Chapter 326: Chapter 324: Too Generous
In the room below, Ma Wuchang’s eyes nearly burst from their sockets in rage. He was about to charge out when an immense pressure suddenly bore down on him, rendering him completely immobile. All he could do was watch helplessly as his third brother plummeted from the sky like a limp heap, his fate uncertain!
This sudden turn of events threw the entire Cui Family into chaos! Countless Martial Artists soared into the air from all directions, converging on the area.
Qin Li and the Snake Woman, each holding a captive, leaped onto the Golden Eagle’s back. With a powerful beat of its enormous wings, the Golden Eagle instantly vanished into the boundless night!
By the time the Cui Family’s Martial Artists arrived, the area had already been reduced to a pile of ruins!
"Enemy attack! We’re under attack!" someone roared.
Aboard the Golden Eagle’s broad back, Qin Li and the Snake Woman exchanged an elated smile.
The eagles flew at an extremely high altitude, and under the cover of the night sky, it was impossible for anyone to spot them.
Interestingly, no sooner had Qin Li and his group departed than a force of over a thousand people began sneaking toward Cui City under the cover of darkness.
On this night alone, there were as many as seven or eight such forces!
As for the smaller groups of just dozens or hundreds... they were simply countless!
After discovering the chaos within Cui City, countless families, large and small, had all, as if by unspoken agreement... launched an attack!
A battle of life and death... had just begun!
’I wonder what expressions those families and Sects will have on their faces? They’ve deployed scores of elites, hoping to seize the greatest advantage, only to find the Cui Family’s most important treasury empty and have countless of their experts poisoned to death.’
As for the instigator of all this, Qin Li, he felt not a shred of guilt!
They flew until dawn the next day. As they approached Fengsha City, the three Flying Spirit Beasts had also grown exhausted, so they found a spot to land.
The old beggar had been viciously attacked in the air by the three Flying Spirit Beasts. His previous injuries had yet to heal, and now he was on the verge of death, clinging to life by a thread.
As for Ma Wuchang, Qin Li had unceremoniously crippled his Dantian, destroyed his Pill Core, and smashed out all his teeth, robbing the old man of even the ability to take his own life.
After the prolonged, intense focus, Qin Li, the Snake Woman, and the three Flying Spirit Beasts all looked exhausted, but their spirits remained high. This was the Spirit Beasts’ first major battle since joining Qin Li, and it had been a resounding success.
Ma Wuchang’s murky old eyes burned with frenzied hatred. Spiritless and ashen-faced, he sat slumped on the ground, his voice raspy. "Qin Li, our Sect will never let you go! Don’t even think about getting any useful information from me! Either give me a quick death, or torture me all you want. If this old man makes a single peep, I’ll be your grandson!"
"You old bastard, you want to be my grandson? I wouldn’t want one as old and crusty as you!" Qin Li snorted. "So you’re not going to cooperate, is that it?" With that, he started walking toward Ma Wuchang.
As a Venerable Realm Martial Artist, when had Ma Wuchang ever faced such a situation? It was the first time in his life he had ever been captured. Seeing Qin Li approach, a flicker of fear betrayed itself in his eyes. Immediately, his heart filled with shame, and he roared, "Come on, then! Kill me!"
"In your dreams!" As Qin Li’s chilling voice rang out, his Spiritual Power shot directly into Ma Wuchang’s Sea of Consciousness. Ma Wuchang was so weak that his Spirit Barrier was incredibly fragile. Qin Li shattered it with ease, eliciting a wretched, bloodcurdling howl.
Qin Li forcibly read all of Ma Wuchang’s memories. He then spent some time searching within Ma Wuchang’s Sea of Consciousness, but he didn’t find a giant like the one in his own. With a cold snort, he used his Spiritual Power to scramble Ma Wuchang’s Sea of Consciousness into utter chaos. Even if the man survived, he would be a drooling imbecile for the rest of his life. Not even a god could restore him!
After reading all of Ma Wuchang’s memories, Qin Li sat there, slowly processing the information, his expression shifting unpredictably.
The Snake Woman, the Golden Eagle, and the others could tell from these events that their young master was not someone to be trifled with. They stood guard nearby, not daring to even breathe too loudly.
First, Qin Li sorted through the memories of what Ma Wuchang and his three brothers had done on Profound Island over the last century. He would never have guessed that the fourth brother—the suave, elegant old man he and the Snake Woman had killed—was actually a monster in human guise who cultivated by using women for Absorption. He had defiled countless women from the Cui Family alone, to say nothing of others! In a stunning revelation, Qin Li also discovered that even Shen Longmei, the sister of the Thousand Mechanism Sect’s Sect Leader, had been one of his victims!
’No wonder Shen Longxing harbors such hatred for the Cui Family,’ Qin Li thought. ’Even if he didn’t know the full story, he clearly knew a great deal.’
Unlike the practitioners from the Paradise Celestial Palace, this old monster didn’t drain his victims to death through Absorption. Instead, he used a strange form of mental control. After he ravaged them, the women would become wanton and promiscuous! And all of this... happened while they were fully conscious!
