After the banquet, it was time to pay their respects to the Ancestor.
Zhuo Tianyou looked at Liu Tao. Liu Tao signaled to Liu Meimei.
Liu Meimei walked over and held Zhuo Tianyou's hand. She smiled and said, "Come with me, I will bring you to pay your respects to our ancestor!"
"Hold on!" The servant stopped Zhuo Tianyou and looked around cautiously. "I feel that something is wrong, be careful!"
The Liu family members were all smiles, and a coffin was placed in the ancestral temple. As the wind blew, the oil lamp dimmed and brightened up again. The atmosphere was eerie.
Then, the servant took a few steps forward and asked cautiously while pointing at the coffin in the ancestral temple, "Is the ancestor of the Liu family in the coffin?!"
"Of course!"
"I want to check!"
"How dare you! How can an outsider look at our ancestor?" The members of the Liu family were enraged.
The expressions on Liu Tao and the rest changed.
Clearly, the servant was not persuaded. He stood in front of the ancestral temple and showed a look as though he would not let Zhuo Tianyou enter to pay his respects if he did not see the body.
That was because before they went over, the Lord Governor had instructed him to figure out the secret of the Liu family. He had observed everything and thought that the most suspicious place was the ancestral temple, especially the coffin.
Therefore, the servant made up his mind to open the coffin to take a look.
"Our young governor has a high status. What if a killer is lying in ambush in the coffin and injures our young governor? Who is going to take responsibility for that?!" the servant said firmly.
Liu Dahai and the rest were at a loss for what to do and turned to Liu Tao.
Liu Tao kept silent for a while before smiling and said, "If that's the case, then we can open the coffin and let you take a look."
As he said that, he made a "kill" signal with his hands behind his back.
Liu Dahai, Liu Erquan, and the rest saw it and shuddered. Since when did the head of the clan become so merciless?
In the coffin, Liu Fan saw the gesture made by Liu Tao and felt heartened.
Liu Tao, who had the Spell of Trickery and Deception cast on him, had a lot of potential and deserved to be developed further.
"Creek…"
The lid of the coffin was opened.
The servant was not too anxious to approach the coffin. Instead, he walked around and looked about as he took some sniffs.
"No sounds of booby traps, safe!"
"No signs of hidden poison needles, safe!"
"No strange scents, safe!"
The servant used the method of "Listen, Look, Smell" to eliminate all the possibilities of danger. After confirming that it was safe, he walked towards the coffin.
Liu Fan was astonished when he sensed this.
This old brat was an experienced individual!
He began to think about how he could keep the servant within the Liu family to help them.
…
The servant walked towards the coffin.
When he saw the body in the coffin, he was shocked as he saw a young man. He instinctively raised his hands and was ready to make a move. The aura of a grand martial arts master could be felt on him.
After realizing that the young man had no signs of life and was a dead body, he heaved a deep sigh of relief.
"This is your ancestor? After 1000 years, his body is still intact. He is indeed a physical cultivator!" the servant exclaimed in disbelief as he looked at Liu Fan's body.
Liu Tao smiled and did not speak. He was becoming more tempted to kill the servant.
The servant walked around the coffin and looked at Liu Fan's body.
He was shocked.
That was because Liu Fan's body still had some silvery protective aura.
He narrowed his eyes and shuddered.
"After reaching the ultimate state of martial arts, one can really exude a protective aura!"
The servant was raging internally. His face had turned red from excitement, and he wanted to tell his master about this discovery immediately.
His master's hair had all turned white. His martial arts skills were extremely good, and he was nicknamed the "White-haired Demon."
The White-haired Demon had killed many gangs and learned their martial arts techniques in order to obtain the protective aura. However, until now, he had never succeeded.
Yet today, the servant saw a living example in the Liu family. He was extremely stunned and surprised.
Meanwhile, Liu Tao signaled Liu Erquan to take his spot and kill the servant.
This brat had seen and learned too much!
He had to die!
In the coffin, Liu Fan used a spell.
"The Fury of the Ancestor — the Spell of Betraying the Master for Glory! Go!"
When the spell was cast, the servant shook and the excitement on his face disappeared as he looked calm again.
He turned around and looked at Liu Tao. He said, "Brother Tao, does the Liu family still need any fighters? A fighter who is a grand martial arts master!"
"Hmm?!…"
Liu Tao was stunned. He waved his hands and stopped Liu Erquan.
Seeing how Liu Tao did not react, the servant got a little anxious and said, "As long as Brother Tao is able to pay me, I am willing to be your fighter."
"50,000 taels of silver, or a powerful cultivation technique are both acceptable!"
"You can hire me for a month or a year. I am alright with installments too!"
The servant promoted himself excitedly and was worried that Liu Tao would reject him.
"You'll get what you pay for! Brother Tao, let me know your decision!"
Liu Tao asked, "Aren't you betraying the Lord Governor's Mansion by doing this? You will die!"
The servant sneered, "Don't say it that way. One has to live for oneself!"
"Perhaps you think I am betraying my master for glory, but let me tell you, what's wrong with that?! As physical cultivators, we are already going against the rules and living for ourselves!"
Liu Tao took a deep breath and did not know how to respond to that!
He took a look at the servant who was being extremely sincere. He felt as though he had turned into another person. He really looked like a betrayer who was stabbing his master's back for glory.
This servant was a little strange!
However, this scene made Liu Tao think about Liu Chao, the spy who was sent over by the Lu family.
At that moment, Liu Chao seemed to have become another person. He revealed that he was a spy, and before he died, he told the rest to be sincere to each other.
When he thought about that, Liu Tao looked up at Liu Fan who was in the coffin and shuddered.
"Did the Ancestor use his powers?!"
"The Ancestor is hinting at me not to kill this person but use him for our family's gain?!"
Liu Tao kept silent and thought that it made sense.
He said to the servant, "I am alright with it!"
The servant was overjoyed.
"However, in order to show your sincerity, you have to kill someone with us tonight!"
Liu Tao was testing him.
"Of course! I love to kill!" The servant laughed cunningly and said mysteriously, "I know where the treasure of the Lord Governor's Mansion is — are you interested? We can go and take it together…"
Liu Tao looked at the servant with a strange look. His ancestor must really have used his powers.
In the coffin, Liu Fan heard the transaction made between Liu Tao and the servant.
"The Spell of Betraying the Master for Glory is very effective. However, I am not sure whether there are any loopholes!"
Liu Fan thought about it. He was worried that someone would offer a higher price and the servant would betray the Liu family just like how he betrayed the Lord Governor's Mansion!