Better to Kill a Thousand by Mistake Than Let One Slip Through

"Elder Mo," Zhou Qiongtian suddenly called.

"Young Master, this old servant is here." An elderly man with grizzled hair emerged from the void.

His body was slightly stooped, yet his eyes gleamed with sharp light. Dressed in black, he stood before Zhou Qiongtian, bowed, and respectfully offered his salute.

This old man looked utterly ordinary and kept his aura restrained, but he was indeed a true Saint King Realm expert!

A Saint King Realm expert was an overlord wherever he went, someone who could establish a sect and become an ancestor!

Yet this Saint King Realm expert stood before Zhou Qiongtian, a mere Spirit Aperture Realm cultivator, with utmost deference, calling himself this old servant.

"Elder Mo, you serve my father. There's no need to be like this." Zhou Qiongtian spoke helplessly and hurriedly moved to help the old man up.

Elder Mo shook his head. "You are the Young Master; propriety cannot be neglected. The Great Emperor is my master, so you are my young master."

"May I ask what business Young Master has for this old servant?"

Zhou Qiongtian smiled faintly. "I'm making a trip to the Northern Region. I'll have to trouble Elder Mo along the way."

"Please rest assured, Young Master. So long as this old servant still lives, no one will be able to touch a single hair on your head."

Zhou Qiongtian nodded. "With Elder Mo here, I'm at ease."

Soon after, the two took a Flying Ship toward the Northern Region.

Northern Region, Great Qing Dynasty, Lin Family.

This was no weak lineage. It was one of the three great families of the Great Qing Dynasty and possessed Cycle Realm experts. Even the Imperial Family did not dare provoke the Lin Family lightly.

Today, however, the Lin Family Patriarch, the various elders, and even the Lin Family Old Ancestor, who had been in secluded life-or-death cultivation, stood tensely in the Lin Family plaza.

Behind them stood the Lin Family disciples, murmuring quietly among themselves.

"What's going on? The Patriarch called us here, but even the Old Ancestor came out? Wasn't the Old Ancestor in life-or-death seclusion? Wouldn't he only emerge if the family faced the calamity of extermination?"

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? This was the Patriarch's absolute order. Even those outside were summoned back."

"Exactly! Xun'er and I were still doing exercises in bed when I got called over. Scared the life right out of me—I nearly went limp."

At the front, beside the Lin Family Patriarch and Old Ancestor, stood a youth.

The youth was incredibly nervous and at a complete loss.

The Lin Family Old Ancestor cautiously looked toward the man at the very front and asked with utmost respect, "My lord, when will that great person arrive?"

The man wore a black martial outfit. When he turned his head, his face was revealed: thin lips that suggested harshness, narrow eyes half-squinted with a cold gleam flashing within.

"What? Have you grown tired of waiting? Being able to meet the Young Master is an enormous honor for you!"

"No, no, never." The Lin Family Old Ancestor hurriedly replied, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

The man before him was merely a Spirit Channeling Realm cultivator, a weakling he could crush with a single finger. Yet the force behind this man was terrifying.

Monster Mountain Sect. Even if all three great families joined forces, they would still not be enough for Monster Mountain Sect to slaughter. Monster Mountain Sect's Old Ancestor was a Great Perfection of Feather Ascension Realm existence!

When Saints did not appear, Feather Ascension Realm cultivators were the foremost experts!

But that was not even the main point. If that were all, then as the Lin Family Old Ancestor, he would not have treated a mere Monster Mountain Sect disciple this way. Though the Lin Family was inferior to Monster Mountain Sect, they were not easy prey either.

However, behind Monster Mountain Sect stood the Zhou Clan of the Central Region—the overlord of Azure World!

Although Monster Mountain Sect was only an affiliated force of the Zhou Clan, no one knew how many affiliated forces like Monster Mountain Sect the Zhou Clan possessed.

And the one the entire Lin Family had gathered here to await was the son of the Zhou Clan Patriarch, the Savage Great Emperor!

At that thought, the Lin Family Old Ancestor felt both excited and nervous, even afraid.

