Kill Them All

"Yun? What are you doing here?"

When Mother saw the figure approaching, she could not help but freeze.

"Hmm? Nie Yun? That useless trash?"

"Who said he's useless? He just said something sensible for once. Good—hand over the Pengxin Snow Lotus, and when our Nie Zhang Branch advances into the inner clan, we might even reward you with ten or eight taels when we're in a good mood!"

Seeing Nie Yun suddenly appear, the people of the Nie Zhang Branch found it somewhat strange. But when they heard that he had come to persuade his mother, they all grinned excitedly.

Rumor had it that the future heir of the Nie Tian Branch was a useless waste, beaten unconscious by Nie Chao for days without daring to make a peep... They had thought the news was false before, but seeing how cowardly he looked now, it had to be true!

Not only did he fail to help when his mother was being bullied, he even urged her to surrender. Having a son like that was worse than having no son at all!

At this thought, everyone looked at Nie Yun with utter contempt.

"Mother, hurry up. The Pengxin Snow Lotus is useless to us anyway. Since they want it, just give it to them!" In Nie Yun's eyes, these people were already dead, so he paid no heed to their scorn. Seeing his mother standing at the edge of the cliff without moving, he spoke again.

"Give it to them?"

Hearing her son say such a thing, Mother sighed inwardly, profound disappointment filling her eyes.

After her son had regained his senses, he had injured Nie Chao and the others. He had acted decisively and with high spirits, carrying the shadow of Nie Xiaotian from years ago. She had thought her son had finally grown up and could stand on his own, so she had laid down the burden in her heart. She had decided to find a way to treat her husband Nie Xiaotian's injuries, and under Madam Shen Gui's encouragement, had come here to gather medicine. Yet after all this, her son showed not the slightest concern for her anger and urged her to compromise!

He had been somewhat withdrawn before, but he had at least possessed backbone, refusing food handed out in humiliation. She had thought he would become even more driven after regaining his senses, but she had never expected this outcome!

"Haha, a wise man submits to the times. Nie Ling, I never thought you'd be less sensible than your own son!" Madam Shen Gui burst into laughter.

Nie Ling was Mother's name. She was also a member of the Nie Family and had no blood relation to Nie Xiaotian.

"Yun, this Pengxin Snow Lotus can heal your father's damaged sea of qi. I'm giving it to you now. Whether you give it to them is for you to decide! No matter what choice you make, Mother won't blame you!"

Though her heart ached, Mother still held onto a trace of hope. With a flick of her wrist, the jade box in her palm flew straight toward Nie Yun.

When Nie Yun saw the jade box flying over and the people surrounding his mother all moving toward him, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Kid, bring over the Pengxin Snow Lotus. Once our Nie Zhang Branch enters the inner clan, I'll take good care of you!"

"Hehe, hand over the Snow Lotus. We can spare you and your mother today. Otherwise, you won't just be lying down for five days—you'll probably spend the rest of your life in bed!"

Everyone extended their hands at once.

In their eyes, the youth had yielded just now. If they frightened him a little, he would surely soften immediately and obediently hand over the item.

"You all want the Pengxin Snow Lotus? Which one of you should I give it to? How about this—I'll toss it into the air. Whoever grabs it gets it!"

Nie Yun laughed and casually threw the jade box into the sky.

Whoosh!

The jade box spun through the air in a graceful arc.

"It's mine!"

"Mine..."

Though Madam Shen Gui and the others belonged to the same branch, they were far from united. Shouting, they leaped into the air at the same time.

"Hehe."

With a cold laugh, Nie Yun's seemingly lazy body suddenly moved!

Like a tiger pouncing on its prey, he was still as a mountain until he moved; once he moved, he became a rainbow spanning the heavens, charging straight into the crowd.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Unable to dodge in midair, and with most of their attention focused on the jade box above, they never imagined that such a weak-looking youth could move so quickly. Before they could react, they simultaneously felt sweetness rise in their throats and darkness fall before their eyes. One after another, they dropped from the air, becoming stiff corpses on the ground.

"Ah... You dare murder members of the family? Nie Yun, what gall you have!"

Madam Shen Gui, the strongest among them, had luckily evaded the attack. Seeing the corpses before her, her face turned pale as she screamed.

Although she had masterminded this affair, she was still only a woman. How could she have ever seen dead bodies? She was nearly driven mad.

A sheep that had just been weak and at everyone's mercy had turned into a wolf that killed without blinking in the time it took to blink an eye. She simply could not accept such a change.

"Murder members of the family? Hehe, this is deep in the mountains and old forests. Who would know that I killed you? I'd say you came looking for the Pengxin Snow Lotus, slipped off the cliff by accident, and were dashed to death!"

With a cold laugh, Nie Yun extended his palm and struck toward Madam Shen Gui's forehead!

This palm strike did not appear to contain any technique, yet it gave off an inescapable feeling. Madam Shen Gui had not even fully recovered from her terror when, with a bang, her skull shattered like glass. Brain matter and blood splattered everywhere.

After killing everyone, the jade box he had thrown into the air finally fell back down. Nie Yun lightly caught it and held it in his palm.

"You killed them all..."

Seeing the corpses scattered across the ground, Mother Nie Ling's eyes widened in disbelief.

When she had seen her son throw the jade box toward them, she had closed her eyes in disappointment. Yet in no more than the blink of an eye, everyone from the Nie Zhang Branch had become corpses. The contrast was too great for her to accept!

Hadn't her son yielded to them? Why had he suddenly attacked? And he was only at the Early Qi Cultivation Realm—how could he kill so many people stronger than himself in one breath, including Madam Shen Gui, who was at the Early True Qi Realm?

What exactly was going on? Could she be seeing things?

"Hehe, Mother, you didn't see wrong. I only said those things to make them let down their guard, so it would be easier for me to strike!" Seeing his mother's expression, Nie Yun gave a wry smile. He casually picked up the corpses from the ground and threw them off the cliff one by one.

His current strength was still insufficient to contend with the family. He had to dispose of these bodies without leaving a trace.

"To make them let down their guard, so it would be easier to strike?" Mother was an intelligent woman. She immediately recovered from her shock. Thinking back on her son's earlier actions, she realized that was indeed the case. How laughable that she had thought he was timid and worried for so long for nothing!

It seemed her son had truly changed. Not only was he more cheerful than before, but when faced with trouble, he no longer charged ahead recklessly as he once had. Instead, he knew how to use strategy!

"This is spiritual medicine Mother gathered with great difficulty. How could I let those scum have it!"

With a smile, Nie Yun finished disposing of the bodies and cleaning the battlefield. Only then did he look at his mother. "Mother, let's go back. It'll be dark soon. If we don't return, I'm afraid the branch will be in an uproar!"

With that, he took the lead down the mountain.