CHAPTER 384: CHAPTER 254: TAKING ACTION

On the steps in front of the hall.

Qin Fang and Feng Taiping looked at Chen Ku in disbelief as he forcefully separated the two brothers, whose strength ranked among the top five of the Twelve Guardians.

It was like an adult separating a pair of fighting children.

But...

Clearly, the two fighting were nearly thirty, yet were separated by a young man.

"You! You..."

Nie Zhun, who was forcefully separated by Chen Ku, was also shocked and angry:

"Such brute strength!"

Duan Yun, on the other hand, turned directly to the Little Grandmaster Zhou Li, gasping and shouting: "Seventh Senior Brother, this guy’s strength feels almost the same as yours!"

Hearing this, the Little Grandmaster’s eyes became serious: "Sixth Realm Array Veins! His cultivation is not inferior to yours. His strength is countless times stronger, so being separated by him is normal."

"Chen Ku!"

And Qin Fang, after a brief moment of processing what he saw, also heard Old Seven’s voice and looked at Chen Ku in shock:

"Sixth Realm Array Veins? You’ve already stepped into the Sixth Realm?"

He remembered that this person... was still in the Initial Period of the Fifth Realm during the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth. How short a time it had been, yet he had reached the Sixth Realm.

"I was lucky to enter the Initial Period of the Sixth Realm Vitality stage." Chen Ku nodded to Qin Fang, then looked at the two people he had separated; only then did he ask Qin Fang: "If I guessed correctly, these two should be your disciples, Nie Zhun and Duan Yun. Why did they start fighting?"

"You know us?" Nie Zhun and Duan Yun looked at Chen Ku in surprise and doubt.

"The Twelve Guardians, each one is famous; how could I have not heard of you?" Chen Ku smiled.

But before Nie Zhun and Duan Yun could scrutinize Chen Ku with suspicion, still doubting the credibility of Chen Ku’s ’Senior Brother Qin’ status, even though they had already recognized Chen Ku’s strength and talent in their hearts, they were just not psychologically ready to accept such a young person as their Master Uncle.

"The two of them? Is it not because of Master..." Qin Fang, seeing Chen Ku, urgently asked: "Chen... we were about to ask you. After we left Baojiao County, what exactly did you go to do? Where is Master now?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the other eleven Guardians all looked at Chen Ku, waiting for his answer.

"Don’t worry. Your master, my senior brother, is currently in secluded cultivation and healing somewhere, and is unable to come out right now."

Chen Ku took a golden command arrow from his sleeve and said in a slow voice:

"Before he went into seclusion, he temporarily entrusted this ’golden command arrow’ to me and left a few instructions. Firstly, after I come to Qiu Dragon Mansion, to find you all and with your cooperation, to ensure the rescue of Lord Tan Chongrui, this is something you, Qin Fang, should know... Now, where is Guan Hongluan?"

Qin Fang was responsible for escorting Guan Hongluan back to Qiu Dragon Mansion. She was the key to exchanging for Tan Chongrui.

Qin Fang nodded and said: "I didn’t know about the golden command arrow, but regarding the other matters, Master indeed instructed me the same way."

Chen Ku waved the golden command arrow and said: "The second matter is that my senior brother intends for me to fully manage the Qiu Dragon Martial Meeting during his seclusion. This golden command arrow serves as proof."

Before Qin Fang could speak.

Someone among the Guardians called out:

"What? That’s impossible! How could Master instruct that way?"

"Chen Ku... Junior Master, is it?"

The Third Grand Protector, Situ Chun, wore a faint smile and said:

"We’ll temporarily recognize you as Junior Master, considering the matter is witnessed by the senior brother and should be genuine, regarding the other two things you mentioned; we have no issue cooperating with the rescue of Lord Tan Chongrui as that indeed fits Master’s character, but... for your last statement: entrusting the Qiu Dragon Martial Meeting to your management, please forgive Situ Chun for being bold, but I don’t believe it."

"Third Brother is right!" Tenth Grand Protector Ding Xiaoju said coldly: "Even if you were indeed accepted as a disciple by our Master, the Qiu Dragon Martial Meeting is Master’s lifelong effort. If it were to be handed over, it would certainly be to us brothers. How could it be to you?"

"I agree with Old Ten on this point."

Even Sixth Grand Protector Ling Zhhua, who often disagrees with the Third and Tenth Brothers, said with a smirk:

"Junior Master Chen, how long have you been with Master? We brothers have been raised by Master since childhood, both as disciples and sons. Not to mention, Master holds Seventh Brother in the highest regard; even if someone were needed to temporarily manage the foundation during his seclusion, it would be Old Seven, not you. Don’t falsely convey our Master’s words."

"Yes, exactly!"

The other Guardians also began to speak up, saying:

"We recognize your status as Junior Master, but to take over the Qiu Dragon Martial Meeting, do you really measure up? You are just relying on your seniority!"

"In terms of strength, Seventh Brother’s God Shaking Decision has reached the Seventh Layer, the Power of Seven Dragons and Seven Elephants. Even the few old masters in the top ten of the Thirty-Six Martial Association in the Seventh Realm dare not confront our Seventh Brother head-on in fear of their early demise!"

"In terms of internal governance, our Third Brother can earn over seventy million for the association in a year!"

"In terms of fame and reputation, all Twelve Guardians now hold the rank of Scholar, renowned throughout the province, while you are only a mere Scholar. What qualification do you have to take over the vast Qiu Dragon Martial Meeting?!"

Qin Fang listened to the dissenting voices of his brothers.

He felt very indifferent.

If not for Chen Ku’s confirmed identity as ’Junior Master,’ solely based on Chen Ku’s word, his brothers would almost have taken action.

Previously, the twelve of them had argued heatedly within Yangwu Hall, each trying to push for their small clique leader.

But no matter what, it was a matter among the Twelve Guardians, where the meat rots in the pot.