Chapter Eighty-Five: The Monster Unleashes Its Fury

  "Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" Suddenly, several figures appeared in front of Leng Ruoxue and the others. Then, other members of the Xu family also appeared one after another.

  "What kind of people are you, daring to come and stir up trouble in our Xu family?" The middle-aged man at the forefront asked with a furious expression. Especially when he saw that his own home's sturdy courtyard wall had collapsed into a heap like rotten mud, he was even more enraged, his anger surging straight to his head.

  "It's not the Xu family, we haven't arrived yet!" Leng Ruo Xue said calmly, her beautiful eyes slightly closed as she looked at the middle-aged man who had spoken.

  This middle-aged man, about fifty years old, has a handsome face with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but his facial features reveal a hint of sinister and ruthless intent. He is tall and strong in stature, and his strength is that of a high-level Spirit Emperor. Cold-as-Snow knew that if she wasn't mistaken, this person should be Xu Dian, the successor of the Xu family.

  After hearing what Leng Ruo Xue said, the reactions of both sides were completely different.

  The old man had several black lines on his forehead, most of which were in his heart, and this young lady was quite arrogant!

  As for Xu's family, they were so angry that they almost vomited blood. These people actually came with the intention of making trouble! They really don't want to live...

  "You little scoundrel, if you have the guts, come forward and sign up!" Xu Qian's face turned black as he bellowed, his sinister eyes releasing a lustful gaze that sized up Leng Ruoxue with a licentious air...

  Hmph! Soon he'll take care of all these people, and as for this stunningly beautiful woman, leave her behind to warm his bed. He'll let her know the consequences of daring to provoke him.

  "Cold as snow!" The crisp voice of Leng Ruoxue rang out in the black night, and as he wished, he reported his own name and successfully saw Xu Qian's change of face.

  "So you're Leng Ruoxue." Xu Gan's face remained calm and composed, but his heart was filled with surprise. He had heard that Leng Ruoxue was a stunning beauty, and now that he saw her, it was indeed true.

  But what surprised him even more was that Leng Ruoxue would actually take the initiative to come to his door. Could it be that his plans with the Shui and Ye families had been exposed? No, this was impossible. They had conducted this matter in utmost secrecy, and the Shui and Ye families would never betray him. Then what was Leng Ruoxue's intention?

  Xu Qian's mind was constantly thinking, his gloomy eyes measured the people around Leng Ruo Xue again, none of whom he recognized, and Leng Qing Tian was not among them either. Suddenly, he put his heart at ease.

  "Are you Xu Qian?" asked Leng Ruoxue directly.

  "How dare you, actually daring to call out the master's name directly!" Xu Gan hadn't even opened his mouth to speak, but instead it was a dog beside him that barked loudly.

  "Outrageous, how can you be so rude to Miss Leng?" Xu Gan glared at the dog beside him, and with a sudden change of heart, he began to treat Leng Ruoxue with courtesy.

  "Miss Leng, I am Xu Gan. Sorry for the rudeness." After reprimanding his subordinate, Xu Gan immediately turned around with a smile and said to Leng Ruoxue and Yan Yuese, giving enough face to Leng Ruoxue.

  "Xu Dajia is so polite, Miss can't bear to make the first move, how about you make the first move?" Leng Ruxue said softly, with an absolutely beautiful smile on her stunning face, causing all the Xu family members opposite her to fall into a daze instantly...

  "Always speaking so kindly, Miss Leng, what do you mean by this?" After a long while, Xu Gan came back to his senses, his face showing displeasure, but the surprise in his eyes was bright red and completely unhidden.

  "Isn't the Xu family master trying to get rid of me? Now Miss herself has delivered herself to my doorstep." Lan Ruo Xue explained with great kindness, what a kind girl she is! Knowing that someone wants to kill her, she actually takes the initiative to deliver herself.

  "How is this possible?! I have no grudges with Miss Leng, who would dare to frame me like this?" Xu Gan roared in anger. He had originally intended to kill Leng Ruoxue, but after seeing her in person, he couldn't bear to do it. Such a stunning beauty, killing her would be such a waste! Xu Gan had always been one to cherish and appreciate beautiful women.

