Looting the Jia Lie Family

The screams soon came to an abrupt end. Xiao Jin slowly opened his eyes and looked at the mountain of corpses and sea of blood before him. His stomach churned.

It felt as though the food he had not yet digested that morning had risen to his throat, but Xiao Jin forcibly held it down.

Xiao Jin looked at the corpses scattered across the ground and walked toward the bodies of several Jia Lie Family elders, intending to remove the Storage Rings from their fingers. Just then, the Earth Demon Kui returned to his side. With a bang, a sound like a watermelon hitting the ground rang out.

Xiao Jin looked over curiously, and his face instantly turned pale. With a "Blegh," he threw up his breakfast. The Earth Demon Kui had stepped on a head, crushing it open. Red and white matter had splattered everywhere. The sight was unimaginably horrifying to Xiao Jin.

As Xiao Jin vomited, he cursed, "Earth Demon Kui, can't you watch where you're stepping?"

The Earth Demon Kui remained expressionless and looked at Xiao Jin in confusion, clearly unable to understand what he was doing.

After vomiting for quite some time, Xiao Jin slowly stood up and said to the Earth Demon Kui,

"Go collect all their Storage Rings and give them to me." He had no desire to pick them up himself. It was too disgusting. The Earth Demon Kui swiftly began gathering the Storage Rings.

Xiao Jin began wandering around the Jia Lie Family estate. The Jia Lie Family's wealth could not possibly all be inside Jia Lie Bi's and the elders' Storage Rings. After all, Storage Rings had limited space, and only a few members of the Jia Lie Family possessed them. There had to be a treasury specifically used to store valuables.

Xiao Jin searched for a long time without finding anything. Then, he suddenly spotted Jia Lie'ao's body and walked toward it.

Just then, Xiao Jin noticed Jia Lie'ao's finger twitch slightly. Xiao Jin stopped and released his soul perception, scanning Jia Lie'ao.

Jia Lie'ao was actually not dead. He had likely entered a state of feigned death earlier, deceiving the Earth Demon Kui's inspection. Now that he had awakened, he was preparing to flee.

A mocking smile rose on Xiao Jin's lips as he watched Jia Lie'ao's body slowly sit up.

"Damn it, that hurts. I wonder who wiped out my entire family."

He was also utterly bewildered by the matter. He had been recuperating from his injuries at home when he heard screams coming from outside.

Curious, he walked out the door. He saw a silver figure flickering rapidly through the courtyard, and every appearance claimed the life of a servant. Before he could react, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and then he knew nothing.

Fortunately, my father gave me a Turtle Breath Pill years ago. This pill allows someone who suffers a fatal wound to retain a sliver of life while entering a state of feigned death, deceiving their opponent and surviving. And my heart happens to be different from ordinary people's—it's on the right side. Otherwise, I truly would have died here today.

"My fate is mine, not Heaven's! I swear today that once I become stronger, I will annihilate the one who slaughtered my entire family, along with their entire clan!" Jia Lie'ao roared loudly, his face twisted into a terrifying expression.

"Hey, hey, brother, we haven't left yet," Xiao Jin said teasingly.

Jia Lie'ao froze on the spot, then turned around with an incredulous expression.

"You haven't left?" Jia Lie'ao asked, trembling.

"Not yet. Fortunately, we haven't, or we would have missed such a wonderful scene." Xiao Jin smiled maliciously.

"Please, spare me. I'm willing to serve you like an ox or a horse." Jia Lie'ao immediately dropped to his knees and shamelessly begged. He must have pulled at the wound on his chest, because his face twisted in pain, yet he did not dare make a sound.

Looking at Jia Lie'ao kneeling before him, Xiao Jin curled his lip disdainfully. He had never considered Jia Lie'ao worthy of notice. However, since he was not dead yet, Xiao Jin could use him to lead the way to the Jia Lie Family treasury and save himself the trouble of searching everywhere.

"Fine. As long as you take me to your Jia Lie Family's treasury, I'll spare your miserable life," Xiao Jin said indifferently.

"My lord, please swear an oath first," Jia Lie'ao said distrustfully.

The moment he finished speaking, Xiao Jin gathered Dou Qi in his hand and struck Jia Lie'ao in the chest.

"Enough nonsense. You should just die." Xiao Jin suddenly realized he could use his soul perception to locate the treasury. He did not need Jia Lie'ao to tell him where it was. So, Xiao Jin attacked without hesitation.

Jia Lie'ao looked utterly disbelieving. Didn't Xiao Jin want to know the treasury's location? Why had he suddenly attacked? Carrying that doubt, Jia Lie'ao flew backward and slammed hard into the wall. Before long, he breathed his last.

Xiao Jin stepped forward and removed Jia Lie'ao's Storage Ring. Only a few elders in the entire Jia Lie Family possessed Storage Rings, yet Jia Lie'ao, a mere 1-star Dou Practitioner, had one as well. It was clear just how well Jia Lie Bi treated his son.

A wisp of Heavenly Flame appeared in Xiao Jin's left hand, and he tossed it onto Jia Lie'ao. The instant the flame touched Jia Lie'ao's corpse, the body vanished into thin air, as though it had never existed in this world.

Xiao Jin drew a sharp breath at the sight. He had never used the Nascent Emperor Flame in battle before, so he had never known that this Heavenly Flame possessed such terrifying power.

It seems the Imperial Flame has many abilities I have yet to discover.

Xiao Jin stopped and released the soul perception within him, covering the entire Jia Lie Family estate.

He began scanning back and forth. Before long, Xiao Jin discovered a secret chamber beneath the Jia Lie Family's main hall. It was hidden extremely well, so even if an ordinary person stood above it, they would never discover the chamber beneath their feet.

At that moment, the Earth Demon Kui handed the Storage Rings it had collected to Xiao Jin. Xiao Jin was delighted. These Storage Rings alone were worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins, not to mention their contents. However, Xiao Jin was in no hurry to inspect them. Instead, he led the Earth Demon Kui toward the main hall.

Upon reaching the main hall, Xiao Jin stopped before a vase and gently twisted it. After a series of clicking sounds, a downward passage appeared in one corner of the hall.

Xiao Jin led the Earth Demon Kui into the passage. It was pitch-black inside, and nothing could be seen. Xiao Jin immediately conjured a wisp of Heavenly Flame on his right index finger, and the entire passage instantly became brilliantly colorful.

Whether there was light or not made little difference to Xiao Jin, since he could use soul perception to sense everything around him. Still, he was not used to staying in a place without light.

Xiao Jin led the Earth Demon Kui deeper inside. Before long, they arrived before a large door. Xiao Jin had the Earth Demon Kui open it while he wrapped himself in Heavenly Flame, guarding against any danger that might appear at any moment.

The Earth Demon Kui punched the door. The wooden door instantly shattered into pieces, and the sight inside made Xiao Jin's breathing quicken. "As expected of one of Wutan City's three great families. Their foundation is truly substantial." Xiao Jin was overjoyed.

Wooden chests filled the room, each packed with gold coins. Xiao Jin examined them with soul perception and found that there were as many as five hundred thousand gold coins.

The Jia Lie Family had spent five hundred and fifty thousand gold coins to auction off an Advanced Mysterious-tier Cultivation Method just a few days ago. Xiao Jin had not expected their treasury to still contain so many gold coins.

Xiao Jin stored all the wooden chests in the System Space, then took the Earth Demon Kui to the Jia Lie Family's Cultivation Methods Pavilion. Although the cultivation methods and Dou Techniques inside were useless to him, he could still sell them for money. Only after looting the place clean did he leave the Jia Lie Family.