He didn't say this, and it was fine.
As soon as he said it, Liang Hutou became even more furious, and his attacks became even more ruthless by three points.
Damn it, if it weren't for being screwed over by your City Lord's Mansion, how would I have ended up in this situation?
The hatred in this matter is so deep that it cannot be washed away even with all the waters of the Three Rivers and Four Seas.
He, Liang Hutou, was living a good life as a mountain king.
If it weren't for believing the words of the City Lord's Mansion, would he have been so bored as to come and trouble the Lan family?
Boom!
He fiercely struck Li Qi's chest with his palm, creating a terrifying indentation. Li Qi trembled all over, spewing blood from his mouth, mixed with fragments of internal organs.
Liang Hutou, like a peerless fierce tiger descending upon the world, grabbed the already defenseless Li Qi and twisted his neck fiercely, immediately ending Li Qi's life.
The dignified Xuan Gang Realm commander of Jiangnan City's City Lord's Mansion, Li Qi, was dead!
This scene terrified the strong individuals of Jiangnan City, making them kowtow even more desperately.
Ling Fan was too ruthless. That was someone from the City Lord's Mansion, and not just an ordinary member, but a commander of the Xuan Gang Realm with high status.
Even for the City Lord's Mansion, the death of a Xuan Gang Realm expert was a significant loss.
If he could kill even him, who else would Ling Fan not dare to kill?
"Master Ling, Master Ling, spare us!"
"We know we were wrong, we truly know we were wrong. We beg Master Ling to overlook our faults and let us go. We will never dare to oppose you or the Lan family again!"
A group of powerful individuals who usually held considerable influence in Jiangnan City were now begging for mercy with tears and groveling.
Ling Fan pulled over a Grand Tutor's chair and sat down, waving his hand. "Let the heads of each major family come to collect their people. Until they arrive, you will all remain kneeling."
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Huo Family.
When the Huo family patriarch heard the news, his expression changed, and the teacup in his hand slipped and fell.
"What!"
He stood up abruptly.
"Are you telling the truth? The Lan family was not destroyed by Liang Hutou, but instead, Liang Hutou became a servant of the Lan family... Who did it? Who, Ling Fan! It's him again, how is that possible? Liang Hutou is a late-stage Xuan Gang Realm expert, even I am no match for him. How could that Ling Fan, whose combat power is only equivalent to an early-stage Xuan Gang Realm, subdue Liang Hutou..."
After a long while, after repeatedly confirming the authenticity of the news, the Huo family patriarch sighed and slumped back into his chair.
"I didn't expect everyone to be mistaken! This Ling Fan is truly extraordinary..."
"Forget it. With the Huo family's meager resources, we probably don't even have the right to oppose Ling Fan. Come, quickly prepare generous gifts. I will personally go to Lan Family Fort to plead for forgiveness."
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Wu Family.
Old Master Wu was writing in his study. After hearing the news, the wolf-hair brush in his hand trembled instantly, drawing an ugly, earthworm-like mark on the Xuan paper. The calligraphy and painting he had almost finished was ruined.
"I warned them long ago not to provoke the Lan family, especially that Ling Fan. Why didn't they listen? Especially Xiao Tong, she actually offended that Ling Fan directly..."
"Alas, our Wu family has been able to continue for a hundred years until today precisely because we have kept ourselves safe and have not participated in any of Jiangnan City's disputes. I have seen the arrogance of these descendants growing stronger day by day, and I knew they would cause trouble sooner or later."
"Especially Xiao Tong, I specifically warned her not to resent that Ling Fan, but she refused to listen. That person, who appeared out of nowhere, clearly possesses the potential of a true dragon, how could she provoke him..."
"Forget it, prepare gifts. Today, I can only put aside this old face and see if I can save their lives."
Old Master Wu's body became even more hunched.
His words made the Wu family members beside him listen with immense shock.
They knew that their old master, while appearing frail and aged, was actually unfathomably powerful!
Even he was so wary of that Ling Fan, which showed how terrifying that Ling Fan truly was.
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Lü Family.
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Han Family.
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Tan Family.
One by one, the major families of Jiangnan City were alerted. All the strong individuals couldn't help but gaze in the direction of Mount Mogan.
