Chapter 444: Chapter 444: Fourth-Rank Dan Fire_1
In less than a hundred breaths.
All the War Emperors of the Lu Family had been wiped out, without a single survivor!
Corpses and severed limbs littered the ground. The sickening sll of blood enveloped the entire Lu Family.
SWOOSH!!!
The ten Commanders soared into the sky. After a round of killing, there wasn’t a single drop of blood on them.
Wang Hong commanded, his voice ringing out like a bell and echoing in all directions, "The Lord has decreed! Effective imdiately, the Ancestor of the Lu Family is to be stripped of his position as City Lord of the East City. Furthermore, the remaining mbers of the Lu Family are to leave State City imdiately, never to return!"
"Remove Master Lu?"
"Expel them from State City?"
"Can anyone tell
what on earth has happened that has caused the Lord to beco so enraged?"
"And where is the Ancestor of the Lu Family now?"
The crowd was shocked and puzzled.
This had all co so suddenly that no one was prepared for it.
Wang Hong and the others offered no explanations because even they were not fully aware of the details yet.
Wang Hong took out the Image Crystal Stone and quickly activated it.
Soon, the phantom image of the Lord appeared.
Wang Hong reported respectfully, "Sir, the task has been accomplished. Please give the next command."
The Lord replied, "Stay and supervise the Lu Family. I want them all out of State City within two days."
"Understood."
Wang Hong nodded, then deactivated the Image Crystal Stone.
「In the cultivation room...」
Upon hearing Wang Hong’s report, Master Lu, Lu Xingchen, and the Third Clan Elder collapsed on the spot, their eyes filled with despair.
Old Shen glanced at the three n, then turned to the Lord and asked, "How should they be dealt with?"
"How else? Wipe them out, root and branch!"
The eyes of the Wolf King flashed rcilessly.
WHOOSH!
Before the echoes of his words died down, the Wolf King darted from Qin Feiyang’s shoulder, his fierce talons slashing through the throats of the three n with the speed of lightning, causing blood to gush like pillars!
"AH!!!"
The three n clutched their throats and let out heart-wrenching screams.
"Qin Feiyang, Rogue Wolf, I curse you to die a horrible death!"
With a wrathful roar, Lu Xingchen was the first to die.
Master Lu and the Third Clan Elder also glared venomously at Qin Feiyang and the Rogue Wolf before they, too, slumped down, lifeless.
"PHEW!"
Qin Feiyang exhaled a long breath of relief.
The trouble with the Lu Family had finally been resolved.
The Lord felt sowhat conflicted; after all, Master Lu had followed him for many years.
"Sigh!"
He let out a long sigh, looked up at Old Shen, and said, "Your granddaughter has suffered a great shock this ti. You should take her ho and comfort her."
"Yes."
Old Shen responded respectfully, then turned to Qin Feiyang and the Wolf King and said with a cupped-fist salute, "I must thank you both properly this ti. When you have the chance, you must co to West City and allow
to offer my hospitality."
"Definitely," Qin Feiyang replied with a smile.
"Till we et again then."
Old Shen smiled, opened a teleportation portal, and left with Shen i.
"Ah, I truly didn’t expect Lu Xingchen to be capable of such a thing."
The Lord sighed, then turned to Qin Feiyang and the Wolf King and chuckled, "You both did an excellent job."
"Don’t just say it with words!" the Wolf King retorted. "I rember we had an agreent: as long as we helped Miss Ren get out of her engagent, you would reward us. Now it’s ti for you to fulfill your promise, isn’t it?"
"An agreent?"
Ren Wushuang was slightly taken aback. She looked doubtfully at Qin Feiyang and the Wolf King, and then at the Lord.
Qin Feiyang laughed and said, "Older sister, actually, we’ve been busy these past few weeks trying to find a way to help you break off your engagent."
Ren Wushuang replied, "So, the rumors last ti were indeed spread by you two?"
The Wolf King proudly stated, "It was a masterpiece by Fatty and myself!"
"Huh!"
