Nearly all of the top families in Nanzheng had been wiped out, with the exceptions of Yan Sheng, who could still make a "squeak," and Yang Ren, who was paralyzed in bed, half-dead.
Faced with this situation, Yang Ren, lying on his sickbed, very sensibly kept his mouth shut and said nothing, watching helplessly as everyone in the Yang family except his branch was slaughtered to the last man.
In fact, if Dian Wei had not been reluctant to let someone who could spar with him die and sent him to Wang Xuan, and if Wang Xuan had not saved him without knowing what was going on, the Yang family would have been finished as well.
Wang Xuan had personally saved them, so it would hardly be appropriate for him to kill them afterward. And so, he let the matter go. It actually had nothing to do with whether Yang Ren had reached the externalized Qi realm.
But once word spread, the matter took on a different meaning. Wang Xuan was instead credited with a reputation for "cherishing talent."
Wang Xuan did not know what to say about that. In truth, he understood the intentions of those putting this label on him. They simply wanted to leave themselves a way out. Given Liu Bei's current power, who knew whether they might need him someday?
As for Yang Ren, he naturally declared that once he had recovered, he would enter Liu Bei's service to repay him for saving his life.
As for revenge against the Yang family? Lu Xun's family had also been nearly wiped out by Sun Ce, yet Lu Xun had still married Sun Ce's daughter and served the Sun family.
After the top families of Hanzhong had been wiped out, all of Nanzheng had completely stabilized by the