Peerless Dragon Sovereign-Chapter 538: The Truth of the Four Symbols Sword Sect Secret Realm

"What!"

Chu Nan and Huo Nianfang simultaneously turned toward the direction of the voice and saw Huo Jiantang walking toward them step by step, holding the Emperor's Longsword in hand.

Narrowing his eyes slightly, Chu Nan was surprised to find that Huo Jiantang's cultivation had not only recovered but seemed even stronger than when he was at Broken Sword Valley.

His body exuded an incessant flow of sharp Sword Qi, causing the surrounding ground to crack incessantly, unable to bear this terrifying power.

"What's happening, his cultivation..."

Chu Nan looked behind Huo Jiantang and soon realized.

He saw the bald old man and the remaining two martial artists at the fifth stage of the Heavenly Realm seated cross-legged, their cultivation surging inside them, yet their own auras were very weak.

Because all the power they unleashed surged into Huo Jiantang's body, allowing him to temporarily recover his past strength, or even surpass it.

A sixth stage and two fifth stages, like three ceaseless sources of power stones, provided Huo Jiantang with enough terrifying combat power to possibly kill Chu Nan. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

"It seems that Huo Jiantang's position in the Huo family is indeed unusual~" Chu Nan lamented in his heart, while also looking worriedly at Huo Nianfang.

Huo Nianfang unabashedly refused Huo Jiantang, saying, "No... Chu Nan is my friend, he has helped me, saved me; I cannot kill him."

Huo Jiantang immediately glared angrily, intimidating Huo Nianfang from afar, "Huo Nianfang, have you forgotten the family's responsibilities?"

"Truly a heartless ingrate; my aunt and the others have been wasting their efforts, you should have been punished to death like your parents!"

Huo Jiantang's words were sharp as a sword, each word piercing like a pearl.

He knew that Huo Nianfang didn't have the strength to kill Chu Nan, but even so, as long as Huo Nianfang made a move, it could cause Chu Nan significant trouble.

Why not enjoy causing the trouble?

However, upon hearing Huo Jiantang's words, Chu Nan's expression filled with a murderous intent as he said, "Huo Jiantang, you dare insult my parents; do you really think I can't kill you?"

"Kill me? I am stronger now than before; with what will you kill me!" Huo Jiantang snorted coldly and looked at Huo Nianfang again, "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and attack!"

"Who do you think you are, nothing but a parentless and motherless bastard; our Huo family graciously raised you, and you can't even handle such a small task?"

"Are you, Huo Nianfang, an ingrate who doesn't understand gratitude?"

Huo Jiantang's forceful words left Huo Nianfang's face showing uncontrollable pain.

On one side was the benefactor, the Huo family, on the other side was someone who could be her brother.

No matter which side she stands on, Huo Nianfang was in extreme pain.

Seeing this, Chu Nan's eyes showed a trace of pity. He knew that if this continued, Huo Nianfang's Dao Heart might collapse.

So, he looked at Huo Jiantang and suddenly laughed loudly, "A favor? What favor did you have toward Huo Nianfang? To me, your entire Huo family is nothing but a bloodsucker!"

"And in my eyes, you are just a thief, a worm."

"Huo Jiantang, in my eyes, you're just a groveling dog trying to please others!"

Chu Nan made unreserved mockery toward Huo Jiantang, causing the latter's expression to change dramatically, furious beyond belief.

"What did you say, Chu Nan? You dare to humiliate me like this!"

Chu Nan, on the other hand, calmly said, "Am I wrong?"

He raised his head and scanned the entire Secret Realm, then said, "Huo Jiantang, do you really not know who this Secret Realm of the Four Symbols Sword Sect truly belongs to?"

Huo Jiantang glared, even involuntarily taking a step back, as if a shameful secret had been exposed.

But ultimately, Huo Jiantang gritted his teeth and said, "What nonsense are you spouting!"

Chu Nan looked at the bewildered Huo Nianfang, smiling at the corners of his mouth, "This Secret Realm was brought from the Heavenly Balance Realm by Huo Mingxian; with her cultivation, how could she possibly control a Secret Realm no less powerful than the Return to One Realm level!"

"Even if all the Martial Artists of the Celestial Crossing Realm at the ninth stage came out, they probably couldn't move such a powerful Secret Realm from the Heavenly Balance Realm to the Celestial Crossing Realm, right?"

It seemed as if Huo Jiantang had been pierced through, his face involuntarily revealing a guilty expression.

So Chu Nan pressed the advantage, continuing to say, "Huo Mingxian was once merely a maid, a slave to my mother, yet such a formidable Secret Realm suits her to manage?"

"So this Secret Realm was definitely prepared by my mother for my sister, Huo Nianfang, with Huo Mingxian's duty merely to raise my sister."

"But this vile woman, Huo Mingxian, harbored treacherous intentions, not only seizing this Secret Realm for your cultivation, but also schemed against us siblings; her heart is deserving of death!"

Chu Nan's words struck with a resounding force, making the faces of the Huo family members extremely unsightly.

Huo Jiantang attempted to argue, asking, "What evidence do you have!"

Chu Nan smirked coldly, having waited for Huo Jiantang to ask that very question, and said, "Isn't the evidence obvious?"

"You cultivated the Four Symbols Sword Technique obtained from Huo Mingxian, and you can barely cultivate by devouring Sword Qi in Broken Sword Valley, while my sister, Huo Nianfang, hadn't even been exposed to any Sword Dao Technique before this."

"Yet upon entering this Secret Realm, she received the Secret Realm's empowerment."

Chu Nan's eyes brimmed with extreme mockery as he lifted his chin haughtily, "Huo Jiantang, your Huo family is nothing more than thieves with the master's key; it's my sister who is the true owner of this Secret Realm."

"That recent empowerment by the Sword Qi wasn't it the Secret Realm's grandest evidence to welcome my sister, its rightful master?"

Upon hearing this, even Huo Nianfang's expression couldn't help but change, for Chu Nan's words were waking her up to the realization that only if she were the true owner of the Secret Realm could it immediately empower her upon entry.

In that moment, Huo Nianfang's gaze toward Chu Nan completely transformed, for she already believed in her heart that Chu Nan was her brother.

"Brother...Brother, so I have family in this world~" Huo Nianfang couldn't help but clutch her chest, feeling a warmth she's never experienced before.

Huo Jiantang was left speechless by Chu Nan's declarations; though there were details not entirely matching Chu Nan's deductions, the essence was true.

Because the Secret Realm indeed originally belonged to Huo Nianfang, and it was through Huo Mingxian's manipulation that it was taken, providing Huo Jiantang with advantages.

The changes upon Huo Nianfang's entering this time were unexpected, since after practicing in the Four Symbols Sword Sect's Secret Realm for years, he never thought the Secret Realm still maintained its master-servant relationship with Huo Nianfang!

As long as Huo Nianfang existed, this Secret Realm could never truly belong to the Huo family.

At that moment, the intent to kill surged within Huo Jiantang's heart not only toward Chu Nan but also toward Huo Nianfang!

The bald old man also spoke up at this moment, "Huo Jiantang, there's no need to waste words with Chu Nan, just kill him; once he's dead, isn't the truth ours to alter as we see fit?"

His words undeniably acknowledged Chu Nan's claims, causing a wavering in Huo Nianfang's heart.

Could it be that all those years of gratitude were false after all?