Chapter 755 The Fate Tablet
After the Zhou family head surveyed the surroundings, his gaze fell upon Zhou Qingming. He spoke directly, "Qingming, tomorrow you will take two venerables to the southwest. You must go to the Southwest Prefecture, and investigate the matters Zhou Zeyao mentioned. If there's any progress, be sure to report back."
Everyone was puzzled as to why the family head would send Zhou Qingming.
From their earlier conversation, everyone could tell that Zhou Qingming had absolutely no interest in this matter.
However, since the family head had already made the decision, they did not dare to say anything more.
"Zhou Zeyao, since you are injured, you will rest at home for a period of time. Also, there are some things I need to ask you personally!"
By the time he reached the end of this sentence, the gritted teeth sound was clearly audible to everyone present.
However, everyone assumed that the family head was angry because Zhou Zeyao had let the Old Uncle die and returned alone.
Zhou Zeyao wiped away his tears and slowly nodded, "Alright, I will obey the family head."
After a brief chat with a few fellow martial artists he was close to within the Zhou family, Zhou Zeyao was summoned by the Zhou family head.
At this moment, in the grand hall, besides the two of them, only the Zhou family's old steward was present, pouring tea.
"You may go."
When the Zhou family head's voice reached the old steward's ears, the steward was momentarily confused.
Many matters of the Zhou family were not secrets in the old steward's eyes.
Yet, he was now being asked to leave?
However, the old steward was only stunned for two to three seconds before he withdrew.
The Zhou family head's gaze fell upon Zhou Zeyao. After scrutinizing him from head to toe, a cold smile appeared on his face. "To be honest, if you hadn't shown a slight slip earlier, I truly wouldn't have believed you could imitate him so perfectly."
"May I ask one thing? Where did Zeyao die?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zeyao's eyebrows twitched instantly. He looked at the Zhou family head with disbelief, "What do you mean, family head? I am right here, sitting in front of you! What do you mean by where I died?"
Facing such a reply, the Zhou family head's smile deepened.
"Even now, you still insist on hiding and prevaricating?"
"There's no one else here, so stop acting in front of me. Zhou Zeyao has long been dead. His fate tablet is in the Zhou family's ancestral shrine! And that fate tablet has now shattered!"
Zhou Zeyao widened his eyes, feigning nervousness, and stared at the Zhou family head.
With a shocked expression, he exclaimed, "What? My fate tablet has shattered?"
In fact, on the way back, Zhou Zeyao had been racking his brains, wondering where he had gone wrong. After repeated reflection, Zhou Zeyao finally remembered the fate tablet in the Zhou family's ancestral shrine!
The main reason was that this memory had been deeply buried within Zhou Zeyao's consciousness. From Zhou Zeyao's perspective, it was something everyone in the Zhou family did, and the fate tablet was merely one of the procedures after becoming a Grandmaster at that time.
Furthermore, after absorbing the original memories, Zhou Zeyao had not delved into them meticulously, thus he had overlooked this matter.
Now that he knew where the problem lay, Zhou Zeyao naturally found a solution immediately.
"Oh! I think I know what happened!"
The Zhou family head looked at Zhou Zeyao with amusement. He wanted to see what excuses Zhou Zeyao could come up with.
"I have now reached the peak of the Grandmaster realm. It should be a temporary death experienced upon reaching the peak of the Grandmaster realm that caused the fate tablet to shatter. I will go to the ancestral shrine later to replenish it."
The fate tablets in the Zhou family's ancestral shrine could not be created by anyone other than the Zhou family's own members.
This specialized secret art was only effective for the Zhou family's own people.
In the Zhou family head's opinion, Zhou Zeyao was digging his own grave at this moment.
Of course, regarding Zhou Zeyao's claim of having reached the peak of the Grandmaster realm, the Zhou family head was very concerned.
The peak of the Grandmaster realm!
The Zhou family head's eyes narrowed. He looked at Zhou Zeyao and directly extended his spiritual power to probe him.
Zhou Zeyao, of course, knew that the other party was testing his true strength. Although he had indeed sustained some injuries on his way back, his spiritual power had not suffered any significant damage!
The moment their spiritual powers collided, the Zhou family head was immediately repelled by Zhou Zeyao.
"You have truly reached the peak of the Grandmaster realm!" The Zhou family head gasped in shock.
Under the personal supervision of the Zhou family head, Zhou Zeyao directly went to the ancestral shrine and created a new fate tablet with his own blood.
Zhou Zeyao had always known that the reason the Zhou family head was not wary of him was entirely because there were two peak Grandmasters following behind him.
Although these two individuals were well hidden, Zhou Zeyao had immediately detected their presence.
It made sense, after all, the Zhou family head was merely a Grandmaster himself. For such an important figure in charge of the illustrious Zhou family, without peak Grandmaster guards, he would likely be vulnerable to opportunities seized by the Zhou family's enemies.
At this moment, the Zhou family head looked at the newly restored fate tablet before him, his eyes widening. A look of mingled amusement and distress appeared on his face.
He was amused that Zhou Zeyao was not only alive but had become a peak Grandmaster. However, he was saddened that his old uncle, the Zhou family's ancestor, was dead!
"This is truly a colossal misunderstanding. Since that is the case, you should hurry and rest. I will immediately have someone find the best physician for you!"
After urging Zhou Zeyao to return and rest, the two peak Grandmasters beside the Zhou family head immediately appeared by his side.
"You, go watch him. If there's any unusual activity, do not act. Inform me first."
In the Zhou family head's heart, there was still a trace of apprehension.
Even with the fate tablet in existence!
"Zhou Zeyao, the Zhu family! The southwest is truly a good place!" The Zhou family head gritted his teeth, a hint of rage flashing in his eyes.
The next morning, the news of the Zhou family ancestor's death in the southwest spread like wildfire!
Concurrently, the news concerning Zhu Wenwu also astonished everyone.
The news of Zhu Wenwu achieving the peak of the Grandmaster realm had actually circulated a few days prior, but many people remained uncertain, as no one had truly witnessed him in action.
The only one who had fought against Zhu Wenwu, Zhou Zeyao, was long dead. As for the current Zhou Zeyao, he was utterly indifferent to such trivial matters.
However, with the death of the Zhou family ancestor, everyone immediately elevated the Zhu family's standing.
More importantly, there were rumors that some unrest was stirring within the Zhu family.
Upon hearing this news, Chen Yang, with a wry smile, said to Zhou Wenyu, "So, this is how you 'sold' me out?"