69: Chapter 69 Using a borrowed knife to kill, the Zhang family is destroyed.
Han Ming stayed in the Cave Heaven World for over an hour.
After confirming there was no movement outside, he restrained his Aura, left the area silently, changed back into his daily clothes, and took a few detours before returning to the Han Family.
Early the next morning, Han Ming finished his Cultivation and went out.
He did not show his face personally. Instead, he disguised his appearance and went to a teahouse with a lot of foot traffic. Using space, he directly placed the prepared envelope into the manager's drawer.
The manager of this teahouse appeared to be a businessman, but in reality, he was an informant for the Supervision Bureau. Han Ming knew this information from the original story.
The envelope contained only one sentence: "Zhang Family Old Ancestor Zhang Zhentian is a member of the Blood Demon Alliance and a participant in the Martial Exam Secret Realm incident."
The signature line was blank.
After finishing all this, Han Ming returned to the Han Family, acting as if nothing had happened, continuing to Cultivate and eat as usual.
Supervision Bureau, East City Branch.
When the teahouse owner submitted the envelope, the deacon responsible for receiving intelligence didn't take it too seriously at first. Anonymous reports came in every day, mostly rival families framing each other; nine out of ten were fake.
But when he opened the envelope and saw the content, his expression changed instantly.
Zhang Family Old Ancestor. Blood Demon Alliance member. Martial Exam Secret Realm participant.
With these three terms together, this was no longer a level he could handle.
"Report this immediately!"
The news was passed up through the ranks and soon reached the desk of the Supervision Bureau Chief of Jiangbei Base City.
The Jiangbei Supervision Bureau Chief, Ou Chengfeng.
He was a middle-aged man in his fifties with a square face, thick eyebrows, and eyes as sharp as a hawk's. With a Middle Stage Martial King cultivation, he was a top-tier powerhouse in Jiangbei Base City.
"Have you verified the source of this information?"
Ou Chengfeng asked in a deep voice, holding the letter.
"Reporting to the Chief, it cannot be traced. The letter was delivered anonymously, and we don't even know when it appeared. The envelope and paper are the most common types on the market, with no special markings." The subordinate respectfully replied.
Ou Chengfeng was silent for a moment, his gaze falling on those few lines of text.
The incident of the Blood Demon causing chaos in the Martial Exam Secret Realm had only just passed, and the Martial Arts Alliance and the Supervision Bureau were currently doing their best to track down the Blood Demon Alliance's hidden assets in Jiangbei.
"Regarding Blood Demon Alliance matters, it is better to believe it exists than to assume it doesn't."
Ou Chengfeng stood up, a flash of killing intent in his eyes.
"Assemble the troops and surround the Zhang Family."
"Yes!"
… The Zhang Family courtyard.
Zhang Zhentian was sitting in a secret room Cultivating, surrounded by a faint blood mist. The anger from being toyed with by the person in black last night had not yet dissipated, and he needed to rely on Cultivation to calm his state of mind.
"Who on earth could it be…"
He muttered to himself, his mind replaying that scene from last night repeatedly.
A five-star Great Martial Master was actually able to vanish into thin air right under his nose. Such a method was definitely not something an ordinary force could possess. Could it be a core descendant of some major power?
Just as he was pondering, a series of urgent knocks suddenly came from outside the secret room.
"Father! It's bad!"
It was Zhang Mingshan's voice, his tone full of panic.
Zhang Zhentian frowned, retracted the blood mist, and pushed the door open: "What are you panicking about? Has the sky fallen?"
Zhang Mingshan's face was pale. He pointed outside, his lips trembling: "The… the Supervision Bureau! Ou Chengfeng brought people himself and has surrounded our Zhang Family!"
Zhang Zhentian's pupils shrank abruptly.
Supervision Bureau? Ou Chengfeng?
Could it be?
No, that's impossible. He had done that matter extremely secretly; even his own son didn't know. How could the Supervision Bureau have found out?
"What is there to panic about? An upright person doesn't fear a crooked shadow. Let's go out and see."
Zhang Zhentian forced himself to remain calm and strode outside.
Outside the Zhang Family's main gate.
Ou Chengfeng stood with his hands behind his back. Behind him were dozens of fully armed Supervision Bureau elites, including many powerhouses at the Martial Marquis level.
Zhang Zhentian walked out of the gate. Seeing this formation, his heart skipped a beat, but he remained calm on the surface and cupped his hands: "Chief Ou, what brings you here? To what do I owe the pleasure?"
Ou Chengfeng didn't waste any words. He stared at Zhang Zhentian with a gaze like a knife and said word by word: "Zhang Zhentian, someone has reported that you have defected to the Blood Demon Alliance. Please come with us to accept an investigation."
Zhang Zhentian's expression changed slightly, then he laughed loudly: "Chief Ou, where is this coming from? I, Zhang Zhentian, walk straight and sit upright; when have I ever been involved with the Blood Demon Alliance? This is someone framing me!"
"Whether it is a frame-up or not, we will know after an investigation."