Ren Wushuang looked dumbfounded and said, completely exasperated, "I can’t believe you two ca up with such a harebrained sche."
"As long as an idea works, it’s a good idea," the Wolf King grinned.
Ren Wushuang was speechless for a mont, then finally grinned. She turned to the Lord and said, "Grandfather, thank you."
The Lord gazed at her dotingly and laughed, "As long as you’re happy, anything Grandfather does is worth it."
"This ti, I am truly happy."
Ren Wushuang’s smile was like a blooming rose, captivatingly beautiful.
The Wolf King transmitted ntally to Qin Feiyang, "This little vixen is truly a stunner. Xiao Qinzi, as always, I support you. You should go for her!"
"Get lost," Qin Feiyang muttered under his breath.
"Don’t be ungrateful when fortune smiles upon you," the Wolf King transmitted again. "Wait until Miss Ren is snatched away by another man; then it’ll be too late for regrets!"
The Wolf King looked contemptuously at Qin Feiyang, then urged the Lord, "Hey, old man, stop dawdling and bring out the reward! I’m telling you, don’t you dare try to go back on your word today!"
The Lord’s face darkened as he retorted, "You have to give
so ti to prepare, don’t you?"
The Wolf King demanded, "Then give
a precise ti!"
The Lord’s face twitched, and he sighed, "Do I look like the kind of person who would go back on his word?"
"Haven’t you heard the saying, ’You can know a person’s face, but not their heart’? Who knows what you’re really thinking?" the Wolf King sneered, his eyes full of disdain.
"Do you believe I’ll whip you?" the Lord stared at him angrily.
Everyone in Spirit State knew his word was his bond; no one had ever dared to question him. This little rascal not only questioned him but also showed contempt. How outrageous!
Yet, he felt utterly helpless. He finally nodded and said, "Alright, alright, I’ll give you an exact ti. Tomorrow morning, first thing, I’ll have Wang Hong deliver it to you."
"That’s more like it," the Wolf King snickered, then added, "Don’t forget Fatty and Lu Hong. They also helped a lot in this matter."
A vein throbbed on the Lord’s forehead, his face darkening as he said, "If you have no other business here, you can get lost now."
The Wolf King imdiately let out a strange cry, "Oh dear! Xiao Qinzi, do you see? The matter has just ended, and this old man is already preparing to discard us now that we’ve served our purpose!"
The Lord’s old face had turned utterly grim.
Qin Feiyang shook his head with a wry smile, took out a jade box, handed it to Ren Wushuang, and then left with the Wolf King in long strides.
"What?"
"Five Elixir Patterns!"
Gazing at the receding figures of Qin Feiyang and the Wolf King, Ren Wushuang opened the jade box and was instantly dumbstruck.
"Hmm?"
The Lord was startled and quickly moved closer to look. He, too, was stunned.
Suddenly, the Lord asked, "Shuang’er, what do you think of this young man, Qin Feiyang?"
Ren Wushuang didn’t know why her grandfather would suddenly ask this. She nodded and said, "He’s very good."
The Lord suggested, "Why don’t you two try getting to know each other?"
"Getting to know him?"
Ren Wushuang was montarily stunned, then rolled her eyes and said, exasperated, "Grandfather, what on earth are you thinking? My relationship with him is purely that of a sister and brother."
"A sister and brother?" the Lord mused, then mumbled to himself, "What a pity."
"By the way, Grandfather, there are still five people from the Lu Family in the inner hall. How should we deal with them?" Ren Wushuang asked.
The Lord pondered for a mont, sighed softly, and said, "All the War Emperors of the Lu Family are dead. We shall spare these people. Later, I’ll have the Hall Masters of the two Palaces expel them from the inner hall."
After leaving the cultivation hall, Qin Feiyang went directly back to Alchemy Room No. 2, entered the ancient castle, and began copying the War Technique.
The Wolf King, anwhile, sneaked out of the Inner Hall to join the commotion at the Lu Family.
The matter of the Lu Family spread like a plague through State City, an unstoppable force.
Wherever people gathered, they discussed the incident.
