Chapter 81: Exterminating the Wei Family (Bonus chapter for Alliance Leader Jiangbei Xiaohongxing)

Night fell.

Wei Jisheng left the Sun Family with his attendants after eating and drinking his fill.

Although he had been advised by the Sun Family Old Ancestor, he was still very resentful in his heart.

Although Wei Jisheng came from a Family, he was not from the direct line but a branch line, so he chose to go out and make a name for himself when he was young.

At that time, Wei Jisheng also traveled to The border between You and Ning, becoming sworn brothers with some like-minded Jianghu friends; the reputation he built was even greater than that of the Dongjiang Five Swords who died at Chen Yuan’s hands.

But later, because an accident happened to the Family heir, Wei Jisheng hurriedly returned to take charge of the Family.

Therefore, his temperament was not as steady as Sun Tiancheng’s; instead, he was more like those Jianghu wanderers—hot-tempered and ready to fight at the slightest provocation.

Just as he was nearing his front door, Wei Jisheng suddenly stopped in his tracks, his gaze dark as he looked ahead.

“Bring my blade!”

An attendant behind him immediately turned around and opened the box on his back toward Wei Jisheng.

A large Wolf-Head Broad Ring Saber with a broad blade and a very long handle was inside the box.

Pulling out the Wolf-Head Broad Ring Saber, Wei Jisheng raised it and pointed forward, sneering, “Who is so reckless as to run wild at the Wei Family? Tired of living?”

As soon as he arrived here, Wei Jisheng felt a faint Killing Intent coming from ahead.

Chen Yuan stepped out from around the corner.

Wei Jisheng sneered, just about to say something.

The next moment, hundreds of torches suddenly lit up. Dense ranks of White Tiger Guards, holding weapons and radiating thick Killing Intent, spread out and surrounded the entire Wei Family.

After the battle at Qingyang Palace, these White Tiger Guards of Linyuan City were already completely won over by Chen Yuan.

Their superior was powerful and generous; these two points alone were enough for them to risk their lives for him.

So this time, even if they were to destroy the South City Wei Family, one of the four major powers in Linyuan City, they didn’t hesitate, charging in with weapons; their Aura was completely different from before.

“Chen Tian!? What are you doing!?”

Wei Jisheng’s heart suddenly went cold.

Originally, he thought Chen Tian was just going to make some small moves in the shadows.

Who would have thought the other party would deploy so many White Tiger Guards all at once.

With so many White Tiger Guards moving together, the other party probably wasn’t just coming for him, but for the entire Wei Family!

Half of Chen Yuan’s face was hidden in the darkness, while the other half looked somewhat eerie under the light of the torches.

“Didn’t Head Wei say that I, this Garrison Commander, wouldn’t last a month? I think you won’t live to see that day.”

Chen Yuan turned his head and said indifferently to Lu Wenxing, “Do it. Wipe out the Wei Family, leave no one alive!”

“You’re looking for death! Even if you’re from the Town Martial Hall, I’ll still kill you!”

Wei Jisheng shouted in anger, lifting the Wolf-Head Broad Ring Saber in his hand and bringing down a strike toward Chen Yuan’s head, carrying a startlingly forest-cold chill.

The Sun Family Old Ancestor had told them not to take things too far, but the other party was about to exterminate his whole clan—how could it get any further than this?

He had to kill Chen Yuan today; no one could stop him!

A sudden explosion of True Qi erupted from around Chen Yuan. Using the Fish Dragon Transformation to compress his True Qi, Chen Yuan instantly turned into a streak of light, moving second but arriving first, appearing before Wei Jisheng in the blink of an eye.

With a slash of his blade, devilish waves surged wildly. The saber momentum completely merged into the dark night, instantly roaring toward Wei Jisheng.

Accompanied by a clanging explosion, the extremely cold Ice True Qi around Wei Jisheng was instantly suppressed and swallowed by the sky-blotting Devilish Qi.

The immense power of that single strike even sent Wei Jisheng flying backward.

Having entered the Late Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm and practiced the secret technique Fish Dragon Transformation, his explosive power was already far beyond that of most Lunhai Realm Martial Artists.

The advantage of Lunhai Realm Martial Artists—having opened their Lunhai for more Internal Energy and strong explosive power—had completely vanished before Chen Yuan.

The moment Wei Jisheng was knocked back, his heart was filled with horror.

In his early years, he had traveled the Jianghu and experienced countless bloody battles; his combat experience was incredibly rich.

But no matter how experienced he was, he had never seen a Martial Artist with such great power at the Foundation Establishment Realm.

In the dark night, another explosion of True Qi rang out. A startling flash of saber light bloomed in the night, appearing before Wei Jisheng again in an instant!

Wei Jisheng roared in fury, his blood and Qi exploding violently as boundless, grim coldness surged outward along with them.

He became like a crazed demon, his saber momentum dancing wildly and almost airtight, turning into a sky full of cold saber beams that swept through everything.

The Wei Family’s secret technique, Ice Demon-Breaking Blade!

With his rich combat experience, he knew Chen Yuan’s strength after just one strike.

If he didn’t risk his life, not only would he die, but the entire Wei Family would be wiped out.

His only option now was to stall—stall until the commotion at the Wei Family was sensed by the Sun Family and others, making it possible for them to come to his aid.

Chen Yuan pointed a finger, and the True Qi around him instantly converged like a surging vast sea. That extreme explosive power surged through Chen Yuan’s Meridians; had he not practiced the Inner Landscape Divine Art and initially developed his physical potential, this move might have injured him before it even touched the enemy.

The finger force descended as if the world of the Nine Heavens had come down to the mortal realm!

