Yang Yan's Fury

"Finally shook off everyone else from the three great aristocratic families. Yang Jun, you'd better not regret following us!"

The moment Nie Yun left the auction house's private room, he knew that at least four or five groups were following them. However, he did not panic. In his previous life, he had had too many enemies and had specifically learned methods of counter-tracking. After confirming his opponents' positions, he easily shook off the others, leaving only Yang Jun's group of three behind.

Being followed by several groups at once and deliberately shaking off some of them was an inconceivable skill to others, yet Nie Yun accomplished it with effortless ease.

"Alright, this is the place!"

After shaking off the others, Nie Yun led Yang Yan to a dense forest outside the city and stopped. This place lay in a mountain hollow, and it was deep into the night—the perfect place to kill someone and steal their goods.

"Your strength isn't much, but you run quite fast. If I weren't skilled at tracking, you might really have escaped!"

The moment they stopped, a cold snort sounded behind them, followed by three figures stepping out from the surrounding darkness.

"Yang Jun?" Yang Yan had not known who was following them. Seeing that it was actually his half-brother, he could not help but freeze.

"Since you know who I am, hand over the Blazing Axe and the Di Lian Flower at once! Delay any longer, and watch out for your dog lives!" Hearing his name called, Yang Jun assumed they had seen his face when he smashed the window at the auction. With a flick of his sleeve, he snorted coldly.

"Hand over those two items, and compensate us with another one million taels of silver. Otherwise, not only will you two die, but everyone connected to you—your father, mother, brothers, and sisters—will all die as well. Not even chickens or dogs will be spared!"

Yang Lin followed his master's words with a roar, his face vicious and his tone utterly overbearing.

"Not even chickens or dogs spared? You mean exterminating nine generations?" A strange expression appeared on Nie Yun's face.

"That's right. Our young master is the Yang Family's foremost heir among the Four Great Families, of noble and exalted status. For him to personally tell you to hand over the items is the greatest honor of your lives. Defying him is seeking your own deaths. Exterminating nine generations is already the lightest punishment!" Yang Lin shouted.

"Remove your disguise and let them see. I'd like to see how they plan to exterminate your nine generations!" Shaking his head, Nie Yun turned and instructed Yang Yan.

"Alright!" Yang Yan had not expected Yang Lin and the others, who usually seemed decent enough, to be so arrogant. He wiped his right hand across his face, and the disguise came off, revealing his true appearance. Looking at them, he said, "You want to exterminate my nine generations?"

"Y-Young Master Second?" Yang Lin and the other servant both froze.

They had never imagined that the owner of the seventeenth private room in the second row would be Yang Yan, another son of the patriarch and Young Master's half-brother!

"So it was you who bought those two items. That makes things easy!" Seeing that the owner of the seventeenth private room in the second row had been Yang Yan in disguise, Yang Jun's lips curled into an unfathomable smile. "Yang Yan, bring the Blazing Axe and the Di Lian Flower over, and I'll take them back to the family. Being able to buy these two items counts as no small contribution to the family. The clan will certainly give you a generous reward—perhaps they may even allow you to return to the family!"

Yang Jun casually tossed out an empty promise. If Yang Yan truly gave him the items, the so-called reward would certainly be worth far less than those two treasures.

"Take them back to the family for you? Are you still dreaming?"

Yang Yan had not expected this brother of his to say such a thing. His brows furrowed in displeasure.

"Insolence! Calling you Young Master Second is already honoring you. Do you still not understand your current status? Asking you to hand over the Blazing Axe and the Di Lian Flower is giving you face. Don't refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit!"

Yang Lin glanced at Yang Jun. At his nod, his face suddenly twisted viciously as he bellowed.

"What did you say?" Yang Yan had not expected a servant to dare speak to him like this. His eyes narrowed at once.

He had known Yang Lin before. Back when he was still in the family, this fellow had specifically sought him out, respectful as a lapdog. He had never expected that less than half a year after leaving the family, Yang Lin's attitude would become like this.

"Are your ears deaf? After leaving the family, do you still think you're some young master? Stop dreaming! You're nothing but a fallen disciple cast out by the family! Upon seeing the clan's foremost heir, you should immediately kneel and offer up your treasures. Yet you dare make excuses here—who gave you such nerve?"

The other servant also roared loudly.

"Good, very good!"

How could Yang Yan fail to understand after seeing their attitudes? If no one were backing them, they would not dare treat their master this way even if given ten times the courage!

"Yang Jun, these are your fine subordinates! Brother, you truly are such a fine brother! I will report today's matter to the family exactly as it happened and see how the family deals with it!"

"Report it to the family? Heh, do as you please!" Yang Jun smiled faintly, his voice cold and devoid of even the slightest brotherly affection. "As a fallen disciple cast out by the family, you can casually produce over a million taels of silver. I now suspect that when you held authority within the clan, you secretly stole family property to line your own pockets! Hand over the Blazing Axe, the Di Lian Flower, and all the money on you at once. Admit your wrongdoing voluntarily, and perhaps I may show leniency. Otherwise, I will deal with you according to clan rules. I have the authority to kill you!"

"Secretly stealing family property to line my own pockets?"

Yang Yan had not expected this man to spout blatant lies with his eyes open, twisting the facts and calling a deer a horse just to obtain the Blazing Axe and Di Lian Flower. His lungs nearly exploded with rage.

No wonder his two servants dared speak to him this way. Like master, like men. If the master himself was this shameless, could his servants possibly be any better?

"Young Master sees through everything! No wonder this fellow insisted on leaving the family back then—it turns out he had stolen so much family property!"

