Chapter 961
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Chapter 961 Consecutive Genocide
In front of Fang Yu, Dao Tian had mentioned it more than once.
Looking back now, Dao Tian was probably afraid that Fang Yu’s cultivation level wouldn’t increase after many years, yet he couldn’t die, which would cause psychological distortion.
Perhaps it was because of Dao Tian’s repeated warnings that Fang Yu, who had been cultivating for nearly five thousand years, still maintained a relatively good mindset and hadn’t even attempted suicide for a long time.
“Teacher, Mr. Fang…”
Just as Fang Yu was reminiscing, hurried footsteps sounded.
Zheng Ze ran to the teahouse and bowed to Fang Yu and Huai Xu.
“What’s wrong?” Huai Xu frowned and asked, seeing Zheng Ze’s somewhat terrified expression.
Zheng Ze looked at Fang Yu and said, “Mr. Fang, as you instructed yesterday, I released Bamu Xian around 2 PM.”
“And then?” Fang Yu looked at Zheng Ze with confusion.
“Bamu Xian left alone, but I was cautious and assigned a martial artist to follow him, to prevent any retaliatory actions,” Zheng Ze swallowed and continued, “Yesterday evening, this subordinate reported to me that Bamu Xian boarded a passenger ship to East Sun Island. After that, I recalled my subordinate.”
“Get to the point,” Fang Yu said.
“Just half an hour ago, shocking news came from East Sun Island.” Zheng Ze’s face turned slightly pale as he paused before saying, “The Bamu family… has been exterminated.”
Hearing this, Fang Yu’s eyes flickered slightly.
Huai Xu looked toward Fang Yu.
He had never inquired about the East Sun Chamber of Commerce and Bamu Xian, leaving everything to Fang Yu to handle.
Therefore, he was still unclear about what exactly had happened.
“The Bamu family? You mean Bamu Xian’s family has been exterminated?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and asked.
“Yes! The Bamu family held an extremely high reputation on East Sun Island, equivalent to our Eight Great Families of North Capital… perhaps even higher.” Zheng Ze said, “So when this news broke, it immediately shocked the entire East Sun Island.”
As he spoke, Zheng Ze looked at Fang Yu with an unusual expression.
“It wasn’t me,” Fang Yu knew what Zheng Ze was thinking and said calmly, “Since I already agreed to let him go, I naturally wouldn’t chase after him, let alone inexplicably exterminate his family.”
“I thought Bamu Xian might have offended Mr. Fang again somewhere,” Zheng Ze said.
“Their Bamu family should be quite strong… whoever could exterminate them must be quite powerful,” Fang Yu said, recalling Bamu Xian’s blood and his astonishing recovery ability.
“Yes… they say the scene was extremely brutal, with blood all over the ground of the entire village, along with many dismembered limbs and chunks of flesh…” Zheng Ze said with horror.
“Oh?” Hearing this, Fang Yu sat up straight and asked, “Is that really how the scene was?”
“Yes, that’s the widely circulated description,” Zheng Ze nodded and asked, “Is there something wrong with that?”
Fang Yu remained silent, his eyes flickering.
Only blood stains on the ground, with some remaining dismembered limbs and flesh chunks.
This killing method seemed similar to the situation in the Far North.
The four people from the Sky-Watching Bureau died the same way.
And before that, the people from East Sun Chamber of Commerce, Miyashima Hideo and his group.
Could these three incidents… be connected?
Fang Yu frowned slightly, thinking.
According to the timeline, the first incident was the death of Miyashima Hideo’s group, the second was the deaths at the entrance of the ancient ruins in the Far North, and the third… was the Bamu family.
The only certainty now was the similar killing method.
The first and third incidents…
Fang Yu’s eyes flickered slightly.
The common point between them was that Golden Dragon Blood emitted holy power. Bamu Xian’s blood also emitted holy power.
And the source of the holy power in Golden Dragon Blood came from the blood provided by the Bamu family!
However, compared to the blood directly provided by the Bamu family members, Golden Dragon Blood was much inferior, with a weaker aura.
