During the clearing of the battlefield, Huo Zhu found a moment to tell Zhang Yang about the near annihilation of the Five Dragons of Huaxia in the past.
The special abilities of those people, Zhang Yang and the other two felt that familiar power in Guan Fenghua today.
That black primal energy not only contained the power of the dragon脉, but also a suppressive force.
It could suppress any opponent whose realm was lower than the black primal energy.
This prevented the primal energy within them from being unleashed, leaving them like fish on a chopping block, at the mercy of others.
This was also the main reason why the Five Dragons of Huaxia had almost been wiped out in the past.
Otherwise, with the peak True Essence realm strength of Huo Zhu and the other two, they wouldn't have been forced into such a desperate situation by Guan Fenghua just now.
"Guan Fenghua, tell me, who bestowed this ability upon you?" Zhang Yang asked sternly.
"What are you talking about? I don't understand." Guan Fenghua, who had woken up, was filled with unwillingness and feigned ignorance.
*Slap!*
Zhang Yang showed no mercy and slapped her directly.
"You'd better tell the truth, don't try any tricks with me. Don't think I won't find out just because you don't say anything!"
As he finished speaking.
Zhang Yang revealed the crystal coffin mark on his palm.
Instantly, a white light flashed.
Guan Fenghua's pupils constricted, her face filled with apprehension.
It was this strange crystal coffin that had appeared just now, causing her to be utterly defeated.
Otherwise, Zhang Yang would definitely not have been her opponent!
After a moment of thought, Guan Fenghua turned her head away, not daring to look directly at the crystal coffin in Zhang Yang's palm, and said.
"I just picked up dragon whiskers in the dragon pit. I don't know anything else."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yang's eyes narrowed, and a killing intent appeared out of nowhere.
"Since you won't say, I'll do it myself!"
Instantly.
The true qi within Zhang Yang surged out.
The crystal coffin in his palm emitted a dazzling white light, and his hand pressed directly onto Guan Fenghua's head.
"Ah!"
Guan Fenghua let out a loud scream, her beautiful face contorted.
She felt the nexus of black primal energy within her being violently pulled by an external force.
A continuous stream of power flowed towards Zhang Yang's palm, until it was completely absorbed by the crystal coffin.
A moment later.
Guan Fenghua's body went limp.
Her head drooped, and she fell unconscious again.
Meanwhile, Zhang Yang, having absorbed a large amount of black primal energy, was refined by the crystal coffin.
The pure energy surged into the white pill within his body, and he felt an immense pleasure.
Zhang Yang felt that the white pill within his body had grown by another circle, and the barrier of the early stage of the Hunyuan realm seemed about to break.
Zhang Yang was overjoyed, realizing his guess was correct.
This crystal coffin could indeed convert the power of others for his use!
Seeing Zhang Yang's methods, Huo Zhu and the others were even happier than if they had broken through themselves.
The black primal energy not only couldn't restrain Zhang Yang, but was instead restrained by him.
If this were the case, they wouldn't be so passive when encountering those mysterious people in the future.
Half an hour later.
Guan Fenghua, who had fainted, was awakened again by Luo Yiren splashing a basin of cold water on her.
However.
When she woke up, she looked bewildered, staring at Zhang Yang and the others with suspicion.
"Zhang Yang, why are you here? Where am I? Who captured me? Are you here to save me?"
Guan Fenghua's string of questions stunned Zhang Yang and the others.
What was going on with Guan Fenghua?
Why was she pretending to be crazy and foolish?
Had she lost her memory?
"Don't you know why you're here?" Zhang Yang retorted.
"I don't know, wasn't I in the dragon pit?" Guan Fenghua replied.
This...
Guan Fenghua's behavior was very strange.
But it made Zhang Yang and Luo Yiren feel familiar. This demeanor, attitude, and tone were exactly how they knew Guan Fenghua.
It's just...
What exactly was going on?
After a moment of thought, Zhang Yang spoke again.
"Did you get anything in the dragon pit?"
Hearing this, Guan Fenghua looked a little embarrassed and said.
"When the dragon pit was about to collapse, I didn't listen to you and hide inside the dragon pit to watch everything happen..."
"After you left, I walked out, wanting to see if I could find anything to make me stronger."
"Then I found two dragon whiskers. As soon as I touched them, the dragon whiskers disappeared. After that, I don't remember anything. Did I leave on my own? Or was I captured?"
Guan Fenghua muttered to herself.
The further she spoke, the less certain she became.
This answer.
Made Zhang Yang and the others even more confused.
This was intermittent amnesia.
She didn't remember what had happened during this period?
