Jaw-Dropping Son-in-Law
Chapter 2041

Chapter 2041

“What about it? Does the martial arts world of Jiangdong think—” Sword Saint stopped himself mid-sentence, and whatever anger he had was replaced by a feeling of helplessness. “It's because of him,isn't it? Well, it is his hometown, so their reaction is to be expected.”

Sword Saint knew all too well that Jiangdong was Ye Fan's hometown.

Back then, the War God Castle had left Jiangdong to fend for itself when it was plunged into despair.

That was what led to the War God Castle losing its control over Jiangdong completely.

A few years later, the War God Castle tried sending people over to reclaim Jiangdong.

However, Chu Tianfan's influence in Jiangdong was so strong that the martial arts world of Jiangdongonly listened to him.

As such, there was nothing surprising about Jiangdong disregarding the War God Castle's orders whenit was in trouble.

“Fine, they don't have to come if they don't want to. We'll be fine as long as we have the martial artistsfrom the other states. Jiangbei and Tellmoore have the strongest martial artists.”

Since the War God Castle had lost its influence over Jiangdong, Sword Saint no longer expectedJiangdong's martial artists to defend them with their lives.

Given the size of China's martial arts world, it wouldn't really make a huge difference if they lacked thesupport of Jiangdong's martial artists.

Their conversation was interrupted when someone opened the castle door and shouted anxiously,“Sword Saint! King of Fighters! Bad news! W-We just received word that Jiangbei's forces suddenly

changed their course when they got within eight hundred kilometers of War God Castle. They'reheaded straight for Jiangdong!”

Sword Saint leaped to his feet. “What? Headed for Jiangdong? Who's the martial arts leader ofJiangbei? Contact him immediately!”

“We've tried to, but we couldn't get through!” the subordinate replied.

“Then try again! I don't care if you have to call him a hundred or even a thousand times! Keep tryinguntil you get through to him! I want to ask the martial arts leader of Jiangbei what they're up to in thistime of need! Why would they even go to Jiangdong?”

The more chaotic a situation was, the higher the chances were for things to go amiss.

The War God Castle was already having a headache dealing with the Chu Sect's assault.

As if Jiangdong's martial arts world refusing to help wasn't bad enough, Jiangbei's martial artistschanging course on their own worsened things even further.

Sword Saint felt as if all of China had descended into chaos that night.

“Jiangbei? Sword Saint, isn't that the where the Lu Clan is from? You know, the one Ye Fanexterminated long ago. Do you think they're headed to Jiangdong to get their revenge by destroyingChu Tianfan's grave?” King of Fighters asked.

That was when Sword Saint recalled how the incident with the Lu Clan had caused a huge commotionin China's martial arts world back then.

Not only did Ye Fan wipe the entire Lu Clan out, but he also murdered many of Jiangbei's martialartists.

That resulted in Jiangbei's martial arts world seeing him as an enemy.

Therefore, it made sense that Jiangbei's forces would try to get their revenge on Jiangdong during thechaos.

“Zhang Jiuling is the current martial arts leader of Jiangbei, right? That old bag of bones sure has gonecrazy! All of China's martial arts world is on the brink of destruction, and he's leading his men to getrevenge?”

Sword Saint was so mad that he trembled all over.

“Sword Saint! King of Fighters! We managed to get through!”

After making hundreds of phone calls, the subordinate was finally able to get through to Zhang Jiuling,the martial arts leader of Jiangbei.

“You've got nerve answering my call, Zhang Jiuling! Why are you disobeying orders at such a criticaltime? Why lead your men over to Jiangdong? What the heck are you trying to do? As the Hall Masterof War God Castle, I order you to leave Jiangdong immediately! I know you guys have a grudgeagainst the martial arts world of Jiangdong, but we can't afford to be fighting among ourselves when theenemy is at our gates! You can settle your grudge with them after this is over! Do you hear me?” SwordSaint shouted furiously over the phone.

He was expecting to hear Zhang Jiuling explain himself in a frightened voice after that.

To his surprise, Zhang Jiuling showed no signs of fear whatsoever in the face of his scolding.

Instead, he said in an unusually solemn tone, “You're Sword Saint, the Hall Master of War God Castle?I'm only answering your call to inform you that from this moment on, Jiangbei's martial arts world willjoin Jiangdong's and no longer take orders from the War God Castle. You have been informed.”

Zhang Jiuling's voice wasn't loud, but his words hit Sword Saint like a truck.

“Z-Zhang Jiuling, do you have any idea what you're saying? Are you really going to be responsible forthose words of yours?”

Sword Saint got so angry that his usually calm expression had become twisted with rage.

Had the two of them not been thousands of miles apart at the time, Sword Saint would've stabbedZhang Jiuling in the heart right then and there.

“Hahaha! Be responsible? Who's going to hold me accountable? You? Or your War God Castle? Youguys were willing to betray your own, and you can't even protect the citizens of this country! Whyshould Jiangbei's martial arts world obey your orders? Allow me to remind you of an old saying inChina, Sword Saint. 'Those who are just shall receive full support, whereas those who are unjust shallbe left to rot.' The War God Castle did nothing to help Chu Tianfan out when he was attacked by theChu Sect outside of China back then. You, the Hall Master of the War God Castle, just sat there andwatched as our country's most precious talent was forced to dig his own grave! From that moment on, Iknew you guys were a lost cause. The War God Castle is bound to be destroyed by your own hands!”

Zhang Jiuling's icy-cold laughter was filled with sarcasm and his disappointment in the War God Castle.

He used to admire the War God Castle and idolize Sword Saint and the others.

However, he lost his faith in them after witnessing the War God Castle's inaction during the battle atEastsea.

He felt as if his faith had been completely misplaced and trampled on.

Zhang Jiuling believed there was no point in serving the most powerful martial arts organization in thecountry if it couldn't even protect its citizens.

As such, he decided to lead his men into Jiangdong after reaching an agreement with Lu Ziming.

They would team up with Jiangdong's martial artists to defend Ye Fan's hometown as well as the lastremaining territory of China's martial arts world.

As for the War God Castle, Zhang Jiuling knew it had lost its edge and would inevitably be destroyed.

With Ye Qingtian gone, King of Fighters, Sword Saint, and Heavenly Grandmaster were the only onesleft.

There was no way the three of them would be able to fend off the Chu Sect's assault on Mount Yan, soattempting to defend it would only result in death.

The last bit of hope for China's martial arts world lay in Jiangdong.

Choosing to defend Jiangdong was the only option in which the martial artists would stand a chance ofsurviving the battle.

“You insolent fool! How dare you talk to me like that? This is treason! You will be labeled as an enemyof the state, Zhang Jiuling!” Sword Saint yelled.

“That's enough, Sword Saint! Do you still think that the War God Castle is capable of representing thecitizens of China? The only ones I'm betraying are you and the War God Castle. It's funny how youaccuse me of treason when you and King of Fighters are the ones who truly betrayed the country.China's martial arts world wouldn't be in this pathetic state if you guys had done something back then!”Zhang Jiuling snapped back at him, releasing all of his pent-up anger in one go.