The Weather is Cold, It's Time to Exterminate a Clan

"It's done! Hahaha! We did it!"

Amidst the cheers, they flew towards the magic formation, and the first thing they saw was their grandmother lying on the ground.

Yang Ruying gave a look, and his subordinates immediately went to check on her. They then reported, "She's not seriously injured, just fainted. She was likely too close to the formation and couldn't withstand the leaked power."

Yang Ruying nodded and casually ordered someone to drag her aside and take care of her.

Then, he looked at the activated formation before him, feeling its unparalleled power. He could already see his future of soaring success.

"Heh," he exulted, reveling in his triumph, even feeling a hint of arrogance. "What Mahayana Stage cultivators? Nothing special. Even if their temperament changed drastically and they gained the courage to kill and flip tables, their minds are still the same. I merely employed a small trick, and easily took them down."

At this moment, Luo's Father and Luo's Mother were also very excited, cursing from the side.

"You hit me, you dare to slap me! Bah! Serves you right!" Luo's Father cursed. "Ungrateful wretch, you deserve to die!"

Luo's Mother chimed in, "Hmph, dying so easily, she got off too lightly!"

After their curses, the two approached Yang Ruying, their faces becoming incredibly fawning.

"Immortal Master, since the plan succeeded, does that mean we also..." Luo's Father asked cautiously.

"Mm. Although it ultimately relied on Luo Qingdie's grandmother, you put in effort even if you didn't contribute directly. So, rest assured, under the name of our Heavenly Profound Immortal Sect, no one will bother you again," Yang Ruying said.

Luo's Father and Luo's Mother were overjoyed. Just as they were about to express their gratitude, a voice came from nearby.

"So, the mastermind is the Heavenly Profound Immortal Sect."

Everyone present froze. They instinctively looked for the source of the voice, and when they realized it was coming from within the magic formation, they were instantly chilled to the bone.

Then, under their gaze, a point of white light suddenly appeared in the formation. Immediately, the white light expanded, transforming into a sword aura that sliced the formation's sky-piercing pillar in half.

Chu Lu's figure appeared within the formation. He raised his sword high and said in a deep voice, "Phoenix Arrives!"

Mahayana Stage magic power, Mahayana Stage techniques, Mahayana Stage sword moves – the unparalleled power violently spread outwards.

The power of the formation, the celestial phenomena induced by the Ten Directions Immovable Lock Immortal Destroying God Formation, shattered under this single sword strike.

Dark clouds surged across the sky, and everything returned to normal.

Everyone stared in shock at Chu Lu, who was slowly walking out of the formation, their minds completely blank.

Yang Ruying was the first to react. He trembled, pointing at Chu Lu, his mind racing.

The formation passed down by the ancestor must be correct. As long as she stepped into it without any defense, she would surely die. But she clearly stepped into it and didn't die, which means...

"You, you weren't tricked?" Yang Ruying stammered. "You deliberately stepped into the formation! You wanted to lure us out!"

"That's right," Chu Lu nodded slightly. "It's too troublesome to find you one by one, so it's better to have you come out on your own."

"But, but why?" Yang Ruying looked incredulous.

He truly couldn't accept it. The plan he had spent so much effort on was proceeding smoothly, so why did it fail?

Where did it go wrong?

He questioned, "You and your grandmother have a close relationship. She was the only one who treated you well. How could you doubt her!?"

"Honestly, your plan was quite good. You first brought my parents to use force. When you realized that didn't work, you quickly brought out Grandma to play the good person using soft tactics." Chu Lu explained. "Using both hard and soft tactics, it's indeed difficult to resist. Unfortunately, you made a big mistake."

"What was it?"

Chu Lu looked at the grandmother and said, "This person is not suited to be the good guy."

Yang Ruying looked confused.

Chu Lu recalled the story Luo Qingdie had told him, his heart still filled with anger.

"You chose her because you probably heard that she seemed to treat me well. But do you know that she tried to kill me twice? Once when I was born, and the second time when I was five years old," Chu Lu said.

"What?!"

