Zhou Liting looked at Zhou Tian with his head lowered and silent, his eyebrows raised, his eyes as dark as night.
For a moment I didn't know what else to say, so I got up and left.
"father!"
"There was a masked man just now. Doesn't care what kind of beads I want, does Dad know?"
Zhou Tian suddenly thought of the man wearing a golden mask when he went to Ye Mansion just now.
Zhou Liting was stunned for a moment, then sat down again, his eyes passing over Zhou Tian's body, his eyes slightly fluctuating.
"Sure enough, it's still here!"
Zhou Tian was still thinking about Ye Youyou, but when his father suddenly said this, he was a little confused.
"What? Dad, what are you talking about?"
Zhou Liting's expression was dull, and his face suddenly became cold.
"master!"
At this time the housekeeper walked in, looking very nervous.
"What's wrong?"
"Master, there is a guy wearing black armor who wants to see you outside the house!"
The tone and tone of the butler's words seemed to indicate that something terrible had happened, and when he heard it was Hei Jia, Zhou Tian was startled and stood up to look at his father.
"Did he really find him..."
After Zhou Liting heard this, he hurriedly walked into the courtyard.
Zhou Tian also followed.
"Sir, this person doesn't think he's good at coming, doesn't he wear a weapon to defend himself?"
Zhou Liting's cultivation was completely ruined, and the housekeeper had good intentions and was afraid that something would happen to him. Who would have thought that this sentence would make Zhou Liting furious.
"When does the Zhou family need weapons? You and your servants do what you need to do, and don't worry about the rest!"
In normal times, Zhou Liting is a very amiable person, and even if he is angry, he will not show it so obviously.
Zhou Tian followed closely, his eyes never leaving his father's back.
Arriving in front of the gate, Zhou Liting's solemn look really shocked Zhou Tian.
"Tian'er, no matter what happens, remember to protect your own safety..."
Before Zhou Tian could react, Zhou Liting had already opened the door.
And what caught his eye was indeed the masked man.
"Who are you?"
Zhou Tian couldn't help but blurt out.
The masked man did not speak immediately, but slowly turned his head to look at Zhou Tian behind Zhou Liting, and then said to his father in a low and cold tone: "I hope that Patriarch Zhou will hand over that bead as soon as possible.
Don't make things difficult for me."
Zhou Liting was seen clenching his fists, and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably. Zhou Tian, who had been observing behind him for a long time, wanted to rush forward, but was blocked by his father.
"Who are you and why do you know the location of my Zhou Mansion? I don't know what kind of beads you have."
While Zhou Liting was talking, he turned his head and looked at Zhou Tian with his peripheral vision, as if he really was hiding something from him.
"Zhou Liting, don't you know what you did ten years ago?"
Zhou Tian was a little confused by what the masked man said, and asked sternly from behind his father: "My father walks upright and sits upright, what's wrong with me?"
The more Zhou Tian looked at this masked man, the more he disliked him and wanted to punch him.
"Hand over the beads, lest I tell you and embarrass you and your son!"
Zhou Liting hesitated for a long time, but still didn't say a word. He turned around and looked at Zhou Tian, his expression suddenly changed, and his twisted expression made Zhou Tian very curious.
"What's wrong? Dad."
At this time, several more people came outside Zhou's mansion, namely Ye Wensheng and other elders.
The masked man looked sideways and suddenly disappeared.
"Zhou Liting, what happened last time has not been finished yet, and my daughter was seriously injured. Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"
Ye Wensheng didn't care about the situation. When he came to the door, he cursed and didn't pay attention to the masked man who just left.
Before Zhou Tian could react to the scene just now, he was suddenly scolded loudly. He was impatient and looked coldly at Ye Wensheng in front of him and the elder behind him. When he was about to speak, his father blocked him behind him with his arm.
"What happened to Youyou is indeed Tian'er's fault, but you can't blame him entirely. Maybe you went too far in bullying me?"
Zhou Liting's temper suddenly became louder.
Ye Wensheng looked at the faces of their father and son and was furious.
"Zhou Liting, now that your cultivation is completely ruined and you still occupy the position of clan leader, do these elders really dare not touch you?"
Ye Wensheng's wild words made Zhou Tian furious, but what happened to Ye Youyou was indeed his own doing, and it was hard for him to take action forcefully.
Furious, he stood behind Zhou Liting with clenched fists and stared at them.
"Ye Wensheng, I'm afraid you have other goals besides the position of clan leader, right? You might as well speak clearly today to save both parties from having to worry about it overtly or covertly!"
Zhou Liting really couldn't stand these trivial matters and wanted to solve them all at this moment, so that Zhou Tian could have peace of mind in the future.
After hearing this, Ye Wensheng and Elder Xuanyuan behind him smiled at each other and walked into the central hall in a few steps.
"In that case, it doesn't hurt to listen to you and explain the matter clearly!"
Zhou Tian reluctantly followed in and sat across from them.
Zhou Liting was still sitting in the middle of the nave and said very seriously: "Tell me, what do you want?"