"After stealing so much money from the family, not only does he refuse to kneel before the family's foremost heir and repent, he even dares argue here. He's utterly brazen and shameless beyond measure!"

Seeing that their master had shown no mercy in his words, Yang Lin and the other servant immediately followed with shouts.

"Good, good! You two sing one tune and answer another perfectly! Yang Jun, I once considered you my brother. From this moment on, you are you, and I am I. There will be no connection between us ever again!"

Yang Yan was so enraged by their shamelessness that he laughed instead, bursting into loud laughter.

What family? With such a foremost heir, could this family still be saved?

"Connection? You think you deserve any connection with me? You're just the bastard spawn of a cheap woman! Oh, right, I forgot to tell you: that cheap mother of yours did not die of illness. I fed her slow-acting poison and poisoned her to death bit by bit! After poisoning her, I used a few little methods to force you out of the family, and you were even grateful to me. Hahaha, you bastard! You want to have a connection with me? What the hell are you?"

Yang Jun had never intended to let Yang Yan live. Sneering again and again, he revealed everything he had done in the past.

"You killed my mother?" Veins bulged on Yang Yan's forehead as he finally understood the truth. His eyes instantly turned red.

No wonder his mother had grown weaker day by day. No matter whom he asked to investigate, nothing had been found. He had always believed she had contracted some serious illness, never imagining that this "brother" before him had dealt her such a vicious hand!

How pitiful that he had remained completely unaware all this time!

"Now that you know, it's too late. Since Young Master told you this, he never intended to let you leave alive. Die!"

Yang Lin understood his master's intentions. Spreading his hand, he lunged forward and grabbed at Yang Yan.

He possessed peak Fourth Level Qi Sea strength, a full two minor levels above Yang Yan's Mid Fourth Level Qi Sea. The moment he struck, true qi surged forth like a tide.

"Mother, today your son will avenge you! Die!"

With a long cry to the heavens, Yang Yan flipped his palm, and the Blazing Axe cleaved straight forward!

"The Blazing Axe is a powerful weapon. If you had refined it, I might fear it somewhat. Unfortunately, you've had it for too short a time. Hand it over..." Seeing that Yang Yan did not try to evade the attack and instead swung the Blazing Axe at him, Yang Lin chuckled. Relying on his greater strength, he immediately used a barehanded weapon-seizing technique to snatch it from Yang Yan's grasp!

If he could seize the Blazing Axe directly like this, he would surely receive a reward from Young Master and have a boundless future... Yang Lin was imagining how Young Master would reward him when his vision suddenly blurred, and his right eye saw the left half of his body.

Thud!

He was split in half by a single axe strike. The two halves of his corpse fell to either side, blood splashing everywhere.

"You refined the Blazing Axe..."

Yang Lin finally understood what had happened, but it was already over. It was too late for regret!

He had only himself to blame for stepping forward first. He had wanted to earn merit, only to become a corpse instead.

"Mother, you died before your son's eyes, yet your son never realized someone had poisoned you. Your son has failed you! Today, your son will personally kill this enemy and avenge you!"

After cleaving Yang Lin in two with one axe strike, tears streamed down Yang Yan's face. Like a man possessed, he hurled himself at Yang Jun.

"So what if you refined the Blazing Axe? Let me make this clear: Fifth Level Qi Sea, the Body Egress Realm, is simply beyond anything you can imagine!" Seeing him charge over, Yang Jun was not afraid. Instead, he sneered and threw a punch!

The Fifth Level Qi Sea, the Body Egress Realm, was also called true qi leaving the body. In battle, true qi could be released like bolts from a fired crossbow. With a sharp whistle through the air, the wave of qi formed by his true qi struck Yang Yan directly in the chest.

Bang! Pfft!

The true qi released from the body could not be dodged. Struck in the chest, Yang Yan spat out a mouthful of blood.

The Fourth Level Qi Sea, the True Qi Realm, possessed immensely powerful close-combat strength, but compared to the Fifth Level, which could release true qi outward, it was still far inferior!

If the Fourth Level were a blade-bearing martial artist, then the Fifth Level would be a sniper carrying a gun!

No matter how sharp the blade, no matter how easily it cut through iron, against a long-range attack, one would be wounded before even getting close. How could one fight?

Yang Yan and Yang Jun were exactly like this now. Although the former had greatly increased his strength by refining the Blazing Axe, he was still far behind the latter, who could attack from a distance!

"Even if I die today... I'll still kill you... and avenge Mother!"

Blood pouring from his mouth, Yang Yan did not retreat. Instead, his eyes grew redder and redder, and he seemed to have gone completely mad.

His mother had been the most important person in his life, yet she had been poisoned to death by the man before him. His overwhelming hatred ignited, making his strength whirl wildly within his body as though it might explode at any moment!

Rumble!

Under the impact of that hatred, Yang Yan himself seemed not to notice that, at the height of his madness, the true qi within his body suddenly erupted. It was as though he had broken through some shackle, undergoing a qualitative leap!

"Die!"

With a long howl, the Blazing Axe suddenly swept out a blazing flame dozens of meters long and savagely cleaved into Yang Jun!

"H-How is this possible?!"

Yang Jun had never expected Yang Yan's hatred to reach its peak and suddenly break through his shackles, leaping directly from Mid Fourth Level Qi Sea to early Fifth Level Qi Sea. His eyes widened round, but before he could react, he was completely engulfed by the surging flames. His body swelled like an overinflated balloon before exploding with a bang!

"Mother... your son has avenged you!"

Seeing flesh scattered across the sky, Yang Yan fell to his knees. Thinking of his mother's face and voice, he could no longer hold back his tears, and they streamed down in torrents. P.S.: Please recommend and bookmark!