care of yourself, you don’t have to worry about the Judicial Hall.”
Patriarch Fan, the Great Elder of the Fan family, and their Ancestor, were all detained by the Judicial Hall.
The Elders Council conducted the interrogation themselves.
Besides that, a list of charges was drawn up.
The crimes of the Great Elder of the Fan family were the heaviest, and he was to be executed.
The Great Elder of the Fan family’s pupils shrank as he sneered, “Judicial Hall, do you really take charge here? The souls of over a thousand of the Liu family are watching you from under the ground!”
“When I call you trash, wastes, say that you cower before the Xie Family, unable to protect the Ancient Martial World, can you refute that?”
These words caused a sudden and drastic change in the Elders’ expressions.
The Second Elder clenched his fists, his eyes reddening.
In the twentieth century, ancient martial artists all retreated back into the Ancient Martial World.
Aside from the widespread use of firearms and the rapid development of high technology, it was also because too many Ancestors had died in that era.
Diviners had prophesied, calculating that the Ancient Martial World would face a great calamity.
Therefore, after discussions within the Ancient Martial World, all ancient martial artists living outside were called back into the Ancient Martial World.
After these Ancestors passed away, Xie Huanran no longer kept a low profile, revealing his true cultivation, astonishing everyone.
The Xie Family leapt to the top of the Three Great Clans.
The massacre of the Liu family ten years ago was unprecedented.
Rivers of blood flowed.
No one could forget that.
The Lin and Yue families didn’t intervene, fearing involvement.
The Martial Arts Alliance was silent as well, no one took action.
The only ones who attempted to oppose, the Judicial Hall, lost three elders but could only watch helplessly as Xie Huanran went his way.
After the Ancestors of the same or higher generations as Xie Huanran had left, the overall martial power of both the Judicial Hall and other forces was greatly diminished.
The Judicial Hall, in particular, sustained severe losses in consecutive wars, trying to protect the residents of the Ancient Martial World.
Such losses were irreversible.
Because, like the Yi Character Team and IBI, in maintaining order and security, death was quite common.