Chapter 290: Demanding an Explanation

Currently, in the entire Chenyang City, the most terrifying entity was not the Qu Family, nor the Zhang Family, and certainly not the Pill Alliance, but the 'Black-Clad Slaughter God.'

At the same time, the Qu Family's Pill Shop was also attacked that same night by a different group of men in black. They slaughtered the Qu Family members, leaving them in total disarray before making a clean getaway.

These two groups of men in black had the entire Chenyang City abuzz with discussion. Everyone speculated that these were the secret forces of the Qu and Zhang Families. Now that the two families were fighting in earnest, they had both dispatched their most powerful teams to attack each other.

The men in black were ruthless and highly skilled. No one in Chenyang City dared to step out at midnight; even during the day, many people hid in their homes, fearing the men in black might strike in broad daylight as well.

"What exactly is the strength of these men in black? Some say they are all at the Peak Great Martial Master Realm, while others say they even have Martial Ancestor Experts. Which news is actually true?"

"A Martial Ancestor Expert is definitely impossible. If either the Zhang Family or the Qu Family had two Martial Ancestor Experts, wouldn't they have wiped out the other long ago? Why would they wait until now?

Besides, why would a Martial Ancestor Expert be bored enough to do such things? For figures of that caliber who can soar through the sky, hunting a random Demonic Beast would be more profitable than this."

"Regardless of what kind of Experts they are, we can't afford to provoke them anyway! However, they are most likely the forces of the Zhang and Qu Families. Haven't you realized it yet? It's obvious that the Zhang and Qu Families have already started their war."

"…"

The entire teahouse was filled with chatter, with everyone having their own speculations regarding these men in black.

At the Qu Family estate, the Qu Family Head sat in his chair with a furrowed brow, listening to the Martial Artists below him recount their grievances through tears.

"Family Head, you must seek justice for us! Those Zhang Family people have killed us three times now, each time more excessive than the last. This time, they killed many of our Martial Artists. Now, all the Qu Family Martial Artists are in a state of panic and don't even dare to go guard the shops."

A Martial Artist with a severed arm, holding the corpse of another Martial Artist, cried out loudly.

"We beg the Family Head to seek justice for us!" the Martial Artists standing nearby all pleaded.

"You… you all…" The Qu Family Head was in a difficult position. He felt that there was a conspiracy behind this. He hadn't sent anyone to attack the Zhang Family's shops, yet the Zhang Family's shops were currently being attacked as well. Who exactly was doing this? Could it be that the Zhang Family members were directing and acting out this scene themselves?

Everything was like being in a thick fog, making it impossible for him to see the way forward.

Now these Martial Artists wanted an explanation. He had spent a long time appeasing them after the first two incidents, but looking at the current situation, if he didn't give them an explanation, their morale would crumble.

Without these Martial Artists, how could he sustain the entire Qu Family? These Martial Artists were the foundation of the Qu Family.

"We will go to the Zhang Family to demand an explanation!" the Qu Family Head shouted.

He had to go now whether he wanted to or not. Otherwise, he might as well just hand the Qu Family over to the Zhang Family; he had to give these Martial Artists an explanation to soothe their emotions.

"Good!" Hearing that the Family Head was willing to demand an explanation for them, everyone was instantly overjoyed.

Thus, the Qu Family Head led the group in a grand procession toward the Zhang Family.

This time, besides demanding an explanation to appease the Martial Artists, the Qu Family Head also wanted to test whether the Martial Artists who attacked his shops were truly from the Zhang Family.

Although Zhang Wan was the one who carried out the first attack on the Ziyun Auction House, the second and third times might have been someone else's conspiracy.

The only way to find an answer now was to start with the Zhang Family. These men in black came and went like shadows, leaving no trail to investigate.