5: Chapter 5 The Destruction of the Li Family

Qingyuan County, the Li Residence.

Li Xiao, in a violent rage, slapped his subordinate away. The tables and chairs in the main hall shattered upon impact, leaving the floor in a complete mess.

"Useless trash!"

Li Xiao's chest heaved heavily, veins pulsing on his neck as he roared, "I told you to destroy all of the Su Family's spirit plant! How did you only destroy fifty mu?"

The man who had been slapped away had blood leaking from the corner of his mouth, and his entire Face quickly became swollen and bruised.

Enduring the pain, he hurriedly stood up and said with a trembling voice, "Forgive me, Patriarch. The Su Family had too many guards on patrol. Destroying fifty mu was already the limit. If I had stayed any longer after the medicinal effects kicked in, I was afraid..."

He was afraid he wouldn't have time to run away, but he couldn't say those words aloud.

"Truly a piece of trash. What use do I have for you? Since you are so afraid of death, then you can go die right now!"

"Patriarch..."

The man's Face was filled with panic. Before he could finish his sentence, he felt a fierce wind strike him head-on, and he lost consciousness in the next second.

Puchi!

Blood and brain matter splattered together in the hall, emitting an unpleasant odor.

However, even after killing the man, Li Xiao's fury remained unappeased.

There was only one chance for this operation, and it had been wasted by this trash. Not only did it fail to deal a heavy blow to Su Yang's industry, but it also alerted the enemy, making Su Yang wary.

Fortunately, no evidence was left behind. At most, Su Yang could only be suspicious.

"No! If I can't destroy Su Yang's industry, then I must destroy the man himself."

"This person's spirit plant techniques are too strong. As long as he's alive, the Su Family will always be eating the meat while the Li Family only drinks the soup. Sooner or later, he will climb over the head of my Li Family!"

He thought back to before the Su Family had even risen to power, when they already dared to buy land without giving the Li Family Face. What would happen once the Su Family truly rose?

Li Xiao paced back and forth in the hall, the Killing Intent on his Face growing increasingly thick.

He had to strangle them before the Su Family could rise. Perhaps he could even obtain Su Yang's spirit plant Legacy through this.

"With this Legacy, the Li Family will have the foundation to become a cultivation Family."

"Tonight, I will join forces with Immortal Master Luo to take down Su Yang together. From now on, we will be in the same boat."

Glints flickered in Li Xiao's eyes. The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

He planned to marry a daughter of his clan to Immortal Master Luo to bind their relationship, and then hand over Su Yang's Legacy to him.

"Someone, go and invite Immortal Master Luo."

Li Xiao was plotting his murder plan.

However, he waited in the hall for a long time, but Immortal Master Luo never arrived.

They were about to go out and kill someone; how could he be so slow?

Just as he was getting impatient and intended to go to Immortal Master Luo's courtyard himself, a strange sound came from outside.

It sounded like...

The sound of a blade slicing into flesh in an instant!

Li Xiao's expression changed abruptly.

A resonant sword hum accompanied a beam of white light that pierced through the doors and windows, reaching the space between Li Xiao's eyebrows in an instant.

Boom!

His Innate Protective Aura condensed into a shield, only to be shattered by a single strike from the incoming Flying Sword.

The terrifying impact sent Li Xiao flying, crashing through the wall and landing outside the house.

A bloody scent, even thicker than that inside the room, rushed into his nostrils.

Only now did Li Xiao discover that the Li Family's courtyard was covered in corpses, and all the lights had been extinguished.

Guards, servants, and maids were all lying in pools of blood, their vital points pierced by a Flying Sword. They had died silently.

The entire Li Residence had unknowingly been reduced to just him alone!

Li Xiao's eyes nearly split from rage, his body trembling with anger.

He saw two figures with obscured Faces standing on the eaves. They drifted down gracefully, with two glowing Flying Swords circling around them.

Cultivators!

When Li Xiao recognized them as Cultivators, his breath hitched.

In the next second, he guessed the identities of the visitors. Even though both had hidden their appearances, there was only one Cultivator his Li Family had offended in recent years.

"It's you! Su Yang!!"

Li Xiao roared, filled with disbelief.

He was just planning to go and exterminate Su Yang's Family, but he hadn't expected the other party to be so bold and decisive as to strike the Li Family first.