Ou Chengfeng waved his hand, and two Supervision Bureau envoys at the Martial Marquis level stepped forward, ready to make an arrest.
Zhang Zhentian's expression darkened: "Chief Ou, to make an arrest without evidence, isn't that taking my Zhang Family too lightly?"
"Evidence?"
Ou Chengfeng sneered and suddenly raised his hand. A massive force of Qi and blood transformed into a golden palm print, pressing down on Zhang Zhentian's head.
"The flaw you revealed yourself is the best evidence!"
Zhang Zhentian's expression changed drastically, and he instinctively mobilized all his power to resist. The pressure of the Middle Stage Martial King was like Mount Tai pressing down. He dared not hold anything back and erupted with the full Aura of his Peak Martial Ancestor cultivation.
The bloody, cold, and violent Aura mixed within it had nowhere to hide under the pressure of Ou Chengfeng's Qi and blood.
Ou Chengfeng's killing intent surged: "Blood Demon Aura! Zhang Zhentian, what else do you have to say?"
Zhang Zhentian's face went pale.
He knew he had been exposed.
He suddenly let out a sharp whistle, the blood mist around him exploded, and his figure turned into a streak of blood-red light, rushing toward the weakest point of the encirclement.
"Want to run?"
Ou Chengfeng snorted coldly and took a step forward, his Middle Stage Martial King Aura fully erupting. His speed was extreme; he appeared instantly in front of Zhang Zhentian and struck with his palm.
Zhang Zhentian resisted with all his might, but before a Middle Stage Martial King, a Peak Martial Ancestor was simply no match.
"Ah——"
A scream resounded over the Zhang Family.
Zhang Zhentian's protective blood mist was shattered by the palm strike, his chest collapsed, and his whole body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, smashing heavily into the shadow wall of the Zhang Family courtyard, shattering the entire wall to pieces.
If Ou Chengfeng hadn't held back his strength, a single palm from a Martial King could have directly turned him into a blood mist.
"Father!"
Zhang Mingshan and the others were furious, wanting to rush up to rescue him, but they were firmly restrained by the Supervision Bureau elites.
Blood gushed from Zhang Zhentian's mouth. Struggling to lift his head, he let out a shrill, long whistle: "Are you not going to make a move yet? Do you want to watch this old man die here?"
The whistle pierced through the night sky, spreading into the distance.
Ou Chengfeng frowned, scanning his surroundings vigilantly.
However, the only response to Zhang Zhentian was a deathly silence.
No one appeared.
There was no fluctuation of Aura.
Those Blood Demon Alliance accomplices hidden in the shadows, as if they had never existed, all chose silence.
The despair on Zhang Zhentian's face grew thicker and thicker.
Ou Chengfeng sneered: "It seems your companions are much smarter than you."
Teacher Xue Muhan was still in Jiangbei, and with the Peak Martial Emperor Ice Empress in charge, which Blood Demon would dare to show their head? Exposure meant death.
"Zhang Zhentian, defecting to the Blood Demon Alliance and harming your own kind, your crime deserves death."
Ou Chengfeng raised his palm, his voice cold.
"I hereby declare: the entire Zhang Family—destroyed."
As his words fell, the palm force struck out.
Zhang Zhentian's eyes reflected the approaching palm print, his heart filled with endless regret and unwillingness.
He was not reconciled. He had clearly hidden so well, who could it be? Who betrayed him?
The person in black from last night?
Unfortunately, he would never get an answer to this question.
… The Han Family.
Han Ming sat cross-legged, the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture slowly circulating within his body, his Qi and blood value steadily increasing.
The door was knocked, and Butler Han Fu's voice came through: "Young Master, something big has happened!"
Han Ming opened his eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, then he returned to calm, stood up, and opened the door: "What is it?"
"The Zhang Family… the Zhang Family is finished!" Butler Han Fu was shocked, "Chief Ou of the Supervision Bureau personally led people to surround the Zhang Family, saying that the Zhang Family Old Ancestor defected to the Blood Demon Alliance and killed him on the spot! The entire Zhang Family was arrested!"
"What?" Han Ming feigned surprise, "The Zhang Family Old Ancestor is a person from the Blood Demon Alliance?"
"It's absolutely true! Chief Ou confirmed it himself!" Butler Han Fu swallowed, "Now the whole of Jiangbei is in an uproar. All of the Zhang Family's assets have been sealed by the Supervision Bureau, and not a single person from the Zhang Family escaped."
Han Ming took a deep breath, a look of "lingering fear" on his face: "Fortunately, it was discovered early, otherwise our Han Family…"
"Yes, Young Master. The Zhang Family has always targeted our Han Family; now it's good, this major threat has been completely removed!" Butler Han Fu was full of joy.
Han Ming nodded, but in his heart, he had other thoughts.
With the destruction of the Zhang Family, the Han Family's crisis in Jiangbei was considered resolved.
It was just a pity about the Zhang Family's resources; they were all sealed and confiscated by the Supervision Bureau, and he couldn't get a single hair of them.