Xuantian Finger!

The same Cultivation Technique looked completely different when used by Chen Yuan compared to Qingyang the True Person; if Qingyang the True Person were still alive, he wouldn’t even recognize it himself.

Under the force of the Xuantian Finger, the ice was extinguished, and the saber beams dissipated.

Wei Jisheng was sent flying, coughing up blood. Even the Wolf-Head Broad Ring Saber in his hand was knocked away, its Cold-iron blade forced to crack with a huge notch.

Under this strike, Wei Jisheng seemed to have his ferocity beaten out of him.

Instead of retreating, he advanced. His blood and Qi burned, and deep blue Ice True Qi condensed. He held his hands like blades, slashing toward Chen Yuan with an indomitable, forest-cold Saber Intent.

Tribulation-Breaking Ice Slash!

Buddhist light and Devilish Qi intertwined around Chen Yuan. His majestic and surging True Qi made it impossible to tell for a moment who was the actual Lunhai Realm Martial Artist.

As the Demon Blade Slash fell, the surrounding brick ground exploded inch by inch amidst the clash of True Qi.

Just then, a flash of scarlet saber light abruptly emerged from the exploding True Qi and swept across Wei Jisheng’s neck.

Instantly, his head fell to the ground, and blood gushed out like a fountain.

Wei Jisheng’s head had its eyes wide open, filled with resentment and anger.

It seemed he hadn’t expected that while the cruel battles of the Jianghu hadn’t taken his life, he would end up killed by someone right at his own doorstep.

Shaking the blood off his blade, Chen Yuan stepped out from the mess and dust on the ground.

Having entered the Late Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm and with the help of the Fish Dragon Transformation’s powerful explosive force, his combat power had increased once again.

Now, when dealing with ordinary Lunhai Realm Martial Artists, Chen Yuan no longer needed to trigger the Blood Fiend Force; he could kill them relying solely on his own Internal Energy foundation.

Just after Chen Yuan finished off Wei Jisheng, Lu Wenxing and his men also finished dealing with the rest of the Wei Family.

Under normal circumstances, the strength of the Town Guard Headquarters was actually far superior to any of the four major powers.

But the four major powers stood together, and previous Garrison Commanders hadn’t dared to act, so even the White Tiger Guards of Linyuan City had been somewhat cowardly, not daring to provoke people from these four powers in their daily lives.

“My Lord, the Wei Family has been taken. How should we proceed?”

Lu Wenxing and the other Lieutenants had their light armor stained with blood—of others, of course.

“Exterminate the clan and seize their assets. Do I still need to teach you how to do this?”

Chen Yuan looked at Lu Wenxing with a strange expression.

Lu Wenxing gave a bitter smile. Of course he had done things like exterminating clans and seizing assets, but that was back during the Tianwu Alliance era.

At that time, the Tianwu Alliance had just risen in Ning Province; while fighting the imperial court, they also had to suppress local Jianghu powers, so they did such things quite often.

But after being recruited by the government, the Town Martial Hall leaned toward stability, so they rarely did such things anymore.

“Gather all the Wei Family’s assets. As per usual, distribute twenty percent among the brothers.”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present became even more motivated.

They knew that as long as they followed Lord Chen, they would never leave empty-handed.

After quickly dealing with the Wei Family, Lu Wenxing suddenly had people carry over a dozen Jianghu People.

“My Lord, these people were found in a secret room beneath the Wei Family estate. I checked their belongings; they should all be Loose Cultivators passing through Linyuan City.

These dozen or so people were given a massive amount of Knockout drugs by the Wei Family; they probably won’t wake up for the rest of their lives. The Wei Family has been feeding them Spirit Medicines to keep them alive.

I interrogated the remaining Wei Family members, but they didn’t know anything; these people were all captured by Wei Jisheng and a few direct descendants of the Wei Family.

But when we fought just now, those few Wei Family descendants fought most fiercely. We didn’t hold back and have already killed them all.”

Chen Yuan frowned slightly. “Do these people have a grudge against the Wei Family?”

“It doesn’t seem so. These people were captured by the Wei Family in batches. It’s impossible for every Martial Artist passing through Linyuan City to have a grudge against them, right?

Besides, even if they had a grudge, there are plenty of ways to torture people. What’s the use of keeping them unconscious?”

Lu Wenxing was also somewhat puzzled.

It was his first time learning that the Wei Family had secretly kidnapped so many Jianghu People.

Ning Province was chaotic and prosperous. Even in a small city like Linyuan City, countless Jianghu Martial Artists came and went every day.

If a few people occasionally went missing, especially outsiders, no one would notice.

“Take them back to the Town Guard Headquarters first. Find a doctor from a clinic to examine them carefully. If there’s really no way, then send them on their way; it can be considered a release for them.”

The dosage given by the Wei Family was too strong; these people were like the living dead now. Killing them would actually be a release for them.

After seizing the assets, Chen Yuan waved his hand and led his men away.

Destroying the Wei Family was a deterrent and also a warning.

He hoped someone from the remaining three families would be sensible and take the initiative to find him.

Of the four families in Linyuan City, Chen Yuan didn’t plan to wipe them all out; he wanted to keep at least one to continue the smuggling business.

Chen Yuan wanted the profits from these businesses, but he didn’t have the time or energy to run them, and these four families had been doing it for so many years, so they were surely familiar with it.

So in the end, it would be enough to keep the one that was most aware of the current situation.

Besides, for such a tiny city to be split among four powers was truly troublesome; keeping just one was more appropriate.

Of course, the premise was that the remaining Family must be obedient and sensible.