Famous Throughout Wutan

Famous Throughout Wutan

"What do you think?"

There was not a trace of pity in Chen Qiye's eyes. He looked at Xu Yi as if he were already dead. As he slowly walked toward Xu Yi, he said, "Though you didn't attack me, you shouldn't have set your sights on my disciple. If I let you go today, wouldn't everyone dare to come test me in the future?"

As Chen Qiye drew closer, Xu Yi's entire body trembled uncontrollably. Finally, he gritted his teeth. Purple flames condensed in his hands as he said shakily, "You can't kill me! I'm a fourth-tier alchemist, an honorary elder of the Alchemist Association!"

"Oh, really?"

Chen Qiye did not stop walking. He said blandly, "Even if Gu He dared to set his sights on my disciple today... there would only be one path for him: death."

Buzz!

Hearing Chen Qiye's calm, placid voice, Xiao Yi Xian's delicate body trembled for no reason, and warmth gradually rose in her heart.

"Ding! Emotion points from Xiao Yi Xian +1000!"

"Ding! Emotion points from Xiao Yan +1000!"

"Ding! Emotion points from..."

"Ding! Obtained 10 Master Teacher Points!"

Behind them, Xiao Zhan shook his head with a cold smile. Even a peerless genius like Yun Tianbing had been blasted to death with a single palm strike by Chen Qiye. How could the name of the Alchemist Guild possibly intimidate him? After all, the Alchemist Guild of the Jia Ma Empire was far inferior in status to a colossal force like the Misty Cloud Sect.

"The Alchemist Guild?" Chen Qiye stopped at those words and spoke.

Seeing this, a glimmer of hope immediately rose in Xu Yi's heart. He hurriedly said, "If you spare me, I'm willing to provide the Xiao Clan with twenty third-tier medicinal pills, plus another fifty thousand gold coins!"

"Twenty... third-tier medicinal pills?"

"Fifty thousand gold coins?"

As soon as those terms were offered, the First Elder and Third Elder's faces flushed, and they could not help licking their lips.

The rest of the Xiao Clan also felt a trace of anticipation. Even Xiao Yi Xian and the others thought Chen Qiye would accept the offer and spare Xu Yi.

But then they heard Chen Qiye's cold voice. "Anyone who dares set their sights on my disciple must repay it with their life."

"What!"

Everyone was stunned. Xu Yi suddenly leaped into the air, and the purple flames in his hands burst into fierce combustion, enveloping his entire body like a purple beacon lit in the dark of night.

What they saw next made everyone's pupils contract sharply.

Chen Qiye merely raised his hand and gave it a light flick. A violent wind immediately howled, and Xu Yi shot higher and higher like a rocket launching into the sky. With a bang, he exploded dozens of meters above the ground. Countless purple specks scattered through the air, fleeting like brilliant fireworks, and darkness once again descended upon heaven and earth!

A fourth-tier alchemist!

Mr. Xu, Xu Yi, a nine-star Da Dou Shi, was dead!

The elites of the Jia Lie Clan and Ao Ba Clan could no longer suppress the fear in their hearts. Thud, thud, thud...

The sound of people falling to their knees rang out in steady succession. They trembled, feared, and begged for mercy.

"Spare us, sir! Please spare us..."

Chen Qiye paid these elite Dou Shi no heed. He turned and slowly walked toward Xiao Zhan. With a faint smile, he declared loudly, "Clan Head Xiao, the chief culprit has been executed. These people merely followed orders. Recruit those who can be recruited. Let the rest leave."

His voice rang like a great bell, resounding in everyone's ears.

The elite Dou Shi all raised their heads. Their gazes toward Chen Qiye were filled with a tangled mix of emotions.

Terror, horror, shock, delight, regret!

Countless emotions gathered in their hearts, leaving them kneeling there without a single person rising. They watched the young man in bloodstained white robes, his clothes fluttering in the wind as he strolled leisurely with his hands behind his back.

At that moment, all their emotions converged and erupted. They deeply bowed toward Chen Qiye.

"Ding! Emotion points from..."

The night wind blew softly, and a faint streak of dawn gradually appeared at the horizon.

Watching Chen Qiye walk away, the Xiao Clan members felt that their entire lives had never held a day as thrilling as this one.

Xiao Mei, Xiao Yu, Xiao... and the other younger generation watched Xiao Yan's departing figure. Jealousy and envy intertwined in their hearts, fully revealed in their eyes and impossible to conceal any longer.

"The Xiao Clan! It will finally rise!"

Many elders sighed inwardly. They knew that after today, Wutan City would have only one great clan left!

The Xiao Clan!

And the one who had brought all this about was merely a twenty-year-old youth!

After today, his name would thoroughly shake Wutan. No one would be unaware of him!

After the shock passed, Xiao Zhan decisively issued his orders:

"There is no time to lose. Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa are both dead, and the elites of the two clans have all come out. Their clans must be vulnerable now!"

"Third Elder, hurry back to Wutan City and gather our forces. Take advantage of the situation to sweep away all the forces of those two clans throughout Wutan City!"

"First Elder, take half the men and strike directly at the Jia Lie Clan. If anyone resists, show no mercy! I'll lead the other half to launch a surprise attack on the Ao Ba Clan. By sunrise, Wutan City will have no second voice!"

Xiao Zhan issued his orders methodically. "As for you! You have all witnessed Master Chen's strength. Those willing to join my Xiao Clan and seek great things together are more than welcome. Those unwilling may leave now. Xiao Zhan will never make things difficult for you!"

"Move out!" Xiao Zhan waved his hand. Speed was of the essence. With Chen Qiye guarding the Xiao Clan estate, he had no worries whatsoever.

The First Elder and Third Elder did not hesitate either, immediately leading their men away.

The next day, a piece of news that shocked the entire city rapidly spread through Wutan City: the Jia Lie Clan and Ao Ba Clan had been exterminated by the Xiao Clan overnight!

The various small and medium-sized clans of Wutan City discovered that the estates and businesses of the Jia Lie Clan and Ao Ba Clan throughout the city had all been taken over by Xiao Clan personnel. The entire city fell silent, suffused with an extremely strange atmosphere.

Then, a terrifying piece of news suddenly spread:

Yun Tianbing, the number one genius of the Misty Cloud Sect's outer sect and a one-star Dou Ling, had been slain outside the Xiao Clan estate the previous night.

Before that news had spread for long, another earth-shattering announcement followed:

Mr. Xu, a fourth-tier alchemist of the Alchemist Guild, along with his two Dou Ling guards, had also been slain by the same person.

The deaths of three Dou Ling powerhouses and a fourth-tier alchemist swept through Wutan City like a Category 18 hurricane. It was far more terrifying than the extermination of the two clans. As the news continued to spread to surrounding regions, one name was deeply engraved into the hearts of every small and medium-sized clan, as well as the Dou Zhe who roamed Wutan City: Chen Qiye!

A young powerhouse who had slain three Dou Ling, the teacher of the Xiao Clan's Third Young Master, a wandering poet from the Imperial Capital.

"A wandering poet?"

That final title drew sneers from the clan heads of countless small and medium-sized clans.

Since when had wandering poets become this absurdly powerful? While they were still speculating over Chen Qiye's true identity, an "order" arrived from Xiao Zhan, the Xiao Clan Head: all clan heads and commercial district leaders of Wutan City were cordially invited to the Xiao Clan estate... for a meeting!

At that moment!

Everyone knew that Wutan City had completely changed!