All The Female Disciples Want To Kill Me-Chapter 450 - 271: Underneath My Feet Is an Endless Sea of Blood, This Cultivation Technique Is Named ’Devouring Heaven’. _1
A carriage stopped outside the Chu Family’s gate in Xiegu City. A middle-aged man, dressed entirely in black, stepped down, followed by several disciples. His demeanor was composed, but for some reason, his overall presence exuded an unsettling, shadowy aura.
The Chu Family’s gatekeeper clearly recognized the man and immediately swung the gates wide open, saying respectfully, "Elder Wang, what brings you here in person...?"
The middle-aged man was, of course, the cultivator Gu Qingfeng had previously sought from the Qingyang Sect. As an elder of the Qingyang Sect, he was generally responsible for all interactions with the noble families.
In the gatekeeper’s eyes, Elder Wang was presumably here at the invitation of Young Master Chu Tiankuo to discuss the ownership of that ore vein.
"Please wait a moment, Elder Wang. I will notify the Family Head immediately."
Before the gatekeeper could finish, he was interrupted. Elder Wang said in a hoarse voice, "No need. I will find your Young Master myself."
With that, he vanished inside the mansion, leaving the gatekeeper with a somewhat puzzled expression.
Chu Tiankuo, already neatly dressed, respectfully welcomed the middle-aged man into the room and personally served him two cups of hot tea. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
He then bowed his head slightly, chose his words carefully, and said, "Sir, everything has been prepared as you instructed."
"I believe the daughter of the Confucian Sage has already..."
Elder Wang nodded in satisfaction, extended his hand, and gave him a medicinal pill, saying nonchalantly, "You’ve done well. The Supreme has desired the Confucian Tri-Energy for a long time now. If this plan succeeds, you will be credited with the primary achievement."
A glint of joy flashed in Chu Tiankuo’s eyes, and he immediately asked, "Sir, then the Gu Family... will they also..."
Elder Wang smiled sinisterly and said, "The Gu Family? Even a cultivator at the Refining Void and Dao Integration realm would undoubtedly perish in there, let alone the insignificant Gu Family."
"Once this is accomplished, your Chu Family can begin to annex the Gu Family."
He paused for a moment before adding, "Do not disclose my affairs to the rest of the Chu Family for now. I will reveal my identity openly once everything is accomplished."
Elder Wang picked up his teacup, then forced a very unsightly smile at Chu Tiankuo, and said, "Serve the Supreme well, and you certainly won’t be treated unfairly."
A host picking up their tea is a signal for the guest to depart.
Chu Tiankuo took a sip from his teacup, the joy in his eyes impossible to conceal. He then stood up and took his leave.
Elder Wang watched Chu Tiankuo’s retreating figure. After a moment’s thought, he waved his hand, sending a stream of black qi toward the jade Token at his waist.
"Supreme."
After a moment, a voice emanated from it, "Yi Shi, what is it?"
Elder Wang took a deep breath and said, "Supreme, the Confucian Tri-Energy is now in our hands."
There was a moment of silence from the other end of the Token before a faint voice replied, "Well done. Once the matter is confirmed, you will be duly rewarded."
Yi Shi excitedly set down the Token and paced back and forth in the room.
He was a man driven by intense ambition, a trait that distinguished him from many others who had joined the organization. This set him apart from others in the organization. For instance, Bing Qi hailed from the Confucian School and had already reached a pinnacle in his cultivation. He joined only out of necessity, after discovering the path to Immortality was unattainable for him and due to various other compelling reasons. Yi Shi, on the other hand, originating from a minor sect, was driven purely by ambition. He was not content with mediocrity; he yearned for power and dreamed of the day he could stand at the very top, in the position he coveted in his dreams.
Why has there been no news for so long?
Could something have gone wrong?
Yi Shi muttered to himself.
Then, shaking his head with a smile, he reassured himself, How could anything go wrong? That route is still under Bing Qi’s control.
「...」
On the leeward side of a small hill, a bonfire flickered, surrounded by several hundred grim-faced, sturdy men.
The leader, his face dark, listened silently to the man speaking before him.
"Boss, Scarface, our third-in-command, died right here on this mountain path."
"All the brothers with him... every single one was killed by Gu Qingfeng of the Gu Family."
The leader tore off his face covering, slammed the wineskin in his hand to the ground, and with an icy, grim voice, demanded, "Then how did you escape?"
Terrified by the leader’s fearsome aura, the man instantly felt his strength drain. He gasped for breath, lowered his head in terror, and stammered, "Boss, I... I came back to tell you exactly what happened! Those young masters from the noble families were scared out of their wits. Our brothers were just about to succeed when that Gu Family brat suddenly attacked and... and slaughtered all of us!"
"But I know this: those two noble family whelps went to Xiaohou Village afterward!"
The leader’s eyes flickered. He then drew the long saber from his waist, its blade glinting with a cold, bloodthirsty light under the moon.
"Boss, spare..."
The blade rose, and a head fell.
Then, the leader scanned the surrounding men, sheathed his Da Dao, and roared, "What I, Wang Baiqiao, hate most in this life are cowards who desert in battle!"
"This is their fate!"
"Our third-in-command is dead! What do we do now?!"
The Grass Bandits exchanged glances, then roared in unison, "Avenge him!"
"Avenge him!"
Wang Baiqiao plunged his Da Dao into the corpse and declared with a sinister air, "Not long ago, that mysterious benefactor gifted me a Killing Pill. Thanks to it, I’ve already broken through to the Nascent Soul realm!"
"From this day forward, all the mountain territories around Xiegu City will look to my Wolf Den as their leader!"
"My Wolf Den may not have the strength to confront the Gu Family directly for now. However, this all started because of those two. Our third-in-command is dead—do you think they deserve to live?"