For women who prided themselves on their virtue, this was a fate worse than death!
Mentally, they would rather die than be defiled or become wanton, but their bodies would develop an instinctual craving, as primal as the need to eat when hungry!
’That must have been why Shen Longmei took her own life back then—she couldn’t bear it and chose death to preserve her honor. Shen Longxing must have noticed the signs and directed all of his hatred at Cui Buqun.’
And the second brother, the bitter-faced old man at the Shattered Void Realm... was a cannibal! Moreover, he ate infants less than a hundred days old!
Over the past century, he had devoured countless infants. A beast eating a human is instinct, but a human eating another human... that was worse than any beast!
The third brother was the old beggar. He was capricious and cruel, and anyone who offended him would be tortured to death at the first opportunity. He also had a natural penchant for living in filth, hence his self-proclaimed title of beggar.
Only the eldest, Ma Wuchang, appeared to be a relatively normal Martial Artist, free from such depraved appetites. In reality, however, the most sinister of the four was none other than Ma Wuchang himself!
Ma Wuchang had long known that the Cui Family possessed the map. In fact, the very reason the four of them had left the Land of the Far West was for... that very Ancient Map!
But he bided his time, careful not to alert the Cui Family. He even used the Elixirs he had brought from his Sect in the Land of the Far West to help the Cui Family train their Martial Artists!
To Ma Wuchang, this was no different than a commoner in the Mortal Realm raising pigs for slaughter! He was fattening up the Cui Family so they could do his dirty work!
Once the Cui Family had found all the pieces of the map, he would make his move and take it for himself.
Ma Wuchang and his three brothers hailed from a mysterious Sect in the Land of the Far West called Lengqiu Palace, which had been founded by a Purple-eyed individual long ago!
Within Lengqiu Palace, everyone, from the highest to the lowest, was a Purple-eyed Descendant!
Because of this, Lengqiu Palace was extremely reclusive, even in the Land of the Far West. Ordinary people had no hope of ever finding its gates!
Ma Wuchang didn’t know many of Lengqiu Palace’s secrets, a clear sign that his status within the Sect wasn’t particularly high. He only knew the way back.
But for Qin Li, that was more than enough!
None of the four were good men; killing them was no loss. From this, it was also clear that Lengqiu Palace was no righteous Sect!
’Outer Celestial Demons... Purple Eyes... Are they really evil by nature?’
Lost in thought, Qin Li slowly shook his head. The universe held endless mysteries. Unraveling them was a task that even a Great Power like Hu Yanbo, who had reached the Earth Immortal Realm, could not accomplish, to say nothing of his current self.
With a single slash for each, he dispatched both captives. After digging a pit and unceremoniously burying them, Qin Li and his companions returned to the Qin Family.
Upon their return, the entire Qin Family was jubilant. The saying "the less you know, the simpler you live, and the happier you are" really was true. These disciples of the Qin Family knew nothing of the Golden Palace or the matters of the Land of the Far West. To them, the future was simple: it was the Qin Family gaining more and more influence on Profound Island. It was Qin Li growing to become the top expert on the island. It was being able to hold their own heads high when they encountered disciples from other families, without having to defer to anyone... Their happiness was just that simple.
Qin Li had Qinling Mountain gather Qin Suo and the other core disciples and Elders of the Qin Family. Then, in front of them all, he emptied eighty percent of the treasures from his ring!
Everyone present was stunned into silence, utterly at a loss for words.
The Qin Family was by no means poor, but compared to the treasures Qin Li had just revealed, they seemed as destitute as beggars!
"Li... what is the meaning of this?" Qinling Mountain asked, staring dumbfounded at Qin Li.
"Yes, Young Master Li, this is... where did you get all this? Heavens, a Sub-Divine Level Primordial Power Heart Method! And—is that the Cui Family’s legendary Cold Flame Palm Technique? And a Divine Weapon..."
"Bro, you... you..." Qin Suo desperately tried to stop himself from drooling, but the corner of his mouth twitched violently. His eyes were completely dazzled by the room full of treasures.
Amidst the crowd’s cries of astonishment, they began to identify the items one by one: Heavenly and Earthly Treasures the Qin Family had only ever heard stories about, famous Combat Skill Heart Methods from the Ancient Era, weapons, and armor...
Everyone was stunned by Qin Li’s gesture.
Just a short while ago, some had been whispering behind his back that Qin Li would sooner or later leave the Qin Family to strike out on his own. Now, seeing him produce these countless treasures, they stood rooted to the spot, their hearts filled with guilt.
Compared to Qin Li, their own hearts felt so cynical. How could they have harbored such thoughts about a disciple who had made such a great contribution to the family?
With this much wealth, it wouldn’t just be easy to establish a new family—one could build a High Level power in less than a hundred years!
What incredible integrity!
Looking at the dumbfounded crowd, Qin Li gave a calm smile and said, "Qin Suo, do you now have the confidence to raise the Qin Family’s overall strength to that of a High Level power within a few decades?" (To be continued. If you want to know what happens next, please log in to www.qidian.com. There are more Chapters, and you can support the author and authentic reading!)
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