Elder Xuanyuan--Xuanyuan Qing is also another elder who was with Zhou Tian's mother and Ye Wensheng ten years ago.
"Zhou Liting, since you and your son are here, please explain this matter thoroughly."
"Ten years ago, at the altar of Haotian Pavilion, hundreds of Taoist priests were using phoenix blood and human blood to refine soul-eating blood beads. If Elder Ye, myself, and your wife hadn't been present together, maybe this matter wouldn't have happened at all.
will happen."
Zhou Tian listened attentively. He really wanted to understand how his mother died. A year ago, he only heard a general outline, but his father never mentioned the specific reasons to him.
"Yes! Your wife Bai Susu did want to destroy the bead that day, but don't you know Zhou Liting, the masked man who arrived first?"
After listening to this, Zhou Tian felt a huge tinnitus in his ears, and his eyes gradually shifted to his father.
But Zhou Liting still didn't say a word.
"In order to protect Bai Susu from destroying the beads, Elder Ye and I got into a fight with the masked man. We heard with our own ears what those Taoist priests were saying. It was Haotian who came to the throne, but we never expected that the masked man used the same kung fu.
When Zhou Tian heard this, his head felt like it was exploding. He suddenly stood up and faced his father, staring like death in his eyes.
A strange light suddenly flashed in his eyes, as if he was stunned or surprised, and the gaze stung him like a sharp knife.
Zhou Liting picked up the serving tea on the table next to him, took a sip, and looked at Zhou Tian. The atmosphere at this moment was as dead and suffocating.
Then he ordered the butler to close the door of the nave, stood up and walked towards Zhou Tian, then turned to look at Elder Ye and the other two sitting opposite, with serious and cold expressions.
"Yes, the masked man that day was indeed me, but I was not Haotian Lingzuo, I was just in disguise. On the way here that day, I had already killed the real Haotian Lingzuo."
Zhou Liting did not hide the scene at that time. Elder Ye couldn't bear it anymore. He stood up with a whoosh, pulled out the long sword hanging on his waist and pointed it directly at Zhou Liting's neck.
But Zhou Liting remained unmoved, looking at him with unusually firm eyes.
"father?"
Zhou Tian didn't know why, but before, he would have tried his best to stop this situation, but now after hearing those words just now, he felt like he didn't want to care about it.
"Zhou Liting! This is the reason why we have been pressing harder and harder all these years. That day you knocked us unconscious with the tiger-shaped dragon's will fist. When we woke up, you and Bai Susu had disappeared. If the beads were not taken by you,
, is there anyone else?"
The long sword in Ye Wensheng's hand kept shaking. Even if it was an inch away, Zhou Liting would be killed on the spot.
Zhou Tian still couldn't ignore his father's safety, and knocked Ye Wensheng's sword to the ground with one punch. Facing his father, he asked full of doubts: "Dad? Is what they said true? That day..."
"That day, your mother Bai Susu did want to destroy the bead, but your mother once told me that this bead can conquer your Qi Sea, and it can also conquer the Haotian ancestor of Haotian Pavilion!"
"If you destroy it, it will be a waste of natural resources!"
Zhou Liting spoke in a tough tone, which sounded reasonable, but when you think about it carefully, it was all an excuse.
After Zhou Tian heard this, he suddenly felt unwell. He put his palms on the ground and vomited. His eyes were bloodshot and his neck tendons were protruding.
His reaction was obviously caused by being overwhelmed by anger and unable to bear the anger in his heart. Zhou Liting saw it and felt pain in his heart. He wanted to help him up, but Zhou Tian gave him a cold look.
"Dad! I have always been proud of you. Your teachings and your conduct have been my role models for many years. But now you tell me that my mother's death is directly related to you!"
"How do you want me to accept it?"
Zhou Tian was now like a bolt from the blue, roaring hysterically, and his expression of pain made his father feel very guilty.
"Zhou Liting, now that the matter is clear, what else do you have to say?"
Xuanyuan Qing also stood up and glared into his eyes.
"That soul-eating blood bead cannot be destroyed at all!"
Zhou Liting's voice suddenly sounded like a traveler who had been in the desert for a long time without drinking water. His voice was extremely hoarse.
Zhou Tian's eyelids drooped slightly, he sat cross-legged on the floor and looked at his father.
"What did you say?"
Seeing that he still wanted to argue, Ye Wensheng picked up the long sword that fell on the ground and walked towards him with the sword in hand without stopping.
"That bead is refined from the blood of a phoenix that has existed for thousands of years in the world. No one in this world can destroy it. But Bai Susu wants to forcibly destroy it with her own power, but she can't do it."
"So I could only leave with Bai Susu. I didn't take the bead at all. It should still be on the altar at that time!"
"If I took it, why hasn't Tian'er's Qi Sea been conquered yet? Why am I still here, and Bai Susu will not die at all!"
Zhou Liting's words made Zhou Tian confused for a moment which ones were true and which ones were false. He felt dizzy and confused.
"Don't lie. No one saw the beads except your wife and you that day. Even if you didn't take them, could the beads disappear out of thin air?"