Divine Emperor of Heavenly Destiny

And so, Lu Chao walked back to Witch Ying and his daughter, and once again handed over the four Secret Manuals.

Witch Ying’s hand stiffened, but he still gently accepted them...

GULP...

Although Wu Fenyu was an adult, she still swallowed nervously, a little afraid.

Without another word, Lu Chao approached Wu Tong and Wu Ye, who stood apart from the members of the Dragon Flame Academy and the Small Institute. The two of them, of course, weren’t frightened by any so-called Fierce Ghosts or Evil Ghosts, but they stared at Lu Chao with suspicion and uncertainty...

Lu Chao came to a stop before the two men from the Witch Family...

”You two masters of the Witch Family, although my second brother, Lu Hanyang, threw the Secret Manuals away after flipping through just a few pages, my clan uncle, Lu Dingkong, has already looked them over. Just now, he confirmed the manuals are real.”

”I wonder, is that enough for Miss Caicai to join my Dragon Flame Academy?”

”If it’s not enough, I really do have many more. It’s just that some of them need to be redrawn and rewritten, which will have to wait until after the Three-Courtyard Tournament is finished. I don’t have time right now.”

His voice, still muffled by the mask, sounded out stiffly.

This finally made Wu Tong and Wu Ye swallow nervously. Wu Ye couldn’t help but ask, ”Are you real or fake?”

The four Secret Manuals were undoubtedly authentic.

But now, the two masters of the Witch Family wanted to know if he was the real Lu Chao or the Fake Lu Chao.

Only the real Lu Chao could possibly possess so many Great Martial Techniques.

To this, Lu Chao gave a low chuckle...

”I can be real, or I can be fake.”

”As for the specifics, you can ask my second brother, Lu Hanyang. Ask them if they finished the job, if they killed me completely... Of course, you can also go ask Lu Dingtian. I’ll be taking my leave now.”

With that, Lu Chao turned to leave...

”Wait, about Wu Caicai’s matter...”

Wu Tong wanted to say more, but Lu Chao’s voice suddenly turned cold, cutting him off sharply. ”Eldest Master Wu, Miss Caicai is your daughter. So, out of respect for her, I am offering your Hundred Flames Trading Company various Secret Manuals as a trade.”

”But if you continue to make things difficult, don’t blame me for giving the order to destroy every single Hundred Flames branch in the Hundred Countries.”

His voice grew colder and colder. ”And you, Second Master Wu. The only reason your daughter, Wu Yiyi, is still alive is out of consideration for her family ties to Miss Caicai. Otherwise, she would have died more than once.”

After saying this, Lu Chao stepped among the members of the Dragon Flame Academy and the Small Institute.

Wu Ye’s eyes blazed with fury as he roared, ”Lu Chao, I don’t care if you’re real or fake! You can’t threaten me!”

”Is that so? Suit yourself.”

Lu Chao’s tone was indifferent as he returned to stand before Witch Ying and his daughter.

”Senior Witch Ying, let’s find a place to talk.”

”I was just joking about destroying the Hundred Flames branches. However, I can help you, Senior Witch Ying, to gain complete control over all the branches in the Hundred Countries.”

As soon as he said this, Wu Tong’s and Wu Ye’s anger flared up again.

Witch Ying, however, laughed heartily. ”Little Brother Lu Chao, you really like to joke. How could I possibly do such a thing? I just hope that for my sake, you’ll show a little mercy...”

After speaking, Witch Ying also looked at Wu Tong and Wu Ye. ”First Brother, Second Brother, I’m going to talk with Little Brother Lu Chao for a bit. I’ll come find you afterward.”

And so...

Lu Chao led the group from the Beast Flame Outer Courtyard, along with Witch Ying and his daughter, away from the Blood Stele’s vicinity. As for Wu Caicai, she tightly gripped her mother’s hand, glanced back at her father, Wu Tong, and then resolutely departed.

Seeing this, Wu Ye’s voice rose again. ”First Brother, that daughter of yours, are you not going to banish her from the family?”

Wu Caicai trembled all over. She bit her lip and continued to walk forward resolutely with Lu Chao...

Wu Tong’s expression shifted wildly, but in the end, he said nothing.

