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Chapter 135: Chapter 117: Commit Suicide (Please Subscribe)
Thump, thump, thump...
Several figures collided at high speed, with intense bursts of True Qi streaking through the air. When the dust finally settled, only one person remained standing.
It was Nie Yun, the leader of the Black Knight Gang.
His hair disheveled, his body bathed in blood, and in his hand, a black spear still as sharp as ever, its gleam cold under the sunlight, with fresh blood dripping from the tip.
The ground around him was littered with corpses.
Several Innate Martial Artists from the three major families had suffered grave injuries and lay on the ground coughing up blood.
The Innate Martial Artists of the Black Knight Gang had not been spared either.
"Come on, come and kill me."
Nie Yun let out a mad laugh, "You mixed breeds, hahaha... Where are the experts from Divine Sword Sect you all placed your hopes on? Where are they?"
The family heads of the three major families felt a chill in their hearts.
Indeed, the expert from the Divine Sword Sect had not intervened, allowing both sides to be equally wounded.
"Kill him..."
They struggled to get to their feet.
If Nie Yun, the leader of the Black Knight Gang, did not die, they would be the ones to perish.
At that moment, the sound of rapid hoofbeats approached.
A rider drew near swiftly.
It was Li Qian.
Finally appearing on the battlefield.
He surveyed the scene, assessing that perhaps only a few dozen members of the Black Knight Gang were still alive, most of them severely injured.
The three major families had suffered even greater losses; there weren’t many left standing.
This was a true case of both sides suffering losses.
No wonder the three major families resorted to dirty tricks against the Black Knight Gang—the overall strength of the Black Knight Gang was indeed stronger than theirs.
Any martial arts power would not allow a foreign force stronger than themselves to exist in their territory.
They say even a powerful dragon cannot suppress a local snake.
But if the dragon is too powerful, it will ultimately devour the local snake.
Once the Black Knight Gang has fully rooted itself in Chuyun County, slowly erode... the three major families will either be assimilated or squeezed out of their living space, leading to their complete decline.
If the three major families did not wish to be devoured by the Black Knight Gang, they had to act like this.
Li Qian’s arrival immediately became the focus of the entire scene.
With difficulty, Nie Yun turned his head, looked at Li Qian riding a tall horse, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Are you the expert from Divine Sword Sect?"
"Yes."
Li Qian nodded.
"I just want to ask one thing, does Divine Sword Sect also fail to distinguish right from wrong?"
Nie Yun, leaning on his spear to support himself, his face filled with intense unwillingness.
"You wiped out the Zhang Family, that’s a fact too," stated Li Qian calmly.
"The Zhang Family wanted to exterminate my Black Knight Gang. Why can’t my Black Knight Gang exterminate the Zhang Family?" 𝔫𝖔𝔳𝔭𝔲𝔟.𝖈𝔬𝔪
Nie Yun retorted loudly.
"Leader Nie, remember, this is Divine Sword Sect’s territory, not Purple Cloud Sect’s. By coming here, you must abide by the rules of Divine Sword Sect. Massacring an entire clan is absolutely not allowed," Li Qian’s eyes narrowed slightly as he spoke softly, "Therefore, breaking the rules must be punished."
As he spoke, he suddenly waved his hand lightly.
Pfft!
Nie Yun’s left arm, which held the spear, suddenly broke off, and the spear fell to the ground.
The blood from the severed arm didn’t flow out before Nie Yun quickly sealed the blood vessels with his other hand, his face turning even paler, swaying on the verge of collapse.
He hadn’t even processed that his left arm had already been severed.
Such strength... absolutely at the Grandmaster level.
If what was severed just now wasn’t an arm but a neck... he would have died.
"As for the three of you... using false information to deceive Divine Sword Sect, your crimes are also unforgivable."
Li Qian looked towards the family heads of the Hong Family and the other two families, "The three of you, commit suicide to atone for your sins."
The Black Knight Gang had merely broken the rules.
The three major families from Chuyun County had deceived Divine Sword Sect, trying to use someone else to do their dirty work, which was even more despicable.
Divine Sword Sect absolutely could not tolerate such acts.
If Divine Sword Sect did not deal with the three families, where would their dignity lie?
And there were disciples stationed in the Divine Sword Mansion in Chuyun County... they must have been involved, they certainly knew the veracity of the information from the three families.
The family heads of the Hong Family and others all wore ugly expressions on their faces.
"I refuse to accept this, the Chu Family has members who are Inner Sect Disciples of Divine Sword Sect, fighting life and death for it... Why do you favor an outside force?"
The Chu Family Master said furiously.
Although his Chu Family did indeed conceal and deceive with their information... but they were also a vassal force of Divine Sword Sect.
Why was it that only Nie Yun’s arm was severed, yet he was demanded to commit suicide?
"Chu... brother..."
Hong Yangyuan’s face changed drastically. He did not expect the Chu Family Master to be so irrational... the mistakes they committed, if the higher-ups of Divine Sword Sect knew, the consequences would be unpredictable.
If the three of them committed suicide, they could maintain their family’s status in Chuyun County and avoid being purged... it would be entirely worth it.
"Do you two think the same?"
Li Qian looked calmly towards the other two Family Heads and asked.
"Li Shaoxia....I am willing to take my own life, only to ask that the Divine Sword Sect spares the Hong family for its crimes."
Hong Yangyuan forced a bitter smile, and after speaking, he hit his own crown with his palm. As blood began to flow from his seven orifices, he collapsed to the ground.
