16: Chapter 16 Zhou Mu's Strength, the Du Family's Fear

Inner Sect.

Du Family.

Inside a pavilion.

A beautiful female Cultivator lowered her head, her body tense and slightly trembling, appearing quite frightened.

Opposite her sat a middle-aged man.

He was sizing her up with a playful expression and asked,

"How is it? Have you thought it through?"

The female Cultivator bit her teeth, wanting to refuse, but lacked the courage.

Her younger brother was still in the hands of the Du Family; if she refused, the two siblings would likely lose their lives.

However, just as she was about to muster her courage and agree,

the door of the pavilion was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

"Father, save me!"

A young man rushed in.

The middle-aged man frowned and looked over.

Seeing that the newcomer was his son, Du Yufan, his expression softened a bit.

After all, he only had this one son and cherished him dearly.

However, he was still displeased and said,

"Panicking like this, what kind of behavior is this? You don't even know to knock first when coming in?"

"Speak, what trouble have you caused this time?"

Du Yufan did not dare to delay, and hurriedly recounted how he had sent people to kill Bai Yunzhou and how the other party had been promoted to the Inner Sect.

Then, looking at his father, he said,

"Father, you must save me!"

Du Jianghe heard this, and was also startled.

Elder Zhou Mu was a figure even his father did not dare to provoke easily.

His own idiot of a son actually went to assassinate her Disciple?

Isn't this courting death?

At this moment, he truly regretted that shiver back then.

Fortunately, for him, this matter was not entirely unresolvable.

After all, similar things had happened more than once in the Du Family.

He looked at Du Yufan and said,

"You should first use the Family teleportation array to hide in your mother's Family for a while. I will pick you up after I handle things here."

With that, he tossed out a token.

It was the token to activate the teleportation array.

Du Yufan took the token and barely managed to calm down.

At this time, he noticed there was a young female Cultivator nearby and instantly understood what his father was doing.

However, he did not dare to delay now and quickly left.

Seeing his son withdraw, Du Jianghe began to ponder.

Then he took out a sound-transmission Jade Slip from his bosom and sent people to handle Du Yufan's affairs.

After finishing all this, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

But right at this moment, the sounds of collapsing buildings and miserable screams suddenly came from outside the pavilion.

"What is going on?"

Du Jianghe frowned and released his Core Formation Divine Sense.

In an instant, the scene of Elder Zhou Mu riding a Flying Sword to slaughter members of the Du Family appeared within his Sea of Consciousness.

"To think she arrived so quickly!"

His expression turned ugly, and then his figure directly vanished from the spot.

For a moment, only the female Cultivator was left in the room.

Seeing him leave, she collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

At this moment, high above the Du Family estate,

Elder Zhou Mu manipulated her Flying Sword, continuously slaughtering the Du Family members below and destroying the buildings beneath.

Bai Yunzhou at the side was completely dumbfounded.

He didn't expect that when his Revered Master spoke of 'killing', she actually intended to slaughter the entire Du Family?

"Thud!"

Right at this moment, from a pavilion of the Du Family below, a figure holding a long spear violently leaped from the ground and thrust toward Elder Zhou Mu.

But Elder Zhou Mu merely raised her hand and easily suppressed the newcomer.

Bai Yunzhou saw it clearly.

That person was unexpectedly a Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

"Elder Zhou Mu, what is the meaning of this! Why are you on a killing spree in my Du Family!"

Just as that Foundation Establishment Cultivator was suppressed, another Core Formation Cultivator flew out from the pavilion and angrily shouted at Elder Zhou Mu.

Although the newcomer was angry, he did not dare to get too close, obviously knowing Elder Zhou Mu's formidable power.

"Du Jianghe?"

Elder Zhou Mu looked at the newcomer with disdain.

"You are merely in the Early Stage of Core Formation; you are not worthy of speaking with me!"

As she spoke, she formed hand seals with a single hand.

