74: Zhang Fan is my way out!

The living room was quiet; one could even hear everyone's breathing.

Zhang Hongcheng and his siblings were in turmoil.

The old man didn't call them here to distribute the 39% shares, but for Zhang Fan!

Someone hired Tang Long from Demon Dragon Mountain to assassinate Zhang Fan!!!

"Dad, what exactly happened? How is Zhang Fan now?"

Zhang Hongcheng's expression changed drastically, filled with shock, anger, and anxiety.

"Don't worry! He's not dead!"

Zhang Xuanling snorted coldly, not giving his fourth son a good look: "You, as a father, didn't even know your son was being hunted. How dare you ask me?"

Zhang Hongcheng didn't take the old man's scolding to heart; instead, he breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that he's fine! It's good that he's fine!"

"Hmph!"

Zhang Xuanling couldn't be bothered with him and looked at his other children, saying indifferently: "Speak, who did it?"

Zhang Hongcheng glanced at his siblings behind him and hesitated: "Dad, you suspect that my younger siblings sent someone to assassinate Zhang Fan?"

"That can't be, can it?"

"Fourth Brother is right!"

Second Brother Zhang Hongmeng couldn't help but say: "Dad, Zhang Fan is our nephew, how could we possibly harm him?"

At this point, Zhang Hongmeng hesitated for a moment, then whispered: "Dad, did you make a mistake?"

Zhang Hongmeng was the second eldest in the Zhang family, and one of the three Golden Core cultivators of the Zhang family. His status was much higher than his other younger siblings.

Even he dared to question the old man; the others didn't dare to utter a peep!

Zhang Xuanling looked at his second son: "Although I am not a good father!"

"But I wouldn't randomly suspect my own children without understanding the truth!"

Zhang Hongmeng fell silent.

Since the old man said so, he must have already known the truth.

Zhang Xuanling said coldly: "Whoever did it, step forward yourself!"

"For the sake of our father-son relationship, I will give you a chance!"

"Otherwise, don't blame me for being merciless and disregarding our family ties!"

The children lowered their heads, no one dared to speak at this moment.

They all knew that the old man was angry, very angry!

This made them feel fear.

Even though the old man was their father, he was only their biological father, and they didn't have much affection for him.

Just as the old man said before, he had experienced the apocalypse and seen too many human tragedies, trusting no one!

Therefore, he acted ruthlessly; even if his children angered him, he would most likely show no mercy!

"Not admitting it, are you?"

Zhang Xuanling's voice was chilling, filled with a murderous intent: "The chance has been given to you, but you didn't seize it!"

"Then don't blame me!"

Zhang Xuanling snorted coldly, his gaze falling on one of his sons:

"Tenth Brother!"

Tenth Brother?

Zhang Hongcheng and the other brothers all looked at Tenth Brother, their faces filled with shock, astonishment, and disbelief.

"Tenth Brother, did you hire Tang Long from Demon Dragon Mountain to assassinate Zhang Fan?"

"Why would you do that? Zhang Fan is your own nephew!"

Zhang Hongcheng grabbed Tenth Brother by the collar and questioned him loudly.

The other siblings also looked at Tenth Brother, but they weren't angry.

Instead, they were shocked.

Of course, they wished Zhang Fan dead, but they didn't dare!

They didn't have the guts.

Unexpectedly, this Tenth Brother, not only dared, but he also did it!

Awesome!

Too awesome, like a cow flying a plane, awesome to the heavens!

"Dad, I didn't... I didn't... I didn't hire anyone to assassinate Zhang Fan... I didn't! I've been wronged!"

Tenth Brother knelt on the ground with a thud, his face pale, tears and snot flowing: "Dad, even if you gave me the greatest courage, I wouldn't dare!"

"Someone must be framing me! Yes! Yes! Framing me... Dad, you must uphold justice for me!"

"You don't have the guts, but you're stupid! Hopelessly stupid! You were used as a pawn without even realizing it!"

Zhang Xuanling said coldly: "Your Shengde Company has always been smuggling goods into the Wilderness Area, right?"

"Yes, Dad!"

Tenth Brother's voice trembled: "But I didn't hire Tang Long!"

"I just made a little money through smuggling to spend and support my family. I never thought of assassinating Zhang Fan!"

The Wilderness Area gathered many criminals, wanted fugitives, and wilderness bandits.

These people also needed to eat, drink, and use weapons!

However, national law prohibited the sale of goods to the Wilderness Area.

Because of this law, supplies in the Wilderness Area were very scarce.

Therefore, smuggling goods into the Wilderness Area contained huge profits!

Some people with powerful connections tried every means to sell goods to the Wilderness Area, earning huge profits!

Tenth Brother's Shengde Transportation Company did just that.

Whatever the Wilderness Area needed and could make money from.

Rice, flour, oil, alcohol, beverages, clothes, shoes, and even weapons and equipment... they dealt in all of them!

"You didn't hire Tang Long, but a few days ago, your Shengde Company smuggled a batch of goods with Demon Dragon Mountain, am I correct?"

Zhang Xuanling asked coldly.

"No... Yes, there was such a thing!"

Tenth Brother wanted to deny it, but seeing the old man's cold eyes, he knew that arguing was useless and could only admit it.

"Then do you know that someone bribed your subordinates to put a few things in this batch of goods?"

Zhang Xuanling said coldly.

