Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms Chapter 98: Have You Heard of Cultivators?

“Pinnacle Earth Profound?” Fang Zhentian nodded. “A martial artist of that caliber can’t be considered mortal anymore.”

“Of course,” Ji Lengyue sneered. “The people of our Chillwater see him as a god.”

There was a pause before he continued, “I’m here today because your Fang Clan’s Fang Chen killed one of our Ji Clan’s offspring in Longdu, Zhou Xiu.”

“The ignorant shouldn’t be judged guilty,” Fang Zhentian calmly replied. “It’s a conflict between two countries, and Chen’er couldn’t have known that Zhou Xiu is a descendent of your Ji Clan. Both Great Xia and Longdu are Chillwater’s vassal states. I hope that you’ll be impartial on this.”

“The ignorant shouldn’t be judged guilty?” Ji Lengyue burst into laughter. “There’s no such saying in our Chillwater. Fang Chen killed someone of our bloodline, so he ought to pay for it with his life.”

The eyes of Fang Canghai and the others turned cold. They are here to claim Chen’er’s life!

“Your Majesty, what do you think about this?” Fang Zhentian looked at the emperor.

“I have discussed this matter with young master Ji. They are willing to spare everyone from the Fang Manor… but Fang Chen has to pay with his life,” the emperor replied.

“That’s the biggest leeway we can offer,” Ji Lengyue coldly replied. “Otherwise, I don’t mind sending the rest of you off together, so that you can reunite in the netherworld.”

Just then, a group of Valiant Defenders entered the Palace of Great Peace with the Longdu scholars, who had been imprisoned all this while, and a corpse that had nearly been reduced to white bones.

The Longdu scholars had already heard about what had happened. As soon as they saw Ji Lengyue, they kneeled down and began bawling. They accused Fang Chen of being a tyrant and lamented Zhou Xiu’s pitiful plight.

Their voices echoed loudly in the Palace of Great Peace.

Ji Lengyue eyed the corpse and placidly remarked, “No matter what, he’s still my cousin in terms of blood ties… Someone of our Ji Clan has been disrespected, but I am only going after the culprit. Don’

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