On the wasteland, several Qin Clan Elders knelt on one knee, their faces as white as paper.
This was not merely because of the death of Qin Xiu, the old man with twin spears, but even more because of Chu Yunyun's words, laden with boundless murderous intent.
The overwhelming tyranny of Chu Yunyun's spear momentum and her razor-sharp killing intent also placed immense pressure on them, making even straightening their backs exceedingly difficult.
They exchanged glances. Several gritted their teeth and used their respective escape techniques, flying away into the distance.
The gray-haired old man with delicate features also had no choice but to withdraw.
Since ancient times, killing one's kin had been one of the ten heinous crimes, forbidden by clan law, condemned by a thousand fingers and spat upon by ten thousand mouths.
If Qin Muge truly struck ruthlessly and slaughtered them all, his prestige would surely be destroyed and his reputation ruined.
However much the people of the Northern Lands revered Qin Muge, they would never follow someone so cruel as to slaughter his own blood relatives without mercy.
Yet they did not dare gamble that the man who had swept across thirty thousand li of the Northern Borderlands, "Across Eternal Ages, the Blue-Eyed Military Governor," would show them mercy.
Besides, several of the eight remaining men had guilty consciences and feared Qin Muge would seize the opportunity to take revenge and kill them.
Nevertheless, after retreating five hundred zhang, the gray-haired elder turned back and said, "Muge, Qin Fei did indeed help pressure your father into summoning you back from the Formless Divine Sect. Three years ago, he was also led astray by Qin Fengxian and participated in certain secret affairs. That clan uncle of yours did indeed give you cause to kill him.
"But your