The Two Sides Meet

The Gongyang Family girl died before she had even finished digging the pit.

Because:

Chu Qing thought she dug too slowly.

And besides... he still did not understand enough of the profundities of the Eight Divine Hands and the Peacock.

He tested them on her.

The Blood Peacock exploded, and a haze of blood spread through the air.

Chu Qing's red-and-white brocade clothes were dyed red.

He stretched his limbs, still not satisfied.

He walked toward Hua Yu.

Hua Yu was afraid and instinctively backed away.

Chu Qing smiled. "Go prepare some clean water and wash up."

Hua Yu was covered in blood as well.

She nodded and hurried into the rear courtyard to clean herself up.

More than ten minutes later:

Hua Yu emerged with her hair still dripping wet.

Then she saw the innkeeper who had been playing dead, digging a pit.

He dug as he wept.

Chu Qing could not be bothered with him.

Hua Yu was irritated and said softly, "No crying."

"Cry again, and I'll kill you too!"

The tavern owner stopped crying.

Chu Qing smiled.

"I'm going to bathe!"

"Wait for the others!"

"Mm...!"

Chu Qing went to bathe.

Hua Yu stared at the scarlet earth, lost in thought.

This man... was too overbearing, too terrifying.

The moment he decided to kill, he struck without the slightest hesitation.

He did not leave a single survivor.

The Gongyang Family?

Who would have thought these people would be the future aggrieved party?

"Now this is troublesome. Some of the aggrieved party's people are dead; what comes next... will be hard to handle."

"Before news of the aggrieved party's Lineage members dying spreads, we have to settle that Golden Silk White Jade first."

"Otherwise, there will surely be ripples."

At that moment, Hua Yu was deeply worried