The people of Qingcheng seemed to see once more that unruly, peerlessly gifted monster of Qingcheng from the past!
Only this time, unlike before.
Standing beside the young man was an incomparably formidable woman from the Upper Realm, from among the myriad heavens and worlds!
Looking at the noble and matchlessly elegant young man, Lin Qingran could not help falling into a daze.
"Su Chenxiao..."
Who could have imagined that in just one day, Su Chenxiao, once merely a Rogue Cultivator, would undergo such an earth-shaking change in status!
At that moment, the Tianqi Patriarch wore an indignant expression and shouted loudly.
"Demoness! I advise you to release us at once! Our Tianqi Dao Sect is a branch of the Upper Realm's Tianxuan Sect!"
"The Tianxuan Sect has King Sealing Realm mighty experts! People will descend to this lower realm before long!"
"King Sealing Realm?" Su Yaohuang laughed upon hearing this.
Among the myriad heavens, there were countless Dao Lineages.
A Dao Lineage with a King Sealing Realm cultivator could not even be considered ninth-rate.
Su Yaohuang said disdainfully.
"A King Sealing Realm cultivator is not even qualified to serve as a dog for my Imperial Clan Su Family."
"My brother spared the lives of you old fools because he wanted my little brother to punish you."
"Otherwise, how could insignificant Ascension Realm ants like you be worthy of speaking to members of my Imperial Clan Su Family?"
Boom!
As soon as she spoke, she revealed only a trace of the terrifying aura of the Supreme Realm.
Yet it caused every bone and tendon in the Tianqi Patriarch's body to shatter, leaving him without even the strength to breathe!
"Ah!!"
The Tianqi Patriarch let out a pained scream and crashed heavily to the ground.
His body had been torn to pieces. He gasped heavily, utterly unable to breathe!
The Tianqi Patriarch?!
At this sight, the other three great Dao Lineages of the Cangshi Realm, as well as the people of Qingcheng, were all aghast and unable to believe their eyes.
To them, King Sealing Realm experts were already mighty beings who could rule everything in the lower realm, their strength towering to the heavens!
Yet in the other party's eyes, they were not even as good as watchdogs?
Their limited horizons doomed them to never imagine the power of the Imperial Clan Su Family in their entire lives.
Su Yaohuang's forceful and proud bearing made Lin Qingran's chest rise and fall as her heart surged like a tidal wave.
Was Su Chenxiao's background truly this terrifying?
With the Tianqi Patriarch's miserable state before them, no one dared utter another word.
Su Yaohuang's cold eyes swept over everyone present without a trace of emotion.
She turned to her little brother beside her and said softly.
"Little brother, I'll leave these people to you. Whether they live or die rests on a single thought of yours."
"I'll head out first."
Everything that had happened in the Cangshi Realm was her little brother's private affair.
If her little brother had not suffered, the ants of the Cangshi Realm would never have had the chance to encounter the Imperial Clan Su Family in their lifetimes.
She did not want to remain here and affect her little brother.
Feeling his sister's protectiveness, Su Chenxiao looked at Su Yaohuang with some emotion and nodded.
"Mm."
Su Yaohuang left.
Only then did Su Chenxiao turn around, his expression extraordinarily calm.
He did not even spare Lin Qingran, standing among the crowd, a single glance.
Instead, he fixed his gaze on a disheveled middle-aged man in the crowd, who did not dare lift his head to meet his eyes.
Su Chenxiao spoke blandly.
"Then... it's time to settle some accounts, isn't it?"
"Ye Family Head."
His voice was not loud.
Yet it weighed down on Ye Hongtian like a massive boulder, making it impossible for him to catch his breath.
Ye Hongtian's heart lurched. His entire body trembled uncontrollably.
"Young Master Su, it was a misunderstanding... This was all a misunderstanding..."
"A misunderstanding?" Su Chenxiao revealed a brilliant smile and strolled unhurriedly before Ye Hongtian.
Aside from the adulterous pair of Lin Qingran and Fang Yuancai.
The person he hated most was none other than Ye Hongtian.
In order to curry favor with Fang Yuancai of the Tianqi Dao Lineage, this man had put considerable effort into torturing him.