  "It was your ally who told me." Cold as snow, her expression unchanged, a wicked and divisive remark, anyway their hearts are not aligned, let them go to the ground and bite each other like dogs!

  "Hehe, Miss Leng really likes to joke." Xudry smiled and said with a seemingly good temper, but in his heart, he was constantly thinking about who had betrayed him. Was it the Shui family or the Ye family?

  "Alas! To tell the truth, Miss, Xu Dajia's master actually doesn't believe it." Leng Ruoxue said helplessly. Why didn't Xu Gan believe her when she told the truth? Didn't they say he was naturally suspicious?

  "Xue Er, what's the point of talking so much nonsense with him? Just kill him and be done with it!" The demon fire angrily shouted out, this old lecher, actually dared to have designs on Xue Er, truly didn't know how to live!

  "Who are you?" Xu Qian narrowed his gloomy eyes and asked coldly. As the saying goes, people of the same sex repel each other, so naturally, Xu Qian didn't have a good impression of someone as stunning as himself, and his tone couldn't be any better.

  "I am Snow's fiancé." The demon said proudly, and at the same time, he pulled Cold-as-Snow into his own arms to show off his possession.

  "Fiancé? Then I'll come and meet this fiancé of yours!" Looking at the loving couple, Xu Gan's anger mixed with raging jealousy, he directly raised his large hand towards Ye Chen, the palm wind containing a faint blue spiritual energy, cold air that made people tremble...

  "Frosty Palm!" Leng Qingtian couldn't help but exclaim, this should be the Xu family's unique Frosty Palm, a water-based spiritual technique hidden in the palm method and released. This Frosty Palm is extremely sinister, once hit by its palm wind, it will immediately freeze into an ice block, with cold air rushing inside, cold poison lingering inside, similar to Mei's ice-based spiritual technique, but even more ruthless and toxic.

  In this world, the ways in which Spirit Masters release their Spirit Techniques are diverse. Most of them like to use weapons such as knives and swords, but even those who release Spirit Techniques through weapons need to master certain knife or sword techniques. There is also a small number of strong practitioners who prefer to directly release Spirit Techniques with their bare hands without relying on any weapons, but this also requires mastering palm techniques in order to increase the power of the Spirit Technique. The Xu family is precisely a clan renowned for its mastery of palm techniques.

  Ye Chen saw Xu Qian's Frost Palm and calmly pushed Xue Er to a safe location, then directly confronted the powerful palm wind that was rushing towards him...

  "What kind of spiritual skill is this?" The old man who was watching from the side exclaimed in surprise.

  Only to see Ye Chen release a black spiritual energy during the battle, which directly entwined with the water-elemental spiritual energy in Zhang Feng's hand. The two energies tangled together for several minutes before Ye Chen's black spiritual energy devoured Xu Qian's spiritual energy, seemingly satiated, and returned to its master's side...

  "I don't know." Leng Qingtian shook his head, also with a face full of confusion. The spiritual technique used by Ye Chen was something he had never seen or heard of before. However, this spiritual technique wasn't ordinary at all. Up until now, Leng Qingtian hadn't seen anything that it couldn't devour.

  "What about my spiritual power?" Xu Gan asked in a disbelieving tone, staring at Ye Chen as if he were a monster.

  "I've eaten it all, let's get some more, I'm not quite full yet." Ye Chen said lightly, with a smile that could charm people to death on his face, it was simply infuriating.

  "You're really too arrogant, I'll make you regret it." Xu Qian roared with rage, gathering even more spiritual energy in his palm. His entire hand turned deep blue as he unleashed an even stronger gust of wind at Ye Chen, the spiritual energy within the wind increasing by nearly tenfold. The surrounding trees and buildings were also covered in a thin layer of ice due to the fierce gust.

  "Be careful, you demon!" Leng Ruo Xue said with some concern, although she was far away, but still felt the chilling coldness that even some of the lower-level spiritual masters in the Xu family were directly frozen unconscious.

  "Mm, I'll be careful." The demon said with a smile, and didn't forget to throw a flirtatious glance at Xue Er, his face full of smugness. Heh heh, he knew that Xue Er cared about him, what a wonderful feeling!

  However, his smug expression deeply irritated Xu Qian. Xu Qian furiously threw out several palm strikes in a row, and the massive pale blue spiritual energy had turned deep blue, surging towards Ye Chen one after another...

