No Good People

Baiyang City was not large, with a population of only around four hundred thousand.

Yet it contained over a hundred families of varying sizes, and its commerce was exceptionally prosperous, ranking first among You Province's thirteen cities!

How could legitimate business alone possibly support so many families?

It could be said that if every family in Baiyang City, including the Wang family, were slaughtered, not a single one would be innocent.

Thus, Wang Pan showed no mercy as he killed. Ignoring his subordinates' warnings, he charged ahead alone and, in merely three moves, beheaded the Bai Family's Muscle and Tendon Changing Stage martial artist on the spot!

Before long, the blood-soaked group emerged from the Bai Family estate and headed for the next household.

"Master, is Young Master the type who just doesn't think things through?"

Wang Ji naturally knew about such a major incident, yet he did nothing to stop it. With him here, he could let the boy make a mess of things. He would simply handle the aftermath.

"What kind of bullshit is that? My son is wise and valiant. At such a young age, he already possesses such courage. He is truly a Dragon Among Men!"

Wang Ji shot Qin Yan a glare. Did he even know how to speak?

Qin Yan fell silent. His master was far too biased.

"You don't need to worry about things here. Go follow Pan'er in secret."

"That little brat is being far too reckless."

"I'm just afraid that Pan'er will have everything go smoothly, then be unable to get back up after one setback."

"It's good for him to suffer a little now. We're still here. As long as the fall doesn't kill him, I can pull him back up."

Wang Ji smiled, feeling that after this was over, he had to visit the Zhang Family graves and burn a few extra sticks of incense for them.

The Zhang Family were good people. They had used the lives of their entire family to teach his son a lesson. Good people like that were rare—hard to find.

Qin Yan curled his lips, secretly cursing this bunch of black-hearted people.

"Have our people get ready and keep watch at all times. The moment the Wang family encounters trouble, go help them immediately."

At the Xun Family, Xun Kuang's eyes gleamed as he gave the order.

"Son, weren't you asking what prey I meant?"

"Now it seems Wang Pan wants more than I expected."

"Any family in all of Baiyang City could become his prey."

Xun Kuang had originally thought Wang Pan would stop after wiping out the Bai Family. Yet this was already the fifth household, and Wang Pan showed no intention of stopping whatsoever.

"Still, although his ambition is great, he is ultimately too young. None of these families in Baiyang City are easy to deal with."

Xun Kuang spoke with a smile, but he was not worried about Wang Pan's safety. Clearly, he knew some of the Wang family's hidden cards.

"Father, then why don't we support the Wang family now?"

Xun Youcai was somewhat puzzled.

"Adding flowers to brocade is easy. Delivering charcoal in the snow is what reveals true feelings."

"Remember this: our people may die, but they cannot die without value. We must make the Wang family remember what we gave."

"I don't object to you following Wang Pan, but remember: first comes the family, and only then Wang Pan!"

"You must understand that no matter when it is, the family will be your greatest support."

Xun Kuang patiently instructed him. It appeared he was grooming Xun Youcai to become the next family head.

That also meant Xun Youcai's siblings had already been eliminated. The position of family head had nothing to do with them anymore.

"But what if the Wang family clears out most of the city's families by themselves? What should we do then?"

"Wouldn't rushing over afterward just become the 'adding flowers to brocade' you spoke of, Father?"

Xun Youcai felt something was off and voiced his opinion.

Father and son had both decided to help the Wang family, but their approaches were different.

"I'm pleased that you can think of these things, but people are strange creatures. Sometimes, if you rush over and offer yourself up for free, others may not necessarily cherish it."

Xun Youcai believed that once one chose a person, one should place all their chips on the table from the start and follow them unwaveringly.

Xun Kuang, however, was more conservative. He believed that if the Wang family could not suppress the other families in the city, the Xun Family would suffer retaliation afterward if it stepped forward too early.

At that point, whether the Wang family would care about the Xun Family's survival was anyone's guess.

But delivering charcoal in the snow was different. If the Xun Family stepped in to help Wang Pan only when he was about to lose control of the situation, the meaning would be entirely different.

Even if it were merely an act for outsiders to see, the Wang family would keep up the act and would not abandon the Xun Family.

The Xun Family could then truly gain the Wang family's recognition and advance and retreat alongside them.

In the end, Xun Kuang convinced Xun Youcai.

However, Xun Youcai turned around and secretly took several guards to find Wang Pan, following behind him as he shouted encouragement and loafed around.

Smash!

"Outrageous! This is outrageous!"

"In broad daylight, what exactly is the Wang family trying to do?"

The Baiyang City prefect smashed his beloved inkstone onto the floor, his face filled with fury.

These families were simply lawless. Did they think he, the prefect, did not exist?

The prefect immediately ordered his men to mobilize the City Guard and prepare to quell the unrest.

Yet his men returned and told him that the City Guard had detected enemy activity.

Under the commander's lead, the eight Thousand-Man Generals had already left the city. The remaining centurions said that without orders from the commander or Thousand-Man Generals, the City Guard could not leave camp.

The prefect trembled with rage. How could it possibly be such a coincidence? They clearly did not take him, the prefect, seriously at all.

After a long while, the prefect let out a sigh. Fine, fine. The current Emperor was foolish, while the Youzhou Governor was greedy beyond measure. He should just obediently be a decorative official.

Once he understood this, the irritability and pressure that had plagued him for so long vanished at once.

Returning to his residence, the prefect happily summoned several beautiful maidservants. Lord Prefect felt invigorated again. Perhaps, even at the ripe old age of forty-eight, he could add a few more people to his household.

Wang Pan had no time to care about any of that. Rare opportunities for real combat were hard to come by. If he did not seize them properly, what else was he supposed to think about?

"My Chen Family has not offended your Wang family in any way, has it? You attacked our estate like this—do you think my Chen Family is easy to bully?"

Several Body Strengthening Stage martial artists who had rushed into the Chen Family estate were sent flying out like cannonballs, smashing shallow craters into the ground.

They lay in the pits with their chests caved in, vomiting blood in great mouthfuls. With injuries like those, they were beyond saving.

After Wang Pan and his group consecutively destroyed several families, every family in the city had become vigilant.

That was why the Body Strengthening Stage martial artists had been beaten out the moment they entered the Chen Family.

A middle-aged man in his forties led numerous Chen Family Estate Guards out, his expression grim.

The Chen Family had previously been gloating over the families destroyed by the Wang family. They never expected that, in the blink of an eye, the Wang family would storm their own estate.

"Peak Muscle and Tendon Changing Stage? He's mine. Leave the rest of the Chen Family to yourselves."

Wang Pan looked the middle-aged man up and down, a delighted smile appearing on his face.

No one else objected. They had initially worried that something might happen to Wang Pan, but along the way, Wang Pan had already killed four or five Muscle and Tendon Changing Stage martial artists!

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Pan charged forward. His fist shot out like a dragon and smashed toward the middle-aged man!

Wang Pan believed that if they were going to fight, then fight. What was with all the pointless talk? This was a battle to the death, not friends inviting each other to dinner.

What, were they supposed to chat about daily life before fighting and discuss the latest happenings in Baiyang City?