The Shu Family Master looked at the self-terminated Hong Yangyuan, then glanced at the pale-faced Chu Family Master, sighed, and then immediately took his life too.
"Are you sure you don’t want to take your own life?"
Li Qian then turned to look at the Chu Family Master.
The Chu Family Master, witnessing the resolute self-termination of the other two Family Heads, felt as though a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head and instantly calmed down.
"I, I am willing..."
His hands trembling, he lifted them up and, with a determined heart, brought his palm down.
With this, all three Family Heads took their own lives in public.
Only leaving the warriors from the three families looking utterly lost.
The leader of the Black Knight Gang, Nie Yun, witnessed this scene with shock in his heart, suddenly feeling that the loss of an arm was already exceedingly fortunate.
"Great sir, may we leave now?"
He suddenly spoke.
"Go."
Li Qian waved his hand.
"Thank you, great sir."
Nie Yun quietly exhaled a sigh of relief, promptly bowed, and led the remaining dozens of people away.
As for the bodies of the hundreds of companions, naturally, they could not take them.
The Black Knight Gang, having such a blood feud with the three families, obviously couldn’t stay in Chuyun County any longer; they had to find another place to settle.
Having lost an arm, his strength would undoubtedly be greatly reduced, and with the Black Knight Gang having lost eighty to ninety percent of its power, its complete downfall was an inevitable outcome. Moving to other places, the future was unpredictable.
Li Qian swept his gaze over the remaining warriors from the three families, turned around, and strode away.
After returning to the Divine Sword Sect, he completed his mission and reported the actual situation in Chuyun County and his methods of dealing with it.
About ten days later, the Sect Leader suddenly sent someone to summon him.
Inside the Divine Sword Hall.
"Li Qian, the way you handled things in Chuyun County was very good."
Sect Leader Feng Shaoyu spoke approvingly.
"Sect Leader, as a disciple, I was merely considering things from the standpoint of the sect."
Li Qian spoke.
"Li Qian, I have always had high hopes for you. If you could be a little more aggressive, I believe it would be easy for you to become a high-ranking elder."
Sect Leader Feng Shaoyu said.
Among his peers, Li Qian became a Grandmaster only slightly slower than Chang Xiaoyao and Nangong Bei.
"Sect Leader, as a disciple, I’m only interested in cultivation, as for the rest... I never thought about it."
Li Qian spoke.
"You... really are similar to Elder Zhou."
Sect Leader Feng Shaoyu was speechless.
Just like the teacher, so is the student.
Zhou Bupa spent decades guarding Yanmen Valley without emerging.
Now, this disciple has been striking the Chen Bell Platform for over a decade without rest.
"Li Qian, there is now an excellent opportunity before you. Our Divine Sword Sect plans to send a young generation Grandmaster to join the Dragon Guard Temple. There, you will receive far more cultivation resources than you would have in the Divine Sword Sect, but you will be expected to serve the Dragon Guard Temple for thirty years."
Sect Leader Feng Shaoyu spoke.
The Divine Sword Sect has always had a practice of sending people to the Dragon Guard Temple, usually rotating every thirty years.
The last one had completed thirty years and was about to return from the Dragon Guard Temple.
Therefore, the Divine Sword Sect had to send new disciples there.
"Sect Leader, has this been decided?"
Li Qian was taken aback and quickly asked.
"Of course not, we have two choices: one is you, and the other is Chang Xiaoyao... However, Chang Xiaoyao has once spent time at the Royal Divine Martial Academy. So, you have the priority in choosing this opportunity."
Sect Leader Feng Shaoyu said, "It’s a pity that Ji Ming is just a bit short of becoming a Grandmaster. Otherwise, he would have had a chance too."
"Sect Leader, I think it’s better to leave this opportunity for Senior Brother Chang; I will not go."
As soon as Li Qian heard it was not set in stone, he immediately spoke.
Going to Yujing and entering the Dragon Guard Temple would mean thirty years of service, which meant that for thirty years, he wouldn’t have much freedom.
How could this compare to the comfort of striking the bell and cultivating at the Divine Sword Sect?
"Are you sure you want to give up? This is a very rare opportunity. Although you have to serve for thirty years... with the cultivation resources of the Dragon Guard Temple, it’s only a matter of time before you become a Top Grandmaster, you might even have a chance to reach the Celestial Realm. You may not know, but our Divine Sword Sect’s Xiao Heavenly Person... once entered the Dragon Guard Temple."
Sect Leader Feng Shaoyu was utterly astonished.
The reason why a disciple was suddenly arranged to enter the Dragon Guard Temple was that the probability of a new Heavenly Person emerging from the Divine Sword Sect was too low.
Throughout the history of the Divine Sword Sect, aside from the founding ancestor, a total of eleven Heavenly Persons had been born, with six being true inheritors.
More than half of them.
The remaining five also emerged from non-true inheritors who were Divine Sword Matchers.
Among these five Heavenly Persons, four had experience joining the Dragon Guard Temple, including the current Xiao Heavenly Person.
To increase the probability of birthing a Heavenly Person, the Divine Sword Sect had no choice but to take the path through the Dragon Guard Temple.
Both Li Qian and Chang Xiaoyao managed to become Grandmasters among their peers first, and both were not yet forty years old, suggesting that both their root bone qualifications and comprehension offered certain hopes of becoming Heavenly Persons. Entering the Dragon Guard Temple would greatly increase this probability.
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