Meanwhile, Second Mistress Zhong Qiao, who was beside him, was wildly spewing all sorts of insults at Wu Caicai and her mother, but no one paid her any mind.

Finally, after Lu Chao, Witch Ying, and all the others had left, Wu Tong and Wu Ye strode over to Lu Hanyang, Lu Dingkong, and their group.

Wu Tong spoke first. ”Young Master Hanyang...”

Before he could finish, Lu Hanyang abruptly looked at everyone around them, including Zheng Zhuhe, Wu Yiyi, and the other students of the Beast Flame Inner Courtyard. He asked in a low voice, ”Have any of you seen the Fake Lu Chao’s real face?”

Everyone looked at each other. Then, Zheng Zhuhe replied, ”We’ve all seen it!”

”Draw it! Draw it for me, quickly!” Lu Hanyang yelled frantically.

Zheng Zhuhe and Wu Yiyi looked at each other. They didn’t know how to draw.

But there was someone in the Beast Flame Inner Courtyard who could draw. A student sketched out Lu Chao’s appearance...

It was about sixty to seventy percent similar to the real person.

And the moment the portrait took shape... BUZZ!

A buzzing sound filled Lu Hanyang’s head. Lu Dingkong collapsed to the ground again. The others from Great Wu who had seen Lu Chao’s true face all began to tremble violently, their teeth chattering and their legs shaking uncontrollably...

The next instant, Lu Hanyang snatched the portrait and shouted frantically, ”Uncle Dingkong, go find my father! Hurry, go find my father!”

With that, Lu Hanyang frantically took the portrait and led Lu Dingkong and everyone else away, leaving the scene like a pack of madmen.

In the blink of an eye, the once-bustling area beneath the Blood Stele was now occupied only by the brothers Wu Tong and Wu Ye, along with Zheng Zhuhe and the other students from the Beast Flame Inner Courtyard. They all just stared at each other.

A Celestial King Student asked in a low voice, ”Could it be that the Fake Lu Chao... is the real Lu Chao?”

”It looks that way... But was it necessary to be that scared? So what if he’s real?” Second Mistress Zhong Qiao’s face was full of disdain and contempt. She completely looked down on Lu Hanyang’s recent performance.

Wu Tong’s and Wu Ye’s faces were grim. Their minds were filled with thoughts of the second time Lu Chao threw the Hundred Countries into chaos.

The possibility that he was the real Lu Chao was extremely high; it was practically a one-hundred-percent certainty.

Wu Yiyi also spoke up in a delicate voice...

”Zhuhe, I originally thought Lu Hanyang was a chosen one of heaven, but now it seems he’s nothing special. Even if the Fake Lu Chao is the real Lu Chao, there’s no need to be scared into looking like a ghost. Can’t they just kill him again?”

”Lu Hanyang really can’t compare to you.”

Hearing these words of praise, Zheng Zhuhe, who was extremely fond of Wu Yiyi, immediately puffed out his chest, striking a pose as if he were the most awesome person there.

Everyone present began to feel great disdain for Lu Hanyang.

A student from the Celestial King Academy even laughed and said, ”Lu Hanyang is probably afraid of ghosts. The Fake Lu Chao kept saying he’d become a Fierce Ghost. It’s ridiculous. He isn’t afraid of people, but he’s afraid of ghosts... HAHAHA!”

Hearing this, the others couldn’t help but join in the laughter.

However, there were still some onlookers present—people who were here to do business.

A hoarse voice slowly reached everyone’s ears. ”Do none of you know how Great Wu Lu Chao died?”

Hearing this, the people from the Hundred Flames Trading Company and the Beast Flame Inner Courtyard stopped laughing and looked at the speaker.

It was an old man. He said in a grave voice, ”Great Wu Lu Chao... legend says he was beaten into a meat paste, his bones ground to dust and the ashes scattered.”

Upon hearing this, everyone froze. It seemed Lu Chao had just said something similar.

Another onlooker stepped forward and added, ”Legend has it that all three of his Heavenly Destiny Saint Bones were torn out. Then, Lu Dingtian, his son, and his daughter took him apart, crushing his bones one by one until he died.”

The smiles vanished from everyone’s faces, replaced only by stunned silence.

If that was true, Lu Chao’s return from the dead was a terrifying prospect... But no, it couldn’t be possible. How could anyone be resurrected?