"Guan Fenghua, do you really not remember what you've done recently?" Luo Yiren interjected.
"You don't know? Then let me help you recall. For the past ten days, your Guan family has used force to coerce and forcibly acquire businesses in Jiangnan City!"
"They forced other small families to submit, and anyone who didn't submit was killed. Today, you even extended your reach to the Han family and the Luo family."
"If Zhang Yang and I hadn't returned, Jiangnan City would have completely become your Guan family's territory!"
What?!
Guan Fenghua's eyes widened, full of disbelief, and she shouted.
"That's impossible! What kind of relationship do we have? How could I possibly attack you? Why don't I have any memory of it! Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"Heh, what's impossible about it? You personally killed your grandfather just now. Is there anything you can't do?" Luo Yiren sneered.
"You'd better stop playing dumb. Don't think you can get away with it by acting like this!"
From beginning to end.
Luo Yiren believed that Guan Fenghua was lying.
She was deliberately feigning amnesia, trying to buy herself a chance of survival.
"My grandfather is dead? I killed him?"
"No!"
"This is impossible! I don't believe it! Luo Yiren, you're lying to me, right!"
Guan Fenghua broke down. She couldn't accept this fact and kept shaking her head and shouting.
"Zhang Yang, tell me that what Luo Yiren said is false, right? Answer me!"
"Hurry up and let me go. I want to find my grandfather. I don't believe what Luo Yiren said! Hurry up and let me go!"
As Guan Fenghua spoke, tears streamed down her face, and she desperately tried to break free from her bonds.
Her expression changed from disbelief to fear and helplessness.
All of this.
Zhang Yang and the others watched.
But they all remained silent, not untying Guan Fenghua.
Judging from Guan Fenghua's tearful performance, it didn't seem like she was faking it.
It seemed she truly didn't know what had happened during this period.
Could it be that someone had controlled Guan Fenghua during this time?
"Great Elder, do you know if those people have the means to control others' actions?" Zhang Yang asked.
"I'm not sure either." Huo Zhu shook his head, unsure.
Those past enemies were too powerful and too mysterious.
They had not clashed many times, and Huo Zhu only knew that the opponent's black primal energy had a suppressive effect on those whose realms were lower than theirs.
As for anything else, he knew nothing.
"It's also possible," Huo Zhu said after thinking.
"The black primal energy has a confusing effect on our will. Guan Fenghua wasn't like this before her black primal energy was drained by you."
"And after you absorbed all the black primal energy from her, she became like this."
At Huo Zhu's reminder, Zhang Yang also pondered.
It seemed to be the case.
Perhaps.
Guan Fenghua truly didn't know about all the things she had done during this period.
"Zhang Yang, please let me go. I want to find my grandfather. Please, I beg you." Guan Fenghua pleaded.
"Let you go? Don't pretend to be pitiful to gain sympathy!" Luo Yiren glared at Guan Fenghua.
It had been difficult enough to subdue Guan Fenghua. If they let her go now, wouldn't it be like letting a tiger return to the mountains?
"Yiren, let her go." Zhang Yang said.
"This! Little brother, are you kidding me? You want me to let her go?" Luo Yiren was very confused.
"Yes, let her go." Zhang Yang looked at Luo Yiren seriously and replied.
Luo Yiren looked at Zhang Yang's eyes, thought for a moment, and obediently untied Guan Fenghua.
"Thank you." Guan Fenghua said.
She fled outside in a panic, her steps uneven, appearing extremely flustered.
...
"Zhang Yang, you just let Guan Fenghua leave? What were you thinking!" Luo Yiren was very confused and spoke with blame.
"Don't be angry yet. I have my reasons for doing this." Zhang Yang smiled and walked outside.
"You all wait for me at home. I'm going out for a bit."
After speaking, Zhang Yang headed in the direction of the Guan family.
It turned out.
Zhang Yang intended to secretly follow Guan Fenghua back.
To see if her breakdown just now was genuine or an act.
After all, their judgment that Guan Fenghua's body had been controlled by someone else was just their personal speculation.
What if Guan Fenghua was just a good actress?
So Zhang Yang decided to investigate. If Guan Fenghua was indeed faking it, he could follow the clues and destroy other enemies within the Guan family.
Soon.
Zhang Yang secretly arrived at the Guan family.
He jumped onto the roof under the cover of night, and no one discovered him.
At this moment.
Guan Fenghua was already kneeling in the main hall, weeping uncontrollably.
After returning.
She had learned all about today's events from the fleeing Guan family guards.
"Grandfather! I'm sorry! Fenghua is sorry for you!"
