
The next day was the most crucial moment for the Zhou clan, everyone was shoulder to shoulder rebuilding the building that had been turned into ruins.
The residence of the Clan Patriarch...
Zhou Fei sat on a wooden chair with his hands propping up his chin, the old man looked depressed.
Haiyan..
Zhou Fei let out a sigh of resignation, he was frustrated by the financial crisis that befell the Zhou clan. To rebuild the Zhou clan, it would cost a lot.
No no no...
"You look so dizzy Patriarch, what's really bothering you?" asked a young man with a slight bow of his head in respect.
His originally closed eyelids, glanced at the young man before him.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Fei asked still with one hand propping up his chin.
Zhou Fan quickly grabbed a nearby chair, then sat down and began to speak up.
"Patriarch, does the Zhou clan have anything that can cause discord, such as valuables?" zhou Fan asked with a serious face, his expression in an instant had changed.
Zhou Fei narrowed his eyes slightly, watching Zhou Fan's countenance. But when he heard his question, Zhou Fei sat down straight away.
Brakes...
Unconsciously his left hand which he was using for his head brace hit the handle of the chair hard.
Zhou Fan was startled, yet quickly elaborated. In his heart he muttered, "As I thought."
"Ehem... " Zhou Fei tried to act ordinary, trying to remain calm.
After sitting back quietly, Zhou Fei looked at the young man before him.
"What makes you think that?" zhou Fei asked with a calm face.
The Zhou clan did have an item that might have been a relic from their ancient ancestors, a yellowish-blue prism-shaped jade with a star image on each side.
Zhou Fei never once said anything related to the jade, as it had become the trust of the previous Patriarch.
Zhou Fei kept the jade secret meeting for himself, and intended to give it to his successor, the Patriarch of the Zhou clan afterwards.
...
Zhou Fan scratched the nape of his head, then said hesitantly. "Before Patriarch Bai died, he said there was someone behind everything that happened that night...,"
"He said the person behind him would come eventually, but he didn't mention when and who was behind him." Zhou Fan revealed the information that disturbed him every night.
Zhou Fei stroked his white beard, his beads eyeing the sky of the room that even half was left.
According to what Zhou Fan had said, Zhou Fei could not take the matter as trivial, he was fondling very carefully.
"Emn... I don't know if this is a useful item or not, which I do know is a relic passed down to the Patriarch of the Zhou clan." Zhou Fei took out a necklace behind his clothes.
Zhou Fan looked at the necklace in Zhou Fei's hands, the yellowish-blue jade looked so striking, making everyone would look at him subconsciously.
"Was... " Don't get Zhou Fan to open wider, Zhou Fei chuckled softly, making Zhou Fan look at him in surprise.
"This is the item that I am referring to, this is the relic that the previous clan's Patriarch had given me specifically...,"
"Although I don't know the advantages or uses of this thing, I always keep it, keeping it in my arms," Zhou Fei said as he looked at the prism-shaped jade.
Zhou Fan narrowed his eyes, looking fixedly at the hanging jade as a pendant.
"May I see it, Patriarch?" asked Zhou Fan politely.
"Take it, you know it too, it's fine to let you take a closer look." Zhou Fei reached out his hand, cheerfully greeted by Zhou Fan.
Zhou Fan took a look at the jade in his hand so carefully, he even tilted his head just to observe more deeply.
Zhou Fei shook his head off guard, looking at Zhou Fan with a strange look.
"You're so excited, do you know what that is?" Zhou Fei asked in a low voice, he did not expect Zhou Fan to be able to break the secret inside the jade.
Zhou Fan who had been focused with the jade in his hand, turned his head to look at Zhou Fei, then shook his head in disappointment.
"I don't know..," said Zhou Fan.
"It's only natural that you don't know, the previous Patriarch of the clan didn't know much about the prism jade either" Zhou Fei said.
"Is it possible for this prism jade to be their goal?" zhou Fan asked arrived.
"Let's see, I don't know if the jade is valuable, but there's a chance that what you're saying is the truth." Zhou Fei said a little loudly.
"Although I don't know this jade, I'm sure it's not an ordinary item" Zhou Fan said with great confidence.
"No need you say I already know, there's no way the predecessors left useless items to their descendants!" zhou Fei said a little annoyed.
"Yes-yes-yes... We leave aside the matter of jade, when I come the Patriarch's face is more bruised than dog poop, what's troubling your mind, Patriarch?" zhou Fan asked with an end to the ruckus.
