Chapter 339: Chapter 338: Acting According to Circumstances
At this mont, Ye Fan asked probingly, "Who has your Gongsun Family under control?"
"The Mo Sect! It was the Mo Sect who captured them, and they gave us a three-day deadline. If we can’t kill you, they will slaughter everyone in our Gongsun Family!" Gongsun Linglong declared, her eyes red.
Ye Fan frowned. "The Mo Sect? Didn’t their Sect Leader, Mo Dianwu, die?"
"He did, but their founding ancestor is still alive. This ti, their Vice Sect Leader has co. Their only goal is for you to die!" Gongsun Linglong said again.
"So they want
dead," Ye Fan said. "Do you really think killing
will keep your Gongsun Family safe?"
"This..." The Gongsun siblings found it difficult to respond. There were too many factors involved, and they couldn’t guarantee the Mo Sect would back off even if Ye Fan were dead.
Ye Fan continued, "You’re being too presumptuous. You think killing
will save your Gongsun Family? You’re mistaken. Gravely mistaken!
"The Mo Sect’s old rivals aren’t limited to just . Even if they hate
more, do you really think they’ll spare the Gongsun Family?
"You’re wrong. Rember, you have been enemies for many years!
"You’re acting like complete fools! Your stupidity will lead the Gongsun Family to its doom!" Ye Fan rebuked without hesitation, genuinely angered by the siblings’ recklessness. They were so hopelessly naive they actually believed the Mo Sect’s lies.
The Gongsun siblings were at a complete loss.
At that mont, with a look of despair, Gongsun Shengheng said, "What other choice did I have? They kill a mber of our Gongsun Family every day! Tomorrow, they’re going to kill our father!"
"So for the sake of your family, you dare to sche against ? Do you really think you can succeed?" Ye Fan said disdainfully.
He knew from the start that sothing was amiss. The notion that these two siblings could successfully sche against him was almost impossible.
Gongsun Linglong spoke, "I’m sorry, we have no other choice!" The two of them drew their weapons, looking ready for a fight.
Ye Fan said, "Are you still bent on this foolishness? I’m offering you a chance to save the Gongsun Family right now! Lower your weapons!
"Even if you have n lying in ambush inside and out, that’s no guarantee of success. I’m not soone you can kill just because you say so!"
Sure enough, dozens of Gongsun Family Martial Artists were lying in ambush outside, waiting for him.
"No matter what, we have to try for the sake of our many family mbers, even if you’re the King of Heaven!" Gongsun Shengheng declared coldly.
He was about to order his n to charge, but Gongsun Linglong shouted, "Wait!"
"Why?" Gongsun Shengheng was puzzled. If they didn’t take down Ye Fan now, their chance would be lost, so he had no idea what his sister was thinking.
Gongsun Linglong said, "Brother, maybe we really should listen to Mr. Ye’s suggestion!"
"We can’t! Father and Mother are still in their hands! Sister, we’re in no position to bargain right now!" Gongsun Shengheng replied instantly.
He was terrified and wasn’t thinking clearly, focused only on how to kill Ye Fan.
Gongsun Linglong’s wavering resolve hardened once again at her brother’s words.
Ye Fan said, "It seems you don’t cherish this last chance!"
He was furious. Before he lost his temper, everything was negotiable. But now that he was angry, all bets were off.
Gongsun Linglong was about to move, but then she recalled Ye Fan’s combat prowess and how easily he had killed the Mo Sect elder. Perhaps ambushing Ye Fan with all their people would co at a terrible price.
Tears stread down her face. I don’t want to be his enemy... but my family is in the Mo Sect’s hands! Her heart was wrung with anguish.
"Kill!" Gongsun Shengheng shouted, charging at Ye Fan.
But the mont he moved, Ye Fan struck first, sending Gongsun Shengheng flying with a single blow. The others charged forward as well.
Ye Fan shouted, "Pure Yang Power!"
When the formidable Pure Yang Power erupted, the twenty charging attackers were instantly swept away. The remaining n lost all courage to press forward.
Ye Fan turned to Gongsun Linglong. "Do you still want to kill
now?"
"I’m sorry!" Gongsun Linglong broke down.
"Sister!" Gongsun Shengheng cried out, clutching his injured body.
But Gongsun Linglong just said to Ye Fan, "Just kill . It would be a release."
Ye Fan was about to strike, but he paused and said, "Fine. I’ll help you."
"Huh?" The two siblings looked at him in confusion.
He continued, "Gongsun Chou is an old friend of mine.
"What you’re doing chills my heart, and it would chill his too.
"For his sake, I’ll help you this one ti. But I hope you won’t be so impulsive again."
The two siblings were overco with guilt and a deep sense of having wronged him. Maybe we were wrong from the very beginning. If we had just told Ye Fan the truth, none of this would have happened.
She knew that no matter what, the rift between her and Ye Fan could never be healed.
Fighting back tears, she asked Ye Fan, "Will you ever forgive ?"
"I will," Ye Fan replied.
Whatever the Gongsun Family had done, their motivation was to save their parents and kin. If, from the start, they had only sought to kill him to curry favor with the Mo Sect, Ye Fan would never have forgiven them. But since they had done it for their family, he chose to forgive them.
At this, the siblings burned with sha.
Ye Fan then asked, "How do you contact the Mo Sect? Where have they taken your parents?"
"We don’t know," Gongsun Linglong replied imdiately. "They only said to bring your head to the river harbor in the Eastern Suburb. They’ll inspect the ’goods’ there, and once they’ve confird it’s you, they’ll release everyone in our Gongsun Family."
"That’s easy enough," Ye Fan said. "I’ll pretend you poisoned . Then, you deliver
to the rendezvous point, and we’ll play it by ear from there."
"Alright!" the siblings nodded at once.
During the night, the siblings, along with four or five Martial Artists, brought Ye Fan to the western bridge.
anwhile, at the river harbor in the Eastern Suburb, an elder sat upon a solitary sailboat. The elder seed unremarkable, but his gaze was firm and resolute.
When he saw the siblings arrive, he said, "You’re half an hour late."
"We couldn’t help it," Gongsun Linglong quickly responded. "The King of Heaven is not an easy man to kill. It took a trendous effort, but we finally poisoned him."
"Oh? Is that so?" the elder inquired. "Then where is his head?"
Gongsun Linglong opened the carriage, revealing a pallid Ye Fan lying inside a coffin they had prepared.
The elder walked over to the coffin and said, "We asked for his head. What is the aning of bringing his entire corpse? If I’m not mistaken, he’s probably not dead yet, is he?"
The Gongsun siblings’ hearts pounded with fear.
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