As Chen Zongzhi's voice fell, a constable stepped forward.
Li Fan had yet to take action when Yang Kui stepped forward to stand in front of Li Fan, saying, "Wasn't the demonic attack on the Chen Residence due to the Chen family's inadequate defense? How is Brother Xiao Fan connected to this?"
When Yang Kui spoke, he was somewhat nervous, and his voice even trembled slightly. Facing these big figures, he lacked confidence, but he had to stand up.
If Li Fan were to be taken down, then it wouldn't matter even if he wasn't colluding with demons.
"Get away, Brother Xiao Fan isn't a bad person." Qi, nestled in Yang Kui's arms, glared at the constables, his childish voice unusually strong.
"Insolent." A constable rebuked coldly, extending his palm as he reached out to grab Qi.
"What are you doing?" Yang Kui shouted, using his arm to block.
But as the constable reached out, his muscles and bones creaked, and with great strength, he directly pushed Yang Kui's hand aside and continued forward.
Just as his palm was about to grab Qi, it suddenly stopped motionless—a hand had seized his wrist.
The constable frowned, unable to break free, and his eyes turned cold as he stared at Li Fan, who walked out.
"You haven't caught the demon yet, so whether I am colluding with demons is up to you?" Li Fan shook off the constable's hand and asked curiously.
"Someone saw with their own eyes the demonic energy emanating from you. Since you've communicated with demons, there must be a flaw, and with some means, it can be found out." The constable's wrist hurt a bit, secretly noting that this martial artist had some strength.
Is that so?
"I now suspect that the Chen family is colluding with demons. So, can I investigate the Chen family?" Li Fan countered with a question.
"How audacious of you." Chen Li coldly shouted from the side, while Chen Yuan stared at Li Fan and spoke indifferently, "Young man, watch your words."
As he spoke, a tremendous pressure from his body pressed toward Li Fan, with a strong wind blasting against his white clothes.
"Take him down." Chen Zongzhi again shouted coldly.
"Wait a moment."
At that moment, a figure stepped forward, causing everyone around to be stunned as they looked at the person who emerged.
Li Fan also looked at the speaker, a young man of eighteen or nineteen, with features as delicate as paintings, dressed in red with long hair draping over his shoulders, wearing a circular headpiece on his forehead, and with a red gemstone embedded at the center of his brows, extremely striking.
Li Fan recognized her immediately, it was Li Hongyi, whom he had met yesterday.
He had heard talk of Li Hongyi among the martial artists and saw her Dharma Form yesterday as well.
"Could it be that this is a misunderstanding?" Li Hongyi spoke, causing the crowd to be astonished.
Li Hongyi was Li Daoqing's daughter, the most beautiful woman in Lin'an County, and everyone believed she would end up with Chen Luoyun, becoming part of the Chen family in the future. Yet here, Li Hongyi stood up for Li Fan?
"Miss Li." Chen Li looked at Li Hongyi with some confusion.
"Why not ask him first?" Li Hongyi suggested. Last night, when she killed the female ghost, she saw Li Fan standing by the lakeside with a strong blood energy, making the dark strands dare not approach.
"This isn't a misunderstanding." Li Fan shook his head.
"You admit it yourself?" Chen Li said coldly.
"How can framing be a misunderstanding?" Li Fan said, "Last night, I told people not to go to the inner courtyard because I suspected there was a ghost in the Chen family."
As Li Fan's words fell, the surroundings burst into an uproar, and many martial artists rebuked Li Fan, calling him reckless to the extreme.
The mana surged on Chen Li's body, and Chen Yuan squinted his eyes at Li Fan, malice hidden within them.
Li Hongyi also looked at Li Fan. The current Li Fan seemed unwilling to give up easily, and after saying these words, it seemed unlikely that things could resolve peacefully.
"Don't be anxious." Li Fan directed his gaze toward Chen Li and then turned to look at the person who had falsely accused him, walking towards him and saying, "You claim to have seen demonic energy emanating from me last night, communicating with a ghost?"
"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes." The man was burly, but facing Li Fan, he felt an intangible pressure, prompting him to stir his internal blood energy, with his muscles and bones sounding fiercely as his blood surged, overbearingly so.
He had come to the Chen family seeking to leverage their resources to challenge the Grandmaster Realm.
This was an opportunity he intended to seize.
"Your words might cost me my life." Li Fan said.
"You've colluded with demons, causing many deaths; shouldn't you deserve to die?" The martial artist shouted.
"Knowing it might cost me my life, you still desire my death. Your heart is even more venomous than a demon's." Li Fan said, stepping towards the man.
In an instant, his blood surged upward, his body like a furnace, radiating brilliance.
The martial artist's expression suddenly changed, his heart filled with horror, feeling as if he were being roasted above a furnace, with a blood pressure that made it hard to breathe.
Is this... the Grandmaster Realm?
Yet, how could there be such a young Grandmaster?
"Is this the demonic aura you saw?" Li Fan asked, causing him to lose his composure, a trace of fear in his eyes.
