Chapter 875: Chapter 875

Fang Zhiyao's right arm was severed at this time, and what made her incredulous was that Fang Yuanshan was actually willing to hand her over to Ding Fan and the others in order to save himself.

Fang Zhiyao plotted against Ding Fan. If she were handed over to them, she knew she would surely die.

"Father, you can't do this, I am your daughter. For the safety of the entire Upper Xuan Sect, I would even sacrifice my body..."

"Get lost!" Fang Zhiyao had not finished speaking when Fang Yuanshan abruptly interrupted her. "People of the Upper Xuan Sect would never resort to such shameless deeds like you did."

Fang Zhiyao was stunned, then snorted lightly.

Just now, she had offered her body to bring Gui Zhen and the others back to fight. At that time, Fang Yuanshan didn't say a word and accepted it as if it was normal. But now, he decried her as shameless...

Whoosh... At this moment, a figure swiftly fled outside.

Ding Fan quickly detected the escaping person with his Divine Sense, and that figure was none other than Jiu Shan carrying his son Wang Ming on his back.

Jiu Shan was no fool. He knew that Fang Yuanshan would sacrifice anything to protect the Upper Xuan Sect and himself, so Jiu Shan didn't wait for Ding Fan's blade to fall on his neck; now seemed like a good time to escape.

How could Ding Fan let Jiu Shan go?

Back in Yanjing, if it weren't for this Jiu Shan, how could Zhou Ruoran have been captured and brought here, and how could all these incidents have happened afterwards?

Ding Fan's figure flickered and then disappeared from the spot.

Ding Fan's movement technique was incredibly supernatural; it was as if he had never been there, vanishing without a trace. In the next second, Ding Fan's figure had already eerily appeared a hundred meters away in the direction that Jiu Shan was fleeing.

As Jiu Shan was aghast at how anyone in the world could possess such fast movement technique, Ding Fan had already made his move, his right hand launching a Wind Blade, directly cleaving through them.

In an instant, Jiu Shan along with his son Wang Ming, who he was carrying on his back, were cleanly bisected into two...

Seeing Jiu Shan being cut down, people from the Upper Xuan Sect looked at each other in dismay.

Among the Upper Xuan Sect, Jiu Shan was among the strongest. As the chief law enforcer, he was a formidable figure whose actions could make the whole Upper Xuan Sect tremble.

Yet such a formidable figure was instantly killed by Ding Fan within minutes. If the people of the Upper Xuan Sect had not witnessed it with their own eyes, who would have believed that the insurmountably arrogant Jiu Shan would be killed by a young man in his early twenties?

"Well done. This Jiu Shan didn't know his place and even dared to abduct your wife on his own accord. It's better to have killed such a person sooner."

When Ding Fan returned to the crowd, Fang Yuanshan actually said as much.

Ding Fan slightly furrowed his brow, the sect leader of Upper Xuan Sect, hailed as the world's number one righteous faction, was showing such a mean-spirited and petty side in times of crisis...

Fang Zhiyao, who had been relying on Fang Yuanshan's domineering behavior just a while ago, now appeared like a frightened little bird, hiding next to her mother.

If Fang Zhiyao's father was powerless before Ding Fan, what arrogance could she, Fang Zhiyao, still display?

"Where is Fang Ruohan's mother?" Ding Fan had already rescued Zhou Ruoran, and now what concerned him the most was Fang Ruohan's mother.

After all, their visit to the Upper Xuan Sect was for the sake of her mother.

However, after Ding Fan asked, both Fang Zhiyao and her mother chose to remain silent.

Ding Fan saw through it; they simply didn't want to speak. Instantly, Ding Fan reached out with his right hand from a distance, and a powerful force pulled Fang Zhiyao, who was hiding behind her mother, out into the open.

At this moment, although Fang Zhiyao wanted to struggle, how could she break free under the control of Ding Fan's peerless True Qi?

"Where is Fang Ruohan's mother right now?" Ding Fan's tone was indifferent, but his eyes were ice-cold and grim.

"I... I... I don't know, but after she had Fang Ruohan and her husband steal the Nine Seeds of Bodhi, she disappeared. I think she must have run away with the Nine Seeds of Bodhi," Fang Zhiyao reluctantly spoke.

"You're talking nonsense... My mother didn't instruct me to steal any Nine Seeds of Bodhi." Seeing Fang Zhiyao slander her mother, Fang Ruohan hastily stood up to speak.

"My father knew about this too, and both Jiuzhen and Jiu Shan had testified to it." Now, Fang Zhiyao simply pushed all the blame onto the two dead men, Fang Yuanshan and Jiu Shan.

"I have indeed heard about Fang Ruohan's mother and have been looking for her, but have not found her yet," Fang Yuanshan said from the side.

"Fang Zhiyao, even now you continue to spout nonsense. It seems you really don't want to live..." Ding Fan ignored Fang Yuanshan and said with an icy tone.

After hearing Ding Fan's words, Fang Zhiyao shuddered all over.

How decisive and ruthless was Ding Fan in his killing. Just now, he had swiftly executed the fleeing Jiu Shan. Based on that alone, Fang Zhiyao believed that if Ding Fan wanted to kill, he could slice her life away within minutes.

Just as Fang Zhiyao didn't know what to say, Ding Fan directly pulled out his cellphone from his pocket.

The people present were puzzled. They didn't understand what Ding Fan was doing with his cellphone at this time.

"Fang Yuanshan, I'm going to play something for you. After hearing it, you should understand the matter of the Nine Infants Bodhi," Ding Fan said as he pressed the play button on his mobile phone.

