Chapter 785: Lin Fan, What Exactly Is Going On? (4th Update)
Lin Fan's voice was cold and merciless, leaving no room for negotiation.
He could have spared the Song Family and Su Family, but Song Xiao and Su Youduan, the instigators, could not be forgiven.
"Thank you, Young Master Lin!"
Song Xiao and Su Youduan bowed deeply to Lin Fan.
Then.
They walked back to their respective clans' crowd and began to make their last arrangements.
After finishing the arrangements, they committed suicide in front of everyone!
Shocking!
It was extremely shocking!
The entire hall of the Holy Mansion fell into a dead silence.
Quietly terrifying!
Murong Guan, Elder Huo Xiao, Gu Santong...
Ye Yilin, Nangong Li, Mo Beiwei, Ling Qionglan, and others had their mouths wide open, excitedly staring at Lin Fan!
This was a Seventh Rank Sage Venerable and a Ninth Rank Sage Venerable!
They actually committed suicide in front of everyone?
Lin Fan's expression, however, was very calm; to him, this really wasn't a big deal.
He had killed countless Holy Emperors and Saint Emperors—Sage Venerables were nothing in his eyes.
After the members of the Song and Su Families had left, the people familiar with Lin Fan buzzed arou
"Lin Fan, what... what exactly is going on? Song Xiao and Su Youduan were the Great Elders of the Song and Su Families! They actually... really committed suicide?" Murong Guan was somewhat incredulous, feeling as if he was dreaming.
The bodies of the two men had already been taken away by the Song and Su Families.
Thus.
Murong Guan really thought he was dreaming!
"Pavilion Master, because the Song and Su Families are no match for me, continuing to resist would only lead to their destruction. So, it's quite normal for the Great Elders of both families to choose suicide to appease my anger," Lin Fan calmly said with a faint smile.
"You monster!" Huo Xiao cursed in anger, but then laughed.
"Haha! Exactly, you are truly a monster!" Gu Santong nodded gravely, yet felt extremely proud inside, because Lin Fan was considered one of Holy Mansion's own.
The next second.
Murong Guan's brows furrowed slightly again, asking, "Lin Fan, about the Heavenly Pride Conference... what happened? The Heavenly Pride Conference has ended, but it seems... our Holy Mansion has no ranking, what's going on?"
The gazes of others in the hall turned towards him.
Everyone was very concerned about this matter.
After all.
It was crucial to Holy Mansion's return to the Divine Wind Continent!
Lin Fan shook his head and said solemnly, "Pavilion Master Murong, I only participated in half of the Heavenly Pride Competition before withdrawing, hence Holy Mansion didn't achieve any ranking!"
"Withdrew?"
"Why?"
Murong Guan, Huo Xiao, Gu Santong and others looked at each other.
All eyes were fixed on Lin Fan's face!
"Lin Fan, we are not blaming you, but the return of Holy Mansion to the Divine Wind Continent is a matter of great importance. Even if you had failed, you should give us an explanation," Huo Xiao said seriously, his tone grave as if someone who made a mistake owed an explanation.
They were not blaming Lin Fan!
"Of course, Elder Huo, I understand." Lin Fan nodded gravely and looked at everyone: "Do you know about the Heavenly Demons from beyond the realms?"
"What Heavenly Demon from beyond realms?"
"Never heard of it!"
"Is the Heavenly Demon from beyond realms very powerful?"
...
Other disciples of the Holy Mansion whispered among themselves, completely unaware of what the Heavenly Demon from beyond realms was!
But.
Pavilion Master Murong Guan, Huo Xiao, Gu Santong, and the other Elders' expressions suddenly turned extremely ugly, filled with both shock and dread, and a strong sense of unease.
"The... The Heavenly Demon from beyond our realm? What... What did you say? Lin Fan, say that again! What thing?"
"Pavilion Master, Elders! It's the Heavenly Demon from beyond our realm!" Lin Fan declared.
This time.
Murong Guan, Huo Xiao, Gu Santong, and the others finally heard it clearly.
The Heavenly Demon from beyond our realm!
It was really the Heavenly Demon from beyond our realm!
"What's going on?" Murong Guan's face suddenly turned pale as snow.
"Pavilion Master, what's wrong with you?"
"Yeah! Pavilion Master, why has your complexion turned so terrible?"
"And Elder Huo, Elder Gu, Elder Li, Elder Zhou... why have all their expressions changed too?"
"Is this Heavenly Demon from beyond our realm that formidable? What does it have to do with us?"
...
A group of disciples inside the hall curiously asked.
Each one of them displayed a look of interest, without a trace of fear or dread.
But Murong Guan, Huo Xiao, Gu Santong, and the others could not remain calm.
About the Heavenly Demon from beyond our realm!
Who could stay calm about this?
"Lin Fan, what exactly is going on?" Murong Guan ignored everyone else's words and stared at Lin Fan intently.
Lin Fan did not hold back at all, he revealed everything he learned from Qing Lin about the Heavenly Demon from beyond our realm, and he informed them about how it might return to the Divine Wind Continent within three years.
After listening.
Murong Guan, Huo Xiao, Gu Santong, and the others were all dumbfounded.
Unable to accept.
Even, there was an urge to curse their frustrations!
"Pavilion Master, what on earth is going on? Do you know about the Heavenly Demon from beyond our realm?" Ye Yilin hesitated for a second, then asked suspiciously.
"Yes, we know." Murong Guan nodded.
Following that.
He gave a bitter smile!
"No wonder Lin Fan gave up on participating in the Heavenly Pride Competition, now I understand! With the Heavenly Demon from beyond our realm coming, there's hardly any need to return to the Divine Wind Continent! Even being in the Void is somewhat safer…"
"Safer? What do you mean?" Ye Yilin looked at Murong Guan with suspicion.
The other disciples of the Holy Mansion within the grand hall also wore puzzled expressions.
Murong Guan explained: "Because… the Divine Wind Continent might be doomed... The plane of the Divine Wind Continent itself might be finished…"
"What?"
"What's going on?"
In an instant, all the disciples in the Holy Mansion's grand hall were utterly bewildered.
Murong Guan solemnly said: "Eighty million years ago, the Divine Wind Continent was much more glorious! Splendid! Vast! At that time, the spiritual energy of the Divine Wind Continent was also over a hundred times richer than it is now!"
"But suddenly, a group of Heavenly Demons from beyond our realm descended, massively sweeping across our Divine Wind Continent and its subordinate planes' Spirit Veins, Spirit Stones, and Xuan Stones... The Divine Wind Continent naturally began to resist, thus, a great war started, which lasted about ten thousand years. At that time, the Divine Wind Continent had many Holy Emperors, Saint Emperors..."
"Due to participating in resisting the Heavenly Demons from beyond our realm, many powerful beings perished, and the Spirit Veins of the Divine Wind Continent, due to the plundering of the Heavenly Demons, also suffered heavy damage!"
"Consequently, in these tens of millions of years, the spiritual energy of the Divine Wind Continent became increasingly thin... powerful beings also became fewer and fewer... it's even not as good as it was eighty million years ago..."
"If the Heavenly Demons from beyond make a comeback, it's feared... there's a fifty percent possibility, it's to continue plundering the Spirit Veins, and the other half might be out of revenge... after all, during the war back then, the Heavenly Demons also suffered severe losses, if they really come... the Divine Wind Continent and its subordinate planes might really be finished..."
After Murong Guan finished speaking.
Then entire Holy Mansion grand hall became completely quiet.