For a time, the heads of many major families and powers, who were usually reclusive, all emerged. This astonished others, who wondered what earth-shattering event had occurred to make almost all of Jiangnan City's top experts mobilize.
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And within the Li family of the City Lord's Mansion.
When the clay-like figure heard the report, he fell into a terrifying silence.
After a long while.
He spoke stiffly, "Are you sure that Ling Qingyun did not appear, and that only Ling Fan made a move from beginning to end?"
"Reporting to the City Lord, it is absolutely true!"
"It seems I was mistaken before. To be able to subdue a late-stage Xuan Gang Realm expert, perhaps that Ling Qingyun is Ling Fan himself..."
Li Yuanzheng, the City Lord of Jiangnan City, who looked like a clay statue, muttered to himself.
"City Lord, the Young City Lord has been crippled, and Commander Li Qi was killed by that Ling Fan. Are we not going to avenge this hatred?"
A strong individual from the City Lord's Mansion said indignantly.
"It's not that we won't avenge it, but the time is not right. If we attack the Lan family now, who will deal with Liang Hutou? And who will deal with the even more troublesome Ling Fan, who is more troublesome than Liang Hutou? Will it be you?"
Li Yuanzheng snorted coldly. kuAiδugg
Although he did not fear Liang Hutou, let alone a late-stage Xuan Gang Realm expert, even a peak Xuan Gang Realm expert would not be in his eyes.
However, he was now extremely wary of Ling Fan's flames.
Based on his estimation, perhaps no one below the Tian Yuan Realm could withstand those terrifying flames.
The strong individual was startled and quickly bowed his head, cold sweat already beading on his forehead.
"Prepare a gift and go to apologize to Ling Fan. Say that Li Qi's death was his own doing, and the City Lord's Mansion will no longer inquire about it."
Li Yuanzheng closed his eyes, returning to his clay-like appearance.
The strong individual from the City Lord's Mansion gritted his teeth.
Did this not mean that their City Lord's Mansion had to bow down to the Lan family and to Ling Fan!
When had their Li family of the City Lord's Mansion ever suffered such humiliation?
However, although he was unconvinced, he did not dare to show it in the slightest and quickly bowed and retreated.
...
This night was destined to be sleepless.
Almost all the patriarchs of the major families in Jiangnan City were mobilized, but they did not dare to make a sound. They very discreetly entered Lan Family Fort, apologized, and then dejectedly took away the detained family experts and geniuses.
However, a few major families were exceptions.
Even though the Tan family patriarch brought generous gifts, Elder Tan Hui of the Tan family still had his cultivation crippled by Ling Fan.
As for Tan Tianyang, his limbs were broken, his meridians were crippled, and he was completely reduced to a cripple.
The Tan family patriarch was present throughout the entire process. Although his face was dark, he did not dare to show any anger. In the end, he left Lan Family Fort with Tan Hui and Tan Tianyang.
On the Wu family's side.
Old Master Wu, who had not appeared for a long time, personally ascended the mountain and saved the Wu family elder and Wu Tong.
But the key was not Old Master Wu's face, but Lan Xueyi, who pleaded with Ling Fan out of her friendship with Wu Tong, which saved Wu Tong's life.
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The next day.
When everything that happened in Lan Family Fort spread throughout Jiangnan City, the entire place was in an uproar!
In one day, two Xuan Gang Realm experts, Tian Gou and Li Qi, had fallen consecutively.
The top expert of the late-stage Xuan Gang Realm, Liang Hutou, was subdued by Ling Fan with terrifying spiritual fire.
The major families of Jiangnan City bowed down, submitting to Ling Fan and the Lan family.
The Lan family leaped to become a transcendent force that could faintly contend with the Li family of the City Lord's Mansion.
What was most astonishing was the attitude of the Li family of the City Lord's Mansion.
They had lost a Xuan Gang Realm expert, yet instead of attacking the Lan family, they had sent gifts and apologized...
The underlying implications of this were thought-provoking.
And all of this stemmed from a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man!
That Lan family live-in son-in-law, Ling Fan, who was once regarded as a cripple by the entire Jiangnan City.
In an instant, Ling Fan's reputation soared again, his influence even faintly overshadowing that of the City Lord Li Yuanzheng, who had not acted for a long time, showing the potential to become the number one powerhouse in Jiangnan City.