"I don't know! Dad, I really don't know this, please investigate clearly, Dad!" Tenth Brother cried.

"If you knew, do you think you'd still be alive now?"

Zhang Xuanling snorted coldly, then suddenly looked at another son:

"Eighth Brother, Tenth Brother doesn't know, but you should know, right?"

Eighth Brother?

What does this have to do with Eighth Brother? Could it be Eighth Brother who did it?

Everyone looked at Eighth Brother again, their eyes filled with peculiar expressions.

Eighth Brother lowered his head and didn't speak, but he didn't tremble or cry like Tenth Brother; instead, he was very quiet.

"Eighth Brother, what else do you have to say?" Zhang Xuanling said coldly.

Facing the old man's questioning and the confused gazes of his siblings, Eighth Brother suddenly chuckled and raised his head.

There was no fear on his face, only a hint of unwillingness:

"Dad, you've already investigated thoroughly, so why bother asking me again?"

"Boom--"

The whole room was in an uproar.

Everyone looked at Eighth Brother as if they had seen a ghost, their faces filled with incredulity and disbelief.

It was actually Eighth Brother who hired Tang Long from Demon Dragon Mountain to assassinate Zhang Fan?

Why did he do it? And what was he after?

Eighth Brother was different from Tenth Brother; he was the most successful entrepreneur among his siblings, his net worth already exceeding tens of billions!

He hired someone to assassinate Zhang Fan?

It didn't make sense!

It simply didn't make sense!

"Eighth Brother, why did you do it?" Zhang Hongcheng asked with reddened eyes.

Eighth Brother smiled calmly and said: "Fourth Brother, I don't have cultivation talent. To make a name for myself, I can only make money!"

"I worked hard for 20 years and finally have everything I have now!"

"But what about your son?"

"Yet, because of a word from Dad, he effortlessly gained things far exceeding mine by dozens of times. Is this fair?"

Eighth Brother looked at Zhang Xuanling: "Dad, I didn't dare to ask you before, but now I have nothing to worry about!"

"I just want to ask, we are all your sons and daughters, your grandchildren, why are you so biased?"

"40% of the shares, all given to Zhang Fan alone!"

"Why him?"

"Is he worthy?"

Eighth Brother roared with reddened eyes: "Dad, you are too biased!"

Eighth Brother had always felt that he was the most likely among his siblings to inherit Zhang's Group because he was the best at making money!

Even many directors of the group were very optimistic about him and secretly expressed that they would definitely support him in the future.

So Eighth Brother had always fantasized about taking over from the old man, managing Zhang's Group, and becoming the controller of the group.

But unexpectedly, the old man would give 40% of the group's shares to Zhang Fan, which completely shattered Eighth Brother's dream.

He was unwilling! He was angry!

He was suppressed! He hated!

Finally, he thought of killing Zhang Fan to eliminate future troubles!

As long as Zhang Fan died, the shares would return to the old man's hands, and his chances of inheritance would still be the greatest!

Zhang Xuanling looked at his eighth son and said indifferently: "If it were anyone else, I wouldn't bother saying a word, I'd kill them with a single palm!"

"But you are my son, I will let you die with understanding!"

Zhang Xuanling then looked at his other children, saying coldly: "All of you listen, I will only say these words once!"

Zhang Hongcheng and the others perked up their ears.

"Honestly, regarding you children, and your children!"

Zhang Xuanling said indifferently: "I don't have deep feelings!"

"It's the same for you, and it's the same for Zhang Fan!"

"You can ask Fourth Brother, before Zhang Fan awakened, I barely saw him a few times!"

"So I treat Zhang Fan, you, and your children equally, I have never shown any partiality!"

Listening to the old man's words, the children were somewhat unconvinced.

He was given shares worth 400 billion, and he's not biased?

Giving him the remaining 39% of the shares would be considered unbiased?

"The reason I gave him the shares was simply to protect him!"

Zhang Xuanling said indifferently.

"Protect?"

Eighth Brother was stunned.

Zhang Hongcheng frowned slightly, and the other children were completely confused.

Zhang Xuanling's tone was cold: "To me, what kinship, what wealth, what family continuation!"

"All of it is illusory!"

"Only one's own cultivation and path are real!"

"But due to certain reasons, my cultivation has not progressed, and to break the stalemate, I can only find another way out!"

Zhang Xuanling looked at his children: "Zhang Fan is my way out!"

Zhang Hongcheng and the others looked at each other, finding it somewhat absurd.

You are a Demigod, Zhang Fan has just awakened, and he is your way out?

What kind of joke is this?

"Although Zhang Fan is young and his cultivation is low, he has infinite hope!"

Zhang Xuanling rarely explained: "As long as he is properly nurtured, he will one day surpass me, surpass a Demigod!"

"In short, someday, I will benefit from him!"

"Therefore!"

Zhang Xuanling looked at his children, his eyes filled with a cold glint:

"Zhang Fan is my hope, and even more, my future, my path!"

"Anyone who dares to harm him is stifling my hope, destroying my future, and cutting off my path!"

"Such a person, no matter who they are, whether my son or daughter, is my greatest enemy!"

"For enemies, I have only one approach: kill!"

As soon as Zhang Xuanling finished speaking, Eighth Brother instantly exploded into a mist of blood.

Zhang Hongcheng and the others watched this scene, their faces completely devoid of color.