Chapter 322: The Truth Behind the Luo Family Tragedy?

Chapter 322: The Truth Behind the Luo Family Massacre?

The two people and the dog involuntarily kept their distance from Qi Yuan.

The truth was, the tracking dog’s words were far too horrifying.

And Qi Yuan, this newcomer, possessing such formidable strength, was also easily explained.

Connecting all of this made it seem logical and reasonable.

Qi Yuan looked at the people before him, his gaze like that of someone staring at fools.

“Are you missing a screw in your heads? If I were the Sea God, why wouldn’t I just marry my child bride directly?

Why go through all this trouble to marry her—an unnecessary extra step?”

Qi Yuan felt that there were still too few clever people like him in this world.

These words left An Qiao stunned and speechless.

The man in black tight-fitting clothes was somewhat dazed… He wanted to say, what does what you’re saying now have to do with whether you’re the Sea God or not?

However, if the other party were the Sea God, they probably wouldn’t be talking so much with them.

This slightly lowered his guard—could it be that the other party really wasn’t the Sea God?

At that moment, a ten-meter-high wave stirred up by the sea surged from afar, rolling across the surface toward the sandy beach.

A towering white wave roared with immense force.

All the villagers trembled in fear, and the village chief’s rebellious thoughts vanished in an instant.

The spot where this towering wave was heading was precisely the eight-person sedan chair.

Right now, Xiaomei was trapped inside the sedan.

If the wave struck, she would surely die.

Seeing this, Qi Yuan let out a long sigh: “Why isn’t this like what they show on TV? Could it be… I have to snatch the bride ahead of time.”

On TV, the bride-snatching always happened during the questioning.

But now, no one was even asking questions!

He stepped forward, ready to act.

Yet at that very moment, an unexpected turn occurred.

A loud shout suddenly rang out from the sky.

“Die… all must die, every single one!”

A staggering figure emerged, radiating the powerful aura of the Jade Blood Realm.

The figure appeared abruptly and thrust a palm forward.

Crimson baleful qi seethed, jade-white light flickered, and faintly, eighteen blood-red palm prints could be seen.

The roar of a terrifying beast also sounded at that moment.

This was clearly the powerful man of the Jade Blood Realm unleashing his innate martial skill.

A mighty palm struck out fiercely, slamming into the giant wave.

The eighteen blood-red palms struck the wave in an unbroken succession.

Boom!

The wave churned and shattered under such a blow.

“This is… a madman!”

“How dare he strike at the Sea God!”

An Qiao was astonished.

The one who had struck was precisely the deranged man they had been secretly following.

The madman hovered in midair, his hair disheveled, obscuring his face.

But his presence in the air alone exerted immense pressure on nearly everyone present.

Such a palm strike was beyond human capability.

Even if he faced a thousand cavalry, he could likely escape.

The madman shattered the wave, his clothes drenched. He stood amidst the sea foam, his expression ferocious: “Demons… all deserve to die, all must die!”

As he spoke, he struck at the sea again.

Each blow hit the water, raising huge waves, but all in vain.

The village chief stood on the high platform, trembling.

The other villagers also felt fear rising in their hearts.

“He’s truly mad. Venting like this, wasting his blood martial energy—when the Sea God appears, what will he use to fight?”

An Qiao was anxious.

“Who is this man? Yunyan County clearly has no martial artists of the Jade Blood Realm!”

The man in black tight-fitting clothes looked suspiciously at the madman as he pounded the sea surface.

“He is… Luo Bufan!” At that moment, a heavy voice came.

Two men quietly appeared near An Qiao.

Seeing the newcomers, An Qiao’s face lit up with surprise: “Captain!”

With the captain here, she felt reassured.

Although the captain wasn’t at the Jade Blood Realm, he had achieved Great Completion in Blood Qi and was the strongest among them.

The captain’s gaze fell on Qi Yuan, a flicker of astonishment in his eyes: “You actually made it in here.”

Qi Yuan looked at Chen Fan and shrugged: “What a coincidence, we ended up matched together.”

An Qiao and the man in black, seeing that the captain knew Qi Yuan, had their earlier doubts vanish.

The tracking dog, however, looked puzzled, sniffed hard again, and said nothing.

Everyone’s attention then shifted back to the madman in the distance.

“Luo Bufan—he’s that Luo Bufan of the Luo Mansion?” An Qiao’s expression showed sudden realization. “Wasn’t he just at the Blood Qi stage? How is he now at Jade Blood?”

It was easy to understand that Luo Bufan had gone mad—after all, his entire family had been killed, and his fiancée’s family had also been wiped out.