At that moment, a Flying Ship appeared above the Lin Family.

Zhou Qiongtian activated the Fortune Sensing Divine Ability, yet he did not see anyone with flourishing fortune.

Could it be that this one wasn't him?

Zhou Qiongtian still descended.

"Greetings, Young Master Zhou!" The Monster Mountain Sect man hurriedly dropped to his knees and shouted. The other members of the Lin Family likewise hastily knelt and cried out.

Zhou Qiongtian frowned. "You are?"

The Monster Mountain Sect man's face filled with excitement. "Young Master Zhou, this lowly one is a disciple of Monster Mountain Sect, an affiliated force of the Zhou Clan. You may call me Xiao Song. This is the person I found who matches your description."

Xiao Song pointed behind him, toward the youth beside the Lin Family Patriarch.

"This man is named Lin Hai. He is the Lin Family Young Master. He used to be a somewhat renowned genius, but later, a demon beast crippled his cultivation. Not long ago, his fiancée annulled their engagement. Oh, and he wears a ring on his hand. It seems to be a relic left behind by his mother."

Zhou Qiongtian showed an intrigued expression. "Elder Mo, is there something like a remnant soul inside this ring?"

"Young Master, this old servant did not discover any remnant soul."

Zhou Qiongtian nodded and pointed a finger. A bloody hole instantly appeared in Lin Hai's forehead, and he died.

Better to kill a thousand by mistake than let one slip through.

"So it really wasn't him." Zhou Qiongtian used the Fortune Sensing Divine Ability and discovered that the Dark Cloud beside the Fortune Pillar had not vanished. Instead, it seemed to have grown larger?

The Lin Family members all revealed shocked expressions. The Young Master was dead? Though he had become a cripple, he was still the Lin Family Young Master.

The Lin Family Patriarch was grief-stricken and furious, but reason told him that if he dared make a move, he would certainly die. Not only him—the entire Lin Family would have to be buried alongside him.

Xiao Song was also dumbfounded. What was going on?

By the time he came back to his senses, Zhou Qiongtian and Elder Mo had already departed on the Flying Ship.

Within a Monster Mountain Range several hundred miles from Qingyang Town, Lin Tian suddenly sneezed and felt a chill run through his body.

"How strange. With my Late Innate Stage cultivation, could I still catch a cold?"

Beside Lin Tian lay the corpse of a black bear at the Great Perfection of Innate Stage. Holding a Beast Core in his hand, Lin Tian activated the Life Creation Art. Strands of black qi devoured the Beast Core before drilling into Lin Tian's body.

Lin Tian's cultivation rose steadily, reaching the Great Perfection of Innate Stage after a short while!

The Life Creation Art could devour any object and transform it into energy to raise Lin Tian's cultivation. Of course, the object being devoured had to contain at least a certain amount of energy.

However, the Life Creation Art was not harmless either. Using it too often would cause impurities to accumulate within Lin Tian's body. Lin Tian had to purge those impurities at regular intervals, yet even then, he could not remove them completely.

"If only I had a Pure Body." Lin Tian sighed.

The Pure Body was a top-tier physique capable of purifying all toxins and impurities. Combined with the Life Creation Art, the growth of one's cultivation would truly be like riding a rocket.

After resolving the Lin Family's affairs and making up for the regrets of that time, Lin Tian took a great amount of the Lin Family's resources and left.

"I remember a Saint King left behind an inheritance in this mountain range. Did I remember the location wrong?"

More than ten days later, a Flying Ship arrived above the Lin Family of Qingyang Town.

The entire Lin Family waited with utmost respect. When Zhou Qiongtian learned that Lin Tian, the suspected Child of Destiny, had left days ago and taken a great amount of the Lin Family's resources with him, he felt that something was amiss.

"My lord, you must seek justice for us! That brat Lin Tian not only killed the Great Elder, he even killed his own father's woman. And he took away all the resources the Lin Family had accumulated over countless years."

The Lin Family elders all knelt on the ground and pleaded.