149: Chapter 149 Demon-Suppressing General

"How could lowly people like you be worthy of the General's Bloodline? Kill them all!"

"Jing'er, hide here and don't make a sound. Don't come out until it's quiet outside."

"Mother, where are you going?"

"Jing'er, remember, you are the son of Great Wei's Demon Suppressing General. The one who ordered these people to kill us is your own father! You must live on. If you are able, avenge your mother; if not, change your name and never reveal your identity!"

War fires and smoke filled the broken county town, and shrill screams echoed incessantly.

What was even more despairing was that those slaughtering the people were not the Great Qi army, but the Great Wei soldiers who were supposed to protect the civilians and guard the county town!

"Mother!!"

Wei Jing snapped his eyes open. Fear and despair pierced his bones like icicles, and cold sweat soaked through his thin undershirt.

Staring at the unfamiliar ceiling, he couldn't help but fall into a daze.

"You're awake?"

A voice sounded in his ear, and Wei Jing turned his head sharply.

He saw a young man dressed in purple and gold brocade sitting at a desk with a book. Beside him was a child, munching loudly on a spiritual fruit.

"Obviously, we saved you."

Su Xuanxiao said in a flat tone, "Tell us your background. I hope you won't lie to us."

Still shaken, Wei Jing said in a low voice, "Thank you for saving me..."

He didn't dare reveal his identity carelessly. If the other party had ties to Great Wei, he would certainly face death.

If they had no connection to Great Wei, he feared his identity would put his benefactors in danger.

"May I ask how to address my benefactors?" Wei Jing asked.

Su Xuanxiao glanced at him and replied, "Su Xuanxiao, from the Qingyuan Su Clan."

"Qingyuan Su Clan..."

Wei Jing was stunned. He had heard of the Qingyuan Su Clan's name; it was a top-tier Seventh-grade power in this region.

He just hadn't expected such a major power to step in and save an unrelated passerby.

"Where is this?" Wei Jing asked again.

"Yunmeng Ruins." Su Xuanxiao's tone turned cold. "If you don't answer my question soon, don't blame me for taking matters into my own hands!"

He had just recently learned the Su Family Soul Searching Technique taught by his father.

Wei Jing's heart tightened instantly. His knuckles turned white from gripping, and his Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily.

Su Xinyou smiled to ease the atmosphere. "Fourth Uncle, don't be so scary. He must have his reasons for not wanting to speak."

His gaze turned to Wei Jing, and he said warmly, "This... based on your age, I should call you 'Brother'? Actually, we mean no harm. The Su Family values character above all else, so we need to know your background."

"You must be a homeless Refugee as well. This chaotic world has left too many people without homes. If your character passes the test, the Su Family can take you in."

Su Xinyou's words caught Su Xuanxiao by surprise.

This kid had always been mischievous and lazy, always showing a hint of unreliable flippancy, but he was Su Xuanming's son after all.

Influenced by his parents, although his words still carried a hint of childishness, he already possessed some of Su Xuanming's demeanor.

With Su Xinyou and Su Xuanxiao playing the good cop and bad cop, their unintentional actions caused Wei Jing to slowly lower his guard.

"My name is Wei Jing, a resident of Zeyang County..."

Wei Jing took a deep breath and slowly recounted his origins.

Actually, his background was quite ordinary. He had grown up in Zeyang County, and his mother was just a commoner. But his father's identity was extremely special.

Great Wei's Demon Suppressing General, the supreme commander of the Great Wei army, a Golden Core Stage Cultivator!

Hearing this, Su Xuanxiao's first reaction was that the other party was boasting.

How could a Golden Core Stage Cultivator unite with a Mortal? What kind of woman could the Demon Suppressing General not get? Why would he have to mess with a Mortal woman? And how could the Demon Suppressing General's offspring end up like this?

But Wei Jing's next words directly overturned their perception of the Demon Suppressing General.

"The rumors of the Demon Suppressing General only show his heroic image in battle. In reality, he is a beast in human skin. His greatest pleasure is defiling women from respectable families!"

Wei Jing's throat was dry, and his eyes were bloodshot. "My mother was one of his victims! Since I was young, I've heard my mother speak of the Demon Suppressing General's ugliness countless times."

"I didn't know before and just took it as a story. I always thought the man who died of illness was my real father."

At this point, his knuckles turned white, and his chest heaved violently. "It wasn't until the flames of war between the two countries reached Zeyang County that I learned my father... my so-called father, was actually the Demon Suppressing General!"

"Years ago, when he led his troops through Zeyang County, he raped all the respectable women in town, including my mother, and murdered their husbands!"

"Most of the women were either played to death, committed suicide by jumping into the river, or took abortion medicine. Only my mother gave birth to me..."

Wei Jing's voice carried a bone-deep hatred. "But that Demon Suppressing General somehow found out that a commoner had given birth to his offspring!"

He gritted his teeth, pronouncing each word as if he wanted to crush the word 'commoner' to pieces.

"This man enjoys defiling respectable women, but he absolutely refuses to let commoners taint his Bloodline. He views us, the offspring born in secret... as the filthiest of bastards, and we must all be slaughtered!"

His body trembled slightly, as if he had returned to that despairing night, every word soaked in blood and tears. "After Great Wei repelled Great Qi, in order to kill me, my 'father' directly ordered the massacre of the entire Zeyang County! The people of the county didn't die under Great Qi's blades, but at the hands of the Great Wei soldiers who were supposed to protect them..."

Crash!

Su Xinyou accidentally pushed a teacup onto the floor, creating a crisp shattering sound that made the already stagnant atmosphere in the room even heavier.

Su Xuanxiao hadn't expected the other's background to involve such a scandal of Great Wei.

"So you were unwilling to speak at first because you were worried we had ties to Great Wei, and also feared your background would bring us trouble?" Su Xuanxiao asked solemnly.

Wei Jing took a deep breath to calm the rage in his heart and nodded silently.

Su Xinyou glanced at Wei Jing, then turned to his fourth uncle, his eyes seemingly asking: What should we do next?

Su Xuanxiao pondered for a long while before suddenly asking, "How did you escape Zeyang County, and what were your original plans?"

Wei Jing gritted his teeth and replied in a low voice, "An Immortal Master saved me. He took me out of Zeyang County and left after saying our fate ended there."

"I planned to seek refuge in the Yunmeng Ruins, join a power, and avenge my mother in the future!"

The place he intended to go was indeed the Yunmeng Ruins; he had stumbled his way to his destination by being brought there by the Su Family.

Su Xuanxiao said calmly, "Now that you have arrived at the Yunmeng Ruins..."

Before he could finish, Wei Jing suddenly threw off the thin quilt. The movement aggravated his unhealed wounds, causing him to groan, but he ignored it.

He practically struggled to roll off the bed, his thin body trembling violently from weakness and agitation.

He knelt before the two of them and slammed his forehead against the ground, making a clear and heavy thud.

His voice was hoarse and choked with sobs, each word seemingly squeezed out of his throat with great difficulty:

"Wei Jing... kowtows in gratitude for the Su Family's great kindness in saving my life!"

He bowed deeply again, his shoulders shaking uncontrollably.

"Wei Jing is willing to serve the Su Family as an ox or a horse to repay you! But I carry a blood feud, and my enemy is Great Wei's Demon Suppressing General. I am an unlucky person, and I fear... I fear bringing a catastrophe upon the Su Family!"

"Whether I stay or leave, live or die, this life of Wei Jing's was given by the Su Family. Everything is for the Su Family to decide!"