In an instant.
Chu Qingtian tasted what it meant to have all his strength drained.
Having lived for decades, he had seen many people lose all their strength before him, but he had never personally experienced the feeling of having all his strength drained.
Now, he finally understood.
"Why!"
The leader of the foremost family in the Dragon God Kingdom, now like a soul snatched away, stumbled back to a chair not far away, and then collapsed into it, utterly dejected.
As if the head that had just rolled at his feet was not Gu Lao, but Chu Fan.
Seeing this, Chu Fan's expression was slightly surprised.
In his expectation, Gu Lao and Chu Qingtian were at most collaborators. Now it seemed their relationship was even deeper than he had anticipated.
He hadn't come to watch Chu Qingtian daze, but to warn him.
Chu Fan spoke, "No more incidents like this!"
"If you try to threaten me with Nan Baixuan again, I won't care about our relationship. The next one to end up on the ground will be your head."
After dropping these words, Chu Fan turned to leave.
"Wait!"
Chu Qingtian, who had just come back to his senses, quickly got up.
Chu Fan turned his body slightly.
"Xiao Fan, since there's still time, why don't you return to the Eternal Hall first?"
"It will be very dangerous otherwise!"
Chu Fan frowned, glancing at Gu Lao's head on the ground, and said, "Just because I killed him, I need to return to the Eternal Hall to hide?"
Chu Qingtian nodded seriously.
"Yes!"
"The organization behind Gu Lao is vast. Only the Eternal Hall can protect you!"
Chu Fan turned back and asked, "What organization is this old fellow behind?"
Before Chu Qingtian could speak, he said, "The Underworld Hall?"
"You... you know about the Underworld Hall?"
Chu Qingtian was surprised.
After confirming that the vast organization behind Gu Lao was indeed the Underworld Hall, Chu Fan turned to leave.
Chu Qingtian immediately became anxious. Knowing that Chu Fan had likely already clashed with members of the Underworld Hall, he hurried to the doorway and said, "Xiao Fan, the Underworld Hall is more terrifying than you imagine. Please, I beg you!"
Chu Fan stopped again and turned back, saying, "If you want me to leave the Dragon God Kingdom, then find my mother, and I'll take her with me!"
"Otherwise, stop wasting my time!"
This request was naturally difficult for Chu Qingtian to fulfill. He could only helplessly watch Chu Fan leave.
On the way back, Chu Fan had a question that he couldn't figure out.
Based on the current information, the Underworld Hall was formed by the five hidden aristocratic families, and its strength was indeed formidable.
Chu Qingtian's ability to mobilize Gu Lao, a member of the Underworld Hall, indicated a deep connection with the Underworld Hall. In fact, it could be said that the Underworld Hall was the biggest manipulator behind the scenes of the Dragon God Kingdom.
His mother, who had disappeared, was basically confirmed to be with the Qin family.
The Qin family was also one of the participants in the Underworld Hall. Chu Fan didn't quite understand why Chu Qingtian didn't use his relationship with the Underworld Hall to have them pressure the Qin family to hand over his mother.
After much thought, he concluded that although the five aristocratic families formed the main force of the Underworld Hall, the Underworld Hall was an independent entity, and the five families might have had difficulty intervening.
As for the danger he would face after killing Gu Lao, Chu Fan naturally knew it was retaliation from the Underworld Hall.
An eighth-grade Grandmaster was not a common commodity.
The loss of even one eighth-grade Grandmaster would be a severe blow to any organization.
But Chu Fan knew even better that he couldn't hide in the Eternal Hall just because he was afraid. He wouldn't stop looking for his mother.
He remembered when he left the Eternal Hall, he had told many old folks that he would never return until he had made a name for himself.
If he went back now, those old folks would surely mock him.
Secondly, Chu Fan also wanted to see how Chu Qingtian would handle this matter.
Would he stand by and watch him be retaliated against by the Underworld Hall, or would he use all his might to intervene?
How he acted would determine how Chu Fan would treat him and the people of the Chu family in the future.
In the hotel.
Chu Qingtian, having recovered, looked down at Gu Lao's head on the ground and suddenly regretted his plan.
If he hadn't intended to use Nan Baixuan to stop Chu Fan, he wouldn't have dispatched Gu Lao, and this situation wouldn't have occurred.
Now, what?
Chu Qingtian really didn't expect Chu Fan's strength to be so powerful that he could kill Gu Lao in return.
As his biological father, seeing his son possess such strength at such a young age naturally made him happy from the bottom of his heart.
However, thinking that Chu Fan had now caused a great disaster, and that he wouldn't listen to his advice at all, made him feel distressed.
Returning to the Treasure Pavilion.
After a brief rest, Chu Fan got up and told Cui Fu, "I'm going to the Mu Nan Sect!"
Cui Fu put down his work and asked doubtfully, "What are you going to the Mu Nan Sect for?"
"You know!"
Cui Fu was stunned, then realized that Chu Fan must have encountered problems with the seal suppressing the exotic poison due to his previous actions, and needed to go to the Mu Nan Sect to use the power of the volcano for suppression.
He nodded and said, "Go with peace of mind. I'll notify you if anything happens!"
As he walked to the door, remembering the matter of the Underworld Hall, Chu Fan turned back and said, "The old fellow whose head I twisted was from the Underworld Hall!"
"From now on, people from the Underworld Hall might come looking for you!"
"Don't try to be brave then, cooperate with whatever they ask!"
Without this reminder, Chu Fan felt that with Cui Fu's temperament, he would definitely fight the Underworld Hall to the death.
A Grandmaster was truly no match for the Underworld Hall.
"I know!"
Cui Fu nodded.
After Chu Fan left, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and hurried upstairs to rummage through boxes and drawers, found a tattered book, and then began to read it carefully.
Heading to the vicinity of the volcano near the Mu Nan Sect to absorb the power of the fire veins, Chu Fan did not alert the people of the Mu Nan Sect, but quietly infiltrated and found a suitable place to recuperate.
Regarding Chu Qingtian's warning, Chu Fan appeared very casual, but it didn't mean he didn't take it to heart.
He actually knew very well that at Chu Qingtian's level, if things weren't serious, he wouldn't have lost his composure.
But something that could make him lose his composure must be extraordinary.
His desire for Chu Fan to turn back and hide in the Eternal Hall indicated that Gu Lao held a very high position in the Underworld Hall, and if the Underworld Hall came to exact revenge after knowing about this, even standing at the pinnacle of the Dragon God Kingdom would not be enough to stop them.
If the problem with his body wasn't resolved, and another one or two eighth-grade Grandmasters appeared, it would be dangerous.
Therefore, coming here to stay was not only to absorb the power of the earth fire but also to recuperate and to carefully consider how to resolve his own danger.
Earlier, in the Eternal Hall, with countless old folks around, there was basically no danger, and Chu Fan didn't need to worry about the exotic poison causing any impact.
Upon entering the Dragon God Kingdom, all the people he encountered were no match for him, so he didn't have to worry about anything.
The appearance of Gu Lao.
It served as a wake-up call for Chu Fan, letting him know that there were still dangers in the Dragon God Kingdom, and he had to speed up the process of resolving the exotic poison.
Otherwise, this thing would eventually bring him unbearable consequences.