Chu Nan still wanted to continue cooperating with the Zhi family, so he currently did not want to conflict with people like Zhi Qingping.

Thus, Chu Nan patiently explained, "I am Chu Nan. Senior Zhi Changmei invited me to treat a certain martial artist in your Zhi family for the Demon Blood malady."

"The right to freely enter and exit the Scripture Pavilion is one of our trading conditions."

Chu Nan concealed the fact that the treatment target was Zhi Changgeng to avoid some trouble.

Upon hearing this, Zhi Qingping suddenly looked as if he understood, especially upon learning that the person in front of him was Chu Nan; he was even more delighted.

He had long heard that the Pavilion Master of the Demon Blood Pavilion, Chu Nan, could treat the Demon Blood malady, even treating martial artists who fell into a frenzied state, which was simply incredible.

If he hadn't heard that Chu Nan charged a high price and that the Blood Array of the Desolate Ancient Holy Hall was about to be completed, he would have already gone to the Demon Blood Pavilion to ask Chu Nan to remove his Demon Blood malady.

"So it's Daoist Chu Nan, my apologies, my apologies." Zhi Qingping smiled broadly, just about to chat with Chu Nan to close the relationship.

Chu Nan was not surprised by Zhi Qingping's attitude; after all, it wasn't just him; even other Zhi family martial artists looked at him with longing.

Only the martial artist from the Desolate Ancient Holy Hall frowned and said, "Young Master Zhi Qingping, don't be deceived by this guy."

"Does he say he is Chu Nan just because he claims so?"

"And don't forget, Senior Zhi Changmei refused cooperation with Chu Nan at the Demon Blood Martial Arts Arena in front of everyone a few days ago and chose the Desolate Ancient Holy Hall."

"Now that the Blood Array is about to be completed, how could Senior Zhi Changmei seek other people for the Demon Blood removal, much less make the ninth level entry to the Scripture Pavilion as a price!"

Once these words were spoken, Zhi Qingping frowned and then asked, "Chen Diao, you mean to say this token is fake?"

The martial artist from the Desolate Ancient Holy Hall, Chen Diao, nodded and said, "I suspect not only is the token fake, but the person is also fake."

"As for how he moves freely here, he probably has other secrets!"

Chen Diao let out a cold laugh, feeling extremely smug inside.

Actually, Chen Diao recognized Chu Nan at first glance because Chu Nan had killed two Cloud Sea Realm martial artists from the Blood Spring Hall and mastered the method to perfectly remove the Demon Blood malady, making him a must-kill for the Blood Spring Hall.

After all, as long as Chu Nan was around, the Zhi family could abandon cooperation with the Desolate Ancient Holy Hall at any time.

But because there was a Guardian cultivating the Nine Heavens by Chu Nan's side, Hall Master Ge Bai was reluctant to act rashly, so things had remained peaceful for so long.

But today the opportunity had come!

Chen Diao wanted to use the Zhi family's xenophobic psychology to antagonize and best force Chu Nan into killing a Zhi family martial artist out of anger.

This way, the Zhi family and Chu Nan would have no more chance of cooperation.

Zhi Qingping frowned, indeed provoked by Chen Diao, his smiling face gradually turned cold as he said, "Tell me quickly, who exactly are you, and where is the token from!"

"If you don't explain how you stole the token, I will make you pay the price!"

"Confess now!"

The group of Zhi family martial artists echoed one after another, and even though some were assertive about Chu Nan, facing the indignant Zhi family martial artists, they could only choose to agree.

Chu Nan felt speechless; these Zhi family martial artists were too well-protected and fell for it so easily.

Gradually, Chu Nan retracted his smile, his tone becoming cold as he said, "Explain? This is how it is. Why should I explain? On what grounds do you have the right for me to explain anything twice?"

Chu Nan lost his last bit of patience and walked toward the fourth level of the Scripture Pavilion.

Unexpectedly, Zhi Qingping and several others chased after him, with Chen Diao following closely behind, saying as he walked, "Young Master Zhi Qingping, see, I was right. This guy knows he can't explain it to you, so he chose to run away."

"This person comes and goes freely in the Zhi ancestral land; there must be secrets on him, possibly infiltrators sent by strong races or the royal family of the Qin Kingdom to probe your Zhi family intelligence."

"If you let him escape, the Zhi Family Secret Realm would be in danger. And Young Master, if you can stop him from leaving, even kill him, you will be a hero to the Zhi family!"

Chen Diao spoke with enthusiasm, secretly sneering in his heart.

He intended to force Zhi Qingping and his group to take action against Chu Nan, and if there were any casualties, even with a Guardian of Nine Heavens cultivation by Chu Nan's side, he wouldn't easily leave!

Zhi Qingping was indeed stirred by Chen Diao's words, increasingly convinced of his judgment, and said excitedly, "My fellow clansmen, we can't turn a blind eye to such a rampant thief."

"This thief is likely an infiltrator from the Imperial Capital; capturing him would be a great merit."

A few alert martial artists silently retreated upon hearing these words.

Most were willing to follow Zhi Qingping to fight for the family's sake!

So a few people rushed forward to surround Chu Nan, who was about to leave the Scripture Pavilion.

"Thief, don't go!"

"Still pretending nothing's wrong; you take us as fools."

"Today, you will pay the price!"

...

The crowd collectively berated Chu Nan, with Zhi Qingping leading, saying, "Thief, quickly confess how you infiltrated the Zhi Family Secret Realm, or you will die!"

Chu Nan's cold gaze swept over these people, finding it somewhat amusing.

With his current strength, he could easily slay a second-tier Cloud Sea Realm martial artist, and even a third-tier could be fought against for a hundred moves without defeat.

But because Chu Nan's cultivation was only at the ninth tier of Divine Illumination Realm, so many Divine Illumination Realm cultivators dared to try to kill him.

"Consider this carefully; if I act, there will definitely be casualties." Chu Nan exuded waves of killing intent, hoping to calm these people with the threat of death.

Zhi Qingping and others shuddered at Chu Nan's terrifying killing intent; they couldn't understand why they felt such intense fear facing a martial artist of the same Divine Illumination Realm as them.

Not just Zhi Qingping, other Zhi family martial artists looked at each other, unable to resist taking a step back, intimidated by Chu Nan's killing intent.

Just when Zhi Qingping and the others were hesitant to act, planning to temporarily retreat, Chen Diao from the Desolate Ancient Holy Hall suddenly said, "I was right. He's indeed from the Imperial Capital. If he is truly Chu Nan, why would he display such great killing intent towards you?"

"We mustn't let him go; we have the goal of destroying strong races and overthrowing the royal family. Are we to retreat today before a martial artist of the same Divine Illumination Realm as us?"

"We can dodge today, but when facing the battlefield with the Qin Kingdom, can we still hide?"

Hearing this, the martial artists who had just been deterred by Chu Nan showed shame, and Zhi Qingping was even more agitated, retorting, "Chen Diao is right; we must not retreat today!"

"Indeed, we shall fight till the death!"

"Kill him. Kill him!"

...

The people of the Zhi family were fervent, wishing to rush forward and kill Chu Nan the next moment.

But Chu Nan merely gave a cold glance, completely ignoring Zhi Qingping and the others, and finally said to Chen Diao, "What you said is right; in the next life, don't say it."

After finishing his words, Chu Nan slashed his sword!

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