Exterminating Three Clans

"Shrek Academy... Heh."

Du Busi sneered, his voice chilling, a vicious glint flashing unmistakably in his eyes.

Ye An instinctively glanced at Zhang Lexuan and noticed the shattered despair in her eyes. He said softly, "Sister Lexuan, I'm here. In the future... I'll go with you to Shrek Academy and take revenge for you. We'll wipe away this hatred."

At his words, Zhang Lexuan pressed her lips together.

Although Ye An's words truly sent a warm current through her heart, a trace of struggle appeared in her eyes.

Yet, as though he had sensed something, Ye An continued before Zhang Lexuan could speak. "The Body Sect and Shrek Academy have always been mortal enemies. Besides, you're my fiancée."

It was somewhat difficult to avenge Zhang Lexuan at this stage, but that didn't mean he and the Body Sect wouldn't be able to do it in the future.

Thinking of this, Ye An clenched his fist.

He had always felt that the line, "I will destroy Spirit Hall at any cost," was ridiculously melodramatic, but now... it seemed it truly would become a future goal.

Only, the target had changed from Spirit Hall to Shrek Academy.

He wasn't some useless trash like Yu Xiaogang, who had only broken through to Rank 29 at fifty.

With a Silver-Tier Second Awakening Body Martial Soul, White Bone, and a mysterious yet powerful Heart Martial Soul... he had the confidence to achieve that goal!

"Thank you, Xiao An."

Feeling the determination and strength in Ye An's words, Zhang Lexuan took a deep breath, and a little life gradually returned to her eyes.

Seeing this, Du Busi's expression softened slightly, and he nodded. But when his gaze fell upon Bi Qing once more, obvious disgust surfaced in his eyes. "Xiao Xuan, how do you want to deal with this man... and Earl Xuan Ye's Clan?"

As soon as he finished speaking, panic immediately appeared on Bi Qing's face. "Sect Master Du, don't punish the family for one man's crimes! Don't punish the family! The only ones who acted that day were me and the Earl's Estate's two retainers. No one else took action!"

"Don't punish the family for one man's crimes? When you assisted the Shrek Inspection Corps in exterminating the Moonwatch Viscount Family, why didn't you think of those words?"

Zhang Lexuan gritted her teeth and stepped on him again, fury written across her face.

This time, Zhang Lexuan even used soul power. Without holding back in the slightest, she crushed Bi Qing's hand bones to pieces beneath her foot.

"Hundreds of people, from top to bottom, in the Moonwatch Viscount Family... When you slaughtered every last one of them, why didn't you think of not punishing their families?"

After learning that Shrek Academy was the true culprit and realizing she had no way to thoroughly avenge herself for the time being, Zhang Lexuan clearly wanted to vent the hatred in her heart upon Xuan Ye Earl. As she spoke, she viciously kicked Bi Qing again, sending him flying.

Neither Du Busi nor Ye An stopped her.

This was the hatred of an exterminated family!

In Ye An's eyes, even if Zhang Lexuan skinned Bi Qing alive and pulled out his tendons, it still wouldn't be excessive.

Bi Qing spat out a massive mouthful of blood after being kicked away, yet he didn't dare complain in the slightest. Instead, he nearly frantically crawled back and pleaded bitterly, "I am willing to bear responsibility for this alone... Please spare my family!"

"Bear it alone? Can you bear it!?"

Wei Tiance's face darkened, his voice seeming to squeeze out through clenched teeth. "Bi Qing, you committed such an atrocity for your own selfish interests, and you still want your family to escape judgment? The Moonwatch Viscount Family's importance to the empire was greater than ten of you combined!"

As he spoke, Wei Tiance looked at Du Busi, then at Zhang Lexuan, whose face was still filled with fury. He said solemnly, "The chief culprits in the extermination—the Xuan Ye Earl and the two retainers—will be left to Sect Master Du and... this surviving descendant of the Moonwatch Viscount Family. As for Earl Xuanye's Estate—"

"Exterminate three clans!"

As those words fell, Bi Qing's body trembled violently, despair flashing through his eyes.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Even if Earl Xuan Ye's Clan has no merit, we've still labored for the empire! You can't do this! Your Majesty!"

Zhang Lexuan closed her eyes. When she opened them again, they had already become calm.

The next instant, a cold beam of moonlight flashed past, and a clear line of blood appeared across Xuan Ye Earl's neck.

Bi Qing's eyes suddenly widened. He instinctively tried to raise a hand to cover his wound, but his body went limp and collapsed.

Wei Tiance acted swiftly. On the very night Bi Qing was personally killed by Zhang Lexuan, the Heavenly Soul Douluo personally took action and slaughtered all three clans of Xuan Ye Earl's Clan. As for the two retainers from Earl Xuanye's Estate, Du Busi personally crippled their cultivation before Zhang Lexuan killed them herself.

Though it didn't count as fully avenging her hatred, it at least temporarily settled one of Zhang Lexuan's burdens.

Ye An also finally took this opportunity to understand the difference between exterminating three clans and exterminating nine clans.

The extermination of three clans mentioned by Wei Tiance implicated a far wider range than the extermination of nine clans. In just one night, this earl family that had been passed down for many years in the Heavenly Soul Empire was utterly destroyed; even the earthworms in their home were split vertically in half.

Wei Tiance's actions were not solely intended to bring the Heavenly Soul Imperial Family and the Body Sect closer together.

Because he was afraid.

Shrek Academy's influence, along with its extermination of the Moonwatch Viscount Family, had thoroughly instilled fear in the emperor of the Heavenly Soul Empire.

Although Shrek Academy had always presented itself as an academy, its influence was clearly no longer something that could be described as merely that of an academy.

It was said that after this incident, Wei Tiance began thoroughly investigating the connections between the nobles within the Heavenly Soul Empire and Shrek Academy. But that no longer had much to do with Ye An and Zhang Lexuan.

After personally killing Bi Qing and the two retainers from Earl Xuanye's Estate, Du Busi brought Ye An and Zhang Lexuan back to the Body Sect.

Du Busi didn't even need to urge them before Ye An and Zhang Lexuan resumed their grueling cultivation.

While cultivating Unity of Heaven and Man, Ye An also began creating his own soul skill according to the ideas in his mind. Meanwhile, Zhang Lexuan began cultivating under Hurricane Cave's crushing pressure in an almost self-destructive manner.

Seeing the two work so hard, Du Busi couldn't help sighing inwardly.

In truth, by this point, there wasn't much left that he could teach them. At most, he could offer some help when they hunted Soul Rings and give Ye An a few suggestions based on his own experience while Ye An created his soul skills.

The good news, however, was that Ye An and Zhang Lexuan's diligence inspired Long Aotian and Vina, who joined the Body Sect afterward.

The two also became far more diligent and hardworking in their cultivation.

As long as all four of them grew strong, the Body Sect would surely become the continent's greatest power, and Xiao Xuan would be able to avenge her hatred...