Qin Anlan suddenly rose to his feet, raised his right hand, and struck down fiercely through the air with a palm.
Liu Ruyan had already had her cultivation crippled, then had her Spiritual Root and Skyflame Phoenix Blood extracted, becoming utterly useless.
Even with this move from Qin Anlan,
he used no spiritual power whatsoever.
With sheer strength alone,
it was still not something trash like Liu Ruyan could endure.
"Bitch, where did you borrow the courage to speak to this Young Lord like that?"
Seeing Qin Anlan show no mercy as he crushed a delicate flower,
Qin Gengxin and Qin Zizai, standing beside Qin Anlan, could not help but let out sighs of relief.
They had long heard tales of their own Young Lord.
Gifted beyond measure, he was the cream of the younger generation.
There was naturally no need to mention all the praise he received.
Before he encountered Liu Ruyan, Qin Anlan had been a godlike existence.
He was the one young disciples sought to emulate.
One encounter with Liu Ruyan ruined a lifetime.
From then on, he had stepped onto the path of a bootlicker and could not pull himself free.
They had worried that, upon seeing Liu Ruyan, Qin Anlan might suddenly lose his mind and do something irrational.
He might even disgrace Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate.
Then things would be difficult to clean up.
The likely outcome would be that the main account was ruined, and they would immediately raise an alternate account.
After all, the current Divine Marquis of Zhenguo had taken his position young and was still in the prime of life.
Cultivating another ten or eight alternate accounts would not be a problem.
Fortunately, the main account had not disappointed them.
As the Young Lord of Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate,
no matter how disgraceful the outside rumors made him sound,
when it came to matters of great right and wrong, he could still tell black from white.
Liu Ruyan was slapped straight to the ground by Qin Anlan.
Her cheeks, which had only just had their swelling reduced after consuming countless medicinal pills, swelled red once more.
Not only that, Qin Anlan's slap had been so powerful that it knocked Liu Ruyan's nose crooked, leaving her utterly bedraggled.
She no longer had even a trace of that lofty, contemptuous appearance from moments ago.
Liu Chongshan, standing nearby, was also filled with worry at the sight.
No matter what, Liu Ruyan was his biological daughter.
Watching his daughter being bullied right before his eyes,
how could Liu Chongshan, as her father, remain unmoved?
He could only force himself to remain calm, squeeze out a faint smile, and step forward.
"Liu Family Head Liu Chongshan pays respects to the Young Lord of the Divine Marquis and greets the two elders."
At that moment, Liu Chongshan's heart was racing, already lodged in his throat.
Yet as Liu Ruyan's father and the Liu Family's head, he absolutely could not retreat in the slightest.
Though he had not the least bit of confidence in his heart,
for the sake of preserving the Liu Family's dignity, and for the sake of preserving the Liu Family itself, he had no choice but to face the difficulty head-on.
The many Liu Family elders and disciples below also had their hearts in their throats.
It had to be said, the family of their head was truly bold.
Zhou Caimei had run before Qin Anlan and shouted provocations.
As a result, Qin Anlan cut off both her arms and beat her unconscious.
Liu Ruyan had stepped out as well, only to be severely injured by Qin Anlan and left lying on the ground, wailing without end.
As Zhou Caimei's husband, Liu Ruyan's father, and the Liu Family head,
Liu Chongshan had rushed forward at a time like this.
Without some real courage, no one would dare be the first bird to stick its head out.
The Liu Family members could not help but have their pupils constrict.
Their eyes were filled with terror.
It was as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, their entire bodies trembling without stop.
One had to know,
they were not facing some ordinary force.
They were facing Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate.
They were facing the Nine Dragon Bell of Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate.
Even if Heavenly Firmament Academy stood behind them,
would Heavenly Firmament Academy truly offend all of Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate for the sake of a mere Liu Family?
"Liu Chongshan, since your Liu Family seeks death, this Young Lord shall naturally grant your wish."
As he spoke, Qin Anlan held up two fingers and smiled faintly.
"This Young Lord will now give you two choices."
"First, the entire Liu Family may slit your own throats and meet Heaven."
"Second, if you do not dare do it yourselves, the people of Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate will naturally stuff every member of your Liu Family into these coffins."
Silence!
After Qin Anlan's words fell, the scene was silent as death.
Even the heavy breathing of the Liu Family members could be heard clearly.
The onlookers gathered around the Liu Family were already grinning from ear to ear when they heard this.
Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate had mobilized such an enormous force, and even the Young Lord of the Divine Marquis was present.
Clearly, some earth-shattering gossip was waiting for them to feast upon.
Who would have thought
such a colossal piece of gossip had been waiting for them?
Although the overwhelming presence of Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate filled them with awe and fear,
the curiosity in their hearts, the instinct of gossipmongers,
still made them gather their courage and spy from afar.
But once they heard what had happened,
it had already far exceeded their imagination.
Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate actually intended to wipe out the entire Liu Family.
"No wonder Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate came in such grand formation and even brought more than a hundred coffins. They were meant to hold the corpses of the Liu Family."
"The Young Lord of the Divine Marquis's kindness toward Liu Ruyan needs no explanation. Yet Liu Ruyan actually dared to overestimate herself and come to break off the engagement. If that was not asking for a beating, then what was?"
"After eating their fill and wiping their mouths clean, the Liu Family wanted to deny the debt. If they dared commit such shameless acts, they needed the courage to bear the fury of Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate."
"I heard the Young Lord of the Divine Marquis had knelt and licked Liu Ruyan's boots for three years. Why would he turn hostile without any reason?"
At the mention of this matter, many among the gathered gossipmongers recalled a recent rumor and began discussing it once again.
"You still do not know? Rumors have long spread from the Divine Marquis's Estate that the Heaven and Earth Phenomenon of the Four Beasts Bestowing Blessings some time ago was caused by the Young Lord of the Divine Marquis."
"Exactly, exactly. I heard of it too. That Heaven and Earth Phenomenon drew the attention of countless experts, and Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate even awakened innumerable powerful figures because of it."
"I heard that the Young Lord of the Divine Marquis had spent all these years kneeling and licking Liu Ruyan's boots in order to temper his state of mind."
"So that was it. I was wondering why the dignified Young Lord of the Divine Marquis, the greatest prodigy in the entire Heavenly Flame Empire, had become a bootlicker for no reason. It turned out he wanted to use Liu Ruyan as his whetstone."
"The Young Lord of the Divine Marquis caused Heaven and Earth to resonate, and Liu Ruyan still dared come to break off the engagement. This whetstone had already lost its use. What awaited it was naturally destruction."
The crowd could not help but break into heated discussion.
It had to be said, ever since the Liu Family latched onto the great tree that was Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate, they had become completely full of themselves.
When one person attained the Dao, even the chickens and dogs ascended to Heaven.
After Liu Ruyan became Qin Anlan's fiancée, the Liu Family soared straight into the clouds.
Even the maids and servants within the Lineage held their tails high in the air.
They offended every force around them that they could possibly offend.
At first,
everyone had not dared hold anything against the Liu Family for the sake of Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate.
They had even needed to bow and scrape to curry favor with the Liu Family.
But times had changed.
The Liu Family and Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate had thoroughly torn off all pretenses.
As for beating a dog that had fallen into the water,
those forces once bullied by the Liu Family certainly did not mind seeing the Liu Family meet its end with their own eyes.
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