Chapter 754 Impersonation
After entering the courtyard, Zhou Zeyao looked at everyone with tears streaming down his face and said, "Ancestor..."
Before he could finish speaking, the Zhou family patriarch interrupted him, "Zhou Zeyao, you still have the nerve to come back? Do you really think I don't know?"
The conversation between the two immediately aroused the suspicion of the surrounding Zhou family martial artists.
To everyone, Zhou Zeyao was an incredibly familiar person.
Among the Zhou family martial artists, Zhou Zeyao's character was quite good, and his strength was upper-middle-tier.
More importantly, this fellow never clashed with anyone. It was precisely because of this personality that Zhou Zeyao was assigned to be in charge of the southwest mine, as the Zhou family did not want to create conflict with the Zhu family so early.
But now, with such a major incident happening at the mine and the Ancestor dead, the patriarch's first words to Zhou Zeyao upon his return weren't to inquire about what had happened, but rather in a tone of accusation?
Some people couldn't stand the patriarch speaking to Zhou Zeyao like that. "Patriarch! Zhou Zeyao went for the Zhou family too. No one wanted such a thing to happen!"
After all, Zhou Zeyao was covered in injuries, his aura fluctuating weakly. The paleness of his face showed that he had sustained considerable internal damage.
In such a situation, they should have immediately attended to Zhou Zeyao's injuries before inquiring about the mine's affairs!
Hearing this, the Zhou family patriarch almost spat out a mouthful of blood. He pointed at Zhou Zeyao, unsure of what to do for a moment.
It was the Ancestor who first detected something amiss and insisted on going to investigate.
However, in such a long time, he had only spoken to the Ancestor on the phone twice.
More importantly, the Ancestor had only been suspicious, with no further evidence at all.
Originally, when the Zhou family patriarch learned of the Ancestor's death and that the others at the mine were unreachable, he thought Zhou Zeyao had fled or had been killed by the Ancestor. But he never imagined that this scoundrel Zhou Zeyao would dare to return.
The Zhou family patriarch gritted his teeth as he looked at Zhou Zeyao, saying word by word, "Good, very good!"
"Since you're back, tell us what happened at the mine. Who was responsible!"
As he spoke, the Zhou family patriarch's internal energy erupted. To everyone's shock, the killing intent in the patriarch's eyes did not diminish at all.
Everyone suppressed their internal questions and looked at Zhou Zeyao, as he was the one who had to unravel the mystery of the Ancestor's death and the crisis facing the Zhou family.
A peak Grandmaster was already the strongest combat power, let alone the Ancestor.
Earlier, Zhou Qingming had mentioned that the Ancestor's age had led to a decline in his strength.
But everyone knew in their hearts that the Ancestor's strength had not weakened; it had actually grown stronger.
Under these circumstances, someone had still managed to kill the Ancestor!
Anger and fear warred within them, and no one could figure out which emotion dominated.
Before this incident, none of them had ever imagined they could die suddenly.
They were the strongest martial artists, and also members of the strongest family.
Now, for someone to breach these two "defenses" was simply unacceptable.
Zhou Zeyao had already prepared his story before arriving. With a fluent recounting of his ordeal, everyone listened intently.
Zhu Wenwu!
"Zhou Zeyao, are you sure your attacker was Zhu Wenwu? And that he has reached the peak Grandmaster realm?"
Several peak Grandmasters from the Zhou family stared intently at Zhou Zeyao.
Zhu Wenwu was somewhat different from others. Although he had been a talented martial artist in his youth, after the Qin family incident, he had disappeared. Everyone thought he was dead.
Who would have expected that this fellow would emerge now as a peak Grandmaster!
This was truly beyond everyone's expectations.
"It was him!"
Zhou Zeyao didn't actually know Zhu Wenwu very well. If the Zhu family patriarch hadn't told him about this person, he might not have been aware of the intricacies of the matter.
The Zhu family was in the southwest region. Although the Qin family incident was significant, it only had a certain impact within the southwest region and did not affect the Zhou family at all.
Except for a few peak Grandmasters who paid attention to the outside world, most of the Zhou family was not very familiar with the events of that year.
In fact, Zhou Zeyao had forgotten. When Zhu Wenwu first appeared, he had sought him out, but at that time, he had only informed the patriarch about the matter.
To Zhou Zeyao, who had absorbed memories, he remembered the incident but forgot that the person was actually Zhu Wenwu.
"If the Ancestor hadn't protected me, I might have died there too!"
Zhou Zeyao's words brought a wave of relief to everyone.
If it had been some legendary old powerhouses who had acted, then even the Zhou family would have had to seriously consider whether it was worth avenging the Ancestor.
Now that they knew it was the Zhu family, the matter became much easier to handle.
Zhou Qingming, however, noticed something else. He looked at Zhou Zeyao with some confusion and asked, "Even if the Zhu family has a peak Grandmaster, they wouldn't be foolish enough to attack the people at the mine, would they?"
"Don't they know how many peak Grandmasters the Zhou family has?"
If it were some minor family, this question would be valid, but the Zhu family was no small family; they were the true tigers of the southwest.
Both sides had been suppressing those within their clans eager for conflict. Could it be that the Zhu family genuinely wanted to start a war at this time?
Were they that bold!
"Zhou Qingming, stop spewing nonsense. If I had known you cared so much about Uncle's affairs, I would have kicked you out back then."
"Exactly. Regardless of the reason why the Zhu family acted, the matter is now clear. Since the Zhu family struck first, I think we should send people to destroy the Zhu family. They have a peak Grandmaster? We'll send three. I don't believe we can't destroy a mere Zhu family!"
For a moment, the entire courtyard was filled with shouts and curses.
The Zhou family, from ancient times to the present, had never suffered such an insult.
However, the Zhou family patriarch did not immediately respond to these remarks.
From beginning to end, the Zhou family patriarch's attention was entirely focused on Zhou Zeyao, not on what Zhou Zeyao had said.
"Patriarch! Zhou Zeyao has made things so clear, do you not have the slightest intention of taking action!"
Facing the repeated questioning, the Zhou family patriarch let out a cold snort. "Since it's the Zhu family, then this enmity must be avenged."