Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 264 - 252 Both Are People Cast Down to the Ends of the World
Zheng Baohe tried hard to recall when he heard what Qin Qing said.
"Seven years ago, a pregnant woman? Slapped by me?"
"Yes! You conspired with bandits to embezzle the goods of her family, and when this woman came with her husband to Zhenyuan Escort Agency just to seek an explanation, you, relying on the support of the City Lord’s Mansion, slapped her, nearly causing a miscarriage. Do you remember now?"
Qin Qing asked through gritted teeth.
Zheng Baohe thought back carefully, and his eyes suddenly trembled, clearly recalling the incident.
"Who are you?"
"I am that woman’s son!" Qin Qing said coldly.
"You’re not Feng Yu, your last name isn’t Feng, you’re from the Qin Residence..."
But this time, Zheng Baohe’s words were cut short and he never got a chance to finish.
Qin Qing’s foot was already on his neck.
"Crack!"
Zheng Baohe’s neck was instantly crushed beneath the foot.
His life extinguished on the spot!
Zheng Baohe, dead!
"Mother!" Qin Qing took a deep breath. He looked indifferently at what was now Zheng Baohe’s corpse on the ground. For such scum whose character had plummeted to the absolute depths, Qin Qing felt no ripple in his heart.
At this moment, what Qin Qing thought of was his mother.
The images of his past life with his mother, all those memories, surfaced in his mind one after another.
Qin Qing looked up at the starry sky above, the endless river of stars high in the heavens.
"Mother, where are you now?"
"The enemy who slapped you seven years ago, I have killed him! This revenge, son has avenged for you!"
"If you can see or hear this, Mother, you must be very pleased!"
Qin Qing quickly gathered his thoughts.
Indeed, he missed his mother.
But Qin Qing also knew that his mother must have gone to a very distant place, and to find her again, he would have to increase his cultivation even further.
After all, like his father, his mother had also been imprisoned in the Great Qian Imperial Palace’s Sky Prison.
Yet, the force behind his mother was able to take her away from the Sky Prison of the Great Qian Imperial Palace, which meant it could be even more powerful than the Imperial Palace itself.
As for what kind of relationship that force had with his mother, whether it was adversarial or otherwise, Qin Qing had no way of knowing.
All he could find out was that his mother had been taken by a certain power, with no further information.
To learn more, Qin Qing would need to reach a higher level of understanding.
But with his current status, he could not yet find out.
Everything, then, was about strength!
Qin Qing needed even greater power!
At this moment, Lu Ping, Zhao Yuan, and the other escorts were all kneeling on the ground, trembling all over, with the drunkenness on their faces long scared away.
They had not at all anticipated that this "Feng Yu" would have an old grudge against Zheng Baohe.
Since there was an old feud with Zheng Baohe, all these escorts of Zhenyuan Escort Agency, every last one of them, could not escape involvement.
Qin Qing’s icy gaze had already fallen upon them.
Indeed... the loss of the Qin Residence’s goods that year, as well as the slap his mother received from Zheng Baohe that nearly caused a miscarriage, had something to do with each of these escorts!
"Brother Feng, let’s just forget it... I believe they don’t deserve to die!" The girl, who had already dressed herself, came beside Qin Qing; there was still some compassion in her eyes.
Perhaps she didn’t want to see Qin Qing kill them.
After all, each of these men before her was a living being.
"Forget it?"
Qin Qing glanced at the girl and shook his head lightly, "It’s impossible to just let it go!"
He suddenly stamped his foot.
From the tip of his foot, a fierce spiritual power spread out with a shockwave.
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang..."
Lu Ping, Zhao Yuan, and the other escorts hadn’t even had time to react when they were struck by the invisible, raging force and immediately burst open, turning into pools of blood.
"They don’t deserve to live in this world!" Qin Qing said coldly.
The girl was taken aback.
It wasn’t clear whether it was the sheer terror of Qin Qing’s lethal killing technique or the shock of witnessing so many people die that the girl found hard to bear.
"This world is cruel," said Qin Qing, giving the girl a cold look, "If it weren’t for me, you would have already become the plaything of these men, abused and then killed. And your brother, do you think they would have shown any mercy?"
The words of Qin Qing made the girl’s body tremble.
Indeed, as Qin Qing said, if he hadn’t taken action, she would have now been a vent for these guards’ frustrations.
Moreover, the fates of her and her brother were probably to die a miserable death in the wilderness.
