Chapter 275: Chapter 275: The Fall of Feng Jinchuan
’I’m screwed!!!’
The thought instantly popped into Bai Yang’s head.
He instinctively began to run.
Feng Jinchuan was fleeing in roughly the same direction as Bai Yang. He had only planned to leave quickly, but seeing the panicked look on Song Wanning’s face, an idea for revenge suddenly took root in his mind.
Song Wanning had destroyed everything he had, so he would make her experience the pain of losing someone she cared about.
Therefore, as he fled, he gathered his Spiritual Power again and sent a palm strike flying in Bai Yang’s direction.
It all happened in a flash.
A massive palm of pure Spiritual Power instantly shot toward Bai Yang, and the very air around it seemed to freeze.
Even at the end of his rope, Feng Jinchuan was still a Divinity Transformation cultivator.
Faced with this palm strike, Bai Yang’s death was certain.
Seeing that Bai Yang had no way to escape, a gleeful smile spread across Feng Jinchuan’s face as he fled.
He took a moment to glance back, wanting to savor Song Wanning’s pained expression.
However, what he saw was Song Wanning with her arms crossed, a knowing smile on her face.
Looking closer, her smile held a hint of triumphant glee, mixed with disdain and schadenfreude...
’Something’s wrong!’
Feng Jinchuan immediately sensed that something was amiss. ’I’ve definitely been tricked again,’ he thought.
But it was too late for regrets.
The force of the palm strike had already reached Bai Yang, engulfing him in the next instant.
"Master, save me!"
After that single shout, Bai Yang fell silent.
Before Feng Jinchuan could even react, a bolt of Heavenly Thunder suddenly descended from the sky, striking down at him with immense force.
He looked up in terror, staring at the Heavenly Thunder in disbelief, and began to flee frantically.
But it was all too late.
In a flash, the Heavenly Thunder descended, smiting him mercilessly.
Filled with an intense aura of malice, it completely submerged him.
"No—!"
Amidst the boundless lightning, only Feng Jinchuan’s final, unwilling cry could be heard.
He never would have imagined that his final attack would be the very thing that drove him to his doom.
’Song Wanning... such a deep schemer, such a cruel heart!’
In that moment, he could almost see the deceased ancestors of the Feng Family. Endless regret and guilt flooded his heart.
’If I hadn’t been so careless, if I had just dealt with her from the start, none of this would have happened.’
’The Feng Family... we’re finished!’
’I am the disgrace of the Feng Family.’
Feng Jinchuan’s eyes widened in agony. He could hold on no longer and finally lost consciousness.
...
The aftershocks of the Heavenly Thunder gradually dissipated, revealing a charred corpse and a Storage Ring.
Feng Jinchuan was dead, killed by the Heavenly Thunder.
Ordinarily, a single bolt of lightning would have only given him minor injuries at most.
But just now, he had already been a spent force. This one bolt directly extinguished his life force, and not even his Nascent Soul survived.
But to be cautious, Song Wanning didn’t let her guard down. She carefully inspected the Storage Ring, only relaxing after confirming it contained no Magical Treasures capable of hiding a Divine Soul.
She rummaged through the Storage Ring and finally found the item related to the dragon meridian.
Perhaps Feng Jinchuan never expected to actually die. Otherwise, he would have never left the item behind; he would have rather destroyed it than let Song Wanning have it.
A corner of Song Wanning’s lip curled up as she glanced at the unconscious Bai Yang on the ground.
’Bringing him along was the right call. Otherwise, Feng Jinchuan might have actually escaped in the end.’
’That would have been far more troublesome.’
Satisfied, she put away the Storage Ring, then went into the shattered Array and collected all the other Storage Rings as well.
Looking at the jam-packed Storage Rings, Song Wanning couldn’t stop a wide grin from spreading across her face.
’This time, she’d made a huge profit.’
After quickly disposing of all the corpses, Song Wanning moved Bai Yang back into the cave and fed him an Elixir Pill to keep him unconscious.
Then, without a moment’s rest, she rushed back toward the Feng Family estate.
At this time, the Feng Family was still unaware that all their elders had met a violent end and remained in a state of peace and tranquility.
Upon her return, Song Wanning headed straight for the treasury. She took out Feng Jinchuan’s Clan Leader Token, opened the vault, and proceeded to clean it out.
’Without the protection of the Feng Family Elders, these people are destined to be absorbed by other families. All these treasures would just end up benefiting those other families, so they might as well be of use to me.’
Elixir Pills, Magical Treasures, talismans, Spirit Stones, Medicinal Herbs...
’Take them all!’
Next, she paid a visit to the Book Collection Pavilion and simply took all the books inside, stuffing them into her Storage Rings.
Over ten Storage Rings were filled to the brim. The few remaining items that truly couldn’t fit were discarded by Song Wanning.
The Nascent Soul Cultivator guarding the Book Collection Pavilion was shocked by the scene. He tried to question her about it but was injured by her in a single blow.
’Song Wanning didn’t kill him. He was the best possible witness!’
And so, she quickly flew off, disappearing from the Nascent Soul Cultivator’s sight.
"This is bad! This is bad! Netherworld Elder has ransacked the Book Collection Pavilion!!!"
The Nascent Soul Cultivator shouted as he rushed to report to the Clan Leader, but the Clan Leader was nowhere to be found, and his Communication Talismans received no response.
In his panic, he sent Communication Talismans to the other elders, but the result was the same—they all went unanswered.
’How could this be?’
The more the Nascent Soul Cultivator thought about it, the more wrong it felt. He immediately found other Nascent Soul Cultivators to discuss what to do.
Everyone tried to contact the elders and the Clan Leader, but the outcome was always the same.
Everyone’s hearts began to sink, and a sense of panic washed over them.
"The Clan Leader and the elders have never just vanished like this before. Could something have happened to them?"
"Even if there was an accident, it couldn’t have gotten all of them... And how come Netherworld Elder is fine?"
"Do you think... maybe Netherworld Elder killed the Clan Leader and the others?"
"Impossible! No matter how powerful Netherworld Elder is, could she kill more than ten Divinity Transformation Elders? That’s absurd!"
"That’s true."
Everyone wore worried expressions, until someone suggested they go to the Soul Hall to check the soul tokens.
After some hesitation, the group decided to go and see for themselves.
With hearts full of apprehension and fear, the group pushed open the doors to the Soul Hall.
As they cautiously walked forward, they all froze, one by one.
It was as if their own souls had fled their bodies. They stood rooted to the spot, their faces deathly pale, not moving an inch.
Before their eyes, the entire top row of soul tokens had silently shattered into dust.
Piece by piece, they had broken, just like everyone’s hearts in that moment, shattering into countless fragments.
No one could believe that the scene before them was real.
It wasn’t until several minutes later that someone finally let out a terrified scream.
As if jolted back to their senses, the crowd was overcome with panic and shock. Some even began to shed tears.
"How could this happen? The elders, the Clan Leader... how could they all be...?"
"It’s impossible! They were so powerful, how could they all be dead?!"
"It’s over... The Feng Family is over! Our Feng Family is finished!!!"
The Nascent Soul Cultivators found this outcome impossible to accept, and they began to frantically vent the emotions pent up in their hearts.
With all of the Feng Family’s elders dead, it meant they were now without support, destined to be absorbed by other families.
From now on, the only life that awaited them was one of living under someone else’s roof.
Their days of ease were gone. Everything was ruined!
