The First Venerable of All Paths

night.

Meng Hu entered an inn.

"I heard that Patriarch Su wants to discuss a business deal with Meng."

Meng Hu looked at Su Chongming across from him and said with a smile, "I wonder what kind of business it is?"

Su Chongming smiled and pushed a storage bag toward Meng Hu.

"Commander Meng, take a look at this first."

Meng Hu probed the storage bag with his divine sense, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

Suppressing the greed in his heart, Meng Hu said, "Patriarch Su, you have quite the generosity. It seems this deal is quite substantial."

"That's natural."

Su Chongming picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said, "If it's a small business, Commander Meng probably wouldn't even be interested."

"Patriarch Su is quite a straightforward person."

Meng Hu grinned and said, "Since that's the case, then please tell me, Patriarch Su. Even if it's a fourth-tier demonic beast, my Hundred Beasts Guild can find it for you."

Upon hearing this, Su Chongming shook his head.

"Could it be that the Su family mainly focuses on fifth-tier demonic beasts?"

Meng Hu frowned and said, "Patriarch Su should know that fifth-order demonic beasts, also known as demon kings, are comparable to experts in the Divine Intent Realm. Such demonic beasts are not easy to capture."

Su Chongming shook his head and said, "Commander Meng has misunderstood. I don't want any monsters."

"Could it be some kind of rare medicinal herb?"

"It's not a medicinal herb either."

Su Chongming looked at Meng Hu and said, word by word, "I want Commander Meng to help me wipe out the Fang family!"

"Is Patriarch Su joking?"

Meng Hu leaned back in his chair and said calmly, "Who doesn't know that the Fang family is the number one family in Qingyang County? They even have a Divine Intent Realm expert in their ranks. They are not people that my Hundred Beasts Gang can afford to offend."

You mean Fang Shanhai?

Su Chongming smirked and said, "Then Commander Meng, rest assured, you can entrust this person to me."

"Oh?"

Meng Hu raised an eyebrow and said, "I've long heard that the Su and Fang families have a deep-seated feud. In addition, the Fang family seized a lot of Su family's property a couple of days ago. So, is the Su family head preparing to make trouble for the Fang family?"

"How is it?"

Su Chongming asked, "Commander Meng, would you like to do this deal?"

Meng Hu did not answer immediately, but tapped his fingers on the table as if he was thinking.

"I'm so sorry, Patriarch Su."

After a long silence, Meng Hu shook his head and said, "Although the reward you offered is very tempting, I also have to be responsible for the hundreds of brothers under my command."

"I thought Commander Meng was a straightforward person, but it seems I misunderstood him."

Su Chongming shook his head, looked at Meng Hu, and said, "If I remember correctly, Commander Meng just reached a cooperation agreement with the Blood Fiend Gang."

Meng Hu was taken aback and gave Su Chongming a deep look.

"It seems that Patriarch Su knows more than I thought."

His cooperation with the Blood Fiend Gang was only finalized yesterday.

Unexpectedly, Su Chongming had already received the message.

"only......."

Meng Hu said, "This reward is not enough to deal with the Fang family."

"Commander Meng, you may have misunderstood something."

Su Chongming said calmly, "Today, rather than saying I've come to seek cooperation with you, I've actually come to help you."

Meng Hu asked, "What do you mean?"

"Commander Meng had already reached a cooperation agreement with the Blood Fiend Gang, but because the Fang family possessed a Divine Intent Realm expert, he has been hesitant to make a move."

Su Chongming said, "But I am willing to step in and stop Fang Shanhai, thus eliminating the biggest hidden danger for Commander Meng. This is a win-win situation, and I think Commander Meng has no reason to refuse."

"this......"

Meng Hu hesitated for a moment.

"Besides these rewards, I can give 30% of everything the Fang family owns to Commander Meng."

Su Chongming asked, "Is this condition sufficient?"

"Seventy percent!"

Meng Hu said, "If it's less than 70%, then please ask Patriarch Su to find someone more capable. At worst, I'll just decline the offer from the Blood Fiend Gang."

"Seventy percent complete."

Su Chongming said, "However, the Su family's assets must be taken over by my Su family."

"make a deal!"

Meng Hu said, "Anyway, I don't have time to deal with these things."

"When does Patriarch Su plan to make his move?"

Su Chongming looked out the window; the night was deep, and the twilight was profound.

"On a dark and windy night, I'll kill and exterminate the entire clan!"

......

"call!"

Inside the room, Fang Xuan slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

As he exhaled that slightly scarlet breath, Fang Xuan's face immediately turned rosy.

Even the aura it exuded became complete.

"It's finally recovered."

Clenching his fists and feeling the surging Yuan energy within his body, Fang Xuan smiled slightly.

Fang Xuan was seriously injured in the battle with Su Lie.

Even with the Chaos Saint Body, it took two full days to completely heal the injuries.

Of course, he didn't come away empty-handed.

At least, after refining several sword energies from the sword box, he successfully condensed his first wisp of innate sword energy.

With two fingers joined together, a wisp of sharp sword energy leaps like a sprite from the fingertips.

Fang Xuan opened his mouth and inhaled, swallowing the wisp of sword energy, which then burrowed into the sword bone on his spine.

"Buzz!"

The sword energy penetrated to the bone, causing the sword case to tremble and resonate.

Then it quickly fell silent again.

Fang Xuan stood up, stretched, and his bones made a crisp cracking sound.

"That feels so good!"

Fang Xuan looked out the window; the night was deep and dark.

"Su Chongming is quite patient; two days have passed and he hasn't made a single move."

A cold glint flashed in Fang Xuan's eyes: "Judging by the time, the Blood Fiend Gang should be arriving soon."

"Boom!"

At that moment, the entire Fang family mansion began to shake violently.