But his strength had leaped so dramatically—that was highly abnormal.

“Because… the people of the Luo and Chen families were all killed by him.” Chen Fan’s gaze was deep and extremely complex.

“What?” An Qiao and the man in black were utterly shocked.

This answer was beyond their expectations.

Their mission was to uncover the truth behind the massacre of the Luo and Chen families.

Simply finding the murderer wasn’t enough; they also needed to understand the motive and the reasons behind it.

"Could it be... that he slaughtered his own kin to extract their bloodline and enhance his power?" An Qiao's expression grew complicated.

The two other men in black tight-fitting clothes beside her also changed color: "What a ruthless man—to exterminate his entire clan just to advance one realm!"

Chen Fan remained silent, merely gazing at the sea ahead.

At that moment, Qi Yuan narrowed his eyes, watching the maddened Luo Bufan: "He did kill them, but... there might be a more interesting reason behind it."

[Luo Bufan, early Jade Blood realm martial artist, raving mad, mentally deranged; the murder of his own kin will be the pain of his life.]

This was the hidden information he saw today.

Yesterday when he saw Luo Bufan, the information was different, mostly about Luo Bufan's own martial arts.

The group watched Luo Bufan raving, but none dared to step forward and stop him.

In Luo Bufan's current state, if they tried to stop him, they might fall here.

Just then, suddenly, the village head on the platform stiffened.

His murky eyes grew deep, and his eyes turned into snake pupils like a cobra's.

He suddenly rose into the air, his voice extremely cold.

"Luo Bufan, you killed your entire family, and now... you come to disrupt my wedding—what is your intention?"

The old village head had been possessed by the Sea God; now the Sea God dwelled in the old village head's body.

Luo Bufan on the sea surface stiffened abruptly. He turned around, his eyes filled with murderous intent as he looked at the old village head: "All demons that plague the world deserve to die!"

He let out a great shout and suddenly struck out.

But this blow was blocked by the Sea God.

A look of contempt flashed in the Sea God's eyes: "I am a demon, but I never kill my own kind.

And you? You personally exterminated your entire family—father, mother, elders, even young children—you spared none. What are you?"

"No, I didn't!" Luo Bufan's body stiffened. In his mind, countless images churned.

He saw pairs of terrified eyes, and also saw his parents lying in pools of blood.

"Hmph, to improve your strength, you didn't even spare your own parents—what are you?"

The Sea God's eyes were full of disdain.

"So, for the sake of killing demons and enhancing power, anything can be abandoned?"

"No, I didn't!" Luo Bufan roared, and actually fell from the air.

He clutched his head, as if unwilling to accept this reality.

"After killing your whole family, you felt regret and immense remorse.

With nowhere to hide, you went to see your fiancée Chen Xinlian.

She kindly took you in and cared for you.

But then she accidentally discovered the truth that you had slain your parents.

You flew into a rage from shame, fearing the news would leak and tarnish your reputation as the great demon-slaying hero. In panic, you killed your poor fiancée, and then... killed her entire family too!"

The Sea God's words pierced the heart with every syllable.

Luo Bufan fell to the ground, his mind unhinged, his hand always covering his forehead: "Stop talking, stop talking!"

In his mind, images spun wildly; he seemed to see Xinlian dying in his arms, her eyes still holding a smile and a trace of unease.

At this moment, Luo Bufan's aura continuously declined, his mind in great turmoil.

Not far away, the Demon Suppression Bureau members changed expression repeatedly.

"So this is the truth!"

"Bad news—the Sea God has found us; he won't let us go!"

"We're done for, we're dead this time!"

They never expected that a casual investigation would draw the attention of a Jade Blood realm great demon.

"Luo Bufan is also a ruthless man. If he could recover all his strength, he might be able to suppress the Sea God. But unfortunately... his condition is no good now. We can't use him—let the dogs fight!" An Qiao couldn't help saying.

"Hey, dogs are so innocent—caught in the crossfire, right?" the Tracking Dog spoke up for itself.

The others from the Demon Suppression Bureau present quite agreed with An Qiao's statement.

Luo Bufan was certainly not a good man.

But was the Sea God a good demon?

Both were about the same—let the dogs fight each other.

"Luo Bufan... shouldn't you atone with death?" the Sea God spoke, his voice laced with temptation.

At that moment, from the sea surface, a female corpse in wedding dress suddenly floated up.

The corpse opened its eyes, looked at Luo Bufan, and its eyes suddenly turned venomous: "Luo Bufan, give me back my family's lives!"

