The Sword God of the Universe
Chapter 473 - 473 473 Hearing Hallucinations

Chapter 473: Chapter 473: Hearing Hallucinations?

Chapter 473: Chapter 473: Hearing Hallucinations?

Patriarch Liu’s hand suddenly flipped, Primordial Energy swirled, and the document in his hand instantly turned to dust amidst his anger.

“Patriarch!

We must teach the Zhang Family a harsh lesson.

This Zhang Yibing, his brain must be filled with water.

I really don’t know where he gets the courage to even think about making the Zhang Family leave ours!” said the Seventh Elder of the Liu Family, his voice laced with sinister tones.

For the Zhang Family to break away from the Liu Family was not just a matter of losing an affiliated family.

The bigger issue was the Liu Family’s reputation.

The Zhang Family had been an affiliated family of the Liu’s, and their sudden announcement of leaving the Liu Family would make other powers within Haofeng City see the Liu Family as a laughingstock.

People would say, look, the Liu Family can’t even control an affiliated family.

What kind of future can such a family have?

As a top-tier family within the city, the importance of face did not need to be overstated.

“I know what Zhang Yibing is thinking!”

“Recently, the Song Family has been putting extreme pressure on his Zhang Family in business, and he is dissatisfied because it seemed we the Liu Family had no intention of intervening.

Heh, so he thinks to express his dissatisfaction with the Liu Family in this manner?”

“He is wrong!

Terribly wrong!

Hmph, even if the Zhang Family isn’t truly planning to leave the control of the Liu Family this time, they must still be taught a lesson.

To think they can threaten the Liu Family?

Heh!” A sharp light flashed in Patriarch Liu’s eyes.

“Patriarch, I will assemble our men immediately!

If we don’t show that Zhang Yibing some color, he’ll really think the Zhang Family can compete with ours?

Utter fools!” The Seventh Elder said, his eyes blazing with murderous intent.

“Mmm.

Seventh Elder, go ahead.

You will handle this matter.

If we don’t make the Zhang Family kneel and beg for mercy this time, we won’t demonstrate the might of our Liu Family!

I will personally talk to the City Lord,” Patriarch Liu said with a cold laugh.

In his view, it was highly unlikely that the City Lord would continue to protect the Zhang Family.

The day City Lord Yuan Jihu attended the funeral of Zhang Min of the Zhang Family was out of consideration for Jing Yan’s face.

Now that Jing Yan is dead, would the City Lord continue to care about and protect the Zhang Family?

Impossible!

Besides, it was the Zhang Family that wanted to leave the Liu Family.

If the Liu Family took action, they would have the moral high ground.

Otherwise, if so many small families within Haofeng City wanted to leave their main family, wouldn’t that be pure chaos?

“Seventh Elder, what are you about to do?” Just then, another figure hurried in.

This person was another elder of the Liu Family, the Fourth Elder.

The Fourth Elder was responsible for the Liu Family’s intelligence work.

At this moment, the Fourth Elder’s face was also not looking good, his eyebrows tightly knitted.

“Fourth Elder!

The Zhang Family just sent over a document, wanting to leave the Liu Family.

I’ve already reported to the Patriarch, and I am about to gather our men, heh heh, ready to pay Zhang Yibing a visit.

If the old thing doesn’t know what’s good for him, I will wipe him out!” The Seventh Elder’s eyes shimmered with a cold light, chuckling ‘heh heh’.

“Fourth Elder, did you already know about this?” the Seventh Elder immediately followed with another question.

Seeing the Fourth Elder’s gloomy face, he thought the Fourth Elder was already aware of the Zhang Family’s intention to break away from the Liu Family.

“What?”

“You want to send men to the Zhang Family?”

“Foolish!” Fourth Elder’s eyes bulged, shouting consecutively.

“Fourth Elder, what do you mean?

The Zhang Family is going to leave our Liu Family, what are you trying to say?” The Seventh Elder’s face darkened, his tone growing louder and displeased as he questioned.

Patriarch Liu, too, looked at the Fourth Elder with confusion, wondering what the Fourth Elder was thinking.

“Patriarch!” the Fourth Elder said directly, “Jing Yan is still alive, he hasn’t died.

I just received the news, he has returned to Haofeng City.

Not long ago, someone saw with their own eyes him flying away from the Zhang Family Mansion!”

The Fourth Elder’s speech was very fast and urgent.

How could he have expected that Jing Yan was still alive?

The previous business suppression of the Zhang Family by the Song Family, and the Liu Family’s lack of intervention—how would Jing Yan see the Liu Family knowing this?

Now hearing that the Seventh Elder was planning to lead men to the Zhang Family, he had the urge to slap him on the spot.

“What?”

“How is that possible?”

Patriarch Liu and the Seventh Elder both shook violently, their faces revealing horrified expressions.

Both of them looked extremely troubled, utterly dumbfounded!

It was not hard to imagine the disaster that would ensue if the Seventh Elder truly brought Liu Family’s strongmen to the Zhang Family’s doorstep while Jing Yan was still alive!

…

City Lord Mansion!

City Lord Yuan Jihu was in his own room.

During this time, Yuan Jihu had hardly left the Residence of the City Lord.

His mood was very poor.

Initially, due to Jing Yan’s background, he had planned to curry favor with Jing Yan, even giving him a Dao Essence Fruit as a gesture of goodwill.

But now, Jing Yan was dead, and his Dao Essence Fruit effort was in vain.

Although he knew Jing Yan indeed had a close relationship with Chief Mu Liantian and even with the Prince, what was the use now?

And since Jing Yan had been targeted by a Dark Night Assassin within Haofeng City, would the Prince and Chief Mu blame him, the City Lord, for being incompetent?

These thoughts haunted Yuan Jihu incessantly day and night.

“Sigh!” Yuan Jihu shook his head, pacing restlessly in the room.

Yuan Jihu felt he was somewhat unlucky.

Now he could only hope that the Prince and Chief Mu would not blame him, the Haofeng City Lord, for Jing Yan’s assassination within his city.

After all, what could he do?

That Dark Night Assassin was a Daoist Master Realm powerhouse, and he, Yuan Jihu, was merely at the Dao Spirit Realm Peak.

Even if he had risked his life to help Jing Yan, he could not have stopped that detestable Dark Night Assassin!

“Sigh…” Yuan Jihu sighed again as he pondered.

“City Lord!”

At this moment, the voice of Chief Su came from outside his room.

“Chief Su?

What is it?

If it’s nothing important, don’t bother me, I wish to be left alone!” Yuan Jihu glanced at the door.

The door was closed, so he couldn’t see the Chief Su outside.

Chief Su wasn’t standing outside alone; beside him was Jing Yan, who had just come from the Song Family Mansion.

When Chief Su first saw Jing Yan, he too was startled, his expression at that instant as if he’d seen a ghost.

But he reacted quickly, warmly bringing Jing Yan from outside the City Lord Mansion directly to see City Lord Yuan Jihu.

Hearing Yuan Jihu’s words, Chief Su looked awkwardly at Jing Yan.

Jing Yan just smiled and shook his head before speaking, “City Lord Yuan, I have come to see you for some minor matters that I need your help with.

If it’s inconvenient for you, then it’s alright.”

Jing Yan could roughly guess the various thoughts City Lord Yuan might be having at the moment.

His tone was casual, but when Yuan Jihu in the room heard this voice, his eyes popped out, his mouth agape, breath momentarily held.

What’s going on?

That voice is so familiar!

Isn’t that Jing Yan’s voice?

Could he be experiencing an auditory hallucination?