The Three Families Divided the Spoils, a Great Reshuffle!

"Excellent tactic!"

"Back then, to be able to kill two of our clan's most outstanding talents, one must truly be no ordinary person!"

"I originally planned to wipe out that bastard Huang Liang, and then your Qin Clan clan, but I never imagined that my scheming would backfire and get me killed..."

"Truly, fate is cruel; it's all about timing and destiny!"

"Today, it's a fight to the death!"

Huang Tianming unleashed a set of umbrella-sword Swordsmanship artifacts. The umbrella flew towards the dome, inflating in the wind, instantly creating a fierce gale that whipped up Heavenly Wind...

The sword's body was entirely dark, condensing the essence of the Water Dao.

The wind intensified the water's force; with a single sword strike, a water tornado swept across the land!

"Aww!"

The Qing Centipede lunged forward, spewing out its Profound Yin Cold Poison, instantly freezing the tornado. At the same time, the cold poison flowed upwards, injuring Huang Tianming's hand!

Upon seeing the cold poison corroding his arm, Huang Tianming instantly made a diagnosis...

A single sword stroke severed his forearm!

The attack resumed immediately, the feng shui transforming into two dragons, attacking from both sides!

"Jinyuan Needle!"

"Break!"

As soon as Qin Lu issued his decree, the Jinyuan Needle burst forth with Golden Light and sped off, Law Technique: Spirit-Breaking Needle, instantly shattering the ferocity of the two dragons...

Pointing straight at Huang Tianming's brow!

With a crisp clang, a golden bell-shaped protective talisman silently activated, instantly blocking Qin Lu's attack...

After a brief exchange, neither of them could gain the upper hand!

"War!"

Qin Lu and drew his sword to fight again!

This time, both sides went all out, engaging in a full-blown, real battle!

Law Technique clashed intermittently, the Qing Centipede harassed the enemy, and the battle raged on, darkening the sky and earth, from the heavens to the mountains and forests, and from the mountains and forests to the plains...

They fought from the sky to the ground, and from the ground to the vast lakes and marshes!

I don't know how many rounds they've exchanged...

In the end, Huang Tianming coughed up blood, his limbs became paralyzed, his Five Viscera failed, and he lost all five senses...

Gray, blurry pupils completely cut off all external information; one could neither hear nor see anything, and had no idea where one was or where one's heart was!

Hehe~

"I never imagined that after a century of dominating the cultivation world, I would fall victim to a poisonous creature like you..."

"Cough cough... But it's truly a case of Heaven wanting to destroy me, Ye Gan, and Ye Gan has no choice but to perish. The concept of fate has always been mysterious and unpredictable."

"Today, I will die."

"I have no regrets... no resentment..."

Huang Tianming's life force gradually faded, his pupils disappeared, and after a hundred years of immortality, he finally turned into withered bones in a tomb...

"Walk..."

"The other two should have taken effect by now..."

Qin Lu summoned back the Qing Centipede--

After collecting the spoils, they flew away into the distance...

Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away, Wu Daoping's spirits were waning...

He collapsed to the ground, utterly exhausted. The bone-chilling cold emanating from his body tormented him to the brink of death; the chilling poison had invaded his body, and he had no chance of survival...

He later died from heart failure caused by the invasion of cold poison into his heart vessels!

Meanwhile, far away in another mountain cave...

Luo Shizhong was bleeding profusely from all seven orifices, and his whole body was writhing in pain, as if a thousand insects were gnawing at his body. He lost all five senses and his seven orifices were blocked. The pain gradually drove him insane!

"Ah!!!"

With a final, high-pitched, mournful cry, it ultimately perished: poisoned by the Yi Wood, dying from the severing of its seven orifices and the gnawed-out heart by worms...

His Spiritual Power was cut off, and he died in excruciating pain!

As the morning light of the second day arrived...

Huang Liang crawled out of the mountain, his body charred black, all his bones broken. If it weren't for his physical strength...

With a bit of luck, otherwise I almost got blown up.

