The Beginning of Revenge

Near the city gates, Bi Changsheng quickly spotted the refugees fighting the city guards. He did not choose to approach, instead stopping on a distant rooftop to watch.

Though the displaced refugees were numerous, most of them were malnourished and unarmed. They were no match at all for the sturdy, weapon-wielding city guards.

Fortunately, there were also many Yellow Heaven Cult martial artists among the refugees. Two men and one woman in particular caught Bi Changsheng's attention. Their strength eclipsed everyone else's on the battlefield as they charged into the city guards and madly harvested the guards' lives.

There was simply no one among the city guards who could contend with those three. They could only use their lives to delay them for a moment.

It was precisely because of those three that the scales of victory began to tip toward the refugees.

Having clearly seen the situation from afar, Bi Changsheng had no intention of intervening.

The situation on the field seemed clear enough now, but reinforcements from within the city would surely arrive soon. Since the group that had incited the refugees dared to launch this unrest, they must have their own confidence. As for who would die and who would live, that was still unknown.

Bi Changsheng did not care about the final outcome of this conflict. After confirming the situation, he turned and hurried back to his small courtyard.

Not long after Bi Changsheng left, men from the Zhao Family and the Sun Family arrived one after another. Since Zhao Wenbai was injured, Zhao Honglang led the Zhao Family's reinforcements. For much the same reason, Sun Chengde brought the Sun Family's men to provide support.

With the two families joining the battle, the city guards finally stabilized their losing position.

"There has been a refugee uprising at the city gates. They are currently fighting the city guards there."

"I have something to do shortly. Stay home and keep the doors shut. Some refugees may take this chance to force their way into the city."

"But with your strength, Zheng Qing, you should be able to handle it. If anyone tries to force their way in, just strike directly. Do not show mercy."

After returning to his courtyard, Bi Changsheng briefly explained the situation to Uncle Fu and the others, gave them simple instructions, and prepared to head out again.

"Yes, Young Master."

"Young Master, you should be careful as well."

After half a month of grueling cultivation, Liu Zhengqing's Cultivation Level had already broken through to the Mid Skin Refining Realm. With his current strength, as long as he did not go outside, protecting himself and his father at home would be more than enough.

Bi Changsheng left once more, but this time his destination was the North District. The waters of Lin'an City had now been thoroughly muddied, and every force in the city had been drawn to the unrest at the gates. It was the perfect time to fish in troubled waters.

He intended to officially begin the Bi Family's path of revenge.

Lin'an City County Office.

Just as Shi Kangshun and the others stepped out of the County Office gates, a man blocked their path.

"Who are you? How dare you stand in the way of these lords? Have you grown tired of living?"

"Move aside at once."

A constable, thinking himself clever, spoke up to drive the man away. He had his own calculations. The man before him did not match any of the powerful figures he remembered in the city, so he felt no fear.

Besides, the county magistrate was present. He was clearing the way for the county magistrate. Could there possibly be anyone in all of Lin'an City greater than the county magistrate?

"I am afraid you will not be leaving."

The man blocking the way replied calmly. He was Bai Yingfei, the Yellow Heaven Cult's Hall Master. If they wished to seize Lin'an City in one stroke, the County Office that represented Great Gan was an obstacle they could not bypass.

In Bai Yingfei's plan, he would take down the County Office alone before rushing to support Ning Siyuan and the others.

"Arrogant. If you will not move aside, then die."

Time was pressing. Upon hearing that Bai Yingfei would not yield the road, Chief Constable Fan Shao immediately drew his saber and attacked him.

Though his words had sounded relaxed, Fan Shao did not know Bai Yingfei's strength. To be safe, and to save time, he used his full strength from the very start.

With one slash, his momentum was like that of a fierce tiger, incomparably mighty.

This was precisely the characteristic of the Five Tiger Broken Door Saber that Fan Shao cultivated.

Facing Fan Shao's ferocious attack, Bai Yingfei paid it no mind. When Fan Shao's saber was about to strike him, the aura of the Qi and Blood Realm erupted from his body like a volcanic explosion, a thin layer of pale red Blood Qi swirling around him.

