A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1672

Unfazed by Chu Zhengliang's roars of rage, Ye Fan gazed down coldly upon the former from above. "Why not? My martial skill has been passed down by the ancestors of the Chu family. I, Chu Tianfan, am the true heir to the family's martial secrets. You and your son, on the other hand, are nothing more than the failures of the family. How ironic it is for you, the losers, to claim legitimacy? Your Invoke of the Celestial Sky is a pathetic forgery. Your Dragon God Body is half-trained at best. The only reason you have been able to remain as the patriarch of the Chu family for so long is that you have the privilege of being born several decades before me."

Though Ye Fan spoke in a soft voice, his tone did not conceal its disdain and authority.

Chu Zhengliang flinched at the words of his adversary, growing paler as his eyes widened.

"Are you saying that the unabridged version of Invoke the Celestial Sky is in your hands? That's impossible! You are a b*stard! The son of a nameless village woman! How could the lost knowledge of the Chu family secret fall into the hands of a lowly illegitimate child?"

Chu Zhengliang howled with all his might as a vein throbbed alarmingly on his temple as a result of shock and rage.

"Still in denial, are you? Isn't the outcome of our fight enough proof?"

Ye Fan regarded his foe whose lips were still stained with blood with a forlorn gaze.

The Book of Celestial Cloud was the secret behind the Chu family's source of power. The techniques inscribed within that had been left behind by the ancestors have been largely simplified for the study of their descendants. The fact that Ye Fan had obtained victory over his uncle due to his mastery of the secret technique was plain to the other elders of the Chu family, and Chu Zhengliang's shallow mastery in comparison to Ye Fan had been the sole reason for his downfall.

Chu Zhengliang was by no means an incapable warrior. Back in the day, he was deemed Chu Zhenghong's equal. His ability to cultivate Invoke the Celestial Cloud up to the sixth level was proof enough of that.

Ye Fan, given his young age, had only managed to cultivate it up to the fourth level.

The elders reasoned that the difference between the two levels would have sealed Ye Fan's fate despite having mastered even more powerful techniques.

Unfortunately, the version of Invoke the Celestial Cloud that Chu Zhengliang had studied was the simplified version.

The difference in both approaches accounted for the difference in levels between both men. Since the mastery of the secret technique became the deciding factor, Ye Fan had the advantage over his uncle. With the circumstances behind his defeat becoming too overwhelming to bear, Chu Zhengliang shuddered once more before spewing blood again.

The exchange had undoubtedly shattered his confidence. It had been sheer spite that kept him hitherto on his feet.

After hearing the brutal words uttered by his nephew, Chu Zhengliang felt the fresh assault upon his dignity was undoubtedly near the limits of his tolerance. Unable to take it any longer, he swayed on the spot before falling face down into the earth.

"Dad!"

"Mr. Chu!" "Zhengliang!"

Members of the Chu family cried out in unison at the fall of their patriarch.

Tears rolled down Chu Qitian's cheeks at the sight.

As the current patriarch of the Chu family, Chu Zhengliang's collapse is symbolic of the fate of our house!

Tang Hao, the Sword Saint, and the rest were struck dumb by the spectacle.

After a long while, the Sword Saint found his tongue at last. "He defeated Chu Zhengliang?"

It was the only phrase he repeated over and over to himself as if trying to digest the ludicrous reality of the situation.

"We won!"

"Hah!" "Ye Fan won!"

"I knew it! I always knew Ye Fan is the better fighter!"

"I know! He's the best!"

Ye Fan had just as many supporters in the crowd as Chu Zhengliangdid.

At the sight of the Chu family's ashen-faced disappointment, Angie jumped with joy written all over her exquisite features.

She was not the only one. Iwai Zen, who had been hiding in the crowd, had tears in his eyes at the sight of Chu Zhengliang spewing blood.

"Has... it really been done?" he stammered. "Dragon Master did it! We won!"

Despite doing his best to thwart Operation Ablaze in the past, Iwai Zen felt genuine happiness for Ye Fan for achieving the very success he had yearned for all these years.

"He did it!" Gaius yelled as tears streamed down his cheeks, all dignity forgotten. "Dragon Master did it! Brothers of Dragon God Hall, we had the last laugh, after all!"

Even Owen and Su Muqiu found it difficult to contain their emotions.

We've waited far too long for this! Wasn't all the pain we went through with Ye Fan for this very moment? The only fight that mattered? The only fight that determined the course of our future? At the fall of their patriarch, the entire Chu house falls with him! Ye Fan's revenge has finally come to fruition!

At that thought, Gaius leaped to his feet to taunt the Chu family members, who were already looking downtrodden.

"Well then! The outcome is clear, isn't it? Time to pack your bags and head to China to apologize to Dragon Master's mother! By the way, if the old man isn't dead yet, he can come along as well." Gaius laughed again; cruel mockery abundant in his voice.

"Watch your tongue!" shrieked Chu Qitian, maddened with rage and humiliation. "How dare you speak to us in this manner! Men, slay them! Slay them all!"

Upon his order, the Chu Family Protectors surrounded Gaius at once, who frowned in displeasure.

"Consider your next move, son," he warned. "Are you, the most powerful family since antiquity, really going to go back on your word before the eyes of all the martial arts leaders around the world? Everybody here will see you for the scum you truly are. I can assure you that they will not stand idly by and allow you to break your oath."

"Impossible! I will not allow our noble family to fall into the hands of a bastard!"

At that moment, Chu Shen, an elder of the Chu family, stood up. "Rest assured," he said to Gaius. "We will keep our word."

"Grandpa Shen," Chu Qitian pleaded. "We can't! We can't keep that promise!"

"Shut your mouth!" Chu Shen ordered in a dangerously soft voice. "Know your place, young man!"

Turning to Ye Fan, the old man continued, "Chu Tianfan, though you have had an agreement with our family, the matter at hand is simply too large. There are thousands of our kin on Mount Chumen alone."