Chu Lu continued, "That was a folk rumor. If a couple had a daughter and raised her, female ghosts who wanted to reincarnate would think your family was easy to bully and would come to your house to be reborn. The result would be more and more daughters. So, if you wanted a son, you had to kill the newborn daughter at the doorstep to intimidate the female ghosts."

Yang Ruying looked shocked. "Huh?"

"I didn't die, partly because this folk rumor wasn't very popular at the time, and partly because my parents thought that if they raised an older sister first, she could take care of her younger brother later, saving them energy," Chu Lu added. "However, when I was five, my mother hadn't conceived a second child for a long time, and she brought up this suggestion again. This time, my parents were tempted. If she hadn't gotten pregnant in time, I would have died at our doorstep."

Yang Ruying: "..."

Chu Lu continued, "Her subsequent care mostly consisted of sarcastic remarks. It was nothing more than her wanting to gain a good reputation in her old age because she was too wicked before. If you want me to believe that such a person would unconditionally trust me and risk saving me, that's too difficult."

Yang Ruying looked devastated. "Huh? This, wait, doesn't that mean not a single person in your entire family liked you? Everyone wished you dead? How could such a thing happen in this world?!"

Before Chu Lu could say anything, Luo Qingdie in his mind was furious. "Nonsense! Impossible! How could no one like me! Of course, there is. He, who... Huh?"

Luo Qingdie's voice suddenly filled with confusion.

Chu Lu thought to himself, Oh no, she found out.

Luo Qingdie's voice grew weaker, and finally, she asked Chu Lu, "Chu Lu. It's so strange. It seems like no one in this world likes me..."

Chu Lu thought to himself, Yeah, otherwise why would you be the abused female lead?

However, he didn't dare to say this aloud. Instead, he comforted her, "Don't talk nonsense, I like you."

But his words seemed too artificial and didn't have the effect of comforting her. Luo Qingdie fell silent.

Seeing this, Chu Lu could only hope inwardly that she would sort herself out.

At this moment, Yang Ruying was still shouting in despair, saying things like, "What kind of family is this?" and "Even a jinx wouldn't be this unlucky." Chu Lu grew increasingly annoyed by his words and simply raised his sword and killed him.

Seeing their leader, Yang Ruying, suddenly die, his subordinates were greatly alarmed and scattered like birds and beasts. However, Chu Lu only swung his sword a few times before killing them all.

Only Luo's Father and Luo's Mother remained. As they saw Chu Lu approaching them, they immediately prostrated themselves, begging for mercy.

Chu Lu looked at them, intending to kill them with a single sword strike.

But before he acted, he suddenly thought of the melancholic Luo Qingdie, hesitated, and changed his mind.

"How about this? I'll give you two a chance," Chu Lu said. "I'll ask you two questions, and if you can answer them correctly, I'll let you go."

"Yes, yes, yes," the two quickly nodded.

"First question: Do you know you were wrong?" Chu Lu asked.

The two immediately nodded vigorously, "We know we were wrong, we know we were wrong."

"Then what did you do wrong?" Chu Lu asked.

"We shouldn't have listened to the Heavenly Profound Immortal Sect, and we shouldn't have helped them kill you," Luo's Father said.

"Right, right, we shouldn't have sided with outsiders," Luo's Mother added.

"Anything else?" Chu Lu asked.

"Huh? Anything else?" The two looked confused.

"You slandered me, saying I stole my brother's opportunities, treated me like an outsider and were wary of me, and kept drawing my blood – what about all that?" Chu Lu asked.

Even though they were kneeling before Chu Lu, who held a sword, even though there were bodies lying everywhere around them, and even though their lives hung in the balance, Luo's Father and Luo's Mother still had stubbornness on their faces when they heard this question.

Luo's Mother said aggrievedly, "But everyone does that. Isn't that how you raise a daughter? What did I do wrong?"

Chu Lu sighed, "Incorrect answer."

A moment later, Chu Lu left Qingyun City.

As for the mess left behind, he would let others deal with it.

He looked into the distance and muttered to himself, "Heavenly Profound Immortal Sect, was it?"

"It's getting cold. It's time to wipe them out."