Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 815 - 226: How Can a Wanted Criminal Be So Outrageous!_3

Just a single glance.

And they couldn’t bear it!

"That... that’s impossible..." the Elder of the Situ Family Clan, kneeling on one knee, almost clenched his teeth until they shattered, his eyes about to split open, staring intently at Fan Wu, "You... who... who exactly are you?!"

His voice broke intermittently due to the enormous pressure and fear crushing down on his heart.

"Qiulong Temple, Fan Wu." Fan Wu answered patiently, addressing the other’s question.

Qiulong Temple...

Fan Wu?

The eyes of the Elder of the Situ Family Clan, threatening to split open, suddenly recognized the name as eerily familiar. He seemed to have seen it somewhere before.

Suddenly, after catching sight of Fan Wu’s tall and burly figure, he instantly came to a realization, his expression, filled with shock, "Are you that one, the fugitive wanted by the Imperial Court?"

"If you’re referring to the person with a bounty of a thousand pieces of silver... then, without a doubt, that is indeed me," Fan Wu said with a smile, answering such a question.

"Our Situ Family hasn’t wronged you in any way, right?" Although it was hard to believe that a fugitive sought by the Imperial Court could be so terrifying, the facts had unfolded before him, and he had no choice but to accept it.

But this Elder of the Situ Family was completely puzzled; why would a wanted criminal head straight for their Situ Family?

Could there be some enmity between the two parties that he was unaware of?

The problem was he knew the name Fan Wu of Qiulong Temple solely because of the Imperial Court’s wanted notice.

Before the Imperial Court issued the wanted notice, he had never heard of such a person.

"The Situ Family has not wronged me," Fan Wu responded in such a way that almost made the Elder of the Situ Family spew a mouthful of old blood.

The Elder of the Situ Family, with a face turning purple, interrogated Fan Wu once again, "If there’s no enmity between you and the Situ Family, why did you commit violence within the Situ Family’s domain?"

"I am after a few people with the surname Xiang, but you tried to stop me, and I, well... I don’t think any of you are good people." Fan Wu’s frank answer remained sincere; he spoke whatever was on his mind, and what he said was the absolute truth, "Since that’s the case, I thought I might as well take care of you all while I’m at it."

The Elder of the Situ Family: "..."

Damn it!

Did this fugitive sought by the Imperial Court really disdain their Situ Family so much? Did he think of the Situ Family as stray dogs on the roadside that one could just kick away as they pleased?

And this guy... was he actually targeting those from the Shangwu Dynasty’s Xiang Family who had come over?

How did this man know about the Xiang Family’s people being at their Situ Family?

Could it be that some core members of the family had leaked some information out?

What enmity did this man have with the Xiang Family?

Question after question swirled in the mind of this Elder of the Situ Family. Just as he was about to question further, he suddenly heard a series of steady footsteps from behind.

When he forced himself to turn around, despite the oppressive feeling in his heart...

He realized that the persons approaching were several other Family Elders, as well as the current Patriarch of the Situ Family!

Nearly all of the core senior members of the Situ Family had gathered, and looking around... there were as many as twenty-some people!

They all shared an air of superiority, clearly top figures in their standing.

Each one was of considerable age, mostly elderly with white hair, faces marked with a distinctive haughtiness.

A haughtiness born of being raised in a prestigious family.

"Patriarch..." Upon seeing such a group, that Elder of the Situ Family instantly felt as if he had found his backbone. He attempted to muster up the strength to stand, yet found himself utterly unable to rise.

This was a major loss of face for him, as if he had brought complete disgrace upon the Situ Family.

The Patriarch of the Situ Family, eyes fixated on Fan Wu, "I’ve heard all that you’ve said... So you are the fugitive with a bounty of a thousand pieces of silver by the Imperial Court—Qiulong Temple’s Fan Wu? What disagreements you have with the Xiang Family of the Shangwu Dynasty, I do not care."

"Because if you are an enemy of the Xiang Family of the Shangwu Dynasty, then you are also an enemy of our Great Yan Dynasty’s Situ Family!"

He said this because after nearly a month of negotiations, the Situ Family had essentially reached a mutual understanding with the Xiang Family. Both were bound together on the same chariot, and a series of agreements and contracts meant that they were inextricably linked.

If people from the Xiang Family of the Shangwu Dynasty encountered trouble within the Great Yan Dynasty, the Situ Family, both morally and logically, had to lend a hand unconditionally to assist them.

Only by doing so could they gain the other party’s trust and maintain the mutual trust between the two parties.

"Oh?" Fan Wu chuckled, "So you’re saying that you have completely aligned with them?"

The Situ Family Patriarch said coldly, "If that’s what you think, then you’re not wrong."

"So, you intend to stop me?" asked Fan Wu.