Cangyang City.
Within the dilapidated, overgrown ruins of the Luo Family estate.
"Old thing, everyone in the Luo Family is dead and gone, why bother keeping up this stubborn act? Hand over the title deed to the Luo Family estate, and all our resources and property will unconditionally belong to the Lin Family. We'll spare your life and that little girl's miserable life, what do you say?"
In the courtyard littered with fallen leaves, several cultivators in black stood in a circle, surrounding an old woman seated in a chair.
A young man wore a playful expression as he raised a hand, his white Spiritual Power transforming into a sharp blade. "We didn't want to swallow up the Luo Family either, but the Lingyang Sect has spoken. The Lin Family has no choice either, hahaha!"
"Lin Wenjie, you bastard! Three years ago, let alone your Lin Family, even the so-called Lingyang Sect wouldn't have dared to speak to my Luo Family like that! A bunch of bastards kicking us while we're down!"
The old woman propped herself up on her cane. Her face was haggard, but her voice remained full of vigor. "My Luo Family only stands to live; we will never kneel to die!"
"You old hag! Before, we had to be careful of your engagement with the Chu Family. But now the Chu Family has already announced they have nothing to do with you Luo Family. How dare you still act so tough?"
Lin Wenjie's face darkened completely. He licked his lips and gave a look to the men beside him.
Two black-clad cultivators stepped out from either side and immediately grabbed the old woman's arms.
Lin Wenjie smiled grimly as he walked forward, the Spiritual Power blade in his hand drawing closer to the old woman's heart. "Since that's how it is, we can just demand it from that little girl instead. You go on down first to keep your son company!"
"Bang!"
The next moment, the courtyard gates shattered into pieces!
Luo Changqing, holding Ye Wanling by the hand and enveloped in a murderous aura, strode straight in. "A mere Lin Family, what arrogant words!"
Swish!
Everyone in the courtyard turned to look.
"Changqing! My dear, good grandson! You've finally come back!"
The old woman, who had just been ready to die rather than submit, felt her turbid old eyes turn red the moment she saw Luo Changqing. "Hurry and leave! One day, you must restore the glory of the Luo Family!"
"Yo, your little bastard hasn't died yet?"
Lin Wenjie turned his head to look, instantly beaming with delight. "Since you're still alive, then—"
Whoosh!
Before he could finish speaking, everyone only felt a flash of a figure before their eyes!
Luo Changqing had already reached the old woman's side, throwing punches with both hands straight into the chests of the two black-clad cultivators!
"Crack!"
"Pfft!"
In an instant, both men's breastbones were shattered directly, their internal organs thoroughly mashed to pieces along with the impact, and they flew backward like dead dogs!
"Since you came, don't even think about leaving!"
Luo Changqing sneered. Moving swiftly and shifting his position, his figure flashed across the courtyard!
"Ah!"
"Pfft!"
"..."
Every time he appeared, he easily claimed the life of a cultivator!
In the blink of an eye, the courtyard was already littered with corpses!
Luo Changqing appeared before Lin Wenjie with a calm expression, walking toward him step by step. "Cangyang City—since when is it the Lin Family's turn to run wild?"
"Brother is so amazing..."
Ye Wanling was stunned as well.
One had to know that these cultivators were all in the Spirit Master Realm; even for her, dealing with them would be very difficult. Yet Senior Brother Changqing was handling them like slaughtering chickens and sheep, without any effort at all!
"Y-You, what do you want!"
Lin Wenjie's legs went soft and he collapsed straight to the ground. Facing Luo Changqing right now, he felt as if he were facing the God of Death. "I'm telling you, our Lin Family is now one of the four major families of Cangyang City, and an affiliated family of this region's overlord, the Lingyang Sect! If you dare touch me, I guarantee you won't even have a burial place!"
"Crack!"
"Ah!"
Luo Changqing sneered, bringing his foot down hard on Lin Wenjie's leg and applying slight pressure. The entire leg bone was instantly pulverized!
Lin Wenjie let out a miserable scream, clutching his leg as his entire body trembled from the pain. "Y-You just wait..."
"When my Luo Family was at the height of its power, even the Lingyang Sect didn't dare to act presumptuously."
Luo Changqing looked down at Lin Wenjie from above, his gaze cold as ten-thousand-year-old ice. "Tell me, which faction is it that has set its sights on the Luo Family?"