“The killer who murdered Miyashima Hideo and exterminated the Bamu family could very well be the same person. The first time, this person was attracted by the holy power emitted from the Golden Dragon Blood, but after seizing it, discovered that Golden Dragon Blood was just a compound drug with minimal blood content… so they didn’t take the two bottles of Golden Dragon Blood from the car, just killed the people and left…”
“As for attacking the Bamu family, it was also because of their blood!”
“The Bamu family was exterminated after Bamu Xian returned… so the killer must have first discovered Bamu Xian, then followed him or forced him to lead the way to the Bamu family… before exterminating them.”
After reasoning through this in his mind, Fang Yu’s eyes grew sharp.
He wasn’t surprised that someone could sense the holy power in the blood.
But even if they wanted a large amount of blood, why exterminate the entire family? Wouldn’t it be better to force the Bamu family to continuously provide blood?
Exterminating the family was like draining the pond to catch the fish.
But if not for the blood, what was the purpose of exterminating the family?
After pondering for a while, Fang Yu could only connect the incidents of Miyashima Hideo and the Bamu family.
From the current perspective, the perpetrator of these two incidents appeared to be the same person.
As for what the Sky-Watching Bureau encountered in the Far North, that black-clothed man who killed the four cultivators… apart from the killing method, there was no definitive connection to the other two incidents.
But Fang Yu quickly remembered something else.
At 3 PM today, an ancient ruin would open in Jiangnan.
According to the Sky-Watching Bureau, that black-clothed man had been extremely punctual at the previous ancient ruin openings.
If Fang Yu went to Baishi Prefecture in Jiangnan this afternoon, he could investigate the situation a bit.
If this black-clothed man didn’t appear… the possibility of his connection to the East Sun Island incident would be higher.
If he did appear, that would be even better.
Once he made a move, all his secrets would be revealed.
“Mr. Fang, should we…” Zheng Ze looked at Fang Yu and continued asking.
“Why are you so concerned about this? It doesn’t have much to do with us,” Fang Yu said.
“Mr. Fang, this Bamu Xian was detained by us, and right after we released him, this tragic massacre occurred… if someone investigates, they might trace it back to us,” Zheng Ze said.
“Their entire family has been exterminated, who’s left to investigate for them?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and asked.
“I’ve heard that on East Sun Island, there are three other families with strength comparable to the Bamu family… together with the Bamu family, they’re known as the Four Great Serpent Families. Their customs are different from ours; families from the same lineage have extremely harmonious relationships,” Zheng Ze said. “Now that the Bamu family has met with disaster, the other three families will certainly try to find the culprit…”
“Four Great Serpent Families? By ‘same lineage,’ do you mean they share the same bloodline?” Fang Yu frowned and asked.
“That… I’m not sure,” Zheng Ze replied.
“Alright,” Fang Yu nodded and continued, “But this matter has nothing to do with us. They can’t just pin this on us, can they?”
“I’m not worried about that…” Zheng Ze was about to speak when his phone rang in his pocket.
He took out his phone, answered the call, and his expression changed again.
“Are you sure the news is true?”
After a moment, Zheng Ze hung up, his expression still filled with shock.
“Don’t tell me another family has been exterminated?” Fang Yu took a sip of tea and smiled.
“That’s, that’s exactly it!” Zheng Ze stared wide-eyed and stammered, “News from East Sun Island again. While everyone’s attention was focused on the Bamu family… another family, the Kamimura family, has been exterminated!”
“The Kamimura family is also one of the Four Great Serpent Families!”
Now it was Fang Yu’s turn to be surprised.
Was the perpetrator planning to exterminate all Four Great Serpent Families right under the nose of the entire East Sun Island?
Regardless of the motive, this was incredibly audacious.
“Since that’s the case, continue to monitor this situation and report any further developments to me,” Huai Xu spoke up.
“Yes, Teacher,” Zheng Ze replied.
“This matter is unrelated to us, so there’s no need to worry. If anyone from East Sun Island comes to inquire, answer every question truthfully,” Huai Xu added.
“I understand,” Zheng Ze responded.
“Also, pay attention to any rumors about the culprit’s appearance from East Sun Island,” Fang Yu said as he stood up. “To exterminate two families consecutively without any survivors or witnesses is quite impressive.”
“I will keep an eye out, Mr. Fang,” Zheng Ze replied.
“I need to leave too. I have to go to Jiangnan this afternoon,” Fang Yu said.
