Are you crazy, hiring an assassin to kill myself?

"Father, it can't be him, can it? He's only six years old, still a child. How could he be so cruel as to hire assassins from the Underworld to wipe out my entire Ling Family?"

Ling Fei closed her eyes, her voice trembling slightly as she spoke.

"A child? A child who could kill the Sima Family's dragon, Sima Chusheng? A child with a supreme physique, a peerless Heavenly Chosen? A child who could defeat two Land Immortal Realm powerhouses simultaneously? A child whom two great Holy Lands vied for, but was rejected?"

From the communication jade pendant, Ling Xuntian's hoarse voice emerged.

Hearing this, Ling Fei opened her eyes, her gaze lost, fearful, and bewildered.

It wasn't that she didn't believe him; she dared not believe it. She never imagined that a mere ant she could have crushed at will had transformed into a true dragon.

Instead, she had become the ant!

"Father, what should your daughter do now!"

Ling Fei's voice trembled as she spoke.

"By any means necessary, seek his forgiveness. You must understand, tomorrow it will be your fourth brother, and the day after, it will be you, third child!"

Ling Xuntian sighed deeply and said.

Upon hearing this, Ling Fei nodded helplessly.

Putting away the communication jade pendant, Ling Fei sat alone on the chair, her eyes vacant. She looked like a walking corpse.

"Mother..."

Just then, Lu Xuan and Lu Ren entered Spirit Marvel Hall, both with pale faces, staggering.

"Mother, what will happen to my brother and me? He, Lu Chen, is too strong. My brother and I are no match for him, no matter what."

Lu Xuan said helplessly.

Ling Fei, who had been lost in her own despair, looked at her two sons and was taken aback, her expression shifting between indecision and worry.

After three minutes of contemplation, a ferocious and venomous look appeared on Ling Fei's face.

"No, for the sake of my two children, I cannot admit defeat so easily. The outcome is not yet decided. Lu Chen, if it was truly you who hired the assassins to annihilate my Ling Family, you can hire assassins, can't my Ling Family?"

With this thought, Ling Fei directly took out the communication jade pendant she had with Ling Xuntian.

That night, at Tianchen Hall!

Lu Chen was enveloped in supreme might.

In front of Lu Chen, a clone identical to him stood opposite him.

It was the Supreme Rune Clone.

At this moment, the Supreme Clone was identical to him in all aspects.

However, it was merely an empty shell. The Supreme Clone currently lacked corresponding power.

Now, Lu Chen had essentially built the basic framework for the Supreme Clone. In about a month, Lu Chen would only need to construct the power rune system within it.

However, just as Lu Chen was constructing the Supreme Clone, he suddenly opened his eyes.

Then, with a thought, Lu Chen took out the Emperor's Jade Pendant.

"My lord, the Ling Family Patriarch, Ling Xuntian, has contacted me. He wishes to hire assassins from the Underworld to assassinate you!"

From the Emperor's Jade Pendant, Emperor Fengdu's hoarse voice transmitted.

Lu Chen was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, and then he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Good, good, so that's how we're playing?

They want to use my assassins to assassinate me.

This is too absurd.

Lu Chen didn't answer Emperor Fengdu directly. Instead, he asked another question.

"Today, the Underworld has made quite a name for itself among the high-ranking officials of the entire Eastern Cang Region. How is it? Have you received any business?"

Lu Chen asked with interest.

"Replying to my lord, the effect has been significant. Today, we received a total of thirteen orders: three orders for the Heavenly Phenomenon Realm, nine orders for the Emperor Realm, and one order for the Emperor Realm!"

Emperor Fengdu replied respectfully.

"Excellent. The efficiency in completing the orders and satisfying the employers is perfect. The Underworld will surely prosper and become the number one assassin organization in the Eastern Cang Region sooner or later."

Lu Chen smiled slightly upon hearing this and continued, "As for the people from the Ling Family, for the sake of the Underworld's reputation, set a price they cannot afford. Let them retreat on their own. Do not refuse them outright."

"Yes, my lord!"

Putting away the communication jade pendant, Lu Chen fell into thought.

It seemed that the Ling Family, or perhaps Ling Fei, might have guessed that the recent disasters befalling the Ling Family were because of him.

But it wasn't a big problem. The Ling Family wouldn't last much longer.

In at most two days, he would deal with the Ling Family.

Within four days, he would also deal with the Sima Family.

As for the Northern Ouyang and Eastern Zhuge families, two of the four top aristocratic families, they should be completely subdued if possible.

If they cannot be subdued, then like the Ling and Sima families, their entire clans will be massacred, and all their assets will be confiscated by Great Qian.

The Sima family monopolizes Great Qian's pills, while the Ling family monopolizes Great Qian's spiritual energy supply. If these two families were truly wiped out, Great Qian's overall assets could increase severalfold.

This is the foundation of aristocratic families. It is precisely because these parasitic aristocratic families leech off Great Qian that they become so wealthy.

Lu Chen let out a long sigh, took out a Dragon Crystal and a Spirit Crystal, and sat cross-legged on the ground.

Ever since Lu Chen directly advanced to the first level of the Land Immortal Realm, he had been practicing various divine abilities and the like, but he hadn't cultivated any cultivation methods. Consequently, his realm had remained stagnant at the first level of the Land Immortal Realm.

Today, after witnessing the absolute suppression he faced from the Guixu Holy Lord and the Eastern Cang Holy Lord, Lu Chen finally understood that all divine abilities were superficial. Only one's own realm was the foundation. Therefore, improving his own realm was the fundamental path.

And the fastest way to cultivate was to absorb the power of Dragon Crystals and Spirit Crystals.

Dragon Crystals and Spirit Crystals were different. Spirit Crystals were precious resources that could only be born within Spirit Veins. Generally, Spirit Crystals were divided into low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and the highest-grade, supreme-grade. The quality of Spirit Crystals varied, and the spiritual energy they contained also differed. Typically, the exchange rate between different grades of Spirit Crystals was one hundred to one. However, normally, only low, mid, and high-grade Spirit Crystals circulated in the market. Supreme-grade Spirit Crystals contained incredibly terrifying spiritual energy, and at the normal exchange rate, no one was willing to trade them for high-grade Spirit Crystals.

Great Qian had approximately a thousand Spirit Veins, most of which were located in its northern regions. Therefore, the Northern Ouyang family controlled fifty percent of Great Qian's Spirit Veins, which was an astonishing amount.

As for Dragon Crystals, they were produced by Dragon Veins. Dragon Crystals were precious resources nurtured within Great Qian's Dragon Veins for tens of thousands of years. Dragon Veins were the foundation of Great Qian. The entire Great Qian had only nine Dragon Veins. Dragon Crystals produced by Dragon Veins were supreme treasures. One Dragon Crystal contained as much spiritual energy as ten thousand supreme-grade Spirit Crystals. Furthermore, Dragon Veins contained a trace of dragon qi, which could enhance physical and soul strength. They were incredibly precious.

Dragon Crystals were basically controlled by the imperial family and rarely circulated in the market. Each Dragon Crystal could incite the competition of countless forces and powerful individuals, demonstrating their immense value.