Supreme Emptiness-Chapter 48: Saving Someone from King Yan

At the most sorrowful moment for the Chen Family, someone came to collect a debt.

Only an enemy could do such a thing!

Everyone followed the sound to its source.

A burly man with a face full of jowls, clad in black robes with cultivation at Foundation Establishment First Layer, walked into the mourning hall with a sneer.

Seeing the censer placed in front of the coffin, he kicked it over.

"A dishonorable person also deserves incense?"

Chen Silin was caught off guard.

Instantly, her furious eyes spit fire as she yelled, "Black-faced Tiger, you’re bullying us too much!"

Back then, her father was gravely injured by this man.

Now, with his corpse not even cold, he came to insult his mourning hall!

Truly believing that the Chen Family had no backbone.

Zhu Jianshen wanted to play the hero rescuing the beauty and stepped forward with a snort: "Black-faced Tiger, get out of here immediately. This is not a place for you to act wildly!"

He thought Black-faced Tiger would be wary because he was a disciple of the Green Cloud Sect.

Unexpectedly, Black-faced Tiger glanced at him contemptuously and said, "Paying back debts is only right and proper!"

"Even if the Green Cloud Sect Sect Master came, this money would still have to be paid!"

"Young Master Zhu, if you want to play the hero, why don’t you pay off the Chen Family’s debt for them?"

Black-faced Tiger was the underground emperor of Lonely Boat City.

Specializing in unsavory dealings.

He was a local tyrant and didn’t fear a returning disciple from the Green Cloud Sect at all.

Zhu Jianshen gritted his teeth and said: "How much money? I’ll pay for Sister Silin!"

A few tens of thousands of taels, he could still manage.

Black-faced Tiger sneered playfully: "Not much, not much. It’s just five million taels, small change for you."

Five...million?

Zhu Jianshen took a deep breath inwardly!

Unless he sold all the Zhu Family assets, it was impossible to raise that much money!

Black-faced Tiger laughed coldly, "Got money? If not, step aside. You have no place to play the hero here."

Zhu Jianshen’s face alternated between blue and red.

He wanted to get angry, but had no outlet for it.

He could only snort in silence and retreat to the side.

After all, such a huge debt was impossible for him to manage; he believed no one could solve this immense debt for the Chen Family.

Ye Qingxue also showed discomfort.

Although she was the daughter of the City Lord, she couldn’t interfere with someone collecting debts.

All she could do was blame the Chen Family’s excessive debt, which made her powerless to help even if she wanted to.

"You’re lying!"

Chen Silin shouted with tears: "Three years ago, my father clearly only borrowed one million from you!"

"After repaying you one million, you took the money and still ambushed my father, severely injuring him!"

"Now my father is dead, and you come asking for five million!"

The Chen Family couldn’t possibly come up with five million.

Even if they could, they wouldn’t allow him to extort their family property wantonly.

Black-faced Tiger smirked insidiously: "Your father repaid the money? Where’s the receipt?"

Chen Silin retorted angrily: "My father was injured by you, he has been unconscious since. If there was a receipt, we would have had it long ago!"

Upon hearing this,

Black-faced Tiger’s eyes darkened, and he raised his hand to slap her: "No receipt, then what nonsense are you talking about?"

Just as his slap was about to land on Chen Silin’s face,

a sharp sword shot past her ear, stabbing from an astute angle.

Frightening Black-faced Tiger to quickly withdraw his hand and retreat several steps.

He looked at his palm, seeing the skin cut by the keen Sword Qi, and couldn’t help but feel alarmed.

Just the Sword Qi almost ruined his hand!

When did the Chen Family have such a formidable person?

Looking up, a man wearing a unique mask with a "1" engraved on it walked slowly from behind Chen Silin.

"Touch her again, and I’ll cripple you!" Jiang Fan said coldly, pointing the sword at him.

Black-faced Tiger showed some fear: "Dare to report your name?"

In his line of work, he feared no prominent families.

Because prominent families have elders and children.

If they dared to attack Black-faced Tiger, he could retaliate against their family.

He feared people like the masked man in front of him the most.

Mysterious identity, powerful strength.

If harmed, Black-faced Tiger wouldn’t even know where to seek revenge.

