Peerless Divine Doctor in the City of Flowers
Chapter 744: The Secret of the Shura Sect

Chapter 744: Chapter 744: The Secret of the Shura Sect

"Boom!"

With a loud bang,

the entire ground seemed to shake.

The blade energy that Lin Fan slashed from midair stirred up the dust in the sky.

It wasn’t until a long time later that the dust finally began to dissipate slowly.

At this moment, an old man with white hair and a dark mustache appeared in the central area.

But now, his appearance was disheveled, far from the demeanor of a high-level adept.

His hands trembled, and his cheeks were deathly pale.

Clearly, he had endured Lin Fan’s deadly strike in a rush and had sustained severe injuries.

"The Third Elder indeed is a legendary expert; the state of being at the peak of the Ninth Grade is just like that, but then, I wonder if you can still withstand another of my strikes!"

Lin Fan, holding his blade, looked at the Third Elder with a cold sneer.

The one on the receiving end could only withstand the blows passively.

Thus, just one more strike, without needing too much power, as long as he continued to take it head-on, he would surely meet his death.

"I admit defeat... Please spare the Zhou Family’s lineage!"

Originally expecting the Third Elder to fight to death with one last strike, or perhaps to pull out some secret weapon,

unexpectedly, he knelt on one knee and sincerely bowed towards Lin Fan.

This act not only stunned Lin Fan but also Zhou Tianfu, who had been thrown to the ground by the shockwave.

He couldn’t believe that the venerable ancestor of the Zhou family, who had lived for over three hundred years, would actually kneel and beg for mercy.

"Third Elder... my Zhou Family stands righteous and upright; how can we kneel and beg for life!"

Zhou Tianfu clenched his fists, no longer caring about life or death.

He could not accept the Third Elder’s act of surrender.

"When you were deceiving Zhao Jiaqi, how did you forget about standing upright then?"

The Third Elder turned around and glared at Zhou Tianfu furiously.

The battle had just cost the lives of two generations of Zhou family experts.

Apart from spouting righteousness and morality, his actions were hardly humane.

"That... that was just a matter of romantic affection... it was meant to further our sect’s lineage, how can you equate it to such a critical matter!"

Zhou Tianfu’s face changed, but how could he admit it?

"A matter of romantic affection? I see it as nothing but personal gain!"

The Third Elder glared at Zhou Tianfu furiously: "Do you really take me for a three-year-old? You keep saying it was all for your son’s wedding, but why then did you also administer a love potion to Zhou Dequan? Do you really think I can’t see your sordid intentions?"

"This... this... Third Elder... previously you said that this lady was destined to have a prestigious offspring... I only wanted to utilize her horoscope for the benefit of the Zhou Family, to sire children for the Shura Palace, I really did it for the clan!"

Zhou Tianfu, having his lie exposed so quickly, resorted to quoting the previous words of the Third Elder.

"I said she could bear prestigious offspring, but I never mentioned it was to bear your children, right? I have long stated that she is free to come and go as she pleases, if she wishes to stay then let her stay, if she wants to leave, no one should stop her—why didn’t you heed that?"

The Third Elder, with furrowed brows, continued glaring angrily at Zhou Tianfu: "Now, because of your own selfish desires, you have sacrificed two generations of cultivators. As the Family Head and the Sect Master of the Shura Palace, don’t you feel any responsibility? In the first place, I should never have let you manage the Shura Sect; otherwise, these troubles wouldn’t have arisen!"

"Me... Third Elder... regardless, I am a member of the Zhou family... you can’t only side with outsiders. It’s him who’s out to kill our people, destroy our Shura Palace’s spiritual veins... you should be confronting him with all your might, not educating me here. Even if I am at fault, that should be addressed after we’ve repelled this formidable enemy!"

Zhou Tianfu clenched his fist. Even at this moment, he still didn’t think he was wrong.

"Fine, repelling the formidable enemy it is, then. Please, Sect Master, go ahead and test your theory with your own body!"

The third Elder had already grown weary of arguing with this type of person.

With a swift movement, he appeared behind him and slapped his back with a palm.

Zhou Tianfu felt his figure sway and found himself charging straight toward Lin Fan.

By the time he realized, Lin Fan was merely inches away.

"Yo, the Sect Master leads by example!"

Lin Fan, for this unexpected gift, was naturally unreserved.

He reached out and directly grasped his throat.

"No... let me go... I am the Sect Master of the Shura Sect!"

Zhou Tianfu could only feel a suffocating sensation; struggling had already become pointless.

As Lin Fan slightly exerted force on his fingers, a crisp crack emanated from Zhou Tianfu’s neck.

His head tilted, and he became a corpse.

Thrown carelessly to the ground by Lin Fan.

"Master... Are you satisfied with this outcome?"

Seeing Zhou Tianfu, this source of troubles, dead on the spot, the third Elder then stepped forward, "Our sect has a total of five hundred sixty-three members, among them one hundred eighty-six are martial artists, but most possess strength below the seventh grade, all mediocre, even if given another hundred years, they pose no threat. Only I am at the Ninth Grade peak. If the master is still not satisfied, I am willing to die right here, I only ask the master to show mercy and spare the Gathering Spirit Formation!"

"If you hadn’t shown yourself, you actually could have saved your life, as I hadn’t planned on a thorough extermination!"

Lin Fan looked at the third Elder in front of him; his manipulation of the secret technique had indeed gone beyond his expectations.

"My mere survival is trivial, my duty is significant. The Zhou Family must not fall, as we bear a responsibility, and this Gathering Spirit Formation absolutely must not be broken, otherwise even in death, I will have no face to meet our ancestors!"

The third Elder clutched his chest, asserting firmly.

These words made Lin Fan even more curious.

"How so, the Zhou Family still holds what responsibility?"

Lin Fan narrowed his eyes, sizing up the third Elder.

Based on their recent confrontation, he had discovered a problem.

That is, the cultivation technique of the Zhou Family was not profound, rather, it was quite rudimentary.

After all, in such an aura-rich environment, to have produced only a Ninth Grade peak in a millennium was indeed a waste.

With his cultivation technique, he could casually produce several superior masters.

"The Zhou Family... is actually not a Martial Cultivator family!"

The third Elder sighed deeply; naturally, this family secret should not be disclosed to outsiders. But now that Lin Fan was in control of the life and death of the Zhou Family, including the mission they bore, he had no choice but to speak.

"This seems quite interesting. What do you mean by ’not a Martial Cultivator family’? Is there another existence hidden within such a family?"

Lin Fan folded his arms, the third Elder was already gravely wounded and unafraid.

Thus, he was also curious and wanted to inquire further.

"Actually... the responsibility that the Zhou Family bears here is not cultivation, but to guard this Gathering Spirit Formation from being broken... and this mission has persisted for thousands of years..."

These words made Lin Fan startle.

Wasn’t it mentioned before that their family was only a few hundred years old?

"Alright, then tell me about it; if the reason is legitimate, I can spare the Zhou Family!"

Lin Fan’s words ignited a trace of hope in the third Elder’s heart.

He then slowly began, "My Zhou Family is a branch of the demon-eliminating families. Our ancestors were commanded to guard the Gathering Spirit Formation, as this is actually a Sealing Demon Array, designed to trap the ancient monster, Jin Corpse, inside!"

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