Bai Yingfei casually struck out with his palm. His dense Blood Qi formed a giant hand that slammed into Fan Shao from afar, sending him flying back with overwhelming force.

After rolling several times across the ground, Fan Shao finally came to a stop. Then he spat out a mouthful of blood, clearly heavily injured.

To severely wound an Inner Strength Realm martial artist with a casual move—such was the terrifying strength of a Qi and Blood Realm martial artist.

"A Qi and Blood Realm expert!"

Seeing Bai Yingfei's display, any martial artist with a little common sense understood that he was a Qi and Blood Realm martial artist.

Once Shi Kangshun and the others standing at the County Office entrance learned that Bai Yingfei was a Qi and Blood Realm expert, their legs began to tremble, cold sweat streaming down their bodies.

Elsewhere, Bi Changsheng had chosen the Sun Family as his first target. When he arrived before Sun Manor, once the Bi Manor, he no longer moved with the caution he had shown last time. He blasted open Sun Manor's gates with brute force and charged in with his sword in hand.

Bi Changsheng strolled from the entrance all the way to the inner courtyard as though taking a leisurely walk. Every person connected to the Sun Family fell beneath his sword, just as they had done on the night they massacred the Bi Family.

Yet Bi Changsheng himself remained unchanged, without even a single drop of blood staining him.

"Die!"

"I will kill you!"

Such a tremendous disturbance in the Sun Family naturally alerted Elder Sun Yonghua and Second Elder Sun Yongyan, who were still at Sun Manor. When the two arrived and saw the corpses of their clansmen scattered everywhere, rage surged into their hearts. They unleashed the Sun Family's inherited ultimate art, the Nine Yin Heart Destroying Palm, and struck at Bi Changsheng from the front and behind.

Seeing Sun Yonghua and Sun Yongyan, both Inner Strength Realm martial artists, Bi Changsheng finally became slightly more serious. The dense Blood Qi within him burst forth, thick crimson Blood Qi coiling around his body before spreading toward the Qingfeng Sword in his hand, eventually covering the entire blade.

After breaking through to the Qi and Blood Realm, Bi Changsheng discovered that the combination of All-Inclusive Great Tonic Soup and the Body Burning Art, this Life-Spending Cultivation method, had become much slower at raising his Cultivation Level. Over the past half month, he had undergone Life-Spending Cultivation several more times, only barely breaking through to the Late Qi and Blood Realm after the most recent session.

The Sword Shadow Storm blossomed once more. The difference was that as the Sword Shadow Storm bloomed this time, it also gave rise to a Sword Qi storm—or, more precisely, a Blood Qi Sword Qi Storm. Thirteen Blood Qi Sword Qi flew from the sword shadows, slashing toward Sun Yongyan and Sun Yonghua respectively.

The gap between the Qi and Blood Realm and the Inner Strength Realm was as vast as heaven and earth, not to mention that Bi Changsheng was no ordinary Qi and Blood Realm martial artist. Sun Yonghua and Sun Yongyan were also injured, widening the disparity between them even further.

Of course, even if the two had been in perfect peak condition, they would still have been utterly vulnerable before Bi Changsheng, incapable of posing him the slightest threat.

Sun Yongyan, behind Bi Changsheng, did not even have time to react before the fierce Blood Qi Sword Qi tore him apart. Sun Yonghua, in front of Bi Changsheng, only had time to take one final look at him before meeting the same fate, ripped apart by Blood Qi Sword Qi.

Since he had come for revenge today, Bi Changsheng had deliberately chosen not to disguise himself.

In that final glance, Sun Yonghua recognized Bi Changsheng. The instant he did, boundless regret filled his heart.

Though he was utterly shocked that Bi Changsheng had gained such formidable Cultivation Level in merely a few months, what he regretted most in his final moments was why, on the night they exterminated the Bi Family, they had not put in a little more effort to cut the grass and dig out the roots, leading to this outcome today.