Jiang Fan stood in front of Chen Silin and indifferently said four words: "No.1 Shadow Guard."

What kind of name is that?

Black-faced Tiger was infuriated, but he knew the other party was no naïve person and probably wouldn’t reveal his identity.

He cupped his hands and slightly humbled himself: "This young brother, I am merely here to collect a debt. Please don’t interfere excessively."

Jiang Fan frowned slightly.

Paying back debts was only right.

In a normal debt collection, he indeed shouldn’t interfere excessively.

But if it was malicious extortion, that was a different story.

He turned his head to Chen Silin: "Is what you said true?"

Chen Silin looked curiously at this No.1 Shadow Guard.

Not understanding why he wanted to protect her.

And, she didn’t know such a powerful peer.

"Yes, I can swear to it!" Chen Silin nodded repeatedly.

Black-faced Tiger snorted heavily: "What good is a vow? I need tangible evidence!"

"Your Chen Family’s IOU is here, with accumulated interest, it’s exactly five million in three years!"

"If you have a receipt, bring it out now!"

Listening to the two and considering Chen Yuqiu’s situation,

Jiang Fan had a good idea in his heart.

He squinted and observed Black-faced Tiger: "Do you assume the dead can’t testify?"

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The reason why he chose this moment to come.

Was that he wasn’t sure if Chen Yuqiu had taken his last breath.

Now, being completely dead, he dared to fish in troubled waters and extort money.

Black-faced Tiger, unafraid of boiling water, dragged a stool, crossed his legs, and sat in the center of the mourning hall: "No matter what you say!"

"I need to see five million taels of Silver."

"Otherwise, Chen Yuqiu is not going to rest in peace!"

Seeing this, Jiang Fan became more certain of his judgment.

He said flatly: "I regret to inform you, the Chen Family Master is not dead yet."

Black-faced Tiger was startled, but after secretly checking Chen Yuqiu’s face earlier, seeing it was a dead state, he felt reassured.

Smiling sarcastically, he said: "Oh, how impressive. Just moving your lips makes the dead come back to life?"

Jiang Fan ignored him.

He turned to Chen Silin and said: "Your father still has a faint pulse."

"If I intervene now, there’s a chance to save him."

"Discuss with your clan members. If you agree, I will proceed immediately. If not, I can do nothing more."

The righteous family members, who were enraged moments ago, were now all silent.

Because currently, the only hope for saving the Chen Family was the resurrection of the Family Master.

Only the white-haired old clansman reputed as Chen Wuji once again shouldered his hoe and shouted: "Audacious! As long as I’m here, you won’t touch the Family Head…"

However,

He was met with a scolding from Liu Qimin.

"Clan Elder! Do you intend to see our Chen Family destroyed?"

"Whether this young master is right or not, letting him attempt to treat is better than waiting for death!"

With that, she bowed lowly: "Young Master, please save my husband, save the Chen Family."

Chen Silin’s eyes were even more reddened.

Previously, she didn’t trust No.1 Shadow Guard, but after the recent incident, she felt this No.1 Shadow Guard was protecting her.

Could it be that her father really wasn’t dead and could come back to life?

With a thud, she knelt down: "Young Master, if you save my father, I will serve you like a horse or ox, bound to you for life!"

"You’re too kind." Jiang Fan helped her up and said: "Since you all have no objections, I will start the treatment."

He approached Chen Yuqiu’s body and, following the medical skills in the "Undying Medical Book," operated his energy to facilitate respiration for him.

At the same time, he successively pressed various major acupoints to reactivate his nearly stagnant organs.

After a stick of incense’s time.

He was already drenched in sweat, yet Chen Yuqiu showed no sign of returning to life.

Black-faced Tiger relaxed, touched his head, and said: "Enough with the trickery?"

"The money, the Chen Family must repay it!"

Chen Silin’s eyes, full of hope initially, had now dulled.

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Her face was full of sorrow.

She had been too foolish.

To think she really believed the dead could return to life.

Zhu Jianshen and Chen Wuji exchanged looks and both showed a hint of mockery.

The Chen Family members present were also deeply disappointed.

However!

Suddenly, a weak groan came from the coffin!