A Spiritual Qi Flying Sword formed and slashed toward the other party.

The Core Formation Cultivator called Du Jianghe changed expression drastically.

He wanted to dodge.

But he discovered that with his speed, he couldn't dodge it at all.

He immediately took out several Magic Treasures from his storage ring to block in front of him.

Preparing to take this sword strike head-on.

"Boom!"

The Spiritual Qi Flying Sword fell.

In the end, at the cost of three defensive Magic Treasures being damaged, he barely resisted the might of this sword strike.

But even so, he was already heavily injured.

Spitting out fresh blood.

Although he knew Elder Zhou Mu was terrifying, he hadn't expected her strength to reach such a terrifying degree.

Bai Yunzhou in the distance was also dumbfounded.

"An Early Stage Core Formation expert was actually heavily injured by Revered Master with a casual stroke of her sword!"

"How can the gap between Core Formation Realms be so massive!"

Right at this moment, several more Core Formation Cultivators of the Du Family appeared.

Among them was also a Peak Core Formation Elder, who was none other than the strongest member of the Du Family, Du Yiming.

Seeing them arrive, Elder Zhou Mu then stopped her hand.

Du Yiming looked at the devastation of the Du Family, his expression terrifyingly gloomy.

He looked at Elder Zhou Mu and questioned,

"Elder Zhou Mu, if you do not give my Du Family an explanation for today's events, this old man will definitely make it so you cannot walk out of the Du Family's gates!"

Elder Zhou Mu looked him up and down.

And glanced at the remaining Du Family Core Formation Cultivators, saying disdainfully,

"Just based on the few of you, you think you are worthy of keeping this Elder here?"

Hearing this, Du Yiming's expression became even uglier, but he did not refute.

Although he and Elder Zhou Mu were both Peak Core Formation Cultivators, the gap in their strength was more than just a little bit.

Right at this moment, Elder Zhou Mu suddenly tossed out a corpse.

"This person is a spy of the Blood Demon Sect. When attempting to assassinate this Elder's Disciple, he was personally killed by this Elder."

"And this person was sent by none other than your Du Family's direct descendant, Du Yufan!"

Du Yiming and the others were originally a bit angry, but upon hearing these words, their expressions changed drastically.

Within the Qingxuan Sect, sending people to assassinate fellow Disciples was a grave crime.

Assassinating an Elder's Disciple, was an even greater crime.

If it were only that, the one punished would at most be the murderer himself.

But if it involved the demonic Sect, if things went poorly, the entire Family would be implicated.

"Impossible! My Du Family absolutely cannot be tainted with the Blood Demon Sect!"

Someone glared angrily at Elder Zhou Mu.

"Elder Zhou Mu, casting such malicious aspersions, what is your true intent!"

Du Yiming frowned tightly, his gaze instinctively glancing toward Du Jianghe.

He saw terror in the other's eyes, and cold sweat constantly oozing from his forehead, clearly having been frightened.

His heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad premonition, immediately inquiring via voice transmission,

"Jianghe, Du Yufan is your son. Is what Elder Zhou Mu said true?"

Hearing his father's inquiry, Du Jianghe recovered from his panic and replied,

"Father, I had no idea that the person he sent out was a demonic Cultivator spy."

Du Yiming's heart instantly sank to the bottom.

These words undoubtedly confirmed that Elder Zhou Mu's words were not false.

Colluding with demonic Cultivators and assassinating an Elder's Disciple!

And it was the Disciple of Elder Zhou Mu, that fiend!

His Du Family was in big trouble!

In an instant, Du Yiming's thoughts raced.

When looking at Elder Zhou Mu, he even had the thought of risking his life to keep her here and prevent the matter from spreading.

But thinking of her strength, in the end, he still didn't dare to make a move.

And right at this moment, from the distant horizon, two more figures stepped through the air toward them.

He raised his eyes and immediately recognized the identities of the newcomers.