The thought of her brother dying here made the girl’s heart turn cold.
"Yes, you’re right!" the girl spoke up, "In fact, I have long since learned to be even more cold and ruthless. All my parents, my family, have been killed. I am still so weak, so powerless!"
Hearing the girl’s guilty self-reproach, Qin Qing couldn’t help but be slightly taken aback.
"Your parents, your family, they were all murdered?" Qin Qing looked at the siblings. The little boy had already fallen into a deep sleep after taking the Elixir. It seemed he had suffered internal injuries, and his condition wasn’t good. Zheng Baohe and his people had been really cruel, even brutally striking down a little boy who couldn’t fight back.
This made Qin Qing feel that killing them was not excessive at all!
"Let me check on your brother," Qin Qing said to the girl.
Looking at the siblings, Qin Qing was reminded of his own sister.
If his sister were in the same situation as the little boy now, Qin Qing’s heart would surely ache tremendously.
"The injuries to his internal organs are severe. What Elixir did you give him?" Qin Qing asked.
"It was a Golden Healing Pill!" the girl said.
Qin Qing nodded slightly and then produced another pill, "This is a Qingling Pill, it will be of better help to your brother’s injuries!"
Qin Qing fed the Qingling Pill to the little boy.
"Qingling Pill?"
When the girl heard what Qin Qing said, she was suddenly startled.
She was very aware of the value of Qingling Pills.
Even when her parents were alive, they were reluctant to use such medicine.
These healing treasures were generally reserved for moments of life-threatening danger.
Now, her brother’s injury was indeed not light, but it was not life-threatening. With enough time, his wounds could still heal.
Qin Qing had met them by chance, and even though they had been walking together across the plains for several days, they had barely spoken with Qin Qing.
Yet such a stranger, Qin Qing was willing to give them a Qingling Pill without hesitation.
"Thank you, my name is Ye Xin. My brother is Ye Jiang," said the girl.
"Ye Xin, Ye Jiang? You’re not from the Ye Family of Tianjue City, are you?" asked Qin Qing.
"No!" Ye Xin nodded, "We are certainly not from Tianjue City. We’re from the Ye Family of Kaiyuan County."
"Kaiyuan County?"
Qin Qing nodded slightly upon hearing this; Kaiyuan County was actually not far from Tianjue County. If one were to cross a part of Tianjue Forest, it would take only half a day.
Speaking of Kaiyuan County, Qin Qing couldn’t help but recall how he had fled from Tianjue City to Tianjue Forest, where he encountered Ning Qingqing and Ning Ziyuan, who were from the Ning Family of Kaiyuan County.
"If you are from Kaiyuan County, why are you heading to the Northern Pass? Why not head south?" Qin Qing asked.
"We want to go to Heavenly Lake Palace to find my uncle!" Ye Xin said, "My uncle works there as a Law Enforcement Elder, and he’s aware of what happened to our clan. He’s told us to find him at Heavenly Lake Palace, and he’ll arrange our affairs..."
"Arrange your affairs?" Qin Qing looked at Ye Xin.
Ye Xin took a deep breath, "All I want now is to join Heavenly Lake Palace, become an official disciple there, and then devote myself to my Cultivation. Once I achieve some level of Cultivation, I can avenge my parents and the other members of my clan."
Qin Qing nodded slightly.
In Ye Xin’s eyes, he saw a glimmer of something familiar.
Perhaps that same look had once been often present in his own eyes, filled with resentment, vengeance, and a touch of naivety.
"So, you pretended to be going to the Northern Pass to find your parents..." said Qin Qing.
Ye Xin silently nodded, "Yes, we had to disguise ourselves to avoid our enemies. Until now, they are probably still trying to kill us..."
"Why are they so intent on eradicating your entire family? What deep-seated hatred do they have with the Ye Family?" Qin Qing probed further.
Ye Xin hesitated, seeming cautious, but after thinking about it, as their lives today had been saved by the man in front of her, known as "Feng Yu," she felt there was nothing to lose by sharing.
"It’s because of something my father left behind... Something my father once obtained in the Northern Borderlands..."
"That thing has attracted attention. In order to obtain it, they killed my whole family!"
Ye Xin clenched her teeth, the hatred in her heart simmering as she spoke of her blood feud.
Qin Qing, upon hearing this, felt a sudden shock in his heart.
"The thing your father left behind... could it be a stele?" Qin Qing inquired.