  "Great elder, is the master trying to get himself killed?" A Xu family elder who was watching the battle couldn't help but ask in a low voice. What kind of usage is this for the water-elemental heaven-tier spirit technique 'Overturning Mountains and Seas'?!

  It's worth noting that the heavenly rank spirit technique has extremely high requirements for one's own spiritual power. A technique like "Overturning Mountains and Seas" can only be used as a finishing move in an actual battle, and using it in such a reckless manner would likely result in spiritual power exhaustion, or even render one unable to use spiritual power for the rest of their life.

  The elder of the Xu family, who was watching the battle, remained silent, but his heart was filled with anxiety and fear. The current master of the house had been provoked to the point of losing his rationality, and no one could persuade him anymore. These people were not here for good, and today could be said to be the day of doom for the Xu family...

  However, fortunately, he had foreseen this and had already sent someone to invite the master of the house. He believed that as long as the master came, the crisis in the Xu family would be resolved. So, Xu Qian was no longer worried, all his hopes were pinned on the master's arrival. After all, what the Xu family lacked least was descendants.

  Ye Chen saw several streams of spiritual energy gathering into a deep blue spiritual energy sphere, flying towards him. At the same time, he casually released an equal number of black spiritual energy spheres, each one automatically finding its own opponent and attacking separately...

  Ye Chen smiled faintly, looking at Xudry who had lost his rationality due to jealousy, and released a black knife aura from his hand. The sharp knife aura flew towards Xudry with lightning speed...

  "With a loud crash!" Xu Qian fell to the ground, dead on the spot. At the same time, Xu Qian's water-based spiritual power was also completely swallowed up!

  "Master of the house!"

  "Master of the house!"

  "You killed our master, we'll fight you to the death!"

  "Don't let them off!"

  The Xu family was outraged when they saw Xu Qian's death, their own agent and master of the house being killed at the gate, this is absolutely a great shame!

  "Let's go together!" The night sky was filled with stars, and Xu Chen's eyes sparkled as he lightly swept his gaze over the Xu family members, saying in a calm tone.

  "Brothers, let's go together and avenge our master!" Someone in the crowd shouted, instantly stirring up everyone's fighting spirit.

  "Right, let's go up together!"

  "Don't let him off, avenge the master of the house!"

  The Xu family people rushed up and surrounded Ye Chen, planning to beat him up together...

  "Little girl! Should we help or not?" The old man asked with some pretence, and anyone who was with this lass would become abnormal, so he didn't worry about that little guy at all.

  "This little shrimp is enough for him alone!" said Leng Ruoxue calmly.

  "Oh, then I'll just watch the excitement!" The old man said with a smile, looking like he was enjoying the show. In fact, his hands were also itching to act, wondering when that big fish would come out? His little fish had all been killed...

  "Alas, the young people of today are really abnormal!" In just a blink of an eye, the old man discovered that more than half of the Xu family had died, and he hadn't even seen how the handsome, demon-like man had struck. Had he really grown old? Were his eyes no longer useful? The thought made the old man feel depressed...

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!" In just over ten minutes, the Xu family members fell to the ground one after another, dead from suffocation.

  "You! Why aren't you making a move? Where are the black-clothed men of the Xu family?" Ye Chen pointed at him with some arrogance, kindly reminding the only elder of the Xu family who was still breathing.

  "You... you..." Xu family's great elder was at least a strong Ling Huang Dianfeng level, but he was actually scared by Ye Chen's ruthless move, like a willow tree swaying in the cold wind, his whole body trembling, and even speaking stuttered.

  "What am I? Hurry up and let the other Xu family members come out!" Ye Chen said with a high morale, it's been a long time since he had such a great fight!

  "Who has the audacity to be so presumptuous?! How dare you behave so insolently in my Xu family!" A loud, overbearing and awe-inspiring voice rang out beside Ye Chen's ear.

  "That old thing has finally come out!" The old man said with great excitement, almost dancing with joy, he had been waiting for this old thing!

  "Master of the house!" Hearing the voice of the master of the Xu family, the old elder was excited and tears flowed horizontally, shouting towards the empty space.

  "What's wrong with Xu Biao?"

