Obtaining Top Art on Family's Extermination Night

Chapter 568: Chapter 249: Seeking Revenge

"Insolence!"

Suhe Zhen sneered, raising a single arm, about to capture her.

Suddenly, his wrist trembled. He looked at his arm in utter astonishment, and his expression darkened.

"Men, protect me!"

SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

Figures suddenly flew out from the shadows, surrounding Suhe Zhen.

Suhe Zhen immediately sat down cross-legged and began to circulate his Profound Technique.

"The poison... It’s finally taking effect."

Seeing this, another one of the three great masters let out a long sigh of relief.

"If it hadn’t kicked in, the three of us would’ve likely met our end here today."

"Suhe Zhen, I’d advise you not to waste your effort."

"This poison is called ’Single-Drop Fragrance.’ Not only is it odorless when mixed into food, but it even enhances the color and aroma, tempting you to take a few extra bites, which only makes the poison’s effects more severe."

"Right now, everyone in Tingtiao Pavilion, from top to bottom, has been afflicted. After tonight, Tingtiao Pavilion is destined to be wiped from the East Sea!!"

At these words, the men surrounding Suhe Zhen couldn’t help but look back, their faces filled with worry.

Meanwhile, Zuo Xuan and the others noticed that Saint Mother Chaoyin’s subordinates, who had been fighting evasively, had changed their tactics and begun to attack proactively.

The sounds of slaughter grew even more brutal.

"My eight Elders, do not worry. What can a mere poison do to me?"

Suhe Zhen spoke coldly as he circulated his Profound Technique.

"But there is one thing I do not understand. Tingtiao Pavilion and Saint Mother Chaoyin have always minded our own business."

"What is the reason for this attack?"

"Suhe Zhen! You truly have a short memory for a man of your stature!!"

The only woman among the three suddenly stepped forward and said through clenched teeth:

"Do you truly not remember who I am?"

She was dressed in black with a veil covering her face. As she spoke, she suddenly reached up, tore off the veil, and revealed a face crisscrossed with scars.

Suhe Zhen opened one eye to glance at her, then closed it again.

"I do not know you."

"You don’t know me?"

The woman suddenly burst into laughter, a wild and crazed sound.

"Fine. A fine ’I don’t know you.’ Then let me give you a reminder!"

"Thirty years ago, Red Sleeve Island, Jade Pearl Village!!"

Hearing this, Suhe Zhen’s eyes snapped open. He studied the woman before him again, but only sighed.

"Time is cruel to us all. I still remember that young girl’s stunning beauty. Though she was just a village girl, unworthy of entering my Tingtiao Pavilion."

"But a night of pleasure was not out of the question..."

"It’s just that you didn’t know what was good for you back then. Now, thirty years later, you appear before me with such a hideous face and expect me to recognize you?"

"Simply laughable."

"A hideous face..."

The woman reached up to touch the mottled scars on her face, her voice turning shrill.

"And whose fault is that?!"

"Back then, you were overcome by lust and tried to force yourself on me. I fought back with all my might, but you threatened my entire family’s lives, so I... And then, afterward, to protect your status as the Young Pavilion Master of Tingtiao Pavilion, you slaughtered them all."

"You even went so far as to destroy my face and try to kill me!"

"You Evil Thief, you’ve committed every wicked deed imaginable, and now... now you can speak of it so calmly?!"

"Suhe Zhen, I want your life!!!"

At this, heedless of her grievous injuries, she leaped forward, trying to break through the eight Elders’ cordon and take Suhe Zhen’s life.

The eight Elders shifted their positions, their Palm Techniques weaving together, intricate and interlinked.

The eight of them struck as one.

The woman was already severely wounded; how could she possibly contend with them now?

The moment they clashed, her body shook violently, and she was sent flying backward once more.

One of the Elders spoke in a cold voice.

"How dare you act so wantonly before us!"

"You were nothing but a village woman, unfit for polite society."

"When the Pavilion Master was young, for him to even notice you was a blessing you couldn’t have earned in eight lifetimes. Yet you dared to coerce the Pavilion Master, threatening him with your family’s lives. You truly deserve to die."

"You were lucky to escape with your life, but instead of living it out quietly, you dare come to Tingtiao Pavilion seeking death... Saint Mother Chaoyin is overstepping her bounds. After tonight, Tingtiao Pavilion will certainly pay her a visit to demand an explanation!"

The Elders spoke one after another.

Zuo Xuan and the others could only look at each other in stunned silence.

On one hand, they never expected to hear such a massive piece of gossip about Suhe Zhen’s youth today.

On the other hand, they were even more shocked that Tingtiao Pavilion, one of the great Eight Forbidden Lands of the East Sea, could twist right and wrong so brazenly.

They had twisted the fact that Suhe Zhen had threatened the woman with her family’s lives into a story where *she* had been the one coercing *him*.

It was the most absurd thing in the world!

"No wonder Daoist Wuyi said the Eight Forbidden Lands of the East Sea are all sanctimonious hypocrites."

Zhou Zhengze felt like his eyes had truly been opened.

Zuo Xuan and Zuo Hong also frowned deeply.

Zhou Zhengze’s words had implicated Qingxiao Pavilion as well. But Zuo Xuan and Zuo Hong had grown up with Luo Shuqing; whether such things also happened in Qingxiao Pavilion, they truly didn’t know, nor did they dare to think about it.

"Father!!"

Just then, Suhe Chen came flying over.

After landing, he staggered, clearly severely wounded, with pursuers on his tail.

An Elder flew out to intercept him, bringing him to Suhe Zhen’s side. Suhe Chen spoke urgently,

"Father, I... I’ve been poisoned... A lot of the disciples are poisoned too."

"It’s nothing."

Suhe Zhen said softly,

"Sit cross-legged and circulate your energy to suppress the poison’s effects."

"Wait for me to force out this poison, and I will come and save you..."

Suhe Chen nodded and looked at the eight Elders around them. He knew these eight had always secretly followed Suhe Zhen and had eaten at a different time, which was why they had been spared.

Across from them, the other two masters under Saint Mother Chaoyin exchanged a look, both feeling the situation had become difficult.

’With these eight men here, it’s probably impossible to kill Suhe Zhen tonight.’

Only the woman, despite having vomited blood all over the ground, was still trying every way she could to get back on her feet and take her revenge.

But just then, Suhe Zhen’s eyes snapped open, and he spat out a mouthful of black blood.

Then he raised his palms, his True Qi retracting and releasing without the slightest hindrance. He glanced coldly at the three people across from him.

"Single-Drop Fragrance? Not so impressive after all..."

As he said this, he was about to reach out and dispel the poison for his son.

Suddenly, a massive explosion rang out, like the tolling of a great bell.

The father and son turned toward the source of the sound, their expressions changing simultaneously.

That was... the direction of the ancestral hall!!

Fires had broken out on all four sides of Tingtiao Pavilion tonight, but none had caused such a huge commotion.

’What’s happened now?’