"Hjp... Even grimacing," Zhou Fei exclaimed in his mind.
"You knew... "
"No!" refute Zhou Fan spontaneously.
"Can you shut up?!" Zhou Fei glanced at Zhou Fan cynically.
"alright... " Zhou Fan waved his hand repeatedly with an awkward face.
Zhou Fei reopened his voice after seeing Zhou Fan return to silence.
"Klan Zhou suffered a loss that was not small, to restore the condition of the Zhou clan as before, certainly requires no small cost...,"
"The wealth of the Zhou clan is sufficient if it is used to repair the damage done, but it will not be able to bring the Zhou clan back to its previous condition." Zhou Fei closed the explanation with a sigh of resignation.
"If the Zhou clan had an alchemist, even if it was only the first tier, it would be very helpful" Zhou Fei said.
"Can an alchemist help the Zhou clan?" zhou Fan asked with a real sly smile unraveled.
"Yes, that would be very helpful..," Zhou Fei replied.
"Aren't you just an alchemist, how difficult is it?" zhou Fan asked with a grin.
"You speak as if you were an alchemist, if you were an alchemist I would prostrate before you right now," Zhou Fei said in a stern tone.
"Wowow... I was really surprised, I would bring a lot of people to witness. Haha.. " Zhou Fan said it mockingly.
"Stop boasting, you're making my head throb even more." Zhou Fei frowned his wrinkles, closing his eyes.
Zhou Fan did not reply, he flicked his hand and there were dozens of pill bottles.
The sound of pill bottles scattering disturbed Zhou Fei who again thought, the old man rubbed his face then looked at Zhou Fan in annoyance.
"Can ka... " His words came to a halt when he saw so many foreign bottles numbering in the tens or even hundreds.
Zhou Fei looked alternately at Zhou Fan as well as the pill bottles scattered on the floor. "You... Are you,"
Zhou Fan chuckled softly, as he glanced towards Zhou Fei he said.
"True men don't take his word!"
Zhou Fei narrowed his eyes, his hand moving towards one of the pill bottles not far from him.
Slowly the old man opened and smelled the scent, the distinctive scent of the pill made Zhou Fei's forehead constrict instantly.
It did not matter if the pill inside was a first-rate pill, but what he could feel the pill inside the bottle in his hand was higher in rank.
Zhou Fei threw the pill bottle in his hand, then grabbed another pill bottle that was strewn beneath the floor.
His hand opened the bottle cap deftly, his gaze suddenly blank as he confirmed what was inside the bottle was a pill.
"Get it?" Zhou Fan scrunched his forehead, staring at the annoyed old man before him.
"All these pills are the masterpiece of the handsome young man before you, whether this face of mine looks like a swindler, I am telling the truth," Zhou Fan said.
"Kc... Stop playing around, and tell the truth, as this will be of great help to the Zhou clan. Come on, say it!" zhou Fei was a little pushy.
"Believe it or not I will punch the mouth of this old man..," Zhou Fan grumbled inwardly.
"I told you this is my pill, what makes you not believe?" ask Zhou Fan.
"How can I believe, this pill is at least a level three pill and above. Even if it's a first-rate pill, I still can't believe it." Zhou Fei shook his head firmly.
"Yes if you don't believe it," Zhou Fan took back his pill bottle.
"Eh uh.. What the hell are you doing? Why did you put it back in?" zhou Fei asked trying to grab the flying bottle and it started to vanish.
"Don't you not believe me, I'm just bragging, then why don't you let go of my worthless pill?" zhou Fan asked with a pesky face.
"I believe I believe, I believe,... Quickly get it back out." Pinta Zhou Fei, with the pill the Zhou clan will be greatly helped, besides being able to sell it, it can also be used by people themselves.
"I changed my mind, I don't want to help you" Zhou Fan said.
"But, if.. " Zhou Fan smiled cunningly.
Zhou Fei looked at Zhou Fan enthusiastically, waiting for the terms of Zhou fan.
"If you give that prism jade to me, I'll be happy to help" Zhou Fan said.
Zhou Fei instantly put on a flat face, slowly appearing a black line streak on his forehead.
"No, I'm not gonna hand it over. Prism jade will only be passed down to the heir of the patriarch of the Zhou clan," Zhou Fei explained as he held his necklace tightly.
"Curtain! Anyway you don't know what the point is, and again the prism jade can bring various threats...,"
"Although I also don't know what it's worth" Zhou Fan added inwardly.
Zhou Fei thought, his old brain trying to reflect on Zhou Fan's words.