He had even teamed up with another Cultivator to kill the entire Li clan. Such ruthlessness was chilling.

In a one-on-one fight, Su Yang would definitely not be his match.

The saying that a Innate Martial Artist could rival a Qi Refining Cultivator was not just talk.

But with the addition of another Cultivator of unknown depth, the situation was completely reversed. A Innate Martial Artist could fight, but they couldn't defeat two Cultivators working together.

Li Xiao's mind raced, trying to find a way to persuade the other Cultivator.

However, Su Yang did not have the habit of procrastinating. As his Flying Sword shot out, several Fireball Spells followed in succession.

Li Xiao gave a furious shout, his Protective Aura exploding as he punched the Flying Sword away with a crisp metallic sound.

He charged forward, punching and destroying the fireballs one after another, sending sparks flying everywhere.

Immediately after, bolts of lightning struck down like a torrential downpour.

Li Xiao was extremely decisive. He knew a Martial Artist couldn't engage in a protracted battle with Cultivators; he had to get close and end it quickly, otherwise, defeat was certain.

He directly endured the baptism of the lightning Spells, closing in on Su Yang step by step.

Fu Yuan, who was activating a Spell nearby, gave an interested chuckle.

In an instant, the Flying Sword circling him transformed in the air into a giant sword several dozen feet high, pressing down like a mountain.

Li Xiao's Face changed drastically, and he immediately turned to run.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to escape the Li Residence, he crashed into an invisible wall of air, which rippled with Formation patterns.

They had even used a Formation!

"Damn it, break for me!"

Li Xiao struck the Formation with all his might, but the Formation enveloping the Li Residence didn't budge.

Despair rose in Li Xiao's heart as he roared heart-wrenchingly at the two of them.

"Bastard Li Yang, you will die a horrible death!"

Boom!

The giant sword fell, its roar deafening. The ground shook violently, and the spreading spiritual energy fluctuations nearly collapsed the buildings.

Li Xiao held it up with both fists, the shock causing blood to leak from his seven orifices. The floor beneath his feet shattered inch by inch, his Protective Aura exploded into points of light, and his straight back gradually bent under the pressure of the giant sword.

His legs could no longer hold out, and as he knelt, a series of bone-cracking sounds rang out.

A sword light suddenly swept across his neck, and crimson blood sprayed out like a fountain.

In the next second, Li Xiao's body went limp and was crushed into pulp by the giant sword...

The longsword flew back into Su Yang's hand. He let out a long sigh of relief, glad that he had invited a helper instead of fighting alone.

A Cultivator at the Early Stage Qi Refining was, after all, slightly inferior to a Innate Martial Artist.

If Su Yang had come alone, even if his sneak attack succeeded, it would have been difficult to successfully kill Li Xiao.

The opponent's Physical Body strength was too high, similar to a Body Cultivator.

Originally, there were no Innate Martial Artists in the cultivation world. No matter how a Mortal practiced martial arts, they couldn't defeat a Qi Refining First Layer Cultivator. But after the birth of Innate Martial Artists, Mortals gained the ability to challenge Qi Refining Cultivators.

Currently, the strongest Realm for a Martial Artist was Grandmaster, with strength ranging between the Middle Stage and Late Stage Qi Refining.

Su Yang suspected that if the path of martial arts continued to develop, it might one day truly rival the Late Stage Qi Refining or even be comparable to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

"One cannot underestimate the people of the world."

Su Yang sighed inwardly.

"Congratulations, young friend, on resolving your Family crisis."

Fu Yuan stroked his beard and chuckled as the Formation enveloping the Li Residence retracted back into the Formation Plate.

The members of the Zhu Family, who had been waiting outside, swarmed in and began clearing the scene and looting resources.

Su Yang cupped his fists and said, "Thank you for your help, Fellow Daoist. Actually, I have one more request."

"Let's hear it."

Fu Yuan was in a quite good mood and didn't mind helping with another small favor.

He was the biggest beneficiary of this annihilation of the Li Family. He personally obtained seventy percent of the Li Family's industries. The remaining thirty percent was given to the Zhu Family because the industries needed the Zhu Family's help to manage them and to deal with the imperial officials.

The laws of the Dynasty prohibited wanton slaughter.

The destruction of a county-level Family had a significant impact. Regardless of the reason, an explanation had to be given to the Great Wei Dynasty.