"Xin... Xinlian!" Looking at the female corpse in wedding dress, Luo Bufan closed his eyes in pain, "Was I... really wrong?"

Demons ran rampant, and Yunyan County was in imminent danger.

Suddenly one day, a friend brought news that a giant demon would appear in Yunyan County.

Once that giant demon emerged, Yunyan County would be destroyed.

Time was running out for Yunyan County.

Luo Bufan, long known as the great demon-slaying hero, was anxious but powerless.

Without the strength of the Jade Blood realm, he could not intervene in such a major matter.

And that day, his friend happened to mention a bloody method to enhance strength, seemingly unintentionally.

At that moment, his heart stirred for an instant, but he suppressed it.

On one side were all the people of Yunyan County; on the other, his closest and dearest.

But in those days, he was extremely dazed, even hallucinating.

Finally, when he came to his senses, everyone was dead.

Dead.

All dead.

"Brother Bufan, I originally thought you were a righteous man. I only told you a method to enhance strength, but who knew... you actually used it. Alas, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have told you this. I let down Auntie, and even more so Xinlian. I failed to protect her."

At this moment, a young man stepped out from the crowd, his face bearing an expression of guilt and deep self-reproach.

He looked at Xinlian's corpse in wedding dress, a flicker of deep affection in his eyes.

Luo Bufan sat dumbfounded on the spot, his mind unhinged.

Then the young man continued: "Xinlian will never forgive you, and neither will I!"

Luo Bufan's aura was chaotic, his blood martial energy seething as if a demonic heart had entered his body.

"What an interesting serial drama." Qi Yuan, not far away, had no sunflower seeds to crack, so he could only applaud. "Everyone, whether far or near, has arrived right on time."

"Hmm?" An Qiao, originally immersed in Luo Bufan's ferocity, was taken aback by Qi Yuan's words. "What do you mean?"

"Don't you think that Luo Bufan's friend appeared too conveniently, just like in a TV drama?

No, this is a TV drama. How could such coincidences happen in reality?

A group of people, endlessly chattering at one person, just waiting for him to..."

Qi Yuan did not finish his sentence.

An Qiao seemed lost in thought.

The man in black tight-fitting clothes was extremely anxious: "What do we do? If Luo Bufan dies, we're next.

This Sea God is clearly not a good demon!"

"Why hasn't this mission ended yet? Could there be some hidden truth?"

The Demon Suppression Bureau agents present were extremely tense.

The Sea God's cold gaze fell upon Luo Bufan, his voice piercing: "Luo Bufan, if you do not sever your own heart meridian, are you worthy of your loved ones?"

"I..."

"Brother Bufan, a life for a life. If you sever your heart meridian, Xinlian... might forgive you."

Luo Bufan knelt on the ground, hair disheveled, his mind unclear.

He raised his hand and placed it on his own crown, as if the next moment he would bring it down to atone with death.

But at that moment, Chen Fan suddenly leaped out, shouting loudly: "Luo Bufan, what's done is done. The most urgent task now is to slay the demon!

Do you want the one hundred and seventy-six members of the Luo family to have died in vain?

Kill it first, then die—there's no rush!"

Hearing Chen Fan's words, Luo Bufan's hand paused in midair.

He seemed to be pondering Chen Fan's words.

"Brother Bufan, are you worthy of Xinlian?" Luo Bufan's friend spoke again. "Back then, we both pursued Xinlian, and in the end I chose to give up.

Didn't you promise me that you would love Xinlian and cherish her for life? And what happened?

You killed Xinlian with your own hands—she died at the hands of the demon-slaying hero she most admired, the man she loved most!"

Luo Bufan's once-clear eyes grew clouded again.

In his heart, the desire for death arose once more.

"If I were you, I would end it here and now." Luo Bufan's friend said again, then turned to Chen Fan. "Do you believe the words of these imperial lackeys?

Back then, we begged the court for help—how did they treat us?

They demanded we raise one hundred thousand taels of silver. In the end, did our two families manage to scrape it together?

And what happened? They took the silver and did nothing!

He's just a lackey of the court—what right does he have to meddle in the affairs of Yunyan County? Just because of that official robe he wears?"

Luo Bufan's friend was indignant, seemingly extremely dissatisfied with the court.

At that moment, Chen Fan forcefully tore off a piece of skin from his face, his voice heavy: "Because I am... Luo Bufan!"

As the human-skin mask was torn away, Chen Fan's face revealed one that was eighty percent similar to Luo Bufan's.

(End of this chapter)