Su Chenxiao crouched down, his eyes brimming with amusement as he said.
"What a huge misunderstanding indeed."
"Finger stripping, bone piercing, exploding the Sea of Qi..."
"Tsk, tsk. That feeling was something I truly did not want to experience a second time..."
The more Su Chenxiao spoke, the denser the fear in Ye Hongtian's heart became. His pupils shook violently.
In the end, he sprawled on the ground, filled with pain and regret as he confessed.
"It was all my fault!"
"Young Master Su, I failed to recognize Mount Tai before me! You may do whatever you wish to me; I, Ye Hongtian, am willing to die to atone for my sins!"
"I only beg that you, a great man, do not remember a villain's faults, and spare the surviving members of my Ye Family!!"
"Family Head!" The members of the Ye Family all wore expressions of pain and disbelief upon hearing this.
Su Chenxiao, however, frowned slightly and said with some displeasure.
"I haven't even begun, and you already can't endure it? You want to die?"
"It won't be that easy for you to die."
As he spoke, he looked at the several trembling Ye Family elders beside Ye Hongtian.
Within the crowd.
There was also a young man with features similar to Ye Hongtian's, kneeling on the ground after having been scared witless, his expression frantic.
Name: Ye Ling Identity: Son of the Ye Family Head of Qingcheng, Cangshi Realm Cultivation: Seventh Layer of the Core Formation Realm
This man was Ye Hongtian's only son, Ye Ling.
No wonder...
Su Chenxiao narrowed his eyes slightly as an interesting thought sprang up within him.
As though facing an old friend he had not seen for many years.
Su Chenxiao casually patted Ye Hongtian's shoulder and said with a faint smile.
"I'll give you a chance."
"Use every torture you used on me on your son, Ye Ling."
"And I'll spare you... no, I'll spare your entire Ye Family. What do you say?"
These beguiling words were undoubtedly a bolt from the blue.
Ye Hongtian's whole body shuddered violently.
He raised his head in disbelief, looking at the smiling young man with his noble and handsome features.
Then he looked at his son beside him, who had been frightened out of his wits, his face full of terror.
"F-Father... no, don't..." Ye Ling was terrified beyond measure and kept backing away.
"Have you thought it through? Everyone dies, or he suffers the torture?" Su Chenxiao's nightmare-like voice sounded once more.
"I'll give you three seconds to consider..."
"One..."
It was like the tolling of a funeral bell delivering judgment.
Under that overwhelming terror, Ye Hongtian suddenly lifted his head. His eyes were bloodshot, a trace of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth as he roared in a low voice.
"Do it! I'll do it!"
"Oh?" Su Chenxiao raised a brow, seeming somewhat surprised that Ye Hongtian had agreed so quickly.
He had not even counted to three yet.
But it did not matter.
Su Chenxiao smiled faintly, clapped his hands, and mocked him.
"A man who isn't ruthless can't stand firm!"
"Worthy indeed of being the head of Qingcheng's Ye Family. You can even bring yourself to lay hands on your own son. What boldness!"
"Then let us begin with the simple matter of exploding his Sea of Qi and stripping his fingers."
Under the incomparably terrified gazes of everyone present.
Ye Hongtian rose tremblingly to his feet and walked toward Ye Ling with heavy, slow steps.
"Ling'er, it is your father... who has wronged you!
"For the Ye Family, only you..."
Ye Ling's breathing grew increasingly ragged. His eyes widened as he pleaded again and again.
"No, Father, please..."
Ye Hongtian's heart bled, and his eyes were filled with bloodshot veins.
Finally, as though he had made up his mind.
A terrifying gleam burst from his tiger-like eyes. He raised his hand and slammed down with his palm!
Bang!
The blow struck Ye Ling's Sea of Qi dead-on!
Surging True Qi poured into Ye Ling's Sea of Qi like a raging tide, filling and expanding it without end!
Exploding the Sea of Qi was a method of crippling one's cultivation.
It involved pouring in countless streams of True Qi and forcibly bursting the other person's Sea of Qi alive!
Ye Ling's pupils abruptly dilated.
He felt his abdomen suddenly swell with agonizing pain. Unable to bear it, he began to howl madly!
"Ahhh—"
"Father, Father! Don't!!"
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