  As soon as the voice fell, dozens of figures also appeared at the same time.

  First and foremost, there was an old man in black with a head full of white hair. The old man had an ordinary appearance, his face was filled with the years of time, a pair of small eyes were shining brightly, emitting a sinister and calculating light, his sparkling eyes were constantly sizing up Ye Chen and Leng Ruoxue.

  "What kind of people are you? My Xu family members were all killed by you?" Xu Xing coldly shouted, his eyes releasing a strong killing intent. Especially when he saw the large number of Xu family members lying on the ground, already dead, he was enraged to the point where his lungs were about to burst!

  "The host, the woman who led the way is Leng Ruoxue!" Xu family's eldest elder hastily said.

  "Cold as Snow!" Xu Xing's eyes gleamed with murderous intent as he scanned the room, before fixing his gaze on the only woman present, Cold-as-Snow.

  "It has nothing to do with her, they were all killed by me! My name is Ye Chen, a member of the Ye family!" Ye Chen said with great malice.

  "You! You're going to die!" Xu Xing roared in anger and directly attacked Ye Chen.

  "Get out of the way, kid! I'll take care of this old thing!" The old man yelled and hastily jumped into the middle of the battlefield, entangling himself with Xu Xing.

  Ye Chen saw the old man's urgency and didn't fight with him, instead he voluntarily retreated from the battle and stood beside Xue Er to watch the fight together.

  A battle between two strong Spirit Venerables was indeed thrilling and spectacular, with colorful spiritual energy dancing and fluttering in the night sky, various spiritual techniques were thrown at each other like flowing clouds and running water...

  "Grandfather, shall we deal with those black-clothed men?" Cold Snow's beautiful eyes locked onto the black-clothed men brought by Xu Xing. The combat strength of these people was much stronger than that of the Xu family members from earlier, and among them were even several Spirit Masters, although they were only at the initial stage. Still, it would be best to eliminate them as soon as possible, lest there be more trouble later!

  "Alright!" Leng Qingtian nodded and directly charged towards the black-clothed man closest to him. Leng Ruoxue and Yao Nie also joined the battle immediately...

  Under the joint efforts of the three beasts, the black-clothed man brought by Xu Xing and the great elder of the Xu family soon went to see God!

  Xu Xing, who was fighting the old man, inadvertently turned his head and found that all his men had been killed. He was so angry that a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth...

  "You're really disgusting, old thing!" The old man lightly jumped away from the blood Xu Xing spat out and said with a face full of disdain, "Haha, this old thing's endurance is a bit weak, can't even withstand this little stimulation."

  Fortunately, the old man only said it in his heart, and Xu Xing couldn't hear it, otherwise Xu Xing would have been furious to death. Is this because of his weak endurance? These people were the result of his planning for over a decade... and now they're gone just like that...

  "Haha, haha, you've ruined my Xu family! Even if I become a vengeful spirit, I won't let you off! You wait, I'll be back to find you!" Xu Xing saw that the situation was already hopeless and didn't want to continue fighting. After his maniacal laughter, a thick smoke enveloped him, and when it dissipated, Xu Xing had vanished without a trace.

  "No good! Let him run away!" The old man, feeling something was off, pounded his chest and stamped his feet, filled with regret. That Xu Xing was a vengeful person who would not let go of grudges, ruthless and cruel. If he had been allowed to escape, it would have led to endless troubles!

  "What skill is that?" Leng Ruoxue was shocked and couldn't believe that with so many people, they still let Xuhang escape.

  "That's not a skill, if I'm not mistaken, that old man should be a long-lost transmission scroll, I didn't expect Xu Xing to have such a thing in his hands, alas! Miscalculation!" The old man regretted it! If he had used the finishing move just now, Xu Xing would definitely not have been able to escape.

  "Feathers, can you find Xu Xing?" asked Leng Ruo Xue to Feathers who was flying in the air, Feathers could see through objects within a radius of 10,000 meters.

  "Can't see it, master." Yu scanned around and replied.

  "Old man, where does that scroll usually get passed on to?" asked Leng Ruoxue with some curiosity.

  "It's not certain, that kind of scroll is divided into directional or random transmission, where it will be transmitted to, no one knows except the user." The old man explained, and he still regrets it to this day!