One was the Law Enforcement Hall Elder, Ding Zhuo.

The other was the Sect Master, Sikong Jian.

In the blink of an eye, the two had already arrived before everyone.

"Greetings, Sect Master!"

"Greetings, Sect Master!"

"..."

Sikong Jian nodded at everyone, then his gaze fell upon the devastated Du Family below.

Then he looked at Elder Zhou Mu and said,

"Junior Sister Zhou, this Sect Master already knows the whole story of this matter."

"Leave this matter to this Sect Master to handle, and I will definitely give you and your Disciple a satisfactory reply. What do you think?"

Elder Zhou Mu did not answer, merely casting her gaze onto Bai Yunzhou.

Bai Yunzhou knew that his Revered Master wanted to ask for his opinion.

After all, he was the victim in this matter.

"Since the Sect Master can step in, this Disciple naturally has no objections."

Elder Zhou Mu nodded and looked at Sikong Jian.

"Very well."

Sikong Jian looked at Bai Yunzhou, nodding with a smile.

Then, turning his head to look at Du Jianghe, he said coldly,

"Elder Du, you have disappointed this Sect Master far too much!"

Du Jianghe was terrified.

"This Sect Master gives you only ten breaths of time to hand the person over first, or else you die!"

Hearing this, Elder Zhou Mu frowned slightly, clearly somewhat dissatisfied.

However, she did not speak further.

Du Yiming breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the Sect Master said so, it meant his Du Family was safe; as long as they handed over Du Yufan and paid a small price, it would suffice.

Although Du Yufan was his own biological grandson, he didn't only have Du Yufan as a grandson.

Furthermore, now that such a thing had happened, even if the Sect Master didn't act, he would do it himself.

Thinking of this, he immediately hesitated no longer, reaching into the crowd and grabbing Du Jianghe out.

"Speak, where is Du Yufan!"

Du Jianghe recovered his wits and hurriedly explained the situation.

"Father, he has already taken the teleportation token and teleported to the Yuan Family in the Capital City."

Obtaining Du Yufan's location, Du Yiming's gaze fell upon a Core Formation Cultivator of the Du Family.

"Jianghe, you quickly go to the Yuan Family and bring the person back."

Du Jianghe acknowledged the order and left, but very quickly returned with an ugly expression.

"Father, Elder Zhou Mu seemed to have broken our Family's teleportation array leading to the Yuan Family earlier."

Hearing this, everyone was stunned.

Sikong Jian's brows furrowed. His Divine Sense descended, and he indeed discovered that the Du Family's teleportation array had been destroyed.

He looked at Du Jianghe and shook his head, saying,

"It seems your time has come."

With that, before Du Jianghe could react, he pointed a finger directly.

Just like that, an Early Stage Core Formation Cultivator perished.

Du Yiming's expression changed slightly, but he didn't say anything.

He didn't only have this one son!

After finishing all this, Sikong Jian looked at Du Yiming again and continued,

"This Sect Master gives you only three days to bring Du Yufan back, or else the Du Family will be annihilated."

However, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Elder Zhou Mu.

"The matter of capturing Du Yufan can wait. I want several Core Formation Elders of the Du Family to accompany me to the Blood Demon Sect and capture a core Elder back."

Du Yiming and the others were baffled.

Sikong Jian glanced at Bai Yunzhou, thought of the Blood Soul Seal on him, and instantly realized.

He wanted to persuade Elder Zhou Mu to calm down, after all, the Blood Demon Sect's strength was not weak.

But thinking of her temper, he dropped it.

"Very well."

"Du Family Elders, from this moment on, they are all at your disposal."

He looked at Du Yiming and the others.

"Do any of you have objections?"

"We dare not."

Although Du Yiming and the others were unwilling, they still agreed.

Seeing this, Elder Zhou Mu directly commanded,

"Two hours later, gather at the Sect gates."

With that, she directly took Bai Yunzhou and vanished from the spot.