The group from Ohno Temple, each with their own schemes, Xu Fan, as an observer, has been watching and can now give an evaluation.

In this war of intrigue, the most formidable one is still Igarashi.

"Senior Brother, this guy is playing tricks, let's ignore him and just kill him!"

Kato Bear, at this moment, doesn't intend to let Xu Fan say another word. With his sword raised, he's ready to fight Xu Fan to the death!

Long before Xu Fan arrived, he had the thought of competing with Xu Fan for supremacy, only held back by Chiba's obstruction.

Now finally able to fight this guy, he can't wait to kill Xu Fan under his sword!

"Hold on."

"Senior Brother! This guy is still protecting Akiyama Tsuki's corpse, clearly on the side of Igarashi!"

"There's no need for us to waste words with him!"

At this moment, Chiba called out to Kato Bear, prompting a disgruntled Kato Bear to argue.

But in the end, under Chiba's gaze, he sheathed his longsword.

Chiba, now expressionless, looked over at Xu Fan.

"Xu Fan, go ahead and tell me, how have I, Chiba, been played?"

I've been played?

Chiba absolutely does not believe it.

Both Igarashi, Kato Bear, and even Xu Fan—he plans to kill all of them!

Even Akiyama Tsuki inside the coffin! At that time, he will ensure there are no remains!

Once they all die, he can alter the truth!

His poor junior brother was killed by Xu Fan and Igarashi.

As for himself, the Sect Leader of Ohno Temple, powerless to save his unfortunate junior brother!

Being played doesn't exist in Chiba's mind!

Everything now is in his calculations!

Chiba, with a confident face, looks at Xu Fan, just hoping his answer doesn't make him laugh too hard.

"Kato Bear, this time, I won't stop you. If you have the guts, try to destroy the body in that stone coffin."

Without hastily explaining everything to Chiba, Xu Fan squints his eyes and looks towards Kato Bear.

"You think I don't dare?"

Kato Bear doesn't mind doing something that could make Igarashi despair, he snarls and advances towards the stone coffin without hesitation.

This guy, what is he doing?

Chiba, observing all this, is bewildered.

Isn't Xu Fan trying to explain everything to him?

In the blink of an eye, Kato Bear is at the stone coffin, raising his longsword, yet Xu Fan doesn't step forward to block him. He sneers and says, "Chiba! Inside that coffin lies your biological daughter!"

"What!"

"Stop!"

Chiba, being an intelligent person, immediately reacts upon Xu Fan's slight reminder!

Now looking tense, he launches a lethal move, rushing towards Kato Bear!

Xu Fan watches, unable to refrain from a cold sneer.

From Chiba's tense demeanor, it's clear his guess was right.

Asao Mai, the woman's identity, is the illegitimate daughter of the top figure in Ohno Temple.

As for Igarashi's scheme, it's clearly meant to force Chiba to watch his daughter die before him.

Long before Xu Fan came to Ohno Temple, he had asked Chiba if the ancient cultivators of Ohno Temple secretly sought women.

At the time Chiba's reaction was somewhat strange, though Xu Fan didn't make much of it.

Thinking back now, Xu Fan sees the clue.

He infiltrated Ancient Nara, unnoticed by any of the ancient cultivator's spies. How did Chiba know his whereabouts?

There's only one possibility—Chiba has had someone monitoring Asao Mai's life all along.

And since Xu Fan spent time with Asao Mai recently, he naturally fell into Chiba's surveillance.

Even if he is the Sect Leader of Ohno Temple, his identity is still that of an ancient cultivator.

He has no allowance for romantic liaisons, let alone explaining to the masses of ancient cultivators where his daughter came from.

Hence, when Asao Mai was kidnapped by Igarashi, he was helpless and could only use Xu Fan to confront Igarashi without alerting other ancient cultivators.

He didn't want to lose the supreme power of being the Sect Leader of Ohno Temple and equally didn't want his flesh and blood to face issues, so he calculated everything.

From the start, Xu Fan was used as a pawn by him.

Yet, all his thoughts were already counted in Igarashi's scheme!

If not for Xu Fan's intervention earlier, Igarashi's scheme would have succeeded.

Chiba would have witnessed his biological daughter dying in front of him!

It's believed Igarashi did all this not for anything else, but to let these hypocritical ancient cultivators taste the pain he felt when watching Akiyama Tsuki die right before his eyes!

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"Senior Brother, you..."

In front of the stone coffin, Kato Bear, covered in blood, fell under the sudden palm strike from Chiba.

He never dreamed that he would fall at this moment.

S-... still not having taken the position of Sect Leader of Ohno Temple, h-how could he fall...

"Junior Brother, sorry, you know too much."

"Senior Brother, you!"

In the pool of blood, Kato Bear's fury surged as he struggled to rise and confront the senior who betrayed him!

But alas, from that palm strike, Chiba had already planned to kill him.

Now, he clearly feels his strength fading, knowing it is near the end.

"Cough, cough... Didn't expect you, Senior Brother, to secretly raise such a grown daughter."

Hearing Xu Fan's words earlier didn't faze him much, lying on the ground, he starts to think.

His highly respected Senior Brother, while restraining others with nearly perverted ancient cultivator codes, had long broken them!

"Cough, cough... Senior Brother, you truly surprise me..."

Initially, he thought his Senior Brother was archaic, not knowing pleasure, now Kato Bear finds out it was all a mask to stabilize the top spot among ancient cultivators!

"However, you can't hold that spot…"

Before Kato Bear and before Chiba Michiaki emerges, Heavenly Witch Sect quickly killed his junior brother with one palm strike.

"Oh, never expected to see such a grand show before dying."

This time, the fake Igarashi lying in the pool of blood sneered coldly.

Xu Fan looked at him, feeling something was off.

"Not good! Quickly rescue Asao Mai from the stone coffin!"

Igarashi most likely anticipated this step too!

Now his plan has been thwarted, and he might act out, directly killing Asao Mai, leaving Chiba to regret his actions for life!

His current distance makes rescuing impossible, Xu Fan urgently shouted at Chiba!

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