  "Old man, calm down, it's already happened, even if you regret it until your intestines turn green, can you change the fact?" Leng Ruoxue comforted.

  "Alas! So it is." Although the old man said so with his mouth, in his heart he didn't think as openly as Leng Ruoxue, and he was still entangled.

  "Old man, don't worry, Xu Xing doesn't know your identity, so even if he wants to take revenge, he'll come after me and Xue Er, not you." Ye Chen also spoke to comfort him. Before Xue Er arrived, she had given the old man and grandfather each an easy-to-swallow pill, so as long as the old man himself didn't say anything, no one would know that he was involved in the Xu family's affairs.

  "You little stinker, do you think I'm the kind of person who's afraid of death? I'm just worried that we're in the light while the enemy is in the dark, and I'm afraid he'll launch a sneak attack." The old man explained with some annoyance.

  "Never mind, it's too late now. The most important thing is to find him as soon as possible, otherwise none of us will be able to sleep well." Leng Qingtian said, Snow and the others may not understand Xu Xing's style of doing things, but he was very clear that the guy was indeed a big trouble.

  "It's all packed up, sir."

  At this time, Ling and Yao rushed back to Leng Ruo Xue's side, their faces full of excitement, saying that the two small beasts' mouths and paws were respectively holding and hanging several storage rings...

  "Good boy." Cold-as-Snow patted both beasts and unceremoniously took back all the rings.

  "Little girl, your two beasts are quite skilled at this, aren't they!" The old man said with a face full of envy. His own beasts were so stupid! They had been gone for so long and still hadn't returned.

  "That's right, and don't even think about whose beast it is." Cold Snow's face was full of pride, as her beast, she had to be able to yield and stretch, pretend to be stupid when needed, be cute when needed, be ruthless when needed, and be black-hearted when needed. Of course, when it came to robbery, she couldn't show any mercy either. Alas, with many people and beasts at home to support, the whole family relied on her to make a living!

  "Xue Er, let's keep a low profile." Leng Qingtian said with a light cough, very seriously.

  "Listen to Grandfather." said Leng Ruoxue, nodding vigorously.

  About an hour later.

  Before arriving at Xu's house, he was sent by the old man to rob Xu's store, and finally completed the task and returned triumphantly.

  The old man took over the storage ring handed over by Beast Beast, his divine sense passed in, swept his eyes, and a satisfied smile was about to bloom on his face...

  "Little girl, things are settled here, let's head back to Fengdu early!" The old man said somewhat impatiently, these riches were just child's play compared to the vast territory that Dongchi was about to expand into!

  "Alright, go back!"

  Leng Ruo Xue also wanted to return early, however, before leaving, she added another fire to the Xu family's main house. Afterwards, the group returned to Fengdu in a grand manner.

  Immediately, news of the three imperial families and the three major households being attacked and robbed by spiritual beasts spread like a storm across the entire Lingfeng continent...

  Immediately following, a massive upheaval shook the Lingfeng continent. The Xiyun Kingdom, Beiliang Kingdom, and Zhongyu Kingdom were left leaderless, plunging into severe internal turmoil. Seizing the opportunity, the Eastern Chi and Southern Xi armies joined forces to launch a concerted attack, bringing down the three kingdoms. The Eastern Chi and Southern Xi then divided the conquered territories among themselves.

  Xu family, Shui family and Ye family, the three big families disappeared overnight, and then Huo family took advantage of the fire to loot, occupying all the shops and businesses of the three big families. However, Feng family, also one of the top families, was completely still, which made people feel somewhat puzzled.

  The Feng family's main residence.

  "Elder, today again someone came to ask me, why not take advantage of the situation like the Huo family and swallow up those three major families' shops." In the council chamber, an elder said somewhat helplessly, for several days now, every day there would be someone asking him such a question.

  "How did you get back?" asked Feng Jia's eldest elder with half-closed eyes.

  "I say, our Feng family is short-handed, and if we have too many shops, we can't take care of them." The elder replied with a serious face.

  "Hmm, from now on, when someone asks, you all say this." The elder finalized the unified statement. Hum, those three big families are basically just empty shells, what's the use of coming, and besides, Xu Xing is still missing, at this time, whoever takes the lead will become Xu Xing's first target for revenge.

