Chapter 620: Chapter 267: People from Tianshui

Hearing this, the last shred of hope in the old man’s eyes vanished.

But his brow was tightly furrowed.

"How... how did you see through it?"

"You were too eager."

Fang Shuwen said,

"Given that you’ve been a fugitive in the East Sea for twenty years, it makes no sense for you to trust me so easily.

"You haven’t even witnessed the Inner Strength of the [Morning Book], yet you trusted me so implicitly...

"If you put yourself in my shoes, wouldn’t you find this whole affair strange?"

"Just because it was strange?"

The old man’s face darkened.

"That’s enough. I’m not from Celestial Prison Island, where everything requires hard evidence."

Fang Shuwen said coolly,

"Since I was suspicious, I decided to test you.

"And as it turned out, you old fox were already prepared... I imagine if I had actually let you go, you would have immediately fled into the Five Domains Martial World and found another place to hide.

"The two of us would probably never have seen each other again, would we?"

"..."

The old man was momentarily speechless.

Fang Shuwen said nothing more. This trip had been very fruitful.

The greatest prize, however, was this old man. He would need to be carefully dealt with later.

This was no time to stand around chatting on the open sea. He turned, executed his Lightweight Technique, and departed. A moment later, he found Luo Shuqing and Xia Weiyuan out on the vast ocean. freⅇ

Liu Chuanzong was still unconscious. Luo Shuqing held him by the collar to keep him from falling into the water.

When the two of them saw Fang Shuwen carrying another person, they were stunned for a moment.

Luo Shuqing glanced at the man, then asked Xia Weiyuan,

"Is he also from your Celestial Prison Island?"

Xia Weiyuan shook her head like a rattle drum.

"I’ve never seen him. He’s not from Celestial Prison Island."

Fang Shuwen flew over and landed on the bamboo pole, saying with a smile,

"He may not be from Celestial Prison Island, but he has deep connections to it.

"This is no place to talk. Let’s get out of here first."

As soon as he finished speaking, he channeled his Inner Breath. A huge splash erupted behind the bamboo pole, and it shot forward at incredible speed toward their ship.

On the ship, Li Cheng was still standing at the bow, staring at the sea like a statue waiting for his sister, terrified that Fang Shuwen had run off with her, never to return.

He occasionally asked Zuo Xuan,

"He hasn’t eloped with my senior sister and Miss Luo, has he? To live out that fairy-tale life of one man with two women?"

Zuo Xuan was getting a little worried himself from all the questions, but he still replied,

"Hero Fang wouldn’t abandon us."

Although Li Cheng felt, ’The title "Hero" definitely deserves a huge question mark when applied to Fang Shuwen,’ he didn’t dare say anything more.

Finally, figures appeared on the water’s surface, and in the blink of an eye, they had arrived.

Li Cheng recognized Xia Weiyuan at a glance and let out a sigh of relief. ’At least Senior Sister didn’t elope with Fang Shuwen...’

But his relief quickly turned to confusion.

’Three people left, but five are coming back...’

’How is that tiny bamboo pole supporting so many people?’

’And where did the two extra people come from?’

While he was still bewildered, he saw Zuo Xuan, Zuo Hong, and Zhou Zhengze all suddenly come out onto the deck.

The three spread out, seemingly preparing for something.

Just as he was wondering what was going on, he heard Fang Shuwen shout,

"Catch!"

He heard a WHOOSH WHOOSH, and the two extra people were thrown onto the ship.

Zuo Xuan and the other two were ready, quickly moving to catch them.

Li Cheng, however, was dumbfounded.

’What kind of coordination is that?’

But in the next moment, he was more than just dumbfounded—his expression twisted in shock.

"Isn’t that... Elder Liu?"

He hurried forward for a closer look. It was indeed Liu Chuanzong, one of the twelve elders of their Celestial Prison Island.

’How could he be here?’

’And unconscious?’

’Was he beaten up by that old man next to him?’

Footsteps sounded from behind. Li Cheng quickly stood up and turned to see Fang Shuwen and the two women boarding the ship.

Watching Fang Shuwen walk toward him step by step, Li Cheng felt his legs go weak.

He had wanted to ask what was going on, but now he couldn’t force out a single word.

Seeing his reaction, Fang Shuwen had mixed feelings.

’Am I really that scary?’

He said to Zuo Xuan,

"Take this old man below deck and lock him up in solitary confinement."

As he spoke, he reached out and tapped the old man’s body, planting ’A Line’.

Zuo Xuan watched this with wide eyes, a chill running down his spine.

’Did this old man commit some unforgivable sin?’

’In the past, whenever Fang Shuwen used this move, he’d usually undo it after a short time.’

’But from the look of things, Fang Shuwen planned to use A Line to torture this old man for a few days... This was an unprecedented level of cruelty!’

He didn’t dwell on it, however. He would do as Fang Shuwen commanded.

After acknowledging the order, he hauled the old man down into the hold.

Only then did Fang Shuwen’s gaze fall upon Liu Chuanzong, his eyes narrowing in thought.

Li Cheng finally managed to stammer,

"Wh-what are you going to do... to our Elder Liu?"

Fang Shuwen glanced at him.

The moment Fang Shuwen’s gaze swept over him, Li Cheng took a wide detour and hid behind Xia Weiyuan.

Xia Weiyuan’s expression darkened. ’You think you’re the only one who’s scared? I’m scared too!’

Overall, however, Xia Weiyuan’s fear of Fang Shuwen had lessened considerably.

At least she wasn’t as intimidated as before.

She glanced at Li Cheng, offering a reassuring look, before speaking.

"Mr.... Fang.

"What exactly is going on with Elder Liu? Why did he kill those people?"

Hearing this, Fang Shuwen glanced at Xia Weiyuan.

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