"I-I don't know!"
Lin Wenjie shrieked, tears of despair in his eyes. "The Lin Family is merely an affiliated family of the Lingyang Sect; how would I know so much information?"
"You don't know?"
Luo Changqing muttered softly, then suddenly lashed out with a kick!
Pfft!
Blood splattered everywhere!
Lin Wenjie fell backward, losing all breath of life!
"Grandson, h-how could you be so reckless!"
All of this happened in the blink of an eye.
The old woman snapped back to her senses, a hint of panic rising on her haggard face. "The Luo Family is now in decline. Ever since the Lin Family became the running dogs of the Lingyang Sect, we haven't been able to afford to cross them! Now that you've killed the eldest young master of the Lin Family, our Luo Family is bound to face a devastating disaster!"
Chen Fang urged Luo Changqing, pushing him away. "You must leave quickly. There are still some Spirit Stones and silver left at home—hurry and go, as far away as possible!"
"Grandmother..."
Luo Changqing's eyes turned red as he grasped the old woman's rough hands. "Rest assured, now that I am back, the Luo Family will not fall! Those enemies of the Luo Family—I will hunt them down one by one, and they will all pay the price!"
Seeing this, Ye Wanling's pretty eyes also grew red.
Over the past three years, the cultivators of the Luo Family had been continually ambushed and killed outside, pushing the family to the brink of destruction!
Senior Brother Changqing was indeed stronger than before, but after all, he was still just a young man. The faction that had crushed the Luo Family... possessed beings capable of annihilating even Spirit King Realm cultivators!
A Spirit King Realm cultivator was already an overlord of a region. Even the Lingyang Sect, which dominated a dozen surrounding cities, possessed only a single Spirit King Realm powerhouse!
From this, one could imagine just how terrifyingly powerful the mysterious faction that destroyed the Luo Family truly was!
No, I have to do something for Senior Brother Changqing...
Ye Wanling's pretty eyes shimmered. She bit her lip, silently backed away, and then headed straight for the central area of the city!
"My dear grandson, as long as you can live, Grandmother is completely satisfied..."
Chen Fang trembled as she stroked Luo Changqing's face, her voice choked with tears. "The enemies of the Luo Family are too powerful. Don't harbor thoughts of revenge; just live a good life..."
"Grandmother, don't worry. Across the entire Xuanwu Continent, there are very few cultivators left who can defeat me now!"
Luo Changqing gritted his teeth. "Wanling—tell me, where is she?"
"Oh no!"
Hearing this, Chen Fang immediately panicked. "The City Lord's second young master has always wanted to take Wanling as a concubine, and even declared that as long as Wanling agrees, the City Lord's Mansion will put in a good word for the Luo Family and let us barely survive! That silly child must have gone to do something foolish!"
"What!"
Luo Changqing felt a shock in his heart. He channeled a sliver of Spiritual Power into Chen Fang to steady her, then hurried away. "Grandmother, rest for a moment; I'll go bring Wanling back!"
...
The City Lord's Mansion.
"Heh, Wanling, if you knew things would turn out like this, why stubbornly hold out until today?"
Inside the elegant courtyard, the young lord dressed in lavish garments wore a playful expression as he wantonly appraised Ye Wanling's delicate figure, unable to help licking his lips. "As long as you serve me well, I will ask my father to send some rare treasures to the Lingyang Sect. Ensuring the safety of you and your grandmother naturally won't be a problem at all."
"I... I also want to keep the Luo Family's ancestral home!"
Ye Wanling clenched her delicate fists, her face somewhat pale and filled with despair. "As long as you agree, I-I am willing to become your concubine!"
"No problem, but I have to test the goods first!"
Second Young Master Li Deming stood up and began taking off his clothes. "Right here in this courtyard, with the heaven as our quilt and the earth as our bed—isn't that wonderful?"
Terrified, Ye Wanling retreated step by step, but the moment she thought of Senior Brother Changqing and her grandmother, she immediately froze in place.
Li Deming wore a lecherous smile. "My beauty, I will cherish you well..."
"Boom!"
"Ah!"
Just as Li Deming was about to make his move, the courtyard gates exploded inward!
Several guards flew backward, vomiting blood!
Luo Changqing appeared at the entrance, his expression ice-cold:
"Let's see who dares touch Wanling!"