  In the garden of General Leng's mansion.

  "Xue Er, what are you thinking about?" the demon asked with a curious face. Lately, Xue Er had been preoccupied with thoughts, and no one knew what was on her mind.

  "I'm thinking of Xu Xing." Leng Ruo Xue leaned against Yao Jiao's body and said lightly.

  "What's the point of thinking about that old thing? Don't think about him, only think about me!" The demon said with a dissatisfied face, an old scoundrel actually dared to make Xue'er think about it, hum! Truly asking for death!

  "What are you talking nonsense? I was thinking, where could Xing be hiding? The Lingfeng Continent is so vast, it's really not easy to find someone!"

  Thinking of this, Leng Ruo Xue felt a bit depressed. She had already spread the news that whoever found Xu Xing's trail would be heavily rewarded. However, until now, there was no news at all. Moreover, for some reason, her heart had been feeling uneasy lately, as if something was about to happen. She didn't like this feeling very much. So, it was better to find Xu Xing quickly! This way, everyone could finally be at ease.

  "Xuě ér, this is not something that can be rushed. Haven't we already entrusted the 'Hell' and Mercenary Guild to find out his whereabouts?" The demon comforted, he didn't want Xuě ér to worry about such a small matter.

  "I don't know if 'Hell' can be found." said Leng Ruoxue with some uncertainty.

  "Hell" is a mysterious intelligence organization that suddenly appeared on the Lingfeng continent more than a decade ago, specializing in selling all kinds of intelligence and claiming "only what you can't think of, there's nothing they don't know". But after so many days, not a single message has been sent back from "Hell", I wonder if this counts as ruining their own reputation?

  "If even 'Hell' can't be found, then others will have an even harder time finding it." The demon said with great certainty.

  "Well then, let's just wait and see, hopefully they won't disappoint me."

  "Xu'er, the master of Huo's family and the elder have arrived." Just as Leng Ruoxue and Yao Nie were chatting, Leng Ruohan walked in from outside the garden and approached them.

  "What are they doing here?" Leng Ruo Xue asked somewhat puzzled, as they didn't have any close relationship.

  "I don't know, they won't say." Leng Ruohan said somewhat helplessly. He was very familiar with Xue Er's temper and knew that the Huo family had already offended his precious little sister. Xue Er would not see them at all, but since Grandfather asked him to come take a look, he couldn't just not come, could he?

  "Let's go to the palace and see Mo sister!" Leng Ruoxue turned her head to propose to Yao Nie, she was not in the mood to see anyone from the Huo family now, even Huo Qing had been rejected by her, let alone others!

  "Good." The demon nodded in agreement.

  "Feathers, take us to the Imperial Palace." Leng Ruoxue released the feathers and ordered, then she and Yao Jiao jumped onto the back of the feathers.

  "Yes, master." Yu Ying said, flapping his wings and taking off into the air. With a "whoosh" sound, he instantly turned into a small black dot.

  Looking at the arrogant little sister, Leng Ruohan shook his head helplessly and turned to leave the garden to report back to Grandfather.

  Dongchi National Palace Side Hall.

  "Little girl, how did you have time to come see this old man today?" The old man who was bending down to tend the flowers and grass asked curiously.

  "The people from the Fire House have arrived at my house, so I had to hide. " Leng Ruo Xue leaned against Yao Jiao, sitting on a stone bench in the garden of the side hall, speaking bluntly that she originally wanted to go to Mo's sister's place, but Li Yuan was there and she didn't want to be a light bulb, so she came here to Old Man's place.

  "So it seems that my place has become your refuge?" The old man said with a hint of displeasure, this girl was really infuriating him. He had come to see him with great difficulty, but she didn't even come specifically for him, and instead treated him like he was going to die or something! The old man grumbled in his heart.

  "Not everywhere can be my refuge." Cold-as-snow said calmly, looking at the old man who liked to make trouble.

  "Hmm, that's true." The old man agreed.

  "By the way, little girl, is there any news about that old thing Xu Xing?" The old man asked, his hands not stopping their movements, but carefully transplanting his beloved flowers to a new location.