"...Miss wishes to know about the Nine Infants Bodhi, right? Some time ago, people from our Sect did indeed come to inquire. We have placed all the blame on Fang Ruohan. We all said it was when the Sect Leader was in seclusion, Fang Ruohan and her husband came to the Underground Palace to pay respects to their ancestors, and it was the couple who stole it. Both Protectors Jiuzhen and Jiushan helped to speak in favor of this, so now no one suspects you anymore..."

The recording Ding Fan played was from that day in the Upper Xuan Sect's Underground Palace, spoken by those two guardians.

"Fang Yuanshan, I think you should still remember these two people's voices," Ding Fan remarked.

A person who practices Martial Cultivation, especially someone at the Heavenly Level like Fang Yuanshan, has enhanced senses. Even though the voices had been electronically altered, he could still recognize whose they were.

"Fang Zhiyao, explain to me clearly, what exactly is going on?" Fang Yuanshan demanded fiercely. "Didn't you say it was Fang Ruohan's mother and the couple who stole the Nine Infants Bodhi?"

At this point, Fang Zhiyao knew she couldn't conceal the truth any longer. The recording Ding Fan held was enough to explain everything.

However, Fang Zhiyao did not understand how Ding Fan obtained this recording when she had arranged people at the site of the Underground Palace, where no one has been to until now.

How could Fang Zhiyao know that on that day, Ding Fan used Duorou to disguise himself as her, Fang Zhiyao, and those two guardians strictly followed 'her' orders, leaving her unaware that Ding Fan had been to the Underground Palace.

"Fang Zhiyao, if it wasn't Fang Ruohan who took the Nine Infants Bodhi, then who did? Come clean," Ding Fan said as he grasped Fang Zhiyao's neck, a surge of boundless power gripping her throat.

Fang Zhiyao found breathing difficult, feeling that with a slight exertion of force, Ding Fan could snap her neck instantly.

"I... I'll tell you, just don't kill me..." Fang Zhiyao quickly begged for mercy. The rıghtful source is 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚•𝙣𝙚𝙩

The desire for survival is incredibly strong, especially when faced with imminent death. For someone like Fang Zhiyao, who has lived a self-centered life from childhood, her inner self is more fragile. She would use any means to preserve her life when faced with a threat.

Ding Fan slightly loosened his grip. "Speak!"

"It was I who stole the Nine Infants Bodhi... Jiuzhen helped me refine it," Fang Zhiyao admitted without concealment.

"Jiuzhen?" Fang Yuanshan's brows furrowed tightly. "How could Jiuzhen possibly help you?"

Jiuzhen was Fang Yuanshan's Great Protector, and he knew him well. Jiuzhen was a man of principle and would definitely not commit such an outrageous act.

"Because... because... it was Mother who pleaded with him, and Jiuzhen agreed..." Fang Zhiyao hastily spoke.

Fang Yuanshan's eyes were nearly ablaze with fury.

Fang Zhiyao's mother, first of all, had no great cultivation, secondly, did not possess powerful Magic Artifacts. Besides, if Jiuzhen had gotten his hands on the Nine Infants Bodhi, he could have easily kept it for himself.

Therefore, there must have been some dirty deal for Jiuzhen to willingly give it to Fang Zhiyao...

"Is what Fang Zhiyao says true?" Fang Yuanshan coldly looked at Fang Zhiyao's mother who was beside her.

Fang Zhiyao's mother trembled involuntarily. "Fang Yuanshan, she's my only daughter. I want my daughter to succeed, to become an Ancient Martial Arts master. What's wrong with what I did..."

Fang Yuanshan slapped her directly across the face.

Fang Zhiyao's mother was sent flying by the blow. Fortunately, Fang Yuanshan did not use True Qi in his slap; otherwise, her neck could have been snapped on the spot.

Fang Zhiyao's mother struggled to climb up from the ground, her eyes filled with resentment as she looked at Fang Yuanshan.

"Let me tell you, I seduced Jiuzhen with my body. You worthless man, your heart has never been with us mother and daughter, so we must consider our own future..."

"You... shut your mouth!" Fang Yuanshan bellowed in rage.

To know that Fang Zhiyao's mother, before so many people, revealed such filth was akin to striking Fang Yuanshan's face openly.

Fang Yuanshan pushed out his palm furiously, and an unrivaled force struck out, instantly killing Fang Zhiyao's mother.

Fang Zhiyao herself was dumbstruck; she truly did not expect Fang Yuanshan to be so ruthless as to kill his own wife with one blow.

"Fang Ruohan, I failed you and your mother before. However, I hope you can remember the affection between us as father and daughter and say a few good words for me in front of your friend today..."

After he finished speaking, Fang Yuanshan bowed deeply to the ground.

Fang Yuanshan had always been very cold towards Fang Ruohan's mother. Fang Ruohan and Fang Yuanshan hardly spoke from childhood. Yet despite this, they were still father and daughter after all, and she could not bear to see Fang Yuanshan being annihilated by Ding Fan and his allies.

"Ding Fan..." Fang Ruohan looked towards Ding Fan.

After all, Ding Fan had come to the Upper Xuan Sect only to rescue Ruoran. Now that Fang Zhiyao was ready to reveal where Fang Ruohan's mother was, their purpose for this visit would be fulfilled.

"Where is Fang Ruohan's mother?" Ding Fan demanded of Fang Zhiyao.

"Fang Ruohan's mother... has already... been killed by my mother..." Fang Zhiyao said, filled with panic...