Chapter 332: Chapter 327: The Death of Fang Lizhong_1
A sudden sentence pierced her heart like a sharp silver needle.
Kong Yingshu's eyes reddened, and she couldn't control her emotions as she burst into tears.
Fang Tong ran over to comfort her, looking at the unfamiliar brother in the sky, she didn't dare to speak. She could feel that this brother, whom she hadn't seen in over twenty years, harbored very deep and complex emotions.
But since he'd just saved their mother, it meant that his heart still held a place for their family.
"Big... Big Brother!"
Fang Lizhong on the ground suddenly spoke up to Fang Ren, his face filled with panic.
He was now afraid that Fang Ren would slay him with a sword as well.
"This woman, Big Brother, if you like her, you should've told your little brother sooner... I would've torn up the marriage agreement without a second word," Fang Lizhong swallowed, trying to curry favor with a sycophantic tone.
Fang Ren swept his gaze across Fang Lizhong, feeling no fondness for the man.
He vividly remembered that when the beast horde arrived, Fang Lizhong looked at the blood-stained Liu Qianqian with nothing but disdain in his eyes.
He had never spoken a word in Liu Qianqian's defense; if he had truly regarded Liu Qianqian as his fiancée, he would have at least felt sad for her. But he didn't, instead, he agreed with his second uncle's approach—locking Liu Qianqian out of the Large Formation.
"Is Fang Jing your father?" Fang Ren asked.
"Yes..."
"If you had even one percent of your father's backbone, you wouldn't be able to say such things. You wouldn't lock your fiancée outside and leave her to be devoured by beasts."
"..." Fang Lizhong didn't know what to say for a moment.
He was a bon vivant who loved to drink everywhere; nothing like his father who often fought on the battlefield. His cultivation level was mostly nurtured by medicinal pills.
He would never have agreed to the engagement with Liu Qianqian if he hadn't heard that her Spirit Embryo could aid in cultivation.
With so many beauties in Tianjiang, he had always planned to discard Liu Qianqian after taking her Spirit Embryo.
He wouldn't forsake an entire forest for a single flower.
"Let go of me."
Fang Ren looked at Liu Qianqian; she was holding on too tightly, and he simply couldn't pull away.
He didn't understand why Liu Qianqian had suddenly become like this.
In broad daylight, and with Fang Lizhong right there, she couldn't possibly be unaware. Yet, she was still kissing him in front of Fang Lizhong.
What had given her the courage to disregard everything?
"I won't let go!" Liu Qianqian cried out, "Are you going to make me marry a man who doesn't care whether I live or die, who wants to treat me like an object and give me to you?"
"If you don't want to marry him, then just dissolve the engagement," Fang Ren said, frowning.
"You ask him yourself! When the Liu Family came to call off the engagement, what did he do to them?" Liu Qianqian grew more agitated as she spoke: "He said I didn't have to marry, but I must give him the Spirit Embryo! And that whenever he wanted, I had to be like a slave at his beck and call! Otherwise, he would kill everyone in the Liu Family!"
This event traced back to when Fang Ren, under the name Qing'an, posted an article online about the "Sacred Body."
By that time, the Liu Family had already begun planning for Liu Qianqian to focus on her cultivation instead of getting married. After all, once the Spirit Embryo was lost, she wouldn't be able to practice cultivation anymore.
The Liu Family prioritized interests; however, it was clear that Liu Qianqian cultivating would bring better results than an arranged marriage.
And the Liu Family wasn't foolish, they knew very well what kind of person Fang Lizhong was. They knew he treated Liu Qianqian merely as a tool to be used and discarded at any moment.
But the Liu Family's attempt to call off the engagement went as Liu Qianqian described: Fang Lizhong agreed to call it off, but only if Liu Qianqian served him like a slave.
Seeing Liu Qianqian's such grief made it clear how much she had been humiliated by this matter.
"Big Brother! Please spare me!" As soon as Fang Lizhong heard her words, he hurriedly said, "I just want to live my own little life! I definitely won't bother you! The marriage agreement... I'll tear it up right now! Please don't kill me!"
Fang Lizhong had just finished speaking.
"No! Kill him!"
Suddenly a girl in a dress began to cry and shout from the side.
Fang Ren didn't recognize the girl, but she was crying vehemently, not seeming scared by the scene that just unfolded, rather her wails were filled with resentment.
"Linlin?" Fang Tong recognized the girl.
She was the daughter of Fang Lizhong's mother's sister, Fang Lizhong's aunt.
Since her parents had gone missing on the battlefield, she had no choice but to live with her brother in the Fang Family compound year-round.
"Xu Linlin?" When Fang Lizhong saw the young woman, he became agitated and quickly scolded her, "What are you doing out here! Go back inside!"
"Young Master Fang!"
Xu Linlin suddenly ran over to Fang Ren's side, knelt down hard on the ground, her knees bleeding: "Please kill him! I beg you! Kill this beast for me!!"
She pointed at Fang Lizhong, screaming as if mad, teeth clenched: "This beast! He wouldn't even spare his cousin! I even suspect that my parents' disappearance back then was orchestrated by him!"
"Xu Linlin, what rubbish are you talking?!"
Fang Lizhong suddenly charged up, sending True Qi towards Xu Linlin with a sweep of his hand.
Seeing this, Fang Tong immediately ran over to pull Xu Linlin to her side, glaring at Fang Lizhong as she shouted, "Third Brother! What can't you let her say? Could it be that you really did something despicable to her?"