  "Not yet, you'd better tell Li Yuan and the others to keep a low profile, lest they attract trouble." Cold Snow reminded, if they were as high-profile as the Huo family, when Xu Xing took revenge, they would definitely not be able to escape. After all, one was in the light, the other in the dark, wanting to do something was just too easy.

  "Don't worry, I've already talked to them about it." The old man was still at ease with Li Yuan, this more sensible descendant, which was also the main reason why he didn't stop Leng Ruo Xue and others from carrying out their plan to seize power.

  "Old man, we'll leave first. You take care of your safety." After glancing at the sky, Han Xue felt that it was about time and stood up to bid farewell.

  "Let's go!" The old man waved his hand at the two people who had already sat on the Black Hawk, then lowered his head and continued with what he was doing.

  In an instant, Leng Ruoxue and Yao Jiao returned to Jiang Jun's residence.

  As he came down from the back of Yu, he happened to meet the butler.

  "Housekeeper, has the Fire Family left?" asked Leng Ruoxue, calling out to the housekeeper.

  "He's gone a long time ago! Miss, why did you just come back? The master was worried!" The housekeeper started nagging nonstop.

  "Alright, let's go see Grandfather." Leng Ruo Xue interrupted the incessant chatter of Guan Jia, with two beads of cold sweat on her forehead, saying that this old man was getting more and more talkative.

  "Grandfather." Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Jiao arrived at Leng Qing Tian's study, calling out from outside the door.

  "Xue Er, come in!" said Leng Qingtian from inside the study room.

  "Xue Er, why are you back so late?" Leng Qing Tian asked with concern, this was a critical moment and Xu Xing had not been found yet, he didn't want his precious granddaughter to encounter any danger.

  "After going to the imperial palace, I chatted with Grandpa for a while." Cold Ruo Xue said honestly. In front of Cold Qing Tian, she was like a well-behaved baby. After all, when it came to her grandfather's concern for her, Cold Ruo Xue couldn't take it lightly. It was worth noting that under the heavens, probably only these relatives of hers knew about her true abilities and still worried about her safety. Therefore, in her heart, she felt deeply moved."

  "Xue Er, is that old man okay?" asked Leng Qing Tian with concern, since they returned to Feng Du, they hadn't seen each other again.

  "It's okay, just a bit worried about Xu Xing." Leng Ruo Xue said truthfully. She had already suggested to the old man that he move his descendants to a safe place, and estimated that the old man would start making arrangements in the next two days. This way, even if Xu Xing appeared, he wouldn't have to worry about the safety of those descendants anymore.

  "Xue Er, are these people in the General's Manor also leaving?" asked Leng Qing Tian after hearing Xue Er's words. The servants in the General's Manor had been following him for many years, and if they were injured due to his negligence, he would be heartbroken as well.

  "Alright, I'll send someone to inform the Feng family and the Nanxi country, as well as Old Man Lin." Cold Snow slightly furrowed her brow in thought, since they were all going to see them off anyway, might as well do it together! It would also avoid them being distracted later on.

  "No need, I'll go inform Old Man Lin." Leng Qingtian stood up from his chair and said, this matter should be done sooner rather than later.

  "I'll go to Feng's house and Nan Xi country." said Leng Ruo Xue after some thought.

  After discussing, Leng Ruo Xue and Leng Qing Tian went their separate ways.

  Inside a secret room in the main house of the Feng family.

  "Elder, you're looking for me?" A figure in white clothes, Wind Miao, walked into the secret chamber with a puzzled expression, looking at the Elder and asked, "What's going on?"

  "Take this, and in a few days, bring those hundred children and leave the Wind House." The Great Elder's face was somewhat solemn as he handed over a storage ring to Feng Miao.

  "Why? What do you mean, Great Elder?" Feng Huan's beautiful face showed a puzzled expression. Were they being expelled from the Wind Clan?

  "Xu Xing has not been found yet, you all go out and avoid for a while." The Great Elder explained indifferently, these children are the future hope of the Wind Family, can't afford to lose.

  "Elder, isn't Xu's family only left with Xu Xing now? We have so many people..." Feng Miao's words were cut off by the Elder before he could finish.

  "It's not that I'm afraid of taking risks, but I fear the unexpected. I cannot gamble with the future of the Feng family, let alone the fact that the Xu family has such a grand ambition. Who knows if Xu Xing still has other hidden powers?" The Great Elder said with concern.