Then Qin Lu returned with the Qing Centipede.

With the addition of the two Qi Condensation from the Huang Clan, and Zhang Xuan, everyone was gathered together, giving them a sense of having survived a calamity. And now...

It's time to enjoy the fruits of victory!

The Zhang Clan, in particular, lost a Qi Condensation cultivator in the process. Huang Liang, being a man of principle, ceded some of his own profits to the Zhang Clan...

As they chatted, the conversation turned to the divisions within the Yu Clan...

Now--

Yu Lin, the head of the Yu Clan family who had been watching from the sidelines, immediately became anxious.

"Everyone!"

"Senior Qin once said that he would protect the Yu Clan. I humbly request that everyone..."

"Um?"

When did I ever say that?

Qin Lu raised an eyebrow, interrupting Yu Lin, and even showed a surprised expression!

"Senior... you!"

"Didn't the senior promise to preserve my Yu Clan lineage?"

Yu Lin's pupils contracted, and his heart felt as if it had plunged into an ice cave!

A chill, anger, and shame welled up inside him; his teeth clenched so tightly they ground together, his nails digging deep into his flesh...

"I see..."

"I do remember promising you back then, but what I promised was to spare your life! And look, you're still alive and well!"

"As I have said, I will never harm a single member of the Yu Clan!"

"You see, I haven't harmed you, nor have I killed anyone from the Yu Clan..."

"As for your people, they were killed by others..."

"How can you blame me for that? Don't you think so..."

"Master Yu Lin?"

"No... no, judging by the time, your Yu Clan should have been wiped out yesterday. It's best not to add the title of 'head of the family'..."

Qin Lu smiled kindly.

He even praised Yu Lin, commending his decisiveness in killing Hou Guan yesterday!

Everyone wore a mocking expression, as if looking at a clown; the occasional bursts of laughter were like a piercing, malevolent melody...

now--

How could he not realize he'd been tricked! His Spiritual Power surged forth, like an arrow nocked on a bowstring!

"Shameless old thief!"

"I'll fight you to the death!"

Yu Lin roared, but before he could retaliate...

With a "whoosh," the enormous fang pierced through its body, and then the Qing Centipede burst out with juice, instantly refining it!

It only spat out a Qiankun Pouch, and nothing else...

I forgot to tell you...

"I did promise to spare your life, but my spirit pet didn't agree. Be careful in your next life, and remember to be reborn into a better family..."

"If you come seeking revenge, I wouldn't mind slaughtering your entire family again!"

Qin Lu's laughter was extremely malicious; indeed, the desperate cries of the enemy are often the most beautiful chords in the world...

After a minor incident--

The Huang Clan clan's army had already surrounded the entire [Blue Cloud Rosy Clouds] city and was gradually closing in, slowly wiping out any remaining remnants of the Blue Wave faction...

The rest can be left to the subordinates; what follows is a major reshuffling of interests!

As agreed--

The territories of the Yu, Gong, and Pan families will belong to the Xuan River Zhang Clan, Beichuan Qin Family will receive Xuan City, Yunchuan Lake, and other places...

We will have complete control over the lower reaches of the Ying River!

With a total area of approximately 30,000 square kilometers, and including its existing territory, its land area exceeds 60,000 square kilometers...

Furthermore, the entire Ying River was transformed from a public waterway into a private one!

Based on this foundation, sustainable development can be achieved, and the Ying River system can be utilized to connect the north and south, benefiting both the people and businesses...

It can also form natural passes and strategic points, which are advantageous for deploying troops to defend the territory.

The Huanglian Huang Family, after acquiring the entire [Blue Cloud Rosy Clouds] area, renamed it [Huang Cloud Mountain Range], and their territory encompassed nearly half of Longchuan Prefecture...

Up to 110,000 square kilometers!

This was still the result of ceding a portion of the land to the Zhang Clan...

The territory of the Xuan River Zhang Clan covers approximately 80,000 square kilometers, a vast area that occupies about two-fifths of Longchuan...

(No intentional writer's block today!)