Chapter 518: Chapter 173: Daoist Priest Fan’s Way of Visiting! The Trembling City God’s Command! (10,000-Word Mega Chapter - Please Subscribe)_6
"It wouldn’t be a problem for them to summon hundreds of cultivators!"
This is what foundation means!
"Seventh Elder!" These dozen or so Fu Clan cultivators immediately greeted him.
The middle-aged man... that is, the Seventh Elder of the Great Zhou Imperial City’s Fu Clan, glanced over at these cultivators.
He coldly said, "Fu Hainan, Fu Zhelù, Fu Shengying! Does anyone know where these three have gone?"
The dozen Fu Clan cultivators looked at one another.
One of the younger members of the Fu Clan then said, "Seventh Elder, they should have gone to the east side of the Imperial City to collect the rent."
Collecting rent?
The Seventh Elder furrowed his brows. Could it be that something related to this matter caused those three to lose their lives in the east side of the Imperial City?
The Seventh Elder was aware of the rent collection.
The Fu Clan was not as powerful as it once was, and lately, for reasons unknown, they were encountering even more difficulties. Offerings from the branch families had been collected, save for the one from Nanjun, whose members had gone to collect the offerings and had not yet returned.
The contributions from Nanjun’s branch family to the main family were the most significant each year. Much as they might be loath to admit it, it had become undeniably clear that the main family now relied on the financial support of the Nanjun branch family.
However, the absence of the offerings presented a major problem!
Without the support of the Nanjun branch of the Fu Clan, the main family was going to have an even harder time this month.
They could only put more pressure on the merchants who eked out a living on their territory.
The rent from those merchants was doubled each month!
Indeed, such measures... naturally caused great displeasure among some merchants. However, the Fu Clan were of one mind; buoyed by many years of remaining influence, they believed that the merchants could only grit their teeth and bear it. In effect, they were powerless to do anything else.
And surely they wouldn’t dare.
Yet...
"We’ve underestimated those merchants," the Seventh Elder squinted, his voice cold, "Those three are dead. If I’m not mistaken, there must be some merchants who are reluctant to pay the rent and have colluded with others to murder the descendants of our Fu Clan!"
Fu Hainan, Fu Zhelù, and Fu Shengying... they were dead?
They lost their lives in the process of rent collection?
Hisss!
Surely, such news came as a considerable shock to these Fu Clan cultivators.
Who has the gall and audacity to target their Fu Clan?
To even dare kill their people!
And to kill not one but three!
For the imperial Fu Clan, this was undoubtedly the most significant event in nearly a decade.
Unprecedented!
"Those merchants would not dare kill three cultivators with their own power; most certainly, they must have conspired with other cultivators! And these other cultivators... definitely are not from the Imperial City. I don’t believe for a second that cultivators from the city would dare to lay a hand on them once their identities are revealed," he said with a murderous look.
"The ones who killed them must certainly be foreign cultivators, those who do not know the immensity of heaven and earth, thinking they are mighty dragons crossing the river," the Seventh Elder declared.
As he spoke thus, he snorted coldly, "You all, gather some more people! Come with me to see exactly what happened!"
"If we happen to catch those foreign cultivators, there’s no need for useless talk!"
"Just kill them!!"
The killing intent emanating from the Seventh Elder made the dozen or so Fu Clan cultivators feel a chill run up their spines.
He continued, "Even if it means killing in the streets, it doesn’t matter. Our Fu Clan is in the right, and even his Majesty wouldn’t be able to fault us for that."
"Yes, Seventh Elder!"
A group of Fu Clan cultivators immediately started to rally the family members. Within the family residence in the Imperial City, an especially high number of clan descendants were present, and in a short while, they had rallied a crowd.
All of these people were cultivators, with varying degrees of strength and status.
But as long as one is a cultivator, within the Great Zhou Imperial City, they are a person of nobility.
Moreover...
Their surname is Fu!
That meant they were nobility among nobility, with a status in the Great Zhou Imperial City that belonged to the most elite of ranks.
"You all know what has happened, right?" the Seventh Elder swept a glance over the thirty or forty people in front of him. In such a short time, so many cultivators had gathered.
This showed that, even though the Fu Clan was not as prominent as before, within the Great Zhou Dynasty, they were still one of the leading Great Clans!
The heritage left to them by the ancestors.
That was abundant indeed!
But when these people came together, they were comparable to the command of an entire county’s Qintian Office. And even more so, the Seventh Elder’s cultivation and Daoist attainments were much stronger than those of a Chief Flag Officer of a county’s Qintian Office!
Even some Hundred Households Officers of the Qintian Office might not be a match for her, the Seventh Elder of the Fu Clan.
"We know!" the Fu Clan cultivators shouted in unison, their voices so loud that even the leaves of a nearby tree shook and fell in abundance.
"Follow this Elder!!"
"Yes!"
The Seventh Elder of the Fu Clan, leading dozens of robust Fu Clan cultivators, was about to walk toward the grand gates of the Fu family estate.
Just as a few young members of the clan stepped forward intending to push open the great gates of the mansion,
Suddenly!
These Fu Clan youngsters felt an overwhelming and terrifying power emanating from the gate, a force they could not withstand. Caught completely off guard, their expressions instantly underwent a drastic change!
Before they could retreat, the heavy gate, weighing several hundred pounds, had already been blasted outwards, assisting them in their abrupt flight.
The eyes of the few Fu Clan youngsters widened in shock, their ability to react completely overtaken by the sudden turn of events.
"Pfft!!"
When the heavy gates, each weighing hundreds of pounds, hit their bodies, they spat out blood violently, the bones where they were struck shattering instantly.
The impact flung their bodies, along with the heavy gates, inside the mansion.
Bang!
When they slammed hard onto the ground, another spurt of blood was ejected from their mouths.
"What is this..." The sudden occurrence had caught even the Seventh Elder of the Fu Clan completely off guard!
Then.
The Seventh Elder heard a voice resounding, "From afar, I heard that you were seeking revenge against this humble Daoist. I’m a bit curious, how did you find out that three bastards from your family were killed? Logically, there shouldn’t have been anyone who came here to leak the news, right?"
The Seventh Elder saw a tall and burly figure slowly walking into the Fu family mansion.
The voice continued, "So, would anyone care to alleviate this humble Daoist’s confusion?"
"Oh..."
"I almost forgot to remind you, you don’t need to scour the seas to find me, because the humble Daoist who killed your three clansmen has personally come to you."
Fan Wu toyed with the increasingly trembling City God’s Command in his hand, looking at the Seventh Elder of the Fu Clan, whose face had turned extremely ugly. With a hint of a smile, he continued, "I hope you can be more satisfying than the Fu Clan of Nanjun."
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