"Fang Tong! She's crazy! You believe her?"
Fang Lizhong clenched his teeth, his emotions becoming more and more intense, nothing like his previous cowardly pleading.
"You're talking nonsense!" Fang Tong yelled angrily: "Even if Linlin has depression, it doesn't mean she's crazy. She often goes to school with me; I understand her very well!"
"You know she has depression! How could her mind possibly be normal!" Fang Lizhong bellowed in anger.
"Fang Lizhong! I am your own cousin! To hide your own crimes, you forced me to have so many abortions! How could I not be depressed!" Xu Linlin was even more hysterical.
"You're still spouting nonsense!"
As Fang Lizhong circulated his True Qi and was about to strike again, Fang Tong suddenly turned around and kicked him.
Due to years of being hollowed out by wine and women, combined with Fang Tong's exceptional talent, Fang Lizhong was no match for Fang Tong at all.
"Did he really do these things to you?" Fang Tong looked at Xu Linlin in shock.
"This beast has been torturing me day and night!" Xu Linlin's voice grew shriller, as she kept screaming, "I wanted to expose his crimes to the Family Head! But he threatened me saying that the Family Head would only protect the Fang Family's honor and choose to protect him! All these years! Every time I ran away, he would catch me and degrade me like an animal!
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He even threatened my life by holding my brother's life over me!"
By the end of her screaming, her voice had become hoarse.
A series of shrieks cast a shadow over the entire family.
Fang Yuanhao's face also broke out in more cold sweat.
Xu Linlin is indeed Fang Lizhong's own aunt's daughter.
If he could do such a thing...
Watching this scene unfold, Fang Ren now fully believed what Liu Qianqian had just said; if he did not intervene in this matter, Fang Lizhong might indeed treat Liu Qianqian like a slave.
Otherwise, he would lead people to kill all the members of the Liu Family.
Fang Tong hurriedly used her True Qi to check Xu Linlin's physical body. Seconds later, she was completely dumbfounded.
Xu Linlin's lower abdomen was no longer what a young girl should have, covered in scars, blood vessels swollen, marked by countless abortions that had degraded a young girl to this state.
"Fang Lizhong!" Fang Tong was furious, "Those sleazy boys at school have been spreading bad rumors about you, I never thought they were true!"
"Tongtong! Don't believe her! This cheap slut was catting around with men on her own! What does that have to do with me!" Fang Lizhong shouted.
"Young Master Fang! I beg you, kill him! Please! Otherwise, my brother and I will both die at the hands of this beast!"
Xu Linlin suddenly knelt down towards Fang Ren, banging her head against the ground with such force that it immediately drew blood.
She looked as if she intended to head-bang herself to death on the spot.
Fang Ren instantly sent out a stream of True Qi to protect Xu Linlin's forehead, his gaze turning towards Fang Yuanhao. "Family Head Fang, you couldn't possibly be unaware of this affair, could you?"
Cold sweat broke out even more urgently on Fang Yuanhao's forehead.
Xu Linlin had truly run to him and cried about these things before, but he chose to ignore them.
After all, in his eyes, the Fang Family could not afford such a scandal, and he couldn't bear to punish his own dear grandson. He could only berate Fang Lizhong a few times and then expel Xu Linlin from the Fang Family.
Who would have thought that Fang Lizhong would end up capturing Xu Linlin again and even told him that letting Xu Linlin go might result in her further tarnishing the Fang Family's reputation outside.
Ultimately, things turned out this way.
At this moment, he really didn't dare to say another word; to speak falsely might result in Fang Ren killing him with a sword, and the truth could lead to even more trouble.
Seeing Fang Yuanhao's demeanor, Fang Ren knew in his heart that Fang Yuanhao had covered up the affair.
"The Fang Family is indeed riddled with a thousand wounds; no wonder it's split into two factions."
After saying this, Fang Ren's hand holding the Empty Ming Sword directly severed the legs of Fang Lizhong who was on the ground.
Buzz—
Blood gushed everywhere.
For a moment, Fang Lizhong rolled on the ground, continuously begging for mercy, "Brother! Brother! I was wrong! Don't kill me! I'll change!"
"A three-year-old child, who can change after making a mistake, is a good child," Fang Ren said.
After finishing his words, he threw the Empty Ming Sword to Xu Linlin: "Take care of your own affairs."
Xu Linlin looked at the Empty Ming Sword that fell beside her, then turned to look at Fang Lizhong who had lost his legs.
Without hesitation, she picked up the Empty Ming Sword and pounced on Fang Lizhong.
She kept chopping at him, her hoarse voice shouting unintelligibly, no one knew what she was saying, but everyone could see just how crazed she had become.
Chopping, incessantly chopping.
Until Fang Lizhong ended up a pile of bones, she kept chopping while crying.
Finally, exhausted, she stopped.
She looked up to the sky and cried.
Years of hatred were finally released in that moment.
Fang Ren looked at Fang Yuanhao and spoke, "If you wish to seek revenge for your son or grandson, remember to find me. But by then, apart from a few people in the Fang Family whom I consider decent, I will have exterminated the rest."
Fang Yuanhao displayed a wry smile, "Aren't you a member of the Fang Family too?"
"I am not."
Fang Ren turned away as he said this, True Qi gathering around his body to form wind, which coalesced into a hundred-meter plank on the ground.
With Fang Ye dead, it was time for him to leave.
But before going, he wanted to ensure his classmates were taken care of.
He had no intention of leaving them in this disgusting place.