The Steward Demonic Emperor

o nothing to him. 

 

Zhuo Fan laughed at that.
[Aren’t I perhaps a little too strong for my age? Those old geezers can’t hold a candle to me, ha-ha-ha…]

 

In his narcissistic moment of vanity, a voice came from behind, “Oh, you caught Lu so easy? Ha-ha-ha, he got what was coming to him.
Kid, you got some skills.
I see now how you wiped out his sect’s team.
By the looks of it, the lower three sects stage is too small for you to show your stuff.”

 

Zhuo Fan squinted and cried.
Whipping around, he saw an old man with black hair.

 

Those deep eyes were fixed on him, bearing a faint smile.

 

Whoosh~

 

The shock had broken Zhuo Fan’s concentration on the illusion and Elder Lu’s soul was left gasping on the ground from that endless torture.

 

Zhuo Fan had no time to mind a nobody, getting his guard up around this old man.
[To come at me from behind yet still not notice him speaks volumes of his power.]

 

The vibe he got from him was the same way he felt around Danqing Shen.
They had to be on the same level.

 

To be on the same ground as the best in western lands told Zhuo Fan he wasn’t one to mess around with.
So he cupped his hands, “May I ask senior-“

 

“Exalted Hei Ran…” Exalted Hei Ran barely lifted his weary head and lit up seeing the old man, “Exalted, you arrived in the nick of time.
This boy dared to attempt murder in the Double Dragon Manor.
Please exact punishment, Exalted!”

 

Zhuo Fan raised an eyebrow, “Exalted Hei Ran?”

 

“Ha-ha-ha, correct.” Elder Lu mocked, finding a shoulder to lean on, “Damn kid, you’re finished.
You don’t even know the great Exalted Hei Ran? Then let me put it another way so that your puny mind can understand.
He is one of the Exalted Double Dragons, the peak of demonic cultivation in western lands, Exalted Hei Ran!”

 

[Exalted Double Dragon?!]

 

Zhuo Fan squinted and gasped, looking at the old man in shock.
He was one of the two Exalted Double Dragons the western lands saw as the strongest after Danqing Shen left?

 

Exalted Hei Ran chuckled and waved it off, “Kid, there’s no need to panic, I did not come for you.
In fact, I came to help you.
But from what I saw, my help wasn’t required, ha-ha-ha…”

 

“What?!”

 

Elder Lu gasped, “Exalted sir, he broke Double Dragon Manor’s rules, how can…”

 

“Shut it!”

 

Exalted Hei Ran’s eyes turned sharp as he stared him down, “Elder Lu, you take me for a fool? Why did you kidnap those girls then?”

 

He pointed at the unconscious Shuang’er and Yongning leaning on a tree.
Exalted Hei Ran snorted, “We have come to a decision regarding yesterday’s incident at the lower three sects stage, yet you dare disobey Double Dragon Manor’s rules just to pursue some petty vendetta? Ignorant mongrel, we treat the sects with courtesy out of respect, not trample them for their weaknesses.”

 

Exalted Hei Ran snapped at Elder Lu, who shook and stammered, “But…”

 

Whoosh~

 

Exalted Hei Ran merely flicked and a ball of air shot at Elder Lu’s soul, bursting it to pieces, now gone from this world.

 

That was all it took for Exalted Hei Ran to kill Elder Lu.
It was so fast that not even Zhuo Fan could react.

 

“I thought I told you to shut up, yet you still go on yapping?” His cold eyes roamed over the soul wisps.

 

Zhuo Fan felt a shiver down his back.
Facing this Exalted Double Dragon left him feeling meek and powerless.

 

Exalted Hei Ran turned a bright smile to him after sizing him up, “You truly are a marvel.
So much power for someone so young.
How fortunate for western lands.
You’re even better than that disciple we had to expel.”

 

“Senior, you’re too kind.” Zhuo Fan’s eyes darted everywhere.
[Expelled disciple? Is that Danqing Shen? It has to be.] 

 

Though the question was, did Exalted Hei Ran say that with joy or anger? If it was the latter, would it not mean the exalted would take it out on him? Though if he was still fond of the old master and disciple bond, the joy might be greater and Zhuo Fan could keep his poor little life. 

 

[So which is it?]

 

Looking straight at Exalted Hei Ran, he was feeling anxiety, unable to discern if the smile was a sneer or one of cherishing…