Guan Fenghua kowtowed, tears streaming down her face.
Her demeanor made the Guan family guards very curious.
They had all been recruited by Guan Fenghua into the Guan family recently.
In their impression, Guan Fenghua was a decisive and ruthless woman.
How had she become like this now?
"Miss Guan, we should reorganize our forces and seek revenge on Zhang Yang!"
"That's right. If it weren't for Zhang Yang, Grandfather Guan wouldn't have died. They are the real culprits who killed Grandfather Guan."
"It has nothing to do with you. You don't need to blame yourself. Zhang Yang and the others killed the old master!"
...
All the Guan family guards said in unison.
However, Guan Fenghua kept shaking her head, not yet recovering from the shock of Grandfather Guan's death.
"Don't act rashly." Guan Fenghua said in a dazed manner.
"But..." the guards wanted to retort.
"There's no 'but.' Everyone stay in the Guan family!" Guan Fenghua shouted.
Then she went to the backyard of the Guan family to find her father.
Zhang Yang, hiding on the roof, watched everything silently.
Judging by Guan Fenghua's appearance, she probably wasn't faking it. She seemed genuinely unaware of everything that had happened recently.
Immediately.
Zhang Yang leaped across the rooftops and followed Guan Fenghua to the Guan family's backyard.
Guan Fenghua went to the backyard to find her father, Guan Ding Tian.
"Miss Guan." The guards watching outside the courtyard said respectfully.
"What are you doing here?" Guan Fenghua frowned.
"Didn't they tell us to keep an eye on your father and prevent him from causing trouble?" The guards explained aggrievedly.
Guan Fenghua still had no memory of this matter.
She waved her hand impatiently and said.
"Alright, you can leave now. I have something to discuss with my father."
Although the Guan family guards were surprised, they obeyed the order and left.
They had learned their skills from Guan Fenghua, and no matter how Guan Fenghua changed, they would always obey her.
Entering the small courtyard.
Guan Fenghua saw that it was already late at night, and Guan Ding Tian was still sitting outside the courtyard enjoying the cool breeze. She quickly walked up to him.
"Dad~" Guan Fenghua's voice was hoarse.
"I am not your father, and I do not have a daughter like you." Guan Ding Tian said coldly.
Guan Ding Tian had known that Guan Fenghua had arrived at the courtyard entrance.
However, he sat there expressionlessly, with no intention of paying attention to her.
He had already learned about Grandfather Guan's death today.
Although he was sad, he also felt powerless.
"Dad, I killed Grandpa!"
With a bang.
Guan Fenghua knelt on the ground.
"If he's dead, he's dead. Why are you crying to me? You're not my daughter." Guan Ding Tian said with a heartache.
It turned out.
After Guan Fenghua returned from the dragon pit, Guan Ding Tian sensed that something was wrong.
Guan Fenghua seemed to have become a different person, inexplicably transforming from an ordinary person into a martial arts master.
Moreover, she could turn the ordinary guards of the Guan family into masters, instantly increasing the Guan family's strength.
With strength came ambition, which grew larger day by day.
Within a week, under Guan Fenghua's leadership, they had annexed businesses in Jiangnan City, and those who did not comply were silenced.
Guan Ding Tian could not accept this kind of disposition.
He had been trying to persuade them, but Grandfather Guan and Guan Fenghua simply did not listen.
Even regarding the matter of the Han family and the Luo family.
Guan Ding Tian strongly opposed it, even causing a scene, but he was placed under house arrest by the two.
"You should leave. You don't need to apologize to me." Guan Ding Tian said impatiently, driving her away.
"No, I won't leave." Guan Fenghua shook her head desperately and grabbed Guan Ding Tian's thigh.
"Dad, I don't know anything about what happened during this period. Why don't I have any memory of it? If Zhang Yang hadn't knocked me awake, I wouldn't have known I had done so many wicked things!"
What!?
Seeing Guan Fenghua weeping, Guan Ding Tian suddenly stood up.
He carefully looked at Guan Fenghua and considered the feeling she gave him, and trembled.
"Are you really my daughter?"
"Of course I'm your daughter, Dad. Can you tell me what happened during this period?" Guan Fenghua continued to cry sadly.
At this moment.
Guan Ding Tian finally confirmed that the person in front of him was his daughter.
With trembling hands, he helped her up and said emotionally.
"Fenghua, get up quickly. Don't kneel..."
"Okay."
Guan Fenghua nodded. Just as she was about to get up from the ground, a sudden change occurred.
The entire Guan family was suddenly shrouded in a black mist, trapping even Zhang Yang within it...