A time ago:
The birth of a Top Aristocratic Family required several, even more than a dozen, Millennial Calamities.
Its destruction was the same.
But ever since Chu Qing appeared, things had changed.
Several Top Aristocratic Families had fallen apart and vanished into ashes in less than a day.
Some of the Gu Family's descendants fled, while others stayed behind to fight like trapped beasts.
Vast amounts of resources were plundered into the Martial Academy for redistribution.
Wind and snow swept through the land:
This was a gluttonous feast.
Yet:
The ordinary people at the bottom noticed nothing at all.
Because:
All the resources were swallowed by the other Top Aristocratic Families.
Not a single scrap reached the common people.
Moreover:
The common people did not even know that several Top Aristocratic Families had perished.
They merely saw some Masked Men darting through streets and alleys, leaping over eaves and walls.
Then came a burst of shouts and killing.
After that, everything returned to calm.
Wind and snow swept through the land:
Chu Qing stayed in his room, swallowing secret medicine and honing the Ancient Cultivation Method's Shackle Realm.
Zuo Yan, Zuo Qianqiu, and the others held long lists and reported how many resources there were.
One minute...
Ten minutes...
One hour...
The first list was finished.
There were still more than a dozen lists left.
Chu Qing said impatiently, "Zuo Yan, see what Peach Blossom Dock needs, then send it over."
"Exchange everything else for cultivation resources!"
"I want to use the Ancient Cultivation Method to step into the Third Limit and enter the New Realm."
"Are those resources enough?"
Zuo Yan quickly said, "In theory, they are enough, with some left over!"
"But some resources need to be traded for..."
Chu Qing shook his head. "Then go make