I'll Take the Supreme Bone

Night fell.

The entire Qin family was silent.

With the urgent bells of war ringing, the Qin family canceled all nighttime activities. Everyone was busy increasing their cultivation; only the strong would survive the war to come.

Creak!!

Qin Hao's door slowly swung open, and Qin Feng strolled inside.

Faint moonlight filtered through the window. Qin Feng saw his second younger brother fast asleep, hugging a little battered cauldron. His innocent, guileless look made it hard to bring himself to act.

"Little brother, your big brother is doing this for your own good!"

Qin Feng kept reassuring himself. He had no choice but to do this.

Only by digging out his second younger brother's Supreme Bone could he preserve the Qin family's strength and let them retreat from the light into the shadows. It would also force his younger brother to endure hardship and grow as quickly as possible, while helping Qin Feng complete his quest.

Three birds with one stone!

Forgive me, my foolish Oudou Dou!!

"Big brother..."

Qin Hao rubbed his sleepy eyes and woke up, seeing Qin Feng standing by his bed.

But before he could happily throw himself into his big brother's arms, a sharp pain struck his chest. He looked down and saw his brother's hand plunged into his body.

"Big brother..."

Qin Hao looked up in disbelief. The smiling big brother he knew was gone, replaced by a cold and heartless one.

"I'll take the Supreme Bone!"

Qin Feng steeled his heart and tore the Supreme Bone from his younger brother's body.

"Ding! Congratulations, host! You injured the Son of Heaven and left him on the brink of death. You have received 800,000 Villain Points!"

"Ding! Congratulations, host! You extracted the Son of Heaven's Supreme Bone and destroyed his opportunity. You have received one Lucky Draw Opportunity!"

"Ding! Congratulations, host! You extracted the Son of Heaven's Supreme Bone and completed the Heaven-Defying Villain Epic Quest. You have obtained Invincible Twin Pupils!"

The three rewards in quick succession left Qin Feng dazed.

At the same time, his eyes underwent a transformation. Each pupil split in two, as though they could see through the very essence of the world, yet he could retract his Twin Pupils at any time and return his eyes to normal.

Clang!

The little cauldron fell from Qin Hao's hands, and he collapsed onto the bed.

"So this is Invincible Twin Pupils!?"

Qin Feng's gaze settled on the little cauldron.

Unlike the last time he had looked, now he could see what seemed to be a feeble Soul Body inside. It had to be the protagonist's personal old grandpa.

"It's fake! It has to be fake!"

Qin Hao struggled desperately on the bed, unable to believe his big brother would treat him this way.

But no matter how much he refused to believe it, he couldn't change reality. All he could do was watch helplessly as his brother left with the Supreme Bone, without even looking back.

As for the little cauldron, Qin Feng didn't take it.

Leaving aside whether the old grandpa would recognize him as its master, even if it did, he didn't need it.

His system was far more formidable than the old grandpa. Better to leave it for his second younger brother.

A bone in exchange for an old grandpa—he'd made a killing!

After Qin Feng left, a sigh came from inside the little cauldron. "Twin pupils were an invincible path from the start. Why borrow another's bone?"

With that,

a gentle light shimmered from the little cauldron, enveloping Qin Hao and healing him.

Meanwhile—

In Qin Feng's parents' room,

"No, no..."

After hearing about the fate awaiting her two sons, Yun Xiyue shook her head again and again, weeping.

She begged Qin Tian not to do this. As their mother, she couldn't stand by and watch her son suffer out there.

He was only eight!!

He was still a child!!

And they couldn't tell her younger son, Qin Hao, the truth. That meant that one day she might see her two sons turn on each other and fight to the death. For a mother, it was simply too cruel.

"We have to believe in him!"

Qin Tian fought to control his emotions and held his wife tightly in his arms.

How could he not know that this was a pain no parent could bear? But as head of the Qin family, he couldn't stand by and watch his clansmen march to their deaths, nor could he watch the Qin family fight until both sides were crippled.

The Qin family's retreat today was for their dragon to soar through the heavens tomorrow!

Thump!!

Thump!!

Thump!!

Three loud knocks sounded outside the door. Qin Feng had come to his parents' door and knocked his head against the ground three times.

"Feng'er!!"

Yun Xiyue finally broke down. She wanted to open the door and see her son one last time.

But Qin Tian stopped her. If Yun Xiyue saw Qin Feng now, they would never be able to keep the situation under control.

If others came to watch, wouldn't all their efforts have been for nothing?

"Father, Mother, your son is leaving!"

Qin Feng rose without the slightest hesitation and left the Qin family without looking back.

"My son!"

Yun Xiyue sobbed her heart out in Qin Tian's arms, her little fists pounding against his chest.

That was a piece of her own flesh and blood. Now she had to watch him go suffer, hunted by all kinds of people. How could she bear it?!

At the entrance to the Qin family,

Qin Feng felt the cool night breeze and turned to look at the Qin family one last time.

He had been in this world for eight years. Here, he had felt the warmth of home and the care of relatives and friends... To protect this family, he had to leave.

Ancient Wasteland!!

Pretty ladies, sweet young wives, your Qin Feng is coming!

"Huh!"

Qin Feng froze when he saw the Crooked Neck Tree at the entrance.

Just like the little cauldron, he hadn't noticed anything unusual before. But now, with the help of his Twin Pupils, he could see an incredibly terrifying energy hidden within it.

Ruined, desolate!

As if it didn't belong to this world, as if it had crossed hundreds of eras to arrive here.

"Good grief, the Son of Heaven really does play by no rules!"

Qin Feng stared speechlessly at the Supreme Bone in his hand. Compared with the old grandpa in the little cauldron and the mysterious Crooked Neck Tree, the Supreme Bone seemed like nothing more than the bottom of the barrel.

Just then—

The Progenitor's voice traveled through the air to Qin Feng's ears. "Child, dawn is almost here. The Qin family's order to hunt you down will soon spread throughout the Ancient Wasteland. Where do you plan to go?"

"To the Yin Moon Dynasty!"

Qin Feng gazed resolutely ahead, declaring that he would go to the most dangerous place.

Ever since the Yin Moon Dynasty's reforms a century ago, it had been unlike the other dynasties. It had adopted something like the presidential system of later generations: leadership was no longer hereditary, but went to the capable.

As a traitor to the Qin family, he was certain they would be very interested in him.

More importantly, after its reforms, the Yin Moon Dynasty had grown ever stronger. It was bound to challenge Great Xia, the former leader. Going undercover there would be another safeguard for the Qin family's future.

As for the fact that three of the four great beauties of the Ancient Wasteland came from the Yin Moon Dynasty, he had absolutely no interest in that.

"Child, you must come back alive!!"

The Progenitor struggled to contain his emotions, deeply moved by Qin Feng.

He was only eight!

Always thinking of the family's interests—the family had failed him!

"Ding! What a hypocritical villain. This deserves a round of applause. Congratulations, host! Your Personal Space has doubled in size."

Who the hell was a hypocrite!?

He was the Qin family's hope!

Qin Feng viciously looked down on the system, telling it to keep quiet if it didn't know how to speak.

Just then—

Shouts rang out from the Qin family. "Someone! Come quickly! The Second Young Master has been attacked..."