The urgent alarm sounded immediately into Fang Xuan's ears.

"They're here!"

Fang Xuan's expression changed, and he rushed out of the room.

"Jingle bells!"

Countless arrows rained down on the magic circle, sending sparks flying everywhere.

However, the magic array emitted a faint golden halo, steadily blocking all the arrows without even a crack appearing.

"An armor-piercing bow?"

Fang Xuan sneered, "It seems the Blood Fiend Gang came prepared this time."

The armor-piercing bow can penetrate armor, and even Qi Gathering Realm martial artists are wary of it.

There were over a hundred arrows flying through the air.

If it were before, the Fang family's magic array really wouldn't have been able to hold up.

Fortunately, Fang Xuan had already rearranged the magic array, increasing its defensive capabilities countless times, so he was not afraid of these arrow attacks at all.

No matter how powerful the armor-piercing bow is, it cannot shake the formation in the slightest.

This scene calmed the Fang family down.

"Young Master!"

At this moment, the Second Elder and others walked over quickly, their faces solemn.

"The enemy numbers are even greater this time than last time."

Fang Shanhe said, "Moreover, the Grand Elder hasn't emerged from seclusion yet. Can we withstand this attack?"

Don't worry.

Fang Xuan said, "Unless a Divine Intent Realm expert personally intervenes, no one can break this formation."

"really?"

Fang Shanhe and the others were startled.

They hadn't expected that the array Fang Xuan had rearranged would be so powerful.

Fang Xuan did not explain, but led everyone to the highest point of the Fang family compound.

Outside the mansion.

Hundreds of people surrounded the gate of the mansion.

The leader, a burly man exuding a fierce and bloodthirsty aura, was none other than Meng Hu.

Behind him, hundreds of warriors, each wielding an armor-piercing bow, relentlessly attacked the Fang family's protective formation.

After several waves of arrows, the magic circle remained completely still.

"Boss, this formation is a bit strange."

Beside Meng Hu, one of his subordinates said, "Even armor-piercing bows can't break through this; there's no way to fight."

"I underestimated the Fang family."

Meng Hu's face was full of ferocity as he said sternly, "Any formation capable of blocking the attack of the armor-piercing bow must be at least a third-grade formation."

He had planned everything meticulously, but he hadn't anticipated that the Fang family possessed a protective array of this caliber.

It seems that wiping out the Fang family will be quite difficult.

"What should we do then?"

The subordinate said, "Is retreat the only option?"

If we can't break through the formation or enter the gate, continuing will only be a waste of time.

"retreat?"

Meng Hu grinned maliciously, "This is a huge deal. If we succeed, it will be worth more than our profits over the past few years."

The rewards from both the Blood Fiend Gang and the Su family were substantial sums.

Not to mention, once the Fang family is destroyed, everything belonging to the Fang family will be theirs.

This is much more cost-effective than hunting monsters.

The experts were prepared.

But he also has a backup plan.

Meng Hu said, "Continue the attack. A third-grade magic array requires spirit stones to maintain its operation. I want to see how many spirit stones the Fang family has to spare!"

On a high-rise building.

Fang Shanhe asked with a puzzled expression, "These people don't seem to be from the Blood Fiend Gang."

Fang Xuan recognized Meng Hu and said, "They are from the Hundred Beasts Gang."

"The Beasts Band?"

Fang Shanhe's expression changed, and he said, "This is a newly emerged demon-hunting group, whose strength is no weaker than the Blood Fiend Gang. When did our Fang family provoke them?"

"They must have reached some kind of cooperation with the Blood Fiend Gang."

Fang Xuan said, "Or perhaps it's the Su family."

"The Su family is utterly shameless!"

The Third Elder roared, "First the Blood Fiend Gang, then the Hundred Beasts Gang! Is the Su family so spineless that they dare not show themselves?"

Fang Xuan did not answer, but looked at Meng Hu outside the mansion.

"Commander Meng, you attacked the Fang family without provocation. Are you trying to make an enemy of the Fang family?"

Fang Xuan's voice rang out in the night.

"Haha, I'm just doing my job for money."

Meng Hu laughed loudly, "If you have someone to blame, it's only yourselves for provoking the wrong person."

"If Commander Meng withdraws now, I can pretend this never happened."

Fang Xuan said, "Otherwise, I won't hold back."

"Kid, stop talking nonsense."

Meng Hu said, "I've always done business with integrity. Even if I agreed, my brothers wouldn't."

"Yeah?"

Fang Xuan said expressionlessly, "Then let's see if you can break through my Fang family's magic array."

"It's just a small magic array; how difficult is it to break?"

Meng Hu grinned maliciously and looked towards a certain spot in the sky.

"Patriarch Su, it's your turn to make a move."

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Chongming appeared, flying through the air.

A powerful and majestic aura enveloped the entire Fang family.

"Su Chongming!"

Fang Shanhe coldly retorted, "Are you truly trying to start a war with the Fang family by acting like this?"

"Elder Fang is joking."

Su Chongming said calmly, "I have come here only to seek justice for those members of the Su family who died at the hands of Fang Xuan."

After saying that, Su Chongming clenched his fist and punched downwards.

The fist, imbued with spiritual energy and carrying unparalleled power, slammed into the Fang family's protective formation.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the entire magic array began to shake violently.

But it quickly stabilized, and the array patterns flowed, firmly protecting the Fang family once again.

"A decent magic array, but it's still not good enough."

Su Chongming nodded slightly and threw another punch.

"Su Chongming, do you really think I'm a dead man?"

Just then, an equally powerful and violent aura rose into the sky from the depths of the Fang family mansion.

Immediately afterwards, a figure broke through the magic array and headed straight for Su Chongming.

It was none other than the Fang family's Grand Elder, Fang Shanhai!