  "What will you do then?" Feng Xiao asked with some concern. If the Great Elder's worries became a reality, wouldn't these remaining members of the Wind family...

  "The future of the Feng family is what's most important." The elder said somewhat callously.

  "I know what I'm doing now." Feng Miao's beautiful face had a hint of sadness, and he didn't even know if he would have the chance to come back here again.

  "Take good care of them." The elder said with some concern.

  Feng Mi nodded slightly, her eyes were slightly moist.

  One week later, Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Jiao moved the selected people from several families to a safe place, then returned to the even colder General's Manor.

  In Leng Qing Tian's study.

  "Xue Er, Feng Da and the others won't suddenly come back, will they?" Leng Qing Tian asked with some concern, those people were all driven out by Xue Er to do mercenary tasks and train.

  "It won't be that easy, with Feng Da Ge and Feng Da in charge. They wouldn't let anyone come back so easily." Leng Ruo Xue had given them a task before they left, and unless she allowed it or all of them advanced to the rank of Ling Huang, no one was permitted to return.

  "What about Guo Yong and Guo Qiang then?" Leng Qingtian brought up the two brothers, and couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. He had said all sorts of harsh words, but those two guys just refused to budge.

  "Don't bother with them, they should have their own means of self-defense." Leng Ruoxue also had no way to deal with them, and it was likely that those two people were treating the General's Manor as an inn.

  "Xue Er, it's still you who understands them. They also told me not to mind them." Alas! A deep and helpless sigh echoed through the cold sky.

  "Grandfather, it's getting late, go to bed early!" Leng Ruo Xue said, then left Leng Qing Tian's study with Yao Jiao and went back to their rooms to sleep.

  In the distant Northern Liang State, in a remote and treacherous mountain range, surrounded by mountains, tall and lush trees stood densely, luxuriantly.

  Xu Xing hid himself under one of the mountain peaks, in a dark and damp cave.

  Hiding in the mountain cave, Xu Xing's clothes were all tattered and worn out, his hair was disheveled, and he looked wretched. However, the sharpness on his body had not diminished in the slightest, but instead became even more profound. The killing intent and hatred in his eyes could not be concealed at all.

  At this time, Xu Xing was sitting next to a bonfire, holding a piece of Ling beast meat that still had blood dripping from it, gnawing at it fiercely... Now, he absolutely treated this piece of meat as if Cold Snow and Night Chen were biting into it.

  "Cold as snow, Ye Chen and the people of Ye's family, I will never let you off, I want you to be buried with our Xu family!" Xu Xing said viciously to himself, his eyes full of hatred that made one's heart tremble with fear!

  For more than half a month, he has been nursing his wounds and hiding in every nook and cranny, just like a street rat, never daring to stay in one place for too long. And all of this, as well as the miserable state he's in today, was brought upon him by Leng Ruoxue and Ye Chen, and that unknown old man! He will absolutely not let them off easy.

  Thinking of this, Xu Xing carefully took out a black bead from the storage ring. The bead was about the size of a thumb and its body was dull and lusterless, very inconspicuous. However, if anyone dared to underestimate the ability of that bead, they would definitely regret it...

  Xu Xing took out the pearl and placed it in his palm, gazing at it with a slightly dazed and infatuated expression as if looking at a lover, before putting it back into the ring.

  This pearl was passed down from the ancestors of the Xu family and is a very mysterious object. Even the fact that the Xu family became one of the five great families can be attributed to this pearl's credit.

  Unfortunately, this pearl has a usage period and can only be used five times. The Xu family has gone through many generations and has already used it four times. Now, there is only one last chance left, so he has been hesitant.

  Xu Xing stood up and walked back and forth in the cave, thinking about the pros and cons as well as the future of the Xu family...

  But... now there's only him left in the Xu family, what future is there to speak of? Now, his greatest wish is only revenge.

  Thinking of this, Xu Xing took a deep breath, once again took out the black bead, bit his own finger and dripped a drop of blood on it.

  The pearl absorbed the blood and instantly emitted a dazzling light that illuminated the entire cave...

  Digression

  Thank you, dear milk tea beauty, for the diamond.

  Thank you for the beautiful crystal flower sent by Qīn Huálí.