C8

Everything happened in an instant, from the appearance of the grey-robed old man to him being killed by the mysterious person hidden in the shadows.

Xu Tong's face was pale, and all of the guards were scared witless. Only Xu Fan was surprised and happy at the same time.

Whether it was standing in the air, or the mysterious treasure and talismans that Master Ma had spoken of, these things were things that Xu Fan had only seen on television and in novels in his previous life. Now, all of them had actually appeared in front of him.

While everyone was still in shock, a figure walked out from behind the fake mountain. It was, of course, Xu Jincheng.

"Patriarch!"

Xu Tong's eyes were filled with panic, and the others quickly greeted her.

Xu Jincheng looked at Xu Tong with a complicated expression before turning around and sending Xu Fan a mental message, "Go and put away that bag and flying sword. Hurry up and leave through the secret passage!"

Xu Fan knew that this black bag was definitely not an ordinary bag, and thought to himself, "No need, no need." Then he strode forward and put away the bag and the flying sword one by one.

When Xu Fan returned to the side of Xu Jincheng, Xu Jincheng suddenly passed a slightly dim talisman to him and said, "This is the thing that father just killed that gray-robed cultivator. In the face of danger, you only need to use your spiritual power to save your life. Don't use it unless you have no other choice."

Xu Fan was greatly moved. He looked at the strange man in front of him, and the corner of his mouth moved. He called out in a low voice, "Father …"

Xu Jincheng looked at Xu Fan with a complex expression. He secretly sighed in his heart, Fan'er, although we live together, we don't have a father and son, but we do have feelings for each other. This is all I can do for you today.

After that, Xu Jincheng looked at the secret passage and said to Xu Tong and the rest, "You guys escort Third Young Master out by the secret passage. That's right, Little Tong, you should come along as well."

After he finished speaking, Xu Jincheng didn't wait for Xu Fan to speak and disappeared into the night.

After Xu Jincheng left for a while, Xu Tong finally let out a sigh of relief and said: "Third brother, let's go."

This time, the group of guards didn't dare to hold Xu Fan down. Instead, they followed Xu Fan into the secret passageway. After looking around, Xu Tong also followed them into the secret passageway.

After everyone had entered the secret passage, the fake mountain slowly started to move back and quickly covered the entrance of the secret passage.

This secret passageway was built by the first generation Patriarch of the Xu family, Xu Maoshan, when he was building the Xu family castle. It led directly to a small town called Clear Sky Town that was hundreds of miles away from the Xu family castle, and the exit was located at a secret stronghold of the Xu family.

For hundreds of years, this small family had never had any sort of contact with the Xu Family, and this secret passage had never been opened before. Back then, the Xu Family had built this secret passageway in order to one day allow the Xu Family to flee during a great calamity. Unexpectedly, hundreds of years later, this secret passageway of the Xu Family finally came in use.

After sealing the entrance to the fake mountain, the secret passage suddenly became dark and pitch black. All of the guards hurriedly lit up their torches, lighting up the secret passage.

Borrowing the light from the torches, Xu Fan discovered that the secret passageway was extremely wide, but it had a heavy smell of dust. The thick layer of dust on the ground could be easily seen.

Several men were running in the secret passage by torches.

After entering the secret passageway, Xu Fan was held in the middle by the guard in the name of safety. This fellow didn't say a word as he followed the guard forward, but he was secretly thinking about it.

Although Xu Fan currently didn't have any solid evidence to prove that Xu Tong was up to no good, he had always been cautious. He was still on guard against Xu Tong and the group of guards, but it was a pity that Xu Fan couldn't think of any good methods at the moment, so he could only wait until they came out of the secret passageway before making his plans.

No one knew how long the secret passageway was, nor did they know how many hours they had traveled through it. All they knew was that the torches in the guards' hands had been changed again and again. After about forty more torches, he still could not find the end of the secret passageway.

Finally, when all the torches were almost used up, a huge stone gate finally appeared in front of them. The gate was two zhang wide and seventy to eighty zhang tall. The heavy stone gate was over ten thousand jin.

Xu Tong looked at the huge stone door and was stunned for a moment before saying, "Third brother, try using the jade pendant on you."

At this time, Xu Fan also knew how to open the stone door, so he took a few steps forward to give it a try. As expected, just as Xu Fan approached the stone door, a white light shot out from the stone door again. When the white light fell on the jade pendant on his body, the stone door creaked and slowly rose into the air.

When the heavy vault door was completely lifted, what appeared in front of them was a flight of dozens of steps of bluestone, the end of which could not be seen.

Everyone walked in a line. Xu Fan was still walking in the middle. When the group walked out of the secret passageway, the ten thousand pound gate began to rumble down again. After a while, everything returned to normal.

Xu Fan turned his head to look at the stone door, and for a moment, his heart was in turmoil.

He thought that he was lucky to have been reborn into a rich family, that he would be able to be a foppish young master with nothing to do, that he would be able to live a good life with, but who would have thought that this idea would be shattered in the blink of an eye like a soap bubble. Now, he had fallen into a desperate situation.

This was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that he felt that the people around him were like poisonous snakes that were following him, while he was completely unaware of what was happening outside.

"F * ck, I can only take one step at a time!"

Just as Xu Fan was thinking about this, he heard Xu Tong urge him from behind, "Third brother, what are you thinking about? "Let's go!"

"Oh …"

Xu Fan calmly responded, then quickly followed the guards in front of him as they walked towards the stone stairs.

"..."

After the Xu Family walked along the stone staircase for the time it took to brew a cup of tea, a light finally appeared at the end of the stairs. The captain of the guards stepped out, arriving before Xu Tong as he said in a low voice, "Second Miss, let me go out and take a look at the situation."

Xu Tong pondered for a moment, then nodded and reminded him, "That's fine. Guard Wu, go out and check the situation first."

After a while, guard Wu's voice came from the exit. "Second Miss, it's very safe outside. Everyone, come out."

Very quickly, Xu Fan followed the guards out of the secret passageway. It was already dawn outside, and they had been running for five or six hours.

The secret passage's exit was a forest, located under an ancient tomb. If not for the Xu Family emerging from the secret passage, no one would have imagined that there would be a secret passage leading directly to the inner castle of the Xu Family.

"..."