The news also quickly reached the Inner Hall. The disciples of the Elixir Fire Palace and the Cultivation Palace were instantly in an uproar.
For a ti, various rumors flew wildly.
So said the Lu Family had committed a heinous cri, prompting the Lord to eradicate them.
Others claid the Lord was enraged because he heard rumors about Lu Xingchen, advocated for the annulnt of the marriage contract, and the Lu Family refused, thus provoking the Lord.
Still others speculated that State City had been too chaotic recently, and the Lord was making an example of the Lu Family to warn others.
「That afternoon!」
The Lord personally ca forward and clarified the truth, thereby quashing the rumors.
But he also concealed so facts.
First was Shen i. For a woman, nothing is more important than her innocence and reputation. If people found out that Shen i had helped Lu Xingchen plot against Ren Wushuang, she would undoubtedly be condemned. If their affair were exposed, not only Shen i but the entire Shen Family would find themselves in dire straits. Furthermore, it might even make it difficult for Shen i to marry in the future.
So, the Lord did not reveal Shen i’s involvent.
For this, Old Shen was deeply grateful.
Second were Qin Feiyang and the Wolf King. The Lord felt that Qin Feiyang and the Wolf King had been too high-profile recently, so he made no ntion of them. He announced publicly that Wang Hong had investigated and uncovered everything.
And so, the sibling-like relationship between Qin Feiyang and Ren Wushuang was not exposed to the world because of this incident. Even Old Shen and Shen i remained unaware. They rely thought Qin Feiyang had stepped in to help right an injustice.
「Early the next morning!」
The Wolf King returned to the Alchemy Room and reported these developnts to Qin Feiyang.
The Wolf King was very dissatisfied, believing that Wang Hong had taken credit for their achievents.
Qin Feiyang, however, didn’t mind, as long as he received his reward.
Then, the two of them waited in the rest area.
They were, of course, waiting for Wang Hong.
They wondered what kind of reward the Lord would give them.
But they waited until late morning, yet Wang Hong hadn’t appeared.
"What’s going on?" "Is he really going to go back on his word?"
The Wolf King was like an ant on a hot pan, pacing anxiously back and forth in the Alchemy Room.
"What’s the rush?" Qin Feiyang glanced at him. As if suddenly rembering sothing, he frowned and asked, "Has the Lu Family left yet?"
The Wolf King shook his head.
As the saying goes, a starved cal is still bigger than a horse. Even if the Lu Family was ruined, they were not comparable to ordinary families. Moreover, relocating an entire clan was no small matter; it would naturally take so ti.
SWISH!
Just then, a figure appeared out of thin air.
It was Wang Hong!
Qin Feiyang quickly stood up, cupped his fist in salute, and said, "Greetings, Commander Wang Hong."
"No need for formalities."
Wang Hong smiled, observing Qin Feiyang, a myriad of emotions filling his heart.
Thinking back to when they first t in Yan Province, this young man was just a martial master. How much ti had passed? Not only had his na beco famous throughout Spirit State, but his cultivation had also reached the level of a Four-Star War Emperor. In all his years in State City, he had seen many geniuses. But he had never encountered a young man as monstrously talented as this.
"Where’s the reward?" The Wolf King also quickly scurried over, his eyes sparkling.
"You’re certainly an impatient one." Wang Hong paused, taken aback for a mont, then couldn’t help but roll his eyes at him. He took out a tal box from his interspatial storage.
The tal box was about the size of an adult’s palm, entirely black as ink, and appeared simple and unadorned.
The Wolf King snatched it and opened the lid.
A scorching wave of heat instantly surged out from the iron box.
A cluster of flas, about the size of a baby’s fist, floated inside the box. The flas danced ceaselessly, instantly turning the entire Alchemy Room into a raging furnace, the heat becoming unbearable!
"Elixir Fire?" the Wolf King asked in surprise.
"That’s right." Wang Hong nodded and said with a laugh, "This is a fourth rank Elixir Fire. With it, no matter where you go in the future, you’ll be able to concoct the best-quality elixirs."
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