"alright,.. " Doubtfully Zhou Fei handed Zhou Fan the space with a prism jade pendant.
'At least the prism jade is safer together with him, also he is the youth who is most worthy of being my successor. I cannot imagine the potential of the Zhou clan with him as its leader.' Unknowingly the frown on Zhou Fei's face grew clearer, the old man smilingly looked at Zhou Fan.
"With this I will find the mastermind behind the attack," Zhou Fan murmured.
After storing the necklace with a prism jade pendant, Zhou fan swung his hand, and instantly the pill bottles scattered out, even more in number than before.
Zhou Fei was stunned, his eyes as if in disbelief. "Is he an alchemist, as he said?"
Despite saying 'believe' Zhou Fei did not really believe, he said only because he did not want the pill to be brought back.
His mind was shaken, but he still did not want to believe that Zhou Fan was an alchemist.
As he was about to say goodbye, Zhou Fei stopped him, then the old man grabbed a box that looked very worn out.
"This is the container, I handed the necklace to you, it should also include the container," he said, throwing a worn wooden box with an arm's width.
Clack..
Zhang Fan caught the wooden box perfectly, clearly seeing the box in his hand, his eyes narrowed even more.
"This box is a little familiar," murmured Zhou Fan who then put the box into the deviation ring, but before that he first placed the prism jade diamond necklace inside.
Zhou Fan then returned to his residence, with a strange feeling he walked leisurely.
His side in his room Zhou Fan again took out the worn box he had just obtained.
Sitting cross-legged on the floor Zhou Fan tried to recall in his mind, because the worn out box was indeed familiar to his head.
Unable to remember, his index finger knocked on the floor, trying to dig up his memory.
No no no...
Long trying but still unable to remember, a middle-aged woman came to enter his room.
"Fan'er why are you, you look serious?" tanyanya who then sat on the bed beside Zhou fan sat down.
"Ah... Mom, it's not an important matter." Said Zhou Fan who did not want his mother to worry.
Despite knowing his son was covering something from him, Zhou Qian did not force his son to reveal what was the burden of his mind.
"Well, I'll be back..." As he was about to stand up, his gaze pointed towards the worn box that was next to Zhou Fan.
"You still keep this old box? I thought you'd throw it away after you took the scroll inside." Zhou Qian turned the worn box that was already in his hands.
Zhou Fan frowned, his eyes narrowed at his mother.
Clack clack....
There was a clashing sound from within the box, making Zhou Qian narrow his eyes.
"What's in it?" zhou Qian asked spontaneously.
Uh..
"Emn... The necklace is just a necklace," Zhou Fan replied.
"Oh... " Zhou Qian again put the worn wooden box beside Zhou Fan, then stood up and passed away.
As he moved out the middle-aged woman did not forget to invite Zhou fan. "Let's eat, I've prepared it at the dinner table."
"Hem.. Yes," Zhou Fan muttered as he tailed his mother.
"It is fitting that I am no stranger to that worn box, even mother immediately thought it was the same box as her family's relic box.", Zhou Fan murmured inwardly.
Zhou Fan did not expect to be able to link the Zhou clan's attack with his mother's family.
"Later I'll make sure," Zhou Fan said in his mind.
While walking he continued to think about the relationship of all that, slowly his memory memory became clearer.
His slaughtered mother's family, Lee's family, his emperor's book and teacher, the night blood sword, and now the Zhou clan.
The longer he thought about it the more his head turned.
Huhhhhh...
Zhou Fan let out a low sigh, arriving at the dining table he sat down at the usual place he was sitting.
Lunch did not take long, the three ate their food without saying a word.
"Dad, mom, Fan'er's back in the room." Pamit Zhou Fan immediately as the plate before him had left nothing.
Zhou Hu and Zhou Qian narrowed their eyes, then looked at each other.
The two of them also spread their shoulders together, as if throwing their respective answers.
Zhou Fan was in his room, staring at the two worn wooden boxes that were now in each of his hands.
"What an incredible coincidence,.. Even a fool would know that these events are interrelated." Zhou Fan said as he stared alternately at the two boxes in his hand.
Zhou Fan put down the box which was the family relic box of his mother, then opened and took out the necklace with a prism jade pendant.
"If I knew I was the use of jade prisms, maybe I could figure out who the brains of the attacks were to the Zhou clan and the mother family." Zhou Fan hung while swinging the necklace in front of his face.
Zhou Fan laid his body, before closing his eyes, he muttered.
"Whoever it is, I will repay you."