Divine Emperor of Heavenly Destiny

’This won’t work. Marshal Fan’s soul is far too fragile. It can’t withstand this level of Soul Suppressing Power.’

’And Marshal Fan’s Heavenly Destiny Bone is naturally rejecting Li Wumian’s Heavenly Destiny Soul Suppressing Bone.’

’This can’t continue, or he’ll really die.’

Lu Chao quickly made his assessment. He turned to Fan Jinhu beside him and whispered, ”Master Fan, stop Li Wumian immediately, or Marshal Fan will be beyond saving.”

Fan Jinhu trembled at his words, looking at Lu Chao in confusion.

Lu Chao growled, ”There’s no time! I’ll act first...”

There was no time to explain to Fan Jinhu. Lu Chao bellowed, ”Stop! Now!”

With that, he shot out a Palm Blade.

It severed Li Wumian’s so-called treatment of Fan Changcun, forcefully disrupting the power of Li Wumian’s Soul Suppressing Bone.

Although Li Wumian was at the Ninth Layer of Transformation, he was only using the aura of his Soul Suppressing Bone.

Lu Chao could, of course, repel it!

The move was so sudden that no one in the room could react in time.

Li Wumian was even knocked back several steps...

The Second Prince, Chang Qi, froze on the spot. Li Wumian’s female disciple was stunned.

Fan Jinxiang was also stunned.

Fan Jinxiang was the first to react. She shrieked at Lu Chao, ”Little Doctor, what are you doing?”

At this moment, Lu Chao was already standing protectively in front of Fan Changcun’s bed. He ignored Fan Jinxiang and everyone else, instead re-examining Fan Changcun’s condition. He let out a long breath of relief only after seeing the old marshal’s will to live gradually return.

Meanwhile, the interrupted Li Wumian exploded with rage. ”Boy, are you looking for death?”

Chang Qi also came to his senses and said coldly, ”Kill him!”

Li Wumian’s female disciple attacked at once, flashing toward Lu Chao, whose back was turned to the crowd, her killing intent flaring.

However, just as she was about to pierce Lu Chao’s back... ROAR!

A tiger’s roar erupted from the side, and a figure smashed Li Wumian’s female disciple away.

It was, of course, Fan Jinhu!

He appeared behind Lu Chao, his eyes glaring savagely at everyone present.

The scene seemed to freeze in that instant...

But a moment later, Fan Jinxiang’s shriek cut through the silence again. ”Brother, what are you doing now?”

Fan Jinhu said in a low voice, ”Jinxiang, if we let this Li fellow continue, Grandfather will be beyond saving.”

Although he was puzzled as to how Lu Chao had made his judgment, he still chose to trust him...

He believed that Lu Chao would never say such a thing without reason. He had witnessed Lu Chao’s miraculous abilities more than once.

At these words, Li Wumian slowly composed his aura...

”What a joke. Who told you continuing would leave him beyond saving? I was just about to successfully revive him.”

”You actually interrupted me. How dare you interrupt me.”

”Forget it. I’m done. I won’t save him.”

After speaking, Li Wumian turned and stormed off, not even bothering with his cane.

Chang Qi glanced at Fan Jinhu, then at Li Wumian, and hurried after him. ”Elder Li, please wait.”

Pausing briefly, Chang Qi looked back at Fan Jinhu and Lu Chao, who still had his back to them, and said coldly, ”As for you, boy, I’ll deal with you when I get back. If Marshal Fan dies because of this... your entire family will be buried with him.”

With that, he flashed away in pursuit, his guards quickly following.

Fan Jinxiang stared at Fan Jinhu, her eyes filled with tears...

”Brother, what on earth are you doing? If anything happens to Grandfather, I’ll hate you forever.”

Leaving him with those words, she also hurried out, still believing that Li Wumian could succeed.

Outside, the female disciple who had been sent flying by Fan Jinhu saw Li Wumian and quickly got up to greet him. ”Master, why did you come out?”

She was confused. Based on her master’s usual teachings, he should have retaliated to the very end.

”Ren Hui, we have to leave, quickly...”

”It was only after I was interrupted that I remembered Fan Changcun’s Heavenly Destiny Tiger General Bone and my Soul Suppressing Bone are completely incompatible.”

”I really can’t save him, but we must pretend to be furious and refuse to treat him.”

As Li Wumian spoke, his disciple, Ren Hui, instantly understood.

”Quick, block the Tiger Flame Second Prince for me,” Li Wumian reminded her.

Ren Hui immediately nodded in understanding. She turned to block the approaching Chang Qi and said coldly, ”Second Prince, my master said he won’t save him, and he means it. Please turn back. No matter what you offer, the answer is no.”

Even though they couldn’t save him and had even made a mistake, they still put on an air of unyielding integrity.

Chang Qi was taken aback, but he quickly promised, ”Elder Li, I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation for this matter.”

Suddenly, Fan Jinxiang flew past Chang Qi and Ren Hui, rushing in front of Li Wumian.

She dropped to her knees, her face streaked with tears as she begged, ”Vice Dean Li, I’m begging you, please save my grandfather.”

Blocked, Li Wumian couldn’t stop his mouth from twitching. He huffed, ”I won’t save him! If you want to blame someone, blame your brother and that boy.”

He still maintained the appearance of a man with principles.

Hearing this, Chang Qi’s eyes turned cold. No matter what, he had to make Li Wumian... save the man!

It came back to the same point: Fan Changcun could absolutely not be allowed to die before he unlocked the treasure of the Azure Flame Forbidden Land. So, he suddenly gave an order for his guards to surround Li Wumian.

He was preparing to negotiate. If that failed, he would resort to force.

...

Back in the room, only Fan Jinhu and Lu Chao remained.

Fan Jinhu looked at Lu Chao nervously and asked in a low voice, ”Little Brother Lu, what was that about...?”

Beyond his trust in Lu Chao, he was completely in the dark.

But before he could finish, Lu Chao cut him off sharply. ”Master Fan, don’t speak for a moment.”

As he spoke, Lu Chao suddenly took Fan Changcun’s aged hand and said in a deep voice, ”Marshal Fan, it’s me, Lu Chao.”

’Huh?’

Fan Jinhu’s face was a mask of confusion. ’How is Little Brother Lu going to treat him? Why does he need to tell Grandfather his name is Lu Chao?’

”Marshal Fan, our battle on the Hundred Countries Battlefield three years ago is still fresh in my mind.”

Lu Chao continued speaking into Fan Changcun’s ear...

These words made Fan Jinhu’s eyes fly wide open. He stared blankly at Lu Chao. ’What is he talking about?’

”Just recently, I met your grandson, Master Fan Jinhu. I learned from him that you told him to retrieve my body if he ever had the chance. But what I want to tell you is... I didn’t die.”

Fan Jinhu’s pupils gradually constricted, his face a picture of disbelief...

”From Master Fan, I learned about your situation, as well as more details about the descendants of the Azure Flame Sect.”

”So I started to wonder, did you deliberately lose to me three years ago?”

”Were you teaching me various points of the Soldier Dao, the layouts of different Battle Arrays? Were you feeding me moves on the battlefield? Were you hoping that one day, I could fight my way into the Six Great Flame Countries and save the descendants of the Azure Flame Sect?”

”You saw great potential in me, didn’t you?”

Lu Chao’s words, each one clear and distinct, struck Fan Changcun’s ears.