Marriage Alliance

"Son-in-law! Son-in-law! For the sake of our being Nan Family members, spare our lives! We were just confused for a moment. We let greed cloud our minds!"

Just then, Nan Shunda, Nan Yuantong, and the others hurriedly kowtowed to Qin Guan, hoping he would spare their lives.

Nearby, Nan Yunqi couldn't help but curse, "You traitorous lackeys! How dare you beg for mercy? You all deserve to die!"

Thinking of how these people had joined forces with outsiders to slaughter their own clan members, Nan Yunqi wished he could tear them limb from limb.

Nan Shunda suddenly turned angrily toward Nan Yunqi:

"The blood of the Nan Family runs through our veins too. Nan Yunqi, if you kill all of us, there'll hardly be any clan members left. How will you face the Nan Family's Old Ancestor in the future?"

Nan Yuantong hurriedly chimed in from nearby:

"If you kill us, then when future generations of the Nan Family ask about it, they'll all know you, Nan Yunqi, as a butcher who slaughtered his own kin. Your deeds will leave a shameful mark in the Nan Family records!"

Nan Yunqi sneered. "Posterity will judge right and wrong for themselves. But don't worry. After you die, I'll have someone put your names in the family records. Of course, I'll add a note afterward, labeling you 'family traitors,' so future generations will learn from your example!"

"You! Nan Yunqi, may you die a miserable death!"

Nan Shunda and the others were furious, nearly driven mad. If Nan Yunqi did this, generations to come would point at them and curse them, and they would become eternal sinners in the eyes of their family.

"Nan Yunqi, the Nan Family will soon be ruined in your hands too. Don't think you're so great just because you have a Fifth Realm Martial Cultivator for a son-in-law. Let me tell you, he's not only offended Spirit Sword Academy, but Cloud Mist Sect too—the two top forces in Qingzhou. Can one Fifth Realm Martial Cultivator really stand against them?" Nan Shunda said with a feral grin.

Just then, seven or eight Nan Family disciples behind Nan Shunda and Nan Yuantong suddenly crawled forward.

"Family Head, we only joined the Xiao Family because we were misled by the Grand Elder and Second Elder. We regretted it as soon as we got there. The Xiao Family never treated us like people. We know we were wrong, Family Head. Please spare us!"

Now that they had discovered Qin Guan was a powerful Fifth Realm Martial Cultivator, that under his leadership every Nan Family member had received a Profound-tier cultivation technique, and that the Nan Family had close ties with the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, they deeply regretted leaving the Nan Family. They hoped Nan Yunqi would take them back.

Seeing so many Nan Family members begging for mercy, Nan Yunqi's resolve began to waver. He looked at Qin Guan, about to say something, but Qin Guan suddenly said gravely, "When they raised their blades, they didn't stop to consider that you were Nan Family members."

"That's right! The son-in-law is right. When they attacked us just now, they didn't care that we were from the same family!"

Jia Quan hurriedly spoke up. He knew that Nan Yunqi's fatal flaw as Family Head was that he always hesitated and overthought everything. He simply wasn't ruthless enough.

"Family Head, these traitors must not be spared!"

The other Nan Family members nodded in agreement.

Nan Yunqi took a deep breath. "You're right. We can never tolerate traitors!"

Nan Yunqi knew in his heart that he shouldn't pity these traitors, but deep down, he still couldn't bring himself to do it.

"Leave none alive!"

Qin Guan suddenly spoke.

At his words, Chen Guanxiang charged forward first, with Old Mo and the others close behind. Jia Quan, Nan Chang, and the rest rushed in as well.

Slash! Slash! Slash!

Before long, everyone from Cloud Mist Sect, the Xiao Family, the Song Family, and the many other participating family forces had been killed. Not a single person was left alive.

Many family forces had originally only planned to seize the Nan Family's Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills while they had the chance. They never expected that a moment's greed would bring their families utter ruin.

At that moment, blood flowed like a river through the Nan Family courtyard. Bodies lay scattered everywhere, and the air reeked of blood.

Many of those present had probably never killed as many people in their entire lives as they had today. This was especially true of the Nan Family members, who had always been bullied. Forget killing anyone—they'd considered themselves lucky if nobody killed them.

This incident had changed them all in profound ways.

The most immediate lesson was that the weak would be beaten, and might even be killed.

Nan Yunqi ordered people to begin clearing the battlefield and disposing of the bodies.

Not long afterward, in the Nan Family's main hall.

Jiang Lianyue came over to Qin Guan. "Qin Guan, the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion went all out today. How are you going to make it up to us?"

Nan Rou hurriedly expressed her gratitude from nearby. "If Younger Sister Lianyue hadn't helped us today, we could all have been killed by those people!"

Thinking of how they'd been surrounded and attacked by so many people, Nan Rou was still shaken. If the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion's formation masters hadn't set up a Defense Formation, the consequences would have been unthinkable.

Qin Guan nodded. He'd been careless this time, but there was good in the bad. Flowers grown in a hothouse could never truly flourish, and for the Nan Family disciples, this had been an excellent trial.

"Don't just nod. Hurry up and show me how sincere you are!" Jiang Lianyue grumbled, giving Qin Guan a shove.