The crowd behind Li Fan also looked exceptionally shocked, with the Chen Family Patriarch Chen Yuan narrowing his eyes.
Chen Li's expression turned, instantly grim, and Li Hongyi, witnessing the scene before her, finally realized why Li Fan remained unharmed yesterday. It seemed her judgment was not wrong.
Lin He was initially startled and then felt tumultuous waves inside her heart.
So, Li Fan didn't let Lin Min go for their own good?
The martial artist before Li Fan's expression kept fluctuating, yet now it seemed he had no retreat. He said, "Since you are a Grandmaster, why didn't you act at the time?"
"Why should I have intervened?" Li Fan countered.
"You came to slay demons, yet remained indifferent in their presence. Doesn't this demonstrate more that you're in collusion with demons?"
"Since you say so, let's assume I colluded with demons." Li Fan took a step toward him, "You fear demons because they might kill you; why don't you fear me? Do you think I won't kill you?"
"What do you mean?" The martial artist felt the murderous intent in Li Fan's gaze and did not believe Li Fan would dare to kill him in front of so many people.
"As you claim, I'm colluding with demons, let me grant you your wish." Li Fan raised his hand forward.
"You dare..." The martial artist's eyes filled with fear.
"Audacious." Chen Li also shouted.
Li Fan's palm turned into a fist, striking the martial artist's chest. The martial artist clearly sensed his heart jolting, instantly shattering. He stared fixedly at Li Fan, seemingly in disbelief, then collapsed.
The surroundings fell silent, all eyes fixed on Li Fan.
A seventeen-year-old Grandmaster, exuding a formidable aura, radiating sharpness.
"Does anyone else have doubts?" Li Fan asked indifferently, as the Chen family had precisely chosen the right scapegoat.
The Grandmaster Realm, with abundant blood energy and flourishing Yang Fire, makes the body like a furnace, feared by demons.
"Even so, it doesn't prove you didn't collude with demons, let alone daring to kill a man here?" Chen Li waved his palm, mana surging from his body.
Though a Martial Master, you're still a martial artist. How dare you kill someone publicly here at the Chen Residence.
"You say I'm guilty, so I'm guilty. Seems like there's no clearing my name. The Chen family holds this Demon Slaying Summit, failing to slay demons yet targeting those who attend." Li Fan sneered, telling Yang Kui, "Brother Yang, let's go."
"You've committed murder in public, violating the court's laws. Can you leave just like this?" At this moment, arrest officer Chen Zongzhi spoke, stepping forward, Grandmaster Aura also bursting forth, taking a step forward and traversing several meters, his large hand reaching toward Li Fan.
That hand turned golden, like metal and iron.
Li Fan raised an eyebrow, it seemed they were all birds of a feather.
He shifted slightly, raising his arm to smash forward.
"Clang..." A loud sound erupted as fist and palm clashed. Chen Zongzhi only felt an overwhelmingly strong Yang force transmitted through his arm, extremely domineering. He shouted, letting out a terrifying momentum, but his body still retreated.
The nearby people were deeply shocked; arrest officer Chen Zongzhi of Lin'an County, a middle-grade Grandmaster, was unexpectedly repelled by Li Fan.
"A young man with such strength, no wonder he's this bold." At this time, Chen Yuan spoke, "A knight prohibits defiance, your open act of killing under the public's eye defies the court. Whether or not you collude with demons, you likely won't leave the Chen Residence."
"This person with such strength infiltrates the Chen family, remains indifferent in the presence of demons, who knows what his intentions are, but it should be thoroughly investigated." An elder beside Chen Yuan spoke, belonging to the Qi Refining Sect.
"Dear uncles, this matter might be a misunderstanding. There's no need for this, sir, why not explain well and clarify this issue?" Li Hongyi spoke. Even though Li Fan was powerful, offending so many people would make it difficult to leave the Chen Residence.
A young Grandmaster like this, even though a martial artist, had potential for the future, and it would be a pity to die here due to a misunderstanding.
"Thank you for your kindness, Miss Li." Li Fan replied, "But I've already said, there's no misunderstanding, no need for explanation."
"You're..." Li Hongyi looked at Li Fan.
"Hongyi, it seems he doesn't appreciate it." Chen Yuan spoke faintly, looking at Li Fan, "If you cooperate, there's still a chance, but if stubborn, Luo Yun..."
"Yes, father." Chen Luoyun stepped forward, looking at Li Fan, and with a mental move, mana surged around him, and a sword sounded up in the sky, accompanied by flashing lightning, terrifying to the extreme.
Yang Kui was somewhat angry; knowing Li Fan was wronged, was the Chen family determined to drive him to death?
Chen Luoyun had entered the Refining Realm with an innate Dharma Form, overpowering mana. Few in Lin'an County could surpass him.
He looked at Li Fan, only to see Li Fan's expression remaining calm.
This gave Yang Kui an unusual feeling; could Brother Li Fan remain so calm for a reason...